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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-08-18

"'The new moon, which occurred on
the Goth of March, was first visible (ac-
cording to Sclden's rulc) on Thursday
evening. March 81, when the LIST of
Nissan commenced, and continued until
sunset of Friday evening. March 2s.
For u purpose the LIST of Nj
san was Friday, March %. And
in like manner, attending to the
respective times of new moon in the
other years contained in the table, it is
equally apparent that the 1st of Nissan
occurred in A. ID. 2S, Tuesday, March
16; in A. ID. 90. Monday, April4; in A.
u. 80, Friday, March "a; in A. ID. 81,
Tuesday, March 10; in A. d. 80, Mon
day, March 81; in A. ID. 80, either Fri
day, March 90, or Saturday, March q
(uncertain which); in A. ID. "a, Wednes-
day, March 10; and in A. ID. 35, Tues
day, March 20. The moons here taken
for the month Nissan exactly agree with
the cycle before referred to.
''Ihus we see that there were only
three years from A. d. % to A. d. IS,
inclusive, in which the LIST of Nissan. and
consequently the 18th of Nissan, hap.
pened Friday; and these We're A. d. "a,
so and 80, the last of which is very
doubtful. But we have already seen
that the CrucifiXion could not have hap
pcned before A. d. %, and probably not
later than A. ID. 81. Therefore the year
30 is the only one which satifies all the
conditions OF the problem. 1t does sat-
isfy them, because it gives opportunity
for Jesus to teach publicly for about
three years, and to attend three Pass
overs during His ministry, or four, ac-
cording as it commenced before or after
April. A. D. 81.
.sNow, since in A. d. so the LIST of
Nissan fell Friday, the Oath of March,
the 18th fell Friday, the 18th of April,
which. therefore, was the day of the
Crucitixion,n
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-08-18
oozing out from between the strips Of

oozing out from between the strips OF
plaster. Without any preliminary spar
ring Grabby made a vicious straight kick
at his opponents lame knee, bringing
him to grass again before he had time
to think. just at that moment a COM
motion was heard in the bar-room. and
the outside watcher came to the door to
say that Il young man had just arrived
in a carriage who demanded admit
lance. Although the late visitor pre-
sented a ticket the sentinel was afraid
to admit him. The spectators, having
been worked into a high state of excite
ment, were anxious for the horrible
sport to go on, and yelled in unison to
let the man in if he had a ticket. The
young man entered. He forced his way
through the crowd just as McTevishhad
fallen. In another instant he had pushed
his way to the side of the two men, and
made a savage scratch at Grabby's face
and then spat at him. The whole thing
was done so quickly that the spectators
were spellbound with astonishment.
The referee rushed forward and seized
the young man by the throat. This &C.
ton caused the VISITORS hat TO fall off
and down over his shoulders streameo
a woman's long hair. "My God!" ex.
claimed Grabbv, giving n look, cts
my wife" YES" replied the little
woman pluckily. SO we'll disguised,
land for tuppence I'd ave the ole of
you taken in charge. I couldn't find
The place or I'd been ere in time to
stop YOU" Grabby almost went to his
knees to beg that his friends should not
be arrested. The rest of the men pleaded
that they might not be exposed, and af-
ter ten minutes argument, finding that
she had arrived too late, Mrs. Grabby
reluctantly consented to go home with
her husband and not interfere. Nc
Tevish was taken care of by his friends,
and had his wounds dressed. Although
no bones are broken neither of the men
will be able to work for at least a week.
The stakes were evenly divided
dclphia Cor. N. Y. Mercury.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-08-18
PITH AND POINT.

