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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-05-14

The Ruby Hill stage vas stopped ne. 4
Eureka. New, on tbs night Of the 29th. olt..
by three mon, and the passsngsrs aad 81.
press box rihed. In Eureka the. sansnisht,
two men weAt 2 { iiseyy sg1 ole bull.doaed
the hestlsrs, took two Of me best horses and
started Of, pu!psd b. The shsria's poses.
fThsyxsre oyetta Zen and In the Asht that
en.ued one Of them, John Sullivan, ives
tnlsv s.d'9As Other wssrfsd and taksa Y
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-05-14

tsr was found covered with blood, with .
piece Of wood driven into her .desh. She
win probably die. The father and SON rs.
ceived slight injuries.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-05-14

About two months ago the new Park Ho.
ta wasSpsaed in Are styie, q Colanbgls
O., and ON The LIST inst. w. D. Horn was ap.
pointed receiver, to manage the Astei at ~
request Of the creditors, who furnished the
building. The Chains thus faS filed aGgre.
gate about 100000.
Martin 4 Co, hardware merchants, Asn-
phis, Tenn, have made an assignnent.
Liabilities $4,000. enEsse a Jes4a !.
Robert Barrett, cotton mill owne. at Boil
TON and Manchester. England, has failed for
$4,000. HE0 sstf5 ''%l3 ,SsSa
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-05-14
usrruI AND sp1z1ru1o.
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I INFORMATION WAITED
This Institution Of Mechanical Engi-
neers, Victoria street. Wsstminseer,
London, win % glaoI0 se - .u
- ~ .m.f ~ cr;t;ss ~coniezof honls and paIers.
| g. from ~ IN interereated Al the
I,; s"n;;.ct [ -hsch the societv haa nov uuder
;; ;rv.st;.stior. [ + The hsrdenine. tem.
ner;ns snd anneslins Of steel. 3. The
ksst form of rivited Joints 20 rcsist strain
n iron ar steei. or both combined. s.
Eriction ~ Mn yelocitiee. especially
x;th refsrence 70 friction or bearinea
snS rsvnss. Sriction Of hrakes. &c.
~A~ P's'~s --'
INITIATION 1o :. -,
Oak may be dyed 20 - 70 resemole
ebony By soaking It tor forty eight hour.
in hot saturated solution 81 Alum ana
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-05-14

The tunnel under the Detroit river win
be completed withia two years, and will
cost about 81, 100000 Mr.. Tillipghast, the
president Of the Canada Southern railway
company, says thAt the location chosen for
this great undertaking 10 the emily one
where the tunnel can be made through the
rock, as it comes within twenty-five feet of
the surface of the water at the points se.
lected. At Detroit the rock 10 nearly lo0
feet below the surface. Amhertsburg il
fourteen miles below that city. The pro-
posed location OF the tunnel will accommo.
date traffic from both the northwest and
the southwest.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-05-14

At Stratford, Ont, ON the 9Th instant, .
car laden with nitro.glycerine exploded in
the Grand Trunk freight yards, killing sew.
eral men and wrecking one hundred and
fifty freight cars and some eheds. Two
railway employees named Frank Lemoine
and Thomas Dillon, were blown TO atoms.
the foot Of one being found 200 yards OF.
Geo. Hawkins, q car dealer, had both eyes
put out BY splinters and was 20 badly injur.
ed that he died soon after. Jos. Humphrey,
Alfred Lamb, and Mr. Flynn. were badly
injured. A car upon which the .explosion
occurred was freighted at Montreal for
Hampersburg, and contained thirty pack.
ages which were entered as blasting pow.
der. They sWeie ahipped ON account Of
[syAnderbaH 70 BE- ubed in blasting q ths
DETROIT tnansl. SSss ssttss #s@
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-05-14

BILE incaatstiors (which, he says, 'fn three
days will result in the resurrection Of my
beloved child"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-05-14

.1fiLWAUKBB, Ny $500 2. M.--ElouI
Tame Bat hrn; ehoiss spring Ct eAOo@
45O: common 70 good q es.26@S.76. Wheat
-.Active and higher; No. 1 at csc; No.
hard ct 9l.OlH; No. 2 ct 93@03Xc; No. 8
et 6k07SXc; No. 1t 10Hkc; seller
yane s D43(0e6e: seller July at the same.
C1KA<Dn1 at 1abfc. 0abg<Thna st 343(c
Rys-Higher 1t l6Hc. Baxisy-Stsong at
60}<c; No. At ~. Pork Etfoager q e0s3l
for cash. LArd-At 800. Hoe-Strona
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-05-14


