Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-07-28

through the Baptist Foreign Mission Soci-
ETY. of the United States, and to push for.
ward the missionary work in the State.
MAY STuLTz, a seven-year-old girl OF
Waterford, Pa, quietly climbed ladders a
few days ago to a scaffolding sixty feet
high, where her father was at work, to
surprise him. She grew dizzy on a mar
row plank, fell to the ground, and was in
stantly killed.
The hail-storm which swept southeast
erly across Iowa and Illinois on the 18th
assumed the proportions of a tornado,
n inflicted damage which could not be
computed. In Scott County, Ia, a tract of
forty square miles was devastated, and a
thousand acres of grain were ruined. In
Western Illinois buildings were wrecked
and crops destroyed. Much damage was
done at Kansas City, st. Joseph and Mo-
berly, Mo. Heavy rain in st. Louis
flooded cellars, while the wind UNI
rooted structures. Near Lincoln, Neb.,
the crops and some buildings were demol-
ished. Many structures were wrecked at
Maiden, Mo-, and at Harrisonburg, Va, a
deluge of rain created havoc. At Mary
vile, No., the best business houses, the
county Jail, courthouse, city hall and Pres
byterian Church were partially demolished,
and several persons were wounded. Near
Browning, Mo-, a passenger train was
blown from the track, and eight persons
were seriously injured, two fatally.
AT Fall River, Mass, a stone weighing
two tons fell a distance of forty feet on the
18th, killing one man and severely wound
ing four others.
THERE were ISL business failures in the
United States and Canada during the seven
days ended OF the 18th, against 13S the
previous seven days, distributed as fol-
lows: New England States, 10; Western,
~; Middle, Is; Southern, %; Pacific States
and Territories, II; New York City, 4;
Canada, 81.
THE steamer Niagara, of the New York
and Cuba Mail Line, was burned off the
Florida coast on the 10Th. The passengers
were saved and taken to Havana. The
steamer was valued at $$3350,000.
Two men were blown to fragments by an
explosion in the powder works near Will
mington, Del, a few evenings ago.
OFFICIAL estimates on the 18th showed a
marked decrease in the acreage and aver
age yield per acre of the Michigan wheat
fields, the estimated deficiency in the wheat.
crop of the State being over 5000, 900 BUSH
els as compared with last years returns.
In a recent letter to the Commissioner of
the General Land Office Secretary Teller
says the indemnity lands of the Northern
Pacific Railway nus not be closed to set
Element any longer than necessary to en-
able the company to maxi its selection of
lands in lieu of those lost within the grant,
ed limits, and directs the Commissioner
to notify the company chat all selections
in Wisconsin and Minnesota must be made
within three months, when the orders with
drawing the indemnity lands will be re-
voked, and lands opened to settlement.
The company, in selecting, will not be per-
mitted to take the best land and leave the
poorest.
A SURVEYING party, acting under the
authority of the United States and Mexico,
is about to resurvey the boundary line be-
tween the two Republics.
WHILE Mrs. Minnie Brown, a white
woman, and Mrs. Crawford, colored, were
fishing, in Calhoun County, Fla, re cently,
Mrs. Crawford's daughter, aged fourteen,
severely beat Mrs. Browns child and then
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the child was drowned.
J.P. MAcHEcA & Co., fruit-dealers, of
New Orleans, have failed for 500, 900.
DURING the first six months of the pres
emit year the lumber of postmasters COM
missioned averaged 1,1G0 per month, a
large increase over any previous year.
The school-house at Underhill, VT, was
struck by lightning on the 18th, and all the
children were more or less injured. One
little girl was rendered deaf, and a boy
had the sole taken from one shoe and the
uppers from another.
A BANK ledger which was expected to
furnish evidence for the conviction of
Marsh 7. Polk was stolen from the office of
the State Treasurer at Nashville, Tenn, on
the 18th, and a reward of $3.50 was offered
for its return.