Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-03-07

pers, endeavored to rekindle the fire in
her hard coal stove the other day by
the use of kerosene and was startled
by a sudden explosion, the force of
which threw off the lids and opened
the doors of the stove and scattered a
thick coating of SCOT over her person
and the surrounding furniture. The
carpets had to be taken up and shaken
and it was two days before the effects
were wholly eradicated.-Sioux City
Journal.
A boy at the Garfield school in Cen
terville one day recently concluded he
would not submit to punishment by
the teacher, and accordingly presented
a revolver and ordered her to stand a
little back. The teacher-alady teach
er at that-very deliberately took the
revolver away from him and gave him
a good whipping. The revolver was
loaded in all it's chambers. Suisse
quently the authorities caused the ar
rest of the boy for carrying concealed
weapons, and he was fined So and costs.
Sioux City Journal.
One day as Thackeray was walking
along Wych street he. passed a groupof
dirty little street Arabs. One little fe-
male characterization looked up at him
as he passed and then called cut to her
younger brother: "IIi, Archi, do you
know who him is? Him's Becky
Sharp" "By Jove," said Thackeray to
a friend strange as it may seem, that
little maiden gave lie more pleasure
than if ! had received d compliments
ry letter from his Grace the Duke of
Wellington. When your name gets
into the slums that mean fame; you
have touched the bottom."-N. Y. Sun.
Huron Times: They take things diff
ferently in Texas than in Dakota. The
editor of q weekly in the part of the
country was presented by his good
wife with a girl baby. The sight of
the little waif threw him into raptures
and he rushed off to the editorial sane
tum to discharge his pent up emotions.
The next issue Of the paper contained
the following item: "The beautiful
gates were left ajar last Sabbath and a
little angel girl came down Oh q falling
star" The Dakota editor never would
indulge in rhodomontade of that sort.
He would quietly pass around the mic
KEEL cigars and beg the boys to say moth
ing o about it. Latitude makes a
wonderful difference in tie kind Of
sentiments which a MAJ begets in his
bosom:-Huron Times.
Dakota divided will make two .Yerri-
tories each larger than the great state
of Missouri, and more than one-fourth
larger than Iowa or Illinois. Dakota
divided willhcalthe'presen dissensions
engendered by the capital removal
commission and it's choice of a seat of
government that, while Justly repudiat-
ed by the people Of South Dakota, may
prove to be just the thing for North
Dakota. Dakota divided would give
the largest guaranty of honest, econo-
mical and effective home government
to each Territory. Two Dakotas alone
can safely be entrusted with the affairs
Of the two distinct sections of country,
that, While they are no farther from,
are certainly no nearer to each other
than iowa end Minnesota or Kansas
and Nebraska.-tnter Ocean.
Barnhm's car for his white elephant
is described as eclipsing anything in
the car line eve built, and is sixty feet
long. A white exterior, miriors Dor
dered with crystals and precious stones
heavy carvings thick with beaten gold,
marbles in alto-relievo and metal work
as fine as the Assyriah, Egyptian, Or
Grecian art can fashion meet the eye.
The enraptured gaze is then fastened
upon a wealth of marvellous and ma
gic coloring, enhanced by theuuivering
light pouring through the stained glass
windows. A cultivated imagination
will be fairly lost in the suggestions
afforded in the characters from Thebes
Babylon, and Ninevah. TO the front
and rear Of the car are boudoirs with
Oriental appointments of unsurpassed
magniicence for the Buddha priests
and in the centre one for Barnum.
4 Delegate Raymond has introduced
a bill in the house to change the home
stead law. The law now contemp1ates
the immediate occupation and improve.
ment Of the land by the homesteader
and the department administers the
law so that settler has theIbeneft Of six
months within which to build his house
and establish his actual residence. His
bill fxes the period by statute at one
wear. The following is the essence nj