Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-09-03
%1ELEGRApnIC NEWS;
Dorros Ar THE

A DISPATCH from Scranton. PA., says q
Ore broke out there early on the morning
Of the Goth, which was confined 70 tie
mill and yard Of Joseph Ainsley. Losses
estimated at t75, 900; Insurance. $1,000.
THE State Department has received
from Mason, United States Consul at
Marseilles, 4 report upon the situation 1t
that place and Toulon since the sbate.
ment Of the cholera. He says Abe
finances Of Toulon and Marseii1es have
been strained to the utmost ID cleaning
the streets and tenements and caring for
the sick and burying the dead. The
presence Of impending 1nAncia ruin
weighs heavily on the business commun.
ity. and ever the ordinary resources Of
charity are seriously curtailed. The tide
Of returning fugitives has just set in, and
no description al picture the wretched-
ness and restitution that already exists.
THREE Young ladies. Bridget Hayes,
Annie Hayes, and Mary McCabe, resi-
dents Of New York City, but boarding
i've miles east Of Catskill Village, N. Y,
were drowned while bathing In Catskill
Creek. One Of them accidentally slipped
down from shallow into keep water.
The other two went to her assistance,
and all three were drowned.
The steamer Rose Standfsh. plying
between Boston, Dover Landing and
Bingham, was sunk this evening in sight
OF the wharf by . collision with tho tug
Wesly A. Cove. There was no time for
either boat to signal the other. Although
the 6tandish went down In less than six
minutes after she struck, so excellent
was the discipline of her crew and the
promptness Of aid from surrounding yes
scls, that all Of the 101 passengers aboard
were saved without " getting their
feet wet. The Standish cost 500. 0OO.
GEN. SHERIDAN had a most enthusiastic
reception at Veins, N. H., the occasion
of his visit to the encampment Of the
New Hampshire Veterans Association.
Canon doomed fourth his arrival. bands
played Hail to the Chief" and from
$1,000 throats went fourth a welcome
cheer. Gen. Sheridan made q shor i'd
dress In response to the warm greeting.
A DISPATCH from Evansville. Ind,
dated Aug. 90, says: At 8 o'clock this
morning the most destructive hurricane
rel known here broke upon Evansville,
doing damage of not less than $3.50, 600 in
the city and vicinity. Houses were blown
down, roofs carried away, three or four
stores badly injured, thousands of shade
trees torn up by the roots, and other in
jury done. The heaviest individual loser
was J. Fl. Rocker, whose new foundry
Vas almost wholly demolished. The
steamers Josiah v. Thorp and Silver
thorne were badly damaged, the former
almost wrecked. Several churches suf-
ferod severely and one new school house.
DIR. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES ccle-
brated his 18th birthday in Boston on the
99th. lie received congratulations per-
sonally, by mail and telegr aph, Of large
circle Of friends and admirers In this
country and Europe.
AwREcK occurred on the Cleveland and
Marietta Road, near Kimbleton. Ohio.
Express Messenger F. l. Legbarger was
killed. and Warden w. Wheeler, q pas
songer, fatally hurt. Engineer Decker
and Fireman Chapman were badly In
jured. The cause was Q misunderstand-
ing Of orders from the conductor to .
brakeman.
AaAIH Of eighteen hours duration, at
North Adams. Mass, caused great dam
ago to roadA and the new bridge at Gre
low was carried away. and every bridge
b gone between Rudsbore and Stanford,
VT, and $1,000 damage done to tho road
near Beaver River. which ran over the
r0ad sixty roda Travel Is delayed on
the Troy and Boston Railroad by . wash
nuf ninth NJ pOwrell