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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1885-07-15
POLITICAL CHAT.

The President has appointed Frederick
Gerker to be Collector of Internal Rev
enue for the First District of Pcnnsyl-
vania. vice William Pollack, suspended.
and Willis g. Clark. to be Collector Of
Customs for the port of Mobile, Ala.
HuGH HARpLDsoN, of Georgia. has
been appointed Chief Of Division in the
Sixth Auditors Office OF the Treasury
Department.
THE President has accepted the resig-
nation Of r. b. 3. Pinchback, Surveyor
of Customs at New Orleans.
THE President has selected Vim. X.
Mead for appointment rs United States
Marshal for the Territory OF Arizona.
The President has appointed the fol
lowing postmasters: Adolph Piening,
Manitowoc. Wis; Joseph vannahme.
East St. Louis, ILL.,; d. A. Sullivan.
Spring Valley, Mimi; John c. Wise.
Mankato, Mimi. vice L. Hunt, sus
pended; William F. Anera, Camden,
Ark. v;cs H. A. Miller, suspended.
MALCOLM Hay, ex-First Assistant Post
master General, will go to Colorado for
his health.
T. d. KELLER, Of Albany, N. Y, has
been appointed Disturbing Clerk OF the
Treasury for the Sixth Auditors Office.
Mr.. Kehler was at one time private sec
rotary to Senator Fair.
THE President has appointed Col. John
Gibbon. Of the Seventh Infantry. to be
Brigadier General OF the Army, vice G.
G. Augur, retired.
COMMISSIONER CoLMAN. at the request
Of the President, will appoint Mrs. Geo.
w. Gross, widow OF Sergeant Cross, OF
the Greedy Arctic expedition. to : posi-
ton IN the Agricultural Department.
The Iowa Grecnlack State Conven-
ton met 1t Dies Moines. about Ave hun
dred delegates beng in attendance. Hon.
L. II. Weller was made temporary chair
man and Hon. j. B. Weaver permanent
chairman. The convention adopted a
fusion resolution by threc-fourths major
Ity. and nominated Hon. E. n. Gillette.
Of Polk County. for Lieutenant Cover
nor, and +. w. Moore. Of Davis County.
for Superintendent OF Public Instruction.
leaving the candidates. Tor Governor and
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1885-07-15
ITEMS FROM THE SOUTH.

In a fire at Woodbridge, Va, Joseph
Harrison and two Of his children and
Mrs. Bailey's baby were so badly burned
that they have since died. Mrs. Bailey
cannot recover.
Jake EVANS, . negro, brutally assaulted
white woman 1t Auburn, Ala. He was
arrested. but = mob overpowered the ON
ccrs and hanged Evans to . tree.
The Secretary o. the Treasury has been
Informed that Aufdemort. the defaulting
oficer 1t the Sub. Treasury in New Or
leans, has fed TO Mexico, where he is in
terestcd In some mines.
THE Globe Hotel, at Louisiana, Mo-,
was burned to the ground. The guests
leaped from the windows In Their night
clothes, and one Of them. DR.. Lonegan.
was killed. Loss. $40, 900; insurance,
$4,000.
The Secretary Of War has ordered
three regiments of cavalry and the
Fourth Infantry, making a total force OF
nearly 1900 men, to proceed at oncc TO
the vicinity OF Fort Reno and Indian
Territory from their present stations
in the Department of Texas and the
Platte. This will make q force Of about
1000 men in the Territory.
LUcIAN HOPsoN. of Texas, when the
late wal began. invented and had pat
entcd by the Confederate Government a
p~rojectile which was used with some
success in Charleston Harbor against
Union vessels. After the wal the patent
of course became worthless. Recently
Hopson filed an application for a patent
for the same proiectile. A letter has
been sent TO him from the Interior DR.
partment informing him that his appli-
cation has been granted.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1885-07-15
About knights Telnplars.

Mamma" said a little girl, "aint
Fannie Jones' papa a Knight Templar,
and doesn't he go to the lodge some
times 2"
"Yes, Mary"
"And doesn't my papa go to the
lodge a good deal, too?"
"Yes."
as he a Knight Templar, too"
mo. dear"
"Why, mamma, that's funny. Is he
some kind of a Knight"
Eyes, dear"
"What kind, mamma?"
Every night, DEAR"
That was all there was, but when the
little girl told her little girl compan-
ions, and they told their mammas, there
was a great deal more TO it.--Merchdnt
Trdreter.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1885-07-15
A Line.or.B Battle Shin in Flames.

