Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-02-07

lor affair, and were both sure that Taylor
did not take more than $4,000 with him.
McChesney says he succeeded in raising.
$ 1900 to help Taylor make a settlement,
but that before he could get to Chicago
with the money Taylor had fed, He also
remarked incidentally that while raising
the money for Taylor he thought 1t best to
be on the safe side, and disposed Of all his
property and paid private debts with the
proceeds, SO that any suit against the
bOndsmen was a matter of no importance
to him, he having no property.
Attorney Tenney says Taylor made a
desperate attempt to raise the money due
the state, and finally proposed to loot the
First National Bank of Redicld of $4,000
to make good his shortage to the state.
Tenney advised against such a course, and
told Taylor he would better deal with the
state than the National Government. Tay-
lor finally decided to take such advice, and
reported that he had paid joint notes given
by himself and father for about 500, coo,
given his wife $500 and only had about
$4,000 left, with which he proposed to
leave the country, and would devote the
rest Of his life to making the shortage good.
The story has a tishy taste. as it is positive
ly known that Taylor took over 500, 900
away with him, and there is about $1OO,0 600
not accounted for in the explanation of
Tenney and McChesney.
The investigating committee has been
trying to get trace of where Taylor loaned
his money, but has failed. They applied
to Comptroller Eckles for permission to e
anime the books of the Hedtield bank, but
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Coded Sioux Lands.
The feeling that the coming season will
be unusually favorable for good crops is
resulting in many inquiries being received
at the United States Land Office at Cham
berlain from eastern parties who are in
tending to secur homeSteads in that p0r-
ton OF the northwest. At present land in
the ceded Sioux country is rated at Is cents
per acre. but after the 10th Of this month
this land will be rated the nominal sum of
so cents per acre. Parties taking IA home
stead after the time stated need only pay
at this rate If the land has not been pre-
viously taken and relinouished. Thus for
the sum of $50 a homeSteader can secur
l60 acres of as choice land as there is in
the union. The land Office fee when fling
upon a homestead is $l4. Should the
homesteader desire he can prove up his
land after fourteen months residence by
paying at the rate of 80 cents per acre for
the land. Without exception this will be
the cheapest Government land in the
United States. There are hundreds of,
thousands of acres of land in this land dis
trict that can be secured at this price after
the 10th of this month.
Connor's Body Was Aboard the Elbe.
When the name of Mrs. Connors. wife of
Milton c. Connors, the wealthy cattleInan
and miner OF Spearfish, appeared on the
passenger list of the steamer Elbe, as
among those who were drowned, her
friends expressed doubt thai she had taken
passage on that steamer. as her husbands
name did not appear with hers on the list
of passengers. The reason for the non-
appearance of Mr.. Connor's name is made
clear by the dispatch from Lowcstoft, say
ing that his body was on board the Elbe.
Mr.. Connor's physician told him that he
should make a trip abroad. and with his
wife Mr.. COnnors left the Black Hills for
Europe in the latter part Of December. AS
the dispatch from Lowestoft shows, he
died recently in a sanitarium neal Berlin
and Mrs. Connors was evidently accom-
panying the remains back to the United
States.