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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-12-26
lEPROSY.
Two Sad cases of the Terrible Disease
Have Lately Appeared in New

Two Sad cases of the Terrible Disease
Have Lately Appeared 10 New
York.
Several weeks ago in these columns
was given the sad story of a young
lady Of fashion in this city who had
been visited with a strange disease
diagnosed as leprosy by her physician
and by experts, n of whom was a
member of the visiting staff of Mount
Sinai hospital-in consequence of a
wild nights frolic with a couple Of ad-
%venturous companions in an opium den
connected with a Chinese laundry on
Third avenue. The diagnosis off lep-
rosy has been sustained, not only by
the concurrent opinions of all the ex-
perts who have been called into the
case, but also by the whipcord enlarge
ment of the ulnar nerve. This signit-
cant symptom was already distinctly
defined under the finger when, tendays
ago, acting under the advice of her
physician, the beautiful patient sailed
for Europe with q view Of consulting
the best medical authorities in the great
foreign centers OF scientific activity.
Another case OF the same kind, not less
sad than the preceding one, nor less
certain in its symptoms, although Of
obscurer origin, is now under the OBJ
%seryation OF a group of practitioners.
The victim is a promising and brilliant
actress, as beautiful in person as she is
fascinating in manner, of English ex-
traction, and belonging to a family that
has already furnished somewhat dis
tinguished notabilities of the stage.
The young actress arrived in this city
about a fortnight ago, and is staying
with her mother in private, denying
herself in her morbid s~ensitiveness to
all her former friends and ac-
the case, as furnished by her
attending physician, is as fol-
lows: In the latter part Of June last,
on the eve of her departure from the
city with a light comedietta and comic
opera company, the young lady, whose
name is withheld for obvious reasons,
noticed one morning at her toilet a
strange purple blotch, rather larger
than the ball of her thumb, beneath
her right eye. 1t was of irregular con-
tour, and extended from apointmidway
beneath the orbit some distance be-
You'd the external margin. Rehearsals
were in progress. She was studying
very hard, and she attributed the ap-
pearance to late hours and overwork,
smoothed and painted it over with
rose-water and bismuth, and thought
no more of it for the day, other than
to be careful that the painting was
efficient, Contemporary with this she
began to be restless, troubled with want
OF slsep, and when, at last, the logged.
for oblivion came, disturbed and full Of
starts. Twice in the days OF these
embryotic days of the disease hel
mosbm was awakened g steal,hy foot
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-12-26
RAILWAY

An Arkansas Passenger Train Attacked
by "a Band OF Five Daring Robbcrs-The
Passengers PIundered of Cash and VAL
uables to the Amount of xG,OOO-The
Thieves Tracked to Their Rendezvous
by Bloodl,ounds and Captured.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, Dec. s.-Between
ten and eleven o'clock Saturday night the
passenger train on the Little Rock, Missis-
sippi u Texas Railway was stopped at a
point three miles below here by five masked
robbers, who ran the train on a switch, COW
cred the officials and passengers with re-
volcrs, and then proceeded to rob
them. No opposition was offered. Upon
a slender-looking man appearing,
revolver in hand, and ordering the pas
sengers to hold up their hands, all hands
went up. While this man was keeping
the passengers in check, three of the rob-
bers busted themselves breaking open the
safe in the baggage-car. Presently another
robber came into the passenger car and be-
gan collecting the watches and pocket
books, which he tossed into a sack, per.
forming this operation in about ten minutes.
BY this time the safe had been cleared
OF its contents, and the robbers told the pas.
scngers not to attempt to move for ten min.
utes, as it would be unhealthy for them TIC
venture forth before that time. They ther
plunged into the woods, disappearing in a
westerly direction. The total amount Sc.
cured by the robbers is estimated at Sc, 600,
OF which $4,000 was in the safe of the
Southern Express %Company's car. Free
man Smith, of the firm of ii. Waterman &
Co., Of st. Louis, saved 5000 by hiding the
money i'll his boo.
Early yesterday morning Moodhounds
were put on the trail of the robbers, and
followed them straight into the city. Be
fore noon Joseph Cook, j.. c. Jones, Johr
Clifford, Charles Campbell and a boy
Parker, five in all, had been arrested. Jones
will probably be released. Three of those
arrested have been identified as among the
robbers The State has offered 81, 200 fol
the capture Of the robbers, to which the
railroad company has added a like sum
Circumstances point strongly against Cook
Clifford and young Parker. In addition tc
their being identified, it is proven that the,
were away from their boarding house unit
two O'Clock yesterday morning.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-12-26
TEDDY'S

