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

EXTENSIVE forest fires were raging on the
10Th near Concord, N. H., over four thou.
sand acres having been burned over. Near
Taunton and Barnstable, in Massachusetts,,
fires were also causing great destruction in
the woodlands, and in the vicinity of Gro
ton, VT, $4,000 worth of property had
been destroyed. .....s.. e..
MISS KATE KANE, the Milwaukee lawyer
who flung a glass of water in the face of
Judge Mallory, on the Goth completed the
term of thirty days. imprisonment to which
she was condemned for her eccentricity,
and was released from Jail.
JAMES CAREY, the Dublin informer, was
released on the 10Th and the guard about
his house doubled. He declared he would
remain in Dublin and prosecute those of
his tenants who had refused to pay rent
/ since he turned informer.
The cay-shops of the Pennsylvania Rail.
road Company, situated near Newark, N.
j., were destroyed by fire on the night of
the 18th, the total loss being $412,O 0 Many
valuable coaches and engines were burned.
Nearly five hundred men were left unem.
ployed.
Ann ELIZA Young, nineteenth wife of
the late Mormon prophet, was married on
the 18th at Lodi, O., to Moses r. Dunning,
a banker.
TWENTY-FIVE dwellings were destroyed
and forty families rendered homeless by a
fire at Rudcsheim, Germany, on the 10Th.
APAcnEs supposed to be from the United
States lave been committing numerous
outrases in the State of chihuahua, Mexi.
CO. A large force of Mexican troops were
in pursuit of the Indians on the 10Th. and
the people of the country through which
they were passing had taken I'D arms
against the Indians, who were moving as
fast as possible toward the Sierra Madre
Mountains.
The issue of standard dollars for the
week ended on the 18th was $155, 1893, against
Sl6o,5W the week previous, and for the cor.
responding period last year, $l4l 800.
A FLOOD in the stream that flows through
the city of Deadwood, OAK, swept away
several bridges and a number of houses on
tho 10th, and four men were drowned.
ADv1cEs of the goth state that the loss of
life and destruction of property by the re.
cent cyclone in Wisconsin and Illinois
were much greater than was indicated.
The cyclone swept through nearly the en-.
tire length OF Northwestern Illinois, wreck
ing houses wherever they were en-.
countered II inficting loss of life at manv
points, the total in the State being placed
at fifty-five. The loss of life at all points
visited by the storm was estimated at
seventy-one, while the number of wounded
was supposed to be over two hundred.
The storm also reached various points in
Michigan, where damage to property wal
caused without injury to persons.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-05-26
a Texas Land Question.

AUSTIN, Tex, May l."
Acting State Treasurer w. B. Wortlap1
has brought up an important question cou ~,
corning a class of land involving 1,OoO'Vv1
acres, and which reaches purchasers all o'e'
the country. He refused a tender OF owl
$4,000 made by various parties tor ~ Y
land purchased. He explains that cel''p1
railroad companies holding land certiilca'e'
made a survey of alternate school sec!lo in,
and had filed notes. Now parties, claill s"s
h a these surveys are not valid, co INV
forward and propose to purchase , st
land, under what is known as the fl1ty.',.M%a
law, and have rendered full payment iol .s
lands they desired, including the alteli Ths
school sections with railroad sections. aa,
last Legislature having declared the q ,sa
tionable surveys by railroads for the Dtls .sl
OF school lands valid, Mr.. WORKMAN re''Hi n
to include them as fifty-cent lands. .,r'aI
offered to receive the money on the ra', ,and,
sections, but not on the alternate school l"n S,
The parties, represented by Judge Ha.', hoth
as their adviser, made their tenders ioi ' M
kinds of land in bulk, refusing to di'lut ua
question, and thus raising an important 49,
with the State.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-05-26

