Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-01-11
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In the senate ON the 9TH bills were introduced
and referred as follows To provide for the in
vestment of certain funds in the treasury. To
authorize the president to appoint u commits
sion, which shall be known as the lake and gulf
waterway commission, and which shall mature
and submit a plan for d system Of water COM
municati ion to unite the head Of Lake Michigan
at Chicago, with the Mississippi. by way Of
the Illinois and Desplaines rivers The sum
Of 100000 Is appropriated for its expenses.
To pension at the rate Of SO per month all sur
yiv,ng officers and enlisted men who actually
served sixty days in the northwest In the Black
Hawk Indian war or In the south IN. the k1aridn
Seminole war Pensions are also granted to
the widows Of deceased soldiers Of these wars.
A special provision declares that this act shall
not be SO construed so as to grant pension to
Jefferson Davis. To amend the bill introduced
by Reagan to regulate immigration SO that the
right of immigrants to remain in this
country my be challenged at any time
within tw I've months of their landing.
Abill appropriating 81 100, 600 for pnblic build
irg at Milwaukee was passed. The following
soluti Ms were introduced in the house
One for the aploi tment Of O special commit
tee II seven members wnose duty il shall be
to institute an investigation into the cause
nndl misunderstanding and appertaining to the ex-
ting labor rikes. Resolu ion proposing a con-
stitutional amendment prohibiting polygamy.
resolution 10y Mr.. An ierson, OF Iowa. says
that the Pacific railroad companies have per-
acts of congress passed for their regulation and
that the act of 1878 provided that II the COM
ponies failed to perform all the requirements
of that and previous acts the attorney general
should take steps for the forfeiture of all grants,
privileges and franchises derived by them
from the United States. and directing the at
torney, general to report to the house what
steps have been taken by him to secure the ju-
dicial enforcement Of the forfeiture, and IL
none have been taken his reason for not proceed
ing rs directed by law. Among other resolu-
tons passed was one asking for the erection of
publ building at st. Paul.
A LETTER from Marvin Hughitt. of the
Northwestern, has been received at Sioux
City, Iowa, saying that the contract has been
let for a union passenger depot at Sioux
City; that the depot would be used by the
Northwestern, Illinois Central, the ST.
Paul and Omaha. and the Sioux City and
Pacific. The depot is to be north of the
old depot, on Second street, between Jones
and Nebraska. The material will arrive
next month. and work will begin as early
rs the opening of spring will allow.
A FREIGHT train on the Omaha road ran
into passenger train at Hawthorn. A
colored porter was scalded to death by es-
Gaping steam. The passenger train had
stopped to clean the fire box.
THE cotton weayers at Fall River, Mas
sachusetts, have asked the restoration Of
the 13l per cent. taken from their wages in
1891.
THREE HUNDRED stOnecutters at Buff
falo have struck because they were re-
quired to work ten hours per day during
the winter months.
LEWIS ID. ROGER, young farmer, living
near Shelbyville, Ind, has filed a damage
suit against Mary Z. Stafford, widow, for
breach of marriage contract. The COM
plainant says he decided her considerable
property upon her promise to marry him in
November, 1887, but she failed to do SO
and still holds the property. She now
lives at Indianapolis.
DURING violent thunder and lightning
storm at Millersburg. Fla, ten miles from
Green Grove, an immense ball Of fire was
seen to fall in a forest near town, making
tremendous conclusion. 1t struck a big
pine, demolishing it and splitting the rock
in two pieces. One weighed POS pounds
and the other %. 1t had gone into the
ground nearly eight feet. 1t appears like
iron ore and is covered with opaqua white
crystals.
DOYLE, the only invincible released by
the London authorities, has departed for
America. He was given a ticket Of leave
in April last.
A BERLIN dispatch states that the equip
ping Of the men demanded by the new mil
itary bill will require vote of S20, ,0O0, 900.
Tom MURRAY, Sioux City tough and
hole in the wall man, who last summer
married a member of the demi monde
named Stella Cowen, shot her in Madame
Doyle's dive at Sioux Falls, and then COM
mitted suicide. Stella had gone back to a
life OF shame in order to support herself.
Murray was actuated by jealousy.