Sad Experience of a Little Boy Who Was
Impatient to Become a Man.
He was six years old, and his name
was Teddy Whittier. Any relation to
our New England poet, do you ask?
Not at all; at least, the relationship
must have been very distant, for Teddy
was the most prosaic little boy alive.
And though Mr.. Whittier, the poet, is
fond of children, I don't think he
would have been at all anxious to
claim relationship with Mr.. Teddy
Whittier. For he was inclined to be
naughty and self-willed, and even a
poet can scarcely find much that is ad.
mirable in q naughty and self-willed
little boy.
Teddy lived in q log cabin in the
woods of Michigan. His father and
his big brothers, Bob and Jack, were
b%ark-poelers and ~log-cutters. Sister
Sally, aged seventeen, was the house
keeper. Teddy's mother was dead. Il
this story makes him appear very
naughty indeed, please remember that.
The scenery around the little log cab
in would have seemed grand and pict-
uresGue to the poet Whittier. The
solemn silence of the gloomy woods
only tended to depress the spirits of the
unromantic Whitticrs I am telling YOU
about. The ''stern realities of lifeH had
always pressed Sc heavily upon them
that their sensibility of the beautiful in
Gods world had become deadened,
The silence reminded them, unpleasantly
enough, that their nearest neighbors
lived many miles away.
Ever since he could remember, Teddy
had longed to be a man, so that he
could work in the saw-mill with hi
brothers! Almost every day he would
measure himself on the door, to sec
how fast he grew. He very much fear.
ed, sometimes, he was destined to bt
like the dwarts Sally had read about
| re ss;aw so very. very slowly.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-12-26
The Washington Monument Com.
pleted.

WASHINGTON, Dec. s.-The Washington
monument was completed Saturday. The
formal celebration will take place on
Washington's birthday. The marble cap
stone and its pyramidal apex We're set
by Colonel Thomas Lincoln Casey, u S. A.,
Chief Engineer and architect; Captain
Davis, U. S. A.; Bernard II. Green, Chief
Engineer, and Mastei-Mechanic p. III. Nc
Laughlin. The United States flag was
raised over the apex, a salute of twenty-one
guns was fired, and the guests VIII, stood
on the platform built around the monument
500 feet above its base sang the s'Star-
Spangled Banner" Among those on the
platform was one of the master-mechanics
who laid the cornerstone of the monument
on July 4, 1S4s. The height of the monu-
ment is $50 feet.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-12-26
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

