Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-06-20

ABOUT NEBRASKA.
A Sensational Elopsnsent.

A Sensational E~lopsment.
Some weeks since Joseph Southwick. Of
Bennett, sold put all his landed interests
and grain business and started for the new
west to open up . law office. About the
same time Mrs. Vail also took the train on
. visit TO her old home In Illinois. BY
previous understanding Mr.. Vail a few
days ago sent her money to return home.
A brother of Mr.. Vale wrote back that she
had not been there. circumstances then
followed fast. A landlord at Red Oak sent
Q Telegram to Joseph Southwick to return
the hotel key he or his wife carried away"
This created \ sensation when it was called
to mind the frequency with which the
public had witnessed the companionship
Of. the parties on the streets at Bennett
and at Lincoln. One morning last winter
notices appeared on the streets accusing
tho couple Of an intimacy, in language too
mice" 10 be repeated. Since the alleged
facts have become SO strong gossips say
that tho clipping pair are now with the in
Vulnerable throng of American citizens in
the Dominion. Business, they say, has
been paralyzcd since the event. Both par.
ties are among the most prominent and
C0Gn A(OvoS 0A 0AAhA ~
wick is one of the pillars Of the Methodist
church and Mrs. Vail one Of the most hon
ored members and organist. The prohibi-
tion people OF the county recognize Mr..
Southwick as one Of their most jealous
leaders and their candidate for the legisla-
ture two years ago, whose defeat has been
mourned ever since. He il a reformer
whose object In Life has been to prescribe
the way TO live-for others--and Who has
nevcr even winked at wrong theories. The
emu is not yet. The sympathy Of the COM
munity Is with tho relatives and families Of
the departed. who are to be pitied.
A Coal Find.
While . party Of railroad graders we're
digging . we'll near Rulo, a vein Of coal
about fourteen inches thick was struck alta
depth Of forty-s six feet from the surface.
The well IL situated In . draw near the
foot Of the Missouri Nemaha bluffs. There
has been for some time an effort on foot to
raise enough capital in = stock company to
put = diamond drill down ten or twelve
hundred feet, but heretofore the effort has
not been successful. The coal now struck
10 Of ~ excellent quality and the finding Of
IL has probably turned the tide so that now
there is little or no doubt but that the COM
pany win be formed and the boring made.
II il ID dOne at all 1t will be done carefully
and accurately. An expert will be employed
to keep an exact account of every stratum
passed through and the drill core will be
carefully preserved. Coal crops out in q
number of places near by aud there is no
doubt in the mind OF anyone but that there
is q second vein below. The only ques-
ton was IL il would be thick enough to pay
for working. The finding of numerous
veins Of top coal SO near the surface OF
from eight to fourteen inches seems to an
swer this question. Large numbers of
people visit the scene of the ind 6aily.
A Cruel Husband.
On = telegram from her husband at Am
boy, Ill.,, officers at Lincoln arrested
Henry Witherald and Mrs. Edward j.
Robbins, who eloped from that place some
weeks ago and have been living in Lincoln
since a. man and wife. She tells q pitiful
story Of gross and cruel wrongs yerpe-
trsted on her by her husband which have
been continued through nine OF the ten
years of their married life. She claims to
have been q respectable woman and never
TO have lone anything to cause a blush of
shame until driven TO despair. She asked
Witherald to take her away from his
brutal treatment. She gives numerous
references to that effect. Robbins anne TO
Lincoln ana cohsuite Win the autnorities
- Eesslu 70 plo:ecuslns 'nem TOT aaul'eIy'
sinp and ~ sympathies of the people are
with the woman. A committee from the
Woman's Christian association called on
nes - sno yss., ~ns0 M - !aa'1 -.
ance il that Of O lady.
Oman Directors.
g. r., 60
Of the Ss' raui y oio"A oi.y ro"o WAS noiu
at the general ofhces OF the Omaha last
week when the following directors were re-
.l.~A.a. Marv;r Hn.h;1t r Vanderbilt.
Aih.st gar ~ T. Svtss = " Winter
= = nrsfe 4 +. Merriam III II R;ua,
low. 4. n. wilder. Is. +. Kimbnll. j. b.
Red6eld. q. Hamilton. n. Mex. rwom-
bley, G. NJ. Depew, ]. H. Howe. The di-
rcctors elected the following oficers; "A.
.rss,aan n +, Svla. t,..srrs,. Gsa,cs
4. Hamilton, secretary; s. o. Howe, asst.
secretary; George A. Hamilton, assistant
treasurer. After this meeting the party
left for Hudson, Fhere the annual meeting
Of the Omaha was held, the old directors
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c;.v Trsasnrsr Rn.h ~ Omaha. I'M.
.,o..d ~ 81. - saoo. ooo ~orth 81 ci.v
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~. : 80
good prsmium ON Inc same ano .nus