Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-09-27
SOU SUMMARY.

LOUISVILLE special: Serious trou-
bic is expected in Sturgis and Indie
precincts, i'll Union County. over the
attempt OF an armed force to collect an
old railroad debt. I. {. Blackwell
was recently appointed by the court to
collect the tax and he has drilled 100
armed men at UniOntOwn, the seat of
this county. The people say they will
resist the collection to the bitter end
and have announced that they will be.
gin by starving out the collectors. Sc
cret meetings We're held here and at
Caseyville and the people are deter
mined to resist the collection OF the
odiou, tax eve if it requires Win
chesters to do it.
JACKSON, Miss, special: Gov.
Stone has received from the Governor
of Alabama one OF the $40 warrants
issued by that state IN 1867. 1t is u
much closer resemblance to United
States currency than that issued by
Mississippi. 1t is exactly the size Of
United States currency n the color
is precisely the same as greenbacks.
One Of these bills was submitted then
to United States Attorney General
Stanbury, who. in a long opinion, said
there was no violation of the law in
their issue.
ST. LOUIS special: An English syn
dictate is negotiating for the purchase
OF all the street car manufacturing
concerns OF ST. Louis, and has already
secured an option on ON of them.
The deal will result in the investment
Of some million dollars of English gold
in st Louis and will unite the car
manufacturing concerns of the city
under n management. The parties
negotiating the purchase are anxious
tie keep the matter quiet until the
deal is closed and the property is con-
veyed.
MEMPHIS, Mo, special: The two
captured train robbers. Lincoln Over.
field and Charles Abrams, lie in Jail
awaiting the action OF the grand jury.
There is little hope of Alb ans recov-
ering. He declares that Mcdaniel,
the man who rave the robbers away,
was the originator of the plan. and re.
auired considerable persuasion to get
others into it. The other robbers
have not yet been caught.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, special: +. c.
Patton, a prominent merchant of Nc.
Ghee, Ark, was murdered aud his
store looted by robbers. The bandits
we're gang of lawless negroes who
have terrorized the white and colored
citizens of this section for some time.
They were captured at Pine Bluff and
taken back to McGhee. Excitement
is running high and a l~ynching is ex.
pected.
SWIFT. Ala. special. Edmonia
Anderson and Irene Washington, oc.
%toroons. fought a duel to the death
with knives over white man. Der
| Oleson. whose affections both claimed.
They fought like tigresses until the
Washington woman fell dying with
twenty-one stab wounds. The Ander.
son woman then stabbed herself to the
heart, having been discarded by Ole
son, who has fed.
ST. LOUIS special: Federal author
tiles arrested A. I'll. Hoiley OF Asley
ILL.,, and J.. G. and III. s. Wilson o
Jonesboro, Ark, for making and shov
ing counterfeit money. At Hohley'l
home the officers found counterfeitins
supplies to make $3.50, 900 in spurious
money. They were making q danger
GUS counterfeit OF the $40 silver certifi
cate.
PHOENIX, Arizona, special: T. E
Crist, engineer at the Mammoth Mine
murdered his wife and then blew GU
his brains.