Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-02-08

My Co-,ofu.lOo w lOll tnGil SoFcl+i-
ment the present year. This is s10,00G.-
600 more than ii cost ten years ago.
The litigation when has grown out
of Ordway's double dealing in county
organization alore, VIII cos, the tax
payers one hundred thousand dollars,
and there are yet q number of couSties
to hear fnSm.
The cheapest pQsta. service in the
world is that Of Japan, where letters
are conveyed all over the empire for
two sue-that is, about / % cents of
our money. This is more wonderful,
as the country has little over 100 miles
Of railway, and rather poor roads.
Washington te.egrma. Goth: M, M
Il. Day, of Springfield, ID, T., is in town.
He is here partly t look after McCoy's
interests before the public land COM
mittee of the senate for Confirmation
as register at Aberdeen. lie denies
the stories about his and McCcy's al
legged connection with the fraudulent
Douglas county bonds and warrants.
He says they came in possession of
these bogus securities in the natural
course of business, and not through
any collision with the commissioners
and officers of Douglas county. lie will
present McCoy's side of the case to the
committee, and is here to fight Ordway
from the word "go."-F Il d.
Near the mouth Of the Little Chey-
enne river, in Dakota, is a rock with
curious fluctuations. 1t is twelve feet
long by sever or eight wide. and rises
above the ground about eighteepinches,
Its edges are angular, its surface fiat.
and it shows little effect Of ice action.
1t appears to be magnetism limestone.
and it's whiteness makes it a conspicu-
GUS object. On the surface are several
deep and perfect foot prints, as though
made by the left moccasined foot Of a
woman or boy. 1t is known to the In
dians as a religious rock, and they wor-
ship it. None of the present Indians
know anything Of the origin OF the
footprints.
The question as to whether final
proofs may be taken by d probate
judge, or clerk Of the court atany other
place than the county seat, has been of
ten raised and is fully answered by the
following notice from the department,
which is published in the Chamberlain
Register:
Washington, D. c., Dec. 10. 1883.
ID. w. Spaulding, Esq. Chamberlain.
Oak, Sir: You are advised, in reply
to yours Of the 3rd inst, that final proof
can only be made before Il clerk of the
court, at his office where the seal OF
the court is kept. In the matter refer.
red to in your other query, relating tc
proof already made. / can render nc
opinion until a case involving that
point comes before mefor ADJUDICATION.
Respectfully,
ID O'ARoNoN,
Acting Commissioner
We see an account in our eastern eX.
change of two or three terrible eXplo.
sions Of c9as Oil lamps. Every IL has
to use this article more or less. and
should always see that they have the
best article in the market as there are
now and then an inferior oil sent out
The inferior Oil flashes at 50 degrees
and burns at So degrees. The stand
ard required by the law is $50 degrees
and the penalty for selling oil less than
that is imprisonment and a fine OF
from 500 to $1,000. The vender of
the oil that has caused SO much suffer.
ing is not yet known, but will proba.
bly, soon learn the danger Of selling
such internal stuff. The average TEN
p%erature of family rooms is 70 degrees
BY placing the hands around a laml
filled with it the temperature could be
raised to a point Where il would flash
Gunpowder would be safe compared
With it.
We believe we We're a little previous
in our criticism Of the board of com
missioners. yet at the time those arti.
cles were written the board inclined tc
slight us Of che West End. We now
believe the board has ably and consci-
%entiously done their duty in the organ
~ization Of this county. They have ar.
ranged Il school townships perfectly
satisfactory, they have properly recog.
niZed this part Of the county by giving
US a probate Judge and SO far as we can
learn the people Of the county are sat.
lslied with what they have done. which
is more than can bcsaid Of most boards
in newly organized counties. Wenevel
wish to complain unnecessarily OF
county officials for they generally have
difficulty enough in properly transact.
ing the business Of the county and at
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