Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-03-24
IN THE w EST.

IN THE WEST.
kENosHA, Wis, special: A terrible
accident occurred here. An alarm o.
! fire was given and flames were seen Is
| suing from the house of Chris Arent2eu
on Wisconsin Street. Neigh bors ran
in and had begun moving things, when
| a loud explosion was heard in the real
OF the house. When the fire depart
ment came up, and the flames had been
| subdued, a search was made and three
bodies were found under the mass of
ruins The bodies were those of
Arentzen, his father and a boy who
lived with the family. They could
scarcely be recognized, as they were
burned almost to cinders and some of
their limbs were torn away. Arentzen
| was maker of fireworks and a short
time after he came here from Chicago
he began to make fancy fireworks in
his own honse. A large quantity of
Runpowder was stored In the place and
this no doubt caused the accident
PORTLAND, Ore, special: The sal.
mon Gamers trust has been dissolved
The immediate cause Is the withdrawal
OF the packing house. of Hapgood &
Winter from the combine. The present
state of affairs is the most deplorabc
that has ever befallen packers on the
Columbia River, and may cost them
many thousands of dollars. 1t Is said
that the margin OF profit upon case
OF salmon is very low ana that the
market price cannot be raised except
at the risk of big falling off in the de-
mand for the product Fishermen are
only awaiting an opportunity to raise
the price on raw fish cent per pound.
1t means a loss to canneries Of nearly
100000 1t is probable that the old
system of p,rating and buying each
others fish will be kept up at loss OF
many thousand dollars more. The
whole trouble seems to be the outcome
of the spirit Of rivalry between Port
land and Astoria.
AUGUSTA, Ill, special: An under
ground river has been discovered four
and one-half miles northwest OF this
place. A few days ago Wm Allen, q
farmer, dug q we'll on his farm in that
locality, going to depth Of ~ feet,
when suddenly the xuger dropped
through the bottom Of the well. What
water had accumulated also fell through
the hole. The hole was plugged up
with clay and debris, and the well
again filled with water, but suddenly
the entire bottom fell out, carrying all
but about five feet of the wall with it.
At the bottom of the hole could be seen
a aswiftly rushing stream. llefforts to
fill upthis cavern have proved futile.
Rubbish, logs, stone and other debris
have been cast into the hole, but the
rushing current carries them away al
most instantly. Efforts have been made
to sound the depth of the subterranean
stream, but, too, are futile.
CHICAGO special: Fire broke out in
the picture frame factory of j. S. Char
tier. on May Street 1t was soon .
roaring mass of flame, and imultane-
ously the front and one Of the side
walls fell outward. The bricks OF the
former struck and severely injured two
tiremen. and the other fell on and
crushed Charters dwelling, next door,
burying in the ruins five members OF
the family, consisting OF }. 5. Charter,
his wife and two daughters, Lille aud
Rose, aged 10 and IL, aud nephew.
stephen. OF these J. $. CHARTER and
daughter Lille were crushed TO death,
Stephen severely and perhaps fatally
injured, and the other two less danger
ously hurt. The financial loss ia So. 600.
FAIRBuRY, H., gpecial: A success
full confidence game has been played
upon quite number of farmers fifteen
miles Southeast Of here. This time 1t
was q pretended horse buyer for East
ern markets. lie would in all cases
pay fancy prices for the animals pur-
chased, paying all in checks drawn on
the First National Bank OF Paxton. He
was such a smooth talker that there
were also farmers that were willing to
cash his checks, and after he worked
the community for oil he cared and be-
fore his victims got chance to mako
the discovery that he was y big fraud
he suddenly left, and now 1t turns out
that the checks on the bsnk are for
geries.
CHEyENNr. Wyo, special: Twenty
three Chinese coolies, consigned to
Cuba and legally and literally in bond,
occupied car OF an east bound train
that passed here. An agent OF the
Southern Pacific Railway was in charge
OF the shipment lie said the Chinese
were not allowed on American soil
while crossing the continent On this
account q board walk was built for
tHeIu Ocs"ccu tHc pIcI AZ Sdu J. I8uEiSCO
and the railway track. These laborers
go under contract to remain on the
sugar plantation three years
ASHLAND, Wis, special: DR.. Wood
zinkie threw vitroi over the head and
shoulders OF frank kubisky. The as.
sailant has been arrested. lie 10 an cs-
capped Siberian exile who mas been prac.
ticing among tho Polish people In Ash.
land for several months. He and ku-
bisky wrangled over game Of cards
The, doctor carried q grudge and crept
upon Kubisky in restaurant, throw
Ing the contents OF . pint bottle of
yitrol over him. The latter Is horribly
burned.
OAKLAND. ILL.,, special: One day last
week rabid dog got among lot Of
fsttcning hogs belonging to Milton
Childress, who resides south OF this
city. biting several OF them. The On.
tire herd have gone mad, and In order
to put than out OF their misery and
also ~ safeguard, the whole bunch
was killed. The loss TO Mr.. Childress
foots up more than $1,000