The Baptist Church at North Adams /,
Mas, was damaged By 6re on the 5th inst.
Loss $45, 900; insurance $35,00O.
Page 4 Cofdn's paper factory at New
Market, N. H., burned ON the 5th inst
Less >6o,00o; ins1ra.ee ~, ,eoo. --aea-----
A FIRE At Denver, Colorado, ON the Sd In.
stant totally consumed the Silver Cliff
Mining company's sampling works. Loss
$40, 900; insured.
Calyin's extensive stables ct Providence,
r. l., and six cottages, burned ON the Sd
instant. An hostler and fifty horses perish.
cd. Loss $685. 900.
A ERE in the hat factory of the Nassachu.
setts state prison caused loss of $45, 900;
insurance $4,000.
The machine shop and pattern rooms Of
the Pacific iron works, at Bridgeport, Conn.,,
burned ON the night of the I'd instant Losa
$75.Oo0.
| The village Of Gsatchinko, on the volgs
has been totally destroyed BY FIRE.
A Ere in the northeast quarter of Mon
treal, ON the 3oth ult, destroyed over forty
two-storied houses, aud rendered seventy
families homeless. Total loss $50, 900.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-05-14
Self HlaughaeP.

Elias Lipsis, stage manger OF the Bella
Union theatre, at San Francisco, CAL,
suicided on the night of the Sd inst, BY
shooting himself through the body in the
presence Of his wife.
NJ. D. Vincent, of the firm Of Vincent 4
Co., clothiers, New Brunswick, N. j., which
firm was recently sold out by . receiver,
suicided at New Brunsvick on the I'd inst.
Henry Axman, . butcher, hung himself
at Memphis, Tenn, on the I'd inst.
James H. Field, aged sixty, of the firm
Of Field & Cary, furniture dealers, killed
himself at Providence, r. l.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-05-14

! The Panama &ar and Herald Of April a,
tells the following story Of the Attempted
revolution there:
"The plot TO upset the stats government
had been eoncootsd BY disadected poliu-
eians who sought TO purchase the o6csrs Of
the Columbian Guards on the lshmus. TAs
commander Of the guards becoming cog
nisant Of the facts rebuked the olacers,
which 10 incsnsed them that Capt. Obaldia
assaulted the colonel with his sGbss s4d was
shot down hy tAs eolenel's IN, sgsA
sightssp, and hsutsaaat IN the battalion.
The row then became general and contin-
iasd I'LL Col. Coryaial, his ssn and four ether
officers and several msa xsrs killsA ana
from sieht u ten woando1g tlA6si ~ tse
tragedy was around pown, and adhsrsnts ef
the government ct once decided to check
the. attempt at revolution and to punish tho
crimes comnitted. In Courtsl they kept up
. ere on the national barracks from half.
past six until nearly nine the following
morning whom the troops Internationally
surrendered. Thirty killed and - many
wounded is the record Of losses. The city
is quiet and martial law is proclaimed.
A nsraersus Heesrl. -
Ed sard Parr. aged 60, fatally stabbed his
dsughtsr, Susan Irving, agsd ~. at Phils.
delphis, ON the 9th inst. The murder grew
ont Of An old feud. vi
A letter received At Boston ON the 9th
inst, says: "While the bark Chslnsford
was lying at Hiogo. japan. Chinese hand
killed the cook and seaman and then
jumped overboard." ~
At New Preston Hill, Conn.,, ON the 9Th
inst, Albert Cogswell, while drunk, killed
his wife and himself J, qz
Lewis Coons, Of ToGhkanic, N. r., in att
Of jealousy cut his wife's throat and then
his own. on the 5th inst. The woman IL
dead. Coons will live. Both we're younG,
and rece1tly married.
As the congregation was leaving the
Methodist church ct Galveston, Texas, on
the 4th inst, Colonel Jared e. Kirby shot
dead John Steele who, in quarrel fourteen
yesrs ago killed Kirby's father.
Mr.. Samuel N. Pavsy, one Of the wealthiest
stock raisers Of Highland county. Ohio,
WAS shot and killed ON The night Of the Sd
inst, in . quarrel, By his stepson, John
Link, his son, Taylor PAvey, also being
killed in the melee. Pavey married Mrs.
Link few years ago and the marriage has
not been happy one. She complained to
her son ON the I'd inst about her husband
and his son Taylor. and the three got into
the Quarrel st the bsyn.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-05-14

