Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-08-25

Haul selling price of common dimensions
Bach locality in making its price list will
ttke into account the difference ON freight
rates.
1.-TWO BOYS, Edward Shadrick, son of
naniel s. Shadrick, of Decatur, ILL.,, and
Herman Lewald, each but 13 years Of age,
vent to the country hunting ON Sunday,
inter having been forbidden to do so by
their parents. They shot bird, and soon
after Lewald, while handling the gun, nc
ctdentally shot Shadrick. The tatire load
entered his breast killing him Instantly.
Shadrck was the only son of couple in
almost destitute circumstances.
IA TERRIFIC wind, rain and hail storm
swept over Henry County, Illinois, doing a
dunage of $4,000 to $4,000 at Cam
Afdsc, the county seat, demolishing three
chufc,ses and checking the progrcss Of ar
rangement for the county fair. At Utah,
Galya, Bishop Hill and other places in the
county proportionate losses have been suf-
fered. At Stark the Rock Island and Peoria
Depot was destroyed, with loss of 81 900.
Corn all through the country adjacent to
Cambridge is down, and many farmers have
suffered severe loss of outbuildngs. sheds,
etc. The total loss to Henry County will
be $4,000 No one was killed by the
storm, though several were injured.
A LATE dispatch received at Huachua,
Arizona, states that Geronimo and band of
forty Indians are at Franterez seeking to
make peace with the Mexican authorities.
Gen. Miles has ordered Lieut.. Wilder,
with two troops of cavalry, to proceed to
Franterez TO demand Geronimo to uncon-
ditionally surrender. Lieut.. Lockett, with
his command of Pima Indians, follows to
occupy such positions in the mountains as
will prevent the possibility of Geronimos
escape.
DURING furious storm cast of Decatur,
H., Jacob Peck was instantly killed by
lightning, while trying TO repair the CHM
ney of his house from the inside. The
wife of Peek had both her limbs partly
paralyzed and one of bis daughters was SO
severely shocked that she is now i'll a crit
lCdl couulllou. TICK OWItu IL lhfIH VI
eighty acres and was member of the old
116th Illinois Regiment. He leaves five
children.
A DISASTROUS windstorm visited Veto
ria, Tex. The freight depot and Masonic
Hall, both large buildings, were totally
wrecked. Two church steeples were blown
down and two churches unroofed The
High School Building and Jail were con-
sderably damaged. Altogether there were
about seventy five houses completely de-
molished and l1S more or less damaged.
Few buildings escaped uninjured Trees
and most of the shmbbely in the city were
blown down and the streets filed with
debris. Business is entirely suspended.
The loss is estimated at 100000.
TERRIBLE forest fires are raging along
the line of the Detroit, Mackina and Mar
quette railroad between ST. Ignace and
Marquette, Mich. At Newberry 10000
cords of wood belonging 10 the Vulcan
Furnace company were burned, and the
furnace will probably be shut down i'll con-
sequence. Everything is very dry and the
fire runs through the woods with fearful
rapility. Trains are delayed and crops are
burning mp for want of rain. All vegeta-
ton at Cheboygan Is penshing for want OF
rain. For several weeks drouth has pre-
| vailed, and in many places young fruit
trees ara dying. The mercury got up to
107, the hottest ever experienced in North
| eln Michigan.
j. 2. OLIVE. cattleman, of Dodge City,
Kan, was shot and killed by Joe Sparrow,
at Trail City, Col. Olive is the man who
some years ago took n horse thief from
Nebraska sheriff and burned him at stake.
A TRAMP entered the railroad depot at
Huron Station, Ind, and, becoming etfen-
| sve, ]. 7. Davis, the agent, tried to arrest
him. The tramp resisted and stabbed Da-
Wis TO death. Neighbors soon caught the
tramp and hung him TO tree. He has not
been identified.
LOUIS HILBERT was stabbed and killed
by VIM. Watkins in the Upper Aurora Dis
tillery at Aurora, I'll. Watkins WAS ar
| rested by the sheriff and afterwards taken
from the Jail and hanged.
! SAN Francisco was lately visited by one
of the largest fires which ever occurred in
that city. 1t started in Smalls machine
shop, on Brannan, between Fourth and
Fifth streets, and spread with such rapidity
/ that the second and third alarms quickly
| followed. The fire ran north for half a
block. and south two half blocks, crossing
| Bryant, Brannan and Bluxome streets, and
extended from midway between Fourth and
| Fifth streets TO the latter street. 1t was
| gotten under control two hours after it
! started The losses are estimated at about
$2,o00,0Oo.
j. S. VAN DoREN, Cashier of the So
noma County Bank, Petaluma, Cal, has
been arrested, charged with embezzling
| S37, 900 of the banks funds. Van Doren
has been in the banks employ during
! eighteen years, and the defalcations extend
over that period. The solvency of the bank
| is not affected. Van Doren denies that he
msappropriated any of the banks money,
and claims the books VIII balance when
! properly expertel.
| FRANK DEMAN. bohemian laborer,
murdered his wife anl committed suicide
at THEN home, 1911 Van Horn street, Chi
cago. Deman was 60 years of age, and his
wife So. The couple had three sons and
Were tolerably well-to-do. No cause il
given for the fatal quarrel.
THE steamer City of Sydney has arrived
ut San Francisco with Hong Kong dates to
! July 26 and Yokohama to August 3. The
cholera is raging in Corea. Twenty thous-
and deaths are reported in Keishono alone.
1 The natives call it divine visitation and
refuse to give medical attendance to pa
tients.
Ar Streator, H.. Alex. Jacobs, miner,
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