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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-10-13

children, than she was IN tho ~,
when she was like q wild rose in .1 uays
Grandmother made q quaint. ola yane.
Toned courtesy, and everybody msh
over and kissed her.) Went
But we won't talk of grandmothou.
particular, we'll talk of wrinkles in N
eral. When l was a boy 1 was t aSgs
to look with respect on a wrinkleSa agght
Each wrinkle means a great deal t"ee:
means suffering and care, and ans 1t
for others; for that old person has heIy
very selfish, indeed, who has lived oeea
for himself. Few have been so se, Snly
Yesterday, as l was CROSSING S osa'
Ferry, l saw a wrinkled hand befo RUN nn
on the rail of the boat, 1t was a m, ,Ie
hand. 1t was hard and brown. Aus
though the man himself had his haos,,
towards me, l read him from that h ,@eS
He had his Sunday coat on and q tan
hat, but the hand was the hand Of . n ~
borer. The wrinkles were made "a,
much by constant use is by time. T.
was an honest hand, and I-grandfa,bas
thought it would be more tittino to =
gentleman to kiss that toil-stained banaa
than the hand of the Sovereign I,ndu
who rules the British Isles, and ona :.
them at least, so badly. When the man
turned his face grandfather saw he was
not mistaken. The face was an honast
one, and when the boat touched tho
wharf with an awful bang against the
woodwork, two boys, neatly dressed
sprang to meet the man, and called
Father" Those wrinkles had been
made in daily toilthat these nice, bright
boys might be kept nice, and bright.
and good.
Each wrinkle in your fathers face
means a day of anxiety or toll for Won
For whom does he work? For YOU For
whom does your mother plan, and mend.
and economizeo For you.
DO you think that because peop)e
grow old they do not like pleasant
things? Do you think that it is no sac.
ritice to toll and MOL day after day:,
That parents are bound to work, WORK.
work, so that the young may have ali
the sweet things of life, and accept them
thanklessly, like little princes?
Grandmother likes a new ribbon for
her cap occasionally, as we'll as any Of
you girls. She doesn't ask for it. but
then she likes you TO think of it all the
same: And think l caught her crunch.
ing those caramels Kate gave her as if
She We're instead of seventy.
C'For shame, grandfather, only SIXTY
eight!") N'Smporte. as the French say,
two years do not make much difference,
but l am. sure she seems younger to me
every day.-C Christian at Work.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-10-13
Those Who Draw Pensions.

A complete list of the names and ad-
dresses of those persons to whom pen
sions are paid is soon to be published by
the Government. The magnitude Of
this undertaking is shown by the Com
missioner's statement that on December
l, 1882, there were 291 ,656 names on
the rolls, while 297, POI cases were pend
ing in the office. The manuscript of the
forthcoming list is said to be a fair load
Tor an ordinary wagon, and the cost of
publication will be $57 1000. 1t is stated
that the edition will be a small one.
This official list. of those who are
drawing money from the Government
every month on account of wounds re-
ceived i in war or of disability, complete
or partial, caused by service in the
army, or because of the death of a rela-
tive, ought to have a wide circulation,
and to be accessible to the people gen
orally. The payments made to pen
sioners in the last fiscal year amounted
to Sj6,OOO, 600, a sum equal to the pro-
ceeds OF a poll tax of about $1.4O levied
upon every man, woman and child in
tho United States. Our pension pay
ments in the last year were almost ex-
actly one-fourth of the total expenses
of the Government. Having decided to
SO far surpass any other nation in the
world in taking care of its soldiers and
the relatives of those who gave their
lives to their country, the Government
ought to make all reasonable efforts to
prevent any part of this money from
going into the hands of persons who are
not entitled to it. Undoubtedly there
are many veterans and surviving rela-
tivos Of dead s-1diers who are entitled
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-10-13
The Disappearance of Game.

