Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-06-30

hall on the coming 4th of July at ,
o'clock L. NJ, for consultation and to
ascertain who, and how many Wish to
become Charter members ef Ihs Post
OF the g. a. Il. at the Springs. We ex-
pect then to be able to tell when an Of
iicer'wil] be present to perfect said or
ganization. Comrades we have inter
ests and rights, not only for ourselves
but for our wives and children. which
it is our duty to upite to seek and OBJ
tain and maintain. \ SOLDIER.
Washington Springs Hotel.
The hotel of MeSsrs TaTbie 4 Wood
burn which will be opened 10 the pub
lie the first Of next week is one OF the
| fixtures of this new town ard IS built
to stay. The main building is "a so
with two full stories besides the attic
| which affords TWO splendid sleeping
rooms: at the rear of the building is
the kitchen Il < "a, one story. The
! dining room is just north OF the llitch-
en- "A N4G and north of this the ladies
sitting room II X 20. The Office is the
northwest corner room on the ground
| floor and is II X 30. The baialice of
the building is divided into single aud
double sleeping rooms atfouling ac-
| commodatiens for from 75to lOoguests
The barn connected with the hotel is
% 50 with an addition gor stapling of
| IA X 80.
The expense attending the compile
tion of this building evinces net only
faith in the immediate future OF orr
town but a pardonable degree OF pride
in the natural beauties of our location,
that is shared not only by themselves
but by our people as well.
We bespeak for them the full share
OF patronage which their liheraltN
and public spirit SO richly merit.
AURORA COUNTY MATTEEs.
Aurora County Standards
The only enemy corn now has in this
county is the gopher.
Rev. Murray is building a two story
| addition to his residence.
The agricultural society are making
arrangements to secure grounds.
Several horses are reported as dying
with pinls-eye during the past week.
The county commissioners say that
the jail will be completed in sixty days.
The cost of the post office outfit
which has been ordere1 for the new
building is oves 1876.
The elevator N;ls unloaled Monday
and its erection will only be u matter
of Il few days time.
The Odd Fellows will give a dance
on the evening of the 4th on second
floor of the new posb Office bt!il,ling.
Churches and school houses ;tre in
creasipg in number in Aurora county.
White Lake is to have a Presbyterian
church.
a mound WAS dug open nenr Crow
Cree! Wednesday which they found to
be the burial PLACE Of an Indian In
the grave WAS fouud his pipe, knife,
bullets, bullet Mods and all the articles
Of savage warfare. The collection is
an interesting one to behold.
Mr.. j. W. Davis hearing Of the min
eral properties Of the water in the well
which was put down last winter on the
corner Of First and Main street, to the
depth OF some AGO feet, has been using
the water from this well for erysipeas
which he has been troubled with for
several years with the best of res;lts.
He says it has driven the disease EN-
tirely out Of his system.
plankinton Star. ,.
This is the first yea" that we have ey-
er heard of rattlesnakes being found
in this county. One WAS killed last
week about six miles soutll OF town
with twenty one rattles
y resolution was adopted bN the
county board ON Wednesday declaring
all section lines in the county to lie
public highways. This is simply q de
claration OF what the. law is
For two or three days OF the present
week there may have been Seen at the
Office of e. E. and II. d. Clark the COM
plete skeleton Of IN Indian Which Was
taken from a mound on the north side
OF Crow Lake, .jerallld county. In the
grave with the skeleton We're also
found three mUsket locks, a hutcLtt,
an iron spear about two feet long d
number Of leaden bullets IL wooden
pipe, a medicine chest and several 9th
er curiosities. The locks We're Of the
old flint pattern, which would indicate
that they had been buried, when found
for Il considerable number OF years.