Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-04-02

announced it 10 believed the use OF
metallic currency IL imminent. The
proposed reform consists In coming
new gold pieces exactly corresponding
in value to the present paper trouble"
PAR1s-Minister Of foreign affairs,
Berthelot, has resigned on account of
i'll health.
GEORGETOWN, Texas.-Matt Moody, q
negro, wal hanged In the presence Of
1000 people, for the murder OF Andrew
Pickrell.
PIrrsBURa-At the wire nail manu-.
facturers' association meeting In New
York the price of wire mails was i'd
vanced Is cents per key. Cut nAils
will follow In the same ratio.
VERSAILLES, Ky.-The deposit bank
Of Midway, whose cashier, MI. Stone,
was alleged to have embezzled nearly
$4,000 Of its funds, has assigned to
John Wise. one of the directors.
LoxDoN-The Chronicle says 1t will
still hear of negotiations for the pur-
chase of DelaRoa Bay by Great Britain
are afoot and King Humbert will arbi-
trate the price to be paid In spite of
denials made in behalf of the govern
ment in parliment.
LIMA. Peru - The government has
notified the diplomatic corps that all
claims against Peru arising out of the
recent civil war must be presented
within 30 days.
ANsoN1A, Conn.-Fire destroyed the
$4,000 GermaniR hall, a brick block.
| fIvk. s~-sA4. ITnruu EH,,Enn foil frnrn M
upper landing head foremost and was
fatally injured.
JOHANNESBURG President Kruger
will not 20 to England. Boer feeling
is running high against the reform
leaders, whose position will be critical
in the event of further friction.
LONDON. - Mark Twain has com.
pletely recovered his health aud he
sailed from Bombay for Mauritius and
Cape Town. He has sold the copy
right of a new work for $4,000.
PATERSON, N. J.--Maj. Edward Leslie,
q we'll known inventor, committed
suicide by taking morphine. His wife
and family. are in Canada. A suit
growing out of infringement of patent
was recently decided against Leslie,
and this made him melancholy.
HAVANA. - The column of troops
commanded by Col. Pauvia has been
engaged with insurgent cavalry mum
bering about 1000 men, under the
leadership of Lscret ut the plantation
of San joaquin. The Spanish cavalry
charged the enemy and the latter re-
treated leaving 10 killed.
WASHINGTON. - All United States
mails for the Bahama islands after
April s will be sent from New York
alone. Part of the service during the
past winter months has been per-
formed by q contract with the steamer
Northumberland, plying between Mas
sau, N. r, and Palm Beach, Fla, but
the arrangement terminates OH the
day mentioned.
New YoRK.-A verdict was returned
in favor of the plaintiff for 5129,240 in
a suit tried before Justice Freedman
in which Barring, Magoun j. Co.. of
London, sued L. Waterbury & Co.,
brokers, to recover f25,OW with in
terest, loaned by the plaintiff on Dec.
q, 1892. Bonds and securities were
given the loan, but the defendant re-
fused to pay on the ground that the
loan was on behalf Of the National
Cordage syndicate, which had failed.
BROOKLYN Edward King, the we'll
known author and correspondent Is
dead.
SAN Francisco. - Three hundred
Chinese were blown 10 atoms by the ex-
plosion of a magazine at Fort kiang,
China. According to advices by
steamer the disaster was the work OF
mutinous soldiers.
SPRINGFIELD, Iu.-Albert Batterton,
q young man of Athens was shot and
killed by City Marshal Trent in that
city while burglarizing q restaurant.
PANA, Ills. = Onward s. Davis ex-
mayor Of this city and a prominent
commission merchant committed sui
eide by shooting himself with q revol.
yer. Cause Of financial trouble.
CHICAGO Trans Missouri lines have
refused to grant the l cent q mile rate
TO the q. A. 4. encampment.
RoME-The senate by q vote of 100 to
70, has adopted the 14O.OOO,OOO lire
credit asked for by the government
Tor contemplated operations In Africa.
CHICAGO. Miss Frances E. Willard
authorizes the statement that the na-
tlonal convention of the w. G. r. u.
for 1886 will be held in st. Louis.
MILWAUKEE. - The families owning
two OF the largest breweries in Mil
waukee were united last night, when
Miss Ida Uihlein become the wife OF
Frederick Pabst, Jr.
HAvANA.-An expedition, supposed
TO be from the steamer Bermuda, has
landed between Guantanamo and
Santiago dc Cuba, in che province Of
the latter name.
GRAND Forks, N. DIV. p. Alsip, OF
this city, was awarded the government
contract Tor 100000 brick at the
Rosebud Indian agency.
EAST GRAND FoRKs, Minn.-A man
named Smith Wheeler was found dead
IN Q saloon. The officials hint st foul
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