Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1885-11-11
No estimatesof the amount of indebted

No estimatesof the amount of indebted
ness has been yet made.
A FATAL shooting affray occurred at
Sparta, Oregon Jacob Knapp and Pat
rick Malon2y, brothers -n-l law, had .
quarrel, when the former shot the latter
dead.
A FIRE broke out in the Exchange Ho
tel, at Ottawa, ILL.,, and burned 30 brskly
that the guests were compelled to escape
from the second story windows. The
flames were speedily cxtinguished by the
fire department, however and the dis
covery was made that the building had
been fired i'm five places. The proprietor,
Andrew Stierke, was at once arrested
for arson and lodged in Jail The build,
ing was insured for $4. 700
THE Crmlrleand County Court House,
al Toledo, H., was destroyed by fire, all
of the county records being burned
Loss on bu,as's;ag. $1,000, no insurance.
THE President has suspended Postmas
ter Bowers, of Chico, Cal, because his
appointment had been obtained on a
forged petition.
AT Polish dance in Chicago fight
with knives took place. in which Henry
Labaum was fatally and Thomas Heft
badly injured.
ACTING upon the reports of agents of
Indian Territory, Secretary Lamar has
requested the War Department to re-
move the boomers from Oklahoma land
Information is contained in the agents
reports to the effect that n large number
of persons supposed to be boomers, bu,
claiming TO be freighters, are crossing
the Kansas border into Indian Territory
THE old J. V. Farwell Block, on Mon
roe street, Chicago, was damaged by fire
to the extent of $500, 600 The building
was occupied mostly by commission mcr.
chants.
A REPORT from the Oklahoma country
has been received at Caldwell, Kan, that
the freighters and boomers have been
losing mules and horses to great num-
Der within the past few weeks The
! community is greatly stirred up and if
the thieves are captured Il wholesale
hanging will follow. That country is
filled with settlers and they say they will
not be removed 10y the Government.
A CYCLONE visited Alta, H.. wrecking
the house of Benjamin Frye badly dam
| aging the houses of Frank Frye and
Thomas Parkins, and carrying away the
fine barn Of Elliott Calender
! Ar Marine G ty, Mich. the bodies of
| James Ward and VIM Miller, engineers
! OF the Inflated tug Frank Moffatt at the
| time of the explosion, were recovered
/ with graphing hooks The bodies OF
| the iiremen are fast in the wreck and
have not yet been secured.
/ JrDSE HOFFMAN, at San Francisco.
! has decided that in tie future if Chinese
| applicants TO land fail 10 prove that their
/ certificates are genuine, the United States
| District Attorney can be given possession
of such documents as evidence of fraud,
and institute proceedings to prosecute
the holders 1t is believed the decision
| VIII stop the Efforts ot Ch neSc TO land
without proper credentials.
| lr is learned from Vancouver, Wash
! ington Territory, that indictments have
| been found against thirty two persons OF
| Tacoma for partic, pating in the outrages
| against the Chinese at that place. The
| indictments were found under Section
| 55159 of the Revised Statutes of the
/ United States and other sections bearing
on the same subject Warrants for the
arrest of these indicted persons have
! been placed in the hands of the United
| States Marshal and will be served imme.
/ diately. 1t is understood that among the
persons indicted are Mayor Weisbach, OF
! Tacoma; the police judge of the city,
| editors OF the newspapers. and other
/ prominent persons.