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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-08-14
IN THE WEST.

A DISASTROUS hail storm visited the
vicinity Of Red Cloud, MINI. All corn
and standing grain In its path are
utterly ruined, the immense hailstones
crushing them to the ground. Grain in
shocks also suffered severely. Men In
fields were bruised and cut about the
head by the hail. In some places the
hal was fifteen to twenty inches deep on
level. All windows on the exposed
side OF houses were smashed.
GEORGE MUELLER, who issued the
alliance wheat circular, says in IN In
terview At st. Paul: 1--WE have received
replies from secretaries of alliances in
southern Minnesota, South Dakota,
Wisconsin and Kansas, all telling US
that the alliance voted fsvorably on the
suggestion. Not an unfavorable an
swer has been received"
THE Minnesota alliance has repudi-
ated the "hold your wheat" cry. Presi
dent DOnnelly has wired the members
of the new party to use their own Judge
ment In disposing OF the grain. Editor
Hall, of the new alliance paper, reiter-
ates the statement that the circular was
scheme engineered by q clique OF
Minneapolis spec culatOrS.
In Chicago, Edward A. Hilkins has
been appointed receiver for the National
Capital Savings, Building and Loan
Association of North America, in bonds
Of $4,000. Leave was granted to file q
supplemental bill against Lewis f. Nor
timer and A. Wentworth which asks for
. winding up OF the society in case Il is
found to be insolvc mt.
w. SCHMERTZ, one of the most pr0mi-
nent dealers In boots and shoes in Pitts
burg has made an assignment. No
accurate estimate OF assets and liabili-
ties can be given at this time. Execu-
tions aggregating $352, 1856 have been
issued against Mr.. Schmertz's property.
THE steamer Mai. Powell, which was
taken to Green river, Utah, by
rail to navigate that stream aud Grand
river. has been launched successfully.
1t is intended also to investigate the
ancient cliff dwellings along those rivers
and reach the Colorado river, IL possible.
JOHN X. GAMBLE, congressman-eiect
from South Dakota, died suddenly from
paralysis at Yankton. He was greatly
admired by many friends who mourn
his untimely loss. The governor will by
law call special election TO I'LL the Va
cancy.
SECRET service officers seized 50, 900
worth Of opium in Shasta, CAL, and
broke up nine furnaces run by China
men in manufacturing from the crude
material.
i SIX men have been arrested In Detroit.
Mich. Oh the charge Of abdncting
Joseph Perrin, . rich bachelor. In March
last.
THE salaries OF worlds fair employees
will have to be cut In order to avoid .
deficit.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-08-14

ABSOLUTELY Pure


There is one unpopular coin issned
by Uncle Sam. says the New York
Times. It is the half-dollar, and it has
. tendency to work its way back into
the treasury vaults, where it isn't
wanted. As money nobody objects to
the half, but the popular fancy il for
the same value in another form. That
is, the average citizen prefers to have
two quarters They are . tri1e more
convenient II be wants TO pay out
hall ! inilar he can uae TIN half Il the
two quarters with equal convS1s5Shoe,
but if 25 cents is to be paid out the
quarter is far the handler coin.
This may not seem to be q very i'm.
portant matter, but it counts in the
long run. Little by little the halves
find their way back to the government
vaults, and there they stay. like poor
relations. In fact, 80 far as coming
home in disgrace goes. the half.dollar
is the prodigal con of the mints.
A very large proportion Of the $780,
600, 0JO OF fractional silver on hand ut
Washington is made up of halves,
This is the lot which Secretary Foster
was so anxious to get rid of, and about
which he talked with the New York
bankers when he made his visit here.
Nobody then manifested any wild de-
sire to take the secretary's load off his
shoulders.
1t Is probable that good many OF
the halves stored up in Washington
will be recoined into quarters and dimes
In that way they will be more con-
yenient for popular use. And Mr..
Foster will sleep more comfortably O
tights which will be good thing and
T. benefit all around.
OF course lots of halves are used and
will continue to be used. Their coinage
will be kept up and nobody will have
any more difficulty in getting them than
usual. But the proportion of other
CONS will be increased because the
people like them better.
The New York sub-treasury has its
share Of ha.ve. on hand, and the other
day it tried to work off some OF them.
It was a day when pension checks wero
being paid. and nearly every one was
cashed partly in halves. Before the
close of the day good many Of the
halves were back in the sub-treasury.
And they are there vet.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-08-14

