Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-08-29

MINNESOTA.
Princeton.-At the special village
electlon the opposition to water works
ana electric light bonds carried the
E!ysian-The new threshino outAt
Of Willard and Fifer. on the farm ~
frank WaDbar adjoining the VILLAGE,
burned. Total loss $3.50.
Moorhead-The ladies of St. Johns
episcopal church, Of this city will
issue = woman's edition of the Moor
head Daily News Oct. 10.
Observation-Disclosures is completed
here and all the threshing rigs are at
work. Barley turns out from 40 to 20
Dushel per acre; oats, 40 to 60: wheat.
Toto %; flax, l8 to %.
Albert Lea.-Two horses, q bay and
gray, we're stolen Saturday night from
the barn of Thomas Courtney. near
New klchland. A stiffed necked man
ABOUT i've feet tall is suspected.
Granite Falls-This place was WIS.,
tied by the heaviest wind storm for
years, accompanied by hail and rain.
The new tannery building was de-
stroyed and other wrecks made.
Winona.-Hilyer Finger, a section
hand on the Milwaukee road, at Grand
Crossing. near here, was run over by
9 freight train Sunday, and his left
leg SO badly crushed that amputation
was NECESSARY.
st. Cloud-E. E. Clark has qualified
as receiver for the st. Cloud City
Street Car Company by filing his
bond in the sum Of $4,000. The next
step will come when he demands DOS
session of the road.
Faribault.--A state conference of
the State Board Of Charities and Cor
rections will be held in this city on
Oct. 1881. The conference will con
slider the matter of caring for the poor
as we'll at charities of all kinds.
Lake City.-A conservative estimate
places the average yield of barley in
this country at 40 bushels per acre;
oats IS bushels, wheat Is bushels.
SOAA ID AOOnAA8 W0AA 0AN VuA0o0 luJUI0U
by frost will be a large crop.
Window. "A Mrs. Lokken, here,
filed the gasoline stove with gasoline
and in doing SO spilled some Of the oil
on the floor and on the stove. When
she lighted the stove the oil on the
floor caught fire and also set the
woman's dress on fire. Being alone in
the house she was SO badly burned be-
fore the fire could be extinguished
that she died in q few hours.
Wood Lake. 49, After service last
night a large lamp in the Methodist
church fell to the floor catching fire
and enveloping the inside in flames.
Fire protection extinguished the
flames with persistent efforts, leaving
the inside of the church in a badly
condition.
Tower.-Reports from the Manitou
district of Rainy lake indicate that it
will be a great gold district. Assays
in some cases give as high as $1,000 to
the ton, and free gold visible to the
eye is found in many places. 1t is re
Detroit Mich, capitalists have
40 acres adjoining the WieR-
and property for $4,000 cash, and will
thoroughly explore it this fall.
CrookstOn.-A search for n missing
heir, which has been in progress for
Is years, has just closed, and
an effort will now be made to have
divided the property which is located
in New York, as records have just
been found which show almost beyond
a doubt that George Belle, the man
for whom the search has been made,
has been dead and buried for several
years. j. G. Pepin, who has resided in
Polk county for several years, is the
man who has been making the search
for Belle. Pepin is one of the heirs to
the estate, which, he says, is valuable,
OF New York business prop
erty.
DuLUTH-Special State Agent GRAY
has, returned from the Rainy
river county and reports finding tim
Der trespessess aggregating $1,000. The
concerns that brought from the tres
passers are settling up.
STILLwArER-The threshing engine
of an outfit owned by Joseph
Carter, exploded three miles from
in Anoka county. Carter was
literally blown to pieces and his father
injured.
ST. HILAIRE-While engaged in dig
ring the race for the dam at st. Hilaire
few days ago, the workmen un-
what may prove to be a valu-
able f1nd. It was found in large guam
titles and is probably mica. although
experts have not yet passed on it: The
is as clear as CRYSTAL and
has the micacous faculty of splitting
In sheets. The mineral was struck
about 10 feet from the surface, and is
supposed to be plentiful. as it was
out by the workmen in great
Samples were brought here
last night and will probably be sent
away for an analysis.
BLUE EARTH CITY-J. Freund's ex-
animation for the murder of Clara
Ober was concluded and he was bound
over to the January term OF the dis.
trict court. The state did not put IN
al It's evidence, but just enough to
hold him.
WINoNA-Winona and Eau Claire, Wis
are soon to have telephone communi.
and as Eau Glare and Phillips
are already connected, service will be
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