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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-03
Three Children and their Attendant
Killed on a Railroad Track.

CoNNELLsv1LLE, Pa, Oct 1e.-Three
children, and a young woman who had them
in charge, were discovered Monday after
noon on the track Of the Baltimore g. Ohio
Railroad near this town by the engineer Of
a train as he rounded a curve. 1t was
too late even to sound a whistle of
warning, and the pilot struck the
little crowd of pedestrians, crushing and
mangling their bodies in a terrible
manner. The train was checked at once,
and the dead and dying victims gathered up
and brought to Connellsville, where their
relatives reside. The names of the victims
are as follows: Margaret Curren, aged
seventeen, head split open; she lived an
hour after the accident. Alice King, aged
i've; a little bruise on the temple was the
only external wound; lived about twenty
minutes after: the accident. Mary Far
rell, aged ten, skull crushed in and
bruised; death ensued instantly. Daniel
Farrell, brother Of Mary, aged seven, skull
crushed, back and legs broken, and BODY
much bruised and mangled; killed instantly.
The Farrells were the children of a widow.
Alice King was a daughter of Harry King.
a young machinfst in the Baltimore & Ohio,
shops, and Margaret Curren was her aunt.
The children had been out walking with
Miss Curren, and had just stepped of the
west-bound track to avoid q passing freight
train, when they were caught by the east-
bound passenger train.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-03
A Civil. Rights Question.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1S.-Attorney-Gen.
eral Brewster recently reviewed a commune
cation addressed to the President by j.. W..
Miles, a prominent representative OF the col
ored race of Arkansas, in which was
set forth certain alleged grievances which
the blacks of that State complained Of
having received at the hands of both
private persons and of the civil au-
thorities. The Attorney General says:
"Yours statement has received careful atten-
ton, for no good citizen, whether in public
or private station, will regard with indiffer-
ence injuries such as those under which
these people are said to be laboring. The
questions, however, which you raise are
questions of law, and so, of course, are to be
determined by the Constitution of the
United States, as interpreted by the
Supreme Court. For instance, it is very
much to be regretted that impediments
should be thrown in the way of the efforts
of our colored fellow-citiZens to better their
condition by regularly entering and settling
upon the public lands, but it appears that
the particular lands OF which you speak are
public lands of the State of Arkansas, and
that State has entire control of them. Clear
ly then, the United States, having 10 pow
Ell over the subject, can not interfere for
your relief; nor can the United States i'll
terfere by their reserve power in respect
to the prosecutions of which you
complain, or the fines which YOU
represent are so oppressive and enforced by
imprisonment. If the laws of Arkansas,
under which these prosecutions and these
fines are imposed, are contrary to the Con-
s%titution of the United States, the remedy
has been placed by the Constitution in your
W hands, by an appeal from the Judgment
Of the State courts to the Supreme Court Of
the United States. The same is true
of the cruel ~punishments inflicted
upon the colored people at prison farms, to
which, upon trifing pretexts, they are con-
deinned. If the State laws. under which
the privileges are had are constitutional, the
only remedy is by al appeal to the highest
court of the State, and from that to the SUI
preme Court of the United States. The Ex-
ecutive of the United States has no power
whatever in the premises. AS to mere mob
violence, neither the President nor any 9TH
er authority of the United States can afford
redress. 1t is only in the case of such in
surrections as the State can not put down
that the power of the Executive of the
United States can be employed, and then
only when invited by the Legislature or
Governor: The judicial power to try
and punish the individuals who make
up such a mob and commit such
outrages as you describe, rests in
the State alone where these acts are directed
against life and personal liberty"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-03
Mich, mistook a child for a pear and shot