MI. Felix L. Oswald writes to the Gin.
cinnati Enquirer: "The swifth growth
Of Jul cities is not nearly as unparal-
leled as the rapid disappearance Of our
game animals. One hundred years ago
Eastern North America was the finest
"game-country in the world. This val
ley is a hunters paradise says Colonel
Boone in his account of the expedition
to the mouth of the Kentucky River.
Our dogs started three troops of deer
in less than half an hour; on the river
we saw tracks of elk, bears and buffalo,
and the thickets along the slope were
full of turkey and mountain-pheasants.
From the cliffs above the junction our
guide showed us the wigwams of the
Miamis. About eight miles to the north
west we could see the smokes of their
camp-tires rising from the foot of a
rocky bluff, but the hill-country in the
east and the great plains in the west,
north and northeast resembled q bound
less ocean of u%ndulating woodlands
Northwest of the Blue RIDGE buff
faloes grazed in countless herds. Dur
ing the heat of the midsummer'months
they used to retreat to the highlands,
and followed the ridges in the south
ward migration, as the approach of win
ter gradually crowned the heights with
snow. Along the backbones, of all the
main chains of the sunken Alleghenies
these trails can still be distinctly traced
for hundreds of miles. Buffalo Springs
Buffalo Cap and scores of similar
names still attest the presence
of the American bison in local.
tiles that are now fully 1000 miles from
the next buffalo range. The center of
our buffalo population is moving north.
west at an alarming rate. Herds, in
the old-time sense of the word. can now
be found only in British North America.
and here and there along the frontier of
our Northwestern Territories. In cold
winter small troops of fifteen or twenty
are occasionally seen in the"Texas PAN
HANDLE in Western Utah, and in the
valley of the Upper Arkansas, but no
where on this side of the Mississippi.
Their days are numbered. They can
not hide, and their defensive weapons
are useless against mounted ritiemen.
Pot-hunters follow them to their far
northern retreats; the International
Railroad will soon carry a swarm of
sportsmen to their Mexican reservations,
and in fifty years from now their happy
pasture grounds will probably be re-
duced to the inclosed grass plots of a
few geological gardens.
"Panthers are still found in TWENTY
six or twenty-seven States, but chiefly
at the two opposite ends of our TERRITORY
in Florida and Oregon. In the South
ern Alleghenies they are still frequent
enough to make the Government bounty
a source OF income to the hunters Of
several highland counties. Wolves still
defy civilization in some of the larger
prairie States, and in the wild border
country between North Carolina and
East Tennessee. But, unlike p%anthers,
they. do not confine themselves to a
special locality; Hunger makes them
peripatetic, and in cold winters their
occasional visits can be looked for in al.
most any mountain valley between
Southern Kentucky and Alabama
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-10-13
An Eleemosynary Colley's Railway
Journeys.

Among the passengers from the con-
tinent a few days ago was the railway
dog Help, who had just returned from
one of those MISUNDERSTANDING
trips which have made the animal SO
we'll known. Help, who is a Scotch
colley. was educated to this work of
charity by Climpson, the guard of the
nlght-boat train on the London. Brigh-
ton and South Coast line, and since
starting on his useful career has tray
eled over most of the lines of the king
dom, gathering donations for the Or
phan Fund of the Amalgamated Society
Of Railway Servants, and has been SO
eminently successful in his tours that
the General Secretary of the society has
now on hand many invitations to the
colley from different stations on the
various railways, all asking for it's as
%sistance. Eventually, no doubt, when
Great Britain has been exhausted
though if the tours are made annually
this may be-Help may be sent
across the Atlantic, in which case the
possibilities of the future can only be
limited in conjecture by the length of a
dogs usual life. This, unfortunately,
is all too short to enable the animal to
arrive at the degree of intelligence
which, if its span of existence were
longer, it seems probable it would at
tain. Meanwhile the el~eemosynary col
ley is making the best of his time. and
the sum of his collections for the fund
is already very considerable. By his
French expedition he has collected
some f12, and it is anticipated that, if
no accident happens to this four-legged
missionary-box, his contributions will
amount in the aggregate to some hun
dreds of pounds during the course of
the tours now on the programme
planned out for him. Introduced by
the chief officer of the steamship Brit
tany to the Vice-Consul at Dieppe. 1.-The
r~ailway-dog Of England" collected in a
very short time about $50 francs at that
seaport, and on the steamer coming
back at Newhaven got about 96 more,
delivering the total at the head office of
the society in the City Road. without n
Of those deductions for personal ex-
penses' which unfortunately run away
sometimes with SO much of the proceeds
Of charitable otfertories.
Help is not of course, by many, the
first 'railway-dog' OF fame, for Fan and
Hero and others have all had their day
Of honor. But he is, as far as we know,
the first that has had his travelling saga.
cities directed to such practical pur-
poses. His predecessors had all devel-
oped an amazing intelligence as to the
direction and destination of trains; and
taking their hints probably from seeing
aparlicular engine-driver and guard on
a particular train, and remcm boring
from past experience, what such a con
junction of person and locomotive
meant, became perfect barking BRAD
shaws." They got into trains and
changed at their proper stations,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-10-13
Wrinkles.

