Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-08-29
Dr. Parlee, while at Clear Lake /.

week, secured two additional $4,000
subscriptions to the endowment fund
Oh The Mitchell university, one from
Df Brush and the other from Elder
l1aTtsough. This swells the total en-
ooWment pledged to nearly 100000.
There will be a meeting Of the Tenn
perance Alliance for Wessington
springs Township at the M. E. church
IN this place on Tuesday evening. Sep
tember ?, 1884. A full attendance is
requested. @. E, W1LlIAus
wee Pres. washington Springs Twp.
ANNA township held their school
township election on Tuesday last and
voted bonds of $4,000 for the purposeof
building three school houses in the
township. 1t will now be in order for
contractors to be ready With their bids
for putting the buildings in that town
ship.
John McNair and family left for Osh-
kosh, Wis, after a pleasant visit Of sew
eral weeks with friends in this vicinity.
We did not have a very favorable op-
portunity Of swapping yarns with
John but trust he will make us another
visit ere long, when we shall make it q
point to do SO.
L. L. Graves, cashier of the bank Of
Ormsby, Graves & Co., Huron, in COM
pany with his father, from New York
| city, made the HERALD pleasant call
on Tuesday last. They had been on &
prospecting tour through the hills, and
pronounced this the finest country they
had seen in their travels.
Some of the candidates for the vari-
Gus county offices seem to be putting
in their time to pretty good advantage
nowadays, attending caucuses; and but
tonholing voters throughout the coun-
ty. We hope they will all be satisfied
and none disappointed, but there are
too many candidates for the places to
be filled.
The temperance lecture by Rev. j. G.
Campbell under the auspices Of the w.
G. L. U. was listened to by a large and
attentive audience in spite Of the rainy
weather. He handled bis subject in his
usual easy manner and those who
heard his lecture last Sunday evening
will be pleased to hear him on the same
~ co,,,o e. +;,,,,
A lively runaway attracted quite {,
| crowd east of Barnes drug store last
Saturday afternoon. One side of the
tongue Of a carriage, containing lady
and two gentlemen, dropped down, and
the team becoming frightened, made a
few lively jumps which overturned the
vehicle, spilling its occupants out upon
the ground. Fortunately they escaped
with few slight bruises, no other
damage being done,
The various newspapers of Aurora
county are at war against "Bosses and
Rings" and each other. The question
which naturally arises in the mind OF
ar outsider is: which is the ring, and
was one ring ever broken up without
forming another ring to do it? 1t looks
to us as though there were perhaps two
rings, an In Ring and an Out Ring, and
that. the Outs were sore because the In:
would not step down and out without
being compelled to do so by the voice
of the people.
The statute laws Of Dakota do not
permit Texas cattle within the borders
Of the territory except during Novem-
Der, December and January. The pen
atty for the violation Of the law is Sc
we're. Asthedisease called Texas fever
is not transmitted except by Texas cat
| tie the herds Of southeast Dakota seem
pretty well protected. However little
extra vigilance lest Texas cattle should
get within our borders is most desira-
BILE. The Black Hills region which Is
not included in the statute bearing on
this subject is now being scourged by
this terrible epide,ilic on the cattle
| ranges.
The Pierre Press Club sends out the
following invitation which will be duly
appreciated by the editorial fraternity
of the Territory;
| DEAR SIR: Being sdesirous Of culti-
waiting a more fraternal feeling among
members Of the press in Dakota, and
being assured that many editors and
newspaper representatives from all
sections CT the territory will be in at,
tendance at the Republican Territorial
Convention, which conyenes in this
city, September II, either as delegates
or spectators, the Pierre Press Club
have determined on rendering their
brethren CT the Dakota press a banquet
on Thursday evening. the 18th, and
would most cordially invite represen-
tatives and ladies from FL papers in
the territory to be present and partake
In order that we may form an aPproX-
innate idea of the number to be III at
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