Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-09-24

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EvIcrxD and idle minersa are said to DO
deprcdations upon small stock
and farms In the vicinity Of Athens, Ohio,
to destituticn. The farmers are
afraid TO take LEGAL measures TO preventit.
SIMON HEssLER, 1 farmer living at
Brush Valley, near Mount Carmel, Pa,
being jealous Of his wife. left home and
was absent three days. On returning he
entered the house s~tealthily and proceed
ed to her room. Peering in he saw his
wife lying on the bed and . young farm
er, Thomas Mccoy, sitting by holding
her hand. The sight 80 cnraged Hessler
that he fred two shots, killing both
Mccoy and fatally wounding his wife,
after which he killed himself.
A ONE time wealthy resident of Jack.
son. Ohio. named Samuel Wannamakcr,
who disappeared suddenly last June,
has returned home without money and
nearly dead from consumption. In his
absence various suits have been brought
to recover on notes made by Wanna
maker and Endorsed by his father, now
dead, and his father-in-law. The father
in-law pronounced the Endorsements
forgeries. Wannamakcf realizing that
he could not live. sent for . Notary Pub
lie and made . long statement, saying
that both Inducements IRE forgeries Of
his. The amount involved b over $685.
O00. Wannamaker u ~ years old and
has q wife and seven children.
A PHILADELPHIA dispatch says in every
county South aud West of Jersey, hog
cholera il raging and has spread at so
rapid a rate andkthe mortality Is SO large,
that farmers are greatly exercised about
it. 1t is thought it first appeared at Penn
berton, where there is still an epidemic.
In Atlantic County and along the coast
il is especially severe. The Superintend-
ent Of Senator Gaskill's farm, rear Penn.
berton, gives it as his opinion that the
disease is not true hog cholera, but some
thing more Of the nature of p%leuro-pncu-
monia In cattle, the hogs lungs being
affected. The cholera is likely to run
through the entire State.
SEVEN convicts were whipped at New
castle, Del, in the presence Of four hun.
dred people. Edward Redden, white,
was pilloried for an hour in addition to
twenty lashes.
A LAReE new silver vault in Washing.
ton is finished and the transfer of silver
begun. The storage capacity is $4,000,
600 silver dollars. The surplus coinage
at different minis will also be placed
in it.
Col. DUDLEY, Commissioner of Pen.
sions, has resigned, and will enter the
banking firm of Bateman & CO., Wash.
ington.
COMMODORE j. E. JEWELL, of the
United States Navy, proceeded to the
flag ship Tennessee, in the Newport
Harbor, and relieved Admiral Luce Of
command of the North Atlantic Squad
ron.
A FIRE broke out in the drying room
of A. 8. & w. d. Nichols & Co.'s manu-
factory, New York. The fire spread
rapidly and the building was entirely
consumed. The firm are marble and
slate manufacturers, and although they
had but little stock on hand, the loss or
the building and machinery amounts t.
$100. 900. An adjoining building, oc
cupied by Calvert as a sash and blint
mandatory, was also consumed. 4
failing Wall crushed the ROOT Of VIM
Cauldwells stables. The horses wert
previously removed. The roof of tn.
Mount Morris Thcater was fired, but tn,
theater employees extinguished the fiamea
before much damage was done.
A FOREST fire is raging two miles from
Chadron. Ohio. Thousands of dollar
of damage has been done already.
THE woods two miles from Montauk
L. l., have been burning for some time
and unless rain comes great damage !
feared.
Mn. NEAL, Solicitor of the Treasury
notified the directors of the CARTEL
Memorial Hospital that the United State
Circuit Court of Pennsylvania, engage
in distributing the estate of J. Cooke
had awarded that institution $4,5O0. b.
ing the amount deposited with ]. Cook
& Co., on account Of the Soldiers an
Sailors Orphans Home. at Washington
the property Of which was recently tram
ferred to the Garfield Hospital by act {
Congress.
A BOX car containing valuable furn
ture for the Worlds Exposition at Ne
Orleans, burned at Merriden, Mass.