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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-04-11
CAUSED BY A BAD BOILER.

The Boiler of a Locomotive Attached to
a Limited Express Train Explodes-The
Train Dcrailed, and the Engineer aud
Fireman killed-Flfteen Injured.
SALEM, O., March 2l.-The Chicago and
New York limited express OIL the Pittsburgh,
Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad, which
passes here at four o'clock, met with a ter
rible accident two miles east of here yester-
day morning. The train was equipped
with a combination smoking and baggage
car, dining car, and two sleepers,
having OH board %twenty-nine passen-
gers, bound for points east of
Pittsburgh, and was in charge of Conductor
Holloway, with Engineer James Richards
and Fireman Charles Rhodes in the cab.
While rounding a sharp curve and running
at a high rate Of speed the boiler exploded
with a terrific violence, hurting the engine
down a fifteen-fo0t embankment, blowing
the engineer and fireman four hundred feet
from the point where the engine
left the track. and killing them ill.,
stantly. The combination cars followed the
engine and landed upon the boiler with such
violence as to force the drivers of the engine
through the floor, the cars being demolished
completely. Tho dining-car was thrown
over on its side, slid down the ~embankment,
and was completely wrecked. The remain
ing two cars were forced from the track and
the trucks Of the forward car thrown a dis
lance Of twenty feet. Both cars were badly
damaged.
1t was soon ascertained that no one had
received serious injuries, although many
were more or less cut and bruised. The
employees on the train were not so fortunate.
Ba-ggage-master Beisel received a bad cut
on the leg, and a sleeping-car conductor
was badly bruised. One colored porter was
found unconscious in the s%moking-car.
lying in a pool of blood, and was at first
thought to be dead, but after being removed
to the open air he revived. His injuries
are not considered fatal. The injured num-
Der fifteen.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-04-11
Excluded by Her Sex and Condition.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, March 2o.-Presi-
dent Judge Ludlow, one of the ablest jurists
in the State, on Tuesday dismissed the mo-
ton for the admission of Mrs. Carrie B. Xii.
gore to practice as an attorney. He opposed
the plea of the lady, who is a woman of IN.
questionable character and ability, first, be-
cause no law or custom sanctions it. but.
on the contrary, contemporaneous exposi,
ton and universal practice condemn it:
second, to grant this motion would be in
the present condition OF the law an act of
Judiclal legislation, and, therefore, OF judi
clal usurpAtion; third, because, in this in.
stance, the applicant being a married wom-
an, she can not enter into those contracts
without ability to make which she can not
iegally practice as an attorney Of the
courts; fourth, because the question must
DC solved by legislative and not by judicial
authority. Mrs. Kilgore has petitioned
every Common Pleas court in the county.
of them, "A1
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-04-11
Death Of Bishop Kayanaugh.

COLUMBUS, Miss, March 2o.--Bishon r..
II. h~avanaugh, Senior Bishop Of the Meth
odlst Church South, died here yesterday
morning. aged eighty-two years. The re-
mains will be taken TO his home at Louis.
Vile Hubbard Hinde Kavanaugh, D. D.
was born in Clark County, Ky.. Jan,
uary "A, 1902. DR.. Kavanaugh wac
one OF the pioneer Methodists of the
south. Educated first to be a printer, his
conversion in his sixteenth year led him
mo the ministry. He was received into
the kentucky conference in 1928, and hs.
same az once a prominent minister in tha
Methodist Episcopal Church South. Dr
Aapanaugh was elected Bishop at the c1n.
Vrence Which sat at Columbus, Ca, in 1s,a
anu mas occupied a marked position in the
aualrs OF the church ever since.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-04-11
In the Arctic Regions.

