Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-07-18

farmer, was recently examined before COM
missioners to determine his sanity. Head,
year ago, in fit of insanity burned his
own dwelling. He was released from
Yankton month since apparently cured
The evidence presented utterly failed to
show insanity. Mrs. Head wants divorce
and deed Of the farm. Heads conyer-
sation is perfectly rational and brother
intimates that interested parties are seek
ing to again put him in an asylum to get
him out of the way.
WILL MCLAUGHLIN sustained painful
injuries while on a practice run with the
Deadwood team few days ago. He occu-
pied place on the tongue, and when near
the ostcome the last butt loosened and
whIling with the reel with great velocity,
struck his left hand, taking off portions Of
the little finger and thumb and iniuring
one or two other fingers. He was promptly
attended, but is incapacitated for further
duty with the team, unless it may be as
captain to which position he may be
elected.
YOUNG man named Charley Stanley
attempted to deliver an open-air tenn
perance lecture in the streets of a certain
Dakota town few days ago, but met with
too many obstacles. A large crowd con-
gregated to hear him, and Just when he
was waxing warm i'll oratorical eloquence a
large bomb was thrown in his immediate
vicinity, which caused the speaker to fly
high and make a halt in his exultations
tie forthwith shot off Balaam of words
to the crowd that were not seraphic to say
the least. The grand farce wound up by
some one turning the hose on the speaker.
who, being unable to spout in deluge Of
water, retired from the stand.
ABOUT year ago the wife of Nicholas
Schultz, of Pierre, left his bed and board
and applied for divorce on the ground of
cruelty. Since then Mrs. Schultz has
been living by herself. She is quite gay
and has not at times rejected the company
of other gentlemen. This has aroused the
ire OF her husband, who has kept up an
espionage on her house, much to her dis
comfort. One night she found him spy
ing at her bedroom window soon after she
had retired and drawing pistol she OPEN
ed fire on the "peeping Tom" He fed
without hurt from the whistling bullets,
but was afterwards arrested on complaint
Of his wife. Ihe tro1hlaof a4hs pair have
been the subject OF much contention in
the courts and the frequent theme of con-
yersation during the past year.
The buildings at the Huron coal shaft
have been closed for the past few weeks
pending arrangements for further carrying
on of the work. One day last week mem
bers of the company went to the shaft and
were surprised to find the windows broken
and any amount of mischief done. From
five to six tons of coal, considerable
quantity of lumber, saws, wrencbes, ham,
mers and other tools gone: the wheels of
rotating drilling machine, threads on the
drill rods hammered fiat, pipes bent and
twisted out of shape, leaving them wholly
unfit for use; the rubber hose was cut in
pieces, the engine partially disabled and
other property totally destroyed. The total
destruction will cost the company 81 900
to replace and repair. The loss of time is
also consideration for it was the intep-
tion OF the company to at once proceed
with the work. Every effort will be used
to ascertain who did the mischief and
speedily bring them to punishment.
CENTRAL DAKOTA has Of late been
blessed with plenty of warm weather,
which is just what is needed for fine corn
crops. 1t is also having plenty of rain at
present for making the small grain fill out
well. Wheat, oats and fax were all greatly
damaged by the hot winds in May, but
with plenty of good weather from now on
will bring fair yield Of both wheat and
oats. But the time of wheat is past, and
now the once famous wheat field are stand
ing almost waist high with that king Of
the farm--corn.' Never in the history of
central Dakota has there been SO much
corn planted as was last spring and the
prospects were never bet er for big Weld.
Give us corn and hogs" is the cry upon
all sides. There are more ho s-ten to
one--th IN in previous years, and still the
cry is more. Sheep are also having their
share of attention and are proving very
profitable. Cattle are not in much de-
mand. farmers wanting something that
will 60 to market sooner.