Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-07-11
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TIA, special: \ tornado
swept across this and Morgan Counties.
But meager %cconnts have been received.
1t is known, however, that two lives were
lost and a number Of persons severely in
jured, several of them fatally. At Will
ards station, On the middle Georgia and
Atlantic Railroad, every house was torn
to pieces. Henry Adams, white, and Bob
Harding. colOred, We're killed outright.
In Morgan County Andrew Perry's farm
buildings and house were blown down.
Perry and his family We're buried IN the
falling timbers. Perry is injured Intern
ally and will probably die. His wife is in
u critical condition. The home oil Jim
Collier was demolished aud two of his
children were manglcd by the wreck. The
Robertson plantation was swept clear Of
everything standing. The Robertson
family fled 10 the cellar and escaped with
out injury. II. F.. L.ogan's farm buildings
were destroyed and some of his tenants
were injured by flying timbers.
ASHLAND, KY. special: \ horrible
story Of outrage and murder comes from
the upper Blaine Greek district OF Elliott
County. 4 young girl named .Jordon
while crossing 4 stretch of woods, EN- route
10 the home Of a meiglbor, was forcibly
taken 10 An old deserted house in the
mountains and repeatedly assaulted by
three young me,l. all recognized AS tough
characters. The tiends then cloked the
girl till they supposed her dead, according
to the report received here. and placing
her against the wall OF the hut viii, arms
extended nailed her hands to the logs. The
girl was discovered some time later By 4
searching party and recovered sufficiently
to tell the names Of her assaiiants. She
died ister and the enraKed people are
hunting the murderers. who escaped 10
the mountains.
SAN ANTONIO special: kilograms have
been received here announcing tina. Brown
Il Sons of Baltimore have signed the con-
tract 10 furnish the money necessary for
the construction Of Il deep water harbor
vt Arkansas Pass, Texas. This is the
closing act of two years negotiations lead
ing up to this date. There is great re-
jOicing throughout the country. where the
news has been communicated by wire.
Flags are flying and it is conceded that 1t
is the most mOmentOus event in the COM
mercial history Of the southwest. The
contract calls for twenty feet Of water
over the bar by July ~ lS#i, the ina! re-
snlt to be thirty feet Of water at the en-
trance to the harbor.
NOGALEs, Arizona, SPECIAL: senior Vi.
Mescaranes, Mexican consul here. re-
oeived word from the governor Ut Sonora
that four Of the five men who robbed the
paymaster of the Nicarisi Copper Com
pany on June Is, when he was on his way
to the mine with money TO pay the men,
killing the driver and Selling 81, 200, have
been captured by the Mexican authorities
and taken to the scene of the crime and
shot. One was Jesus Escalante, mayor of
the town Of Fr0nteras, in Sonora, another
was Robert TribOleta, u we'll known res
ident OF Bisbee, Arizona, and the other
two were poems, servants Of Escalante,
The money was recovered.
BOWLING GREEN, KY, special: 1t is
said here that an organized mob is being
formed at MOrgantOwn to lynch Sam
Spencer and Alfred Belcher for the MUIR
der of Major A. II. Hamilton. The ex.
cltement runs high and the mob only needs
q leader 10 take the murlerers out and
hang them.
GOLDEN CRY. Mo-, special: A heavy
raing puts a serious phase Oh the harvest
question in this vicinity. 1t has rained
every day for q week and wheat and oats
in shock are moulding and sproniing bad.
ly. Uncut oats cannot be reached. with .
machine owing to the sOftnesss OF the
earth.