"When the war broke out" said
Coyle, Il was on that grand old line-of-
battle ship Pennsylvania, and saw that
vessel burn up the night our forces set
fire to the Norwalk Navy Yard and
millions of dollars worth of property
in ships ana munitions of war. It was
dark as pitch. The flames crept the
tall masts and out or the yard-arms,
making it look, with its black back
ground. like a huge fiery serpent with
ing and twisting in the air. 1t was six
hours before the mainmast fell. All
the 140 guns on the ship were shotted
and poited toward the yard on one side
and the island of st. Helena on the
other. When the old smooth bores
became heated a sheet of flame would
hurst out OF their iron throats and the
balls would go crashing into the build
ings on Observation-Disclosures Times.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1885-07-15

weIl-DsssrvsA Frssnstisa ~ . 1alIroAd

0G@T
Man.
fChicago telesram.l
President II. r. Gable, OF the Rock
Island Road, has issued the following
important notice:
aMr. r. st. John is hereby appoint
cd assistant to the General Manager,
appointment TO take effect July l. The
general ticket and passenger depart
ments will remain under the jurisdic-
ton OF Mr.. st. John as formerly, and
all communications in connection with
those departments should be addressed
to him as General Ticket and Passen-
ger Agent"
The above announcement OF Mr.. st.
Johns promotion will be read with
interest and pleasure by the many who
have become intimate with him during
q very long career. He has been asso-
ciated with the road 50 long that he is
always considered a part of the system,
good, reliable, and ever OF time. Mr..
st. John entered the railway service in
1862; was clerk in the general ticket
Office and depot ticket agent of the
Quincy and Toledo Railroad at Quincy,
Ill, until its consolidation with the
Great Western Railroad, when he
assumed o clerkship with that com
pany in its general ticket department
at Springfield. ILL.,, remaining in its SER
vice until July 3, 1868; on July 4,
1863, and until November, 1864, he was
employed as clerk in the general ticket
Office of the Chicago and Rock Island
Railway. Nov. l, 1864, to Sept. l,
1869, he was Chief Clerk in charge Of
the general ticket department; Sept. l,
1869, he was appointed General Ticket
Agent, and Jan. 1, 1879, he vas APP
pointed General Ticket and Passenger
Agent, which position he continues to
fill. On Saturday, July 4, Mr.. st.
John will celebrate the twenty-second
anniversary of his connection with the
Rock Island Road. Mr.. st. Johns
promotion is another illustration of the
well-known fact that the Rock Island
Road appreciates the merits of its Of
%iclals, and gives tangible evidence Of
its appreciation.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1885-07-15
A Tonic In the True Sense of the Word.

Not all medicinal Preparations called tonics
are such. mere stimulant Of appetite, which
gives q simple FLIP to Nature which re-
moves no obstacle to her processes in the
human system. is in NO true sense = tonic
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters not only far
transcends In purity the ordinary unmedicated
stimnlants Of commerce, the cheap local bitters,
and eye openers vended as tonics, but where
temporary stimulus to appetite, the Bitters re-
stores digestion, remedies biliousness and in
sures regularity in the habit Of body. 1t is,
therefore, q tonic in the true sense Of the word,
for docs IL not renew harmony Of tone In the
most important functions OF the body. where all
before was discordant, feeblN, and inharmoni-
ous? Besides this, Its invigorating and regu-
lating effects constitute IL the best possible
safeguard sgainst malarial diseases. 1t con-
Quers rheumatism, kidney complaints, and
nervousness.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1885-07-15
A Barncelona Rabbit Shoot.

This is . strange Sunday sight.
Hung by the legs from . string, head
downwards, about 100 yards from the
shooters, is . live rabbit, while about
twenty yards on either side are two
ROSTERS suspended in the same posi-
tion, and. last OF all. there is q white
RABBIT, which is tied by the legs and
takes IS much exercise a. q tether ten
feet long and . hail of bullets will war
rant. Here, in q reserved space some
$50 feet from their quarry. sit q varying
number of mon whose anxietyit is to
exterminate the pendant victims. which
eventually succumb. ONE by x.le, and
are VIGOROUSLY carried away by the
lucky marksman. A hit is always visi-
BILE by the kicks OF the unfortunate ami
NAL. Correspondence NeU Fork Tel
e1rQm.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1885-07-15

