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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-08-11
fusely from wounds in his abdomen

fusely from wounds in his abdomen
each of the five shots having .takeE
effect. In his hand he held a cooked
revolver. ..I'm shot; I'll be q dead
man inside of five minutes, but I'm
going to kill the man who shot me-"
Syberg seemed to fully comprehend
the situation then for the first time, and
he started from the door out into the
open air, McCabe caught sight of him
as he went out the door, and, apparent
ly endowed with superhuman strength,
he started on a run after his fleeing
assailant. He ran about five hundred
feet swiftly, and was within ten yards
of the fleeing man. when he pulled up
short, took deliberate aim, and fired.
The ball struck Syperg in the back of
the head and came out of his mouth,
breaking his jaw-bone. The moment
he was struck Syberg staggered for
ward and fell bleeding to the ground.
McCabe rushed to him, grabbed him
by the hair, turned him face up,
and then, with the glaring, CLASSY eye
balls of the dying man gazing into his
own pale face, On which the seal of
death had already set, he placed the
muzzle of the pistol against the marble
forehead and blew the whole top of
Syberg's head off. Then pointing the
pistol to the breast of his fallen, and
by this time, dead assailant, he fred
the remaining three charges of his
pistol into the body. The last shot had
been tired-McCabe stood for one mo-
ment upon the horrible scene-its ter
rible reality appeared to fill his mind
for the moment-he started back-his
useless weapon fell from his hand-his
senses reeled-he staggered a few
steps, the death-mist gathered over his
eyes, he reeled, and then just as the
Mortified spectators came rushing to
the scene, he fell, and to the friend who
knelt by his side, he whispered in his
dying breath: s'I'm sorry Jim, for this
Il didn't want to do tt didn't
want to kill him III" - the
gasps grew greater-the whispered
words We're hard to catch-''I couldn't
help it Jim-'twas he who shot me and
l had to do it; telegraph to the folks at
home. limits hard to die this way,
Jim, and I'm very sorry it happened;"
and the whisper, low though it was,
ceased-the head fell back-the CLASSY
eyes took On the cold fixed stare OF
death-the avenger had followed his
poor insane assailant on his journey
over the mysterious river into the dark
impenetrable beyond.
Mr.. Syberg, when sober, was deemed
one of the best natured fellows on the
road-kind, civil, obliging in every
way, and thoroughly competent, he
was everywhere esteemed, He was
originally from Little Rock, Ark,
where his father, who is a civil en-
gineer, now resides.
Nh. McCabe was at one time q resi-
dent of Pennsylvania, but prior to
coming to Mexico he lived in Roches-
ter, N. Y, He was a sober, industrious
young man, and was much esteemed.
City of McGico IUo REPUBLICS.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-08-11
A Long Suffering Husband.

Mr.. Simeon B. Wrightleigh, an
Austin man, having returned home IN
expectedly from his place of business,
finds Mrs. Wrightlcigh and his clerk
sitting together on the lounge, where
upon MI. Wrightleigh stamped around
and behaved SO rudely that the clerk
got mad and left the house, at which
the exasperated husband vented his
rage on his unfortunate wife:
''Now, Madame, that's the fifth OF
sixth time l have caught you sitting ON
the sofa with my clerk. l tell you now,
for the last time, if it happens again
I'll dock his wages."-IeGas Sytimys.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-08-11
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

