Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-05-26

els an acre cash.
the Catholic church east OF Vernil-
lion was moved from it's foundation by
81 recent storm. This is the second &c
cident of the kind which has befallen
it.
The New Jersey law prohibiting the
employment of children under four
teen years Of age will result in the dis
charge of between 1900 and 1900 of
them at Paterson alone.
The Appalachicola Tribune in its
obituary notice of Peter Cooper speaks
of him as "the great novelist" We
have several of his novels entitled,
Peter Cooper's Views on the Cur
rency."
Under the new school laws, teachers
must be eighteen years of age or over
before they a teach in the public
schools. But whoever heard of a Da-
kota school teacher who was not old
enough to take a claim?
The time during which the solemni-
zation Of marriage in England is legal
being at present between eight in the
morning and noon, an effort is being
made to lengthen this time by extend
ing it to six in the evening.
Yankton county will refund its rail
road bonds by the issuing Of new ones,
showing Senator Hale to be a first-class
collector; we have about $1,000 due us
on old newspaper accounts which we
purpose putting in his hands for col
lection.
Under new Instructions from the
general land otfic, local land offices are
required to have the post office address
of every applicant who seeks to enter
land under any Of the acts. If the ad-
dress is not given it is sufficient reason
for refusing the filing.
w. G. Metcalf has been informed by
the Interior department that he is re-
stored to practice. A short time ago
he was named with a number of 9TH
ers who were disbarred because they
filed contests on claims of which they
held ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
The Land Department is Investigate
ing the cases Of D. A. Mizeher and A.
w. Hager, of Mitchell. Any one who
knows of anything to the discredit of
these parties (their good deeds not to
he intentionally are requested to send
the same to Lock box 16, Mitchell"
y deputy US. Marshal has notified
the sqdatters On the school section
near Huron to vacate, and it is init
mated that throughput Dakota tress-
passers are to be elected; from the
school lands. This matter of school
land occupation is Of much Importance
in Dakota, as there are two sections in
each township instead of one as in
Iowa, and these school lands cannot
be disposed Of until Dakota becomes a
state.--[Sioux City journal.
The Sterling Blade says. that the
yard masters along the Dakota Central
railroad are making a pretty fat thing
out OF the heavy immigration. A,great
many cars that are sidetracked are de-
layed unreasonably in reaching their
destination. The yard master says to
the MAJ whose car is on the sidetrack. |
give me five dollars and / will see that /
your 81 gpes til the next train. If the
man complies hts car goes and some
one else's is s%idetracked in it's place.
The man who stakes a few dollars at
cards is a gambler; the mar who stakes
Il few thousands on stocks is a gentle |
man il he wins and a fool if he loses.
Philadelphia CHRONICLES, AID when
II wealthy woman dressed in silks and
satins steps into d store and deliberate
- NoAno O1L WILL IL 1OG Ol liC6S or 9th
er costly stuff under her shawl, and
she is detected in the act, that is called
kleptomania; but when a little girl
dressed in rags does the same thing il
is called stealing, and she is sent to the
house of correctioh.-tPeck's Sun.
Those who think that Russia is ex-
tlusively a barbarous country from
which we can learn nothing, are re-
Iuested to explain, according to this
hypothesis, the new law concerning
the employment Of children in facto-
ties. 1t forbids the employment of
children under twelve under any pre-
tense whatever. Children between
The ages of twelve and fifteen must not
work more than eight hours a day. In
respect to the sound sense of the law.
ind from the higher plane of e1light-
ehed humanity we think it a decided
advance Upon any vi the same class of
Laws in any Of the states.
The question is often asked: els
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