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

The verdict of the jury in the case of
Mrs. Cougar VS.. Mandler is a triumph
not only for law and justice but for
manhood; a creation in the shape of Il
man thought he could Islander and i'll
suit a woman with impunity; the case
was taken into the courts and after Il
full and complete examination of the
case the jury found for the plaintiff.
North Dakota may be the ssbanana
belt" but south Dakota is the grain
belt: the wheat, oats, corn and rye belt.
the cattle belt; the horse, sheep, swine
and poultry belt; the belt of s%quashes,
pumpkins and watermelons; the great
hay-producing belt; the small fruit
belt; the belt of all fruits except ban
anas; the belt where steers come off
grass in the fall ready for market; the
belt where cattle winter on nothing
but prairie grass.-Canton News.
The immediate consequences of the
coinage Of silver at the present ratio
have not been Of the disastrous char
acter which was predicted, simply be-
cause the conservative policy of the
treasury has minimized the effect of
the Bland bill. But that law is slowly
undermining the foundations of credit
and sapping the security of our entire
system Of finance in spite Of all that
can be done to contine it's operation
within the narrowest possible limits.
The responsibility attaching to this
most reckless and dangerous piece Of
legislation is very far from being yet
susceptible of accurate measurement.
The trial of George Scheller, of Mil
waukee, on the charge Of setting fire
to the Newhall House resulted in &C
quittal, as was generally expected. Ar
son is an exceptionally difficult crime
to prove; no other equally SO. In this
case there was nc evidence except cir
cumstahtial, and not very strong at
that. The prosecuting attorney could
hardly have expected to convictthe ac-
cused on such flimsy testimony. Whe-
Their the horrible catastrophe was the
work Of an incendiary or not, the use
Of such a building as an hotel, without
better safeguards against calamity by
fire, was a gross outrage and ought to
be punished.
It is estimated that 5000 people have
left Illinois since the Spring of 1882 to
settle in Dakota. What is Dakota's
gain is our loss, because most of these
emigrating people are good, industri-
GUS citizens. There is a large and
growing class Of people in Illinois-the
loafers and vagabopds who infest the
larger towns who could be spared.
and be a good radiance. Should they
eh1igrate to Dakota, Illinois would lose
nothing by the operation, and Dakota
wouldn't be much the gamer, either
[Belvidere Northwestern.
We are satisfied with the class of set.
tiers coming to us from Illinois and as
there is nothing small about sus-un-
less it is our feet-we will kindly con-
sent to their returning all the vaga.
bonds east Of the Mississippi.
ST.. Louis, April 2g:-=Dispatches fro1ii
Waco and other places in Texas to the
associated press SHY the cyclone Of yes
terday evening wits very severe
throughout a large section Of the State
west and southwest Of Fort Worth and
Dallas. A Missouri Pacific section
house near Wi1anox Junction was des-
troyed, and one of the hands killed. A
school house at Vernon was destroyed
and three children injured. Another
school building at McGregor was blown
down and nine children seriously
wounded. At Rock Church the house
of Cliff Brauham was demolished.
himself and wife killed, one of the
children blown several hundred yards
away and his three other children could
not be found. William Scott and a
man named Mitchell, living in the
same neighborhood, were killed, and
two old ladies named Graves and Dom
nan badly wounded, the former fatally.
Houses, fences and every movable in
the track Of the storm was DESTROYED
or blown away. Mrs. Diamond was
killed and her daughter fatally injured.
Near Bolton an immense quantity of
hail fell on the outskirts Of the storm.
many of the stones being literally
chuhcks of ice, SOME of them five
inches in diameter.
The injustice done to the purchasers
of goods On the installment plan has
become 80 great an evil in New York
city that the attention of the Legisla-
ture Of the State has been called to it.
and a bill isnow before it that proposes
a sufficient remedy. The usual method
adopted is to sell a bill of goods for
one.third or ot1e-fourth cash down. and
take a chattel mortgage on the articles
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