Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1885-01-14
THE LATEST In GENERAL

A TELEGRAM from Jamestown, Dakota,
announces that negotiations haze been
completed for the sale of the James
River Valley Road. surveyed between
Jamestown and Glendale. to c. L. Liv-
ingston and President Merriam, of the
First National Bank of st. Paul. 1t is
said the purchase is in the interest of the
Rock Island system.
A PRIzE-FIaHT with hard gloves be-
tween Jerry Murphy of New York and
Robt. Steele, the lightweight champion
of New England, occurred at New Or
leans. Eight rounds were fought and
each resulted in Steele being knocked
down. At the end of the eighth round
the police interfered and the fight was
called a draw. Thousands Of spectators
witnessed the battle.
By the explosion of the steam tug
Mike Dougherty, at Elizabeth, Pa. the
boat wa OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and two
of her crew killed and six wounded.
The loss on the boat will reach SIS, 600.
The resignation of Paymaster VIM. H
Smyth. who recently left his Office at
Savannah> Ga, and went on a big spree
with Government funds, has been. &C
cepted by the President.
A PARTY of bulldozers visited the resi-.
dence of a negro near B~rookhaven, Miss,
for the purpose of maltreating him. A
young man named Murray burst open
the door, when his brains were shot out
by the negro. The remainder of the
party then fed.
A LETTER CARRIER at Washington, d.
c., found an open letter in q lamp post
mall-box addressed to the President, in
which the writer says that Mr.. Arthur
had better prepare to meet his God, as
he will come to an untimely end ON Jan.
IL. The letter was turned over to the
authorities.
HENRY NJ. GUILD, late teller of the
First National Bank Of Cincinnati, Ohio.
committed suicide. He was a victim of
dependency.
j. +. ScHMOnLs wholesale dry goods
establishment was burned at Galena, Ill.
Loss, $4l, 600; insurance, $4,000.
THE mine troubles at Angus, Iowa,
have quieted down. and it is thought
that the strikers will resume work at the
advanced rates offered by the owners of
the mines.
GEO. II. MCFADDEN, the accomplice of
Prentice Miller, who robbed the Pacific
Express Company Of 800, 900 at st.
Louis, plead guilty to grand larceny and
was sentenced to three years in the PEN
itentiary.
B. THORPE. in, dealer in dry goods at
Cedar Falls, Iowa. has made an assign
ment. 1t is thought he will be able to
pay 40 cents on the dollar.
AMONG the petitions presented In the Sem
ate, Jan. II, was one from Mrs. Belva A. Lock-
wood, praying Congress to see that the votes
cast for her during the late Presidential cleo
ton be counted. Mr.. Van wyck, from the
Committee on Public Lands. reported favora-
BILE, with amendment, the House bill to pre-
vent the unlawful occupancy Of public lands.
The principal amendment proposed Is to
authorize the President to use civil and mill
tary force to remove and destroy illegal
fences. The naval bill, just passed by the
House, was laid before the Senate, and re-
ferred to the Committee on Appropriations.
In the House Of Representatives, the Speak..
announced the appointment of Mr.. Perkins.
OF Kansas, member OF the Committee ON
Rivers and Harbors, In place of Robinson, Of
Ohio, resigned. The bill passed ~appropriating
$4,000 for the erection of a building for the
use of the Appraiser at Chicago. The bill
passed authorizing the Chicago, st. Paul and
St Louis Railway Company to construct
bridges ACROSS the Mississippi. one within
Minnesota, and one between Minnesota and
Wisconsin.