Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-05

VI Glle cnurcn next Sunday,
LeG every one who can, be present and
maze the occasion one long to be re-
melnoered in Washington Springs as a
Gay OF great spiritual rejoicing.
On Tuesday afternoon last:a fire was
a1scoVered northeast of town which
proved ODE at the residence Of Peter
j. Welland. The house was burned to
inc ground in few minutes. This is
heavy loss to Mr.. Weiland who was
just getting nicely started on his farm.
The question as to who has been de-
spolllng the melon vines in this yicini-
ty was satisfactorily determined last
Monday night so far as 0nler Shryock's
patch was concerned. A foot race 6e-
termlned the matter without a fight.
II the visit is repeated 0mer promises
to make "droubles' for the raiders,
As Fl. j. Wallace was driving home
from town Thursday morning last, the
traces became unhitched, and The horses
ran. Mr.. Wallace, and littles'boy, and
father-in-law, Mr.. VanNamee jumped
from the wagon and escaped uninjured.
The horses soon broke loose from the
wagon and ran home doing but little
damage.
The ladies of the Pioneer Union of
w. G. L. o., will send a delegation to
the republican convention to meet at
the court house at Washington Springs,
Sept. 9th, asking the privilege of pre-
senting to the voters, through Mrs. DR..
Hall, amemorial of the American home
against the American saloon in Jer~
auld county.
Just at this season of the year would
it not be the part of wisdom to secure
indemnity from fire by getting policy
of fire insurance in the old relia5leC Con-
tinental Insurance Company of New
York. In our opinion there is no bet
ter company doing business in Dakota
| Territory. Bateman & Mcdonald,
agents, Elmer. d. L.
1t may not be out Of place at this
time to urge people to plow sufficient
| tire-guards around their hay and grain
stacks, and around their houses, grana-
ries and barns, as il will be only short
time before prairie fires will be numer-
Gus, and a few hours well spent may
save hundreds Of dollars worth Of prop
erty. See to this at once.-Ex.
There must be something in the
earth, air Or water between here and
Mitchell that "rattles" the temperance
delegates from this part Of the world.
Last spring one of the delegates got
left at Woonsoclet for q hours; last
Monday the delegates left the. train at
Letcher and would have been sadly
left" had not the conductor taken pity
on the ladies and held the train for
them to again get aboard. Explana-
tions are III order.
The Huronite reports that a ware
house man at Iroquois, in that vicinity,
offered q farmer only thirty-four cents
for fifty-nine pound wheat; he then
went to the agent OF the Winona mill
who would give him forty-four cents.
IIe hauled his grain home and sent a
sample to Huron, where it was shown
to be No 2 soft, WORTH ffty-four cents.
| The Huronlte thinks some legislation
is needed to protect farmers from such
attempts at imposition.
The prohibition fanatics Of Cedar
Rapids, To-, raided the saloons of that
city and seized upon all the different
styles Of drinks which have taken the
place Of the regular 'tarantula juice
under the name of reform" "good
luck" "crab cider" etc. The nextmove-
ment in that state will very likely be
the appointment Of local officials to an
alyze the drinking water in order to see
that the decomposition Of organic mat
ter therein has not impregnated with
alcohol.
The following circular has been dis.
tributed among the members and
friends of the NJ E. Church of this
place: "DEDICATIoN:-The First Meth.
odist Episcopal Church of Washington
Springs, will be dedicated to Divine
Worship on Sunday, September 7th
1884. The Rev. /. n. Pardee, d. d., Su
perintendent Of Dakota Missions, viii
be present and preach the dedicatory
sermon. A cordial invitation is eX
tended to all the friends Of the Society
to be present and take part in the exer
cises." Let there be q full attendance
Mrs. j. Ellen Foster delivered an ad
dress before the ". G. I. U. and th(
people Of Mitchell atthe Baptist churcF
last evening which was largely attend
ed, and highly appreciated. Mrs. Eos
ter speaks with great force and earn
estness and has an attractive mannel
Of presenting her arguments. She i
thoroughly enlisted in the Temperance
| work and believes prohibition the onl.
remedy for the evils wrought by thu