Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-05-19

aAoW that they are not seen upon the
streets. u LetcheT Blade.
,sT They are probably filled With i,nmi-
grants coming to Jeraula county.
ass9.At 's the last meeting of the commits
81 ssgfsners Of Aurora county Mr.. II. c. De-
,stss jean Was selected as commissioner in
Place Of Mr.. r. $. Bateman whose resi-
tlenetis in the new county of Jerauld.
WgAnderson was appointed TO succeed
Al. y. &. Wilson the person elected last
tasI a. Assessor. NJ. Wilson is also a
resident OF Jeraq4d county.
Mr.. G: TurneF, from Clear Lake,
Iowa arrived 9 fey days ago at her
new home pear the Springs" on sec.
% fannge "a, township 1903. The pro-
prlatqr is now supremely content, and
Me 1lAash' tastes more home-like.
II. 4. was alcom mpanied by her
daughter, Mrs. A. j. Miner who has To-
|'cated on sec. 13-6o-1OS and likes the
new country extremely We'll.
The crossing of the ''long gullev' on
the east line Of sec. 1a has always been
not only a trouble to all who have had
to cross it but a disgrace to an organ
lied county that collects road tax, 1t
was borne with as long as possible un-
til patience had ceased to be a virtue
and last Tuesday the neighbors headed
by eN-road supervisor Blowers charged
on the aforesaid mldhole and put in !,
crossing, made Of stone The HERALD
takes off its hat and thanks all who
participated in the riot
The question naturally arises. swhat
county are we in or do we belong to
From the action Of the commissioners
tof Aurora county at their last meeting
they do not think we belong to Aurora
county-and another party claims we
are not in Jerauld county until after
the fact is proclaimed from Yankton,
Ii we are not in Aurora county of
course the action OF the Board was all
right. but if we are still a part of Au-
rora county then this action of the
Board eVinces rather more haste than
the matter demands; in other words
would it not look as web to know that
the caaayer is really dead before it is
buried!
An interesting event in the matri-
monial lire took place this week in the
marriage.of Mr.. J. X. Smith and Miss
kpty Roth. The groom is the well
known proprietor Of the Washington
Hflis stage line, and is highly esteemed
asa young man possessing much ener-
gy, industry and business integrity.
The bride he has won is a daughter Of
contractor Roth, of this city, WHO is
now building Il large new bakery on
lower Main street Che young lady is
gifted with all the Accomplishments
that go to make up the thorough lady,
and better still possesses those excel
lent qualities OF both head and heart
that leave no question OF her making
a faithful wife and winning hosts Of
friends. Mitchell Republican,
The HERALD extends congratula-
tions and good wishes.
The question has been asked us res
peatedly, when is Jerauld county go
ing to be organized?" To this query
we have been obliged to give the ster-
eotyped answer Don't know" Weun-
derstood from parties who visited
YanlSton shortly after the election that
Gov. Ordway had decided to go up the
river TO Pierre and thence TO Huron
and Washington Springs before he
would make any appointments. We
noticed in a Mitchell paper of the date
of May 5th that party left that place
on that date for Chamberlain in hopes
to catch the boat Oh which Gov. Ord
way and party were going up the river.
From this circumstance we presume
that the day is near at hand when Jer-
auld county will be dignilied with an
organization entirely it's own
Where claims are contested before Il
United States land office, the party who
fails is notified thereof, and also mott
fled that unless he appeals to the gen
eral land Office, from the decision Of the
local land Office, within a certain speci-
fled time, the decision will be declared
final The secretary Of the interior has
addressed a letter to the commissioner
oil the general Land Office wherein he
gives four exceptions to tHa rule that
failure to appeal from th9 decision ol
the local land officers will he consider
ed final, and holds that rights lost Elg
failure to appeal from She leoal officers
decision cannot be restored ty al ap,
peal to the interior department The
four exceptions are:
First Where fraul or gress irregu-