Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-06-25


gCnDSons AND FADEK.
Springfield celebrates.
Tfse rush % Hanson county il inn
nncnee.
Madison has ordered fire-crakers
6r the fourth.
Report says that district attorney
Flagg il soon to b the victim Of
matrimony.
The merchants and mechanics Of
Swan Lake spend their time now-a-
days ct croquet.
The crops around Springfield are
the talk Of oil visitors to this section.
People from all around coming here
TO the land Office say hat they are
far ahead Of any crops they have
seen III the territory Times.
During TIE heavy storm last sun
day afternoon . Dane living about
8 miles south Of town, was killed by
lightning, as was also his pony on
which he was riding at the time.
|-Ncp Era.
A gentleman from Sioux City was
coming into Rockport few days ago
and when coming down the hill just
south Of town his horses ran away,
scattering the load over the ground
and demolishing the wagon. The
two parties in the wagon were
thrown out, hut neither was serious
" injured.--Pion ec
During the severe thunder storm
on last Friday afternoon Jacob Croft,
living three miles south Of Scotland,
was struck by lightning and instant
" killed. A span Of horses, a yoke
Of oxen and his dog were killed at
the same time. Two persons in COM
pany with him were injured, but not
thought dangerous.-lfua.
VIZ wish to give our readers a few
words on the subject Of doing bust
ness with responsible parties at
home, instead of carrying their mon
ey out of their own locality. Several
Lake county men recently filed con-
tests on lands in this county, paying
lawyers fees in Souix Falls for carry
ing the business through for them.
As q result the attorneys probably
thinking to get q reduction on rates
Of publication, withheld the money
paid them for the publishers the usu-
al numbers Of times and promising
TO remit. Our failure to see any prof
II in q mere promise to remit for
work done, caused us to send back
several notices, which will thus get
into type too late to secure a legal
publication before the specified trial
Of title. Thus in their endeavors to
feed sharks by taking work from the
straight forward local attorney who
is fully prepared to conduct contests
on business principles, some of the
sssharp ones" have lost their preten-
tons to available lands. We advise
anyone having need Of such legal
assistance, to leave it in Madison
where it belongs, or pay us for their
notices personally, as we do not pub
lish such notices without the money
in adyance.-Audison Sentinel.
One of the most important expert
mental works now in progress in the
Hills is being prosecuted upon Rap
id Creek, q short distance below the
confluence Of the main stream and
Castle Creek, by James Vollins and
four others who are engaged driving
tunnel 40 feet in length, through |
mountain Of solid granite, for the
purpose of turning the great volume
Of water from its present channel to
enable them to thoroughly prospect
the bed of the stream. The creek
at this place describes a horseshoe |
Of about four miles in extent, RUM
ing around the mountain through
which the tunnel is being cut, and
the reasonable supposition, based
upon prospects and other circumstan-
ces, is that a very rich pay streak
rests upon bed rock. Owing to the
depth Of bed rock, IS feet, and the
great amount Of water in the chan
mel, it is impossible to go down by
the ordinary process of pumps, crib
bling, etc, hence the tunnel is calcu-
lated to drain the old channel and
throw four or five miles Of rich
ground into a workable condition.
The tunnel will cost $4,000, and its
construction will occupy the greater
portion Of the year, but if the expec-
tations Of the projectors are realized,
they will be amply rewarded for the
observation-disclosures Pioneer.