Mich, mistook a child for y hear and shot
it dead.
STATISTICS made r>ublic on the 10Th from
the Pos'-offce Department at Washington
showed mat u.nder the free delivery sys-
tenn New !. ork carriers handled $780,
va pieces of mail during the past year,
fhla'Aelphia coming second with 100000
wy. end Chicago third, with 1876. $50, Ss6.
RapoRTs made on the 10Th by Dun's
Commercial Agency.were to the effect that
business was tgenerally. good throughout
the country.
WHILE an oyster festival was in progress
a few nights ago in the Methodist Church at
Baysville, L. l., two w~ell-known citizens
of the town engaged in a violent alterca-
ton, growing out of an old feud, which
soon terrified the whole assemblage. The
men began throwing the crockery, M in
this manner overturned and ex%tinguished
the lights, after which a panic ensued, and
no less han ten PERSONS, including the
pastor of the church, received severe in
juries.
A FIRE at Weston, W. T., a few days
ago destroyed property valued at $150,0o0.
A CONSTRUCTION train on the Terre Aux
Boife CLouisiana) Railroad jumped the
track on the 10Th, and three men were
killed and ten others were injured.
JOHN CAMPBELL, of %Ironton, O., the
heaviest stakeholder in the embarrassed
Union Iron Company. has made an as
signment to cover liabilities of $500, 600 or
mora.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-03
Buried in q Well.

DAYTON, o., Oct. 1s.-Between two and
three O'Clock yesterday afternoon, while
Charles Hyranimus, a German, was at the
bottom of a well nearly fifty feet deep, the
shell of slaves built over the inside to pro-
tect the earth gave away just above him,
throwing him to the opposite wall and
burying him in about four feet of gravel.
Charles Diers, who was working
with him, was lowered into the we'll to res
cue him, when he was also caught. He
was soon rescued, sustaining a broken
shoulder-blade. Efforts were at once COM
menced to rescue Hyranimus, but the gravel
continued aving faster than the workmen
could take it away. At midnight he was
still in the well, with earth nearly covering
him. When the stone protection gave
way it formed a sort of crevice or crack a
few inches in width, through which the un-
fortunate man could breath. At midnight
he was still alive and prayed for some one
to give him a knife SO that he could cut his
throat. There is but small hope of rescuing
him alive.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-03
SWALLOWED UP.

Death and Destruction Duo to an Earth.
quake Which Occurred in Asia Minor
Not Less Than q Thousand Persons Said
to Have Persisted and Many Villages
Annihilated.
CoNsTANTINopLE, Oct. 1S.-It is report
ed that a great loss of life and much dam
age to property have been caused by yester-
days earthquakes in Asia Minor. The
earthquake was particularly destructive
along the coast between Chesme, opposite
the Island of Chios, and Vourla, on the
southern coast of the Gulf of Smyrna.
No lives were lost in Chcsme, though the
village was badly damaged. Several
smaller villages were completely wrecked,
and it is believed that nearly a thousand
persons have lost their lives and been buried
under the ruins. The survivors of the dis
aster are suffering great privation and a
panic prevails among them.
Most of the houses collapsed at the first
shock, burying their inmates. The people
who escaped became panic-stricken and
sought the fields, where many are huddled
together in a starving condition and suffer
ing from cold. Help for the stricken people
is going forward from Smyrna.
The Porte has issued a notice stating that
10000 persons are homeless, and pleading
for immediate assistance. A Government
Commission will start as soon as possible to
aid the local officials. The report that
1000 persons persisted is confirmed.
1t is not known exactly how far into tho
interior of Asia Minor the disturbance ex-
tended, but reports from points southeast of
Smyrna indicate that a large area of country
was affected. Little damage was done on
the Island of Chios, as the lock, though
severe, was of short duration.
Chesme or Tschesme, is a village of the
great peninsula of Asia Minor, opposite the
Island of Chios, where important %archa,olog-
ical explorations are in progress under the
direction of the American Institute OF
Archaeology. 1t is forty miles west-south-
west of Smyrna, and has a population
of 1000 souls. The principal building
in the village is a large citadel, the residence
of the Turkish Governor. Near it are ex.
tensive sulphur and saline springs. The
distance between Chesme and Vourla is
about twenty miles, and the population of
the district consists chiefly of Turks, Greeks
and Armenians, mostly engaged in fishing
and agriculture.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-03