GREAT devastation was wrought in North
ern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin on
the evening of the 18th by a cyclone. The
| storm struck the northwestern portion OF
Racine about seven O'Clock, destroying
about one hundred and fifty houses and
fifty barns, killing twenty people or more,
and causing serious injury to about one
hundred persons, many of whom would mo
recover.
A COLLISION on the Maine Central Rail.
road a few days ago., near Augusta, result
ed in the death of three trainnen and 49,
600 damage to rolling-stock.
THE business failures i'll the country for
the week ended on the 18th numbered 171,
against 15G the previous week. They were
distributed as follows: New England, %:
Middle States, "a; Southern, 80; Western,
So; Pacific States and Territories, -; Can
ada and New York, "a.
TwENTY-FoUR persons were poisoned at
a church festival in Chattanooga, Tenn, a
few nights ago, none fatally.
Two executions occurred in Georgia on
the 18th. Henry Knight (colored) was
hanged at Waycross for the murder of Ed
ward Hunter, and Joseph Jones, at Lex
ington, for the murder of his wife.
A SAILOR on a ship from a Mexican port
died of yellow fever On the 18th in the har-
Dor of Brownsville, Tex.
The steamer Granite State, plying be-
tween New York and Hartford, Conn.,, was
burned to the waters edge at Goodspeed's
Landing, on the 18th, the flames spreading
with such rapidity as to overtake four per-
SONS, who were burned to death. One lady
jumped into the river and was drowned.
The loss on the steamer was $4,000, and Oh
the cargo probably as much more.
THIRTEEN sheds connected with the In
ter-State Exposition Building, on the lake
front, Chicago, were blown down during a
heavy wind-storm on the 18th, and five
men We're seriously injured.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-05-26
FOREIGN.

JOSEPH LAMBERT, aged twenty years
living near Chatsworth, Ont, killed his
father a few days ago in order to obtain
possession of the farm.
"A TREATY of pence has been signed be.
tween Chill and Peru.
The natives of Madagascar were on the
10Th making extensive preparations to re.
pei invasion by the French, and the latter
seemed 10th to begin operations.
A HEAVY snow-storm prevailed at st.
John. N. B., on the 10Th.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-05-26

Recent dispatches from points in TIL.
hols and Iowa report that the protracted wet
weather had caused much of the corn that
had been planted to rot in the grow
Daily globe., 1883-07-22
TWO OHIO GLANTS,

Capt. Martin Van Buren Bates, who
lives on Alarm near Seville, Ohio, isseven
feet eleven and one-half inches high, and
weighs ATS pounds. Mrs. Bates is seven
feet and eleven inches high and weighs
4l3 pounds. It is difficult matter to
convey an adequate idea of the proper
tions of such dwelling as the one occu-
pied by the Ohio giants. A door that is
six feet six inches high is a large-sized
opening in the side of a house-that is.
dwelling house, not cathedral. But
the doors in the domicile of the Bates
giants are ten feet high, and the knobs
are nearly as high as the average mans
head.
The house was built by Capt. Bates
in 1876, and is elegantly furnished. In
the main building on the ground floor
are, besides the spacious hall, the bed
chamber of the giants, sitting-room
and parlor. The couch upon which
the big couple sleep was made expressly
for them, and it is curiosity to look at.
1t is extensive enough to give the great
people room to stretch in, and it looks
as big as an ordinary-siz floor. It is
really ten feet long, wide in proportion,
and about twice as high as a common
bed. The magnificent dressing-case is
also huge affair, with a glass upon it
nearly as big as the side of house. In
the sitting-room is piano of ordinary
size itself, but it is mounted on blocks
two feet high, so that the instrument is
away up in the air, out of the reach of
common folks. There are two rocking
chairs in this room that are so big that
the reporter had to climb up into one of
them the same as an infant would
Chamber up into a "high chair" 1t is
very expensive for the giants to live, as
they have to pay such an exorbitant
price for everything they wear. For in
stance, it costs the Captain $50 pair for
boots.
1t is most astonishing sight to come
across the two giants out for a drive.
City folks who have seen the ponderous
wagons with wheels reaching to the Sec
ond story of a house, used to haul stones
weighing tons and tons, can form an idea
of the vehicle used. It is pulled by six
stout Norman horses, and it is enought to
make a man think he has got 'em, sure,
tosuddenly meet such spectacle on the
road out in the country. Passing wagons
have to let the rails down and drive
into the adjoining fields until the giants
go by.
Daily globe., 1883-07-22
FINANCE It COMMERCE.
Board OF Trade.

