Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1885-12-30
TELEGRAPHIC.
Condensed Electric Sparks. Fresh
From the Wires.
UOINGS AT THE EAST.

1uuldDa SHOWS THAT tnere Is ueilCleHcs III
the State Treasury of S156,l49. caused by
extraordinary expenses IN the erection OF a
new State House and three new Insane Hos
pitals. The States bonded debt is S6,00S,-
0S.34-of which 81. 100 900 was contracted
during the last year--calling for an annual
interest payment Of $3l3,s7l.99. The gem
eral appraisement of real estate will be
made next year. and the Auditor says it will
be much lower than the present one
n. W. BINGHAM, of Boston. special agent
of the Treasury, has written a letter to Su-
pervising Agent Martin declining to resign,
as requested by the latter. His grounds for
/ declining is that his office IL in no sense
political or partisan, and that his long term
of faithful service and freedom from active
political partianship entities him to still con-
tinue to fill his present position.
The machinery moulders of Pittsburg
have decided to request a restoration of the
10 per cent. taken off their wages last win
ter. If the manufacturers refuse to grant
their demands the men say they will not
strike.
IT is announced that Messrs. Randall,
| Hewitt, Crisp, Hiscock, Phelps and Reed.
composing the Ordnance Commission ap-
pointed during the last session Of Congress,
will report to the House of Representatives
soon after the holidays that all the steel
needed for arinor plates, either for ships or
land Notifications. and all the steel ingots
needed for the manufacture of guns for the
Navy for coast defenses. can be mailufac-
tured in this country. They will also rec
ommend that necessary appropriations for
the work be made Of once.
IT is reported from Pittsburg that another
desperate attack was made upon several
miners at work in the old Eagle Mines. in
. the Third Pool, in the Monongahela Dis
trict. After the assault the rioters were
driven into the woods by Superintendent
Jones and his assistants. Warrants are out
for the arrest of forty of the alleged assail-
ants.
THE first official act under President
Clerelands administration was his signature
to the commission Of Gen. U. S. Grant as
General on the retired list of the Army. The
first law of Congress which he will be called
upon to approve will be the bill to pension
the widow of Gen L. S. Grant.
SAMUEL STEINBERGER and wife. Of In
dianapolis, were asphyxiated by gas from
coal stove. The man died. and his wife
cannot recover.
FIRST COMPTROLLER DURHAM has dis.
allowed an item of 81 800 in the accounts
of Norman J. Colman, Commissioner of
Agriculture, on the ground that the amount
was used in the purchase of seeds and labor.
and illegally charged to the appropriation
, for laboratory. The explanation given by
Commissioner Colman is that the purchases
were made in his absence and without his
knowledge by Gen. Carman, Chief Clerk of
| the Department. The Comptroller, how
ever, says the Commissioner alone is re.
sponsible under the law.
4 SECTION of freight No. 81, on the Pan
handle Railroad ran into the rear of an
other section near Philadelphia Crossroads,
seventy miles north of Pittsburg. wrccking
both trains and slightly injuring two men.
Immediately after the collision the wreck
took fire and nineteen cars of coke and mer-
chandise were destroyed The loss will
probably reach $4,000. The cause of the
accident is unknown.
1r is announced from Nanticoke. Pa,
that the work of attempting to rescue the
miners recently buried by the caving in of
the walls in No. slope, will be abandoned.
1t has been found that as fast as the debris
Is removed il flows in again from a great
break in the culm bank above. The COM
pany will recompense the relatives of the
victims, who are undoubtedly buried deep
beneath the sand, culm and rock, and can
never be found.
NINCENNEs, Ind, was visited by an ex-
tensiye confiagration, which for time
threatened to destroy large portion of the
city, but was finally extinguished after
$4,000 worth of property had been de-
stroyed. The detailed estimate of the losses
and insurance are as follows: McJimey's
loss, $4,000; insurance, $3.50. Fred
Graeter, Grand hotel, S25 600; insurance,
$4,000 Gardner & Sons, stock, loss $12,-
600; insurance. $1,000. building. loss,
$1,000; insurance, $4,000.
TARENTuM. Pa. was visited by the most
disastrous fire ever known there. A large
portion Of the town was destroyed. Loss,
100000; insurance one half. The fire is
Thought to have been caused by an incen-
diary.
GAS explosion occurred in the Che
mango House, at Green, n. Y, setting fire
to the premises. which were destroyed, to-
gether with a number of adjoining build
ings. causing heavy losses. Three men