Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-08-04

drowned.
ONE of the robbers who entered the Zion
Savings Bank at Salt Lake City recently
was arrested on the 10Th, and proved to
be the son of q Mormon apostle named
Rich.
N. w. WILKINSON, a wealthy farmer of
Lincoln County, NO., was murdered while
asleep by some unknown person the other
the 10Th for the arrest of the assassin.
GILBERT j. H1NE, a leading citizen of
Middleport, N. Y, undertook recently to
pick cherries from a house-top, but lost his
balance and was instantly killed.
MORGAN MCLEOD, a colored man who
made al assault upon a four-year-old girl
at Batesville, Miss, was taken from Jail
IN the night of the 10Th by a party of armed
men and riddled with bullets.
A LOCKOUT of cigar manufacturers in
New York on the 10th threw ten thousand
employees out Of work. The employers
claimed that they had enough cigars ON
hand to last two months.
1T was estimated on the 10Th that the
catt]a-drive in the Indian Territory, Texas
and Kansas would be about one million
head.
The exports of provisions, tallow and
dairy products for the six months ended
June 30, 1883, were So, 515, 437, against
$50, 70S, 100 for the same time in 1882.
The cotton caterpillar made a general
appearance in the vicinity of Selma, Ala,
on the 10th, and an examination of the
crop showed the top leaves badly riddled.
The city of Hudson, N. Y, on the 10Th
celebrated the centennial of it's first settle
ment, July 10, 1888.
The Treasury Department at Washing
ton on the 10Th purchased $4,000 ounces of
silver for delivery at the San Francisco,
New Orleans and Philadelphia mints.
CROP reports on the 10Th indicated that
in the Northwest the harvest would be
abundant and farmers were jubilant.
Two MURDERERs were executed on the
20th-the wife-slayer, George McMillen, at
Canton, O., and Robert Wilson, at Mem
phis, Tenn. At Lexington, KY, David
Timberlake (colored) was also hanged for
a felonious assault on Marguerite Lawson.
AMONG the business failures on the Goth
were the following: Gum, Curtis & Co.,
printers and stationers, of Boston, for
$12o,o00; E. W. Holbrook & Co., dry goods
manufacturers, New York, for 1925, 900:
and the Manchester Iron and Steel Com
pany Of Pittsburgh, for $4,000.
CHARLES FISHERMAN, a patient in the
Insane Asylum at Rochester, Mimi, ended
his life a few days ago by leaping into a
furnace in the boiler-room.
The business failures throughout the
United States and Canada during the
seven days ended on the goth numbered
16S, against 1859 the previous week, distrib-
uted as follows: New England States, IS;
Middle, %; Southern, II; Western, SO;
Pacific States and Territories, %; Canada
and the provinces, %, and New York City,
10.
MARY BROWN, an insane woman, died at
the poor-house in Lafayette, Ind, on the
Goth, having for forty-four days taken no
nourishment except a few sips of milk.
ONE THOUSAND North Chicago Rolling
Mill hands quit work on the Goth, their de-
mand for an advance in wages having been
refused.
THREE persons were killed by lightning
in a farmhouse i'll Prince George County,
Va, on the Goth, viz: William Washing
ton, Lizzie Washington and William Will
lett.
AT a church picnic near Newport, O., on
the goth Otto Hager murdered George
Neir, a boy of eighteen, and escaped.
A FIRE at Ephratah, Pa, on the evening
of the Goth caused a loss of $500, 900.
THERE We're no new developments in the
telegraphers' strike on the Goth, the strik-
ers still maintaining their position. Bust.
ness at the various offices in the country
was progressing in a retarded manner.
THIRTY suits, covering damages of $780,,
600, were On the Goth begun against the
trustees of the Brooklyn bridge, for the
series of accidents on Decoration Day.
TWENTY-FIVE buildings were DESTROYED
by fire in Virginia, New, on the goth.
The village of C~orrington, d. T., was to.
tally wrecked by q tornado on the night OF
the 10Th. Fourteen of its principal build.
ings were entirely destroyed, and not q
building escaped serious damage. Several
persons were seriously injured, one prob
ably fatally.
SEVERAL cases of Texas fever among
Texas cattle have been brought to Worces.
ter, and it was stated on the goth that the
Board of Cattle Commissioners would
issue an order forbidding Infringing any
more of these cattle into Massachusetts.
THE Department Of State at Washington
on the Goth telegraphed the United States
Consul at Vera Cruz to advise all vessels
bound to Southern ports of the United
States to stop at Ship Island for inspec.
ton, in order to avoid being sent therefrom
by the health authorities.
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