evening of the 10Th took the ground that
the recent Civil Rights decision of the Su-
preme Court would not retard the progress
of the colored man, but rather have the
effect of advancing his condition. He con-
tended that the ..common law was sufficient
to protect him in his rights and privileges.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL, United States
Minister, was on the 10Th nominated as a
candidate for the rectorship of the Scotch
University Of st. Andrews, at Edinburgh,
Scotland,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-03
LATER NEWS

w. A. KLEIN, under indictment for the
murder of Mayor Stubs, of Polk City, Ia,
was fatally shot on the Goth by his brother.
in-law, John Cools.
O.. A. CARPENTER, a prominent merchant
of Lincoln, ILL.,, was on the Goth committed
to Jail as the murderer of Fora Burns, on
the alleged discovery of human blood on
the handle Of his riding-whip and the lines
of his harness.
Snow to the depth of from three to six
inches covered the soil of Minnesota and
the Red River Valley on he 21st.
IT was announced on the Goth by Mr..
Burchard, Director of the Mint, that there
was S43S ,S42, 400 in the Treasury at Wash
ington October 1, and s., 291, 755, 1924 in gen.
eral circulation. OF this amount $707, 01G,-
5S4 is in paper.
Four more shocks of earthquake were
felt at Gibraltar early on the morning of
the Goth, lasting about ten seconds
AT the Harvard regatta IN the Goth on
the Charles River, a platform crowded
with spectators a way. A student
named F. S. Mead had his chest crushed
and right leg broken, and eight others
were seriously injured.
HIGH water in the White River, at Bates.
vile, Ark, OH the Dist minated over twelve
hundred acres of corn and cotton.
GoLD ore worth from $40 to $3.50 per ton
was on the Gosh said to nave been discov-
cred near Lisbon, D. I.
APARTY of thirty-six Mormon mission
aries arrived in New York City on the Dist
on their way to Europe.
A HEAVY squall struck a fishing fleet off
Provincetown, Mass, OH the goth, and a
number Of vessels were damaged. The
schooner Helen NJ. Crosby, of Gloucester,
lost eight men.
A burglar at Shelby, N. G., at.
tackled an aged couple named Logan a few
nights ago. killing the wife and choking
her husband nearly to death.
Mr.. HARRIS, postmaster at Sheffield, Ind,
was sand-bagged at an isolated spot and
robbed of 81 .050 on the Goth.
UP to the 21st twenty-three persons had
died from trichinaisis at Ermesleben, Sax.
ony, and 22G were still suffering.
THE annual report of Frank Hatton,
First Assistant Postmaster-General, was
made public on the Goth. The whole num-
Der of post-ofices Jun 80, 1888, was Al, 1868;
increase, 1862 during the year. The in
crease in the States and Territories
Of the West and Northwest was
$50. Pennsylvania had the largest number
of post-otfices, 3,71G; New York followed
with 3,0S2; II Ohio third, with 2 $50. Tho
whole number of Presidential offices was
2,143. The number of money-order offices
was $751;; increase, 421. The total ex.
pe%nditures on account of post-ofice sup.
plies was $111,927, leaving a small mex
pended balance.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-03
Wealthy Americans who pine fo

Wealthy Americans who pine for
royal decorations will be gratifed to
learn that they can purchase the ribbon
Of the Order Of Isabella of Spainfor the
tritling sum of $500; for 5000 they can
belong to the Order of the Lion and
the Sun, and for the sum of 81, 900 the
Sultan will permit them to wear on their
manly bosoms the Star of the Medii-
dich. Why not cultivate a taste for the
beautiful and magnificent?-M. Y
Graphic.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-03
A Rare Old Coin.