The long-looked.for single acull race on
the Tyne between Edward Hanlon, Of To-
ronto, Ont, and John Hawdon, of Delsval,
for f20O side, took place on the 9th inst,
and as vas generally expected, resulted in
q victory for Hanlon. The weather was
splendid. The course was from the Man.
sion House to the suspensicn. bridge at
scotswood. distance thrse milas and three
furlongs. Hanlon won the race with the
greatest ease by six lengths. His correct
time was twenty-five minutes i've seconds.
Hanlon led from the start, and had the race
in hand throughout, rowing with great de-
liberation, looking over his shoulder leis'
urely at times for his course.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-05-14
INFOHMATION WANTED.

The Institution Of Mechanical Engi-
neers, victoria street, WsstminsteT,
London, will b glad TO recsive records
Of unpublished experinenta refeEence
to authorities copiaof hooks and pAPen,
&C., from any ono intererested tn the
subject which the society has now uuder
investigation: l. The hardening, tenn
perine and annealing Of steel. 2. The
best form Of rivited joints 70 resist strain
In iron or steel, or both combined. 8.
Friction 1t high velocitiss, especially
With reference to friction or bearings
and pive.s friction Of brakes, &c.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-03-27

Of jelly, and some of my own ripe fruit
strawberries and peaches; and as |
soon got into the habit Of gong about
among the poor, met Beatrix Rane
very often
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-03-27
She Sewed on his ButtOns.'

Everybody who knows old Blummer
knows pretty tight-tisted man. Sew
eral days ago he said to his wife "Ma-
ria, l want you to look over that broad
cloth vest of mine and put new buttons
on it, cause Pm going to a card party
tonight, and it'll pay me to look a
little spruccr than common"
"But, Ety." answered Mrs. B., 81
haven't any buttons to match that vest !;
and"
"Thunder!" broke in Blummer, "the
idea Of woman keeping house as long
as you have, an pretendin' to be out of
buttons. By George! 1 b'lieve you'll
ask me for money to buy 'em with
next" And then old Blummer shook
his head threateningly and departed
down town, leaving Mrs. B. looking
after him with a peculiar expression in
her eyes.
That evening Blummer hurried
through his supper and began arraying
himselffor the card party. Presently he
called for the broadcloth vest, and Mrs.
B., with marvellous promptitude, hand
ed it to him. He took it, hastily un-
folded it, and then, as his eye took in
its complete appearance, he stood as one
transhXed. 1t was a six button vest,
and there were six buttons on it, and
the dazed optics of Blummer observed
that the first, or top one, was tiny
pearl shIrt-button, and that the next
one was brass army overcoat button,
with U. S. cleaning upon it, and that
number three was an oxydized silver
affair, and that number four was a horn
button, evidently from the back of one
of the Puritan fathers coats, and then
came a suspen6er button, and there, as
the dazzled eyes Of old Blummer reach
ed the bottom button--a poker chip
found in Blummer's pocket with two
holes punched through it--he gave a
snort that made the chandelier jingle.
There is, after all, a fine sense of humor
about Blummer, and he laughed till he
cried. And there won't be any button
money grudged in that household hefe-
after.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-03-27