The wink at the soda water fountain
has been for years one Of the best
"props" Of the funny man. But . Chi
cago druggist knocks it and some other
old friends eudwise thus:
1T is simply fiction. People don't
drink whisky in their soda water. They
don't do it even in prohibition States.
I was in business in Iowa under the
Prohibition regime and I suppose I sold
about rs much whisky as the rest Of the
druggists did, but never gave . man .
drink of whisky in soda water in my
life Il isn't . pslatable mixture in the
first place, and in the second place any
man who wants whisky is never forced
70 adopt such surreptitious methods to
get it. The soda water wink ID . myth.
Il 10 . newspaper tradition-ik the
Chicago girls feet, and tho irascible
mother-in-law, and the talkstivc barber.
Ever, one knows why Chicago knows
that the Chicago girls feet are Ill right; |;
my mother.in-lsw paid my debts, cot mo
up in business here, and is the best
friend I haveo ON earth except her daugh.
ter; aud ! have never met . talkative
barber. wonder how it happens that
the Newspaper reporter continually finds
% many odd things that no one else
ever meetsf"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-08-14
Establishing Indian Rights.

SPECIAL ALLorrINa AGENT McKEAN,
of the interior department, under in
structions OF the commissioner OF Indian
affairs, has investigated the rights Of
head chief Iron Nation and other In
dians to land settled upon Immediately
after the opening OF the Sioux reserva-
tion by several whites for townsite pur-
poses and reports to the Chamberlain
United States land Office that the In
dams have no legal rights to said lands
under the allotment act and that they
do not desire the lands to be allotted
them in consequence Of the report. A
number Of filings were presented and
received by the land officials. A new
town. Oacoma, Is built on these lands
and the decision of the special agent
will give it quite squirt. The lands
adjoin the $40 acres belonging to the
Chicago, Milwaukee 4 St. Paul and arc
very valuable.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-08-14
Dakota FIGURING Mills!
new DEAL new FIRM

These Mills having been thorugh.
ty repaired during the recent "shut
down." now start up with improved
facilities with . new firm and a new
and skilled miller. We are prepar-
cd to do merchant and exchange
work and guarantee resulte. WI
desire to purchase corn and oats
and will pay the highest market
price, and We intend to make a good
market for these products, our facili-
.ties for handling corn making it an
tebiect to sell to US. We want inn
smediatsly, = large quantity of corn
and oats. Call and see us and bring
your grists for -four.
6HEAFE e. BoYNToN.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-08-14
Thoy Want Cash.

THERE promises to be considerable
trouble when the government begins to
pay the Sioux Indians for lands ceded to
the United States one and half years
ago. In all there have been about
IL, 100000 acres that the Sioux relin-
quished to the government, and In pay
therefor the Indians are to receive vari-
Gus goods, such as plows, harrows, cows,
horses and wagons. The Indians are
not pleased at the prospect OF receiving
this sort Of pay for lands and there is
certain to be q protest against paying
them In goods that are of no use to
majority OF the red men. They want
cash.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-08-14
Felt Pain in tho Buried Foot.

J. II. McNamee, the Missouri Pacific
brakeman who had his foot mashed at
Douglas Neb., by the cars rendering ampu-
tation necessary below the knee. was crazed
with pain from the buried foot the past
week. Monday night the pain was SO in
tense that his watchers were compelled to
dig up the amputated limb. They found
that the toes were cramped In the box and
also that the leg was wrapped up too Tight
The toes were Strengthened and the wrap
pings loosened and the foot reburicd. Nc
Nance has been resting easy since and says
he is free from pain. As soon as the foot
was raised he experienced relief.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-08-14
IN THE EAST.

THE agents OF the anthracite produc-
Ing companies met In New York and de-
clared an advance Of Is cents per ton to
take effect September l.
A CASE Of genuine cholera has been
reported to the board Of health OF
Springfield, O., and some fears are en-
tertained that the city will be visited by
another epidemic like that Of 1850.
MRS MARY DURAND, seventy-fve
years old, sister Of the French general,
Durand, and reported to own an estate
In France worth IS, 200. 900. died from
starvation at her home In Egg Harbor
City, N. j.
ACTING SECRETARY NErrLEToN, Of the
treasury, is Of the opinion that the laws
affecting Chinese immigration will not
prevent Cinnamon from accepting the
governments invitation to visit the
worlds fair.
Ara meeting In. New York of the
executive committee of tho nationsl
democratic clubs It was decided to hold
the next national convention OF the
democratic clubs sixty days after the
aationsl democratic convention.
DR. ROLAND p. FALKNER, Of the Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania, has been asked
by the senate committee on finance to
assume the direction Of its coming Inn
portant investigation into the effect of
the Mckinley tariff upon wages and the
cost Of living. DR.. Falkner Is now In
Europe.
DEATH held rampant sway in all It's
forms In New York City during the hot
spell. There were l56 deaths In that
city Tuesday and l2l Monday, accord
Ing TO the Official report TO Register
Nagle, Of the board Of health. OF the
l56 lives that went out Tuesday seventy
we're OF children under years Of age.
The little lights are easiest exiting guished.
In Brooklyn the mortality was also very
much increased. A considerable num-
Der of the deaths resulted directly from
the effects OF the heat.
An interesting letter has been re-
ceived by the postmaster general, de-
scribing certain froe mali arrangements
especially adapted TO farming communi-
tics. A northern family that had a.
ways lived within sight Of tho postoliico
moved 70 North Carolina about 6fteen
years ago, and settled six and half
miles from railroad town and three
miles from postoAice. Having obtained
the consent OF the postmaster and mall
carriers ON thst particular ronts q
| thirteen miles Ia length this family and
oshsrs Who desired q entsr into the
| arranRemcnt 0rected poste for The ~
| eention and protection Of snAll nan
baxs, suitable Tor both eolioett0n SAd
L aN2-.-- 80 khmn - = 1xfnk ~ - -
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-08-14