line GlOverSVllle IN. ~ buslne
directory contains the names of /
glove manufacturers.
Flour mills are being erected tn
summer in various parts of Nevad
Those already in operation make e
cellent flour and are kept runnip
steadily.
1t is a fact not generally know
that most of the stems from Mort
Carolina tobacco factories are ships
to. Germany to be manufactured inf
snuff for the German peasants. The
r collected by a Winston firm AM
shipped thence in immense quantitieI
Chicago Herald.
A railroad only six thousand fi
long, but with a grade of one-fi1
rise in every five on the average, and
the steepest II in three, has beI
built straight up Green Mountain, le4
Bar Harbor, Maine. The roadbed
solid rock, cut away to a plane, upj
which the ties are bolted. The l@l
motive pushes a passenger car up t
ascent by means of cog-wheels pIyi1l
in a center rail, as on the Mount Was
ington road.-Boston Herald.
DR.. Horace I. Evans, Of Philade
phia. believes mushrooms contain som
of the poisonous property which, Wn1
present in excess, cause accidents
is, sickness and death from eatl4
mushrooms. Even those which are .
dinarily considered safest and o9
are at times Objectionable, owing,
conditions affecting their growth u
explains why experts in the selection
edible fungi are sometimes MISTAKE
1t isn't their fault, but the fault OF.
mushrooms, which are evidently uA
gerous luxury.-HeaiM Monthly.
The production of sugar cane IS
creasing in Mexico. The climate y
soil are reported as well adapted u
1t is stated that there is nothing III
form of sugar cane in Louisiana WIFI
can compare with the luxuriant grow
to be found in Mexico. Many o.,
largest sugar districts in Mexico ,m u.
abundant water which can be u'a%
tor machine power as well as y"
cation. AS for facilities for transP
tation, Mexican sugars are put III
small packages Of conical shape VIM
are easily transported by pack . nSiin
to any distance required ID"
Times.
Massachusetts has the credit o. u
ing the largest shoe Manufacture
terest of any State in the Union, ANU IN.
due chiefly to herenterprise that a,%
is conceded to have attalht0 j.
highest perfection in the art Oh W" r
making of any country in l' ths il
Perhaps few are aware that l,. ss
and leather interestof the Unllea n
is next in importance and V allJd Il
agricultural. and largely exceem ro,id
OF iron, coal, WOODEN, or even latb
The annual sales of shoes anu e,ioW
mount up to something like pow
OOO.-Boston transcript.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-08-11
After shootino at r. eio.ht or nina

11ftcf SH00o1n5 do I cf-nt u nif1e
times, Mr.. w. H. Richardson finally
killed, with a ninth shot, q few days
aoo,,,a milk-white deer in the forest near
Bigbee, Ala. The negroes think that
white deer are akin to witches, and are
probably delighted that one of them has
been laid low. Two more of the beau
titul creatures have been seen recently
in the forests of Washington County,
Ala.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-08-11
Senator Edmunds has

charmed by Mount Tacoma, in
Washington Territory. II have been
through the Swiss Mountains" he
says, land l am compelled to own
that, incredible as the assertion may
appear, there is absolutely no com.
parison between the finest effects
that are exhibited there and what is
seen in approaching this grand isolated
mountain"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-08-11

William Mortimer, a ohe %sr
compositor in the Office OF tnI lila
(Pa.) Adcocate, fastens his stlc hos. {
nally across the ''t'' box, anu Il &
reefs and distributes 5000 em ems
miuion each day.-CAicagQ 1"'c
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-08-11

-Mustardville is the name Of a nov
own III Washington Territory.
The Indianapolis journal., 1883-04-13
SENATOR LOGAN AS SPORTSMAN.
He Teaches Some Smart Young Men How to
Shoot with Pistol.

He Teaches Some Smart Young Men How to
Shoot with a Pistol.
Letter in Philadelphia Record.
Senator Logan knocked his boxing-teacher
down the other day. He has been taking
boxing lessons for some time, and has grown
more and more proficient. He is a very
strong man, and as soon as he masters the
science" will be dangerous. Logan is an
expert athlete-at least he was, and he would
be if it were not for an occasional twinge of
rheumatism. As it is he delights in out
door sports of all Sorts He is an admirable
horseman and swordsman; he knows how to
handle a shotgun, rife and a cannon, and
he is one of the best pistol-shots in the coun-
try He has the handsomest dueling pistols
in Washington. But he is the last man to
brag of his strength or skill. When he was
down at the Hot Springs of Arkansas last
year, trying to throw off a peculiarly severe
attack of rheumatism, he astonished the pis-
tol experts of that pistoling country. A
dozen young men were practicing from the
piazza of the Senator's hotel one afternoon
at bottle laid on the broad crotch OF a dis
tant tree. The bottle was round. Unless it
was hit plumply in the middle it spun
round and round like a top. The young
men were good shots, but every now
and then they would miss the somewhat diff
cult mark Then the invalid Senator would
chatf them. Presently this irritated them to
challenge to Logan. Logan didn't seem
anxious, but after some good-natured chat
fling on the part of the young men, he finally
said: "Wefl, Tll tell you fellows what I'll
do. There are twelve of you and only one
of me; but FL promise each of you box of
cigars every time you hit that bottle if you'll
promise me box every time Pll hit It,"
"Ali right" they said, chuckling over what
they termed "a soft snap" "I'll shoot first"
said Logan, "and if l hit L am to shoot again
and again until 1 miss" They had no OBJ
lection, so the Senator fired twelve consecu-
tives.hots, each time breaking the bottle on
the tree, while the young mems eyes opened
wider and wider. want any more?' asked
Logan after the twelfth shot. No" said
one of the young men hesitatingly, II guess
not" You can send those twelve boxes of
cigars to my room whenever you're ready
gentlemen" remark ed the Senator, limping
into the hotel. There's knack about these
things" said Logan to friend as he wentin
''and Eve shot at round glass bottles before"
The Indianapolis journal., 1883-04-13
DRUNKENNESS IN IRELAND.
Father Mathew More Needed than an
O'DonoVan Rossa.

