Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1885-03-04

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Qnana. 81 falling ossf ~ bann!ater Of
Shesl6lts n ~ Inter Oceaa Hosel. failing
u IN haod ~ fractusfng hls skull
tFon ~ e6sc41 u which lie al1nOst In.
staatly sxplred.
N ~ CIrcuis Court q Grand ttaplds,
Gich.. Dick Sigh and WIN Madden wers
Ssntenced % tho jackson Psnitentiary
N two yeArs each for The robbing Of L.
ri Smith II 0randville several months
80. Milo johnson received : nvs years
sentences for forgery.
a nRAKElfAN named Frank KcArns,
employed ID ths Chicago. Milwaukee and
III rx1l yards At Milwankce. was run
over md killed while coupling cars.
A NAN named Black was fatally injured
n Lovsjoy y Co.'S humber camp near
Akin. MIMI. BY being struck with the
limb ~ ! falling tree.
JAlrEs WnIsoN. colored, was shot by
his stspson, James jackson. ct Keokuk,
Iowa. Wilson had some trouble with the
boy. and ordered him to b quiet, when
M youth grabbed : shotgun and dis
charged II contsnIs into Wilson's back.
A BRAKEMAN named Milton Price WA
killed while coupling cars on The G. B. d
q, Road u WOODBURY.. Iowa. His homo
No. u OttumwA
TIM warsAouee and once Of Rich
11 papN Mn AnTnsd u Apts-
6nast1g ! loss of 1t0yOo0; b
sul66ges o4s3o0k TAe sntire contents Of
~ warehouse, including sixty-nvc tons
Of paper, were destroyed The origin Of
the fire d unknown.
A GUNsMlTH named Hidden, at Keokuk,
Iowa, was engaged In repairing . revol-
ver. whom the weapon was discharged,
tho bullet entering his stomach and pass
ing to his back, the bullet inficting q
probably fatal wound.
A HiaHwAY robbery and probable muir
der wa committed near Red Wing.
Mimi, the victim being Jacob Strauss. a
German farmer. whose head was cut
open with = spade. and money to the
amount Of 800 taken from him by a
young man whom Strauss had rendered .
ride.
W.R. WnLIAMs, q dry goods merchant
at Maqnoketa. Iowa. met . travelling man
named s. Il. Germand on the street, and
shot at him four times, . of the shots
taking effect in Gcrmand's shoulder. 1t
is stated that the commercial tourist had
been too intimate with the merchants
wife.
FIVE prisoners in the County Jail at
Helena, Montana, made q daring break
for liberty and succeeded in making
their escape. When the jailor was lock
ing the cells for the night he was seized,
bound and gagged, after which the pris-
oners unlocked the door and fed. The
Sheriff and an armed posse are now
securing the country in search Of them.
In the wrestling match at Chicago. be-
tween Edwin Bibby and Jas. Faulkner.
catch-a -catch-can and GRECO Roman,
Faulkner won the first fall, and Bibby
the following three, the latter being de-
clared winner.
LEANDER r. LEE, q member of the firm
Of Lee Bros, Devils Lake, Dakota, was
found In his store in a dying condition
from the effects Of a pistol wound over
the right eye. He had suicided on ac-
count Of unrcquited love.
THE Methodist Church at Pontiac, ILL.,.
built in 1880. was destroyed by fire. Loss,
t25, OOO.
A 4 At Lansing. Mich. destroyed
property valued At $eo, 600; insurance.
e35. OO0.
EDWIN MARTIN. = prominent citizen Of
Danville, ILL.,, fell from the roof of q bust
ness block to the frozen grounk. receiv-
Ing injuries which resulted in his death.
An unsuccessful attempt was made to
rob the State Treasurer's office at Lin
coin. Neb. Three men walked into the
Office In the afternoon and pointed re-
volvers at Deputy Treasurer Bartlett,
who was alone. accompanying the move
ment with q command to Hold up"
The men secured about $500 and left the
Office, when an alarm was sounded and
two officers started in pursuit, capturing
one of the robbers and mortally wound
ing another, named James Griffin. The
money was recovered.
THE Occidental Hotel at Missoula,
Montans. was consumed by fire, with all
its contents. Adjoining buildings were
considerably damaged. The total loss II
about go, O0O.
A NEW Oklahoma colony has been or
ganized at Des Moincs, Iowa, with thu
intention Of proceeding to the coveted
tract early in the spring.
THE stock of liquors owned by j. w
| Norris. OF Nicola, Iowa, has been seizet
upon : warrant at the instigation of Ell
Vickery. whom the saloonkeepers hav'
opposed % . candidate for Alderman.
IT Is reported from Chicago that Mr.. J
II. Rutten. president of the New Yori
Central, win soon resign and be succeeded
by eithr Mr.. II. B. Lcdyare Of the Mich
gan Central, or Mr.. John I'll. Newell, o
the Lake Shore Road.
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