Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-09-15
TELEGRAPHIC.
Condensed Electric Sparks, Fresh
From the Wires.
E,DINGS AT, THE EAST.

BOINGS Az lHE ElASI.
THE liabilities of Leopold lsaacs, the
absconding tobacco merchant of Montreal,
exceed SlGo,0oO with practically no assets.
1t is stated that several forgeries and other
swindlins schemes have been brought TO
light, and steps will be taken to secure
Isaacs' extradition,
DURING the pros ress of show in Jersey
City, N. j., the grand stand collapsed and
fifty persons fell through the debris TO the
ground There were no fatalities, but n
dozen were taken TO the hospital badly
bruised, with broken arms, legs, etc. There
was great excitement for time.
THE total number of business failures
during the last seven days for Canada and
the United States was l57.
THE American Horticultural Society, i'll
session at Cleveland, elected officers as fol-
lows: President, Parker Earle, of Golden,
H.; Vice President, Z. NJ. Hudson, of New
| Orleans, La; Secretary, W. II. Ragan, of
Greencastle, Ind, Treasurer, J. c. Evans.
of Harlem, Mo. The nominating COM
mittee recommended that the time of the
next meeting should be February 5, 1858,
and at some point i'll California. 1t was
decided to discuss the location at a future
| session.
THE cranberry harvest is now at its
height i'll New Jersey. men, women and
children being engaged in gathering the
fruit. The crop is very promising. exceed
ing that of last year. heavy draw OH
New jersey from the West is expected, as
the Wisconsin crop is almost total failure.
The September crop report of the De-
partment of Agriculture states that corn has
declined from 81 in August to n. In the
states of principal production the status is
as follows: In Kentucky, from 81 i'll Aug
ust to 80 in September; Ohio, IS to 50;
Michigan, 80. In the north, the returns
show: Indiana, 81 to 92; Illinois declines
from II to y; Missouri from rs to G2; Kan
sas, ~ to G2; Nebraska, IS TO SO; Iowa, 70
to G7. The loss west of Indiana is caused
by drouth. In the south Atlantic States
there has been no improvement. On the
Gulf Coast there is slight improvement,
except in Texas, where the drouth has re-
duced the condition. The present crop
| prospect, with no further decline, is IA per
cent. worse than last year, and indicates
over twenty one bushels per acre; or nearly
sixteen hundred million bushels.
The residence of J. L.. Mathews. check
master at the Imperial coal mines, Montour,
Pa, was destroyed by fire, and his wife and
| 2-year- child were fatally burned. The
fire originated, ii is supposed, by Mrs. Mat
thews attempting to start fire 10y the use
of carbon oil, as a loud explosion was beard.
| When the neighbors arrived the structure
was in flames and the screams of the woman
inside was heard. She, with her child, were
! gotten out, but they were terribly burned.
| Medical aid was summoned and all possible
| lone for the sufferers, but without avail.
| PLEuRo- PNEUMONIA prevails to an
! alarming extent among cows IN Middle
Village and Maspeth, Long Island, whence
a large proportion of the supply of milk
used in Brooklyn is obtained. In ono sta
| bic thirty-six cows have died within two
months.
A MAN named Jacob Coaster was arrested
ut the white house in Washington and sent
to the insane asylum. lie claimed to be
the emperor of all America, and demanded
admittancc to the white house as its lawful
occupant He ordered the door keeper to
go to the treasury and bring him $50, 0,000,-
600. lie is an Englshman, and only re-
Gently came to the city. lie had in his pos
| session seventy one Bank Of England notes.
A TRUNK arrived at Toledo, Ohio, by the
Wheeling and Lake Erie Road from Belle
vue, which exhaled SO horrible an odor as to
| drive the baggageman from his post. 1t was
placed on the platform and the police an-
thorities notified. Soon after their arrival
| Z. Wilson, who had come from Bellevue
on the Lake Shore Railroad, arrived with a
dray and presented check for the trunk.
He was Immediately arrested and the trunk
opened. when it was found TO contain the
body of woman packed in hay. Wilson
and the trunk were taken to the police sta
ton, where the coroner examined the body.
| 1t was that of a woman of about 90 years,
much emaciated and partly dressed in un-
derclothing of the finest quality. Wilson
is a school teacher Mt Ithaca, o., and last
winter was a student of the Toledo Medical
college. He is held on the charge Of grave
robbery.
Mr.. JOHN FITzGEHALD, President OF
the Irish National League of America, has
shown his appreciation of the value OF
Hon. Mr.. Gladstone's pamphlet on III,
Irish question by ordering 10000 copies OF
it for circulation amongst the league
branches.