l wonder, children, if when YOU look
at your grandmother who sits there
nodding in her chair - 81 wasn't
asleep says grandmother, with a
start; "Of course not.n returns GRAND
iaIner' with a twinkle in his eye)-I
Wonder IT, when you look at those
wrinkles the dear grandmother's
lace .yoa mink of the thought and the
care and the trials that helped time to
uaAe them. She is sweeter to me.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-10-13
Tears follow close on smiles

Tears follow close on smiles and
sorrow on Joy in this life, but it is often
a marriage feast furnishes forth the
funeral baked meats" In the same
issues of the New York papers, one day
recently there were contained notices
of a wedding and tn" death Of the
bride. Monday Miss Sara Brewster
was married to DR.. S. W%illard-two
days later the bride was dead. 1t was
one of those solemn ceremonies, q
dcatll-bed marriage, the young lady
being q victim OF consumption.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-10-13

"A Louisville (Ky.) father got wlnd
of the fact that his daughter ntenaea
to elope, and proceeded to act IN ia q
somewhat unconventional manner. lle
said he would be Dan Tuckered IL thelo
should be any clipping in his family 1T
he "laid" for the couple. he cauS nJ
them at two o'clock in the morning any,
hustled them before a justice OF 'n ;n
peace, where he had them married
regulation order, himself acting as m",.
ter Of ceremonies.--Loutsvin Coa'''''
Journal.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-10-13

"A North Chatham On. ~ farmgs
has q dog that climbs trees. ltrecent
captured a raccoon, after q desPerSss
fight, in the high branches Of AGRes1@$
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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-12-18
GOOD NEWS.

OradO Camp to be "Boomed" In
the Spring-A Compliment to the
"Times."
A letter from Tiffin, O., says: "The
Wood River country is just being
heard of as a mining country, and our
Eastern people are beginning to look
for reports from that country and pub
fish them, with favorable comments.
The TINES has done more than any
other paper in the Wood River coun-
try to bring this wonderful mineral
region into notice, and is still doing
much good, both for the mining aud
agricultural interests of that country,
especially Alturas county.
Next spring we will begin work on
all our claims (the Forest Creek, Or
ado, and other groups), and will en-
ploy good force of miners, for we are
satisfied that we can show plenty Of
the ''stuff" in those mines, if properly
developed-and we propose to develop
them"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-12-18
CHRISTMAS DAY.
How Two Residents Of HALEY Will Cele.
brate It,
seeing.

brate 1t.
A rumor which seems to be we'll au-
thenticated reached the TINES Office
to-day, to the effect that young gen.
tleman and lady Of this city would
celebrate the forthcoming Christmas
Day in notable way by pledging the r
troth to each other for life. The high
contracting parties, rumor had it, are
to be Miss Lilly Hirsh, of P aque-
mines Parish, Louisiana, and Leo
Guttlieb, of HALEY. The bride that
will be is niece Of Mrs. Bache's who
came out with her from New Orleans,
last spring, and is esteemed by all who
know her.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-12-18
Preparing for the School Enter tain.
MentS.