Five Polish poets have hoo,
restedin Europe. Poets in this zen eaa ar
are occasionally killed, or crowIaSS
out. 0"oea
One of the charges against toh,o..
is that its use has a dwaring etfaa.'
That's true. Many men get sbo eree Ct.
buying cigars.-Ci Chicago Times. '' 0y
Worcester has an "R. A. r" Ill.,,
which entertains the public with plavs
operettas, and the like. ..Hearr rvs,
gnaw-ma,' ought to be a favorite a ,ne
-LoweN Courier. "R'
"A young correspondent complain,
that ''there are too many lawyers ~
the country" Oh, no, my boy. tber ~
aren't too many lawyers. There aren,t
half enough clients, that's all.-Bur
dette.
-"What is true braveryp" asks .
New York paper. 1t is going to tbs
door yourself when you don't know
whether the caller is a dear friend. y
book agent, or a man with a hill
Philadelphia Ncws.
When the hired girl was asked N
put an extra plate on the table she said
she wasn't much of an arithmetici,n
but she could work an example n
add-dish-on like that.-Cimcinnai Mer.
chant and Traveller.
The fellow at the other end of fl.
telephone wire may be perfectly sound
financially, but the nan at this end
should reflect, as he listens, that hs
business is in the hands of q ~.'receiyerS
-Phsburqh Telegraph.
Clara Jane says that she shall neye,
be satisfied until women are permitted
to sue as well as to be sued. Perham
it would be unkind to say that Clara
Jane has never been sued; therefore we
shall not say it.-Boston Transcript.
Swimming is becoming a favoris
amusement with the New York ladies,
1t has long been known that the hus.
bands of New York ladies often find it
difficult to keep their heads above
water, and now, perhaps, their wives
will help them.-New York Graphic.
-"Did you lind the people indigent:n
asked a clergyman of a wealthy mem.
Der of his church, who had been calling
on some very poor families. son,
dear, no." answered the lady, 'they
were respectable, but as poor as pov.
erty.'- Yonhers Gazette.
-APhiladelphia woman was poisoned
by holding a cent in her mouth while
hunting street "a change, and one in
Chicago was similarly afflicted by hold.
ing a street car ticket. This cause the
Detroit Free Presst to ask: "Why doesn',
the sex take a walk instead of ridingy:'
-"Why do young men remain sin
gle?" asks a newspaper writer. An OLE
philosopher once observed that if more
young men We're to marry, there woul'
be fewer old bachelors in the land, AM
the nor we reflect on the subject tn
0 it strikes us that the old philos
opher hit the bull's-eye. Young me
remain single because they don
marry.-Ihe Judge.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-08-18
The Day and Year of Christ's Crucitixion.

Judge Bradley, of the Supreme
Court. has contributed to the Evangelist
an article on the day and year of
Christ crucitixion. The work is thor
oughly done by analytical historical
'nalysis and astronomical calculations.
The Judge says:
''The cardinal conditions required by
these data are, first, that the time must
be brought within the Procuratorship
of Pontius Plate; secondly, it must be
after the fifteenth year of the reign OF
Tiberius, and after the thirtieth OF
Christ's age; thirdly, it must occur ON
The 10th OF the Jewish month Nissan Cor
Abib), and on the sixth day of the
week, or Friday"
The Judge states the verified history
very carefully, and says:
Johns preaching commenced in
the year 26, and Jesus was baptised
and commenced preaching at the end
of 26, or beginning of 81. His first Pass
over, after he commenced His public
ministry, would be either that which
took place in the spring of ~ or that
which took place in the spring of 90.
1t is certain that the crucitixion could
not have taken place earlier than A. d.
70, and it is not probable that it took
place later than A. d. 81.
''Matthew tells us: Now the first
day of the feast Of %unleavened bread
the Disciples came to Jesus, saying
unto him: Where wilt Thou that we
prepare for Thee to eat the Passover?'
etc. (Matt. XVI, 17.) Luke says:
Then came the day of u~nleavened
bread, when the Passover must be
killed. And He sent Peter and John,
saying: Go and prepare us the Pass
over that we may eat ETC., duke, xii,
Z, 81 Then followed the Last Supper
and Gethsemane; and the next morn
ing (the 18th of Nissan, of course)
Jesus was condemned and crucified.
81 shall assume that the day was the
sixth day of the week, OF Friday-the
day preceding the Sabbath, the prep
aration day. That is almost the uni
versal understanding Of C~hristendom.
There are some, it is true, who contend
for some other day, just as there are
some who say that Shakespeare did not
write the plays that go by his name.
But | will no stop to argue the point.
1--WE are able to find, then, a year,
from 2S to 81 inclusive, in which the
10Th, and of course. the 1st, of Nissan,
iell on Friday.
Taking the Roman Calendar as the
standard Of comparison, and the longi-
tude of Jerusalem (35 degrees IS min
utes 80 seconds east) as the point for
regulating time, and midnight a. the
commencement of the day, it was found
by calculation, based on the ordinary
astronomical tables, that the vernal
equinox in the former half of the first
century occurred in the afternoon or
evening of the 22d of March. There
fore the full moor of Nissan ought not to
happen before that day, and the proceed
ing new ought not to happen be-
fore the 9TH OF March. Therefore the
new moon, marking the 1st Of Nissan,
must happen between the 7th Of March
and the 9TH of April"
A table of calculation is made, from
which it is apparent that in A. D. p:
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-08-18
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

