Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-07-28
)UNTY, DAKOTA. WEDNESDAY, JULY %, 1885,

ing purposes III that region. Another fur. |
mace will soon be erected by the irst-named |
company and the mines worked to their |
fullest capacity.
CHARLES HoLLINGswoRTH was thrown
from wagon at Lexington, No., by a run
away team, and sustained injuries about the
head and arms which may prove fatal. Five
ladies were in the wagon with him and
were all thrown out, but none Of them were
hurt.
A TELEGRAM from Matamoras, Mexico,
reports the capture by Col. Hernandez and
fifteen revolutionists, among them the
leader, Adolpho Gonzales, whom he had
hung. The report is not given much cre-
dence. Another dispatch says Cersos cap
tured reyolutionist leader named Padre
Benito. The Government troops have ar.
rived at Solxno ranch.
The large roller mill Of Hauck 4 Bro,
st. Joseph, Mo-, caught fire in the roof,
near the purifiers, and burned like finder.
The Fire Department was unable to do any.
thing until the building had been gutted.
The loss will be nearly $50, 900, with not
cent Of insurance. This mill was one OF
the oldest in the city and Was built in 1866.
Fiss months ago est of rollers were put II
at cost Of SIT, goo. The origin 81 t6S iifs
is unknown.
The report comes from Huthinson, Mimi,
that several persons have died there sud
denly and the people fear an epidemic. An
investigation showed that the victims had
been eating picked beef, containing poison.
The butcher protested that he never sold
the poisoned meat, and to prove the asser-
tod gave some to his two children, who
quickly died. The above is current on the
streets of neighboring towns, and it is said
the excitement in HUTCHINSON runs high,
because the man gave the children meat
which was suspected to contain poison.
The receiver Of the Provident Savings
Bank, st. Louis, has petitioned the Circuit
Court for advice and direction relative to
the settlement with the bondsmen of Al
mon b. Thompson, the defaulting cashier.
In the petition the receiver states that he
has received from Richard NJ. Scruggs, a
| proposition from the bondsmen, of which
he is one, which proposes to cover the whole
| amount of defalcation, provided there shall
be returned TO them all the evidences Of
Thompson's irregularities. 1t is believed
the court will approve the plan so that the
depOsitOrs may he mid in fnl1
THE firm Of Snyder 4 Hoole, bookbind-
ers and dealers in printers materials, Chi
cago, has made an assignment. Liabilities
placed at $500, 900; assets the same.
THE body Of Fred Robinson, an 1s-year-
old Detroit boy, was found in an empty cat
tie Car in freight train near Lansing,
Mich. Investigation has shown that he left
Detroit with three companions, one Of
| whom confesses to having had some
trouble with him. 1t seems Robinson knew
that which would cause the arrest Of the
Others should he speak it out. One Of them
named Potter confesses that he accident.
ally struck Robinson on the head. Ths
post mortem shows fractured skull. Pot.
ter and his two companions, named ONei
and Mcmahon, have been arrested
| ApaT. GEN. DRUM has received the fol
lowing telegram from Gen. Miles, dated
July %: Capt. Lawton reports through
Col. Royal, commanding at Fort Huachuaca
that his command surprised Geronimoi
camp on the Mango River, about 100 mile'
south and east of Campas Sonora, o
nearly SEQ miles south Of the Mexican
boundary, capturing all the Indian prop.
erty, including hundreds of pounds Of dries
meat and nineteen riding animals. This il
the fifth time within three months in whicl
the Indians have been surprised by troops
While their results have not been decisive
yet it has given encouragement to tn
troops and has reduced the number an,
strength of the Indians and has given then
feeling Of insecurity, even in the remot
and almost impenetrable mountains o
Mexico.
J. w. MOORE, late of Nevada, she
Joseph Henderson, clothing merchant q
Butte, Montana, with q double barrele,
shotgun, killing him instantly, then emp
tied the other barrel into himself with fata
effect,~ Moore claimed Henderson owe
him $4,000.