Mule meat is a favorite dish ii
Paris, and brings high prices. 7
-Labouchere hears of an English
boy who had delirium tremens at eight
years OF age.
Leeds, England, has a "Society for
the Suppression of Noisy Trades in
Residential Localities"
"A case of poisoning from eating
pudding made in par. of mouldy bread
is recorded in the London Sanitara
Record. :
Snakes are never found in the Is
land of Iona, off the west coast of Scot
land, although they exist in the island
of Null, only three-quarters of a mile
distant.
AT Ut Sau Shan. China, the Cover
nor selected his recruits as follows:
He iirst dug a trench six Chinese feet
wide, and all those that were able to
jump it were enlisted into the corps.
Prince Bismarck never uses any
pens I'VE those made of goose-uuills,
and dries his writing with blue sand.
Steel pens and blotting paper he deems
inventions Of the enemy.
A village in Leicester, England,
claims the coming giantess. Although
just fourteen years old she is six feet
five inches in height. weighs 1852
pounds, and has apparently only just
begun to develop.
The population Of the Southern
cities in Italy is found to be increasing
a third faster than that in the northern
cities bordering the Alps, caused chiefly
by emigration from the latter to South
America.
"A French scientist, Mons. F. Kra-
sen, has sought to demonstrate that
certain anomalies in the distribution of
plants, according to altitude, must be
due to a comparatively recent change
in the elevation of the mountains on
which they grow.
Tho railway up Vesuvius has al
ready paid for itself; the trains, which
ascend night and day, are well patron
feed bynative and foreign sight-seers,
all strangers ascending nowadays,
whereas formerly a foot ascent was so
irksome that only the daring undertook
the round trip.
"A benevolent society, called a
,Mouthful of Bread" has been started
IN Paris. Its object is to render tenn
porary assistance to those who are out
of work. Alump of bread and a glass
of water, favored with vinegar, are
given to all who ask for relief. The
vinegar is put in the water to kill the
microbes, which swarm in the foul
Seine water.
"A new species of wild horse, found
in Central Asia, has been brought to
st. Petersburg. 1t is met with in troops
Of five to fifteen, led by an old stallion.
The species has highly sensitive powers
OF hearing, smell and sight, and is
very shy and fleet. The long hair of
the tail does not begin till about mid
way down the tail. On the short, erect
name there is no forelock, and there is
no dorsal stripe.
"A traveller in South America SAYS
every window in Rio Janeiro has a
woman in it. The measure of the re-
sp%ectability of a funeral there is the
number of mules to the hearse. After
a hard rain in Rio the streets are flood
ed, and big negroes earn tips by carry
ing ladies and gentlemen from bne dry
spot to another. 1t is said tue only
place a Brazilian does not smoke is his
coffin. The common beast of burden
in Rio is the head, after the Holland
style.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-12-26

The Troy IN. W Telegram says
there is a man in Cohoes who has the
habit of carrying a needle in his mouth
continually. No matter whether eat
ing, drinking, sleeping or awake, the
needle is always in his mouth, and
when excited or talking earnestly he
will roll the needle around in his mouth
similarly to a man chewing tobacco.
He stated that he contracted the habit
some years ago, but can give no cause
for it, and that when one needle gets
corroded so bad that it breaks he pro-
cures another.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-12-26

"A dinner was given to ten gentle
men at the Bellevue, Philadelphia, the
elegance of which is a subject of much
talk in fashionable circles. The menu
were in the form OF q book of antique
leather with a solid silver clasp. There
were nine pages to tho book, each page
representing a course, and beautifully
illuminated in oil. The gossips say
these dainty books of the ~gastronomic
library cost ten dollars each.-Mi!adek
l1hia Times.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-12-26
A Newspaper Fable.

A 8 Mark and a * were one day left
close together on the Imposing Stone,
and the s Mark coughed in a Pompous
way and observed:
II am constantly used to designate
the Wealth Of the World"
"And l." replied the =, as he Bristled
up in the P%romptest Manner, Fam SYM
bolic of Liberty"
"By means of me-" continued the s
Mark, "the Printer can change 1,O0O,-
600 Grains of Sand into $1,000, O00."
eyes; but Heavens vaults are stud
ded with Stars, and 1 am frequent
ly used in Print to represent Unknown
Quantities"
"They were still boasting when the
Apprentice came up and Inquired the
Cause of the Excitement. Having Re-
ceived al Explanation, he said:
"Both are of SO little use that I'll
chuck you into the pi case"
MORAL.
Any nan may set his own value, but
the Trouble is to make other men Be-
lieve in his figures.-Detyoit Free Press.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-12-26

IN an insane asylum in New York
State is confined ayoung lady of twenty
four, who in her own right is worth
81, 900, 900 or 5000, 900, and whose
%patronymic is Il synonym of wealth and
social position. So violent is the form
OF her malady that her hands are con
tinually covered with padded gloves,
lest in one of her spells she should tear
her eyes out, as she has frequently en-
deavorcd TO do. For days at a time she
is strapped to the bed in which she is
living, or TO the chair in which she fam
cies to sit.-Albany Journal.
Uranium orc from the Black Hills
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-12-26

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ed with zinc, but when this is the ca
its surface honcycombs on exposure
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is shipped to Germany.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-03
POLITICAL MATTERS.
Completion of the Work of the Kentucky
Republican State Convention.

