Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-07-21
OF THE week.
Interesting News Compilation,
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In reference to the refusal at numerous
places to receive t~rade-dollars Mr.. Pres
ton, Acting Director of the Mint at Wash
ington, stated on he I'd 'that under the
act authorizing the coinage of trade-dol-
lars, those pieces were made for depositors
of bullion, were never paid out by the
Government, exchanged for other money,
or meant for general use. The only rene
dy is for Congress to call them in and re-
deem them at a fixed rate"
For unknown reasons the four Commits
sioners and Clerk of Grand County, Colo
RADIO, were shot by masked men on the 4th,
two being killed instantly and two others
being mortally wounded.
THE Chicago Typographical Union has
voted to postpone its recent demand for
an increase in pay to printers until Octo-
Der /, at which time a motion to reconsider
the resolution for an advance will be dis
posed of.
DURING a fog at Utica, N. Y, the other
morning two work-trains collided, injuring
half a dozen persons, one fatally.
JOHN Roach has been awarded the con-
tract for building four steel nava vessels,
his bids a~ggregating $2,440,000.
Two BROTHERS., james and John George,
were drowned in the river at Chicago on
the 4th.
A sTREET-cAR in Brooklyn, N. Y, was
struck by a train on the Manhattan Beach
Road on the 4th, killing q woman and in
juring the driver.
The Fourth of July was observed in the
customary manner throughout the country.
In several cities the excessive heat seri-
ously interfered with the comfort of pleas
ure seekers.
AN express train in the suburbs of Gin
c%innati, while running very rapidly on the
Sd to make up lost time, struck a farmers
wagon and killed six persons, viz: Henry
Kracke, Mrs. Henry Kracke, and four chill
dren-John, aged ten; Annie, sixteen;
Maggie, thirteen, and Lizzie, seven.
DIAMONDS valued at 100000 were re-
Gently stolen from the residence of Mrs. H.
w. Wheeler, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
CORNELL won the intercollegiate boat
race at Lake George, N. Y, on the 4th;
University of Pennsylvania, second;
Princeton, third.
Two BLOCKS of business structures, most
ly frame,were consumed at Gadsden, Ala,
on the 4th, entailing a loss Of $4,000
WHILE returning from a night session of
court on the Sd Judge Haugbn, of Jeffer-
son, Tex, was shot through the heart by
an unknown person.
CITIZENS of Skipwith, Miss, afew days
ago hanged to a tree and then riddled with
lead a negro named Martin Jones, who had
confessed participation in the murder of
Mrs. Ambacher.
HENRY W1cKEs, an aged lawyer, at
torney for the estate of Mrs. Catharine w.
Van Rensselaer,, of Greenbush, N. Y, fed
on the Sd after embezzling $50, 900 Of the
funds.
MRS. KIRKLAND, of Massillon, O., arose
at four O'Clock on the morning of the Sd to
prepare for a railway trip, and as she
threw open a window she was shot dead
by a burglar.
ALBERT KUHN and several companions,
of Erie, Pa, who were somewhat intox-
icated, fired from the windows of a street.
car in which they were riding on the 4th.
Mary Steiner, who was on the sidewalk,
was shot through the heart, and Kuhn was
arrested for murder. Two hours later
Kuhn's brother was found in a cellar,
Wlefe ne QaO aanGcu himself.
The boilers of the steamer Susquelanna
e%xplodedt the other :morning at Wilkesbarre,
Pa, blowing the boat to pieces and serious
ly injuring three employees.
A TON of silver coin is now being turned
out daily at the Philadelphia Mint. The
most of this is in dollars and small coin,
notably dimes. The demand for fve-cent
nickels is in advance of the ability to sup
ply.
The boiler of j. F. Kelley's saw-mill, at
Huntsville, Tex, exploded on the 9th. kill
ing four men instantly, and severely
wounding four or five others.
CONTINUOUS rainsin the vicinity ofScran-
ton, Pa, have injured crops severely, and
additional heavy rains fell on the 9Th, &C.
companied by thunder and lightning,
which caused loss of life.
WHITCoMB g. KENDALL, provision mer-
chants, of Chicago, failed ON the 9Th for
$4,000.
WOODS Opera House at st. Paul, MIMI,
was destroyed by fire at midnight on the
9Th.
The vicinity of Br%attleboro, VT, was WIS.,
tied on the 9th by a rain, hail and thun-
der-storm which resulted in great damage
to crops. Land-slides on the RAILWAYS de.
layed all trains.
TwENTY-s1x buildings at Evansville,
Mimi, were destroyed by fire on the even.
ing of the 9Th, entailing a loss of $3.50, 900.
The steamer Bolivia arrived in New
York on the 9Th with 143 .'assisted" immi-
grants on board.
BLEAKIE & Co.'s mill, at Armstrong,
Mass, was struck by lightning a few days
and consumed, entailing a loss of
100000.
A A storm at Dover, N. H., on the
night of the 9th caused the bursting of a
sewer, which flooded the Cocheco Print
Works, damaging prints ready for ship
ment and other stock to the extent of $780,
00O. Seven persons were struck by light
ming and three persons were killed.
ATToRNEY-GENERAL BREWSTER has rem
dered an opinion that the scheme to store
American bonded whisky in Bermuda is
not an expectation within the meaning of
the law.
THREE men were drowned a few days
ago by the capsizing of a pleasure-b boat off
Staten Island, N. Y.
ELEVEN convict soldiers. destined for