Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-07-12
SOUTHERN SUMMARY.

CHATTANOOGA, n special:
Chattanooga has sugered the most dis.
astrous business reverse of recent
years in the embarrassment of the w.
.. Peoples Grocery Company, but the
deed Of trust was scarce on record be-
fore fraud was charged and the
clamor grew until every business
house in this city became firmly con-
vinced OF its truth. Liabilities were
$4,000 and assets $270,OO0, now
claimed to be fictitious. This large
Indebtedness represents one months
consignments to it, as the firm was
completely burned out in April and its
Indebtedness discharged with in
surance money. Among the 1876 for
eign creditors are Armour a. Co.. Cal
ifornia Produce and Distributing Com
pany, N. X. Fairbank d Co., Nelson
Morris & Co., Reber Preserving Com
pany and James S. Kirk 81 Co., all of
Chicago.
ST. LOUIS special: In the United
States Court of Appeals an opinion
vas filed in the case of the National
Water Works Company against Kan
sas City, Mo, appealed from the Cir
cult Court for the western district of
Missouri The Court of Appeals re-
manded the case to the Circuit Court
with directions to vacate its former
decree and in lieu thereof to enter a
decree drawn by the Court of Appeals
declaring that Kansas City is bound to
purchase from the water works COM
pany, and the latter is bound to sell to
the city its entire plant, both the por-
tions situated in Kansas and Missouri:
that the fair and equitable value of
the complete water works plant is 3d.
100000. and that the water works
company must execute the necessary
deeds of release by Dec. l.. 1894.
LOUISVILLE, KY. special: The peo-
pie OF Ryle Station, in Mercer County,
are much worked up over the burial Of
a live person u day or two ago. II. r.
Huddlestone. after a brief Illness. APP
parently expired. The body was
buried the next day. 1t was noticed
that while the body lay in the casket
1t perspired the entire day, but the
burial was proceeded with. Relatives
heard OF the circumstances and later
had the body exhumed. Life was ex-
tinct, but the features were terribly
distorted, and the body had moved,
showing that life evidently had not
been extinct when the burial took
place.
CATTLETTsBURG, KY, special:
Kelly's wealers, who captured an east
bound freight train Of the Chesapeake
and Ohio, arrived at kenova, w. Va.
Gov. MacCorkle ordered Companies I
and q of Huntington to go to kenova
and arrest the army. Under direc-
tions Of Sheriff lambert the militia
arrested them and are now guarding
them near the depot. The Governor
aud his legal advisers arrived at
kenova on special train and tried to
induce the army to go back to Ken
lucky, which they refused to do.
SOUTH MCALEsTER, /. r., special:
AT u recent secret meeting OF the lead
| ing men of the five civilized tribes, 1t
was agreed upon that no concessions
whatever will be made to the Dawes
commission. At the conference the
| conclusion was reached that a big bluff
was being made by the commission.
The five civilized tribes are determin-
ed to hold out to the last against state
hood. and II the territory IL ever
| opened up for white settlement it will
not be by sanction of the Indians.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, special: The
East Tennessee. Virginia and Georgia
Railway system was sold to Samuel
Spencer, president Of the Southern
Railway Company, for 81, 500, 900. The
property will go into the reorganiza.
ton OF railway properties being made
by Drexel, Morgan & Co. The sale
| will be confirmed on the l4th inst. and
the Southern Railway Company takes
charge on Aug. l.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, special:
While blowing on his farm near Col
linsville in De Kalb County. Alabama,
J. T. Rosseau turned up &3O6. 20 in gold
and silver. There are some old coins
In the lot, most OF them being dated in
1855. The money was probably buried
before OF during the war.
CATLETTsBURG, KY, special: In q
street encounter, growing out Of the
sickness OF q woman on the street, John
and Ballard Foulkner and Charles
Justice were killed, Dave Justice fatal
y wounded and ons or two others
seriously hurt.