Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-02-24
IN THE WEST.

DENVER special: A secret society has
been organized by a number Of young
men of the senior and junior classes at
the East Denver High School, shaving
for its object the humiliation ii not the
deposition of Professor William Smiley.
The school is not on the verge Of a sea-
son Of rebellion. First guns have
already been fired by the pupils and at
the present moment Smiley feels
haunted by visions of rebellion, while
the fathers and mothers and citizens Of
this city can only look on aud wonder
how it will turn out. 1t all came about
because Smiley rescinded an order OF
his predecessor, who trusted to the
honor of pupil If any one desired to
leave the room or ask a question, it
was done without permission. Now
they have to raise their hands like little
school boys and ask. There's the rub.
it is the evident intention to compel
Smiley to surrender or to force an issue
before the School Board. Electric
wires are cut so that the bells do not
ring. and unseemly noises are heard
from all parts of the building during
exercises. Large marbles are rolled
laundering down the slanting floor of
the assembly rooms. Explosives are
touched off in the halls. ilideousiy
smelling chemicals are placed where
they will he the most nauseating and
all sorts OF methods are resorted to to
annoy the teachers. How the quarrel
will end is not known.
BoIsF. Idaho, special: The Idaho
horse market is still in terrible
glutted condition. There is absolutely
no sale for the animals, notwithstand-
ing the fact that ordinarily good stock
is offered at from So to SIS per head.
Samuel Rich, Il wealthy stockman Of
Bear Lake County. who has carefully
investigated the m after, declares that
the prevailing dullness in the horse
trade is traceabie chiefly to electricity.
The large cities of the East South and
West have for years purchased their
street car horses In Idaho, but the
horse car has been superseded by elec-
tricity and cable cars, and horseflesh
is not wanted. MANY stockmen say
they propose allowing almost all
their animals to run at will until
their is demand for them. II they
carry out their intentions the hills of
this state will within few years be
alive with wild horses
CHAMPAIGN, H., special. Mrs. J.
Filling has recently found brother
whom she and al her relatives had for
more than twenty-five years supposed
dead. Away back in the early sos, the
days OF gold craze, her brother, then q
very young man, left his Eastern home
for the far West and settled in Wash.
ington Territory. Letters were re-
ceived from him regularly for some
years, when they suddenly ceased. The
relations Immediately wrote to his ad-
dress. but their inquiries elicited no in-
formation OF the young man, and the
family at length reconciled themselves
to the idea that he had died. He was
recently found to be an inmate OF an
insane asylum In Seattle, where he has
been confined for twenty-five years, he
being now 20 years old. 1t was also
discovered that before he became in
sane he had taken up quarter section
claim, upon which the business portion
of Seattle Is built
GLENwooD SPRINGS, Colo, epecial:
A snowslide in which two lives were
lost occurred recently on Schofield
Mountain. some four miles distant from
the old mining town OF that name. at
Old Giant Tunnel The tunnel was
worked with success some years ago.
Among those who manned after the
! boom were six Swedes. Two years ago
one of them was killed by falling TIM
ber. Four months later two moro were
| lost in q snowside. For the past four
months nothing has been heard of the
other three men. A tAttered, footsore
and apparently insane man wandered
into a small mining camp above Mar
Bile. 1t was discovered he was one OF
the men who were working Schofeld
| Mountain. From what can be gather
cd he is the only one left, his two re-
| naming brothers having met 6eath in
another snowslide.
PoR1LAND. Oregon, special: A fright
full accident occurred on the city and
suburban electric railway, IN which
| three persons were instantly killed and
dozen seriously injured. A car was
going down hill when the motorm IN
| lost control and it plunged down two
| blocks at terrific speed. When the ca,
| reached the curve at the bottom of the
hill 1t left the track and overturned.
The momentum was so great that the
car was dashed to pieces. There were
forty-fve passengers aboard. among
them being twenty young people who
constituted the graduating class Of the
| Williams Avenue Grammar School.
1 Nearly every one on the car WAS sut Of
bruised. The motorman and conductor
were arrested, but subsequently re-
| leased.
BOHEMIAN. Mont, special: DR.. Charlie.
| H. Plummer Of this city has just re
| turned from the Yellowstone Nations
Park. He reports that series ol
| earthquakes we're felt In the park dur
| ing the last few weeks The main rOkC
| south OF the Norris Geyscr Basin cavel
| In for . long distance and 70 IN un
known depth In one place there Ii ,
huge gap In the earth about seventy
Eve feet wide aud probably several hun
dred feet In length. Marks left BY th,
recent earthquake are plainly visible Ii
| 3 number OF places.
CBEYENKK special: John Linscott o
Medicine Bow hiss contracted 10 buil,
fourteen miles of wire fence during m
comtng summer Tor the Swan Lsnd IN.
i lEAttle Cor pAny. Thls corp0rstlon
most of the Iaad of ~ whteh y held Ii
i Sect etlAnd hon1At ShouAaa IN o$ Aee6o D
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