Lecture of General Conway.
The struggle going on in Ireland is of so
serious character that 1t has excited as pro-
found an interest as any struggle in any ma
tion of modern times. Intemperance had to
do with the troubles of the Irish people
Nearly all the evils that afflict modern civil
l1zed nations might be traced to that giant
evil. Some landlords there were of the bet
ter class who afforded conspicuous ilustra-
tions of the Christian virtues. One such had
not only taken no rent from his tenants,
but had spent as much as he had ever re-
ceived in five years from that source in
relieving their distress. In the city of
Cork, within stones throw of the monu-
ment erected to the memory of Father
Mathew, he had counted a dozen of the
meanest "gin-mills' in the whole city. A
priest had told him that the amount of
money annually spent in Ireland on drink,
if gathered into fund, would render Ireland
entirely independent of charitable assistance
from other countries. In the rumShops on
Sunday, between the hours of church service
when the liquor traffic was permitted, there
could be found more men than in the
churches. As soon rs the priest pronounces
his benediction the work of the devil begins.
"If you ask me, +" continued General Conway,
what kind OF an army is needed to liberate
Ireland, | would say an army of faithful
temperance workers-not an ODouovan-
Rosa with dynamite, but an apostle like
1dtner MdIneW, W 90 again INTO lld( cOull-
try with temperance pledges. The dynamite
that Ireland needs is the dynamite that would
blow up the whisky barrel, not dynamite that
blows up men and women and houses
of Parliament" The speaker said that he
was in London at the time of the explosion.
The sensation it created he could compare
only to that produced here by the firing on
Fort Sumter. Would to God" he said,
that some commotion might awaken the
slumbering conscience of the statesmen of
England on the subject of drunkenness"
On Landing at Queenstown the first person
that accosted him on Irish soil was beggar;
on leaving the country the last person to
address him was a beggar. In less than
twenty days in Ireland 500 beggars had asked
aims of him. 1t was peculiarity of Irish
beggars that they always put the worst foot
forward when asking charity. "Plase for
the price @ pint o drink sor?' were words
most frequently used by Irish beggars in So
liciting aims. But as matter of fact Irish
beggars were not more addicted to drunken
ness than the English beggar, whose favorte
address was: please, for the price of loaf
OF bread, sir?"
The Indianapolis journal., 1883-04-13
A street-Car Incident.

To the Editor OF the Indianapolis Jouruar
Ii street-car scene is capable of wounding
the pride and shocking the sensibilities of
citizen of Indianapolis very favorable op-
portunity for the Inauguration of such ca
lamity occurred on Virginia avenue late Sat
urday evening.
Your correspondent waited at point near
the crossing of South street to get a ride to
the south end of the avenue. Soon I saw
coming at what is called a snails gallop two
little jaded mules something larger than a
Newfoundland dog. I signaed the driver to
let him comprehend my desire to board his
train but finding the machine was not on
the track, that the driver had not the ability
with his best efforts to whip force enough
into his team to bring it onto its pegs, de-
termined to make my voyage on foot.
thought it my duty, as a sympathizer with
the faithful but overtaxed mules. to help
push the vehicle onto the track
The car was full, and men and
boys crowded the rear platform. The
mules, finding they could not loosen
the machine from its moorings, stood
and patiently received the drivers whip 1t
was now evident that the passengers must
get out in the mud. Some of the best look
ing took the hint and d1sembarked, yet the
mules could not pull the load After some
more of the kind-hearted passengers got out,
and all put their shoulders to the car, it
moved on and finally took its place on the
track. 1t proved to be destined for Irving
ton. The last l saw of the thing the little
team was pulling their best up Fletcher av-
enue. have not learned whether it reached
Irvington or not If the citizens of In
dianapolis are not too susceptible to impress
sions of the cruel and the ridiculous l sug-
gest that they look out for similar occurren-
ces, for l am told they not infrequently oc-
cur. In conclusion, permit me to ask those
who are no friends to any enterprise that
lives off the sweat, blood and abuse of poor
dumb brutes to take thinking spell and try
their hand on expedients. Give the street.
cafs chance. Opposition would be unkind
TO their kindness. MULE DRIVER
The Indianapolis journal., 1883-04-13

