Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-02-08
IN THE WEST.

ROCK ISLAND special: Mayors
| Bennett, Medill and Vollmer of the
cities of Moline and Rock Island. ILL.,,
| and Davenport, Iowa, together with
the Street and Alley Committees of
the councils Of these adjoining cities.
held meeting in this city and agreed
to a uniform wagon tire ordinance to
be recommended to the several coun-
ellis. An interesting guerilla warfare
has been carried on by the police de-
partments of each of the cities against
the teamsters and transfer companies
of the neighboring towns because
their tires did not conform to tho erdi-
nance Of the town in which they hap
pened to be doing business temporar-
lily.
DENVER special: Chief Ignatio of
the Southern Utes. passed through
Denver en- route to Washington to tes-
tify at the hearing February 10 on the
question OF the removal of the South
ern Utes from the reservation in Col
Orado to the eastern part of Utah.
The chief says the Utes all want to go
west and are becoming restless on ace
count OF the delay in carrying out the
treaty. Game in the southern part of
Colorado is about exhausted, and the
Indians are pining for a hunting
ground in Utah. where game il abund-
ant and white people not numerous.
PEORIA, ILL.,, special: Another tes
Of the Takamine process of distilling
has begun at the Manhattan Distillery,
which has been turned over to the
Japanese chemists by the whisky
trust, and will continue for month.
Some alterations have been made in
the machinery, and instead of using
his kOji exclusively Mr.. Takamine viii
use with 1t proportion OF bran. Fiji
teen hundred bushels of grain win be
used day, and this is to be the final
test so far Is the trust is concerned.
Mr.. Takamine claims that sshe will be
Able to make much better showing
;han ever before.
DENVER special: For months there
nas been steady increase in the gold
bullion deposit ut the Denver mint.
and the prediction that Colorado will
pee next spring one Of the biggest gold
5Ooms in the history of the country has
every indication Of being verified. The
bullion purchased at the mint during
January exceeded the purchases OF
January, 1883, by 400, 600, and amounted
W ocVCE0I VuUuoSSuu uOAi0tH IuDr0 Gl80
the purchases In December.
KANSAS Cry, NO.. special: Judge
WofOrd. in the Criminal Court de-
clared invalid the city ordinance
against keeping dramshops and saloons
open on Sunday on the ground that 1t
conflicts with the state law. The de-
cision is the same as that which he
made against the anti-policy ordinance.
1t ia based on the fact that the mini
mum fine in the ordinance is greater
than the minimum under the state
law.
ST.. PAUL special: Archbishop Ire-
land has appointed from the archdiO-
rose Of st. Paul . general committee
to take charge OF the twenty -f0usth |
annual convention OF the Catholic To-
tel Abstinence Association, TO be held
In St. Paul early next August The |
committee will have charge 81 carrying |
out al the details Of the convention. to |
whose success Archbish0p Ireland 10 |
giving his personal attention.
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dozen dog sleighs can b seen Ii this /
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