Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-01-18
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lima is twelve years old, and is said to be
small for her age.-Chicago Herald.
The critic of the Chattanooo.
CTenn.) Times describes . recent con.
cert in that city as ga torrent of majestic
and exquisite music"
The Chief-Justice of the assizes ~
Victoria, British Columbia, decides that
a mar is justified in using a weapon
when attacked by a mob.
Heron, a mining town in Montana
has ten saloons, two gambling houses
two hotels, one restaurant and two hun.
dred observation-disclosures Tribune.
Miss Alice Hearn, of New York
found a burglar in her room, suppressed
She veil which rose in her throat, tiptoed
out to the street, found a policeman,
returned, and bagged the fellow just as
he was leaving.-N. Y. Mail.
According to the latest returns there
are eleven thousand one-legged men in
the United States. In addition to these
are several thousand more on their last
legs and thousands besides who haven't
a leg to stand on.-Boston Post.
After their Thanksgiving dinner
''stubb" Hastings, of Manchester, N.
H., aged five years, and his grandfather,
aged seventy-two, sat down and enioycd
their cigars. The child has always been
fond of the weed, and the family ply.
sician says let him have it.-Boston Post.
The evening-up process applied be.
tween lawyer and client is often dis
tressing to the latter. A New York
man got $50, 900 for damages done him
by a railroad. Thereupon the lawye,
who had successfully pleaded his case
demanded $25, 900 as his fee.-M Y.
Herald.
"A postal card passed through the
post-ot1ice in Hallowell, Me-, recently,
on which were written Lila words, the
handiwork of a young man of Chelsea,
Mass. 1t could be easily read, but I'M
fortunately it came at a busy time, and
the clerk was obliged to pass it by re-
gretfully.
"A well known criminal lawyer has
found, during a lifelong practice, that
a. majority of those convicted are inno-
cent, and that a majority Of those &C.
quilted are guilty. This is is startling
statement for most people, but there are
some observers who will not think it ex-
Chicago Inter Ocean.
AS Mrs. Whiting stepped out of her
residence in Baton Roug &c, La, one
night recently, she felt something wind
ing around one of her lower limbs. She
screamed and shookotfthe reptile, which,
when killed, was discovered to be two
feet in length, and of the species known
as the highland moccasin, which is very
Times.
A section gang of Cinnamon on the
railway at Cabezon Station, Col, sharp
ened their knives and marched to their
white boss to kill him. The Mclean man
was posted and received them with
bloody and IN inhospitable shotgun.
loaded two its two muzzles. One barrel
was opened on the Mongolian invaders,
and, with n voice exclaiming, sWhat
they fled the field, leaving. one
dead and one wounded behind.
We contend that no man has y right
to drink liquor. smoke or chew tobacco,
if he be indebted to another. until the
debt is paid. 1t may be suggested that
debts are often so great that it would
require II total abstinence from the Use
OF these luxurics. In such case we be-
lieve it to be duty toa creditor to aban-
don their use for Il lifetime. for none
have honor who invest money legally
due another, for those useless articles.
-Orishnmy FaUs ~. ~ Ncws.
Some fine specimens of California
mountain trout in an aquarium ut Ro-
chester, N. Y, were found to have been
considerably injured by being bitten BY
one OF their. number of 4 uuarrelsome
disposition. Seth Green being informed
OF the matter, took u pair of pincers
and pulled out the offenders teeth. The
teeth OF the trout are not necessary for
mastication, but are intended to aid the
fish in holding its prey. This is the first
instance on record of fish dentistry
Rochester Express.
A young lndyi in Norwich, Conn, ha.
the uncommon power of naming any
note that may be touched on the piano.
AT Il public concert she said that the
piece the orchestra was then PLAYING
was in the key of d. A gentleman went
to the conductor at the conclusion OF
the piece, and returned with the reply
that they had played i'll u flat. Further
inquiry revealed the fact that the piano
to which the orchestra was tuned was 4
sem;-tone below concert pitch.-Hart-
ford Post.
The masher of the Fort Worth (Tex.)
Gazette gives way to his feelings in the
following: ''How many pretty girls one
can see passing through the City who
nightly wait for trains in the Union de-
pot whose beauty is all the more al
tractive because Of the rough. rude sur
roundings. They come into the dinrv
waitings like a breath of perfume from
a brighter and purer existence, linser u
few hours and depart. leaving amemory
that fades from those who saw them like
the stars disappear in the rising morn
In the United States Court at JET
ferson City, Mo-, recently, an impor-
tant verdict was rendered in an ins,r-
ance case The plaintiffs house. in
s'1red against fire andlightniny, was de-
stroyed by a cyclone. He brought suit
to recover, maintaining that electricity
was the potent power in cyclones. The
defense asserted that wind was the de-
structive agent, and'both parties placed
meteorologists on the stand to prov