Fashionable walking parties are
the latest innovation in Paris.
The Red Sea is to be dragged by a
party of Frenchmen i'll search Of Pha-
raoh's chariots and treasures.
The estimated population of Ire
land at the middle Of the year 1882 was
5,O97, $50. During that year SO, 1856 per-
Sons emigrated from Ireland.
A French lion tanner quarrelled
with his wife, a powerful virago, and was
chased by her all round his tent. On
being sorely pressed, he took refuge in
the cage among the lions. "Oh, you
contemplate coward!" she shouted,
''come out if you dare!"
The watering places in Germany
are all we'll attended this season. Ba-
den-Baden has nearly $4,000 visitors,
Carlsbad 10000 and Ems, Teplitz and
Marienbad about 5000 each.
BY the birth of a child to Prince
Friedrich William, the son Of the Grown
Prince of Germany, the Emperor Will
liam for the second time becomes a
neutrality-suspicious., and Queen
Victoria a Observation-Disclosures.
The Earl of Westmeath, who died
recently. represented n of the oldest
of the Norman families .'seiZed" of Irish
estates. for the Barony of Delvin, the
second title, dates from the fifteenth CEN
tury. The last two Earls were Roman
Catholics, and the present, a minor, is
Of the same faith.
Sarah Bernhardt's starring tour
with "Eedora" has been one continued
success. Quite recently, after her per-
Torrance before the Court at Stock
holm. the King personally expressed to
her his pleasure and accorded her q
decoration. Christine Nilsson and Jenny
Lind are the only other women who
have received this honor.
An agent of the University of Hell
delberg purchased in London half q
dozen human skulls for the cabinet OF
anatomy, At the Custom-house the
German officials porcd over the tariff,
but found no explicit directions how to
classify skulls. AS "bones," they would
be duty free, but then native industry
would suffer, and so they dedided that
they were "worn effects"
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. p. Morton have
gained q most enviable reputation in
European circles for the number and
brilliancy Of their Entertainments. Their
profuse and splendid hospitality has
been said, by n of the leaders of Par
isian society, to surpass that Of any
other foreign minister accredited to this
capital AS a patron Of art Mr.. Morton
fills a place that has heretofore been
%unoccupied by any American Minister.
The Africa elephant hunters who
go from cool and comparatively healthy
countries, brave the hottest and most
delcterious Ethiopian regions with i'm
punity, and this they attribute to their
habit of daily f%umigation of the naked
body with sulphur. Again, it appears
that in Sicily, while most of the sulphur
mines are in high districts and free
from malaria, a few are at q low level,
where intermittent fever prevails; in
the latter districts, it seems, while the
population of the neighboring villages
is attacked by fever in the proportion
Of ninety per cent. the workingmen in
the sulphur mines suffer much less, no
more than nine OF ten per cent. being
attacked.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-08-18


Miss Mamie Lee and her sister,
aged twelve years, attempted to cross
Buck Creek, Ky, on horseback. The
horses feet became e%ntangled, and he
threw the girls into the stream. Mamie
had sunk twice when her sister caught
her by the hair, and the horse swan to
them. The younger sister caught him
by the tail with IL hand, and. holding
Mamie with the other, they all reached
the shore safely. The horse started
home on a gallop, and neighed as if in
great trouble; but, getting no one to no.
tice him, started back at full speed to
the girls. Finding them both alive and
on their way home, he ran up to them,
rubbed his head on their shoulders and
neighed as if he was very glad TO see
them alive.-Chicago NeWs.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-08-18
Boston has a Law and OrderL eaor

Boston has a Law and Order League
which the liquor dealers deem so dan
gerous that they have provided a fund
to fight it. Through it's instru-
mentality thirty dealers have been fined
or imprisoned within a few weeks, and
its successful efforts to get verdicts I'M
der the Civil Damage law have alarmed
the trade. Two women had each a
young son convicted of crime while
drunk, and the League gained heavy
damages for them. These cases.h have
set other sufferers to thinking, and a
great number of suits are to ba brought
Boston Hera2d.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-08-18
Jennie Higgins, the girl reported