LOUISVILLE, Ky, May 2.-The Republican State
convention met again this morning and elected the
remaining delegate at large John w, Lewis of Wash.
ington county The delegation now stands Walter
Evans, w. o. Bradley, c. c. Culbertson, John Lewis
The following is the district delegation:
First District--Captaiu Ed Farley, P c. Bragg for
Arthur.
Second-T. G. Moore, Judge lands for Arthur.
Third-W. l.. Hazeip, Allen Allenworth, non.
committal.
Fourth-Gideon P. Jolly Ed Hilph, for Arthur
Fifth-John Mason Brown, Sias F. Miller for
Arthur.
Sixth-,Iames A. Seariett for Arthur; D. NJ. Comm.
gore for Blaine
Seventh-William C. Goodoe Richard Stoll for
Arthur.
Eighth--Robert Boyd, for Arthur George Denny jr.,
for Blaine.
Ninth--G. NJ. Thomas, for Arthur; Dr. Branford, for
Blaine.
Tenth-Andy Axier, for ArthuriJ. c. Eversole anti
Arthur.
Eeventh-R. A. Buemer, Fl. G. Iremble for Arthur.
The Blaine men feel like they counted out in
the convention regards the Louisville delSsateu,
and bolt this afternoon was the result. They vii
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A DANGEROUS FASCINATION.
Arctic Voyagers and Their Anxiety To Repeat
Their Perilous Journeys.

Arctic Voyagers and Their Anxiety To Repeat
Their PerilOus Journeys.
Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, May 2-"There is something
strange in the fact that about all the men who
make trips in search of the north pole are not
satisfied with one of the perilous journeys, but
want to go again and again." said an old navy of
icer to-day 'Now, believe that everyone of
the survivors of the Jeanette, whose hardships
are fresh in our minds, would like to go out with
these parties in search of Greedy 1 am informed
that all of the Jeanette survivors have tried to
get assignments to those vessels"
"And yet they suffered so much on the Jean
nette cruisel"
"There can be no possible doubt of the intens-
ity of the suffering of that crew. They suffered
a dozen deaths-lived on stuff wild beast would
starve on, and portion of them died from star
vation and cold-and yet those who escaped want
to try it again"
"Why, do you Think"
ut is a mystery to me. It may be that they
enjoyed the applause they won 1t may be there
is fascination in the trip. 1t is strange, but
it seems to effect them all alike"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-03
A Good Democratic Authority Intimates
that the Contest Against Mr.. Peelle
Rests on insufficient Grounds.
The Democracy Make a VAN Attempt
to Harmonic on the Tariff.
Minister Foster Exposes Few of General
Badeau's Inaccuracies Fasci-
nations of Arctic Exploration.
TIE ENGLIsH-PEELE CONTEST.
The Elder English Does Some Effective
Work in Behalf of His Son.

