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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-07-30
Fatal ExDlO0iona.

By the premature explosion of blast in
the quarry near Huntingdon, Pa, on the
22d inst, three men, Michael Ryan, a sub
contractor of Philadelphia, John Roncorni
and Mr.. Keith were instantly killed.
Their bodies were terribly mutilated.
James Davis escaped with loss of hearing.
The boiler in the Central Pacific railroad
shops at Sacramento, CAL, exploded on the
goth inst, wrecking the shops, and causing
$4,000 damage. J. M. Keyes, fireman, was
blown to pieces; others injured.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-07-30

The treasury department on the 18th inst, :,
issued warrants on the last batch of req uisi.
tions from the secretary of the interior for
arrears of pensions amounting to 81, ,sO5, 600,
to which add the amount heretofore paid,
$3,OS5, 900, making a totalt to date since July,
1879, of "a, SAC, 600. OF the total amount appro.
priated ($25, ,0oo, ,0OO) there has already been
paid $lO,219,OOO.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-07-30

Reported by CHANDLER, BRowN Co., Commi
sion Merchants, Milwaukee and Chicago.


NEW YORK, July 23-3 90 p. M.-Cotton
Steady ut 1lnc. Flour-Steady; receipts
$4,000 bbls; sales 1000 bbls; western at
$3.7594.15; extra state at $4.20@4.25; west
srn at $4.20@4.60; rye -four quiet. Wheat
Spring 2@3c better and quiet; winter 10
&c better and fairly active; receipts $4,000
bus; sales 100000 bus; No. white, seller
August at $1.l5@l.15X. Rye-Quiet and
steady. Corn-Firmsr and quiet; receipts
western mixed. Barley-Nominal. Oats
Firm receipts 1L0O0 bus; sales 1900 bus
at 37H@39c for mixed western. Pork
Quiet, firm aud unchanged. Beef-Quiet.
Lard-Steady at $5.97X. Butter, Cheese,
Whisky, Sugar, Eggs-Unchanged. Petro.
leum-Crude at 2Kc; refined unchanged.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-07-30

AT the present low price of coal there
would seem to be less inducement to
give short weight, and yet, in reality,
the margin of profit is 50 diminutive
that only by taking such An advantage
can some inscriptions dealers realize
profit ON contracts which are made At
ruinously low rates to compete with
other dealers. Some aver that they
make the reduced terms to hold trade
and not with any expectation of imme-
diate profit. Nevertheless, it is possible
to give the customer short weight on
every ton without the latter's being able
to verify the fact. If he proposes to 60
to the yard of rival dealer or to pub.
lie scaler and have the load weighed,
objections are made on the loss of time,
expense, prejudice of opposition, or i'm
perfect adjustment Of the balances
purchaser must rely on his sense Of faith
"a the only satisfaction he can obtain,
while the poor dealer who is constantly
selling at loss goes on and fares sump.
tuously every day. The New York Her.
aid presents . simple test whereby the
consumer can secure for himself . Ger
tain degree Of protection, the following
being the simple standard to be guided
by: r. r,u
2.Ooo lbs Of Lehish coal I'LL -four barrel .S1<esN
-SrSoo ~. - I all. ma 4 NouP bnrr0l .0 o91<
nm n al Pyttston 6ll Aour barrel. ..........1X
'000 ~ a ecssnton an lour hayrel........SN
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-07-30
NEWS In BRIEF.
A Monster Pflxrln,axa,

A circular has been addressed to bishops
throughout the Catholic world, calling on
thern to promote q monster clerical pilgrim.
age to Rome for the next feast of epiphany
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-07-30
Twenty.One Persons Killed,

The minister of the interior at St. Peters.
burg, received a telegram from the governor
of Mini Novogorod, stating that a FIRE broke
out there on the 10th instant, destroying
the bazaar and many houses and shops.
While the fire was raging an explosion oc.
cured in one of the shops, killing twenty.
one persons.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-07-30

During storm at Jefferson, Texas, on
the 18th inst, 8. Sherman s horses, attached
to wagon, were killed, and himself thrown
fifty feet from the wagon. At Kildare, a
lady named Evans was killed, and a child
seriously Injured, while in house.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-07-30

