Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-24

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house he was hGrrltied at finding Mr..
Wolf lying in bed in an unconscious
condition, covered With blood, andblood
scattered over the floor. His coat and
pants. which were on the floor, We're
saturated with blood that had partly
dried. Summoning assistance Mr..
Sanford removed the wounded man to
his Own house where he now lies in a
semi-amcoGscious condition. with the
probabilities that he cannot live. A
large number of persons have visited
the premises and the conclusion is that
after Wolf returned home from this
place last Monday afternoon, and while
he WAS embarrassing his horse in the
stable some person, evidently bent or
Tohblng him and who had Secretel him
self near by, lad struck him a terrible
Blow on the head with some blunt wea-
pom. 4 struggle evidently ensued and
the parties then got outside the stable.
Wolfthen received twomore murderous
bolWs on the head and his assailant
evidently left him for dead, having
dragged him to the side of a haystack
and covered him with hay. Wolf then
managed to crawl into the house and
succeeded in removing a portion of his
clothing and getting into bed where he
remained, bleeding profusely, until
found on Tuesday afternoon by MI.
sanford. Wolf is about 30 years of
age and lives alone. The theory is that
he was attacked With the intention of
robbing him as he was known to al
ways have more or less money about
hlm. Certain clues have been discov-
cred that may yet lead to the detection
OF the murderous assailant.
Gamble Bros, of Yankton, recently
purchased $500 worth of property in
AleNander's addition, from Hon. Chas.
McCoy.-Plankinton Standard.
About the pluckiest man in Dakota
is A, Pratt, who drove a wagon alb the
Way from nerEimer county, New York
to Huron, a distance of $500 miles. He
was about fourteen weeks on the jour
ney.
In digging a wee on Reservoir hill
for the water pipe. the wor!zmen came
to a layer OF sandstone rock, and from
those in a position TO know we learn
that it is of a very superior nature to
any YET found within many miles of
Chamberlain. Every indication points
TO the stone being plentiful. 1t can be
quarried at a small expense as it is ac-
cesslble by teams.-Cha.nberlain Reg
lister.
A Disguised cotemporary expresses
itself in this way: Hundreds of peo-
pie have discovered that moulding pub
lie opinion is a mighty poor business"
Moulding stove lids pays better, and
don't cause half the wear and tear on
the %moulder's system. A good many
people think that newspaper work is
just as easy as falling down on ice, Oh
finding IA girls lips in the dark. Long
ago we dropped that notion"
South Dakota took the gold medal at
the Cincinnati exposition for the finest
display OF agricultural products. The
hundred-pound sqnashes, twenty-five
pound beets, siX-poJmd potatoes, two
ponnd onions, etc, made the eyes of the
Buckeyes stick out past their hat-rims
with wonder.
There seems to be a great demand
lately for claims in this locality. and
good government land is becoming We
ry scarce. People are just beginning
to realize the value Of claims in this
vicinity, and the importance andneces-
sity Of obtaining them immediately.
for it will soon be e~yerlastiDgly too
late.-Iierre Recorder.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
railway has issued a detailed tabular
statement showing the population and
crop statistics for 1883, for the counties
in Dakota on the lines of or adjacent
to the road. The thirty counties emu
merateG have a total population Of 49,
500, compared with 1870, 720 in 1882. The
total wheat acreage WAS $4,000 bush
els, being II bushels to the acre; the
yield of oats was 21O,65O bushels, at SIS
bushels per acre; of rye, 22,51O bushels
30 per acre; of barley, $1,000 bushels
30 per acre; of flax, 1O2,24O bushels
bushels 1T Is per acre. These figures
are guaranteed by the company to be
correct. The statement shows a re-
lmarkable increase in population, which
is permanent. The crop statistics in
that lnen have settled down to
stay.-Standard.
Connecticut has d boy whose arm
grows out of the middle Of his back.