Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-03-03

served his country for thir;, i've years.
During the war he held high and response
BILE positions without (on account Of certain
opposition) the rank, pay or honor to which
he was entitled. He will retire from the
army on June IL.
An attempt was made to poison the fam-
lily Of Robert Berry, of Corunna, Mich, by
putting Paris green in his well. Several of
the family drank the water and were taken
sick, being saved by prompt medical at
tendance. Sheriff Cole found Paris green
in the pump, and tracks leading to the
house Of Mrs. Charles Gage, neighbor
and an enemy. Cages daughter ind her
husband, Henry Shafer, were arrested and
taken to Jail. More arrests are expected.
ABBOTT LAWRENCE, assistant cashier Of
the National Exchange Bank, at Milwaukee,
Wis.,, was shot and dangerously wounded
on Wisconsin street. near the Milwaukee
Club House, by George A. Wardner, for
merly bookkeeper Of the same bank. The
ball entered the small Of his back and Is
supposed 70 have glanced Of into The chest.
After the shooting Wardner walked to the
police station and delivered himself up. It
is believed Wardners mind is affected and
that he was influenced to commit the deed
by some fancied wrong
GEORGE p. LYMAN, of Rock Island, Ill.,,
chief clerk and ticket agent of the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy Railroad, while re-
turning home from his Office, was attacked
by footpads and robbed of q hundred dol
lar gold watch and chain and $11 in cash.
The robbery was committed in the most
thickly populated part of the city. No clue
to the robbers.
JUDGE JAMES l.. MITCHELL, of Nebras-
ka, while addressing convention of early
Iowa lawmakers, in Des Moines, dropped
dead on the floor of the opera house. He
was just concluding his speech with the
sentence: Il love the old soldiers of Iowa."
when he fell TO the floor in an apoplectic
faint, dying Immediately. Memorial SER
vices were held in the evening, addressed
by his former law partner, Fred Lehman,
Of Des Moines, and by several prominent
citizens of Iowa. Judge Mitchell repre-
sented Fremont County in the Ninth Gen.
eral Assembly Of Iowa. He removed to
| Nebraska eleven years ago, and at the time
| of his death was Judge Of the Second Judi
cial District of that State. He was so years
| Of age.
In an interview regarding the published
| a,H hc% Sha n -
San Francisco had issued proclamation
advising the Chinese to return home, the
Consul Generals Secretary emphatically de-
MED that any such proclamation had been
issued. He stated that the Chinese Consul
had made arrangements with steamship
companies to carry poor, sick and unem-
| ployed Chinese back to China for four trips
at half rates. Notices concerning this were
sent out requesting Chinese to take advan-
tage Of these rates, and these facts prob
ably gave rise to the first mentioned report.
A MEETING of the stockholders Of the
Transcontinental Aerial Navigation Com
pany for the purpose Of organizing and
electing officers was recently held at Chi
cago. The company proposes to commence
at once the construction Of an immense air
ship, ia feet in length, "a feet in width
and % in n.height, after model patented by
DR.. DeBanssatt, n French physician Of
Chicago. The stockholders state that the
ship will be completed by the middle Of
June, and that on or before July it will
start with a number of passengers on mid
air trip through the country.