CHICAGO, Oct. 16.-H. r. Rothwell has
received as a present from Robert Morris.
Past Grand Master Of the Masonic Grand
Lodge OF Kentucky, a rare old coin. II ia
OF bronze, and was found near Gebal. in the
I1oiy Lane. It was coined A. u. $50, under
the Emperor Commodus,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-03
Disc overy Of the Cause Of Cholera.

BERLIN, Oct 16.-Dr. Koch, of the Ger.
man commission which went to Egypt to
investigate the cholera epidemic. renorrz
that he has discovered that cholera is d,a to
a living, thread-like, microscopic organism
resembling that seen in eases Of phthisla.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-03

.-Joukoysky, Lomonossof,, , Gr1o1}o
doff, Dastoiyeysky, PissemskysakGIitb the
these are the kind of names thai III md
literary trump of fame in Russia to
split that sacred bugle from see"
STERN Chicago Inter Ocean.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-03

The Wall Street National Bank, with a
capital of 100000, has abandoned the Fed
eral system, and will open a State institu-
ton.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-03

Mrs. Thomas Cooch, of PottsVllie.
Pa, SO seriously burned by her cl9 g;nd,
taking fire a few days ago, has ad
Two hours before death she lnSls''o a
that the wedding of her daughter ~ d 4
young gentleman of Pottsville sno sn1.
take place by her bedside. and the sd
emn ceremony was performed in acc9ru.
ance with the dying mothers requeS"
Rtts6urqh Post.
National Republican., 1883-04-02
Nc,y Theatre Cominue.

Harry Miners Comedy company commence
their re turn engagement at the comique to-
night. The company is meritorious onean
should meet with an ovation, for il is decidedly
the best variety company in existence. as was
attested during their engagement here just
eight weeks ago. The roster contains such
artists as Murphy and shannon, Murphy and
Mack, the Jeromes, Master Dunn, Jeppe and
Fanny Deano, Billy Carter, Jennie Dunn,
Belle Clifton, Louis De Louise, the Wesley
Bros and Vatican. Matinces will be given
TnesdnY. Thursday. and Friday.
National Republican., 1883-04-02
A IIcnvY Cnsn OF Drunk.

Mary c. Turner, dusty sylph of about 225
pounds avoirdupois, was run in the third
precinct station in Georgetown yesterday af-
ternoon ON tho charge of drunk and dis
orderly. She was inflicting severe corporeal
castigation upon her husband, and when
officers Riley and Fisher went to his assist
ance she showed fight and it required all the
power Of the officers to take her to the station.
Her friends were very anxious to have her
released last night on the ground Of her
being q very sickly and delicate "'oman."
National Republican., 1883-04-02
OUR DISTRICT GOVERNMENT.
IL. l. ~.

To ne EdHOf.
SIR: Doesn't it occur to you that, in Wow
of the squabblc among the members of our
present tripple-headed, civil-military, So
called district government, IL is about time
the people of the district had some voice in
the district affairs? 1t seems so to me. 1t
was under the present irresponsible form of
government that the rasculity of the detec
tives grew and ilourished without so much as
their suspccting ii, and it was by the action
of private citizens, and by them alone, that
of these facts, to say nothing of the
sacred right of self government, it
does seem to me that il would be II very proper
thing for us to ask congress ut its next session
TO give us some form of local government, in
which the citizens shall at least have some
voice. Suppose we were to have an executive
council, to be composed of one member from
each of the old senatorial districts, to be
elected by the property holders or appointed
by the President upon tho recommendation
of the taxpayers of each district, who should
serve without salary or for u nominal sal
ary, and who should have control of
district affairs, with one executive officer in
place of the three commissioners, does any
one doubt that the public interests would be
much better and far more cquitably served ?
To my mind there is not u doubt on the sub
jcct.
BY such an arrangement all parts of the
district would be represented, and, what is
more the people would feel and take direct
personal interest in our affairs.
Without going into details Mt this time,
merely throw out the suggestion, and would
be glad to get the views Of other citizens oil
the subject. a CITIZEN.
National Republican., 1883-04-02
Advice 70 Consumptiyes.

