Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-11-22

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great frauds at the opening of the
Cherokee outlet are coming to light.
but the greatest has just been I'M
earthed before Government townsite
trustees. To be entitled to enter land
or a town lot it was necessary to go to
the Government booth the dag OF
opening and secure a certificate. One
OF these booths was located at Orlan-
do, and there the most certificates for
securing lots In Perry were secured.
The trial brought out the fact that a
lawyer from Guthrie obtained the
friendship Of ID. Lecallett, the man in
charge of the Government booth at
Orlando, got him drunk and got from
him a valise full of certificates with
out the formality of going to the
booth, and sold them at from S25 to
800 each. 1t is said similar frauds
were perpetrated at the other nine
booths.
LULU, Miss, special: There was a
pitched battle on the main business
street, as the result of which two men
r dead. J.. w. Boyd and his brother
Bob stood in a stairway until they saw
j.. II. Warman, mayor of Lulu, and A.
II. Lawrence approaching, then the
brothers. each armed with a shotgun,
stepped forth and opened fire on the
others. Warman had time to draw a
pistol and fired twice at the. Boyds,
but without effect. Each of the
brothers had his man picked out and
at the first volley both men fell. The
elder Boyd mounted horse and rode
away, while the other escaped on foot.
They tent word later that they would
surrender to the sheriff. but to no one
else. The tragedy was the result OF
an old feud.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, special: Shortly
after midnight an attempt to hold up
a passenger train on the Yazoo and
Mississippi Valley road at Panther
Run, Miss, was baked by the cool.
ness OF Engineer Homer. After night
fall half a dozen strange men we're
Eel hanging around the place for an
hour or two. They disappeared aud
were not seen again until the train
was starting out, when II appeared
on the track, signalling the engineer
to stop. The engineer, however. sent
the train through. AS it passed the
signal half u dozen men stood there,
revolvers in hand, and all fired at the
locomotive cab. Fireman Cole re-
ceiyed u bullet through the arm and
was seriously wounded.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, special: Forest
fires + still raging in Arkansas, but
fortunately in a section where but lit
tie damage is being done, except to
timber lands. fences, etc, dwellings
being few and far between. The
fires in Mississippi are doing more
damage and have now broken ont in
the vicinity OF Haj wood, Miss. In De
Soto and Tunica the fires have done
considerable damage to fences, out
houses, top growth cotton. etc. Fires
are also reported at Paris, Tenn, and
Florence. Ala, but no details have
been received.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, special: In
a fight at q Mexican dance near AL
pine, rising out Of Mexican resent
mem at the presence of American
cowboys, Jules Estrodo, yiolinist, was
killed and two cowboys mortally
wounded. Estrada was accidentally
killed by n OF his own countrymen
PUNTAGoRDA, Fla. special: An ac-
cidens occurred in Charlotte Harbor
10y which eight men lost their lives.
Ten wornmen we're asleep on a barge
loaded with phosphate, when it sud-
denly carsized, burying the men I'M
der tons OF rock. Two of them man
aged to escape, but eight were lost.