Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-03-24

~, DAKOTA, SATURDAY MARC
E THE District Court now in session at Huron
has asked the attendance of quite number Of
Washington Springs eople-witnesses on be-
half Of the Territory.
Mr.. T. F. Rigg, late of the White Lake
Times has purchased half interest in the Au-
rora County Standard. We congratulate Mr..
Rgg upon his STAT take." rs-
The Quarterly meeting which was appointed
for last Monday and Tuesday has been post
poned for about month. Due notice will be
given Of the time and place.
II r. 8. BATEMAN is expected home from Ap-
pleton, Wisconsin in few days. His trip to
that city was in the interest of the proposed
N. E. Church at washington Springs:
The county Superintendent has received no
ttce from territorial supt Beadle that the new
school will be ready. for distribution in
pamplaet form about the middle. Of April. 4
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Astls McC Carter, living near Sullivan, r. O..
Was thrown fri,nf hfs horse u AAfoniiny; His
shoulder blade being broken thereby. Heis in
a bad condition, but is getting along nicely.
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sTRAwNERRIEs were selling in Mitchell last
week at s1!4b per box or nearly Scents apiece.
It is necdlessto say they were not Dakota
production; that could be told from the price
A Mr. Hewet, and another party whose name
we did not learn, both from Fayette county,
Iowa, moved their household goods and stock
to their new home in Town 1O7-66 last We'd
nesdayr -,
A party consisting of Mcssrs. Jacobs, Ma
guire and Powell, from Illinois, were out in
Town 1Q7- -66 the first of the week building
their houses. They return to the East after
their families at once.
Our friend Blowers is kept busy every day
and far into the night nearly every night loca-
ting the new comers and in assisting them to
get things in proper shape for beginning. life
again here on the frontier. The pilgrims have
found out that when ''Hi'' undertakes to help
them he stays right by until the job is COM
plcte.
PARTIES in addressing the HERALD should
remember that Washington Springs is the name
of our town while the post office is at present
called ''Elmcr." 1t is but fair to the residents
here to say that they had nothing to do with
IL ~G 4, A.
the proper time comes it will be- changed to
conform to the name of the town.
The prairie fire that was started in town 1O7
IS last week entirely destroyed the house and
contents of new settler north of the Fire
steel. His loss in dollars and cents amounts
to about $780, 1t leaves the family entirely
destitute. Parties setting prairie fires should
bear in mind that the laws arc very stringent
in this regard.
TIE want of our people just now is lumber;
dimension stuff is an article that has been
heard of and some yards will quote prices on
but this is the nearest approach to getting it
as the railroads are crowded to their fullest ca
pacity in transporting live stock and immi-
grant goods; we do not object to this but hope
that arrangements may be speedily made,
whereby we can get lumber as well.
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MARRIED,-At the residence of Rev
A. B. Smart, on the 25th ult.. Mr.. c. Il,
Hall to Mrs. N. G. Weems, all Of Ell
mer.
The happy pair are we'll and favora.
bly, known to the people in this vici-
nifty, and their many friends will un-
ite with the HERALD in wishing them
much JOY and long and happy life.
We regret to learn that Mr.. and Mrs. G. w.
Reed are about to leave Odebolt Mr.. Reed
and Mr.. Theron Aiken, of Ida Grove, contem-
plate going into the real estate business in Da-
kota, for which place they expect to start this
week. Mrs. Reed will stop with Mrs. Aiken
in Ida Grove for few weeks, until the gentle
men have located, when they will join their
husbands in Dakota Mr.. Reed is an industri-
GUS young man, and has won friends during
ded success.-Odebolt Qa.) Observer
AS will! he seen by their advertise
ment in another column Messrs Reed
& Aiken have located ut Washington
Springs. and will erect an Office as
soon as the material can be procured
for that purpose. The gentlemen are
we'll recommended by their friends in
their former location, and we wish
them unbounded success.