Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-03-11
IN THE WEST.


il, on the life and habits of the seal.
who spent many seasons in Rehring sea
as government agent investigating
the Who'e mater. being asked to give 4
statement AS to the effect of the English
ultimatum. says: IF the alleged ulti
matnm l. true the ruin and extermina-
tion Of the fur seal is at hand. Unless
the modus \ivendi is renewed the poa CHI
ers will kill practically all the seals left
on the islands. The law now protects
these Islands by prohibiting the lessees
from killing or mOles:iag any of the
seals. and the government has u large
force there to see that The law is obcyed.
The seals As they exist there to-day are
in the ratio OF forty females to one male
All the surplus male life that can be
taken under the terms of the sresent
law next year will not number 1000
seas. Right on the ground there rest
JOD.Oo0 females. Large aS this mum
Der is. il is only one-thId of what |
located on the rookeries sixteen yesrs
ago. @
Congress. Prof. Elliott continued.
should ascertain at once whether this
proposition OF Lord Salisbury is final or
not. IT it is. bill should BE- passed i'm
med.ately repeating the law preventing
the X ling of female seals on the ISL
ands. II the Canadian and American
poachcr> are to be allowed to kill the
female seals within thirty miles of the
islands. the Iaw-abiding Americans on
the is sands ought to be allowed chance
tu get their share. The poachers will
pay the government nothing. hut for
every seal killed on the islands the gov
o. tnx .,fN IL,
should form fuEd for the maintenance
OF the unfortunate natives Of the seal
islands. who are wholly dependent upon
this industry"
Miss MERrIE kNUTsoN of Clear Lake.
Wis, a girl Of l9 died or was supposed
to have died, after a sickness of but
one day. The funeral was set, accord
ing To custom. The lady was laid out
in her coffin and placed in cold room
until the day of the funeral. When
that day arrived percep,ibe change
in lie countenance of the girl was no.
ticed. The face was flushed, the hands
and body limp and still warm. The
funeral was y Stponed and two doctors
summoned. who applied electric bat
te,ics. etc. but without success. That
day the body became rigid and stiff. and
it is thought that the girl died on the
day set for her fnnerai.
CHARLES W. AYERS. Il prominent bus
mess man of Detroit. Mich, was fatally
shot by his wife The couple had not
lived happily for long time, and a
year or mole ago Mrs. Ayers sued for IL
divorce The case went to the Supreme
Court, which has just rendered decis-
ion dismissing Mrs. Ayers suit. and dis
solving the Injunction restraining Ayers
from entering the family residence. In
consequence thereof. Ayers went to the
house to pack up his personal effects
He met his wife and u quarrel ensucd,
resulting in her getting revolver and
shooting him.
A MAN supposed to be Henry Avok
shot and killed Marina Leighton at Los
Angeles. Cal, and then put bullet
through his own brain. She was heard
singing, When suddenly she shrieked
for help. Three pistol shots were
heard aud the crowd on the street saw
the woman, with blood streaming from
her head. climb out OF the window and
fall q distance of twenty feet TO the
street. 1t is supposed Avok was her
husband. lie lett letter asking that
his parents. at Aghox Avokiau, British
Turkey. Asia. BE- notified.
SAN FRANCISCO special: Bernard
Reiss. OF the firm Of Nenberger, Reiss
i Co., who cheated the government out
OF 5000, 0o0 by smuggling fine silks and
woolens as cotton goods. was let off with
a fine OF 81. 900 and costs. in addition to
SO 900 paid to the government. Reiss
pleaded for mercy because he had
moiherless children depending on him
SO Judge Morrow spared him from y
penal sentence which would have sent
him to san Quentin for two years.
TOPEKA. kas.. special: While the
Santa Fee passenger train Was on tho
way to Topeka, the heating apparatus
in the smoker exploded with terrific
force. The passengers In the ear were
hurled from their seats. Richards and
Alexander Erickson were SO badly hurt
that they afterwards died OF their in
iures. Five others were painfully in
jured. The car was completely wrecked
and it is wonder that more lives were
not lost.
FARMEKs BALLARD and Knopps. tiv-
ing near MsnOmonle.. Wis, engaged In
q fight in which Knopps was killed.
They had been on bad terms for long
time. Ballard accusing knopps OF being
too attentive to Ills wife kn0pps yes.
terday started for Baiiard's house with
his gun. but Ballard saw him coming
and secured rihe. They fired Ut the
same time, knopps falling.
KATE BRowN. . wife Of FIVE days,
committed suicide at Chicago BY shoot.
ing herself with revolver. She was
married 70 Nike brown, and it Il said
that dependency over the fact that she
did not marry : fornAS loysf lAd d ~
nniafdn ssS ~: s