ST. PAUL, July %, 1883.-Business on
the board Of trade yesterday was very
dull and prices we're unchanged The
following are the quotations;
WHEAr-No. 1 hard, $1.10 bid; IL
asked; year, $1.O5 bid; No. 1, $1.O7 asked;
No. hard, 81. O5 bid, 1.07 asked; No. :,
98c bid, $1O2 asked.
CoRN-No. >, SOC asked; No. ), 43c
OATs-No. . mixed S2115c bid, 33c asked;
July. 32c bid; August soc bid; September,
29c bid, SIC asked; year, 28c bid, 291ac
asked; No. 3 mixed, soc bid; No. , white,
33c bid; No. white, 32c bid; rejected.
Sic asked.
BAELEY-No. ., 55c bid; No. 8 extra 45c
bid;N 3, 35c bid.
RYE-No. ., 48c bid.
GROUND FEED-$17. so bid, SIS asked.
BRAN-Sacked, f. o. b., 50 bid, SO asked:
bulk 50.
BALED HAr-$6.50 bid, 81 asked.
EGGs-16c bid, lie asked; July, 17c
asked; August, 17c; year, 15c bid; 1875
asked
sA1rs-1 car No. . mixed oats, $50; 1
car of ground feed $1S.25.
Daily globe., 1883-07-22
THE T1Y BRIDGE.

The ill-fated Tay bridge is about to be
rebuilt, OF, rather, replaced by a new
one of similar structure. The Tay is
about mile wide, and subject to sudden
and violent storms. The new bridge
will run alongside of the old one, whose
remains can be utilized to some extent.
It will begin, starting at the south end,
with four brick arches, each of fifty feet
span, and be followed by girder and
truss spans, as follows: One of 119 feet,
ten of 129 feet, thirteen of 145 feet.
eleven of 245 feet, two of 227 feet, one
of 162 feet, ten of 129 feet 6 inches, one
of 127 feet inches, and twenty-five of
II feet. The long central spans will be
seventy-seven feet in the clear above
high-water mark. The trains will run
between the girders of these spans, and
On top of those on either hand, as in the
old bridge. The foundations of the piers
are to be iron cylinders filed with con-
crete, upon which brickwork will be
built up and surmounted by wrought
iron pillars. Before travellers trust them
selves to any great extent on this new
piece of engineering, they are likely to
want their nerves quieted with definite
assurance that it won't blow over in a
gale, train and all, like its predecessor.
The water of the Tay beneath the bridge
is 100 feet deep or more, so that it is
sure death to be plunged into it in tight
ly-locked railroad cars. The passengers
who went down with the fimsy old con-
cern proved this conclusively.
Daily globe., 1883-07-22
Retail Market.

Thefollow1ng shows the prices for which the
articles named sold the day before publication:
Messina oranges retail at 95c@60c per dozen
Lemons, SOC per doz. Bananas, scarce, 75c per
dog. New lettuce ssllinga at 6Gc per dog. Apples
$5.5094.50. Early Rose potatoes, SOC per bu;
Others, SOC. Onions, CSC per bu. Gran
ulated sugar in rs Ib. packages, 1Oc;
powdered, lie; cut loaf, lie; crushed,
II75c; Ext. c., 919c; Yellow c., 879c; brown
7c; Minnesota, 10c. Best o. G. Java coffee,
SS15c; best Mocha, S915c; best Rio, 221Sc. Best
teas, Eng. breakfast, 81 per ID; best Young
Hyson, 81 per lb; best Gun Powder, $1.20 psr
bu.; best japan, SOc; best Basket fired japan,
S5c. Orange Blossom -four, 1915 per cwt;
Pillsbury's 1915 per cwt.; Straight, 1925.
Eggs, Zoe per doz.; fresh, 23c.
Meats-sirloin and porter house steak,
18c; rib rossts, 15c; cuck reasts, 121zc; mutton
chops, 1Sc; fore quarter, 15c; round steak, 15c;
shoulder, 12776c; veal, 15@19c; pork chops, 255c
pork roasts, 1219c; ham Is; bacon and drybacon,
15c; shoulders, &c; corn beef, S99c; sausage
pork, 1219c; smoked sausage, 15c; lard in jars,
1890; per single lb., 15c; in kegs, 179c; dried
beef, 15c.
Daily globe., 1883-07-22
New York Produce Market.

