Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-12-26
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The pOstoff1ce on Lookout Mountain.
tennessee, 10 to be discontinued.
T clopements. They don't squeak.
Little JOHNNY Walters. of Musca,ine.
Iowa, took sides In dog fight and had
his scalp torn off,
Next wears csoh ~ Mormon ;mm;.
grants is estimated ut 75,OOO
Az youno schoolm.rm If Ma.s,chu.
setts tinds. time 10 False fine Engl;sh
bugs for the dog markeI
MAJ Eorr.v 5a,xh.or - ~ ,..n +
w. Forney. writes fashion articles for
Philadelphia papers.
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Of 4 town that mai. tss . ana : q -. nm :, -
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Uncle Rufus Hatch complains that
every time an Englishman eats q crack
er. he wants to take a bawth. =
Only one child remains to the Mikado
OF Japan. two sons and four daughters
having died in his palace.
Oscar Wilde saws he had his hair cut
to make him look like a yonnp Roman
Emperor. He looked like the devil be-
fore. f7'5
Anna Dickenson is the only person
who ever succeeded In driving a mule
to the summit Of Pixies Peak. The
poor mule met his match at last.
Mrs. Bcecher is described by A Texas
reporter as n sinyularly handsome old
lady, full of. sweetness. with = sheery
smile and a graceful carri age.
George Peek the h,mor;st ia ooinc
TO nut Ris ill-gotten gains into a tene,
ment house, to bc lei to millionaire ten
ants.
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A Danish, em'grant who arrived at
Castle Garden the other DAY, Drought
with him blanket upon which We're
ma.ay lea.y woven po..rai's u i1ancooA'
''a' "eiu "nu n''"ui.
Captain Mayne keid had intended to
write bis personal "reminiscences OF
the Mexican War, Tor pubAcatlon IN
the Philadelphia Times, ana was Just
entering upon the work when he died.
A Tuscon a.. T) newspaper pro-
poses to drop the use OF military and
honorary titles because it has ascer-
tanned, by q careful calculation, that
the actual Increased cost OF printing
paper because Of the use OF titles Is
$500 year.
Georgia has q Confederate pension
list ansuntinx 70 80. GEO per annun.
One hundred dollars is allowed for the
loss VI reg aooVe tnc knees $o .or
.nc saIns TOSS Deiow lne Ancei soo TO-
~ "rni apo'e 'ne eioo"' "a" Wv iol
al a'ln oclo".
Further evidence OF the productive
ness OF Dakota soil is found in the per-
son OF Hamlin county man, who has
seven fingers on each hand, the three
additional digits growing out OF each
I"u'ao, ana each oeins perfect ana un-
oci controi o' Inc muscles
A Canadian geologist, who has been
looking over the country along the
Canadian Pacific railway, reports that
he has found indications OF abundant
coal. On the plains there is Ignite.
Near the mountains arc beds OF bItumin-
ons. and IN the Rocky Mountains he eA-
poets to lind anthracite.
Inc secretary Of London bank re-
Gently sot away with 81 1000 M the
iunds OF The instltutaon, and the oirec-
tors. IN circular to the sharcholdsas,
say: Tile board can only regret that
just At the close OF what woaid other
wise have been prosperous year this
incident should SO sadly prejudice the
result" ta
Mr.. Shirk of parr Ipd nusr. GOV.
enty-three farms. He also owns thou
sands OF acres in Texas. Arkansas,
Michigan and Iowa, nine residences,
business blocks without number, some
Of them being situated in Chicago and
Indianapolis, three banks. several stores
and AZ many mills, which he conducts
himself
Luther S,andinc Bexr son Of the
famous Sionx Cf;ef whosa name bc
bears, has gone from the Carlisle, Pa, /,
Indian school back to his home in Da-
kota to enlist more Indian children as
pupils in the school. He is now. nine
teen years old. and has been at school
four years. He will return there soon
and finish learning his trade-that OF
timer and plumber.
Mr.. Blaine. saws a stenovrcrhcr n
usefnl ia receive Iin. s,,on ~ 1et,ers ana
formal matters Of business. or Of
speeches wh;ch hav. hecon,a familiar
TO tie speaker, but it is different with
rhetorical composition. There the hand
and the eye work with the brain, and