A PROPOSITION is under consideration
for the erection of small spinning mills
in the south, costing from $4,000 to $5,-
oOO, and propelled by water power. 1t
is thought if the south by means of such
little mills could turn all of her feecy
product into yarn, selling it only in that
shape, she would add greatly to her
prosperity.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-07-30

THERE are now 1882 wells produc-
ing oil in the state of Pennsylvania, and
they pour out altogether about $4,000
barrels of oil daily. The product this
spring has been rs per cent. greater than
last year, and about three times az great
as the yield three years ago,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-07-30
Valuable Ac~utsitaon.

Over six hundred steerage passengers,
mostly Russians, arrived at New York on
the steamer Mosei on the 10th. Among
them are sixty families having 2l3 children.
The entire party represent capital of over
100000.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-07-30
VARIOUS TOPICS.
WASHINGTON territory last year ex.
ported 10000 tons of coal and 2l, 900, 900
feet of lumber.

The new postal cards introduced into
France on the lst of July will be very
convenient. They are 80 arranged that
the same card can be used for sending a
reply without additional expense to the
correspondent who makes the response.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-07-30

The single scull race ~ miles and return,
between Courtney and Riley, $500 side,
took place at Silver Lake, New York, on
the 18th inst Courtney winning the race
by half boat length. Time, 27.37A.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-07-30

At La Sale, ILL.,, ON the 10Th inst, efforts
were being made to recover the body of
stranger, name unknown, who had fallen
into deserted coal mine west of the city.
The shaft is $50 feet deep,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-07-30
Fatal Fall.

At Cincinnati, ON the 2lst instant, L. d.
Brinkley, store keeper of the Walnut
Street House, fell from fifth story window
to the ground in the rear of the hotel, and
was killed.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-07-30

MILWAUKEE, July 2S-S 90 P. M-Flour-
Very quiet but steady; choice spring at
$4.25@4. so; fair to good at $3.75Q94.l2K.
Wheat-lrregular; No. 2 at 95N@96Nc; No.
8 at 85k@S6c; No. 4 at 79c; rejected at zoe.
No. 2 seller August at 95A097c; seller
September at 94H@98Hc. Corn-Steady ct
36c. Oats-Firm At 28c. Rye-Dull at Bic.
Barley-Dull; No. at 46c; No. 2 &c.
Pork-Very quiet at $S.l5 for cash. Lard
$50 cash. hogs-Dull st $3.00@3.40.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-07-30

In the trial of the negro, Chsstine Cox, for
the murder of Mrs. Hull, at New York, re.
Gently, the jury returned a verdict of guilty,
on the 18th inst, and Cox was sentenced to
be hanged August 29th.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-07-30

LONDON. July 23-12:30 P. M.-Liverpool
wheat market opens active and tending up.
ward. California club 90 Sd0l0s Id; aver
age California 90 Sd@9s 10d; spring s. 4d@
90 I'd. Floating cargOes, buyers and sellers
apart, tending up; on passage very active.
Weather In England cold and wet
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-07-30
Crinnlnal Happen1ngn,

Dr. Hull, one Of the leading physicians In
the vicinity Of Smith6eld, ILL.,, had q quarrel
with Stephen Joy, also a highly respected
citizen, on the 10th inst, and deliberately
stabbed him 10 death.
At Stockton. Texas, on the 22d inst, pri.
vats Banner, Of Company B, 10th cavalry,
stabbed and instantly killed Corporal Frey,
Of the 35th infantry. Banner was given
over TO the civil authorities.
samuel G. 0rasty, railroad and conmers
cial traveller ri Atlanta, Ga, shot . NS
Read and his son at Opslika, on the 21st
inst They attaoksd him II his room at ths
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-07-30
Independent in all Things-Neutral In Nothing.


nal business is derived from that section.
Some forty or fifty alleged criminals are
now in confinement in Fort Smith United
States jails whose trials are thus indefinitely
postponed.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-07-30

A STEAMSHIP just arrived at Balti.
more brought the first direct importation
OF tea ever received at that port. 1t
comes from India via London. Hereto
fore all of the tea, confined principally
to China and Japan culture, received in
Baltimore, has been brought overland in
bond from San Francisco, or bought of
jobbers in New York, and this innova-
tion is regarded as an important advance
IN the trade of the city. All teas i'm.
ported via England are subject to an ad
ualorem' duty of 10 per cent, which
probably accounts for the failure to pro.
cure them direct,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-07-30
Rad weather In Great Britain.

