Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-03-28
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CONGRESS-.
In the senate the 25th we're several petitions
from Iowa Patrons Of Husbandry, asking that
agricultural products be equally projected with
manufactured articles; that foreign inmigra-
tion be restricted SO far as to keep out all
paupers and criminals, and that the United
States senators bc elected by the direct vote of
the people. Also petitions for the protect ion
OF wool and woolcn goods. A bill appropriating
So, GOO for Chief Justice Waites funeral was
passed. The committee on territories made a
unanimous report, declaring against the ad-
riases were abandoned; Bill. placed
lowing To provide for the formation and nd
mission into the union Of the st tie Of Montana.
Minor matters were discussed. The house
adopted a resolution in relation to Justice
Waite's funeral. The senate bin passed appro-
priating $1,000 to provide for the payment Of he
funeral expenses OF the late chief justice Of the
supreme court. Bil introd uced and referred
For the erection Of public building at Mount
Vernon III. Tcndering the thanks Of congress
to Lieut.. Greedy and others for their courage.
energy and fidelity in the conduct of the late
scientific expedition to the Arctic seas. Dis
tri business occupied the rest of tue session.
FRUITFUL topic of discussion in
Washington since the very hour Of Chief
Justice Waites death is his probable sue
cessor. There are only two democrats on
the bench of the supreme court. Associate
Justice Field and Associate Justice Lamar.
Never but once in the history of the su-
preme court has Il chief Justice been nomi
mated from the ranks of the associate JUS
tices, and that one declined. 1t is there
fore hardly deemed probable that Field or
Lamar will be appointed. All sorts of
candidates are named. and from various
sections of the conntry. Chief Justice
Waite having been appointed from Ohio,
few are inclined to believe that the sue
cession ought to go to that state. En- Gov.
Hoadley is mentioned in that connection.
and so is Judge Thurman.
Two suits for SO, 900 each are pending
in the circuit court at Brazil, Ind. against
the Evansville and Indianapolis Railroad
company. One is for killing John Hatfield
in Terre Haute last June. The other is
for the killing of Locomotive Engineer
VIM. B. Gelton in n wreck at that place in
June. The eases will be called Monday.
April 2.
FORTY of the finest Hereford cattle of
North Missouri have been killed bv their
owner. DR.. G. Black, near Auxyasse. They
were dying from a new and strange dis
ease whi Ii is rayaging the fine stock of
that section. The veterinarians cannot ex-
plain the trouble. II is supposed to be
caused by eating el gotized hay. 1t rots off
the hind feet of the animals attacked.
The Keokuk ua.) Constitution. news
pa. er. has been sold to Warwick & RAN
som. who have been conducting the Demo-
c,oi, an Independent paper, there during
the past twenty months. The paper will
be called the Constitutions Democrat and
will be democ, ttic in politics.
PRESIDENT SPALDING. of the Chicago
base ball club. announces that he has per-
fected arrangements for trip throughout
Australia New Zealand and the Sandwich
Islands. He will take two mines of the
best players in Americo across the Pacific
leaving San Francisco he last of October
and playing the first game in Australia
about Christmas. Captain Ansnn will be
one of the players at the hers have not
vet been named
THE French court oi rppeals have re-
yersed the decision: - he lower court in
the case of NJ. Wilsa, harged with com
plicity in the de- alton scandals, and
acquit Wilson of til harges against him.
Other persons tried 18th Wilson on simi-
lar charges are also acquitted. The judg-
ment of he cour severely condemns the
act imputed to Wilson and Others but de-
clares that tbs existing law does not apply
to the otfense charged against them.
The average Russian is said to drink
from ten to twelve glasses Of tea per day.
Every Russian merchant has tea urn in
his counting-ioom. and the lawyer or me-
chanic goes out to his cafe for tea us often
as the German for beer or the Frenchman
for wine. At the cafes at all hours of the
day and night one can see crowds ofpeople
slipping tea.