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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-07-21

for an appeal TO the supreme court win b
fled in few days.
TERHrDLE forest Ares are rigging alcne
the line Of the Detroit, Mackina and Mar.
quette railroad between st. 1gnace and
Marquette, Mich. At Newbery $4,000
cords Of wood belonging to the Vulcan
Furnace company were burned, and the
furnace will probably be shut down In CON.
sequence. Everything is very dry and The
fire runs through the woods with fearful
rapidity. Trains are delayed and crops afs
burning up for want Of rain. All tegsta.
tion at Cheboygan is perishing for want Of
rain. For several weeks drouth has pre-
vailed, and in many places young fruit
trees are dying. The mercury got up TO
l07. the hottest ever experienced in North.
ern Michigan.
AN Omaha special says: The Dundy
County Bank, Of Benkleman, Neb., has
failed. Belger, the President, skipped to
Canada, and took with him about 500, 900
in funds and securities. Business man
and farmers feel the loss greatly, = naay
lost the last dollar they had on earth. Gev.
eral homesteaders had their little all in the
bank, and were to prove up to-day. Many
will have to abandon their claims. Tho
greatest excitement prevails. Belger trans
ferred all his available property 70 bis wife
before leaving. Many Eastern banks and
firms lost heavily.
AT Pine Bluff, Ark, there was general
revolt of seventy live or eighty convicts
working in q brickyard mile from town.
Three Of them, more violent than the rest,
were killed outright by the guard, and tho
fourth one is supposed to be mortally
wounded.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-07-21
PoLIrICAL CHAT.

THE cabinet at its last meeting discussed
the action Of the house in passing the reso.
luton providing for the use Of the surplus
in excess Of 500, ,OOO, 900 in the redemption
Of United States bonds and the prospects
Of the resolution In the senate. Anothel
question considered Wa in regard 70 TIE
advisability Of transferring the Apache In
dians in Arizona to Indian Territory.
THE President sent the following nomi-
nations 70 the Senate: Douglas W. Tay-
lor, Of Portland, Oregon, to b Surveyor
General Of Oregon: Lewis Williams, Of
Missouri, TO be Commissioner for the Dis.
trict Of Alaska, to reside at juneau City; w.
E. Seikirk, Register Of the Land OAics q
Sacramento, CAL; Gilbert D. Williams, 81
New York, Agent At the Cheyenne and
Arapahoe Agency, Indian Territory; Rs-
ceivsr Of Public Moneys: Luks A. Burke,
Aberdeen, Dakota; VIM. G. Hobbs. Spring
field, No.; James N. welch. Detroit.
THE nomination Of A. 81. Parker, Re-
ceiver Of Public Money q Grand Islsnd.
Neb., has been confirmed BY the Sena4s.
THE President has withdrawn ~ nomi-
nation Of Adolph Lipman 10 b Unitsd
States Commissioner Ia Alasha, and noni-
mated Lewis williams, of Booovilis, No.,
to the position. Ltpman Il thA MAryyi,Is.
Mo-, man Who left homo With sons indict-
ments for evading the Dovning iquos Inv
hanging over him, ana whose appojntuent
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-07-21

OOING0 AT THE EAST.

