Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-06-09

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Some one said that ii dog wags it's
tail because the tail can't wag the dog.
That is the reason why Jerauld can't
wag Buffalo. Buffalo Herald.
Well. what of that? You have our
permission to wag your tail all you
wish to-
The Buffalo Herald publishes an
obituary nctice of an. Indian girl; to
say that it exhibits poor taste for such
an itsnlt to, appear in a paper published
on the frontier, is stating it mild; it is
almost brutal enough to have originat-
ed in Boston.
Mrs. Fai; gets her divorce and s4,-
100000 in5tish 8 and real estate, togeth-
er with tfN custody of the two young
est ch1ldre]l sSae ought, with economy,
te.gss 4 sa!s = ~ WITH that .amount until
the children are old enough to help
keep the wolf from the door.
|. The first loads Of lumber for the new
church building We're hauled down
from Washington last Tuesday by Mr..
r. S, Bateman and II. Blowers. We
Understand that a number of teams
are going up again next Monday-suf-
ficient in number to bring it all down.
John Blizzard, who was the oldest
citizen of Ohio, and perhaps the oldest
man in the Union, has Just died at his
home in Center township, Guernsey
county. Mr.. Blizzard, who was a col
ored man, was born in Essex county.
w. Va, in 1888, Which makes him up
wards of 1875 years Of age.
A drove of 1855 head Of cattle, mostly
young stock. passed through here on
Thursday last, going to Deadwood.
They were from Missouri, had been
about six weeks on the road, and ex-
pected to get through to Deadwood
about the middle Of July. The stock
seemed to be in good condition.
Some Of the new comers who have
thought this season was terrible cold
and backward should remember that
the same is true Of all sections Of the
country. While we have been having
rainy days and cold nights, people in
Illinois and Wisconsin have been
visited with frosts, ice forming over a
half incl; thick.
Who will be the lucky man to start a
meat market at Washington Springs
There il . large number of people liv-
ing in the neigh borhoCd Who would oc-
casionally Ikea piece of fresh meat
having been lsed to such delicacy
back in America. The number is so
large now, thai the man who will open
a shop will, without doubt, make a
success from the start.
a party consisting of A. Weston, j.
Spheicher and d. NLilney, Of iowa, and
G. G. Akin, Of White Lake, formerly
Of st. Joseph. Mo-, were on an eXplor-
ing expedition at the Springs yester-
day. They were well pleased with what
they saw, and Mr.. Akin, at feast, will
probably locate here and engage in the
drug business. In this connection we
will remark that he claims no relation
ship to. the Akin spoken OF elsewhere.
The PlaDllinton Free Press, one of
the most valuable of our exchanges
has prospered, in business to such an
extent that it now has a new power
press and two editors; we do not mean
by this, that the new editor is a legiti-
mate outgr0Wth OF the business, but
we do say that Messrs. kibbe & Chase
get UP a neat paper We congratulate
them on the success already achieved.
and trust they may continue to prosper
as they so richly deserve.
Mr.. M. D. Grow, who lives west Of
the Springs, is an old nurseryman. He
brought with him from his Old Iowa
nursery considerable stock which he
knows will grow in Dakota soil; this
stock he offers to parties wishing to
purchase at prices as low as any respon-
sible nursery at the Eas. will sell the
same grhde of trees for. Just as rap
idly as it can be done, MI. Grow pro-
poses to put in full stock forest trees,
fruit trees, shrubhery, etc, being now
prepared to fill any orders he may re-
ceive from parties wishing trees for
their tree claims. His p. O. address is,
NJ. d. Crow. Elmer .. r."
The capital commission are now 60
ing tfrouh the forlnality Of "oting OF
the various propositions that have been
made them for the location Of the cap
ital.
Since the above was put in type the
Yankton Press and DHk0taian Of the
4th has to hand from which we
make the following extract: l'he gov
ernol ielegraphea here yesterday that