1--WE had been together then for near
Iy month. had Miss Lind and her
party as passengers from New Orleans
to Louisville. The trip down | had car
ried hundreds Of the first people off the
South to hear her sing in New Orleans,
They had come all the way from Mem
phis and Little Rock and Vicksburg,
but when they got to New Orleans
there was hardly seat to be had for
love or money. So, many of them came
back with me unsatisfied-they had
rather be on the same boat with Jenny
Lind than to stay for the Mardi Gras
and all that in New Orleans. When
we were fairly on our way up the river,
one of the ladies-she was great belle
in her day, the daughter of Senator,
and afterwards the wife of one of our
foreign Ministers-came to me and
asked whether it was really true that
Miss Lind meant to keep her stateroom
all the way to Memphis.
"'Of course not, said |. Everybody
comes to dinner on my boat"
Those were simple times. The cap
tain of Mississippi steamboat was a
person of more consequence, even, than
the commander of an ocean steamer is
to-day, and Captain Thomasson was the
most noted Of all the captains on the
Father of Waters.
-"'Of course not. She'll be at din
ner to-day Then | went to Barnum
-Barnum, the Snowman, who was ma
naging Miss Lind.
'Barnum, said |, lis Miss Lind get
ting ready for dinner?'
"Barnum looked up surprised.
'Why, no., said he; Miss Lind eats her
meals in her room.
"'Not on my boat" said /; for you
see didn't want to disappoint the la
dies. Well Barnum and | argued it
awhile, and then | agreed to talk to
Miss Lind myself about it. | knocked
at the door of her stateroom.
The pleasantest voice i ever heard
said, Come in
"Miss Lind" said l, "T am the Cap
tain of this boat. There are twenty la
dies on board--ladies of the first station
in America--whom l brought anywhere
from 200 to 600 miles down to New Or
leans to hear and to see you. They
couldn't get even to the door of your
concert-room for the crowd. SO they
took passage on my boat again with no
means to be rude--neither do L; but l
do hope you will CRAFTY them and not
seclude yourself all this long trip"
"My dear Captain" said she, asplea
sanity as could be, IL don't mean to
nide myself. Why should IL But what
would you have me dor"
"Come and sit at my right hand at
dinner" said /. ats nearly time for
the bell to ring"
"Wiz re greatest plazure," said the
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-03-27

great lady, and when dinner was ready
she came out of her state-room smiling,
and bowed to everybody In the ladies'
cabin, and sat down at my side.
"Will you not do me re honalr TO In
trOduce me to re ladies' said she, and
| introduced her to all the lady pas
sengers that were at my table-all la
dies, mind you. 1t was the r-Ost plea
SAINT dinner | ever had. Miss Lind
was curious about everything, and es-
pecially about plantation life. She and
Miss - got to be great friends, and
the lady afterwards visited Mrs. Gold
schmidt, after her marriage to the pia-
mist, at her home in London.
After dinner the tables were cleared
away, and Miss Lind sat down on the
sofa at the end of the cabin. | went
forward to where Barnum was sitting,
near the clerks office. "Barnum," I"
said l, won't Miss Lind sing something
for the ladies?"
"Captaln," said he, turning on me,
'are you gone raving madY Miss Lind
sing in public place like this Why,
man, you make me laugh. Miss Lind
gets 81 900 for every song she sings:
Perhaps pou've got 81, 900 to spare
about you? Offer her that-and then
she'll tell you to so about your busi-
ness"
"All right, Barnum," said I, Gwen
see."
"Well, then, went into the pantry
and got my niger band together.
There was one likely young boy among
'em, who had such voice as you never
heard. / was younger, then, consider
able, than am now, but could never
hear that boy sing one of his plantation
songs without the tears coming into my
eyes. But thought I'd try him first.
So one OF the boys kept time on his
banjo, and the fellow sang over his
song. 1t was about yellow girl who
had been sold into slavery from her
Louisiana home into Georgia. | al
ways thought the boy made it up him
self. | never heard the words or the
music before or since. The words
didn't exactly rhyme, nor the music
wasn't such as you hear in the opera,
but l knew ii would do. So l got the
boys together in the cabin, and after
they had played while the boy sang
his song. Miss Lind listened from first
to last, and there were tears in her
eyes, too, when it was' through. |
don't exactly know how 1t was, but five
minutes afterwards she was at the piano
and sang first the music of that song as
well as she could remember it, and then
song after song of her own. And not
only that evening either, but every
evening that she was OH the boat. The
pianist of her troupe played, too, and
the other members of the company sang
or played, and my ladies also, and such
concerto there never were in America
before or since.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-03-27
Sam Slick as a Farmer.

