Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-05-12
OF THE week.
Interesting News Compilation
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oral opinion was that fruit was but slightly
injured.
SINCE fixing tho date Of the sale of the
Otoe and Missouria lands in Kansas and
Nebraska, the Interior Department at
Washington has discovered that they had
chosen Decoration Day. The date of the
sale has accordingly been changed to
May 81.
GEORGE F. AND SAMUEL WORK, the Phila.
delphia bankers, gave bail on the 25th on
the charge of embezzling $9G3,00 of the
funds of the Peoples Passenger Railway.
UNKNOWN parties went to the house of
DR.. A. G. Rech, at Lampasas, Tex, the
other night, pulled him from his bed, and
shot him dead in his wife's presence.
The Irish Convention to merge the Land
into the National League began proceed
ings in Philadelphia on the 25th. Presi-
dent MONEYS address was eulogistic of
Parnell and denunciatory Of the English
Premier. There were twenty-five female
delegates in the meeting. Secretary
Hynes' report showed that in the last
year $79,O3S had been received; that
fG6,657 had been sent to Ireland for League
buu lC1ltl pun pUocS3 h4N OuuU ANo AuLANA GU
and fifty branch Leagues existed in the
United States and Canada. Speeches were
made by Brennan and Egan, the latter
stating that while he was Treasurer of the
League 81 ,230, 900 passed through his hands.
Resolutions to merge the Land in the Ma
tional League were adopted.
THE Turtle Mountain Chippewas were on
the 25th said to be in a starving condition,
and an appeal had been made to the In
terror Department in their behalf.
AT Leavittsburg, o., a few days since
James De Long, a widower, shot and killed
u widow named Griswold because she re-
fused to marry him, and then committed
suicide.
The t%rotters Rosa B, Bob Stewart and
Lady Beekman were burned to death the
other night by fire in Sol Bonnell's hotel
and stables at Elmira, N. Y.
The twelfth annual meeting of the Won.
ans Presbyterian Board of the Northwest
began at Detroit on the 18th.
AGENT WILCOX reported on the 25th that
the Arizona rangers had abandoned their
designs upon the San Carlos Indian Reser.
walton, and that the. Indians were returning
to their farms.
AT the farm of Joel Platt, at Sabetha,
Kan, a deaf and -dumb son of Platt set fire
to the barn a few days ago and was burned
to death. His mother, in attempting to res.
cue him, was fatally burned.
The Irish National League Convention
met in Philadelphia on the Goth, with
1855 male and forty female delegates in
attendance. Congressman NJ. A. Foram
of Ohio, was made permanent President. A
cable message was received from Parnell
giving his reasons for being absent from
the gathering and pleading forprudence and
moderation, that the British Government
may find no reason for crushing out tn,
national movement in Ireland. The con
vention adjourned for the day, after the
announcement of the usual committees.
FURTHER advices on the Goth from the
cyclone-swept districts of the South place
the total loss of life at two hundred and
fifty, and over three hundred wounded
Several more deaths were reported at Yves
son and Beaurgard, Miss, and at Rockpor'
a large number of persons were killed. Ii
Georgia the loss of property was estimated
at over $500 900. The greatest loss of life
was at Dougherty. In Sumter, Worth
Lee, Cowan and other heavy cotton coun
ties. the crops had been completely torn up
and replanting would be necessary. 1t was
estimated that over two thousand persons
were made destitute by the cyclone.
The wholesale clothing firm of Newburg
Frenkel g. Co., of Cincinnati, have failec
for $3.50, 900.
TIE Ofth woc ohcarva6 ~, poorl1r oil %h>
Southern cities in memory Of the Confed
crate dead. Business was suspended anc
the graves handsomely decorated.
CHARLES F. KRING, the st. Louis muir
derer, who has been tried half a doze.
times, twice sentenced to death, and ono.
to twenty-five years. imprisonment, anc
who has been in Jail eight years, was re
leased on bail on the 26th.
The canals of New York State are to ope1
May Z.
COMMISSIONER DUDLEY sent to the Treas
ury Department at Washington on the
Goth warrants for pensions amounting tt
$S,525,000. This made a little over $40,
100000 paid out during the month.
GREAT damage has been lone in Utah BY
a terrific wind-storm which prevailed fol-
several days.
TIE United States Circuit Court, in ses.
sion at Jefferson City, Mo-, on the Goth, or
dered the imprisonment of the three County
Judges of Lafayette County, Mo-, for con
tempt, in refusing to obey a mandate or.
dering the levy of a certain tax.
The annual meeting of the Woman's
Board of Presbyterian Missions closed it's
session at Detroit on the Goth. Mrs A II
Hoge, of Chicago, was chosen President fol
the ensuing year. Nine States were repre-.
sented at the meeting. The total receipts
of the Board during the year were $50.
S5S.37; total disbursements, $3.50.
A wATERsPoUT near Lenoir, N. c., on the
evening of the Goth did great damage. The
houses on the farm of John Coombs and
the houses and orchard of Enoch Swift
were swept away. The surface of the
country was so changed that it was hardly
recognizable.
WILLIAM MAcDUFF, a New York broker,
on the 9th shot his wife and six-year-old
son dead, andthen killed himself. No cause
was known for the horrible deed.
A FREIGHT train on the Grand Trunk
Railroad ran into a passenger train be-
tween Olivet and Bellevue, Mich, on the
9th, telescoping two sleeping coaches,
which were completely wrecked, and iniur-
ing thirteen persons, five mortally.
The following executions for murder
look Mace IN the 9th milf. ua,,,x n.