Jennie Higgins, the girl reported
missing from plymouth, Mass, with
fears of having committed suicide, APP
peared at last to the family of B. A.
Hathaway, having been hiding in the
celler all the time, six days. She con.
cealed herself in the cellar closet and
came out nights. The explanation of
this strange action is that she had been
drinking hard before secreting herself,
and was doing the act in drunken cum
ming; in the closet in which she was
hidden were small lots Of cider, porter
and fruit Wine, of which she consumed
the whole stock. The house was searched
twice, once by the chief Of police, from
attic to ce)lar.-BoStvu Post.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-08-18

John II. Parnell's peach orchard.
at West Point, Ga, is the. ~laroest in tho
world. The trees are planted upon diff.
ieient slopes, SO that when all are bear.
ING a crop is certain in one place or an,
otber every Year. There are l25. 900
trees.-Atu1Aa Constellation.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-08-18

How a little boy, eight years old.
died on Staten Island last week: He
found a demijchnsof applejack. OF
which he drank a great deal. Then
ne slept. On waking he went to swim.
lie stayed too long in the sun, and was
Frustrated by the heat. On waking ho
a feast of green apples and ice
water. Next morning he was dead
N. I. Graphic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-07-02
Alexandria Affairs,
Reported for THE EVENING STAR.

The NEW CITY GovERNAENT.-The new city gov.
ernment was lnaugurated at noon to-day in the
ing. The new boards having been called to order
by the clerks, the old officers were reelected and
the mayor appearing took the oath OF Office, and
delivered his inaugural address, in which he
summed up the condition OF the city at the open
ing OF his next term OF Office.
~ U: s: coUKT:.The United states court, Judge
Hughes, opened its session at the custom house
building this morning. The jurors were called
The Alexandria Jurors were Geo. w. Francis. r.
N: N; Lawson, La F. B. Pinn, Thomas Lannon, Herbert
Tanctl and j. w. Wheat. Arrangements were
made for the second trial OF S. Chapman Neae. In.
dicted for perjury In connection with the national
RELIGIOUS SERvICEs.-Presiding Elder Forsyth
preached at the Methodist Episcopal church here
yesterday, T. E. Rev Dr. Gardner at the NJ. e.
First Presbyterian church. At all the other
churches the pastors nlled the pulpits- The Chris.
meetings in the afternoon, the former at the Meth
OdiSt Protestant church.
CHURCH IMPRovEMENT.-Arrangem are In
progress here for the rebuilding Of the Washing
ton street M. E. church. which has now q large
congregation. The NJ. e. church was begun here
in 1885, and held its first meetings in sail-loft at
the southeast corner OF King and Union streets.
The congregation afterwards erected a small
church fronting on Church alley, occupying part
81 Suns IN ste o ST ns1s @
There are now ten Methodist churches here-nve
to make arrangements for rebuilding are DR..
Poulson, e. O'Neal. j. s. Fowler, o. +. Baggett,
George B. Carlin and Paul e. Evans
DEATH.-MayOr Beckhan received yesterday In
telligence OF the death OF his eldest brother,
Champ Beckham, In Texas, after an Illness OF
half an hour. Two OF his brothers have been 10.
Gated in Texas and two In this city
POLICE STATIoN.-There are seven prisoners at
the station house this morning: George Swans
bury, arrested by O11cerS Pat = yes and Good
rich, charged with being drunk and disordcrly; Il.
Alexander, Eli Bubler and Dock Butter. charged
with gambling; David Manly, arrested by Omcers
Ogden and Goodrich, charged with disOrierly con.
duct; Chas Segwick and Chas Richmond, arrested
by Onicer Franks, charged with being drunk.
REP0RrER'S N0TEa-TranSpOrtatio at the rail-
road ferry from the Midland tunnel slip TO Shep-
herds, stopped for repairs, has now been resumea
Rev. Or. Poulson preached at Norfolk yester.
day.-The discount on tax bills will now be per
cent until September 1st. when all discount WIN
cease.-The interest on the city debt was paid 20.
day to all who presented coup0pS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-07-02