sacrifices of love. Once in a while one goes
to the bottom of degradation. If she does it
is usually drink that is her stumbling block.
There are other women, who have few re-
sources of amusement within themselves,
whose time is unoccupied, who make
hirtations pastime, who seldom Sc
cure other remuneration for their So
ciety than gifts of trinkets, invitations to
supper, and the occasional accommodation
of trihing sums of money. These are mostly
wives who think they are very "hy," and
that they quite safely hide their indiscre
tion from other peoples eyes as they do from
their husbands. They make wide mistake.
1t is impossible for woman, however acute,
however shrewd may be her schemes, to en-
ter an improper place in the city without
being known to the police and to the police
reporters. Many woman's name, whose
life is supposed by her friends to be ire
proachable, and whose truth to her husband
is unquestioned, is to be found on lists com
piled from the knowledge obtained from the
police
The Indianapolis journal., 1883-04-13
A FORTUNATE BRIroN.
A Wealthy Englishman Comes to America
to Claim His Inheritance.

OlnClnnatl Speclal.
Thomas Lloyd William, wealthy English
man from Devonshire, arrived in this city on
Saturday last on his way to California to
claim legacy of 81 300, 600 which was left
him two years ago by his godfather. Mr..
William stopped at a cheap hotel near the
Little Miami depot to avoid publicity, and
spent Tuesday night with Albert French
near Oakley whose father visited Mr.
William at his Devonshire estates in England
several months ago, and was handsomely en-
tertained. Mr.. William is about fifty years
old, but his hair is quite gray, He lostl his
mother and sister within s6Nt
time of each other, and he has no
relatives in the whole world, as he never
married. He owns a large dairy of 1000
acres in Devonshire, and traces back the
ownership of the property in the family sew
eral centuries. Mr.. William has seen a great
deal of the world. travelled all over Europe,
and is now making tour of the United
States for pleasure. He is a gentleman of
unassuming manners, and is a ready CONVEX
sationalist. He. started yesterday for San
Francisco to secure the legacy which was
bequeathed to him, the estate having been
settled up and awaiting his arrival to be
turned over to him. Mr. William says he
has plenty of property. and had no need of
the money which was left to him, and when
he dies he will have no heirs to lay claim to
his large estate
The Indianapolis journal., 1883-04-13
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
The Tariff and Free-Trade Writers.

10 the Editor the Indianapolis JOurnai
1t would be hard to find a more intensely
ignorant class of writers anywhere or upon
any subject. than are the writers upon the
tariff, on the free-trade side of the question.
They entirely ignore what should be we'll
known facts. They seek to be leaders and
teachers, and to enlighten the people upon
this great subject, while at the same time
they fly directly in the face of all facts and
history.
The tariff question has been before the
people for discussion and trial for years,
from the very foundation of the govern
ment Protective tariffs, tariffs for revenue
only, and free trade, all these have been tried
at different times in our history, and the
results that have flown from each are mat
ters of history that can be known by all.
But to judge from the writings of free
traders and tariff-for-revenue-onl people,
one would imagine that the tariff was an en-
tirely new and untried question; that it was
question belonging entirely to our own
country; that no other civilized nation had
ever been called upon to investigate and dis
cuss the question: that their arguments were
perfectly new and original.
If these writers would only read up on
the question, they would very soon find
that all their arguments have long since
been disproved by actual facts and results;
that writers upon this subject have long
since exposed the rottenness and sophistries
OF all free-trade arguments, not only in our
own country, but in every civilized country
On the face of the globe
All advocates of free trade are forced to
ignore the results of free trade to any coun-
try. To admit the results that have flown
from that policy would be death blow to
their cause
Will any of these free-trad writers please
to state any half dozen manufactured articles
that are higher in price to-day than they
were before the adoption of the Morrill, tariff
Df 1852? You can't do it. 1t can't be done
What then becomes of your oft-repeated
assertion that our high protective tariff is
grinding the substance out of the people,
and of that other equally absurd statement,
that the many are taxed for the benefit of
the few?
If all manufactured goods are less in price
to-day than before the adoption of the tariff
under which we have lived and prospered
since 1862, then wherein are the people
wronged?
1t is a mere assumution to say that were it
not for the tariff all manufactured articles
would be less in price than they now are
such statement does not agree with the
lacts that have heretofore flowed from the
adoption of free trade or a tariff for revenue
only. PRoTECr1oN.
WIIIIANsPORT Ind
The Indianapolis journal., 1883-04-13
THE CZAR'S COURT.
The Wives of the Grand Dukes Are Not
Prominent in Russian Politics.