New YORK, July 2I.-FIour firm: receipts
1000 barrels; exports 1000; extra Ohio 3.95
$3.50; Minnesota patent process 5.60G7. %.
Wheat, cash lots 79@34c higher; options open
ed M@1Tc higher, subsequently ruled weaker
and reacted 119@15sc leaving off heavy; receipts
$4,000 bushels; exports 10000 bushels: No. 2
spring 1.I019; ungraded red 1.05@1.l7; steamer
No. red 99c: No. 3 red LIP; steamer No. 2
red lib; No. 2 red 1.17@l. 17A; elevator;
1.l8 aaoat; ungraded white .05@1. 1919; new
white quoted at LIB; No. 2 red July quoted
@l.174, closing at 1.15M; September sales
1,992,0U0 bushels at 1.1835@1.20, dosing at
1855; October sales 776,000 bushels at .203E
@1.22; closing at 1.20H; November sales
100000 bushels at 1.224@1. .23$l, closing at
1.22N. Corn cash 15@ITc better, closed ad-
vance partly lost; receipts $4,000 bushels; ex-
ports 1l4,0 900 bushels; ungraded 50@60c; No.
8 54@55c; steamer 54H Il C: No. 2 41@6l15c; low
mixed 64772; No. July 59@5935c, closing at
5979c; August 61c961 20, closing at 81 &c; Sep
tember 62@62@5, closing at 621Ec; October
621a@69c, closing at 62779c: November quoted
at 63c. Oats A@13c higher; receipts 4l,600
bushels; mixed western 40643c; white west
ern 43@54c; No. 2 Chicago 4114c. Coffee
dull and nominal. Sugar dull and unchanged;
fair to good refining quoted at 63S6l6 1916: re-
fined lower; standard A 8360S 7-I6: confec-
toners A SIC; granulated SIC. Molasses quiet
and unchanged. Rice active and firm; RAN
goon in bond quoted at 215@33sc. Petroleum
quiet; refined 74973sc; united 1.04. Tallow
steady: 715@73Sc. Rosin weak; .53dI .65.
Turpentine steady; 979375Sc. Eggs, quiet but
steady. Cut meats, middles nominal. Lard
dull and lower; prime steam 9.25: August 9.23
| 09.29; September 5000. 20; October 9.360
9.47. Butter dull and weak, 9922c. Cheese
| western fat 6N81/c
Daily globe., 1883-07-22
TIE E4RTR DRYING UP.
There is abundant evidence that t

There is abundant evidence that the
amount Of water on the surface of the
earth has been steadily diminishing for
many thousands Of years. No one
doubts that there was a time when the
Caspian sea communicated with the
Black sea, and when the Mediterranean
covered the greater part Of the Desert of
Sahara. In fact, geologists tell us that
at one period the whole of the earth was
covered by water, and the fact that con-
tinents of dry land now exist is proof
that there is less water on our globenow
than there was in its infancy. This dim
mutton Of our supply Of water is going
on at the present day at a rate SO rapid
as to be clearly appreciable. The rivers
and smaller streams of our Atlantic
States are visibly smaller than they were
twenty-five years ago. Country brooks
in which men now living were accus-
toned to fish and bathe in their boy
hood have in many cases totally disap-
peared, not through any act of man, but
solely in consequence of the failure of
the springs and brooks which once fed
them. The level of the great lakes is
falling year by year. There are many
piers on the shores Of lakeside cities
which vessels one approached with ease,
but which now hardly reach to the edge
of the water. Harbors are everywhere
growing shallower. This is not due to
the gradual deposit of earth brought
down by rivers or of refuse from city
sewers. The harbor of Toronto has
grown shallowin spite of the fact that it
has been dredged out so that the bottom
rock has beenreached, and all the dredg-
ing that can be done to the harbor OF
New York will not permanently deepen
it. The growing shallowness of the
Hudson is more evident above Albany
than it is in the tide-water region, and,
like the outlet of Lake Champlain, which
was once navigable by Indian canoes at all
seasons, the Upper Hudson is now almost
bare of water in many places during the
summer. In all other parts of the world
there is the same steady decrease of wa
ter IN rivers and lakes, and the rainfall
in Europe, where scientific observations
are made, is manifestly less than it was
at period within mans memory.
What is becoming Of the water? OBJ
viously it is not disappearing through
evaporation, for in that case rains would
give back whatever water the atmos-
phere might absorb. We must ac-
eept the theory that, like the water of
the moon, our water is sinking into the
earth's interior. .-NeW York Times.
Daily globe., 1883-07-22
Chicago Produce Market.