&3s#XE&NXHz%SSAH a&AENt
49, UNeneeQ U0oAs
Met11nfe epesel - apH9y - = Win
H. ASDesoeeneAI ~ moeton To- : nsw
s0s0SWessh esedSoase = alle1ed insanity Of
AyNtOs nannsd Gray. but ne court a.
Eecsefed soothing y ~ evtdence offered
y sa1eain ~ ~allegation.
- Nree ~ aEaln raging n The
ENa4al1y q NeWbeEry. Mich. and ~
eao ~ w1lA iatease fury. No serious
Aomnee houses or barns y yet 70
pCFeed
H01. DsF BRAwIEY, Of 81 Vincent.
l9t1n. ccaan.ttsd suicide b. shooting
hlmoclf through Tie head with . re-
volvsr. "a lott letters 70 friends. stating
that lark of money Ind led him 70 take
~ Own lite. III. Brawley was formerly
postmaster - g. Vincent. and at one
Time vas : member Of the Minnesota
Legislstare.
DM CARvER's show has disbanded at
Willimantic. Conn. Carver has been
bothered By suits brought by Buffalo Bill,
P SAS A~~
ous matter.
GES. NELsoS A. MILES. commanding
the Department OF Columbia, has been
ordered to relieve Gen. G. G. Augur,
commanding the Department Of the Mis-
souri, from active service. ten. Miles
VII 50 Immediately into the field 10 a.
sumo command Of the forces in Indian
Territory who are watching the Indians.
Tho President will probably appoint a
successor to Gen. Augur at once. 1t ID
thought Col. John Gibbon will DO ap-
pointed, and that he will be placed In
command Of the Department Of Colum.
biA-
DnsPATCIiEs from Washington state
that the suit brought sonc time ago In
4 Of the courts ID the District OF Col.
umbis BY Mr. Pike, son OF Albert Pike.
against Col. r. D. Hunter. Of 81. Louis,
70 test the legality Of the leases In the
Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indian Reser.
~vations, Indian Territory, TO cattlcmcn,
was decided In favor Of the lessee.
Al Momence. ILL.,, sixty persons were
taken suddenly and critically i'll from
eating dried beef, presumably made from
diseased cattle. 1t Is feared that several
OF the cases will terminate fatally.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1885-07-15
NEWS.

TEN persons lost their lives by the cap
sizing OF q small steam yacht on Lake
M~innetonka, Minnesota, during a sudden
wind storm. Among those who persisted
were ex-Mayor Rand and family, Of Min
neapolis.
ATTORNEY GENERAL GARLAND has rem.
dered a decision sustaining Secretary
Whitney, Of the Navy Department, in his
refusal to accept the dispatch BOAT Dol
phin. recently completed by John Roach,
THE principal business block at Bagley.
Ioawa. including the Banner printing Of
flee and postofice, burned. Loss, $l4,
600; insurance. $1,000. Cause unknown.
FOURTEEN hundred and seventeen new
cases OF cholera were reported in Spain
Sunday, and 667 deaths. Cholera has
broken out in four places in the Province
of Jaen. The official report shows a To-
tai Of 80. 900 cases in Spain since the inter
ception of the scourge, and a total of 49,.
600 deaths.
PRor. CHARLES KENDALL ADAMS, of
the Michigan University, has been cleo
ted President Of Cornell University, to
succeed President White.
The Montreal branch of the Irish Ma
tional League will issue a manifesto to
the lrishmen of Canada, calling for sup
port and subscriptions toward the Ma.
tional Parliamentary Fund for the pay
ment of Irish members in the Imperial
Parliament, and to defray their expenses
In the coming election.
The Mexican Charge d'Affairs in Lon
don emphatically denies the truth of
American rumors that Mexico desires to
sell ionic OF her northern States along
the Rio Grandc to the United States.
A MYSTERIOUS epidemic has broken out
in Lislol and in various other parts OF
Port gal. The victims arc attacked
without warning and die within a few
minutes after seizure. The disease is a
mysttry to the doctors, who as yet have
found no effective method of combating
it.
FIRE destroyed the lumber yards of
White Bros. s Allen and Lugglc & Co,
in San Francisco. Losses; $75, 900; in
surancc. *45, 900.
lN accordance with n recent act Of the
Legislature. Gov. Oglesby, of Illinois, has
issued a proclamation recalling all exist
ing orders against the importation Of
cattle into Illinois from certain localities
in other States scheduled as containing
p.uro pneumonia.
THE War Department is in receipt of
kilograms from Indian Territory. which
state that the disaffected Indians are be
coming quiet and there is a favorable
0u,look for a peaceful settlement of the
Indian difficulties.
THE cotton factory at Redding, Pa,
which has been closed for over a year,
had just resumed operations, giving work
to 80 people.
AN English company has been organ
zcd to build a railroad from Delagou
Bay. on the east coast of Africa, into the
Transvaal Republic. The road will be
80 niles long, and will cost $50, 600 a
mic. Portuguese capitalists have prom
iscd to take $780, 0o OF the bonds. 1t is
expected that the Transvaal business will
pass over the line instead of taking the
route via Durham, Port Elizabeth or Cape
Town.
The New Orleans Exposition plant,
buildings and machinery were sold at
auction for $175. 900, which was bid by
Mr.. Newman. but probably purchased
for fhe new axnOsifion cnmnanv
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1885-07-15
Careless ppODle.

