Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-02-22
PERSONAL N POLITICAL.

IT was announced ON the ODD that the
United States SENATE Committee on Mill
tary Affairs had ordered a favorable re-
port on the bill for the relief of Fitz John
Porter.
SAMUEL t. GLOVER, a leading lawyer
and prominent politician, died at st. Louis
on the I'D, aged s%eventy-one years.
WILLIAM D. RINGo, an aged citizen of
Newport, KY, who died a few days ago,
left $500, 900 to six adopted children, from
three to seven years old.
THE Union League Club of New York
City rave a reception to President Arthur
on the evening Of the sd.
The Pennsylvania Republican State
Convention will be held at Harrisburg,
April 1G. The Democrats will hold their
convention at Allentown, April g..
THE fourteenth annua convention of the
National Board of Trade, in session at
Washington on the 23d, reelected Fred
erick Fraley, of Philadelphia, President,
and Hamilton Hill, of Boston, Secretary.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR and the Governors
! of the several States have been invited to
attend the winter carnival at Montreal, be-
ginning February 4.
A ALL has been issued for the National
Convention of the Prohibition Home-Pro-
lection party, to be held at Pittsburgh,
Pa, May 81.
THE hearing. as to James Nutt's mental
condition took place in Pittsburgh on the
23d, and resulted in the prisoners release.
Several doctors We're examined, and all
agreed that Mutt was then of sound mind
and fully responsible, and they thought it
would be perfectly safe to restore him to
liberty. He was then discharged, and,
in the company of friends, left the court
room for Major Browns office, where his
mother, sister and other relatives were
waiting to receive him. On the way he
was rendered a perfect ovation. The
scene at Browns Office was very affecting.
His mother and sister wept bitterly as they
threw their arms aroun him, and the joy
thus expressed seemed to know no bounds.
Later in the day, at Uniontown, Pa, a
large crowd had collected at the depot,
awaiting the arrival of the party there,
and were prepared to give them an en-
thusiastic reception, but Mrs. Mutt re-
quested that no demonstration be made,
and this request was strictly obeyed.
Many, however, rushed up and shook hands
with James as he passed into the carriage.
Young Mutt has made the following state.
ment:
II no more intended to kill Dukes that even
ing when l left home than / have of killing
you now. lalways carried a pistol. All boys
pistol.shot; Many hours I" have spent pp I ppae-
ticing with a pistol before my father was
killed, and after | got fathers pistol l became
more than ever Infatuated with it. How l
E made te such e ODD s%loHoting that night I cant
/ DlSJOl-SlOt. After got Tho mail 7 SfnrtaI
home that night, and turned into the next
building, where, they said. | laid in
wait for Dukes, for an entirely different
pass, and the time from the moment I
began to shoot tin quit is now, and always
often l fired till heard from others. None
OF my relations ever advised me TO shoot
Dukes. or the contrary, they always wished
ne would go where none of us would see
him. Boys have advised me to kill him, and /
have received letters saying to kill him. but ali
my relations advised me not to think of doing
such a thing. don't know yet what l shall
do. ] am Il great home boy, and would like to
get work where could be home. l will advise
with Ar. Brechenridge, and he may find me
The Baltimore Sun of the 23l has a
statement to the effect that General Sher-
man had declared to a personal friend, in
the most emphatic manner, that he could
only reiterate what he had previously ut
tered as to the mention of his name for the
Presidency. 1.-The was nominated by accla-
nation in the convention and received the
Electoral vote of every State in the Union
he would still decline. He looked forward
for the remnant Of his days to life of COM
fort and ease, and an entire freedom from
care and worry of any kind. He thought it
would be the uppermost kind of folly for
him to be tempted by the bauble of the
Presidency to enter the White House and
have four years of strife, contention, irr}.
tation and criticism to encounter.