Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-09-17
MATTERS IN THE WEST.

THERE are 400 teams and about 100
shovelers at work on the railway extern
sion from Valentine, Neb. The contrac-
tors are from the Belle PLANE line of the
Northwestern, the Burlington work in
Nebraska and the Cedar Rapids and
Northern work in Iowa, they having
completed their jobs ON these lines. 1t
is expected to finish the ninety miles Of
grading this season, though NO bridging
or track laying is to be done before spring.
THE cookers at the Enterprise Distil-
lery at Pekin, ILL.,. exploded. making q
total wreck of the building. The loss
will reach $780, 900. There were eleven
persons in the distillery at the time,
three of whom are dead.
ArRAaIcAL affair, resulting in the death
Of two estimable young people. occurred
at Delavan. Wis. Albert r. Topping,
aged 10. son of C. H. Topping. . leading
dry goods merchant, and Miss Winfred
c. Dewey, aged 1S. daughter of Prof. E.
Dewey. principal of the Delavan High
School, while out riding we're struck by
q passenger train and instantly killed.
An inquest was held and the railway
company was exonerated from blame.
The young couple were engaged to be
married shortly.
PIERRE, OAK, was visited by . terrible
fire last week. 1t spread north to Dakota
avenue and south to Missouri avenue,
sweeping the entire block, including the
First National Bank Building and the
stores Of Phelan b Co.. Goode d Co.,
H. Hurtli6, and the Palace Theater.
The damage il estimated at $75,OO0. in
sured for about half. There IL no fire
department in the city, and the IRE
spread west to Dakota avenue, but went
no further north.
A TERRIBLE storm commenced about Z
p. m. Tuesday At Sibley. Iowa, continu-
ing until about l o'clock a. m. The tin
roof of the Central Block, owned by the
Iowa Land Company. wa blown OF and
pert Of the cornice also. The windmill
of the Chicago, 81. Paul. Minneapolis,
and Omaha Railway Company, and the
large windmill Of Farwell q Co. were
both blown away. Riddlcbergers black
smith shop roof was blown Of. The
Osceola House shingles are partly gone.
Such . hard and continuous rain hal
eve been experienced before Ia TIA.
section Of the country.
Born the Chippewa and Eau Claire
Rivers began falling after reaching Ae
unprecedented height Of - feet higher
than the great food Of 1880. Every
bridge on the Chippewa has gone ont
I'VE railroad and hve wagon bridges. n
Eau Claire the loss Of property 10 appall'
ing. No satisfactory estimate can b
made At this time. In and between
Chippewa Falls and Eau Claire the losl
will not fall short Of 81, SOC, 900, and may
greatly exceed that sum. The Eau Claire
Gas Company lose $50 tons Of coal, and
oil their buildings, valued at as 900
Business houses on Ill SIDES Of the two
rivers are submerged. Great apprehen'
sion 10 felt that when the water recedel
foundations may be 80 much impaired y
to crumble the walls. !
TEE Oklahoma boomers, lately under
arrest, have arrived in Wichita, Kan
Following their indictmentby the Unitet
States Grand Jury, bills were postet
calling . meeting 1t the skating rink
which was addressed BY Payne and othe
speakers, who denounced the Govern
ment for arTesting and dragging then
across the country Of their love. A lon
series Of resolutions was passed TO II
effect that they had been ~unjust,
arrested, lily treated. and their propert'
| destroyed.
Nina BRown, On old and wealthy ~
ident Of 6arpy County. Nebraska. ~
run over and killed BY : Onion PAci0
freight train neal Papillion Station. g
~ walking ON tho track and the q
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