The weather of late has been extremely
boisterous throughout Great Britain, and
the crops are seriously damaged in conse.
quence. A storm on the Goth and 2lst inst.
was unusually severe, rain falling in torrents
throughout the midland counties. Fruit
trees and grain crops were badly handled
and cut hay was floating about the fields.
At Belfast the streets were deeply flooded,
and the low lying districts in Down and
Antrim counties were under water, causing
much destruction Of property.
In Yorkshire and Derbyshire the crops
have ruined by the storm, and the agricul.
outlook is everywhere very serious.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-07-30

A NEW patent, secured in England,
involves the mixing of paints and var
nishes with phosphorescent salt, or a
mixture sof lime and sulphur. This
composition is TO store up daylight and
give 1T out by night. Practically the
patentee applies it to clock faces, 30 that
at night the hands may be seen distinct.
ly; but his patent claims its use for all
kinds Of lighting purposes. Rooms may
be painted with it, and streets 30 coated
as to become self. luminous; also ships,
buoys, and the other objects used in the
signal service,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-07-30
No Pay Ne work.

w. H. II. Clayton, United States attorney
for the western district Of Arkansas, pub.
fishes notices to the effect that no action
will be taken at the August term of court
in any criminal court in such cases, that
the attendance Of witnesses will not be
required until November third next.
1t il alleged that the action ia
taken because Of the failure of con.
grsss TO appropriate for the fees OF mar.
shals, and 1t closes all criminal proceedings
in all cases where compensation il paid out
Of the United States treasury. It il proba-
ble that further postponement win take
place in November upon similar pretext.
This court jurisdiction extends over the
Indian territory, and nearly I'll The orimi.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-07-30
Sh1DWFNckR.

The Nova Scotian ship st. Bernard, Capt.
Burns, which left New York on the 9th of
June for Antwerp, has been lost on the
banks off the Belgium coast. Captain
Burns, the pilot and five men drowned.
News was received in New York, on the
18th inst, of the total loss of the English
screw steamer Burgois in St. Mary's bay
during dense fog while going from Mon.
treal, Canada, to Liverpool, England. A
small portion of the cargo was saved. No
mention is made of the crew; therefore it is
supposed all are saved.
The steamer State OF Virginia, from New
York for Glasgow, was wrecked on Sable
island, the coast of Nova Scotia, ON the
18th inst. Four women and five children
were lost by the capsizing of one of the
boats in the surf.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-07-30

MANY tea plants were set in North
and South Carolina and Georgia years
ago, but it was not profitable to gather
the leaves and prepare them in the elab-
crate Chinese style, and the plants were
left to grow wild. The agricultural
bureau in Washington received barrel
Of leaves from Carolina. They were
placed in wire sieves and steamed, and
then run through clothes wringer to
extract the tannic acid. The structure
of the leaf was destroyed in the process,
and the mass was placed in an ordinary
pan and dried by a FIRE. A decoction
was made, and the aroma was delight
full.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-07-30
Dsstruetive CONSIDERATIONS