Haley Theater is again be-garland-
ed and decorated. This time, how
ever, it is not for a ball, neither is it
for fair; but for the entertainments
for the benefit of the public school,
which are to come off in day or two.
la addition t. the decoration of the
TheAter, pupils and teachers have
been rehearsing for weeks, and the
parents of those children who atc to
appear have been hard at work making
dresses for them. There is therefore
no doubt but that the entertainments
will be worthy of the teachers, the pu-
pills and their parents.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-12-18
BAPTISM.
The Sinners Of Haley Exhorted to be
Baptized, and the Rite Explained.

The Sinners Of Haley Exhorted to be
baptized, and the Rite Explained.
The Rev. E. Pratt preached in Hal
ley Theater last Sunday morning on
baptism, taking his text from Ephe.
slams w. 5: zone Lord, one faith,
one baptism"
Though men catch glimpses of the
various attributes of God, some seeing
His justice, some His mercy, some
His righteousness, and some tremble
at His judgments, there is but one
God, the Father of us all. Though
we have Romanists, Episcopal;ans,
Presbyterians, and Methodists, work
ing out their faith in different forms,
there is but one faith, though it takes
upon itself different forms and ap.
pearances, and sometimes much be-
clouded.
So in baptism there is different
forms, it is expressed by divers sym.
bols, yet there is but one baptism.
John baptized with water unto re.
pentance. Christ was to baptize with
the Holy Ghost and fire; and when
He went down into and came up out
of the water, the Spirit of God de-
scended upon Him in the form of a
dove.
The apostles were baptized on the
day of Pentecost and the symbol Of
tongues ''like as of fire" appeared to
and sat upon them.
The classic Greek meaning of the
word was to overwhelm or submerge
A man in their language was bap-
TIED wine when he was drunk, ship
was baptized in the sea when it sunk.
man hopelessly involved financially
was baptized with debts. The word
signifies a complete change in the
status OF whatever it was applied to.
So in the Bible use of it. Peter bap-
TIED on the day of Pentecost, spoke
boldly and fearlessly in the face of
death, while the faith was in him, yet
few days before in the presence of
the Lord he had, with oaths and curses,
denied Him. A change was wrought
in the nature of the man. He was
baptized by the Holy Ghost, into
Christ. The Specification of that
word is the losing of the old sinful in.
clinations and the taking on of the
new nature of the Lord. The receiv.
ing element is not water. If it were
it would mean physical death, a com.
plete overwhelming. The receiving
element is Christ and into Him in
spirit the believer is baptized.
The baptism is symbolized by water,
the thing symbolized being death to
sin and life to righteousness.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-12-18

The Chinaman who had his leg so
badly crippled by powder explosion,
in Ketchum a few weeks ago, that
amputation was necessary, was buried
in the HALEY graveyard yesterday af-
ternoon. The man could not outlive
his injuries.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-12-18
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
The Fees Of His Once Liberal Enough
for What He DOes-He Ought Not to
Charge for What He Does Not Do.


The statute creating the Office of
District Attorney for the separate
counties of the Territory, and abolish
ing that office for the several districts
into which the Territory was hereto
fore divided-approved February 10,
1881-defnes the duties of that officer
and provides a very liberal compensa-
ton for their performance.
That statute evidently contem-
plates that the incumbent of the office
of District Attorney shall be sufficient
~ learned in the law to be able to per-
form the duties imposed upon him
properly and acceptably to the courts
and the people. Unfortunately, that
is not the case in Alturas county
which fact i, SO widely known as to re.
quile no comment.
There is another cause of complaint
against the District Attorney of AL
turas county, which is even more seri-
Gus than his incapacity. He has
drawn moneys from the county treas
ury for services which he has not per-
formed; he has been paid money, by
order of the County Commissioners,
to which he is not entitled.
For each PROSECUTION he is allowed
by law certain very liberal fee; it
is the highth of folly to suppose that
the law can contemplate that anybody
should be paid for services which were
never rendered.
In the month of October of the
present year the District Attorney was
paid $2,717.50 by the county. This in
addition to what was paid other attor-
neys for public service under appoint
ment from him, which would increase
the amout to about $4,000 for the
quarter, or $4,000 for full year of
such service as the District Attorney
is rendering. Of this amount, for
the quarter ending September 30,
1888, we have found in his bill
items to the amount of $225-paid
him, doubtless, through misre presenta-
ton to the commissioners, for services
alleged to have been performed in but
one Justices court.
If he can thrive so we'll from the
docket of one Justice in three months,
what will an inspection of the dockets
of the other Courts disclose?
We propose to see this matte,
probed to the bottom, and the Dis
trict Attorney compelled to refund his
illegal gains. And this without regard
to personal consequences. They mis-
take the character of this tax.ridden
community who suppose that mud
throwing viii! avail the cause of the
District Attorney.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-12-18