EYES, SIR" remarked the man VIII.
wanted a little sugar in his. Yes
sir. De Long and his party had pref
ty hard time, but they didn't work i,
right. l was in the country nine wears
and you didn't hear of our getting int
any such scrapcs."
..Bcen in the Arctic %regionsp" asked
the man who wanted his hotter and
hotter with each succeeding glass.
81 was there from 81 to IT," replied,
the man with the saccharine tooth. 81
spent four years right where they found,
belong. and I made money out of it"%
"May I ask how:g" inquired a littl:,
man in a coon-skin cap.
..Sending ice TO the European mar.
ket," returned the other, without
blush. You can't get as pure ice any.
where else, and it brings the highcs,
price. We used to send it around to tho
mouth of the Lena River and slide it TO
market. I've seen q cake OF ice mako
sixty miles an hour behind a traction
engine!'
..Didn't the friction veal out the ice.
any?n asked the man who wanted his
hot.
mo. sir. No, sir. That ice is 50
cold and tough that it won't melt Or
wear. You could couple an engine TO.
it and drag it around the world without
losing a pound! Why, sir. doyou know
we found buffalo in the mouth of the
Lena River that had been buried in the
ice for 5000 years, and it was as fresh
when we took it out as 1t was when it
was killed.
..Is that SOP" demanded the man in
the coon-skin cap, eagerly.
'Yes, sir; 1 know it, for / ate it N.Y..
self, and | never tasted as nice meat in
New York"
"Thank Godr' exclaimed coon-skin.
".Now 1 can die happy
Don't you believe it:?" asked the
sugar man, angrily.
"Believe it?" howled coon-skin. s.OfI
course l believe it, but I eve could
get any one else to. Man alive, I shot
those buffalo at the time you say they
were buried there, but l could never
find the place again, and l couldn't Get
any capitalist to take any stock in my
story and send out an expedition t..
hunt them up"
'WnaI ulu you SlOOl lncm Wltn!
demanded the Arctic explorer, with a.
glance of suspicion.
"Minie bullets" replied the man III
the coon-skin, without hesitation.
didn't find any Mimic bullets in
those buffalo?" snorted the explorer.
"Of course not" returned the coon.
skin. triumphantly. 1T was so cold
that the metal had contracted out of
sight before l got out of the country
Thank God, those buffalo have been
found! Stranger, did you see anything
of the carcass Of a liar in them parts?h
mo, SIR" replied the other, indig-
nantlv.
"P'raw not, p'raps not" muttered
the co%on-skin, rejecting. II guess that
breed didn't get in there until about
six thousand years afterl got out. Tha,
would account for it,"
And the man in the coon-skin can o.
dered a little straight, and q %silencol
fell on the multitude .-Brooklyn Eagle.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-04-11
LATER NEWS

u. A. CARPENTER was on the I'D &c.
quilted, at Petersburg, ILL.,, of the murder
of Fora Burns. Five jurors on the first
ballot voted for conviction. The wife and
daughter of the accused waited all night
at the Sheriff's residence to hear the result.
The father of the murdered girl was sowild
from grief that he was constantly watched.
Carpenter would only say to interviewers,
after the verdict, that he was at home on
the Sunday night when the Iced was done.
A DUEL recently on a ranch fifty miles
from Matamoras between u private soldier
and a drunken desperate resulted in the
death of both.
FORTY masked citizens Of Marysville,
Kan, on the 22d forced the jailer to deliv-
er to them Samuel Prayer, who had been
convicted Of the murder of John Penning-
ton IL wife. The offender was taken to
the wagon bridge and hanged, after he had
made a full confession of his crime.
FIRE was still raging OH the 22d in the
Pocahontas coal mine in West Virginia,
where one hundred and fifty three men re.
Gently lost their lives by an explosion.
Engineers had been sent there to locate
fire chambers, when q corps of oil-well
drillers would be set at work to penetrate
the mountain from the top, in order to
flood the mine through the behring's.
THE Dakota Territorial Republican Con-
vention to select delegates to Chicago will
be held at Huron April 90.
The steamer Thetis, purchased at Dun
dee, Scotland, by the United States Gov.
eminent for the Greedy relief expedition,
arrived at New York on the 23d.
SENATOR SAB1N, John G. New and others,
representing the National Republican
Committee, met in Chicago on the 22l to
arrange details for the National Conycn-
ton. Positive orders were issued that the
attendance at each session should not ex-
coed six thousand persons. The director
of the musical festival, to be held in Nav.
stated that the Expo ,ition Building would
be arranged for the accommodation of 100
persons on the main floor.
The slaughter-houses in Jersey CITY and
Hoboken, employing about two hundred
butchers, have been forced to close on &C.
count of the competition of dressed beef
from Chicago. The workmen were on the
I'D organizing for a concerted movement
against their Western rivals.
The United States Senate was not in
session on the 22d. In the House a avor-
able report was made for the return of the
Chinese indemnity fund, and an adverse
report to reduce lifetime patents to five
years. A resolution was adopted calling
for information as to the lease of grounds
in Yellowstone park, and what provis.
ion was made for the preservation of
fish and game. Several members ex-
pressed their views Oh the Bonded Whis-
ky Extension bill.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-04-11
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