ASODtrWCblV0 OOmmoRf0t1Om0
Atherton 4 Walkers cooper factory,
three story brick and a five story brick all
joining, were burned at Dubuque, Iowa, OF
the 22d. Loss $4,000.
Lightning struck the Whitehouse shoe
factory at Poughkeepsie, N. Y, on the 22d
instant, and in short time it was consum
ed. 1twas the largest manufactory in the
city, and employed about 400 hands. Fall
ing walls crushed the engine room, and
killed Geo. Morgan, the engineer. Loss es.
timated at s25O,Oo0.
An incendiary fire destroyed Hempey &
Co.'s planning mill at Cleveland, on the 2lst
inst. Loss $4,000. Two fremen were
fatally injured by falling walls.
Joseph Roberts knitting mill and eight
smaller buildings at Oneida, N. Y, were
destroyed by an incendiary fire on the 2lst.
Loss $4,000.
Snyder 4 Brothers distillery at Milton,
KY, burned on the 10th inst. Loss So, 900,
The Davenport Qowa) Glucose factory
burned on the 18th. Loss $4,000 on the
building and machinery, and 100000 on
the stock; insurance $4,000.
Sea Bright, N. j., suffered loss of $780,.
900 by fire on the 18th.
Three prominent business houses at
Macon, Ga, were destroyed by FIRE on the
18th. Henry Schall, shoe store, Hunt.
Runkin 4 Lamar, wholesale drugs, and C.
H. Rogers & Co., wholesale groceries.
Total loss $4,000; literally insured.
A fire in Rostow, Russia, ON the II tn inst,
burned eleven houses.
A TIRE started in the snow sheds on the
Central Pacific railway, between Emigrant
Gap and Cisco, on the 18th inst, and burned
l 500 feet of sheds.
Another disastrous confagration occurred
at Pitts agricultural works, Buffalo, N. Y,
on the 10th, entirely destroying that i'm.
mense establishment, with the exception of
the storehouse, containing finished machin
cry, and the Office building. The supposed
cause was spontaneous combustion. The
works were established in 1851 by John A.
Pitts, but had lately been merged into
stock company, of which Mrs. Mary A.
Brayley was president. The total insurance
g $1O6,OOO.
Hamilton's shoe factory at Toronto, Cana.
ds, was damaged $4,000 worth by FIRE on
he 10th.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-07-30

OF Alexander Hamilton, died at Merced,
CAL, on the 18th.
United States consul, Cumnins died at
Ottawa, Canada, on the 18th.
Peter Anderson, editor of the Appeal, at
San Francisco, one of the most prominent
colored men on the coast, and head of the
California colored Mssons, died on the 18th
instant, at San Francisco.
August Won Manteufiel, son of Prince
Hermann Won Manteufel and nephew of
General Won Manteuffel, of Germany, died
at Chicago on the 18th, in extreme poverty.
He lead an,intemperate and reckless life and
was cast offby his titled relatives.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-07-30

A Fort Scott special says an engagement
took place near the mouth of Beaver creek,
on the 18th inst, between two compaaies of
troops and Lieut.. Clark's Indian scouts of
Miles command, and three hundred hostile
Sioux. The troops lost four Indian scouts
killed. and two soldiers wounded, when
Niles main column, which was 10 miles
behind, came up. The Indians were pur.
sued distance OF Is miles, but made their
escape to Sitting Bulls camp. 1t is very
probable another fight has taken place
before this. Bear VOLTS band of Crows
who are at Terry's Landing, report 500 lodges
Of Sioux ON this side of the Missouri on
their way to Fert Keogh, to make friends
with the whites.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-07-30

The causes of church discord seem to
increase and multiply. Quarrels are
rather more terrestrial in their origin
than formerly. Feuds of the present
day do not generally concern the perse.
verance of the saints or infant baptism,
but mainly arise from personal collisions.
1t is not long since q church in Illinois
was rent asunder over discussion of the
color which the front door should be
painted, and a church in Michigan was
totally destroyed, and another denom-
ination built temple on its ruins, be.
cause of the obstreperous and unseemly
conduct of a mule belonging to one of
the parishioners. The Baptist Church
of West Meriden, Conn.,, is at present
divided into hostile factions on account
of ladder claimed by two of tho
brethren, and which ono of them appro-
priated while it was standing, leaning or
otherwise resting against the barn of the
other. The law has been invoked, and
several church committees have "sot'
upon the case, and each side threatens
to expel the other. 1t is sad; but
church members are human.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-07-30

Ferdinand Armired, German, 60 years
of age, agent for Hamburg tea company,
at New York city, had been missing for
several days, and on the 18th inst his apart.
ments were forced in BY the police. One
Of the most disgusting sights ever witnessed
presented itself. Armired, who had evi.
IDENTITY been dead for two or three days, was
found lying on the door of his room terribly
decomposed and partly eaten by cats. The
police found NO less than twenty cats in the
room, and they had great difficulty in
driving them out The remains were taken
to the morgue, and the apartments disinfect.
ed. The cats found in the room were
owned by the deceased, who had always
appeared very much attached to them.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-07-30
Yellow lack.

