Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-08-01
DOMESTIC.

DOMESTIC,
AT Caldwell, Tex, j. s. Mitchell was
shot dead recently by Walter b. Barens,
who had assaulted the formers daughter.
The Grand Jury had failed to indict
Barens for the crime, and Mitchell lost his
life in attempting to obtain revenge.
AT Baltimore early the other morning
Gus Slater, nephew OF a noted gambler,
shot and killed "Prince" MCGOWAN, a we'll
known sporting character, as the result of
aquarrel begun in a saloon.
THE Bank of Mobile, at Mobile, Ala,
closed it's doors on the 9Th. 1t was an
nounced that depositors would be paid in
full.
A DAUGHTER of B. R. Wells, a Chicago
merchant, was killed recently by a cy-
clone in Weber County, Utah, where she
was visiting.
A. DYATT & Co., the firm with which
John c. Emo, the ~absconding bank Prcsi-
dent, transacted business, failed at New
York On the Sth.
WILLIAM w. REED, a wealthy citizen of
Canton, o., was found guilty on the Sth of
forgery, for which he was indicted two
years ago.
LUKE S. CURRIER, of Michigan, one Of
the most daring of counterfeiters, was ar.
rested at Erie, Pa, on the Sth. He was
wanted in New York, Detroit and Chi
cagO.
MH. GEORGE w. CH1LDs, of the Philadel-
phia Ledger, gave dinner to eight hun
dred newsboys a few days ago.
WHILE going to church on the evening
of the 9th at Erie, Pa, Adam Brabender,
President of the wrecked Erie County Saw.
ings Bank, was arrested on the charge of
having embezzled the funds of the institu.
ton. $500 900, and was committed in de-
fault OF 800, 700 bail.
JAMES SAMPSON, of Fairview, Eric
County, Pa, was arrested on the 9th for
working in his bayfield, on the Sunday
previous, he fearing that a threatening
storm would destroy his crop. Sampson,
who is wealthy, said that if convicted he
would prosecute the minister, organist,
choir, and all paid members Of the church
for working Sunday.
EARL on the morning of the 9th W. L.
Lamb, of the extensive Toledo tobacco
firm OF sherwood & Co., caught q burglar
in his house. While trying to overpower
the criminal he was fatally shot. The as
sassin escaped.
TIE Baltimore s. Ohio Company has
purchased the Pittsburgh, Cleveland &
Toledo Road.
TWELVE acres in the Toledo CO., lumber
district were burned over on the 9th, the
property des royed belonging to the
Mitchell & Rowland Lumber Company, in
whose yard the fire started, Nelson, Hol-
land e. Co., and j. 3. Kelly. The loss was
$3.50, 900.
S1NTY-THREE children started from New
York on the 9th for the country, where
they would remain for two weeks at the
expense of the Tribune fresll-air fund.
AT Severance, Kan, Augusted g. Smiths
elevator, containing $4,000 bushels Of
grain, and several other buildings, were
burned a few days ago.
SECRETARY FoLGER has advanced 1898,
3S33 to the President OF the Worlds Expo
sition at New Orleans.
The Baltimore Manufacturers Record
recently published the ~se.ni-annual state.
ment of the progress Of the South, show
ing that during the last six months nearly
$1,000 900 have been invested in new in
dustrial enterprises and in charging
those already established.
1T was alleged on the 10th that the late
President w. r. McGill, of the Cincinnati
& Eastern Road, who was killed recently
by falling from a car, procured about $780,
0O0 on spurious notes, and that his victims
We're friends. These developments gave
rise to the belief that he committed sui.
eide.
MAUD s., while exercising at Cleveland
on the 10th, trotted a mile in 2:12l.
A LETTER from a Chinese official to a
wealthy and influential Chinaman at San
Francisco, made public on the 10th, stated
that the Pekin Government had deter
mined to combat the French, at the Same
time ordering Il tax to be levied OIL all
Cinnamon living in the United States. A
secret treaty was also said to exist be-
tween Germany and China whereby the
former would support, the latter in a war
with France.
THE body of Gertie Phillips, aged sew.
enteen, was found on the 10th in a wood
near her home at Salineville, O., shot
through the head. George Hunter, with
whom she was last seen, had been arrested
or suspicion.
ADoLPHUs scGPIo, an italian farm la.
borer, of White County, Ind, has, it is
said, fallen heir to $4,000 francs by the
death Of an uncle in Italy.
UNDER orders from Secretary Lincoln,
all settlers will be compelled to leave the
region known as Greer County, Texas, |
which is said to belong to Indian Terri
tory.
The failure is announced of Best & Co.,
Of New York, dealers in children's cloth.
ing, with liabilities of $1S0, 900.
II remarkable performance of the
PAGER Westmont at the Chicago Driving
Park on the 10th placed him at the head of
the turf. He paced a mile with a running
mate in 2:014.