ROBERT SMALLs (colored) was on the
18th elected to Congress from the Seventh
District of South Carolina, in the place Of
Congressman Mackey, deceased. Mr..
Smalls is a Republican, and has already
served a term i'll Congress.
THE Independent Republicans of Rhode
Island have nominated Hon. George H.
Corliss for Governor.
The Kansas Legislature met in special
session on the 18th, and heard the message
of Governor Click on the foot-and. mouth
disease, of which five thousand copies were
ordered printed.
II Democrats Of Rhode Island met in
State Convention at Providence on the
10Th inc nominated Thomas w. Segar for
Governor. Delegates to the National Dem.
ocratic Convention were also chosen.
The deaths were announced on the 10Th
of Fl. h. kavanaugh, senior Bishop of the
Methodist Church South, at Columbus,
Miss, aged eighty-two years, and l..
L. Warner, the Oldest merchant in Louis
vile. KY, widely known for his charitable
deeds, aged seventy-six years.
THE Connecticut Republicans will hold
their State Convention at Hartford April
~ w oCAVSC OClcEdGSS W tLC NdJlOual SOns
vention.
THE North Carolina Republican Conven.
ton will be held at Raleigh May 1, to elect
delegates to the National Convention.
A BILL making it-mandatory on the mu-
nicipal governments of cities of 20, 600 in
habitants and upwards to adopt civil
service reform passed the New York As.
sembly on the 10Th by a vote of 50 to 80.
The Virginia State Legislature adj
journed sine die OH the 10th.
The Philadelphia Conference ofthe Meth.
odist Episcopal Church on the 10Th adopt
ed resolutions approving the action of the
Legislatures of Wisconsin and other States
in providing for instruction in the public
schools on the relation of alcohol to the
human system.
has purchased from his mother, for $50, 600,
the homestead Of 225 acres on the bluff,
near Bordentown, N. j.
H Ohio Legislature has passed a bill
declaring culture" deals in stocks, oils
or provision gambling, making the buyer
or seller guilty alike, and imposing a fine
on the owner of the premises where the
deals arc carried on.
ANDREW PETERSON, an avowed polyga-
mist Of Salt Lake, was placed on trial in
chat city on tho 10Th for registering and
voting in violation of the Edmunds law.
On the jury were seven polygamists, who
swore that they would obey Divine law
rather than statutes enacted by Congress.
THE Kentucky Democrats will hold their
State Convention at Frankfort May I, to
elect delegates to the National Convention.
The Democrats of Virginia will hold
their State Convention at Richmond May
IA, to nominate State officers.
CHARLES -LAUGHEIMER, known as eDick-
ems Dutchman," died at Philadelphia re-
Gently, aged seventy-five years, fifty of
which were passed in a convict's cell.
The Michigan Democrats will meet in
State Convention at Detroit June IS, to
elect delegates to the National Convention.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-04-11
FOREIGN.

A SUN of $21, 10000 YVES appropriated on
the 18th by the House Of Commons for the
support of the British army. Thirty-three
thousand recruits were secured last year.
AN unknown person threw a bomb OH the
steps of the palace Of the Governor-General
of Trieste, Austria, q few days ago. The
bomb exploded, but did no damage.
Mr.. PARNELL OIL the 18th brought action
in one of the courts of Dublin to recover
arrears of rent from one of his tenants.
THE arrest of fifty persons suspected of
being Nihilists took place at Warsaw, Pc.
land, on the 18th.
A SHOCK of earthquake lasting fifteen
minutes was felt at several points in New
%foundland on the 10Th.
ADvIcEs of the 10Th indicated that mat
tiers were not improving for the British in
Egypt. There was a general rising of the
Arab tribes and Os1nan Digma's forces
were being hourly augmented. General
Graham was calling for achievements
from England, as his troops were suffering
very severely from the intense heat. 1t
was also reported that Lupton Bey and
his forces had been annihilated in Dom
COLA.
IRELAND is declared free from the foot
and:mouth disease by the officers of the
British Privy Council.
TWENTY SEVEN Nihilists, including four
artillery officers, were arrested in st.
Petersburg a few days ago.
WILLIAM WAGNER, George Ambrose and
David Kyfer left Black River, N. B., a
few days ago to gather drift-wood, and
were drowned by the upsetting of their
boat.
THE Italian ministry resigned en- the
Goth because of the small majority by
which Coppino was elected President of
the Chamber of Deputies.
Ell MEHDI was organizing a force Of ar.
tillery on the Goth, and was preparing to
march on Berber. General Gordon stated
that he could 10 longer hold Khartoum
against the tribes massing about him.
CAIRO advices of the 21st state that sig
thousand rebels We're gathered on the right
bank of the Nile Immediately opposite the
palace in khartouln. One hundred blacks
sent down the hill for fuel were fired upon
and killed by the Arabs.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-04-11
THE Republicans of Rhode Island met il,