CHICAGO, July 21.-Flour quiet, nominally
unchanged. Wheat quiet, unsettled and gen
orally lower; 1.O13l July; 1.O235 August;
1.O4% September; LOS October; 10Y No
vember; 1.Ol3l year: No. spring 1.O1%;
No. do 64@85c; No. 2 red winter
LOS. Corn quiet, unsettled and generally lower:
51@51 1se cash, July and August; 500 Septem-
Der; 5019c October; 46 sc year. Oats quiet but
steady; options trmer; 3411s cash; 3436c July;
28Yc August; 2736c September; 28@2S1Sc
October; 2714c year. Rye quiet and steady;
5615c. Flax SEED quiet at / SO. Pork in fair
demand but lower; l4.10@l4.l5 cash, July and
August; 14.2719@14.30 September; Il $3.50
Ii. 40 October; l3 .OO@13. 10 year. Lard in fair
demand but lower: 8.95@8.9715 cash, July
and August; 9.05@9O71a September; $40
@9.1215 October; S.7O@8 IS year Bulk meats
quiet and steady; shoulders ESQ: short ribs so;
do clear 90. Butter unchanged. Eggs un-
changed. Whisky unchanged.
Receipts, 5000 barrels of -four; 20, 900 bush
els of wheat; 168,000 bushels of corn;
$4,000 bushels of oats; 1900 bushels of rye;
1000 bushels of barley. Shipments, 5000
barrels of -four; 81, 600 bushels of wheat; Ill.,
600 bushels of corn; $4,000 bushels of oats;
1900 bushels of rye; 1000 bushels of barley.
Daily globe., 1883-07-22
HORACE GREELEY As A PRTNTEp
RnV

HORACE GREELEY As A PRLNTER
BOZ.
Here in Poultney the New York
Tribune was founded. Here its founder
washed the forms, and carried water.
and built the fires, and didn't sweep out
the news room, and didn't carry out the
ashes, and forgot what he was sent after
and let the paste sour, and lost the let
ters he was given to mail, and upset the
lye, and tried the usual experiments with
the fancy job type and the finest colored
inks in the way of fearful and wonder
full visiting cards, and in all ways con-
Quoted himself even as the devil always
does about print shop. Here Greeley
passed some years of his boyhood. I
wander about the village thinking about
the good old man, and trying to think
of the young printer, busting out his
cases with a pair of leaky bellows, or
soldering " for big pickup that was
Daily globe., 1883-07-22
REGENTS aud shipm ents

The following are the receipts and
shipments for the past twenty four
hours:
Receipts-Wheat 3 cars; corn Is; oats
s; flax I; bran .; hay 4; cattle 6; lard p;
hides ); lumber %; coal 33; wood 112;
merchandise 70; brick 10; cement Z;
lime I; stone u; pig iron .; railroad
iron and rails 3; agricultural implements
6; sundries 81. Total 3O7 cars.
Shipments - Wheat cars; oats l.;
-four 4; cattle 2; horses and mules l.;
hides 3; lumber ID; coal 3; oil 4; mer-
chandise 81; brick 3; lime 1;stone 4; rail
road iron and rails .; agricultural imple
ments (; sundries 80. Total 181 cars.
Daily globe., 1883-07-22
Financial and Stock Markets.
MORNING REPORT.