Ex- SENATOR JOHNSTON and Represen-
tatives Tucker, Cabell, Wise, Croxton and
Trigg waited on the President and urged
the denomination OF Jas. Goode as Solicitor
General. They represented that Goode
had not been fairly dealt with and was not
given fair deal. A member of the dele
cation is authority for the statement that
the President, after listening to their repre-.
sentations, expressed sympathy for Goode,
and stated that he had the case under con-
sideration, but had not yet determined what
course to pursue.
A DISPATCH has been forwarded from
the President Of the Irish National League
to Gen. Kerwin, New York, directing him
to convene meeting Of gentlemen to act
az commissioners to receive the delegation
from the National League in Ireland on
their arrival in New York, and accompany
ing them to the convention in Chicago.
Among the gentlemen named are the Mayor
Of New York, Mayor Of Boston, Mayor Of
Brooklyn, Mayor Of Philadelphia and Vice
President Rev. .. Treasy, and the Execu-
tive Committee OF seven Of the League.
JUSTIN MATTHEWS, II years old; Albert
Matthews, his brother, aged Is years, and
Rufus Allen, aged 1S years, were drowned
in Highland Lake, near Bridgeport, Me-,
by the sinking Of an over-ballasted sail
boat.
The statement is made by an old tele.
grapher in Washington that the strike at
Omaha is the beginning Of series. The
Omaha operators had the strongest griev-
ances. When the troubles there are ad-
justed the attention Of the company will be
drawn to the situation at some other point.
Operators all over the country are in sym
pathy with the movement, but there will be
NO general strike. It is probable that the
operators in California and those in the
Southwest, notably at st. Louis, will take
their turns at treating with the company be-
fore any striking is done in The East.
A SPECIAL count WINS male in the Post
Office Department Of matter mailed at
twenty leading postofices during the last
week in June, 1886, and the result shows
an increase, compared with tho same period
in 1885, Of 21.70 per cent. in letters mailed,
59.3 per cent. in sealed packages, 40 per
cent in unsettled parcels, and 81 per cent.
ia circulars.
A HEROIC attempt was made at Eliza
beth, N. j., by Jesse J. Catlin, yardmaster
OF the Pennsylvania railroad, to rescue An
ME Wyckof. highly respected young girl
of Elizabeth. from desthat the South Eliza
beth railroad station. The girl was ON her
way to Railway. While standing on the
east-bound track waiting for the 7:2O train,
: through east-bound passenger train was
sighted. Passengers at the depot called to
her to get Oh the track, but she evidently
did not hear them. On came the train.
Catlin jumped to her sile and was dragging
her ont Of harms way when 10th were
strack by the train. Miss wyckoff was
hurlsd nlnny fset from The scene Or the ac-
sidsnt and her BODY horribly manslsd.
Caalin ~ thrown long distance and IS
~ - killed.
Ao1ua GncneTARr FAncHrlD laasly
sannsE3ly dimisssd chisf of dlsisieu
- - elaslS Il NJ c6lcs f6r dissrsl litab3s
san1aA n ea1nsslisn I'M esas insiioas
4 ~ 1l1e ~ 1l.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-07-21
Don, Iowa. VIM. II. McAlliaon. q vinton,
Iowa; John c. Anderson, 1t Eagle Rock,
NEWS FROM THE OLD WORLD.

NEWS FROM THE OLD WORLD.
AT 81. Petersburg, Russia, while m iron
dealer was unloadinga wagon filled with
old artillery material that had been pur-
chased from the Government, nine-inch
shell, supposed to have been properly un-
loaded. exploded among group Of work.
men and others. Sixteen persons, includ-
ing four children, were killed. and several
more injured.
PRESIDENT GREvY has signed the de.
cree for the expulsion Of Due d'Aumale
from France. II Due de Chartres initiates
d'Aumalc in litieating the question Of the
republics right to expel him, the Deputies
will take action looking toward the conis-
cation Of all property in France belonging
to the Orleans family. The entire French
Cabinet has agreed to the decree expelling
Due d'Aumale from France.
NApAoAscAR has granted IN English
company charter tc establish royal bank,
with power to coin money and to issne bark
notes. The bank will have . capital u
$2,O00, 900.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-07-21
ITEMS FROM THE SOUTH.