THE NEGRO WHO ASSAULTED MISS MURRAY TAKEN
FROM JAIL, HANGED, AND BEHEADED.
telegram from St Louis last night said
Another lynching occurred in this state this morn.
ing. Bill Mcdowell a negro, assaulted Miss Kate
Murray, in Louisiana, this county, on Monday
last, and was locked up In the jail in Bowling
Green. At am. about four hundred mea went
from Louisiana to Bowling Green and surrounded
the jail Six men in masks demanded the keys,
and, by presenting six revolvers, persuaded the
jailer to give them up The negro was then taken
out, and a number OF rope halters were knotted
together and the moose placed over his head. The
mob then started with their victim toward the
public square, but changed their minds and took
the negro about a mile out OF town and hanged
him. The body was left suspended until about
10 o'clock this morning, when It was cut down
and taken to Louisiana. There the people be-
haved like flends. for they again hung up the
corpse. bad it photographed, and then cut on the
head. The negro'S victim, Miss Kate Murray, is
the adopted daughter OF ChaS Murray. deceased.
She Is % years OF age, and Is well known In this
city. She was living with the widow OF Mr.. Mur-
ray. AT an early hour On Monday morning Miss
Kate, as was her custom, MIXED the cows, and
drove them to the pasture just beyond the western
city limits AS she opened the pasture gate q
Durly negro sprang from behind, and knocke d her
senseless with rock. Then, tying her hands
with her bonnet strings and placing stick across
her throat, the nend accomplished the purpose OF
bis assault
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-07-02
The TrOtting Meeting At Ivy City.

ARRIVAL OF FLYERS TO-DAY.
All the horses entered for the trotting races, to
begin at Ivy City tomorrow. have arrived on the
grounds, and, without exception, they are in good
condition. To-day the following flyers reached
the grounds: Jay-Eye-See, Bronze, Dixie, sprague.
Phallas. Director, Romero, Richball, Joe Bunker,
Tom Rogers, ST. Cloud. Gettysburg, J. B. Thomas,
Bessie NJ, Billy Bad Eye, Toney well, Black
Prince, Stonewall. Charlie Carroll, westmont and
Billy Button. Mr. Cases car, containing Jay-Eye-
See, Bronze, Joe Bunker, Phalas, and several
other noted trotterS, came In early this morning,
and the horses, after being we'll rubbed down,
that neither or them had suffered In the least from
the trip. The purses Won by some OF these horses
In New York last week and the records made as
sure fine sport at Ivy City.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-07-02

HIS CONDITION NOT QUITE HOPELESS
PARIS. July 2-It Is stated that the relapse OF
the Count de Chambord Is due TO the bursting OF
!nleStlnal tumor. The Cidir0R says the caSP OF
the count is not quite hopeless. The news OF the
counts Illness caused great excitement at Paris
actually dead.
MEETING OF M0SARCHiSTS-THE WORST FEARED.
PARIS, July z, l2m.-1he monarchists assembled
InlS morning at the house OF the Marquis de
Dreux- BreZe TO consider their course in the event
or tbe death OF the Count de ChamborJ. con-
sultatlon OF physicians was 70 be held at Froks-
oorH, tne counts residence, and if there was any
nope Telegram was 10 be sent 10 Paris. As no
news mas been received up TO this hour, the worst
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The Hin Investigation.


ALLEGED EXCESSIVE CHARGES FOR EXTRA WORK.
The Hill Investigating committee resumed its
session this morning, and Mr.. Stinemetz con-
dnued his testimony, charging that excessive pay
ments ha1 been made for extra work performed
by Bartlett, Robbins & Co. upon the New York
post office.
Mr. DAMON DENIES MANLY, COOPER co.'s
CHARGES.
Mr.. Damon, OF Boston, took the stand TO meet
Manly, Cooper & Co.'s charges, and was examined
by his counsel, Mr.. Patrick Collins. Mr. Coleman
called attention to the fact that the United States
Fire-ProOf Shutter company, OF which Mr. Damon
Is preSidont was Incorporated I'm New York, in
stead OF Massachusetts, where the work was done.
He declared that the supervising architect had
peen dealing with company illegally mlnufac-
turing the things he bought. Mt. Damon replied.
He denied that he ever offered Manly, Cooper &
CO. $4..OO or any other sum. 10 withdraw their bid,
but detailed conversations In which he was asked
how much he would give, and declined to make
any offer whatever.
Mr.. Collins wanted to show that there was suf-
lcfent reason for the award to the United States
company even at $40 900 greater cost, but the COM
mittee declined to go into the question OF the
merits of the manufactures. Mr.. John Babson
secretary OF Mr.. Damon's company, testified to
conversations in corroboration OF Mr.. Ddmon's
testimony.
The evidence for the United States Shutter COM
pany closed at this point, and Gen. Stinemetz re-
Sumed his testimony.