Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-04-18

dredths more rain fell in March 1881.
than in March, 1889.
About the guiltiest looking re pic N
this world are a man accused OF GRIM
OF which he is innocent, a newt maar
ried couple trying to pass for vsteraus
Philadelphia Gala ?hila'ieiph
organ grinder has sued a wo,aan for
libel. In a moment Of exasperatioa
she called his poor, little, unoffeD,lins
monkey q dude.
Dakota has 1,4OO square miles of wa
Ger surface and 147, 200 square miles of
land surface. Of the water surface
100 square miles are lakes and ponds
and 61O square miles rivers and small
streams.
During the past year 1853 new Congre-
gational churches were formed, thirty
one of them in Dakota. This is more
by ffty-three than were organized in
1882. The number of ministers ordain-
ed edo or installed was s1o' against IL in
The Grand Army men in Boston have
decided to call a public meeting of all
soldiers and sailors and others interest
ed; at which addresses will be made,
and contributions received for build
ing the home fbf Che es-confederates
at Richmond:
The first case ever tried by a jury in
the SUPREME Cotrt II Kansas has just
terminated. 1t WAS remarkable in an
6ther respect; as being The first action
in the nature of quo Marranto ever
brought in that State, Of any other so
far as at present. advissd-to oust an
elective Officer FIJI; lack IF diligence in
the e%nforcehient Of a particular statute
The defetaaHt in the CASE was a coun-
tt attorney accused of Tot performing
Ills duty in the prosecution of v%iolators
Of the Kansas prohibitorS liquor law;
and the jury found him guilty, upon
which verdict the court will remove
hill from ofice.-Ex:
The Sioux City Jodrhaj furnishes the
following informati8h relative to the
plans Of the federal grand jury now in
session at Yankto5n: IA friend Of the
Dakota capital commission, oh his way
home from Ianktqn,; says that The fed
era1 ggrand jury is loaded for Bear and a
Zig gfist Of indictments against the
capital removal folks may be expected,
Quite 4 number of the members Of the
regG1af panel missed connection, and
did not aartllyye at court until talesmen
had been pit On iii their stead. There
are, talesmeh Ahd regulars, eleven
Yankton meh OH the grand jdry, only
one less than enough to Secure an in.
dictment."
Bismark Tribune:-The truth Of the
matter is that Dakota has, one Of the
finest and p~leasantest winter climates
in the world; bright, vigorous and
healthful. Its atmosphere is dry and
warm. The very worst season in Da-
kota occurs from about the last Of Feb
ruary until the first of May. Daring
this season of two months the spring
rains commence. While it is still cold
enough to form a wet, disagreeabl snow,
which together with the March winds,
make Che coolest, dampest and only I'm.
pleasant portion of the year. While
this is ali, right from an agricultural
standpoint, Il is unfortunate for our
spring emigralnts. They commence
coming to Dakota5usat about this time
They have read all winter, in Dakota
papers and letters, Of OUR warm winter
ana sunshiney weather, and find tc
their surprise, on arriving, "a really
cold ana disagreeable reception, Few
however il Our experience, ;hayef tFurned
back for these reasons, and wehaYe yet
to hhdfsa real farmer who wasn6t loud
in self-eohggfatulation with TIE III b, bone y
of his adoption before the year rolled
by.
Dell RAPIDS 5,i ' Claims the dsstfh4o st$ OF
having the Oldest Odd Fellow -ip Amer
ica-i, E., b e'oldest in Odd Fellowship.
The following is taken frem a recent
number Of the Dubuque iowa Times,
regarding one Of cur citizens ,:sAs one
after another Of the Qaa Fellows
are called tothe Lodge Abpye,' we may
inquire, Who are the Oldest Odd Eel
lows now liyinng,?'s 4 good pattern to
he measured by may. now lbe seen at his
residence in Dell Rapids, where he is
able to entertain.his friends with an in
tesesting experience in the states OF
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, California
and Iowa.; and .}ast, though perhaps not
the least entertaining, in the Territory