Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-30

' circumstances which favored then
could have been changed right arount
SO as to be against them. IN all ques
tions Of successful work, the old pro
verb is not vet ont of date, that "whert
there's a viii there's q Maryland wher,
there's a Won't. there's a-Won't.- S. S
Times.
Council Bluffs Nonpariel: MIC. w
Irish. OF Iowa City, a civil engineer
who if pretty well acquainted in Dako-
ia, has been interviewed as to the new
gold diggings at Fargo and the proba-
bility OF success of mining enterprises
there andi in other parts of the territory.
Mr.. Irish believes there is more or less
free gold on the bed rock" over a large
portion Of the surface of Dakota. and
explains its presence there as the re-
suit OF the disintfQaticn Of the Black
Hills by the force OF frosts and the er-
osion water when the plains were the
bed OF an ocean or inland sea. ages ago.
The rotten quartz was rolled back and
forth by the waves until thoroughly
pulVerized by continued friction, and
the weight Of the gold PARTICLES car
ried them to the bottom Of the debris
and deposited them on the rock. He
does not, howeHer, believe that the de-
post can be worked with profit on ac-
count Of its depth beneath the soil and
the thinness of the layer of gold bear
ing sand and gravel.
The Capital criticizes President Ar
thurs appointment of Hon. G. t. Me
Coy to the Aberdeen land Office. and
says the appointment Of Dakotaians to
office won't work" Wouldn't it be
well for the Capital editor to dissect
this brace OF brothers-iD-law? The
fame of MIR. Mccoy might seem fairer
by contrast; for il anything more dis
graceful than the Crennan-Teller coun-
ty seat grab attaches to any Dakotaian
1T has not yet come to light.
Mccoy is an old Dakotaian and be-
longs to the stalwart school of politi
clans having bitter enemies as well as
warm friends. He has repeatedly
served his w county and territory in
nigh places. Not only is the appoint
ment of Mr.. Mccoy a recognition of
his services as n Of the 3O6 immor-
tells. but the choice of a Dakota man
from the immense field which is equal
ly entitled to recognition by the Unit
ed States land department, is a compli-
ment to Dakota and to Nh. MctJov's
Old time friend, the Hon. Il. L. Petit
grew. Not until M. Mccoy steps out
of the Aberdeen land Office with as
black q record as that which cause.-the
removal OF the patron saint of the Cap
ltal from the registersbip of the Mitch
ell land Office will President Arthur
have cause to feel that he has made q
mistake in prefering a Dakota man to
an Ohio importation.-Mitchell Repub-
lican.
The Toronto, Canada. World. thus
speaks OF the climate storms and rains
Of Dakota:
SO much has been said in respect to
the billiards and heavy storms that
are claimed for Dakota that a few sta
~tistics would not be amiss, and the
reader should bear in mind that on ac-
count OF the vastness of the territory
a great difference will be found to ex-
list between the region north of the
f6th parallel and that south of it, In
southeastern Dakota the climate in
many respects resembles Indiana.
Ohio, Iowa and southern Minnesota,
With a great number of sunny and a
less number OF rainy days. The sum
mers are agreeable, and little inconven-
fence is experienced from heat owing
to the prairie breeyes. which prevail
during the warmer months. The air
IS pure and dry in summer. clear and
braclng in winter, and affords remark
bic relief to persons suffering from in
clplent consumption etc. Malarial di-
seases are wholly unknown. The VIM
tiers are not severe, and the climate
during the whole year compares more
than favofably with the states above
mentioned. From the tabulated state
ment OF the signnlollice at WASHINGTON
for g period covering 81 years, it is
found that not a single cyclone has
touched this territory whilst other
states and territories have suffered 600
~torHadoes, particularly in Kansas. Mis-
souri,, Illinois, Ohio and Indiana.
The following Thanksgiving procla-
nation, which will be more generally
hOnOreU in DnkoIa than tha npa ;cspad