Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-04-25
DOMESTIC.

F. Z. WARREN & Co.'s mercantile es-
tablishment at Cheyenne, Wy. T., was
burned early the other morning, causing "a
loss of $150,OO0.
A REMARK overheard by a clergyman
on a Southern train led to the discovery
on the 25th of s., 40 of the money recent
ly stolen from a bank messenger at Au-
gusta, Ga.
RUMoRs were in circulation at Peters,
burg, ILL.,, on the 25th that neighbors of
Houlden, the wife-nurderer, intended to
lynch him. A military guard had been
placed around the jail.
PETERSBURG, Va, was visited by a
thunder and rain-storm on the Goth, the
thunder-claps being so severe as to shake
buildings. All the district on the Chester
field side Of the Appomattox was inun-
dated, and the river was still rising.
A NEGRO woman at church the other
II began shouting, continuing without
intermission. Efforts were made to quiet
her without avail, and she died in a few
minute
PRESIDENT ARTHUR on the Goth sent to
Congress a special message advising ap-
preparations toward commencing the con-
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gun-boats, to cost 81, 283, 900. The Execu-
tive thought it imprudent to delay work
on these vessels one year. He also urged
the appropriation of $1,000 900 for finishing
four double-turreted monitors.
WHILE insane a few days ago a woman
named Farrell shot and killed her two
children, a boy and girl, aged eight and
twelve years, and then killed herself, at
Buffalo, N. Y.
A VERDICT against Archbishop Will
Jams, of Boston, was rendered at Law.
renee, Mass, on the Goth in a suit for the
recovery of funds deposited with the Au.
gustinian Society, which failed some time
ago.
THE Mississippi at ew Orleans remained
stationary on the goth. Over half the col
ored people in Tensas Parish had been
washed out of their cabins, and the Gov
III was urged to set.men at work on
the levees. All the plantations at Dore's
bend were under water, and the Teche
country was seriously threatened.
GREAT excitement prevailed in the Tur-
tie Mountain region of Dakota on the Goth
over the discovery of rich gold deposits.
DURING the past eight months of. the
present fiscal year the internal revenue re-
ceipts were $1S,0O0, 320, a decrease of $14,-
4S1,260 as compared with the correspond
ing period of 1885. The aggregate receipts
for February were $1,000, s62 less than in
February, 1885.
THE Barbour House and Gig hit stores at
Americas, Ga, were burned the other
night, causing a loss of $50, 900.
A FALLING tree at Catawissa, Pa, killed
three woodchoppers who were sitting near
by eating their Dime a few days ago.
In defiance of the Prohibitory law OF
Kansas, a man named Herold opened a
saloon at Cantor a few days ago, and upon
refusing to cease operations the women of
the place entered his saloon and poured
the liquors into the street.
FRANKLIN ESTE, for twenty-three years
Treasurer of Southborough, Mass, was on
the 9th discovered to be a defaulter for
$10,0 900.
WHILE a party Of five men were cross.
ing the river on the 9th near Clarion, Pa,
the boat was capsized and three of them
were drowned.
NEAL Ansonia, Conn.,, q few afternoons.
ago three dams gave away, the surging
waters devastating a large tract Of coun-
try, involving a total damage Of 500, 900.
TELEPHONE communication was on the
18th established between New York and
Boston, and it was said that the f~aintest
whisper at one terminus could be heard at
the other.
An express train on the Maine Central
Road struck a landslide near Yarmouth a
few days ago, wrecking all but the passen-
ge%r'coaehes, but no one was seriously hurt.
HENRY c. CHURCH, in whose accounts as |
Chamberlain of Troy, N. Y, there was a
deficiency Of $77 1000, was arrested in New
York on the eth,
A HURRICANE at Kansas City, No., on
'the 9th unroofedsthree dwellings and tore
up the sidewalk for a distance of two
blocks. At Denver;> COL, a wind-storm
unroofed the city half inc some of the