on the appearance of the first symptoms
as general debility, loss of appetite pallor,
chilly sensations, followed by night sweats
and cough-prompt measures for relief should
be taken. Consumption is scrofulous disease
of the lungs; therefore use the great anti
scrofula. or blood purifier and strength re-
storer-Dr. Piercc's Golden Medical Dis
covcry." Superior to cod liver oil as nutri-
tive and unsurpassed as a pectornl, For weak
lungs, splitting of blood, and kindred aflec-
tions, IL has no equal. Sold by druggists the
world over. For Dr. Pierce's pamphlet on
consumption send two stamps to WorlGs Dis
pensary Medical Association, Buffalo, n. Y.
National Republican., 1883-04-02
SprtiaI Notitts.
~. posToFFIcE NOTICE

IOoiOr fANA1 +NOihSiA
Foreign mails for the week ending April will
N2S RSmod. WAY via west f Point, "p Va nf'A' p'' '''"'
W2omnE VA &c pHl cape
1layt, 81. Domingo and Turks Island, per steam
aud Livingston, per steamship ciIS Of Dallas, via
New Orleans; qt 1;so r m; for IGgyillo aud Rnatan
WEDNESDAY. AT lllq q, NJ; tor Europe, per
steamship serya via qgeenstSwn e!'ers oG
a. M, for France direct. per steamship Amerque,
S b m Gn SH Via arSS az 3
j., m, for Mexico, per steamship City Of Mexico,
TiuRSDAY.-At 10 n. IN, for Haytl, per steamship
Alenc; at 4 a. m. for Germany, France &c., per
for e rea Pa Sns oRcf
European countries must ne directed per " est
% va a. en- Sy rpG m PST for NassaH anR
Nlntanz,s, Cuba, per steamship state OF Texas at
i i > p IN, m Cuba ~; ii poro Rico Co a MEXICO S per steam
ship City of Alexander, VIA Havana; at l;iD p. M.
ton ana Bremen: at iO;Da m. for Venezuea aud
Curacoa, per steamship yalenla. ,,,-
FRIDAY,aAt 10 q; M Tor J@naco SavNnS a,I e. DC,
land and -. Pierre Mquelon via Halifax; -
steamship Crcassia via GLASGOW at II y, m. for
Germany, Sc; per steamship iiabsburg, via south;
amptOn and Bremen lletters for Great Britain and
Iabsburg"t nj IL m. for Europe, per steamship
Porto Rico, per steamship Saratoga, via Havana;
at 3p, M for Belgium direct, per steamship Neder-
Via san Francisco, close April q at p, IN. Mails
islands. per steamship Australia, via San Fran.
cisco, close April s2I att p. m.
arranged on the presumption of their uninterrupted
overland transit 70 san Francisco, Mails from the
sailing of steamers are dispatched thence the same
u"'' HENRY G. PEARSON.
Postmaster.
National Republican., 1883-04-02
SPRING ovERCoATs in an endless variety.
EIsEMAN Bros, cor. Seventh and Il.
Al The WharYes,

Harbormastcr Sutton has reported the fol-
lowing recent arrivals at the river front
Pungy Thomas Jefferson, Capt Quay, 300
bushels oysters sloop Emma, Capt, Wells,
200 bushels oysters schooner $. j. Stephen
son, Capt, Evans, 400 bushels oysters; schooner
Five Sisters, Capt Knight 30 cords wood for
j. o. Carter schooner John Solder, Capt.
Olden, 140 cedar posts for IL. l.. Biscoe barge
John Miller Capt. ---, II tons coal for c..
l.. sheriff; steamer Kate; Capt Ellis, fish for
II. 4. Golden; steamer Atlas, Capt Chcsser,
fish for Il. A. Golden; sloop Damie Sheets,
Capt. Mason, fish for Il. A, Golden sch ooner
Jeanette, Capt Raymond fish for r. A.
Golden; schooner Coast Survey, Capt. Bailey
fish for William Il. Stuart, schooner j. c. Van
name Capt. Lawrence, 400 bushels oysters.
National Republican., 1883-04-02
LADIES aud sickly girls requiring a non
alcoholic, gentle stimuant, will find Browns
Iron Bitters beneficial.
TN, Farragut Veternn Assoclatlon.