The Elder English Does Some Effective
Work in Behalf of His Son.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, May 2.-Hon. VIM. H. English
has been doing some effective work for his son
since he came here. He had, up to to-day,
about worked a scheme whereby Mr.. Peele was
to be unseated on Monday; but the Journal cor
respondent was informed by member of the
ubcommittee of the House committee on cleo
tions having the case under consideration, that
it cannot be manipulated A special meeting of
the subcommittee was held to-day, and no de-
termination was reached. Another meeting
will be held tomorrow. AS an inducement to
move some Democratic members to activity, it
was represented that if the case could receive
majority report from the full committee on
Monday, the chairman would Immediately call
it up and the House would concur, in which
event the Morrison bill would receive two more
votes. The chairman of the subcommittee said
tonight that it would not be possible to get
sideration of the matter on Monday as he could
not draw his report to submit to the full com
mittee before the middle of next week. 1t is
very likely that the case will not be disposed of
for several daysyet
Mr.. PEELLE'S PERSONAL. STANDING.
To show the personal estimation in which
Mr.. Peele is held by the Democrats on
the floor of the House, the Journal CORE
spondent overheard conversation at lunch
to-day, between Representative Hardeman,
Democrat of Georgia, and another gentleman,
which is worthy of repetition. Said Hardeman:
81 do hope the committees report will be in ia
vor of that Mr.. Peelle retaining his seat He is
such thorough gentleman 1 should dislike
very much to have to vote against him, though,
if the committee brings in a report adverse to
him, would then be in quandary as to how to
vote"
This is the feeling entertained among nearly
all the members toward Mr.. Peelle. He is as
much esteemeed by Democrats as by Republic
ans for his ability and uniform courtesy.
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tract will be passed through both branches of
Congress with whirl, it is claimed. Itprovides
much cheaper telegraph service and is the
source of no expense to the Government
The House committee on military affairs has
agreed to favorably report the bill providing for
the erection of soldiers home in Michigan, at a
cost of $3.50, 000
The river and harbor bill appropriates $4,000
for continuing improvements on the Michigan
City harbor $4,000 for the Calumet river in
Indiana; $4,000 for the Wabash between Vim
cennes and Terre Haute 100000 for the Grand
Rapids on the Wabash.
Drs. Kemper, Jump, Boyden and Winton, of
Delaware county, have engaged rooms and will
arrive here tomorrow night to attend the ses-
sion of the American Medical Association, which
begins on Monday. They are among the lead
ing physicians of eastern Indiana.
Representative Lefevre, of the Marion, O.,
district, has gone to New York to spend few
days.
Judge Niblack of Vincennes, is in the city
Gen Foster will remain in Washington until
his second daughter, who is in school here, fin
ishes her course, before he returns to Spain,
which will be about June l. She will accom-
pany him.
Postmaster general GSesham has returned
from Florida. He made careful examination
of the Southern mail service, and it is probable
his visit will result in changes in the system
calculated to materially improve it.
The anticipated fight to be made in the House
on the river and harbor appropriation bill began
this morning. The Missouri delegation held
meeting and resolved to oppose the bill unless
more liberal provision is made for the Missouri
river. They want 81, 600, 600 appropriated,
while the bill in its present shape gives them
but $500, 600
A Georgia postmaster has sent to Washington
letter inclos;ng a circular requesting contri-
button of $24 for campaign purposes The circu-
lar was shown to Postmaster general Gresham,
who says he will protect any postmaster who re-
fuses a contribution called for by the circular
The House committee on invalid pensions to-
day instructed Representative Morrill, to report
favorably Mr.. Ryan's billrepealing the limitation
in the arrears of pension act.
The Senate confirmed the following nomina-
tions: Henry W. Cannon, of Minnesota, Comp
troller of the Currency; Chas. H. Ston, of Ken
lucky, collector of internal revenue for the
Seventh district of Kentucky.
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The Proposed Egyptian Conference.

LONDON, May 2-Waddington, the French
minister, has delivered additional dispatches
from his Government to Granville in which it is
stated that the contemplated Egyptian confer
ence cannot be confined altogether to financial
matters. The security of the bondholders can
not be reduced to defray the expenses of the re
cent adventurous enterprises which caused the
difficulties that now embarrass the Egyptian
treasury department. If appropriations are
made partially on the grounds of present
necessities, a precedent will be established
which is certain to result in renewals of prac-
tice which will cause recurring troubles Of a sim
liar character.
Egypt has not been invited to take part in the
conference. An impression exists that France
and England are discussing the disbandment of
the Egyptian army
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Cable Notes.

Chevallier Wikoff died at Brighton, England, yes
terday.
The French government has requested Gorilla the
Spanish agitator to leave France and avoid expul
sion. The request will be complied with
It is surmised that nitro ycerine has been conveyed
to England in American spirit fasks customs officers
having been hoodwinked by that method of convey
ance.
At the Hamilton library sale Boeces History OF
Scotland, containing an autograph OF James " dated
1886, realized $500, and prayerbook, containing
autograph of Charles |, brought &137.
The Empress of Austria is visiting Amsterdam in
cognito, for the purpose of consulting distinguished
physicians i'll regard to the nervous disorders with
which she has been afflicted