Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1880-01-28

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mad by the secretary Of state, and Cover
nor Smith then delivered his message. The
other officers chosen are ~ follows: A. W.
Sawyer, secretary Of state; Chaa. White
treasurer; w. II. Mcclellan, attorney gener
al; N. n. Folsom, adjutant general.
Gov. Smith Immediately issued sn order
dsposing Gen. Chamberlain from his posi-
ton - governor ad interim and ordering oil
militia to cease 10 recognize him - com
mander.in.chief. Chamberlin ignores the
order, and thus matters become more and
more complicated.
The several questions propounded to the
Supreme Court have been answered at
length. The answers are in effect that the
Fusion legislature is illegal, and the Re.
publicans are favored ON every point
Tho Republican Legislature will meet u
usral and espcsed With legislative work.
On the 18th instant the Republican legis.
lature assembled and elected Daniel F.
Davis governor. Immediately ON taking
the oath Gov. Davis issued an order to Gen.
Chamberlain to surrender his powers as
governor I'd interim, accompanying the
order with q copy of the Supreme Court
decision. Chamberlain acknowledged the
order and gracefully "stepped down and
out" The Fusionists show an inclination
to accept the situation and abide by the
Supreme Court decision.
Recent TFaGedies.
At Scranton, Peoria county. ILL.,, on the
18th inst, A. c. Barnes shot Matte Ford,
his inamorata, wounding her perhaps fatal.
ly, and then sent . bullet into his own
brain. The woman had led him on in his
suit, which she finally refused.
A negro was lynched at Warrenton, Va,
on the 10th for going of with q white girl.
In the absence of her husband, Mrs. Ma.
ria L, Crew, living ON Libby Farm, Groten
Ridges, Mass, was outraged and murdered
ON the 18th. No clew to the perpetrator of
the foul act.
Lotta Robinson was murdered in bawdy
house at Chicago, ILL.,, on the 18th inst. by
George w. Strstton.
Officer Lee Lyman was murdered at Day.
ton, O., ON the 18th by John Francis, q
young man whom Lyman had arrested for
COuCc8lou WSupOu0s
Nat. Smith, . negro confined in the Jones'
boro, Ca, jail, for an attempt at rape, was
taken out and hanged by mob on the 18th.
Frank Smith and John Static quarreled
at Cincinnati, o., on the 18th, when the for
mer was stabbed by Static, fatally.
Annie Martin, aged %, an inmate of .
disreputable house, at Ill Prince street,
New York, was found murdered in her
room on the morning of the 18th.
In drunken row at indianapolis, Ind,
on the night of the 14th, Louis Autonal, a
French butcher, cut the throat of VIM.
Lawmon, . grocery keeper, killed him in
stantly.
At Kansas City, Mo-, on the l4th, Culver
Thompson, recently adjudged insane by the
courts, shot Morris, his stepfather, twice,
inficting probably fatal wounds, and made
good hSa sscsps.
Al. Forbes shot aud killed an old farmer.
VIM. Norton, at Irvington, ILL.,, on the 18th.
An old feud existed.
Jacob Miller, Chicago saloon keeper,
while opening his saloon on the morning of
the 10th was met by two unknown men who
attempted to enter, but whom he refused ad.
mission. One of them instantly shot him
through the head and both men escaped.
He died in two hours.
WA. Fowler, who acted ss guide through
Wayne county, Tenn, for the revenue off,
GERS, has been waylaid and killed by the
moonshiners.
John Sevanger, an old man, so years of
age, was murdered in his cabin in Wash.
ington county, Col, on the 9th.