Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-30


tion, Nine counties have not been
heard from at all and eleven counties
have been heard from only unofficially..
Washington Springs has twenty build
lngs. The postal authorities have
named it Elmer. The name of Wes-
sington is preferable -Yankton Press.
The people here are of the same opin-
ion and would feel ':much obliged" il
the Press or some other man would
convince The Postal Authorities of this
fact.
The change of time on the railroad
whereby the train runs down to Nit.
chell in che evening is one that is in
tended solely for the benefit of the hp-
tells of Mitchell. The stage now leaves
here after dinner and returns before
noon the next day. We hope the time
of the trains will be put back where it
was before.
So many of. our people have express
ell desire to be connected with the
"balance of the world" by telephone
that we have asked the superintendent
of the Erie Telephone Company for a
proposition for Il line from here to
Woonsocket. The company will pro-
badly be heard from within few days
and then our people will have an op-
portunity of demonstrating how badly
they wish telephone line.
| A National Homestead Monument
Association has been organized at Nit
chell, for the purpose Of commelnorat-
ing the beheticent provisions of the
homestead law. It proposes to erect a
shaft 100 feet high in the center of a
quarter~section Of land Q6O acres), and
to ask every settler to contribute at
least one cent for every acre he has Sc
cured under the law.
The Huron Leader says that the bus
mess men Of that city are daily becom-
ing more convinced that they need an
outlet and inlet from the south. For
the same reasons advanced by the
Leader, competition Of rates, it is of e.
quail Importance to the business men
Flankinton. Let Huron and Plamkin-
ton form company and connect these
parts by rail and thus secure the bene-
tit Of two competing lines-the North
western and the G. NJ. e. st. Paul
Plankinton Standard.
When you people get ready to build
that road let Us know, as Washington
Springs wants Il showing on that line.
I The last Standard has the following
church notes.; The congregational
Church just dedicated in this Scity is
30N5p feet, and will cost when complet-
ed about $2s5OOo. The NJ. E. church
in course of construction is 24x55 feet
and will cost $s35OO.OG. The Catholics
will build house of worship in this
city next spring. The Methodist
church at Pierre took in twelve new
members ON a recent Sunday evening.
The Congregational church at Howard
has been dedicated. 1T cost R35oO. The
NJ. &. church ut White Lake is com
! pleteA, and services are held there reg
ularly now. It is said that Il Presby-
teriah church W i'll soon lie erected there.
srfe people Of Pierre have called a
convention looking to the opening of
the Sioux reservation. In their circu-
lar they say,
| Cnngress is about to meet. No one
is so if:uch interested in the opening of
the reservation as we Who live around
its btrders. II we neglect to move in
this matter Who will move for us? The
welfare Of all the interests east
and west of the reservation hangs up
on the fate Of The movement to open
it, Il is in danger Of defeat unless
special effort is put forth at Washing
ton this winter. The occasion is at
hand. urgency great for a movement
in our own behalf towards securing the
abolishmept OF the barrier to the pro-
gress of the development. Of middle
and Westertl southern Dakota:
The first Quarterly Conference OF
the first NJ. f. church cf Washington
Springs was held at the church last Sat
1rday evening; Rev. I. N. Pardee, p. T.
in the chair. T'he principal business
transacted was that C extending an
invitation to the EeH. j. G. Campbell
to become the pastor Of the church for
the e:,suihg year and the appointment
Of Mr.. Campbell rs snch pastor after
the vote was taken. The services on
Sunday were enjoyed hy All who par
ticipated. t}r Pardee favored tiae a,,-
dience with q most mastery tlicourse
On the s''bject Of eGualizing tie bles-
sings OF this life and making the rough
places smooth. 4'Ee society is now
fully i'll working order and we hape tc
be able to chronicle substantial pro
| greSS on This charge from this time for