Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-05-19

PRESIDENT DILLON claims GnaC, instead
of the Union Pacific Railroad Company
being indebted to the United States Gov.
eminent 81 ,64S,991, the Government yves
the company s., 73s, 1883. The discrepancy
arises from a difference of opinion as to
what constitutes a fair compensation for
carrying the mails.
In an ancient mound near Lenoir, N. c.,
fifty-six perfect skeletons, many of gigan-
tic size with remarkable heads, were found
a few days ago.
FOSTER g. MCKAY, boiler and engine
manufacturers at T%itusville, Pa, have
failed for $$225O,0OO.
AN explosion of gas on the 4th in a coal
mine at Wilkesbarre, Pa. killed two men.
Many tombstones in an adjacent cemetery
were overturned by the force of the ex-
plosion, which occurred six hundred feet
below the surface.
THE principal business portion of Union
City, Ind, was destroyed by fire on h 4th.
Loss, over $2250,000.
THREE murderers were hanged on the
4th-viz., John Lee (colored) at GAINESVILLE,
Fla; Robert Butler at Columbia, La, and
d. T. Walker at Trenton, Ga. After the
hanging of Walker a row occurred among
the spectators, during which George Bird,
a brother of the Sheriff, was killed, and sew
eral other persons were injured.
AN earthquake shock was experienced at
Helena, M. T., shortly before moo on the
4th.
The business failures during the seven
days ended on the 4th numbered 1872, against
1872 for the previous week, but Sc more than
in the corresponding week of 1882. The
failures were distributed as follows: New
England States, 10; Middle, Is; Western,
A; Southern, %: Pacific States and Terri
tories, 10; New York City, 8; and Canada,
80. The general run of failures was insig-
nifcant.
The Executive Council of the Irish
American National League met at New
York on the 4th and pronounced dynamite
as simply personal warfare.
AGENTS of the Post-ofice Department
made a descent upon two establishments
recently carrying on a private post-ofice
business in New York, the two concerns de-
livering about forty thousand letters daily
on the penny-post plan. Over twenty
thousand letters and packages were seized.
CAPTAIN HALL, of the United States
Secret Service, reports that a new counter
felt %ten-dollar note has made its appear
ance. 1t is a Photographic copy of that of
the First National Bank of Milwaukee, and
is a fair imitation. The numbers are:
"Letter B, 2,715; Treasury, 347,146; bank,
269: series of 1882" The portrait of Garfield
and the seal, instead of being pink, are al
most gray i'll parts; the border of the back
and the lathe work are slate color, while
they should be brown; and the back of the
center, which ought to be green, is a pale
olive. The lathe work on the portrait is
poorly executed.
F-REE-TH1NKERs of this country and Can
ada AVE been invited to meet in owen
tion at Rochester, N. Y, August 20, for a
session of five days.
NEW YORK bankers and others were
warned on the 4th against taking eleven
stolen Bank of England notes for f1,OOO
each. The numbers include 1880 to 49,.
100.
AMOS BAILEY, the colored murderer OF
MI. Cain, a white man, near Little
Springs, Miss, was taken out of Jail by a
mob a few evenings ago and lynched.