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

JANE was hanged on the 18th
at Morristown, n. j., for the murder of
Minnie Chigwin or Jun 90, 1882.
FRED BUSCH, keeper of the Erie County
IN. " Alms-house, is reported by an i'll.
v~estigating committee to have wasted $780,
600 of the public funds.
BY the wrecking of a freight train near
High Point, N. G., recently the engineer
and fireman were killed and a brakeman
fatally injured.
The lease of the Mutual Union Telegraph
Company's lines to the Western Union Tel
egraph Company was ratified by the stock
holders of the former corporation on the
18th, 93,340 shares being voted.
THE Woman's Baptist Foreign Missiona
ry Society met in twelfth annual session at
st. Louis on the 18th.
AT McDade, Tex, a few days ago a young
man named Pfeiffer killed his fftecn-year-
old cousin, Mary Dienhardt, and then him
self. 1t was believed he was insane.
CONCORD and Lexington (Mass.) cele-
brated on the 18th the 10sth anniversary Of
their revolutionary battles.
All the coal-miners in the Hooking Valley
tOhio) struck on the 10Th against a reduc-
ton of wages.
A DOZEN dwellings occupied by miners
were destroyed by the caving in of a coal.
mine near Ashland, Pa, a few days G o
AN Indian named Blossom was hanged
at Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, on the 10Th
for the murder of his father-in-law.
SECRETARY FREL1SGHUYsEN has for.
warded to Madrid the notifications of the
trade mark n extradition treaties be-
tween Spain and the United States.
A Two-HUNDEED yards break in the Fitz-
hugh levee, five miles below Helena, Ark,
occurred the other night, greatly ~increas-
ing the area already submerged.
The wife of Judge w. J. Stephens, of
Missoula, Montana, was awakened the 9TH
er night by a burglar attempting to enter
her room, her husband being absent from
home. She warned the man to leave, but
revolver and killed him.
The business failures in the United
States and Canada for the seven days ended
on the 2oth numbered POS, against 1S9 for
the seven days previous. OF these the
New England States had %; Middle, 81:
Western, 81; Southern, A; Pacific States
and Territories, 30; Canada, II: New York
City, 10.
OVER two thousand houses at Delhi, In.
dia, were burned on the Goth. A great
many people were left destitute.
A FIRE occurred in a lumber-yard at Tex
arkana, Ark, on the Goth, causing a loss Of
100000. New Orleans was visited bv q
100000 confagration, and the business sec
ton of Hawkinsville, Ga, was wiped out
of existence.
JON LILLY, of New York City, who lost
his legs by an accident on the New York
Central Road, and sued the company, has
been awarded $3.50 o0 damages.
AT Sacramento, Cal, a few DAYS ago the
wall of a building fell upon a saloon, kill
ing six men andpossibly more, and wound
ing twelve other men.
r SUDAN, a lawyer, was arrested
at New York the other day for obtaining
$4,000 on a land swindle. The police
said Suydam would have made half a
million if his plans had not been premature
ly discovered.
ADv1cEs received at the Post-ofice De-
partment at Washington on the Goth from
all sections of the country showed a graft.
Tying Increase in postal business, especial
~ IN tho Middle and Western States.