GEO. HARRISON, colored, was hanged at
Shreveport, 1a., for the murder Of George
Allen. Allen had ordered Harrison to leave
his premises, and Harrison ehot him dead
while standing in his own doorway. The
prisoner was cool and self possessed to the
last, and acknowledged the murder.
Four murders occurred in York County,
North Carolina, in five days. The Arst
murder occurred in the killing Of Andy
Johnston by Miss Kelly. A negro named
Johnston broke the skull Of nm old white
man named David White, killing him ii.
most instantly. Mr.. White was 10 years
old, and was an inmate Of the Poor House.
A negro, name unknown, stabbed his wife
to death at house six miles from York
vile. Another negro named Ed. Mclean
was killed by a companion named June
Campbell. Mclean and Campbell roomed
together, and on the evening Of the murder
Mclean lay down on the bed and with his
muddy feet accidentally soiled clean
shirt belonging to Campbell. This 30 en-.
ragel Campbell that he attacked Mclean
with knife in the most savage manner,
actually cutting ont McLsan's heart. The
brutal murderer was captured and 10 in
Jail. In addition to all this, two women
had fight with razors at Clay Hill, In
York County, but did not succeed ir killing
each other.
ONE Of the heaviest wind, hail and rain
storms ever experienced occurred at Joliet,
Ill. The wind blew gale and hail fell 90
ns to cover the ground. The stones ranged
in size from hickorynuts to apples, and did
considerable damage to corn. The rain
with which the storm ended was much
needed.
SAMSON ROLAND and George Solomon,
both colored, were hanged at Donaldson
vile, La. In February, 1884, on Houma's
plantation, nine miles from Donaldsonville,
Roland shot and killed Benz. Gusdor6,
while the lntter was under the influence Of
liquor. The trouble between the two is be-
lieved to have been caused by woman.
0COs SOAOAA4sSAA Auos WOAuoAy utuOV0A 8AAO
killed Henry Smith, colored. Solomon had
been living with woman named Hill, who
was Smiths god-daughter, and had shot at
her several times. Finally she went to
Smiths house and Solomon followed her,
demanding admittance to the house. An
alteration ensued and resulted in the stab.
bing.
PARTICULARS of an accident to . party
Of excursionists on Albemarle Sound have
been received from Norfolk, Va. Between
twenty and thirty residents OF Nanteo, N.
g., had been to Nagshead ON . picnic.
While returning by schooner, and when
about two miles from shore, the vessel Wa
capsized by squall and . number Of per-
sons were thrown into tln water. but the
commander Of the revenue marine sewice,
with the sloop Alert, went to the assistance
Of the party and rescued . number Of those
in peril and three bodies, two Of which ars
those Of young ladies, the other that Of Z
child being recovered.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-07-21
ADDITIONAL NEwA

SIX men are in Jail at Wyandotte, Kan,
charged with having wrecked . Missouri
Pacific freight train between Wyandotte and
Kansas City, Mt o'clock on the morning Of
April 26 last, during the great Southwest
en railroad strike, and by which BEN Hor-
ton, fireman, and George Carlisle, brake
man, were killed. The alleged wreckes
are members Of the Executive Board Of the
local lodge al the Knights Of Labor there,
and Hamilton, tn mau who 10 represented
rs the ringleader of the crime, is Chairman
Of the Board. The prisoners are George
II. Hamilton, recently special policeman.
Robert Geers, Mike Leary, Fred Newport,
car repairer, R. J. Lloyd, also car re-
pairer, and William vassen, an employe Of
an ice firm.
THE trial Of Willie Sells, . lad Of 16
years of age, for the murder Of his father,
mother, brother and sister, has been COM
menced at Erie, Kan. The youth Of the
criminal, the number and relation OF tho
victims, the entire lack Of provocation, the
manner Of the killing and all the circum-
stances Of the case make II almost unpre-
cedented in the annals Of crime. A special
yenire Of ninety Jurors has besn summoned
and it is expected that several dsys will BE-.
occupied in securing satisfactory panel.
The ordinance granting the LaSalls
street tunnel to the North Side City Rail-
way has been passed ~ the City Council Of
Chicago, yearly rental Of $4,000 being,
however, exacted from the company. Some
weeks ego when the company was gratui-
tously allowed the privilege Of changing to
. cable system, it was generally taken for
granted that the free use Of the tunnel
would follow a. matter Of course. To the
incessant agitation concerning the use Of
"boodle" among the aldermen Il attributed
the result reached.
An Mcdonald, aminer named Brown went
home drunk and made IN attack on his wife.
Finding she was getting the worst Of The
fight, she seized coal OH can and threw
the contents upon her husband, following
it up by setting the oil ON nre. He was al
most instantly enveloped in flames. he
rushed out Of doors yelling and threw him
self into trough Of water, from which he
emerged thoroughly sobered. but 20 badly
burned that he win die. Citizens sympa-
thixe with the woman.
II is learned from reliable source that
the United States secret service know who
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-05-22
OLD