NEW YORK, July 21.-11 a. m.-Stocks
opened strong and prices advanced 78@T per
cent. over last nights closing.
AFTERNOON REPORT.
Money easy at 2@215 per cent. Prime mer-
camille paper 1895 per cent. Bar silver,
S1.09T. Sterling exchange dull and unchanged
at 81 SO long, s4S6I sight.
Observation-Disclosures
State Securites-DuIl.
Unconstitutional bonds generally higher.
Stocks-There was slight reaction in stocks
after l O'Clock, but the market has since be-
came strong again and prices in some instances
higher than before.
Daily globe., 1883-07-22
TOO MUCH TO ASK OF HIM,

A Connecticut paper says: A crude
old farmer living on the line of one of
the recent railroad surveys, and who is
owner of barn of large dimensions,
with huge swinging doors on both sides,
observed a posse of surveyors busly
driving row of stakes through his
premises that extend to the very center
of his big barn. Sauntering leisurely
toward the trespassers, with an air
savoring somewhat of Indignation, he
addressed the leader of the gang as
follows
"Layin' eout another railroad?"
"Surveying for one," was the reply.
"Goin' through my barn ?"
"Don't see how we can avoid it"
"Wall, now, mister" said the worthy
farmer, "I calkerlate I've got sumthin'
few say bout that. want you tew un-
derstan' that I've got sumthin' else tew
dew besides runnin' out tew open and
shet them doors every time train
wants tew go through"
Daily globe., 1883-07-22
Change Of Grade on Rice Street.
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
CITY OF ST. PAUL, Mimi. July 18, 1888.

To H. H. Barney, E. o. Kingsley, Horace Nor
ton and all persons interested.
The Board of Public Works in and for the
corporation of the City of St.
Paul, Minnesota, will meet at their Office
in said city at 2 p. m. on the 30th day of
July, A. D., 1883, 20 confirm the assessment of
benefits, damages, costs and expenses arising
from the change of grade on Rice street, from
Blanca street to Sycamore street, in said city,
at which time and place said Board will place
such assessment on the following described
property as may be deemed just and proper, SO
as to conform to the facts and rights of the
case as intended, to-wit:
E. a of S. W. 4 of S. E. 4 of N. E. 4 of
section rs, town 20, range %, in the city of
st. Paul, Minnesota.
All persons interested are hereby notified to
be present at said time and place of making
and confirming said assessment and will be heard.
JOHN HARRINGTON, President.
Official: r. l.. GORMAN,
Clerk Board of Public Works. 2O0-2O3
Daily globe., 1883-07-22
CITY NOTICE.
OFFICE OF THE CITY TREASURER,
ST. PAUL, Minn., July 13, 1888.


All person interested in the assessments for
Sprinkling Fort street (now Sew
enth street, from Seven Corners
to Ramsey street.
Grading Fifteenth sire (For-
merly Aurora avenue) from
Jackson street to Broadway.
Grading Jessie street, from Min
nehaha street to Farquier
street.
Grading and Guttering Chestnut
street, from Pleasant avenue to
Fort street.
Constructing a Sewer on Ex-
change street, from a point so
feet East Of East line of Sher-
man street, to Elm street.
Sprinkling West Third street.
between the Seven Corners $50
called) and Summit avenue,
and
Change of Grade on Cedar street,
from Twelfth to Bluff street.
WILL TAKE NOTICE.
that on the 18th day of July, 1888, 1 did receive
different warrants from the City Comptroller of
the City of st. Paul, for the collection of the
above named assessments.
The nature of these warrants is, that if you
fail to pay the assessment within
THIRTY DAYS
after the first publication of this notice, shall
report you and your real estate so assessed as
delinquent, and apply to the District Court of
the county of Ramsey, Minnesota, for Judgment
against your lands, lots, blocks, or parcels
thereof, SO assessed, including interest, costs
and expenses, and for an order of the Court to
sell the same for the payment thereof.
196-205 GEORGE REFS, City Treasurer.