Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1880-09-22

men atid women ale thrown out of employment,
many Of whom depended entirely upon work
they received at the factory for their subsistencc
Thrts.two hcsises mrs aesGoyeit ma ono
hundred pepple rendered homeless by a fire at
Saint - Upper oercnns France; on she 10th
INST. &ss A
At Kankakee, ILL.,, oi,tho 10th, fire Destroyed
the cloth and button factory, Loss not stated;
insurance oil, 500. ES 81
A fire occurred on tie soutl,side of the pub
lie square at Winchester, ILL.,, on the 9Th inst,
causing loss Of 30, 900, .yt1
At paducah, KY, Segenfeltcr 4 Reeds three
story brick blocklwas Destroyed ON the sth inst.
A ire in the shoe shops of the state psniten-.
dary at Issnaon. n. on the M sth in inst.' caused
Manhattan market. New York city, covering
an entis9 block Of snce, was burned on the Sth
inst. The aggregate loss to the 400 stand
owner4 win Be in the neighhqkhood Of q ,00O,-
eo0, While the loss on the Building will be very
"'esss GsIenao@ hotel, San Francesca c.n, burned
ON the stk inst. Loss probably $4,000.
Tragical.
Mike Hawkins, alias John Edwards, shot AID
killed VIM. Lane. colOred, five miles from
Laxrenceburg, Anderson county, Ky.. on the
evening Of the 18th inst. The cause was said
The BODY 81 Henfy Moehobee, i guard hav.
ing in charge convics at work on the Big Sandy
rsilroad, ten miles east of Mount Sterling, O.,
was found in the woods on the 18th inst. The
| convicts had fallen upon him, literally cutting
his body in pieces, and then escaped.
John Laughin, while very drunk, went into
| the saloon Of Andrew W. Zittei, Of East st.
manded beer, which Zittell refused to give him.
Laughlin then attempted to draw some himself,
and Zittell put him out Of the saloon, Xittell
then began to close his house, and, while shut
ting the front door, LauSllin drew revolver
and shot him through the head, in1ictings q
wound from which he died two hours later;
| At LoganspOrt, Iud., on the 11th INST, John
| Duffield, Of White county, shot and instantly
killed James Heenan in q quarrel about girl.
| Six or seven young roughs undertook to In
timidate three night watchmen at Rockford,
ILL.,, on the 18th inst. Arming themselves witl
stones. the assailants made things 80 interest.
revolyers and fired. Two balls struck one Of
the rioters, named Edward Ryan, inflicting fata
| wounds.
A fracas occurred at picnic near Owenton
4 Ky., on the 11th inst, between two parties oi
drunken youths. Shooting became general, re
sulting in the death Of Barnard Acre, aged IS
Three brothers named Hammond were wounded
two, it is thought, mortally.
Nickle Smith, q hard character, was takel
from his home at Pueblo, COL, on the 12tl
inst, by . committee Of citizens, and hung
Smith had raped a small girl.
Mrs. John Mccarthy. Of San Francisco, re
known to herself. John did not like his wife
course, sought her out, and shot her dead OF
the 1lth inst He then tried to put an end +
bis own worthless life, but did not succeed. HI
is dangerously wounded.
The police of Covington, KY, attempted t
arrest party Of colored men on the 11th inst
One OF them resisted and was shot dead. Hi
name was Joe Saunders.
Mrs. Cynthia Hargbut, aged 70 years, Twin
alone at Fort Ann. N. Y, WAS brutally murdere
on the night Of the 9th inst. There was nothin
disturbed in the house to indicate that the caus
Thomas Horgan, formerly assistant superir
tendcnt OF The gas works ut St. Joseph, Mo
: was fatally shot by Richard Stevenson, forme
deputy sheriff Of Kansas City, NO., at Leadvill'
COL, on the 9th inst. Cause, jealousy.
SAT- Lake City, Utah, was startled on the y
inst, by bloody afrray which occurred at
. railway depot, in which both contestants n
, ceived fatal pistol wounds. The parties wei
{ r. T. Smith and DR.. b. L. Snedaker and II
trouble was in regard to Miss Davidson
whom Smith was engaged, and who according
a rumor was drugged and outraged by the docto
4 AT the Opera House at Melbourne, Austral
on the 10th ult., a new arrival, MoGregt
| IIccus md0OcAcu Ny JcSousys oAiuS h'S y"
k wife and Loudey, 4 member of the French q
. hibition commission and then himself. III
1 two FORMER received severe head and IA
wounds, but Green died.
|, Jim Robinson, city marshal Of Water Vale
q Miss, was shot and instantly killed by Jof
. Adams, contractor Of the Chicago, st. Lou
r and New Orleans railroad. The difficulty W
0 about coat. EFtEE
/ W.. A. Arnold, marshal Of Lancaster, Ky
e and cousin of J. Fl. Arnold, who shot al
: killed r. e. Little, shot and instantly kill
y Robert Boyle, stepson Of Grove C. Kennedy,
b tent during the performance Of Zell Bro
' circus at Lancaster on the night Of the
d inst Arnold was attempting to arrest Boz
j, for boisterous conduct, using his weapon wi
fatal effect.
:, Saml. Perkins, young man from Uniontow
Il Ky., was found on the morning of the sth in
r lying on the platform ct Vmcennes, Ind. wi
q cash in his head. He died in few hor
afterwards. The coroner's inquest found
trace to the murderer, but fromthe fact u
d Perkins had been robbed 1t was evident ii
, he had been murdered.