Dark Spots m the Peel indicative OF Some
Defects in Their Quality.
In late spring, apples which have
been kept in a damp cellar, not wiped
during the winter, will be very likely
to have dark spots on the peel, prob
ably with specks in various parts of
the apple, indicating some defects in
the quality. While | do not favor
swallowing the peel under ordinary
circumstances, | object to doing so
when these dark spots are seen. These
constitute a kind of mold, a deposit
more Or less poisonous, as indicated
by the bitter taste or unpleasantneSs in
some respects. lannOunccth is as a zen
cral principle, that when any substance
has an unpleasant taste, almost uni
yerSally so, this is good evidence that
there is something more or less poison
ous. No natural food is diStasteful,
since it is prcSumable that the distastc-
fulneSs is intended to warn us of the
IMPROPERLY of using any articles
which are not pleasant to the average
unvitiated taste. 1t is also true that
the colored SpeckS in the mass of the
apple may have this same unpleasant
taste, which must condemn such an
apple, if they are seer in the whole
mass.
If such apples are cooked, no sweet
ening or Spicing will be of any avail
in the matter of removing the obiec-
tionable substance. only so affecting it
that the taste may not detect it, which
is a matter of no great importance. An
intellectual and conscientious person
does not take his food simply to graf
ify his taste, like the swine, hut to af-
ford health and strength. Again, ap-
pies in early summer are more or less
decayed, the decayed parts being unfit
for food, not simply because they are
unpleasant to the taste, but because
u%nfavorablc to the health. 1t should
be remembered that an important
chemical change is effected in the nat
ural state of the apple, a change re-
scmbling that of fermentation or putre-
faction, though not so unfavorable as
the latter, Since this decay is more or
less general, it may be a question
whether the whole is not similarly af-
feeted, or partially decayed, which
may not be generally true. 1t is quite
certain, however, that the parts con
tiguous to the decaycd spots will be
somewhat affected, at least in a semi
dccayed state. 1t is safe at least TO
avoid the surrounding portions. | will
add, II persons Use apples conscien-
tiously. for the health and proper state
of the body, that we get the natural
advantages of this excellent fruit when
we use it as a food, to be taken only at
our meals. In the matter of nourish-
tent, 1t is superior to the potato, and
,ould be no more eaten between
reals, if we have regard to right and
.uty to the promotion of health. than
he potato, both of which require di.
gestlon, more or less exhaustino d.
gestlye power.-Dr, Hanatord, in
len Rule. "
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-05-22
THE WAITE SUPPLY.
Its Purity One of the Most Important
Features of Farm-Life.

U \ uAAAN Nht W 80 @
Features of Farm-Life.
The water supply is m of the most
important parts of a well-ordercd farm.
An adequate quantity of pure water is
Indispensable to the welfare of the
livestock and the household, and the
absence of it is a prevailing cause of
disease and loss. In the majority Of
cases of prevailing disease among ami
mails the want OF pure water in Suf-
ticient quantity will be found the sole
mr. the most active cause. In nearly
every instance the prevailing malarial
and febrllc disorders IN rural homes are
due to it. The body of an animal OH
tainS scvcnty-tiye per cent. of water,
For every pound of live weight added
TO a person or an animal twelve ounces
of water is required, Not only this,
but the cNcretory organs, the skin, the
bowels and the kidneys carry off a large
quantity of water. in which the waste
matter of the system produced by the
action of the vital functions is dissolved
or washed and conveyed out. If this
large quantity of water is impure,
nearly all the impurity in it goes into
and is left in the blood; because all the
added weight of flesh retains its share,
and rs the greater part OF the watery
excrction from the body passes off in
yapor from the skin, the impurities in
this amount of water are retained in
the blood. Knowing how frequently
the water supply of farms is tainted
more or less, it is by no means a matter
for surprise that diseases caused by
blood poisoning should be so frequent
and so fatal.
In considering this subject two points
present themselves most conspicuouslN,
viz. the source of the water and the
method of conveyance to it. The com
mon sources of the farm supply OF
water are springs, streams and wells,
All of these are in the easiest kind of
danger of pollution, Springs are
drawn from the surface. The common
idea that they come from below, from
some deep source, is not correct.
Water falling upon the surface sinks
in the soil until it meets a surface
of hard-pan or clay or rock or some
underground basin from which II
channel of escape is found and the
stream flows through the soil or a steam
in the rock until it is discharged.
Streams are made up of water from
springs and from surface waNnings,
and are usually of suspicious charac-
ter, Wells get their supply from large
underground reservoirs which are
filled by the settling Of the surface
water and is filtered through many feet
of sand or gravel. Usually these res
%crvoirs are shaped like a broad basin,
and when this is very extensive and of
considerable depth the well or pipe
which taps it flows oven and the well is
called artcsian. Ii may be we'll to
make this clear by the following dia-
gram. which is "A section of the water
basin:
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-05-22

