Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-06-30
Wlli our es changes ia.ase note t',t
fact dhat THE HERALp's z. @. address
is Elmer, Anrora county. Dakota.
Mr. An2legare's building % y 40 is
about ieady for occupancy.

One ns Omer Shryock's horses was
fotu'ci 70 be blind when he got to Nit
chell the other day.
Mr. Kenny who is putting up i build
ing y X 50 f0rGroteries snd Feed store
will have III enclosed this week.
| In digging Il well on Mr.. McIntosh's
| claim On los they found Il tunnar-
ack tree in splendid state OF preser-
| walton.
The BAKER hotel, now in eourse of
construction at White Lake will be
.s,,1th.ssast'nest AZ a. building in Aurora county
when completed.
ar. Frank Weiss, of rassville, Wis.
Was a visitor at the Springs this week,
hfs object being the selection of site
fVv hardware store.
! Mr. j. G. Campbelrs i,ioo,le,l bull lay
down the other day and WAS unable to
get up again. 1t s6ems to be some
kind OF Il spinal diseeae.
! A brother of Rey. W. B. Affleck,
with his family consisting of a wife
and twenty-one children, has recently
settled in Buffalo county.
4 Messrs. Perry Bros. & Bump of Nit
chell, were callers at the HERALD Of
flee Friday, They were on their way
to their claims on 1O7-e,.
Howell, in Hand county, is located
on the survey of the Chicago & Mil
waukee road, it has lately been scrip
ped and plated and lots TIRE selling ra-
pidly.
Judge EdgsE:oD has granted di-
vorce on the grounds Of habitual drum
kenness of the husland-the first bill
ever granted in ;hc territory for such
reason
Mrs. Baker, accompanied by her
daughter Amy. are again "at hone:"
her claim in 80 and 3l--1os-et is one
OF the best in the peighhorhood of the
Springs.
| The HERALD would acknowledge a
call from 6. .B. Bender and Mr.. McGin-
mis- OF Plankinton the last week. Mr..
Bender Will put in a stock OF drugs in
the building just west OF Dunn &
Hackett's office.
John McCarter who has been suffer
ing TO. some time pest fro1lt Erysipelas
is recGytring under the trefltn,ent Of
Mrs. Nr, Hall. The limbs were badly
swollen and finally hroke al the ankles
discharging freely,
Buffalo Herald: ED Moulton, on S. e.
of IS, 1O7--6S, was caught in picket
rope, attached to a young stallion, one
day last week, and dragged about three
miles before The horse tired out. His
back and limbs were as if burned by
fire.
The Third Quarterly Conference Of
the NJ. L. Church will meet Saturday
evening at 1870, ut the residence Of II.
Blowers. Loye-feast at Stephens
Hall. Preaching by Presiding Elder.
Rev. w, Whitfield at 1O:30. The usual
exercises attending quarterly meetings
after preaching. All are cordially in
vited to be present.
The Yankton Press has been filled
for some time past with documents
pro and con in regard to Elder Whit
fields call for the Constitutional Con-
vention. 1t makes no difference whe-
ther the call was technically correct or
not: the lneetipg was called and the re-
suits were not what the Pioneer Press
wished, hence the attack on Elder
Whitfield.
The reports OF the Huron Conven-
tion say every county south Of the 46th
parallel except Charles Mix, Custer and
one other We're repre resented by dele
gates. This is Il mistake: Jerarld
county sent no delegates for the reason
that unorganized counties We're not
asked to take part. IT any one pre-
tended to represent this county it was
on their own responsibility they We're
not asked to do SO by the people.
\ Mr.. Meyerdirk was engaged by
Mr.. Atwood to dig Il well on the farm
OF Mr. Mills in town 1O6-63, near the
sand hills, when down about forty feet
they found some as fine specimens OF
float coal as we ever saw. They also
found the stump OF Il cedar tree that
must have been twelve inches in diam
eter We hope some one will get down
to the genuine formation soon and set
tie the fuel question for this section Of
country.
G. ". Patton. one Of the proprletors
of the Palisades Mills in Minnehaha
county, accompanied by Mr.. Chase, for
merly OF Louisville, Ky, and a Mr.. Da-
Wis were at the Springs last Thursday
on u prospecting tour. They think our
crops far in advance Of those in the
Sioux Valley and We're surprised at
the general characteristics of our soil
as it was so much better than they had
been led to believe. The party will be