Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-06-09
IN THE IVES T.

ABEEnEEN special The Publishers
Printing Company Of South Dakoti
gave up the ghost This was "pat
ent inSldes" house started by George
sciilosser, who was then connec tee
with the Aberdeen DaUy : ers, ant
who had specially good prospect ow
ing 10 compact among ome of .he
strongest Of The South Dakota publish,
erS, all OF whom agreed and did pay
from to 5 cents more per quire for
ready prints than they could be oh
tanned for from the Old houses. 1t was
fondly hoped 1t would be strong enough
to control the politics OF the state aud
get all official printing and to make the
projectors all fortune 1t did not.
A great many who went into it aban-
doned 1t as soon as they found 1t more
costly than they could get service else
where, there was SO much said about
politics that did not t much figure.
and frally it got SO far in debt that 1t
had to close up with the assistance Of
the sheriff, or sell out 1t is under
stood that the assets are about So, 600
and the liabilities about s.. 900. Schlos-
ser made the best terms he could for
the stockholders, getting all Of them
who would agree TO take their service
from the Northwestern Newspaper
Union, Dakota branch, immunity from
the debts and pay for their stock. IIo
himself got the position Of manager,
and it Is said he will IN AXE good living
out OF it. He lost control of the Daily
Ncms early in the struggle. He says
he does not believe there will be an
other attempt to establish a ready print
house In this way. 1t can't be done.
His friends believe If anybody could
have made go OF it he could.
SAN Francisco special: The steamer
Belgic, which has arrived brings news
OF the capture recently near Taichow
Island, by war junk disguised as
merchantman, OF formdabl band
of pirates who, for the last eight or
nine months, had made themselves by
their ferOcity and blood-thirstiness, the
terror OF all junks trading between
Ningpo, TaichOw and WenchOw. or
the tifiy-one pirates on board the buc-
caneering craft only eleven were cap
tured alive, the remainder being killed
in desperate attempt to repuse the
attack OF the sailors on board the war
junk, who, though inferior to the pi-
rates, pluckily attacked the enemy and
finally gained o bloody victory, losing
twenty-five Of their forty fighting men
on board, including the captain and
the second officer OF the war junk A
curious incident in connection with the
case Is the capture on deck Of thirteen
buddhist monks, who were found fight
ing side by side with the pirates, and
proved to be the most desperate men in
in the lot These monks are very
probably the same band that made q
raid upon nunnery near Tingpai in
December last aud carried away the
and prettiest OF the votaries.
gagging the ugly ones In . cruel man
ner and throwing them under the great
altar, where the poor creatures were
found two days afterward nearly
famished.
CHICAGO special: The biggest thing
OF the kind ever attempted Ia Chicago
Is the moving OF an eighty-r9o Lafiln
Street apartment house around the cor
Der through intervening lots, to Van
Buren, Street The Metropolitan IL, :"
to secure . right-of-way, found it nec-
essary to buy the big structure and
move II out Of the way. A lot on Van
Buren, Street was bought and the con-
VI dSt lOA IuC IcuONdt lev ue UuIluluX
is . three-story brick, granite front,
and weighs somewhere in the neig b Dor.
hood OF 5000 tons. Two weeks were
by jackscrews and place 1t on the frame
OF timber containing about 200, 900
square feet of lum ber
BEAVER DAN. Wis, special: Arthur
Grover, aged 10, has confessed to set.
ting FIRE to the barn Of James Fisher.
He was seen to enter the barn. The
fre broke out directly after. The boy
was OF diss0lute habits and had just
been turned out BY his parents, whom
he told that he might as we'll spend the
rest OF his days In prison. He frankly
admitted going directly and setting fire
to the barn. First he says, he tried
to sxtinguish the fire with his hst, then
he became Indifferent aud went away.
The insurance COMPANY will prosecute
The insurance amounted to 81, 500 on
the barn and contents. The boy says
he does not care what becomes of him.
LEWISTON. ILL.,, special: The Brooks
brothers have made queer find In an
old tree near the old Elclids bridge.
They were saving logs when they
sawed into two augur holes, which had
been bored into the tree . great many
years ago There was about four inches
OF growth outside OF tho holes. In these
holes was found deposited I great roll
OF money The money had rotted.
Numbers on the currency could DO
family seen.
SLEEPY EYE, Mimi, special: NJ.
Schroepfer and family and few In
vlted guests were poisoned with croton
oil, sixty drops Of which was mixed with
four pounds OF Hamburg steak, OF
which the family partook heartily.
Physicians were alarmed concerninR
the condition Of some OF the party. but
It IL now thought all will recover. The
oil was mixed With tho meat % joke.
BEEBF. Ark. special: The White
County Bank h Ia the hands Of a r.
csiver. There Il no statemeut ret but
msny local dspositoRs, mostly poor mon,
will au6sr losses.
San FAAxcIsco special: Pref Hol.
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