Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1890-12-10


election. have arrived. The board will be
composed Of Gov. Mellette, Judge Corson.
Secretary Rlngsrud and Auditor Taylor,
who will make the canvass in the presence
OF Attorney General Dollard and Lieut.
Gov. Fletcher.
Told In Few Lines.
A STATE dairymen's association will be
formed at DeSmet, on the 11th inst, The
State horticultural society holds its an
nual session at the same place Dec. 10
to IL.
IT may be trifle profAne but we want to
go on record rs saying that it isn't Christ
those Indians want, but it Is HI, and we
hope Gen. Miles will see that they get it,
Harold Star.
Rev. A. J. LEE. who has for the past few
years been the Scandinavian minister OF the
Lutheran congregation In southern Jerauld
county, has gone to Lake Mills. Ia, where
he will be stationed In the future.
A FIRsT-CLAss row is in progress over the
Dakota: Knights Of Labor ONCE at Aber-
deen. The plant is owned by stock COM
pany composed OF three or four kinds of pol
itics, and there appears to be strife as to
who shall boss the job.
THERE was game cock fight in Yankton
Friday night. A red bird was pitted against
q silver gray fowl, and the red bird had the
best OF IL all the way through. After fifteen
minutes of fighting, however, the silver
gray fowl, by lucky stroke. thrust one OF
the steel gafYs on his feet clear through the
red birds head, and the red bird could fight
no more.
A DEADwOOD saloon, run by Warden &
Gates. was closed Saturday by the sheriff
on an order enjoining them from selling
liquor on the premises. 1t appears that or
the previous Sunday the proprietsrs per-
sisted in keeping open, nOtwithst andiDg
that Mayor Star sent them three different
orders to close up. l.. w. Stillweli lodged q
complaint with the mayor against these
men for keeping open on Sunday and
threatened to proceed against Star unless
the saloon was closed Immediately. Ac-
cordingly an injunction was taken out
against the saloon.
A MAN who registered the name OF j.
sterett, Hill City. was assigned room at
the Spearfish hotel Tuesday night and re-
tired to rest. Nothing was thought OF the
matter until yesterday morning. when the
chambermaid reported to the ONCE that the
manshad not yet come from his room. and
repeated rappings failed to elicit any re-
sponse. The clerk OF the hotel proceeded to
the room and unlocked the door with pass
key. On entering he found Sterett lyins
on the bed cold In death, while ON the table
labelled carbolic acid. eterett had come
carpenter by trade. He was 30 years old.
tad urA tS ,R
family Pioneer.
JACOB HALI.OCHER, Of Yankton. was up-
hitching team, when they ran away. Mr..
H. was knocked down by one of the horses.
run over BY the wagon and had four ribs
broken. He is In critical condition.
FRED WILLETr, Of Okobojo. recently had
the misfortune TO have pony he was riding
slip and fall upon him, breaking his Left
leg. Fritz seems 70 be unlucky at horse
back exercise, as he was thrown from Z
horse about two years ago and suffered
from . broken arm.
A nR. srEINBACH and wife, Of Sioux
Falls, started for . ride their horse became
frightened, and before the doctor could cop-
troll II was going NJ . breAkneck speed down
Phillips avenue. In turning at Seventh
street the occupants were thrown from the
carriage and the doctor quite badly In
jured.
THE Retriever Mining company has been
shipping ore to Omaha. Yesterday returns
were received showing \ net result Of from
$500 to s609 per carload. The Omaha peo-
pie get rather the best OF the ore shippers
by charging up from ~ 70 liz per cent.
shrinkage In the ORE BY reason Of moisture.
When Deadwood's spaelters Get 70 work this
item will b. omitted. The Retriever peo-
pie will ship 1900 tons. from which they ex-
pect net Fesult Of about s3o, 900, All Of
which Will 60 toward the further opening
up Of the mine-L LeqdspoOd Times.
A TEAM belonging TO Frank Iusk broke
from Its fastening In front Of the Caledonia
mine Thanksgiving day and ran away.
They dashed over cliR and fell $50 teet ia
the bottom OF the pFeciplce, When 4
searching party found the outfit one OF the
horses' 4ecks VAS broken and The other
had run \ spoke OF wheel through his
body.
THE tie on sheri4 In Brown county be.
tween Messrs. EiseRhood and Bowler was
recently decided By lot in favoF Of the AFst
named. tho republican candidate:
THERE have been about loo cases Of diph-
liberia Ia and about ths town Of Garretsoa,
but the epidemic Il nov subsidina.
A aoLDEx esgle Weighing thirty .ase
pouRds Was killed = short time ago a the
sisseton reservation. The bipd stood three
and half feet Algh and measured piae feei
from tlP r. ZIP.
ssvHaAL Of the people Of Ipsvich have
formed 4 sofiety Tor the study Of American