Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-08-11
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ADDITIONAL NEWA

For an almost uninterrupted distance OF
leo miles north of Stevens Point, Wis,
along the line Of the Wisconsin Central,
forest fires are raging and hundreds of men
are fighting the flames seeking to save
towns and villages hemmed in by them.
Telegraphc communication is greatly in
terfered with and the reports are measer.
Complete destruction Of the town OF Spen-
Ger is fully confirmed, and the loss is now
placed mt S300,000. Several hundred peo-
The village of Prentice, in Marathon
County, is surrounded by flames, and it is
felred that it will be swept ont of existence
unless the wind dies down. Near Chippewa
Falls the fires are confined to the praries
and no buildings were destroyed. Several
farms were devastated of their crops. In
the Menomiuee River region copious rains
have extinguished the fires that ragged there.
The estimates of pine burned in the Me-
nominee region place the amount at up
ward of 100, 200 feet.
AN Ell Paso special to the Associated
Press says; The Cutting affair is practically
unchanged. There were rumors of his hav-
ing been quietly spirited away to Chihua-
hua, but they turned oct to be untrue. He
was called byfore the cour! once more and
notified that he had been granted an appeal
to the Supreme Court of Chihuahua, and
that the lawyer who he'd been officially as
signed to his defense had forwarded the
necessary papers in the case. The proceed
ing may keep him in Paso del Norte for
several days, although he himself is under
the impression that he viii at any moment
perhaps be carried off. He is besides afraid
that he may be assassinated as soon as he
leaves Paso del Norte, and that the Mexi-
cans will give as excuse that he tried to es-
cape.
A. p. I. ELDER and his wife, Emma H.
Elder, confessed judgment in the Superior
Court in Chicago in favor OF J. j. West on
note for $500. The Sheriff ut once took
Bqsnffsssiea Qf EldeEs real estate. consisting
at the head of the Elder Publishing Com
pany. The firms business is selling SUBJ
scription books, but they also publish the
Ldterary Life, the magazine Of which Miss
Cleveland, the sister of the President, has
contracted to take editorial charge. Elder
said that the Literary Life would not be
involved in the trouble. j. j. West, the
creditor who filed the confession OF judg-
ment, is at the head of the Western Pub
fishing Company.
A FIRE originated in Macedonia House,
Mt Macedonia, Mich, swept over the entire
town, destroying the business portion.
Twenty five buildings were burned, includ-
ing the postoffice, bank and Two newspa-
pers. The loss is not given, but will be
very heavy. The fire was uncomfortable
from the start, owing to inadequate water
protection.
Nj. DE LEssEPs has issued new circular
addressed to the shareholders in the Panama
Canal. In it he states that over 100, ,0oC
shareholders have subscribed for 458, ,S02
shares in the new loan. The council Of ad-
ministration of the Panama Canal Com.
pany have, on the proposal OF NJ. de Les
seps, decided to annul ell OF the new shares
not subscribed for directly by the public.
| LUM McCAsHLIN, a coiored man living
at Wrightsville, ten miles east of Little
Rock, Ark, was run over by train on thu
Arkansas Valley route and killed. He at.
tempted to jump fiom the ground upon
moving fiat and rolled of between the cars