Cologne Gazette.
Alexander III. is not at all the man to tol-
crate any interference on the part of his rela-
tves. The Emperor's brothers are in the
first place, courters and men of the world
Not one of them will ever play a political
role for which they have neither the ability
nor the ambition. They enjoy life in the
French restaurants of st. Petersburg, in
theaters, in travelling. Their wives are not
even thought of in political affairs. The
Emperor is not to be trifed with, as he has
shown more than once. Grand Duke Con-
stantine lost his place in the state council
and navy; the spendthrift Nicholas was
placed under guardian; a younger Grand
Duke was imprisoned and banished to
Tashkend and all the imperial brothers
have more than once been compelled to lis
ten to singing reproaches from the head of
the family. The officials nearest to the Car
exercise far more influence than the
Grand Dukes. Pobedonostseff and Tshere-
vim are the confdants of the Gar in
internal affairs, unfortunately for the inter
ests of Russia. Pobedonostsef is greedy and
well versed in intrigue, but not without a
shrewd intellect as far as his purposes are
concerned. Tsherevin, Pobedonostseff7s crea-
ture, is not much more than a vulgar
carouser, but in spite of his dissoluteness he
has firm hold on the Emperor's affections
The two together exercise baneful influence
which nothing can undermine Count Vor-
ontzoff, generally considered the favorite is
very respectable person, gentlemanly, but
weak and unfit for the important position of
chief of the ministry of the imperial house
with its eight subdivisions. Fortunately for
him he possesses an efficient chief of bureau
in the person of Privy Councillor Kirilin who
bridges over many a difficulty Count Vor-
ontzof does not mix i'll politics; in this re-
speot he does not count for more than the
grand dukes. The balls at the palace of
Vorentzof- Dashkoff, however. are the most
brilliant of the season. The Count is a lover
of art, and especially lover of Thorwaldson
Alexander III. is very fond of his company
Like all the world, Vorontzoff is on bad terms
with Pobedonostseff
The Indianapolis journal., 1883-04-13

She Defends Her Conception of Question
able Character.

Sne DeIenuS Her conception OF q question
able Character.
Interview in New York.
They find fault with my Camille because
it is too pure. They say my representation
would not offend a Sunday school. What
would they have me do? Often in the thea
ters | have seen and heard that women were
fools because they were not wicked. There
is class OF women who receive the best ed
ucation from their fathers and mothers, but
who are educated for that purpose alone,
Such was Camille. UnhappilY for them
selves, those women love"
Stop a moment" said the reporter 81
do not believe that such character as Ca
mile ever existed. No woman with her
purity lost can retrieve herself in such a
manner"
Can you believe so?'' exclaimed the
French artist. why, such women are
plentiful. There exists in Paris class that
know nothing else. Suppose l, for instance,
were vulgar-do you imagine that@the old
duke would adopt me as his child? Those
women are often truer than honest women.
When Camille loves she is refined She is
truthful, at least, and there is no question of
reserve left in her mind"
81 do not believe that O Camille ever ex-
isted," said the reporter.
You do not believed I have seen her
everywhere" said Mademoiselle. 'She is in
the French theaters. How often have
heard it said that one was stupid because one
was in love with poor man. Ali Camille
would love! Yes, she got her religion from
her love. A woman without religion is a
helpless thing. Camille found her salvation
in her love for Armand-to her it was re-
ligIon. That love made her pure. Yes,
they complain, as you do, that there are no
pure women of that class, and that Camille
is a fallacy tell you that married women
who seek divorces are less pure than Camille.
She is at least in earnest, and into her adora-
ton for man sinks the life she has led"