They were telling some pretty tough
stories, and presently his turn came.
Yes" he began, clearing his throat,
people lose their lives sometimes in
the foolishest sort of way. / recollect
an lrishman, poor fellow, who, some
years ago sat down on what he s'posed
was a keg O black sand to smoke
his dudeen. After iinishin' his fust
pipe he got up an knocked the live
ashes right into the key" MANY
killed besides him?' asks a breathless
listener. Many what?" KILLED
blown up" 80, there wasn't no ex-
plosion; nothin' explosive bout black
sand"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1885-07-15
Natures Invisible Workers.

Microscopic organisms not only de-
stroy the plant and animal forms famil-
lar to US, but they appear also to build
up such forms, and to be necessary to
their very existence. A French biolo-
gist, Mons. Duclaux, has Just made
some experiments which tend to prove
that plants will not terminate unless
microbes exist in the soil; and Pasteur
had already been led to the conclus on
that microbes are essential to animal
] fe, Is digestion cannot be performed
unless they arc present.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1885-07-15
POPULAR SCIENCE.

The forests Of the United States
comprise Az species 81 trees, belonging
to 1853 genera OF these, forty-eiehi
genera and sixty species are peculiar TO
Florida
A BOTANICAL phenomenon was wit
messed on the shore Of Todos Santos
Bay, Lower California, where an apple
tree b,ossomed and bore large perfect
fruit on its trunk. All inch from the
ground.
HATS are o being made in the
United States with an asbestos lining
to the crow Asbestos is 30 we'll.
known as a non conductor of heat that
the advantage OF ito use for this pur-
pose will be readily seen.
IT appears from observations made
in France that the development OF
vegetable life is retarded by an average
Of nearly four days for each additional
100 yards of altitude. The arrival OF
the chimney swallow is delayed about
two days for each increase OF 100 yards
in height.
Mr. JOHNSTON reached o height OF
1876 feet on Kilimanjaro, the great
mountain of eastern equatorial Africa,
and at that elevation found stones and
snow, and experienced q cold. driving
mist. II appears that the cultivated
zone extends to an altitude of 800 fect,
and the zone of vegetation to a height
Of $4,000.
MIoUEL's experiments have shown
that the number OF microbes in the air
was always proportionate to the dens-
ity of population. In q Society of
Arts lecture DR.. Poor has asserted that
epidemic influenza is certainly due to
an aerial poison, and that since the dis.
covery of the bacillus of phthisis, con
sumption must be regarded as an in
fective disorder.
FLYING fish do not fly, is the asser-
tion Of DR.. X. Mobius, a German zoolo-
gist. The muscles of their pectoral
fins are too small to sustain the weight
Of the body in the air. The impulse to
which they owe their long shooting
passage through the air is delivered.
while, they are still in the water, by
the powerful masses OF muscle on both
sides of their body.
EXPERIMENTS have been made by o
committee of French experts, including
NJ. Pasteur, in order to ascertain the
best means of d~isinfecting chambers in
which cases of contagious affections
have been lodged. The committee re-
port that sulphurous acid gas is the
best d~isinfectant; but recommend that
instead of simply burning sulphur, as
is done in barracks and such places,
bisulphide of carbon should be burned
in rooms as it is less injurious to furni-
ture or metals.
PROF. MosELY has Announced the in
teresting discovery that the shells of
the Chitonidn are endowed with eyes.
No other mollusca appear to have any
sense organs in their shells. In some
of the Chitonida as many as 1000 eyes
have been counted. Each eye has q
ca%lcarcous cornea or bicornea, a lens of
soft tissue, with q retina like that of
the common snail. New eyes are con-
stantly being formed at the edge of the
shell as the latter grows. Besides eyes
there are organs of touch throughout
the shell. each organ being capable of
protruding at the surface through
pores in the shell.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1885-07-15
An Expressiye Language,

"The Chinese have got o very express
sive language" said Tom Benton. of
Houston. one morning after breakfast.
"What is there expressive about it,"
asked his mother-in-law, who is an in
cessant talker.
"Take the word Ken for instance"
"What does Ken mean?"
1T means several things. In the first
place it means q females mouth. An
other meaning Of Ken is q gate. In
short, anything that is everiastingly
opening and shutting is called Ken"
Tableau !=Texas SftiNaS.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1885-07-15
The Kind He Wanted.

prisoner" said his honor, "the evil
dence is conflicting, but you we're evil
IDENTIFY drunk. and l fine you $25."
"Thanks, your honor" replied the
prisoner. "May l ask a favor of your"
"What is it?' said the Judge, good
naturally.
II would like some tobacco before l
60"
The Judge was taken aback. but said
with a smile: ''Do you prefer any par
ticular kind?"
"Yes, your HONOR retorted the
prisoner with a grin. 81 would like
my fine cut
His honor saw the point and made it
S10.-PiHsburg Chronicle.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1885-07-15
Brought Home in a Wagon.

