Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-30

Judge george clark attempted 70 COM
init suicide at Rapid City the other day.
He ran . pocket knife into his throat. ne.
10 = county commissioner Of Pennington.
County. and 80 years old. Dependency
was the u OF the deed.
South Dakota Briefs.
Col. Fred T. Evans Of Qeadwood has
made arrangements with the Sioux City
starch works to use what IL left Of the corn
In the manufacture OF starch, for the feed
ing OF q large herd OF cattle. The starch
plant grinds up and treats 1000 bushels OF
corn q day and the substance that IL cast
aside, which is the most nutricioux cle-
ment in the grain, is estimated to be sum-
cient to feed 1000 head of cattle a day.
Large buildings are being erected capable
of sheltering 1000 head OF cattle.
The arrest of a man named j. B. Taylor
at Aberdeen last week for petty stealing
led to the u%nearthing of a veritable rob-
bers' roost. On searching his house hun.
dreds of dollars worth Of stolen goods Of
all descriptions were found concealed in
various places.
=. BOwker, q conductor on the Burliug-
ton, has a fortune in an onyx mine near
Pringle. Samples which have been sent
to Philadelphia, Chicago and other eastern
places for examination by experts have.
been pronounced genuine onyx and es.
pe:ially valuable, being of light color.
A meeting Of Black Hills prospectors
was called for December 25, to protest
against certain features OF q bill revising
the federal mining laws which Is expected
to b passed by congress this winter.
State Auditor Mayhem has refused to.
audit and pay the bill Of Fall River County
for tho costs Of the ROndO murder trial.
The leglslAture made no appropriation for
such parpOees.
John Smith, the John who lives in Par
ker, has invented and made q 80 pound
cannon. He made one similar some years.
ago and presented 1t to the town Of Canton.
Carl Rollbe16, better known as Lame
Charlie" q familiar figure in Dead wood for
years, took . doe Of morphine with suici-
dial intent and dted from the effects.
Lee 4 Prentisshf vermilion. the firm of
which Governor HE 10 . member. is en-
gagged in feeding l90O head of cattle ON a
farm in Clay Coun\f.
The semi-annualh ession of the Huron.
District MinisteriaN Association, Dakota
Conference. was held\et Huron on the 18th
Owing to the freexinA& up Of the springs
in the earth from which yOeadwood derives
nsr sup fa%,a that city is ~tnrsatened with .
Mr.. and Mrs. Gantx have recently re-
turned to Sturgis from I0y> to live, taking
with them forty bushels Of hickory nuts.
DR.. J. w. Hancher, late . esident of the
Black Hills College, lost 81 his furniture
in the Auditorium fire in Kat pas City.
The names of 1854 citizensdk I South Da-
k0ta are signed to the petition Nor the pas
sage Of the postal savings bal k bill.
Leslie White Of Belle Fourdhe. has gone
TO Seattle to be ready to go o Alaska on
the first steamer in the spriu
1t is reported Judge Andrews will re-
sumo the practice Of law in Watertown on
the conclusion OF his term.
A new Insurance company has been or
ganized at Madison aud is ready for BUSH
ness.
A deal Is on for the sale Of q copper
mine near Carlin for 81. 1000.
1t is now practically settled that there.
will be two smelters in Belle Eourcbe in
operation in a few months. The Belle
Fourche Smelling and Milling Company
has already surveyed q site for q large
plant and representatives from the Dead.
wood Golde Reward Company have made.
careful examination Of the ground along
the river. 1t Is announced that the Bur-
lingt0n will build down to the city from
DeadwOOd ii these sMelters are built.
A German farmer by the name bf John
Bauer, who resided east of Mound CITY.
met death in a horrible form. He went to
town and became intoxicated. When less
than two miles out Of the city, Bauer was
found with his head hanging between one
OF the rear wheels and: the wagon box.
Portions Of his skull and face were
pounded to a jelly by the spokes of the
wheel and he was dead.
The first trainload OF beef cattle that
were ever shipped from the Black Hills
left Spearfish the other day. There were
seventeen cars. The cattD were owned
by Thomas Matthews, an wore fed on
oats and alfalfa. The oat1 hascuts when
green and arc fed in theAA ~. The oats
and alfalfa, together. Nh feod cqeal to
eastern corn. The experf2e nt with Mr..
Matthews has proven very tuecessfuI and
other farmers hereafter VII eDgaEs in
beef fattening.
Martin Chapman has commenced 9 suit
against s. G. Fargo 4 Son, d. NJ. hmm.
president OF the First National Bank, OF
vermillion; William Hickey, as sheriff IS
Iankton County, and D. G. Shull q Sioux
City, Iowa. The suit grows out OF theV
failure Of 5. c. Fargo d Son, merchants Of
Hot Springs. Chapman claims that 5. G.
Fargo has ~fraudulently disposed Of his
real estate and asks Z receiver.
The Merchants State Bank has sold it,
business to the Hot Springs State Bank
which has moved TO the location OF the
former. The principal stockholders Of the
new institution are Messrs. Lake and Hal
ley OF Rapid City.
Ihe committee having In charge tho se-
lection Of Z place for holding the mex.
foung Peoples Society Of Christian En-
deavnr convention will be invited TO nam
Huron - the place. Members Of the soci~
ETY. there are already arranging details.
At the special election held ~ Elk Point
to vote on bonding the city In the sum OF
Sl2,00O for waterworks purposes, tho prop
osifton was overwhelmingly carried.
4 HYkA AAsm>A~s &c.