Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-08-24
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property at the northeast corner OF
Wabash Avenue and Randolph Streets,
the consideration being stated as $780,
600, He also transferred to Hatclcy
Bros. the property on Wabash Avenue
between Eldridge Court and Twelfth
street, the consideration being stated
at Sl2O.O0O. Messrs Hateley and Bots
ford take title as trustees for Mr.. Fair
banks creditors in settlement Of claims
arising from the recent collapse in the
provision market. Mr.. Fairbank, who
lost $685. 900 in the recent failure, will
settle in full. John Cudahy will pay
his debts in full practically. He has
turned over a vast amount Of real cs-
tate located on the south side in settle
ment Of the claims of board of trade
firms. These aggregate S7S0,000, and
the real estate will more than cover
the amount, leaving n balance to apply
in payment of outside claims, making
up the aggregate of 1000, 600 OF the
eleven failures caused by this collapse,
all but four firms have made offers Of
settlement and the majority have al
ready settled with from 80 to 90 per
cent. of their creditors, and by another
week it is expected that all the houses
will have been heard from. The com
bined liabilities of the eleven unfortu-
mates aggregate S4,325, 900.
TOPEKA special: Mrs. Lease the
well known Populist lecturer, an
nounccd that she had unearthed a
scandal in the Industrial School for
Girls at Bcloit that would discount any
thing of the kind that has occurred for
years She says that girls who have
been sent to that school for proper care
and training have been subjected to
the most inhuman treatment. Miss
Spencer, the Superintendent, two as
sistants, and two teachers were sum-
marily discharged ten days ago. The
story told by Mrs. Kungle, who visited
at Beloit with Mrs. Lease, if true, is
sufficient to cause the arrest of these
persons for inhuman treatment and
brutality. She cites one case where a
little girl, for trivial offensc. was
locked up seven months in dungeon.
Another girl, II years of age. had her
hands tied behind her, was then
gagged, and cayenne pepper poured
down her throat. Other modes OF pun
ishment worse and more brutal have
been detailed by Mrs. Kungle. Mrs.
Lease promises to go to the bottom and
investigate these charges fully.
RIFLE, Colo, special: 1t is reported
that war has broken out between the
cattlemen and the sheepmen on the
mesa north Of Parachute. ana that
three cattlemen are killed and The
sheepmen penned up in n canyon and
lighting stubbornly. The trouble
arises over the attempt of cattlemcn
to drive the sheepmen out of the
country. Sunday evening Mr. Billetcr,
well known shccpmen, arrived from
Parachute and reported that early in
the morning party OF about thirty
armed and masked men arrived on the
mesa, among the sheepmen, and put a
rope around one mans neck and drove
the balance of the herders and sheep
out OF the country and warned them
not to drive the sheep back again un
der the penalty OF death. On Monday
u formidable band Of shcepmc'
started to drive the sheep back. Il
fight is supposed to be the result.
number of cattlcmen came into Du-
buqne for arms and ammunition, and
reported the fight. Particulars are
mcagcr, as the scene o! the fight is rc.
mote.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, special: The
North Little Rock (Argental corre-
spondent of a Chicago Sunday scnsa-
tional paper was taken from his home
by white caps and given severe
thrashing. The Little Rock Tribune,
a weekly publication edited by kcllog
o. Gould, in a recent issue published
card purporting to come from the
correspondent, in which it was charged
that Alderman F'aucette was the leader
of the mob Late in the afternoon
Faucctte, accompanied by ex-Constable
Cook of Argenta, visited the Tribune
Office and assaulted Gould in most un.
merciful manner. After breaking
chair over the editors head, which
felled him to the floor, he was jumped
upon by Faucette and horribly kicked
In the face and abdomen. Gould is
said to be in precarious condition.
ST. Louis special: w. A. Lang
worthy OF Yellville, Ark, writes to the
Board Of Directors OF tho Merchants
Exchange Of St. Louis asking consid-
Grafton for scheme involving a
search for buried treasure. lie
states in brief that he knows the loca.
tiUn somewhere on the coast of Florida
of two chests, each containing $1,000
600 in gold, buried in the '4Os by Span.
ish pirates. Langworthy asks tho
Merchants Exchange to organize a
company with capital Of $4,000 to
search for this gold.
TOPEKA special: The County Com
missioners Of Wallace County short
time ago offered bounty OF 10 cents
per head for the scalps OF striped
ground squirrels. During the week
following the announcement there
were brought to the County Clerk the
scalps OF 1900 Of the animals, worth
to the people who brought them the
neat sum OF 81 800. The commissioners
had to discontinue the offer, and imme-
diately issued call for bond election
to raise the necessary funds to pay fot.
tho scalps.
RAwLINs, Wyo., special: One hun.
dred prominent stock growers in this
vicinity interviewed, generally agree
that there will bo no winter range.
One prominent sheepman Who went
over his range south 81 the Union Pa.
cfAc, says that there h no winter feed,
which he attributes TO the cold wet
spring md hot dry summer, The
eprfn9 WAA N cold that grass did not
sfart eAfly, ma when Il did n Nas
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