The basin outlincdby the letters aaa
is of rock, or clay, or hard-pan soil,
with a bed of gravel between the two
LAYERS. and the water which flows from
the rim of it sinks down between these
LAYERS and gradually fills it.. At the
verge of the Outcrop the overflow es-
cdprS in the form OF springs; lower
down a well ~ pipe sunk Gas shown at
b. into the gravel bed taps the reser-
vOir, and the water rises in it to the
level or the source at the rim, or if the
well is below this level the water flows
over and may be carried by pipes to
any height not above the level of the
source. This is an a~rtcsian well, and
in some localities such water supplies
extend over hundreds of square miles.
Wells are the safest source of water
because the water percoIatcs through
n large extent of sand or gravel and is
purified: springs are the next best, and
streams are almost always suspicious,
1t is easy TO see how wells even may be
polluted by surface drainage, and as
there is no difficulty in understanding
the manner in which this may be douc,
no special reference to it is required,
1t is well, however, to call particular
notice to the imminent danger of such
pollution when cesspools or manure
yards are adjacent TO wells.
The method of conveyance of water
is by pipes OF various materials-wood,
lead and iron, Wood easily decays,
and decaying wood o o makes the
water impure and unwholcsomc. Lead
is hot only unwholcsome, but danger
pure the water is the more dangerous
the lead pipe becomes, because lead is
most soluble in pure water. When
water is impregnated with lime or
other salts a deposit is gradually
formed upon the lead and protects it
from the solvent action of the water.
Iron pipe is rapidly corroded both by
the oxygen and the carbonic acid, SO
abundantly held in solution by water.
Nhen the water contains free sulphuric
acid, which is frequently the case, this
acts upon the iron, and the combina-
ton OF water, Sulphuric acid and iron
produces the excessively unpleasant
Sulphuretted hydrogen gas which is
dissolved by the water and gives to it
the odor and flavor of stale eggs.
Sometimes the water contains so much
carbonic acid or oxygen as to cause n
large deposit of carbonate or oxide of
iron inside the pipe, and this some
times closes the pipe in a few months.
All of these pipes are Objectionable.
A new chemical process has, however,
been applied to iron pipes by which
the surface of the iron has been rem
dered perfectly insoluble even by boil
ing hot acids, and when thus prepared
the pipes are practically indestructiblc,
lasting indefinitely, being wholly I'M
acted upon by the water. For wells
and c%isterns such pipe is indispensa-
BILE, and for conveying water from
springs is exceeding useful and desir-
able. Indeed it is the only pipe for
the conveyance of water which is
wholly free from objection. Earthcn
pipes serve II good purpose, but are
not durable, and cement pipes make
the water hard from the lime which is
dissolved from them by the water
n. Y. Times.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-05-22

streets a sudden issue of an extra. The
newspapers were all out in hurried
editions. and flaming headlines an
nounced. Great Robbery! LacasSe
4 Durillo. the Bankers, Robbed of
$500. 600, etc.
Some will recall the Investigations
of the affair and the failure of the po-
lice to arrest the dishonest cashier, a
Mr.. Delatour. This individual was
never E after leaving the bank that
Saturday evening. and singular to say,
neither was Mr.. Duroy, who lived in
the suburbs of the city. Nj. Goddard,
when questioned by the police, said he
knew Durov. who was an enthusiast
about aerial navigation and paid him
for lessons in the art of handling bal
looms. He thought the man a warm
amateur, and showed him how to con-
struct a very large balloon; that was
all.
Where that balloon landed was never
known. but il was reported a gentle
man from America purchased the La
BOca estate near C~ienfucgoS, Cuba,
shortly aftrrward for two hundred and
fifty dollars cash. How he had
reached the Ever Faithful Isle no one
ever learned rb0ricS T.. Whitney, IN
n. u. Times Democrat.