Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-12-02


prisorSrs ~ ! ~ Usitsd 0tAl4o
District Cpust 10 Eloux Falls and wae
6ued go " Judge Edeefton for taking
letterS from tbs Post0fics - Amberst
did mot belong TO him. Arathar
peculiar condition Of alfairs wxs dd-
seIoped Id YouneS cass. Tho prisoner
il one Of the leading populists Of BrovL
AT Amherst there Is another
william Young, who is . grain dealer.
representing Minneapolis Elevator
Company. The elevator company
wrote 3 hAlf-dozen confidential letters
10 the grain buyer Young. which ssena-
cd to IN outsider to indicate that the
desired to get the best OF b
farmers. The Popu .ist Young received
the letters. kept them. and when the
correspondence was finished he had
them priated In ono Of the local papers.
when the attention OF the Elevator
Com pany was called to the matter "
caused them to seek revenge by prose
cutting l'opulist Young before tho
United states Court. The fine was
paid and Young is now speeding on his
way across the prairies to his home In
Brown County, . wiser and poorer man.
Another Grain blockade
A COMPLETE grain blockade exists at
Langford. Picrpont, aud other towns
on the Milwaukee line n considera-
bio decentralization IL felt all over the
system. The shortage OF cars was never
so great before, and farmers q snip
pers are In the dumps badly. In the
little town OF Pierpont alone there are
40. 600 or so, 600 bushels OF wheat await
ing shipment. The elevators and all
the vacant buildings are full to burst
Ing, and there are scores Of heavily
loaded wagons standing around. the
owners OF which have returned home
without making . sale. Many farmers
who came to town with loads were
forced to return with them. The stu.
alton at Langford and other towns IS
much the same and great annoyance Is
felt There Is not . staten that Is not
hampered in a greater or less degree.
Farmers have been improving the limo
| weather by getting their grain to mar
| ket, and now in q great many instances
! find that it is almost impossible to make
. sale at any price. Relief caAnot come
in full in a good many weeks.
4 coal anime.
MANY South Dakota towns are suffer
ing from q coal famine at present, tina
In the event Of . famine would become
serious.
Leaders complain that they are un
able to get coal ordered from the mines
and big dealers shipped to them ant
that Is y consequence their supply ha.
become exhausted aud they are unabl,
to iii orders from the consumers. II
many places tho farmers who hav'
been unable to secure coal nave beef
burning corr and hay.
The dealers blame the railroad com
panles. They say tina: they have places
orders for an ample supply OF coal an
have had it shipped to them. but tina
the companies have conhScated !
while en- route and are using 1t in thei
engines.
The dealers and coal operator
threaten to appeal to the commission
ers Of the several states through whic'
the roads wei which they ship pass
asking for protection against the com
pauies and that they be made to deliye
the coal forthwith.
folders Home Trustees.
TIE next meeting OF the Board q
Trustees OF, the State Soldiers HON
will be held at Sioux Falls Dec. Z. y
which meeting will be chosen Cap
Lucas successor as commandment OF In
home. IS his resignation VIII At thu
time be In the hands OF the board.
is quite likely he will remain in IA
present position, however. until the Il
OF March, as there is really no necessit
for his retirement previous to thu
date. and the home needs his exper
-. 1,~t, <hn eatninn Months
small army OF applicants are after tn
nositioD made vacant by his retire men
none Of them being from tho Spring
and but one from the entire Hills,
far as can be learned.
Huron En-. orcement League.
THE Huron Enforcement Leag,
held its annual meeting and electe
} these oil cers
President, H. II. BUrtt: Vice-Pres
} dent, q. w. Abel; Secretary, ASH
Il. Pay; Treasurer, j. X. ONeal; +.
ecutive Committee, F. II. Kent, i. \
Wilcox, and the above named officer
The league is in splendid workir
order, and enters the new year with
{ determine tiOn to make work more e
} fective than heretofore. In spite OF ii
I many dsicouragementS the past yea
8 the league has done mul.h good VOL
and accomplished more than the &c
Q. al public is aware OF.
Atpenn Out Of Coal.
Q AIPENA was never SO near . co
q famine as it is just now, and unless T.
railways bring some in within fort
Q Gig ht hours there will be much SUITE
y ing. The principal dealers in coal S
Q that their orders have been in
weeks. Even now many tiresides a
cold and cherries. The citizens a
. aroused and threaten to brear down
the railroad bin, which contains abo
! tons. and carry 1t off unless there
u immediate relief.
Hotel tire Hr Springfield.
FIRE broke out in the Park Hotel
h Springfield, resulting in y total loss
building and nearly all OF t'ae fur
o ture. The loss was about s.. 900 a
n insurance s., 900. The guests escap
Il with all their effects. The wind "
+ blowing from the southeast, The mt
d favorable quarter from which it cou
n come, and by efforts OF CT
= zens the buildings across the sire
were saved.
It Preparing The r Reports.
r Nv,,y cfotn nfscialS aeo all huev q