Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-05-03

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congress eventually grant the Nc
heress Is rs oDn rhs psckss psospsSst'ys psSu
second cousin OF the dead claimant. A
nephew OF McGarrahen, . young man
WIG was well known in New Inrk
newspaper work, died in this city
about 1--WE peers agc. Mrs. Decker at
het hosne, 419 Henry street acknowl-
edged her relationship to William
Mcs,arrahan ead said that steps
Would lie taken to enforce her claims
To the property. but she declined to
have anything fur .her TO say.
PHn.ADELPuIA spctla!. 4 company
! composed OF New York and Phladei-
pnia capitalists will build an electric
railway from New York to Washing
!.Sa,,. The tracks will be elevated 10
! avoid grade crossings ard two main
| tracks will be constructed A third or
center rail will transmit the power in
stead OF an overhead trolley system.
Nestibuled cars fitted like Pulmans
will be run, The company says it can
run the carr at the rate nf POO miles
an hour. Congress will be petitioned
! to grant right of way in the District
| OF Columsia. II ~ maximum speed Of
i.O milus an hour is not attained all
lights and privileges will be revoked
New York, New Jersey. Pennsylvania.
Delaware aud Maryland Legislatures
will a so he asked for rights of way.
| The line will run via Philadelpbi ia ana
Baltimore.
IONS RIVER, n. j., special \ wall
comes from the Jersey pines that The
huckleberry crop has been very much
damaged, if not almost entirely killed,
by the cold and backward spring.
There are thousands Of pine barrens
where this berry grows wild. and
there are also thousands Of families
who depend Upon this crop. along
with the pay they receive for cram
berry picking in the fall. to keep them
over the winter. The difference be-
tween hue klebcrry and cranberry
picking is that no one claims the for
mer and the one that picks them
sells them as his own. Each summer
the dwellers in the pines Of both
sexes, from the little toddier to the
full grown, and even those who are
too old for other work, devote their
time to this picking.
NEW YORK special: Bradstreet's
will say: The general business situa-
tion is less favorable. \ specially de-
pressing influence is the strike of l41.
O0 bituminious coal and coke opera
tives. indianapolis and Kansas City
are the only cities reporting improve
ment and even there the gain is slight.
The feature at Chicago is the sales of
dry goods, equaling the average of the
previous weeks, other lines not max
ing SO favorable a report. st. Louis
reports the general business situation
fair. The decrease in demand from
jobbers at Omaha and other Nebraska
points is attributed to activity in farm
work. Trade at st. Paul Minneapolis
and Duluth is unfavorably affected by
the tie up of the Great Northern.
BALTIMORE, Md, special: A confes-
sion was made by Jan,cs r. Wilcox
alias Joseph Foster, who, with his
wife. Eta. was convicted in the United
States District Court of tightening
gold coins by filing and remilling
them, and then passing the coins ard
selling the filings. Wilcox admitted
the crime, but tried to shield his wife.
While the trial was in progress Wilson
showed great fondness for his wife and
tried in every way to clear her. She.
on the other hand, was determined to
go to prison if her husband was sent
up.
WASHINGTON special: Judge Brad
ley of the District Supreme Cou,
heard argument on the petition Of E,G
gene Gaddis of Ohio for mandamus To
compel Secretary Carlisle to reinstate
him to an $500 clerkship in the
Treasury Department.. from which,
1T is alleged. he was recently dismissed
for partisan reason. Judge Bradley
dismissed the petition on the ground
that it was not shown that the civil
service laws had been violated. Cad
dis counsel gave notice of appeal and
the case will be taken TO the Court of
Appeals or ultimately to the United
States Supreme Court.
PHILADELPHIA special; Bitumi-
nous coal mining is at complete
standstill throughout the entire re-
gion. The supply is nearly exhausted
and talk of a compromise is already
heard. 1t is not believed the strike
will last more than a week longer.
BUFFALO. n. V. special: Fire IN
the village OF Gasport destroyed ho-
tel and several other buildings. The
bartender Of the hotel was burned to
leath. The village has population