Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1880-01-28
Singular ExpaOS1On.

Wounded.
singular ExpaOS10n.
As some Ion pgshoremen were opening th,
natchways on the steamer Grace, at Hobo
Ken, N. j., on the 18th, an accumulation o
gas from the coal below exploded, killing
'wo and burning several others.
Fatal Explosion.
A boiler in a saw mill at Fremont, N
a., exploded on the night of the 18th inst
The mill was blown to atoms, one of tn,
Clarence Perkins, instantly
killed and another, Joseph Quimby. fatally
injured.
Samuel Ellis and his son John, were
drowned in the st. Lawrence, at Morristown
n. Y, on the 18th. The boy had on skates
and was pushing his father before him ON .
lied, when suddenly both disappeared in ar
lir hole.
A Duel.
A Pesth dispatch reports that duel hal
been fought between Baron Aaytheni and
Herr verhovay, member of parliament anl
editor of Hungarian political paper, il
which the latter was mortally wounded'by .
pistol bail.
A Large sale.
The Glass, Pendar and Rough and Ready
No. 2 mines, the richest deposits developed
n the Black Hills region, were bought OF
he 18Th inst. by western capitalists, headed
~ Col. d. P. Dyer, of st. Louis, for fv,
million dollars. This ii the largest sale O
mining property yet made in Leadville.
Jumped the Track.
The engine of the Buffalo express train
lorth ON the Pennsylvania division of tn,
Reading railroad, jumped the track neal
Pa, on the 10th, killing tht
'ngineer, James DAILY, and injuring the FIRE
nan, Thomas Pheinsy. The sleeping cal
vas badly wrecked. No passengers hurt.
Life in Chicago.
Az z. B. Wells, psymaster of the South
Side Gaslight and Coke company, Chicago
vas riding along Deering street, in tha,
,ity. ON the afternoon of the 10th instant
hree masked men assaulted him, knocked
lin senseless with a slupg shot and secured
4, 600 in gold and silver. The thugs escaped
n buggy taken from in front of q grocery
tore, in which its owner was trading.
Suicidal.
Constable Augustus K. Hall, of Justice
court, Chicago, shot and
Killed himself ON the 18th inst. Financial
md legal troubles caused the rash act
Vincent B. Bell, former deputy collector
If Detroit, Mich, suicided by shooting OF
he night Of the 10th.
Henry Burguns, . prominent Cincin
NATHAN, suicided on the morning OF the 14ti
INST.
An Entire Family Lost.
Iii reported from Little Traverse, Mich.
hat on the 18th inst, Ave persons-twt
men, . woman, wife of one of the men, ant
,wo children started from Beaver Island il
! sail boat for Little Traverse. The boat
getting between two floating masses of ice
Was badly crushed, and the occupants wer'
orced to embark on the ice. The party be
,ame separated, ond man reaching the vii
age of Cross Lake, badly frosen ans
nearly famished. The rest of the party
man, wife and two children, hsve not sine,
been heard Of.
Fits John Rorterss Caso.
On the goth, the house committee agrset
lpon bill to restore Fitx John Porter Il
ais rank In the Uaitsd States army. In,
bill gives General Porter the pay Of majo
general from January 2Sth, 1868, to Septsm
Dor LIT, 1895, and for . colonel from tina
late to the present day. It 10 roughly esd
mated thas this will amount to between
el50, 900 and $le0, 1000, and il in Lieu OF tn,
bi76,000 at first proposed. Considerable
discussion 10 expected when the bill il lai,
before congress.
DuFf Robbins BaAly InjareA.
On the 18TH, - Burr Robbins, the vel
know circus proprietor, WAS going from hi
Earm, short distance from Janesville, Wis.
on Rock River, in his steam yacht, an,
when approaching bridge, he essayed Il
lower the smoke stack OF the tiny craft, b.
struck his head on the bridge timbsrs will
terrible force, badly crushing his skull. A
last accounts his condition was precarious
his mentL faculties were unim
paired.
Powder NM kxplooAon.
The three mills Of the Miami Powde
company, situated three miles south Of Ysl
low SPRING., Green esunty, o., containing
, stock Of over 1000 pounds Of the sxplos
I've, exploded with terrible force on th
10Th. Two employees, named Tagsszt IN,
Casusy, were blown 10 atoms. Mills N
machinery completely wiped out Th
eauss Of the mishap was the bars
ing Of . hydraulic main. The works hay
been n existsaes . years, and IN that tin
~ parsons havs lost thsir lives by sxpls
siena.
Dashoaast ODeaa1a,
A govsrnmsat dram rpon Postmasts
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