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


for Dakota"
Mr.. T. J. Weiland has gone to Chica-
go after new and improved machinery
TO be used in boring wells and pros
He will be gone about three
weeks, and upon his return will open
an Office at The, Springs, where he will
be happy to see his friends and others
wishing work done.
Old "Curley," our Mr.: Bateman's dog,
left here last Monday morning and re-
turned Wednesday, evening. We are
canfs,e snaw that g Billy" will return
some time; asA his !" meat" has come
back he will naturally long for the flesh
pots Of the Springs.
Twenty ladies voted on the question,
Has young lady the right to kiss
gentleman with whom she takes an
evening drive? There were nineteen
affirmative votes. The one negative
vote was cast by woman with red
hair and a glass eye.
The heretofore fashionable verdict
OF the coroner's jury on the frontier:
" We find that he came to his death by
calling John Smith liar" is suppressed
etl, in horse thief cases by, 1--WE find
that he came to his death from an at
tack of pneumonia"
The long expected land slide on the
railroad this side Of Sioux City has oc-
CURED. About 700 feet of the road bed
was carried into the river by the face
of the bluff crashing down. No lives
were lost and no damage to anything
but railroad property.
"The city authorities (of Plankinton)
would do the young folks a great ac-
commolation by laying out Il park
Free Press. Is this meant for tariff
for revenue only, or for tax? Would
it not come under the head of interfer-
ence with home Industries?
Master mechanic Frazier, of the c. NJ.
y st. z. is in the city. He informs lis
that the location of the shops at
Mitchill is a settled fact. Work on
the shops and round house begins at
once. The round house will have 12
stalls and the machine shops will be
the most extensive west'of Milwaukee.
Mitchell Republican.
Mitchell Mail: Warne & Burr have
let the contract for 10000 brick for
their new building, to James Speers..
1.-THE claim known as the Hitchcock
claim southwest OF town, was sold yes
terday for $1,000 to an Illinois man,.
The farmers for miles around turned
out Saturday and our merchants enjoy
ed an immense trade throughout the
entire day.
-Four paririe schooners from south
eastern Nebraska are camped near the
springs; the parties have their fami-
lies with them and are looking for a
location. They have examined the
country south of here, und have been
away up north, but prefer this section
to any they have seen SO far. They are
putting up house for use while hunt
ing for claims.
"Take a young man, tall young
man, with Il small hat, II long face, a
lengthy neck, Il short body, a pair OF
long and sli1h legs, with arms to match
and both arms and legs largest at the
extremities, pitt him in Seymour
coat, encase his legs in eelskin panta-
looms, with sufficient bow in the legs to
give passing gltmpses between them
Of the mashed and astontshed world
that lies ahead Of him as he walks;
cram his flat feet into pointed shoes;
tie an eye glass to his lapel; give him
IA delicate mustache and cane to play
with-and If there be IL grander sight
tmtteI eue CdAAOpy VI netNcA, VIC nave
not time to think 1t tip. Perhaps a
monkey with u tin tail comes nearest
to the phenumenon."
Neatly every exchange that has come
to the office for the last three or four
weeks has had more or less to say in
regard to planting trees around the
dwellings in town. For obvious rea-
sons we have not said much about this,
but we have thought on the stbject
considerably: nothing that can be done
for a town, at the same expense rs set=
ting out shade trees. viii add .;ts mitch
material comfort and pleasure, or will
increase the value Ut property in dol
lars and cents as rapidly us the grow
ing OF trees along the Streets, ON the
lots and around the houses OF a town.
The old notion that town must be
simply collection of houses III order
to transact any business, has long since
been left behind, and NOW some Of our
most prosperous, gosahead towns are
almost hidden amongst trees that not