"Old Driyvle, down here to Maccan,
said to me one day, For gracious sake,
said he, 'Nr. Slick, do tell me what |
shall do with Johnny. His mother sets
great store by him, and thinks he's the
makin's of considerable smart man ;
he's CROWN up fast now, and am
pretty well-tO-do in the world, and
reasonable forehanded, but / don't
know what the dogs to put him to. The
lawyers are like spiders-they've eat
up all the flies. and | guess they'll have
to eat each other soon, for there's more
OMEN than causes now in every court.
The Doctors trade is poor one, too !;
they don't get barely cash enough to
pay for their medicines; | never seen a
country practitioner yet that made
anything worth speakin' Of. Then, as
for preachin', why church and dessen-
ters are pretty much tarred with the
same stick; they live in the same pas
tur' with their flocks, and between 'em,
Is fed down pretty close | tell you.
What would you advice me to do with
him?' We'll, says l, IN tell you if
you won't be nifty with me- Nifty
with you indeed, said he, Il guess I'll
be very much obliged to you; it amt
every day one gets chance to consult
with person Of your experience; |
count it quite privilege to have the
opinion of such an understandin' man
as you be- well, says 1, take a stick
and give him a real good quiltin'; jist
tantune him like blazes, and set him to
work. What does the crtter want?
you have a good farm for him, let him
60 and airn his bread; and when he can
raise that. let him get wife to make
butter for it; and when he has more of
both than he wants, let him sell 'em,
and lay up his money, and he will soon
have his bread buttered on both sides.
Put him to, eh why, put him to the
plow, the most natural, the most happy,
the most Innocent, and the most heal
thy employment in the world But
said the old man (and he did not look
oyer half pleased), markets are so con-
founded dull, labor so high, and the
banks and great folks a-swallerin' all
up so, there don't seem much encou-
ragement for farmers; its hard rubbin'
nowadays, to 1--we by the pIow-he'll be
hard wOrkin' poor man all his days
'Oh' says |, 'if he wants to get rich by
farmin'. he can do that too. Let him
sell his wheat, ana eat his oatmeal and
rye; send his beef, mutton and poultry
to market, and eat his pork and pota-
toes; make his own cloth, weave his
own linen, and keep out of shops. and
he'll soon grow rich; there are more
fortins got by savin' than by maxim, l
guess, a plagny sight; he can't eat his
cake and have it too, that's fact. No,
make farmer of him, and you will
have the satisfaction of seeing him an
honest, an Independent, and respect
able member CT society; more honest
than traders, more independent than
professional man, and more respectable
than either"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-03-27

Few men are inclined to grant wo-
man the credit of having any business
tact, or Of doing business in business
way, but they must come down in the
case of Detroit widow whose person.
al effects are now being overhauled by
an administrator, She made no will,
but the private papers in her desk ex-
planned all that. The first paper in
the bundle was endorsed:
"0ffer of marriage from Mr.. -.
Respectfully declined on the ground of
his stoop-shoulders and defective Wis
ion. Contents private"
The next paper was endorsed,
Schedule B, showing that l have
just sufficient to bury me-"
A dainty-looking epistle bore the en-
dorsement in red ink,
Number 'G.'-Conditional offer of
marriage from Mr.. s., declined with
thanks"
A bill sent from a millinery house
bore the endorsement,
"Paid the within in the presence of
the cook the day Mr.. G. called and Of
fered me his hand and heart; parlor
stove fell down the same day"
A bill of $2s .33, sent from a grocery
house was indorsed,
"Settled the within for $25, as had
never had the sardines as charged.
Paid the money the day the cook fell
down stairs. Rejected Mr.. BIS offer
to wed him just before the bill came in"
An official envelope containing sew
eral papers was marked,
"Various epistles limiting at mai
riage; orthography generally poor;
grammar terrible; construction very
bad. Answered each one kindly but
firmly"
A pink-colored letter without enve-
lope was marked.
"Gushing offer of marriage from
young Mr.. Yin very poor ink, and
no pathos in his expressions. This is
his second direct offer. Declined on
the ground of his youth"
A bill for 81, balance on cloak, was
filed,
paid this after sharp dispute, in
the presence of Sarah, who hurt her
nose the same day. Mr.. - was in
the parlor at the time. Proposed be-
fore he left; gently, but firmly de-
clined offer on account of his deafness.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-03-27

The docility of the reindeer, so care
fully impressed on us in childhood, is
declared to be myth. 1t seems that
he is remarkably difficult to break, and
always exceedingly troublesome to
catch; while in temperament he is apt
to be dangerous compound of vice, fe-
rocity and hypocrisy. While apparent
ly going pleasantly in harness, he will
turn sharply round and make savage
assault on his driver. His master knows
him too well to trust him. The lap is
always on the outlook to tumble out of
the sleuge and turn 1t over on top of
him as a protection against the animals
horns. When the deer is tire Of but
ting the timber, the driver picks him
self up, replaces the sledge on its run
ners, and the pair proceed.