Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-09-26
OF THE WEEK.
Condensed Items Of interest
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HELENA, MontJudge Blake issue,
writ OF mandate against the connf,
recorder, applied for directing chat Is
0Cer to furnish tho city with q copv 4
the assessment roll. The county ~
appealed tho case to the suprem
court.
BLooHlNoroN, nl.-The -four mil
long known a. the Zenith mill, ON th,
Illinois Central tracks and Taylo
street, burned this morning at osciocl
Loss, &21sOOO; Insurance 10000. Il ~.
operated BY the Mclean County Mill
Ing Company, Of which Mrs, Lucind,
Neal OF Portland, Ind, IL the princi
pal stakeholder. :
CaIcA0o-The Columbia Lbrar,
ell has started on its trip around ths
world: 1t left on q special train anG
Will irst 60 to Atlanta, where it viii
remain untilthe close ofthe exposition
After thatit will be taken through the
Southern states and Mexico, and from
there 1t will 60 to Europe and thence
around the world.
ST.. CROIx FALLS, Wis.--Robert Seeds
9 recent arrival from the gold fields Of
British Columbia, put in a day this
week examining the gold prospects in
the numerous creeks which empty
into the st. Croix river near this place.
From one creek, called Whiskey creek,
he collected over SIG worth Of gold
He gives 1t as his opinion that there is
gold in paying quantities in all the
creeks, not to speak of the veins which
the hills may contain.
MADISON, Wis.-The new Standard
Telephone Company that recently
moved its plant here from Minneapo.
lis, Is bringing q legal hornets nest
down about its head. It's policy seems
certain to involve it in legal coutro-
versy with the Bell Telephone Com
pany. Working through 9 local COM
pany, 1t proposes to establish q local
exchange here. After first cutting
down telephone rates o~ne-fourth, it
is now securing contracts with the
Bell subscribers by which its phones
will repluce the Bell instruments.
NORTH PLATTE, Neb.-A courier
from the northwestern part Of the
country states that Sheriff Miller has
stationed pickets at various points on
the Garfield stable" all day, watching
for the robbers to cross. Horesmen
could be seer from these points for six
miles, and the sheriff feels sure of
capturing the entire gang soon. Dep
uty Spahl last night took q mar
named Ostrander to Gothenburg and
jailed him on q charge of being con-
nected with the hold-up. He was cap
tured in the sand-h Is miles north.
WASHINGTON, D. C.-Acting Secre-
tary Reynolds, of the interior depart
ment, has approved Minnesota swamp
land list No. AZ, containing 1000 acres,
In the st. Cloud land list. :
ST. LOUIS, Mo.-A special to the
Chronicle from Piedras Negras, Mex,
says that advices have reached there
of the almost complete destruction OF
tho towers of Rodriguez and Abastcr,
south of there in the valley on the
Salido river. Both places were wiped
out of existence by a cloud burst
which occurred in the San Bias noun
tains back of the towns. So far rs
known there were no lives lost.
LONDON-In the House of Commons
MI. George n. Curzon, under foreign
secretary, stated that while the docu-
ments received from the Congo coun-
try in regard to the execution of the
British trader Stokes by the Belgian
authorities do not contain all of the
information desired they still contain
enough to show the very serious char
acter of the case
ST. LOUISA special from Spring
field, ILL.,, says that the state board of
health was notified of the appearance
OF 80 new cases of diptheris in Hamil-
ton county and instructions for its
treatment were sent by Secretary
Scott. The outbreak of this disease
seems general in that county and q
number of deaths have occurred.
SPOKANE, Wash.-There is great ex-
element here in consequence OF the
report from Fruitland. Stevens county
OF q rich strike of silver there. Bill
Kearney. q reliable prospector,. states
that a vein nearly three feet thick and
almost solid silver has been struck.
Other reports confirm the prospctor's
story. People are 1ocking to the new
camp.
WASHINGTON, d, C.-The treasury
gold reserve today Is officially stated
at eo7, 6l2,OO6, subject to an addition OF
100000 not yet taken up in the
treasurer's books.
GREEN BAY, Wis.-The extreme
drouth is reaching serious stages. I'm
ripened crops are crisping to destruc-
ton. Many farmers wells are drying
up and cattle have to be driven to
neighboring places for water. These
troubles with the already spreading
forest fires, render the outlook calami-
tous.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo.-Charles Allen, one
Of the Springfield, Ill. postofflce rob-
berries, who broke out OF the Ludlow
street Jail in New York on July 4 last,
was caught here.
WEST SUPERIOR, Wis.-Eastern capt.
tslists are looking for the location Of
. match factory in this section, Z. II.
Martin, Of Chicago, representing them
has lust returned from the east.
LoNpoN-A dispatch to the Times
from Shanghai confirms the report
that Liu Ping Chang, formerly viceroy
OF Sau Chang he's been appointed Inn
perial high commissioner to investi-
gate the outrsges upon foreign mis-
sionaries.
YosK. PA-Chas. Still, . constable
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