Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-07-14

MATTERS IN THE WEST.

MATTERS IN THE WEST.
REV. DIR. O'REILLY, Treasurer of the
National League, has cabled $4,000 addi-
tional to the trustees of the Parliamentary
fund in London. This makes f20, 200, or
800, 900, remi,ted by the Le,gue within
the last few days.
THE depot buildings of tle Chicago,
Milwaukee and st. Paul road at Mason
City, Iowa, were burned and the division
superintendent's headquarters rendered I'M
fit for use. The fire is thought to have
originated from a spark from ! passing
locomotive. The loss is about $14. 900.
The buildings were very old.
TERRIBLE forest fires are raging along
the line Of the Detroit. Mackina aud Mar
quette railroad between ST. Ign.ee and
Marquette, Mich. At Newberry 10000
cords of wood belonging to the Vulcan
Furnace company We're burned. md the
furnace will probably I've shut down in con-
sequence. Eyerythingis very dry and the
fire runs through the woods with fearful
rapidly. Trains are Delayed and crops are
burning up for want Of ,a;n. All vegeta-
ton 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
lO7, the hottest ever experienced in North
ern Michigan.
]. r. LEWIS & Co., ST. Lc~is Mo-
commission merchants, suspended on ac-
count of the advance i'll wheat. Liabilities
unknown, but supposed to be light.
PRIVATE dispatches received in Wash
ington announce the death at Mt. Pleasant,
Iowa, of Col. George Il. Corkhill, ex-dis-
trct attorney of this district. Col. Corkhill
served in the Union ,rmy through the late
war. and at the close of the rebellion was
made district attorney for one OF the Judi
cial districts of Iowa Subsequently Presi-
dent Hayes appointed him district attorney
| for the District of Columbia, which posi-
| I on he held until near the close of Presi-
dent Artbur's term, aud since that time has
been engaged in the practice Of law in this
| city.
The boiler explosion in the tile works al
! Streator, ILL.,, killed Henry Bronner and Sc
verely injured Jabez Robert Morrison.
MILTON SMITH and F. Medinger met in
| the postoffice mt lie Mars, Iowa, when some
| trouble arose between them, the result ol
which was that Smith drew a revolver and
shot Medinger twice, one bullet passing
through one of his legs into the other leg
and the other bullet taking effect in the hip
Smith is farmer, whose home is near L.
| Mars, and it was he who filed the first infor
nations in the liquor prosecutions. Med
niger formerly kept saloon here. Grea
| excitement followed the shooting, and Their
was talk of lynching Smith. He was LODGED
il Jail. The exact nature Of the controvors.
between the men. preceding the shooting
is not known, but it is supposed it had ref
erence to the liqnor troubles and the par
Smith has been playing.
JOSEPH SUGAR, Anton Stemack and Pc
ter Sevieski, employed at Mccormick
|
in the riot May 81. in which four men wer
killed, and from which the most seriou
| events Of the day following obtained an i'm
I, petus, were arranged for trial before Judg
Garrett. Each is specially indicted for as
sault with intent to kill, and some deepl
interesting narrative will come out of th
evidence. Some slight trouble is being EN-
countered in securing jury.
| A CouLTERvILLE, H., special state
that seventy persons we're poisoned ther
by eating ice cream. Fonr have alread
died and more are in precarious condi
ton.
1 CHAs. II. AYERS, editor Of the MiifOr
Mail, Iowa, made desperate attempt
take his own life l,y emitting his throat ,
Spirit Lake. He is still living, but is nj
expected to recover. His mind has bee
unsettled for few days.
| THE Prohibition State Convention I
Minnesota met in st. Paul and placed
full state ticket in the field. J. E. Child
of Waseca, was nominated for governo
and J. Pinkham, Of Hennepin, for lieuter
ant governor, both BY acclamation. I'll
platform contains nothing more than Il
enunciation Of the principles usually .
forth by the Prohibition Convention, b
heartily approves what has been done
the past by the party and expresses hoI
i for the future.
Il The village Of Waterford, in Raci,
county, Wisconsin, 10 terribly stricken wi
typhoid fever. Fifty people are down vii
i the disease. Four deaths have occurs
thus far. One family Of eleven and anoth
Of nine persons are III in their beds. Gre
excitement exists in the village and the sta
board OF health will be Asked to investiga
the cause Of the disease.
THE Postof6cs = Minneapolis, lfinn
Il was broken open and robbed Of elS.Ooo
money and stamps. No cine 70 the thievs
The work va tloas ~ professionals. Th'
drillsl hoie fonr inches deep intn The sa
a betwssn the handle md combination, n,
picked ~ lcck, Ppstnestss Lasaxss "