LOUISVILLE, Ky.-Mr. j. Helmus. Vice.
President of the City Brewery, was
brought home in u wagon. carried up
stairs by two Of his men and laid on the
bed. He was suffering from a severe at,
tack OF rheumatism contracted in the ice
vaults of the brewery. He refused to
have a doctor. but dispatched a servant
for a bottle of st. Jacobs Oil, with the
result that in one week he was entirely
cured and able to return TO his desk.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1885-07-15

- - 80 "~S~AANs
UNITED erArEs COMMISSIONER MASON,
q Marie lies. has informed the Depart
ment Of State that cholera has again ap-
peafed IN that city and In Toulon. A
general exodus from Marseilles has be.
gun. He reports that the apparent death
rate Is below the average.
The projects Of the Department Of
France ON the Franco-6panish frontier
have been ordered, ON account Of the
prevalence Of cholera in Spain, TO place
persOns arriving from that country I'M
der observation ind to isolate them ii
such . measure IL deemed necessary.
A SHAHauAr dispatch says the Chinese
have become alarmed over the Russian
designs regarding Corea. and their troops
are being massed near Stadurstock. A
Chinese feet. composed Of ill available
men.of-war. has been dispatched to
watch the Corean coasts.
ADMIRAL JoUErr, who has been in the
vicinity Of Panama the past three
months. has been ordered north with the
remaining vessels sent to the Isthmus at
the beginning OF the recent troubles.
The officers and crew have been suffer
ing from sickness.
The British Minister has received in
formation that the Afghan tribes north
Of Hindos- Koosh declared their willing
ness TO support Russia against the pres
ent Ameer.
THE rumor is current In London that
the convention on the Afghan frontier
question is practically concluded be-
tween England and Russia, and that its
terms win soon be made public.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1885-07-15
He Saw the Point,

"There is a great deal Of religion in
nature" solemnly remarked. a young
clergyman, while calling upon a young
lady Of his congregation the other even
ing.
"There u.s." was the quiet reply.
"We should never forget that there
is a sermon in every blade of grass"
s'Quite true. We should also re-
member, while We are about it, that
grass is cut very short at this season
Of the year.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1885-07-15
Important.

When you visit or leave New York City,
save Baggage Expressage and Carriage Hire,
and stop at the Grand Union Hotel, opposite
Grand Central Depot; 600 elegant rooms
fitted up at q cost of one million dollars, re-
duced to 81 and upwards per day. European
plan. Elevator. Restaurant supplied with
the best. Horse cabs, stage, and elevated
railroad to all depots. Families can live bet
ter for less money at the Grand Union than
Ct any arst-class hotel In the city.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1885-07-15
Consumption Cure''

be a truthful name to give to DR..
Pierce's ssGolden Medical Discovery, ttc
most efhcac.ous medlcipe yet discovered for
arrcsting the early development Of pulmon-
AIRY disease. Drt consumption cure would
not suflcientiy indicate the scope OF its IN
1uence and usefulness, In all the many dis
Gases which spring from n dcrangcnGcn, Of
tho liver n blood, the .sDiscovery'' IL q safe
and sure specific. OF al druggists.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1885-07-15
A Subtle %llistinctiOn.

SLOW, are you, Charles? Haven't
seen you for an age. What ara you
doing now?"
"Peddling chestnuts."
$50 you have quit the minstrel pro-
f~ession, ehy
"Oh, no! ! am still the end man OF
the troupe.'-PiHsturgh Dispatch
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1885-07-15
Solar Heat.

The lights intensity at the SUMS sur
face il 10000 times that Of the candle
flame, $500 times that OF metal in .
Bessemer converter, lag times that Of
. calcium light, or three-fourths times
that Of an electric arc. The tempera-
ture, according to Rosette. 10 about 49,
600 degrees Fahrenheit. The mechani-
cAl equivalent OF the solar radiation,
continuously acting, is nearly 10000
horse powder per square foot Of solar
gurfacA.