Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-02-08
!erve, thus strengthening the cona-

terve, thus strengthening the conf
aence In its ability to maintain gold
payments. The gradual improvement
IN business explains the appearance OF
more commercial paper in the market
this week than has been seen for
0ng time, though rs yet the vast &C
:umulation OF idle funds Is proof
enough that trade has by no means
'egained its normal proportions. The
industrial recovery continues, though
y Is but gradual. in response to the
demand Of the people, whose consump-
'lon ut its lowest is greater than that
any other country, and more mills
are nOw at work. Wheat has advanced
! cent, because western receipts were
,nly l,446.i i4) bushels for the week,
against 2,S93,C00 last year, though
here are no signs of o material de-
srease In the enormous possible sup
ply. Smaller receipts and exports of
,otn have not prevented slight de-
cline, and pork products are dull, with
out important change. Domestic ex-
ports for the last four weeks have
been "A per cent. lower than q year
ago. while imports were 81 per cent.
smaller. Customs receipts for January
.were but $ll .5OOsOo against S2l % 1000
last year. and evidently the success in
The sale of bonds is a matter of high
Importance. Commercial failures for
the week number 356 in the United
states. against 255 last year. Out of
i,S22 failures reported in the four
weeks in January. the liabilities ascer.
tanned in l,G43 failures amounted to
hl9, ,49.631 of which IS, go, 7O2 were
OF manufacturing and $l0,322. 3s4 of
trading concerns.
Is at the Hoffman House and there are
wild rumors that the Colonel, after all
his stormy career, is about to become
4 Quaker. II am free to confess. said
he with resigned air, THAT have
had some dealings with Philadelphia
Quakers. They are excellent people,
the very salt Of the earth. Ihave been
negotiating with them to start a colony
on my ranch. three miles from North
Platt. Neb. | own 1900 acres of fine
land there. 1t is rich SOIL well watered,
wild grasses growing luxuriantly, and
peace is everywhere. My intention is
to divide this land into small holdings
of forty and eighty acres each. A
Quaker family will occupy each hold
ing. Each tenant is to build sub
stantial house of frame or brick and to
cultivate his holding for ten years. My
Idea is to establish community of in
terests and to keep the property for
ever in control OF the Quaker sect. At
my own cost am to construct an irri.
eating ditch large enough to furnish
to each tenant water for his holding.
[ will thus, l hope. have 500 Quakers
about me-"
WASHINGTON special: Representa-.
tive Tyler OF Virginia wants the Gov
ernment to purchase the old Nelson
house at Yorktown, and has intoduced
a bill appropriating $1,000 for the
purpose. Although built in lip, this
old brick dwelling still stands in a fair
state OF preservation. it was the resi-
dence during the revolution of Gen.
,n""sAas Nelson, jr., who was COM
paniOn In arms OF Washington and La
fayette. During the battfe of York
town the house was-Rred on by the al
lied batteries at the command Of its
owner, as it was within the British
lines. In 1924, when Gen. Lafayette
revisited America, the Nelson House
was thrown open for his reception. and
the old revolutionary heroes held jolli-
fications within its walls.
WASHINGTON special: The twelfth
woman has been admitted TO practice
before the United States Supreme
Court and has signed the roll at the
bar. She is Miss Kate Fl. Pier, a pre-
young lady from Milwaukee,
and Senator Villas of Wisconsin. moved
her admission. Mrs. Belya A. Lock-
wood OF Washington was the first
woman attorney to appear here. being
admitted in 1875.