Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-09-08
OF GENERAL

An Indiana woman gave up a trip
to California, sold her ticket for half
price and returned home from the rail-
road station on learning that she could
not have her pet dog on the car with her.
Two schoolma'ms, two milliners,
n music teacher and two ~dressmakers
were booked to arrive in Phoenix, Arizo-
ma, the other day. At which the Gazette
exclaims: ssLet them come, God bless
them"
Granite posts five feet high, set at
intervals of a mile, are to indicate the
boundary line between Pennsylvania
and New York, which is now being re-
surveyed by q commission.-Philadel-
Mia Press.
"A forger who had fed from Turin
to New York vas detected by his habit
of suffering, to which he wa not SUBJ
iect except when angry. Thinking BIN
the man they were after, the detectives
worried him until his angry passions
began to rise, and then they had him
N. Y. News.
There is no record of a human be-
ing who has ever passed through the
awful caldron of the whirlpool rapids
alive, except that of the three men on
the Maid of the Mist when she made the
trip to escape the Jaw. The tiremen
were locked in so that they could not es-
cape.-Bufao IN. ~ Express.
&C. Macnamara, Surgeon in the Cal
cutta Ophthalmic Hospital, who has
written an elaborate treatise, based on
years of experience, holds that, with
temperance in diet, attention to CLOTH
ing, pure water for drinking and cooks
ing, and rigid cleanliness of persons,
houses and towns, there is little to fear
from the cholera.
II. c. Hunter, of Huntingdon, Pa,
saw a stone too large for him to TO-
on the railroad track neal his home,
and heard the roar of an approaching
passenger train. He succeeded, how
ever, in stopping the train, but with not
a foot to spare. This was three months
ago. He lost his mind through the act,
and has recently died a raving maniac.
Pittsburgh Post.
A British Vice Consul writing from
Berdiansk, Russia, says: "American
reaping machines command the market
and far outstrip all of English make in
suiting the requirements Of the country.
The number sold must be simply colos-
sal, as in nearly every village and col
ony of South Russia, and also to a con"
siderable extent in the Caucasus, this
machine is to be found, and gives uni
versal satisfaction"
"A %well-known citizen of Oconee
County, Georgia, died lately and was
laid out and afterward came to life and
told his wife that he had been dead, but
was conscious all the time and knew
everything that was going on around
him, and that he would die again at
exactly four o'clock. He talked to his
family and gave directions about his es-
tate. just before four o'clock he closed
his eyes and passed away without a
struggggle.-Atlamto Constitution.
An Englishman, writing from this
country to q London paper, says: ''We
have always supposed Englishmen to be
stronger physically than Americans,
but / think we must certainly over
estimate our strength. I am told, upon
good authority, that there is an old man
in this country who could have slapped
Daniel Lambert down three flights of
stairs. This old man is so powerful
that he amuses himself by lifting cattle
from one pasture to another. IN. Y.
Post.
"A party of California hunters
camped in a ravine one night, and, as
usual, put a pot of beans on to cook.
While sitting around the fire telling
yarns and weeping smoke tears, an i'm
mense bear joined the circle, whipped
tl,o 1oya,. o{f tho not orl %hyr,c% bic ,oo1vv
into the seething supper. Roaring with
pain and establishment, he as quickly
drew it out again, overturned the pot
with one vigorous blow, and throwing
the hot beans into the young mems
faces, numbered off growing into the
darkness Chicago NeWs.
The shad, although until seven
years ago a stranger on the Pacific
coast, has multiplied since its introduce
ton to an extent truly remarkable.
They are now to be found all along the
coast of California, and northward are
rapidly making their way. From re-
cent accounts the .'run'' in the Column
bia river this year is something wonder
full, and at the present time the fish are
so abundant that they are sold at TWEEN
ty-five cents per hundred, and thou
sands fail to find purchasers even at
that price. Pacific coast people in gen
eral consider the shad rather a coarse
fish.-Chtcaqo Times.
An example Of hard-headedness re-
markable ever for a negro was exhibited
in Philadelphia the other morning by
James A. Jones, who, in the course Of
an alteration in a drinking saloon, was
shot three times in the forehead. Jones
was surprised. SO much surprised indeed
as straightway to fall down; and after
ward, when his wounds had been dressed
at the hospital, he even went so far as
to admit that he felt the bullets in his
head. But he didn't mind a little thing
like that, and insisted upon leaving the
hospital. Finally he made so much fuss
and noise that he was taken to the police
station and locked up.-Phladelphia
Press.
A Sage's Advice.
eyes, there's money made in stocks,
I'spose," said the solid old farmer, as
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