One Of the recent attractions at Coney
Island. near Cincinnati, was balloon
ascension by Miss Annie Hardness,
whose home is In Terre uaute. Ind. Az
the appointed time the young woman
came forwa d and stepped into the car.
The ropes were loosened at once and the
balloon rose rapidly. At an elevation
of about 5000 feet the parachute was
let 20. The buzz ir, m the gazing multi
tude was at its height The on-lookers
watched with trembling delight The
parac hute slowly began to unfold. Sud-
denly there was dreadful hush like the
silence OF death. Tho parachute had
closed and with It's hHmaR burden was
falling with frightful velocity. Then
the silence was broken wi h shricks Of
faintng women, with children wailing
and crying, and men turned away their
faces to shut out the awful sight. Sud-
denly there struck upon the ears 4 dull,
sickening sound-the end had tome A
life had gone out in the midst OF pleas
uro. Annie Hsrkness had made her last
parachute descent
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-08-14
Involving the Tariff lslll.

Work In the department OF Justice has
actually begun to prepare for the October
term Of the United States supreme court.
Two cases involving the constitutionality
OF the Mckinley bill are set for the second
Monday In October. The point involved In
one case Is whether or not a bill found In
the absence Of quorum or by the speaker
counting quorum is constitutional The
other Is whether or not a bill is constitu-
tional when one section passed by both
houses Is left out In the enrolment. This
latter has reference to the dropping OF =
tobacco sAction,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-08-14
WENT OVER A DOLLAR.
A WILD RUSH IN THE PRICE or
WHEAT.
On Change NJ hicago Il Takes an Un-
precsdentst spurt and Rises Nine Cents
In One Day ay--toaservaiivs Brokers Say
It's u stAnpsde--Fsii Nearly Mile.

Wheat Brokers Excited.
Wheat at $l.Os a bushel. and next to
none to he hal at that rate! This was
the sensation on Change In Chicago tile
other day, says dispatch. The news
OF wheat at dollar a bushei had spread
far b. yond board of Trade circles, and
wnen the Eoard opened the following
morning the galleries were crowded to
gafiOcatiOn. Scenes on Change are
interesting even at ordinary times, but
when tho market is at fever heat; when
shere are no reasonable indications
where it will stop In wild upward ru II;
whom, on the other hand, all signs point
~ the existence OF a4strong syndicate in
sontroi OF the supply, then the pit be.
comes vcritable bediam. 4 pande-
monium such ~ only scvcral hundred
bowling, shoatng and madly excl cd
traders can produce
49, - Alla ayas1:.
body va pf61sfBd lOf 3 sise, 6SUE u lIs
ward revolution OF the hand On the biR
Indicator was greeted with yells that
would have done credit to q gang Of
Apaches on an attack The spectators
caught the infection, but inasmuch ~
they wero SO closely wedged together
that motion was impossible they could
do nothing else but perspire. Many Of
them even shouted as wildly as the trad
ers below. though there was no earthly
reason Why the visitors should yell.
They simply did 1t by ccntagion.
December wheat opened at 81. OF, with
In o very small fraction OF cents above
the closing prica Of the preceding day,
but 1t did not remain lenger than = few
minutes at tka: figure. Presently the In
dicator marked Sl.O34 then $l.O3, and at
this interesting point the rumor gained
ground that Jim keene and b. T.. Hutch
inson. backed by syndicate Of wealthy
New York mon, were manipulating the
market This caused q jump OF cents,
and from that point the market ad-
vanced by quarters and halves TO &l.O8,
where 1t remained until selling brought
it down again to 81 0Gl5, which was the
closing price
Experienced brokers claim that they
see nothing extraordinary In the rush,
and they maintain also that IL cannot
last very long, At present tho farmers
deliver little or nothing. The spring
wheat is not yet harvested, and the sup
ply OF winter wheat 10 exceedingly small
All commercial exchanges have an up
ward turn, SO have the domestic markets,
and everybody seems crazy to get wheat.
This was illustrated On Change. when
the price at ono time was bid up cents,
and not q pound Of wheat could be had
at that
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-08-14

Tho Black Hills Is great fruit country.
The orchard of Freeman Lewis. near Rapid
City, at the tilne Of the severe hailstorms
this summer, was full of, small apples,
which were beaten on the trees by the
hailstones. Those trees arc now full Of
blossoms and II the frost will hold or long
enough they will bear apples yet.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-08-14
THE NATIONAL GAME.