The Republicans Of Rhode Island moi in
State Convention at Woonsocket on the
Goth and renominated Governor Bourn
and the present State officers.
In the Maryland Legislature on the Doth
a bill prohibiting the sale in Baltimore of
Observation-Disclosures beef was tabled in
the House by a vote of &C TO II.
AT the instance of John j. Vertrees,
Chairman of the Tennessee State Demo.
cratic Committee, an injunction was served
on the 21st on the President of the Nash.
vile American Newspaper Company, re-
straining him from advocating in. that pa
per a protective tariff. Vertrees claimed to
nave an interest in the majority of the
stock of the American.
SEVERAL indictments against Sheriff
Davidson, of New York, and several of
his subordinates, were returned on the 21st
by the New York County Grand Jury. The
charge was malfeasance in office and other
irregularities.
IT was announced on the 21st from Wash.
ington hat the subcommittee of the SEN
ate Committee On Post-offices a formu-
lated a bill to establish-telsgraph offices in
all post-offices where the salary of the post
iilastei Is uoo 1855 9uai pow. Ane cuargeS
for messages prepaid by telegram stamps
would be: For 1000 miles oiless, 90 cents
for each twenty words; for between LOCO
and 1900 miles, 40 cents; and for over 1900
miles, 80 cents, while special rates are
fixed for newspapers.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR asked Congress on
the 21st to appropriate $4,000 to erect a
pedestal for the monument Of General
Garfield, which will be presented to the
city of Washington by the Army of the
Cumberland.
JUDGE THATCHER, of the Supreme Court
of Colorado, died OH the 21s:.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-04-11
Killed Himself.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March 2o.-Wi,iam
Zane, a young man of Bentonville, Fayetta
.ous's' was enamored of Ada Swift, a
'n'fteen-year-old gnl, but the parents Of five
10, oo ~" 10 a continuance Of his atten.
h bo' nn VII account OF her age. Saturday nipht
ing Miss Swift half and takinS ,na CIV
der himself. The poison faiied I - ielllaln'
the f atiser' o oe'ltg an overdose. THURSDAY
,or giving Miss Swift poison TL arrested
Dane shot himself, diving in , ilaat night
Inc girl is seriously sick, but auoll time.
ent of the New York Graph aao correspond
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-04-11
A Youthful Gang Of Burglars.

Boston, March 2l.-A gang of fifteen
boys were arrested in South Boston Wednes-
day night, and three of their leaders are
held for examination. Many small larce-
MES are charged to them, their raids being
planned i'll an old cellar which they called
their Gen. Coleman O'Donnell, the lead
ing spirit is sixteen years old, and, it is
SAID, has recently been released from a re-
1ornlatory Institution. The ages of the 9th.
ers range from twelve to fifteen. They had
a peculiar language known only to members
OF tile gang, and for an hour mystifed the
onlcers at the station with their CONVERSE
ton.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-04-11
Terrible Result Of a Child,s Death.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, March a1.-Mrs.
John Schaefer, Of Oakland, became insane
over the loss of n of her children, and
during the absence of her husband for a few
minutes Wednesday night cut her baby,s
throat and then cut her own. When the
husband returned he became frantic at the
terrible spectacle presented, seized a re-
volyer and attempted suicide, but was pre.
vented by a policeman. Some friends Wis.
tied the scene in the evening. Among
them was a Mrs. Letrolli, a French lady'
who was SO shocked at the sight that she
became a raving maniac.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-04-11

There is said to be a small but steady en-.
tggratiea at Southern ...groes to California.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-07-11

The most trouble with young chicks
is from the parasite known IS the grape
worm. II inhabits the bronchial tubes
or air passages of throat and lungs. Il
has its relatives, which annoy and kill,
very often, lambs and calves, in the
same way. These worms come from
and through the old. birds, the young
ones picking up the eggs voided by
them. But with proper precautions
there need be no danger. We have en-
joyed perfect immunity from this pest.
although the same house and yard have
been used for seven years. This is due
TO the plentiful use Of Ane air.slacked
lime in the house, and frequent cleans
ing. The 6ne lime is scattered through
the house once in = week or two after
thai fowls are q roost, and being be-
meath destroys any worms that may lie
tro1hafg the old hirds. But the fire.
aquent 1Saasing q The houas from the
dropp II indispsnaakle TO Freedom
ftu1 ~ tnfuI3nns ~
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-07-11

