Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-10-20

governor OF Dakota. Dakota has been
fortunate this year, but we don't be.
lieve she will be fortunate enough tc
loose Ordway for some time.
The election returns from Iowa indi.
cate that Governor Sherman's plural.
lty over Kline would be in the neigh.
borhood Of 25,OOO, and that his MAORI.
ty over kint1e and Weaver would pro.
bably be 1000. The Legislature was
given as follows: Senate, Republicans
40; democrats, 10. House, Republi.
cans, 81; Democrats, 49,; Greenbackers
Z.
Parties had better stop prospecting
around here or they may find some.
thing that will prevent them from max
ing oath that "the land is more valua
bic fer agricultural purposes We ar,
ssld that a party about II miles soutfr
west Of here found a twenty inch vein
of coal twenty-five feet below the sur.
face only a few weeks ago. The re-
port needs confirmation.
1t is reported about the town that q
man set a prairie fire over on the Hills
few days ago when the wind was in
the north which destroyed large quan.
tity of hay and a nuinler Of outbuild.
lngs before it Was checked. BY way OF
retaliation as soon as the wind was in
the south another fire was started by
those who had suffered from the first
one which followed back along the side
OF the burned strip and destroyed all
the hay of the party who set the first
fire. Revenge is sweet.
1t is shown by the records in the ter
ritorial secretary's office that Governor
Ordway issued commission to John
Falde, jr., as county co o-,lmissioner for
Hyde county, on the i Of August last
The record also show that on the 25th
OF September the appointment was can.
celed, the governor stating that charges
had been preferred against Mr.. Falde
In the meantime Mr.. Falde had quail
fled as county commissioner and had
entered upon his duties. 1t is pre-
sumed, from subsequent developments,
that the charges against Mr.. Falde were
that he located the county seat where
the people wanted it and not where the
governor wanted it. The scheme of
the executive was to put the county
seat out on the vacant prairie on some
land belonging to his friends" and Mr..
Falde Thought it should go to High
more, which is the only town in Hyde
county. So the governor, in open usur-
patton of his power, Issues an edict re-
moving MIR. Falde from office, though
he has not yet had the cheek to appoint
his successor. Under the laws of Da-
kota, after a governor has appointed
commissioners for an unorganized
county his authority ceases. Yet he
has in more instances than one as
sumed to fill vacancies III county boards
created by his own acts. Mr.. Falde
continues to act us commissioner in op-
position to the order of removal:
The NJ: E: Mission Conference on Sat
urday held a very spirited session: The
business of the morning referred to
the location of a University. The COM
mittee appointed at the last session of
the conferetice to investigate the mat
ter, receive bids, and report the same
to the present conference, made their
report, which was accepted and adopted.
The report provides for the location of
school at Mitchell, and also one at
Ordway, a town about l40 miles north
of Mitchell. The aggregate sum total
Of all the money, land, property, ETC.,
amounts to over three hundred thous-
and dollars The last part Of the ses-
sion was occupied in a discussion on
the question Of prohibition. rhe COM
mites on temperance brought in mi
nority report, which was most ably ar
gued by the Rev. Dolliver, Of Yankton.
The majority side was Sustained by
Revs. Murray, Of Plankinton; Knox of
Faulk county, and L. Hartsdugh. A
vote was taken, resulting in twenty
three for opposing the Sioux Falls con-
stitutional convention, and nineteen
against opposition. On the majority
side Of the report the speakers main
tanned that nothing could lie gained,
but loss Of good friends would occur
in an effort to oppose the constitution.
That the case, as it now stands, is quite
favorable to the Prohibitionists.
Following is list of the appoint
ments for the Mitchell district for the
ensuing year:
Mitchell District-1. N. Pardee. ?. It,
Mlitchell-C. E. Hager.
Alexandria,. c. Shetland.
Alexandria Circuit-A +. Cox,
Bijou ,Hilfs-i,. W. Smith.
Castatia-J. @. Swain.
ChambeiJain-J. s. Eitler. ~, .
Fcrestliurg George Naville.
Grand View Ito be Supplied:
Kimball-C,V. Martin.