Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-10-08
T~ELEGRAPHlC NEWS.
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CAIssoN No. 0 of the Baltimore and
Ohio Bridge over the Susquehanna
River ut Frcnchtown sunk. Twenty
men went under, seven or eight of
whom are supposed TO be drowned. Six
or nine man are imprisoned in the Gals
son sixty feet under water. Air is being
pumped in and a rescue will be at
tempted ut low tide.
Two HUNDRED shoemakers, in the en-
ploy of s. d. Snllers 4 Co., Philadelphia,
struck because of the discharge Of u mar
for remaining at home during q weeks
illness. They returned as the company
retained the man.
AFTER several unsuccessful attempts,
Emma, daughter of w. II. Wager, pro-
prietor of the Kings Hotel. Vinccnncs,
Ind, cloped and married Jacob Ayres, a
prominent turfman. They left for the
West.
THE coal miners along the Mononga-
hela River are returning to work for
less han they received before the strike.
By the giving way of a temporary bulk
head Mt the Niagara elevator at Buffalo
Thos. Daily was smothered to death by
being buried in the grain, and two or
three other men were seriously injured.
JOHN GOODWIN, employed by Diehl 4
johnson, fireworks manufacturers, Gin
%cinnati, was blown to atoms by pm ex-
plosion of q substance he was mixing
in a mortar.
JUICE WYLIE. Of Washington. has de-
cided that q minor, 10 years of age. may
enlist in the Marine Corps of the Navy
without the consent of his parents.
JOHN w. WEED obtained in the Su-
premc Court in New York an attachment
against property in Iowa of the Central
Iowa Railroad Company. The action was
brought to recover the interest due on
open bonds.
THE drought in the wesrern part of
Washington County, Pennsylvania, is so
bad that cattle are dying aud sheep have
persisted in large numbers.
The unskilled workmen employed by
the Oliver Bros. & Phillips Iron Mills. of
Pittsburg, decided to strike against the
12i per cent. reduction which has taken
effect. While the reduction does not eff
feet skilled workmen, the strike will
likely necessitate a suspension of work in
all departments and enforce idleness of
from 1900 to 5000 men.
THE National Convention of the Irish
Republican League assembled in Cincin-
natl. Three hundred delegates are reg
istercd.
THE Supreme Court has granted leave
to file petitions in error in the Scott
liquor tax law cases in Columbus, Ohio,
and advanced them on the docket, fixing
the time of hearing for Oct. 90.
FRANK HATToN has been designated by
the President as Postmaster General for
ten days.
THE body of Mrs. Polly Sherwood, of
Bridgeport, Pa, was found in a swamp
near her home, the flesh all torn from
the limbs and the body terribly mutt.
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in the same town. and it is thought dogs
overlook her in the swamp and killed
her.
THE Merritt Wrecking Company sue
ceedcd in raising the Tallapoosa sufici-
emily to move her two miles towards
Edgarstown harbor. She. will be taken
in a few days to where she can be tenn.
porarily repaired.
A FIRE burned an entire block in Brad
dock, Pa. 1t was thought at one time
that the whole town would be burned,
but the firemen and citizens succeeded
in subduing the flames.
HENRY F. GRAyBILL, n representative
Of one of the Oldest families of the South,
has been arrested in New York fol-
forgery and obtaining money under false
pretcnses.
THE sentence of Clifford w. Richard.
son, of Columbus, Ohio, convicted OF
murder and sentenced to be hanged
Sept. 28, and reprievcd to Oct. %, was
committed to imprisonment for life by
Gov. Hoadley.
THE rolling mill of the Dupont Pow
der Yards at Wilmington, Del, blew ur
with a terrific report. No person wa:
hurt.
DURING a game of base ball in River
head, L. l., Roscoe Conkling, aged II, o
Cutchoure, was instantly killed by a base
ball bat thrown by the striker. The bast
ball struck Eugene Hallock in the face
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