An angel with three lilias IN her hand
Came winging 10 the Garth from Paradise:
They changed 70 kisses ere she reached loves
land, i.s a ~ - :
And fell upon the brow, the lips, tho eyssl
First vas the kiss OF purity and peace.
Lonely they ~ together BY the fire
10 him from sorrow came dear release;
To her, the shadow Of . dim desire.
Two aimless souls had ceased their wandering.
Two fetterod spirits struggled to be free;
To eWoet loves Rardeu came the blossomiiR.
The tender leaf unfolded ON loves tree.
The kiss Of sanctity!
Next was the kiss Of soul bound into soul.
They stood at night beneath ruined tower
Dtmly they heard the waves eternal roll,
Lite was embodied In single hour!
Tho one strong moment in love divine, ~
The present shadowing futurity;l
No fate, NO time, NO terror could combine
To rob that silence Of it, ECSTASY.
Ths kiss OF unity.
Last came the kiss Of dear love perfected,
6ad In the chamber Of the thing called Death!
Two tapers at the fest, two at the head,
Tho mufmured prayer, the low half -sobbing
breath;
But brighter yet in distance far away,
A gathered army Of the souls that live, 81
The Goldet dawn OF transcendent dAy.
Whtn angels Of the lilies come to give
The -eternity Anon.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-07-11

Hon. Robert G. Winthrop, of Afassa-
chusetts, delivered the Grafton when the
corner stone of the Washington Monu-
ment in Washington, ID. c., was laid in
l848. He also delivered the oration when
the cornerstone of the Yorktown Monu-
ment was laid in 1881. If he lives, he
will deliver the Grafton in FEBRUARY next
on the completion OF the Washington
Monument, and if the Yorktown should
show any signs Of approaching compile
tion the next half century, he may be
invited to celebrate that event.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-07-11

Not long since Mr. J. Rn.ssl Lovsll
was present Il London dinner q
which he did not expect = speak, and
hence he was not prepared. Toward
the end Of the feast, however. thetoast-
master approached him and put into
his, hands the usual slip Of paper. which
in nine cases out Of ton. provokss i'm
mediate indisposition. Unreal ortsignsd
horror the Arerican minister exclaimed: /:
"Whatl Am ! TO speak . Why On
earth didn't ron give meanotieeis
'Bless you, replied the toastmaster,
eve never do; IL weswas to No woald
have gent talking all night
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-07-11

Amos Emo is regarded to-day as one
of the best judges of real estate in New
York, and his wealth is estimated ct
not less than &l5, 900, 600, even after be-
ing compelled to pay 81, 900, 900 for the
t,efalcations of his son. He is untiring
in his energy, moderate in his living,
economical in his administration, aud Is
said to he a man who will hold ON to all
he has got with unfailing grip. Here
sides at Fifth avenue and Twenty
seventh street.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-07-11
Personal Paragraphs.

Henry Bergh "believes that ON hy-
gienic principles the cemeteries should
be gradually removed and abandoned.
The water flowing through the earth
should be uncontaminated and not
carry tile refuse of decaying and life
less humanity. As we advance in hu-
manity and civilization, the cremation
problem will he solved, just as the re-
lief of suffering animals has been
solved"
Rev. DIR. Nelson Somerville Rulison,
of Cleveland, Ohio, was on Wednesday
elected by the Episcopal Convention
Assistant Bishop Of the Central Diocese
of Pennsylvania. Miss Mary Packer,
daughter Of the late Judge Asa Packer,
of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, has
made generous provision for the Assist.
ant Bishop, the cost therefore, not fall
ing so heavily on the individual
churches.
Sam Kalleton, . member Of the Ar
1sssssse1O D1x0p1
building recently built by Messrs.
i and johnson.
,liam Elliott is re-furnishing and o't
deling his house throughout, 80 as !
in good shape for the fall trade.
Hail Insurance apply to w. R.Io,
1eal0w, Neche. IS V1(
y b there not some action taken TO d
ive the road leading into town from -
orth? BY all means let that road
{ in good shape as soon q possible.
.he did not celebrate save by the
twenty days We have already done
enough for the food sufferers.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-07-11

Senator Mcmillan has offered an amendment
TO the sundry civil Appropriation bill, proyid-
ing for eS0, 600 for the addition Of two storiss
to the public buildings at St Paul, TO be ussd
as oidces for the otacers Of the department q
Dakota. IS. 3