The twenty-frst anniversary of the capture
of New Orleans and its defenses will take
place at Grand Army hall, South street, above
Broad, Philadelphia, on Wednesday evening"
April %, 1883 An election will take place
for officers to serve for the ensuing year. The
report of the secretary will be ready for dis
tribution. The main brace will be spliced oc-
casiOnally during the evening, After tTansac-
ton Of business lunch will be served. 1t is
earnestly desired that all the vessels of the
fleet should be represented, For tickets and
information address or apply to William
Simons, secretary, 1920 Wharton street, Phil
ndelnhia.
National Republican., 1883-04-02
WE LIKE THE PLAN, WITH LITTLE IN
ADDITION.
N IN

THE REPUBLICAN of to-day says: "With-
out rejecting upon either or any of the COM
missoners for the manner in which they
endcavor to discharge the duties required of
them by law, we hope the next congress will
make one responsible head for the govern
ment of this district" So say we, with this
addition thereto: That when congress next
time proceeds TO exercise its specific power,
under Art. l, sec B. par II, of the consttn-
tion of the United States that il should do
so with an eye single to another sacred prin-
ciple, that taxation calls aloud for its sponsor
and plcader, representation.
We are Us much entitled to n representative
in congress as to district governor. BY
what principle under this form of govern
ment are 100000 people disfranchised? Who
will dare say that this district is grand
central" military camp of the government,
and thereby can ever apply this maxim: Inter
arma legcs silent to its population We scout
both the idea and the theory rs preposterous
and tyrannical. Let us have something of
the genuine article Of government next time.
MARCH 80, 1883. O. Il, j.
National Republican., 1883-04-02
lieS.

CROOK ER.-On Friday, March 20. after q short Ill
ness, WILLIAM l.. CRookER, aged 10 years.
Notice of funeral hereafter.
DIGGS.--On the night of March n, 1sS3 Mrs. CHLOE
DIGGs ut her residence, 40 Washington street In this
city, after long Illness She leaves many friends,
bOh In this city and Maryland.
Funeral Tuesday afternoon, ut three o'clock, from
her residence Friends invited.
MANNING.-On the first instant, at 8 o'clock a.
M. EDITH RICHAKDSON, youngest child OF John g.
ana the late Mary l.. Manning, aged weeks and
day,
STUBBS.-on March 81, 1873. FANNIE, daughter OF
O. W. ilake and wife of T. G. Stubbs, In the 2st year
of her age.
Funeral from her late residence. Avon. Montgom-
cry County. Maryland. this Monday, ut o'clock.
Services At 81 Johns Church, at 80 y. M.
wHIrE.-On Friday, Mar. 30, lSS3 at 100 o'clock
y. M, al the residence of her mother, Mrs. Ellen
Walsh, l2ij sixth street northwest amer lingering
illness, MAGGIE G, wife of Warren NJ. whyte
Funeral Monda, April ., losJ, at 9b O'Clock q. m,
Mass at the Church of the Immaculate Conception.
Interment at Mount Ovet cemetery.
wAITE.-On April /, 1883, at 1915 p. mr. MARIE
CAMIIo WAITE, aged years and "a days, daughter
of Arthur NJ. and Lotta NJ. Waite
Funeral from her grandfather's residence. No. AZ
Missouri avenue northwest, at p. m Tuesday,
April3 8. -
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