"No. l cannot marry YOU" she said,
81 hear that you gamble" 81 ac.
knowledge the truth of your charge,
was his manly reply, "but then | al
ways win." "Oh! is that so:" she
eagerly exclaimed; "then III take
YOU. Pa CANDLES, but he always loses,
and ! was afraid you'd limit me to two
calico dresses year like he does ma.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-12-18
LOCAL JOTTINGS.

CoueIhI'g he" aI 1SuPeTt >. 10
Holiday goods at Riley & Tracy's.
Fresh eggs, at l. Morris & Co.'S. ~
Christmas goods at Rupert's. Dc
Call and see Riley & Tracy's holi-
day goods. d27
THE display of the season, at Hen
bricks, the jeweler. d7
If you want very fine butter, 90 to
|. Morris & Co.'S. n27
The cheapest place to buy grain of
all kinds is at l. Morris & Co. dS
Call on J. G. Fox for choice French
candy. dc
Fresh cranberries at I. Morris &
Co.'s. n12
Tom and Jerry, fresh daily, at J. S.
Rainey & Co.'s saloon. d8w1
Finest imported cigars at the Mer-
chants Hotel. So
rs lbs. corn meal for 81, at May,
Krieg & Co.'s.
175 fire test coal oil-the best in the
market-at May, krieg 4 Co.'s.
Go to the Merchants Hotel for some
Of that old 1875 Hermitage whisky.
Toilet sets, plush goods, card cases,
vases, an elegant line of meerschaum
goods, ETC., at Riley & Tracy's.
only take fair profit on every
thing sell.
J. ARNOLD, the Jeweler.
Good lodgings and neat roc ms, at
Mrs. LeGrande's, next door to Hal
ley Theater.
A quiet, cosy place in which to
while away an hour, evenings, is the
Theater Billiard Parlor. dl7w1
For fine watch repairing go to J.
Arnold's, matchmaker and jewcler,
next door to Whites furniture store.
Bargains in holiday goods, and all
kinds of watches, clocks, and jewelry,
At J. Arnold's, Main street, Haley.
If you want to make good mnce
pie, buy your raisins, currants, citron,
apples, spices, brandy and cider of l.
Norris & Go. de-
A handsome porch has Just been
erected in front of the Catholic church,
IN this city. Other Improvements
will be made soon.
Good rustic, tongued and groovea
dooring, and all kinds of finishing
lumber, for sale by A. Adams,
Ketchum. oil
Morrissey's Grand Hibernicon, or
panorama of Ireland, will appear in
bullion the 23rd and Gath instant, in
Aetchum Christmas day, and in HALEY
the 9th and 28th.
Robert f. Strahorn, General Man
ager OF the Land Company, arrived
THIS morning from Caldwell, and will
remain two or three days. Mrs. Stra-
norm has gone to Illinois, to spend the
holidays with her relatives.
W. H. Ravens, the pioneer wagon
maker Of Wood River will make or
"end your wagon strong, neat, prompt
and cheap. Sleighs and ",obs" a
HALEY. ol9m
A.: sather Nattini was of the opinion,
,h '' afternoon, that the expenses OF
s. ne Ladies Bazaar would approximate
an and the net receipts about 5000.
tha a we receipts are not in, though, but
' result will be about as stated.
b, o'o'tmers predict that we will
Co.,: terrific snowstorm between
4 coms s"as aad New Years day. II i,
NO, g. the people of Wood River will
tho " .oe' IKE growing at the clerk OF
ca-,s: ea'her AS the climate this fall has
looLn.y been as mild as could be
SECT; ''t even in such u fortunate