The brig L. F. Munson, from Cardenas,
saw brig flying signal of distress, ran to
her and found her to be the brig Akbar,
from Havana for New York, with captain
and eight men sick with yellow fever, enc
man having died the day previous, and her
former captain having died in Havana. A
navigator was put on board.
Thirty-six cases of yellow fever were
reported at Memphis on the 2lst
inst. The exodus of citizens con.
tinues; business is almost entirely
and the general outlook is any
thing but cheering.
The brig Shasta, of New York, from Port
au Paix, San Domingo, bound to Chester,
Pa, arrived in great distress twelve miles
below Philadelphia, on the 18th inst. OF
nine men on board seven were down with
the yellow fever. Four deaths occurred, the
captain being among the number.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-11-25
a Pretty Plckpocket,


The Richmond (Va.) State says A short
time since a gentleman returning from the
fair grounds in crowded vehicle, felt his
watch slipping out of his pocket. He clap
ped his hands to the time piece, and was
surprised to find that it came in contact
with the hand of a well-dressed and pretty
young lady who was sitting at his side. He
looked around at her, and was non-plussed
at seeing two dainty little hands encased
in beautifully fitting gloves, which were
crossed on her lap. He saw through the
trick at once. This female was a pickpock-
ct, and the hands crossed upon her lap were
false The gentleman kept quiet until the
vehicle had gotten well into town, when he
told the female that she had better get out
with him. She readily assented, the wag-
on was stopped and the two alighted. Up
on reaching the sidewalk he told her that he
intended to call policeman and have her
arrested and taken to the station house
She begged piteously for mercy and by her
seductive ways soon succeeded in getting
he old gent to let her go free.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-11-25
Lost on the Lake.

SAcKETT's HARBoR, N. Y, November
1S.-The steam tug Seymour, of Ogdens-
burg, left Cape Vincent yesterday noon
with tow consisting of three dredges, two
derricks and seven scows, owned by Eckler
u Arnold, of Buffalo They had fine
weather until after passing Gallaup Islands
off Sackett's Harbor, when gale of wind
from the northeast with heavy snow-storm
set in. The tug and tow got within five or
SIX miles of Oswego, when they lost their
lights. The tug was turned arouud and
endeavored to hold the fleet until daylight
but the fleet broke away and was lost with
all hands except those who were rescued by
the tug. Thirty-one persons, including
three women and girl were drowned.
The feet is total loss.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-11-25
A Curiosity of Crime.

In studying up this matter have run
across this curiosity of crime:
A man has been four times to the Wis
'eonsin State prison for stealing cow.
Being asking why he did not steal a horse.
he'ssid that would send him up longer than
he'waEted to at any one time. The statute
puts the maximum for which sentence can
be passed for stealing anything of less val
ue than 800 at one year. He says there
is no telling how high up men will swear
the value of a horse, but there Is no danger
of their ''sswearing an old COW up to hun
dred dollars" He says he can get the
price OF the COW, his own keeping for a
year, suit-of .olothes and 1--WE dollars, for
one years work iR prison, and he thinks
that is doing wen for him. The abolition
OF term sentences would relieve society of
that kind of criminal prank.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-11-25
A Series Of Practical Jokes.

An Alderman in suburban New York
town offered man dollar to play a prac.
tical joke on neighbor, and then paid
him in counterfeit money. The receiver
OF the money took blank warrant, filed
it out with Justices name gave it to the
Constable and had the Alderman arrested.
By this time the latter had got tired of iok-
ing and began suit in earnest for false
imprisonment. Thereupon the other party
obtained genuine warrant against the
Alderman for passing counterfeit money,
1t is now the Alderman's "play"