Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-10-03
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MINNEAPoLIs, Sept. 15.-The Sover-
eign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows Of
the verdi met here this morning at
half past eight and marched to the
Grand opera house where Hon. E. M.
| Wilson, on behalf OF Governor Hubbard
and Grand Master Taft on behalf Of
the state grand lodge, Mayor Pillsbury
on behalf OF the city, extended g form
al welcome. Grand Sire Leech respon-
ded. The delegates then marched to
Armory hail, where a secret session
commenced. AT noon they adjourned
to go on an excursion to lakes Calhoun
and Harriet andthe falls Of M%innehaha.
Tonight a banquet will be served at
the West hotel. The business session
to-day was devoted to accepting invi-
tations, appointment Of committees
and listening to the reports of officers.
Reports show a gain of nearly 1900
lodgemembers and nearly 5000 encamp-
ment members during the last year.
The available assets of the sovereign.
lodge is $4,000. a gain of $4,000. In
view of the fact that last session cost
S25,0O0, the grand secretary recon-
mends the adjustment of the annual
session and the substitution Of a bien-
NAL session. About two hundred del
egates are present. ~
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Alexander Sullivan, e~x-Fresident of
the Irish, National Land League, Id
dressed an immense meeting of Irish
men in New York last Thursday even,
ing urging'his countrymen to vote for
Blaine. He said: "Iheigreat majority
Of those who are assembled here this
evening are men who have always vot-
ed with the Democratic party They,
are here in no spirit of hatred,st ito graf
ify %norevenge, and to rewardro friend
ship, knowing no enemies but the enc
mics of liberty, desiring to toward no
friends but the friends of humanity
and justice. They are opposed to Gro
yer Cleveland because he is intellectu-
ally too sniall for the, great Office to
which he has been nominated; because
he is an unknown quantity in state
manshlp; because no man can assume
any emergency liable to c during
the coming presidential term and pre-
dict with any degree of certainty what
Grover Cleveland, if President Of the
United States, would do in that 'emer-
gency; because in their Judgment he is
a representative and guardian Of mo-
nopolies and not in sympathy with the
people"
Fargo Argus:-A number of repub-
licans assembled at the opera house
last evening for the purpose Of ratify-
ing the nomination of Judge o. S. Gift
ford at the Pierre convention, and upon
motion the following resolutions were
adopted: ="
Resolved, That we deprecate the
spirit Of sectionalism in Dakota. That
the designation of North and South
Dakota as far as the common interests
of the people OF the whole territory are
concerned is obnoxious, and to arraign
one section against the other is to us
unpolitic and dangerous. Regretful OF
the defeat Of our home candidate, the
Hon. John 3. Raymond, we cheerfully
submit to the combined wisdom Of the
party Of whom we are factors and
heartily endorse the nomination of tbs
Pierre convention. Judge Oscar S. Gift.
ford, as delegate to congress.
Upon motion of Judge Stack it was
ordered that a copy Of the foregoing
resolution be ~presentedto Captain Ray
mond and Judge Clifford, and furnished
the papers for publication, after which
the meeting adjourned.
Those who admire cyclones will re.
joice over the discovery by Prof. Doug.
lass of the Michigan Stete University
of a method of making small ones. He
produces amateur cyclones at will by
suspending a large copper plate by silk.
en- cords. This plate is charged heavi-
ly with electricity, which hangs down
like a bag underneath. and is rendered
visible by the use Of arsenious acid gas,
which gives it a green color. The for
nation is q miniature cyclone, as per
feet as any started in the clouds. 1t is
funnel-shaped and whirls around rap
idly. Pass this plate over q table, the
cyclone snatches up copper gents, pith
balls and other objects and scatters
them on all sides.
Fargo Argus:-Here is an item which
shows how hard South Dakota is work
ing for the New Orleans fair:
Ladies OF Mitchell have built an ar
tistic railway locomotive Of Dakota
grains and grasses for exhibition at the
New Orleans and other eXpositions.
Will North Dakota ladies allow their
southern sisters to bear the prize away,
when the natural advantages of this
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