Games " ON and Lost How the Clabs
Now stand.
Following Il y showing of the standing OF
each Of the tcaMs of the different associA-
ttuus:
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-08-14
Protits oS Farmlng In Nebraska.

TWELVE years ago Farmer Bradt and
wife located in Holt county, and by bor-
rowing - had just enough 10 pay the
Sl4 filing fee on their homestead. They
now have 4SO acres, with good improve
ments, and are out Of debt.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-08-14
Nebrssks the Great sugar state.

Mr.. RODNEY p. CROWLEY, United
States inspector OF the sugar district Of
Nebraska and Utah, In On interview at
Lincoln, expressed himself as astonished
with the wonderful crops that Nebraska
was producing. He predicts that the
manufacture OF beet sugar will become
one Of the great industries OF the state
II not the leading One aud will probably
lead the country In that line.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-08-14

THE warm, dry and sunshiny weather
the last week was favorable to the agri-
cultural interests. Corn has made rapid
progress, and has attained large
growth OF stalk that Is bearing we'll.
The crop continues decidedly backward,
however.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-08-14
Dsaay Cea.sy'a Irr.sasasa D,4eh.

The Dundy county irrigation ditch Il
completed and has been tested and
proven : success In every respect II Is
eleven miles In length and will irrigate
nearly ave thousand acres OF fertile
lands.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-08-14

THE District Assembly No. 80, Knights
OF Labor. Denver, which took In oil the
employees Of the Union Pacific railway
system, has taken action regarding the
Nebraska eight hour law, which Is ut
present causing trouble In Omaha and
other cities. The following telegram
has been sent to Omaha, Grand Island
and North Platte: "SectiDn Is OF the
agreement Is . contract for working
time still In force made prior to the
eight hour law, which under the consti-
tuition 1t cannot abrogate. The law is
thus In operation on the Union Pacific
shop employees because OF contract. In
honor we are bound to recognize the
contract, unfortunate, rs II appears,
until it be modified to the parties to it.
Good faith as IN organization should be
considered in this matter"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-08-14
THE NEWS IN NEBRASKA.
Events Great and Small OF Interest Al
Around tho state.

Events Great and Small OF Interest All
Around tho state.
THE Omaha smelters came within an
ace Of suffering from . riot Monday night.
The day gang Of 200, who went to work
in the morning. was preparing to knock
off and the night gang was getting ready
to go on. Then Maurice knetchmeyer,
Bohemian tailor Of anarchist views,
began an impassiOned harangue. In
the midst OF 1t two men, Hungarian
ana an Italian, started OF from the
crowd to go to work. Fifty excited men
surrounded them and commenced to
beat and kick them, when big Jim
Bacon, who has hitherto been recognized
as the leader Of tho strikers, rushed in
TO their rescue. OppOrtunely o platoon
OF police which had been called to sup
press another disturbance appeared on
the scene and what might have been .
serious riot was nipped in the bud. The
operators Of the smelters think they
will have no further serious trouble.
having granted the demand for eight
hour shifts.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-08-14
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CHICAGO.

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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-10-04
NOR TIMER
and
DOROTHY.
Ju!y 4.

That was all; but he took those two
names and wove around them story OF
tender possibility and humanity. He
put in high lights of happiness and the
shadows of sorrow as they must come,
dear AsteriSk to all Of US. He wrote on
as the sun went down, and thought not
Of his hunger and the homeless, pltiless,
scaldless night that was coming on. He
wrote while the shadows heightened in
the churchyard and the roar OF business
along Broadway died down to sort OF
mercantile purr.
Then he took his "copy" and went up
the Bowery to where one may abide all
night for fifteen cents. There he abode
the night. But he did not care. He was
happy. He did not have to sleep there
any more. The editor read his little
story aloud till his voice got husky and
then he read it TO himself.
Now Ambrose is himself managing
editor, and has engraved visiting cards
with "Mister" on them.
You ask II l can cite an instance in
regard to my gaining literary notoriety,
and reply with my hand on my heart
that, so far as / know, cannot.
And now, If have been OF service to
you or any one who may read these
lines, II there be in this brief note a
grain Of goodness which you may pick
up and file away, am repaid-that is,
of course, fguratively speaking-and
with this, and hoping that possibly /,
too, may be eminent some day, and in
lieu Of this great impossibiiity, will
close, as the opportunity present. Very
sincerely,