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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-11-21

TERRITORY OF DAKOTA, GO
County Of %Jerau!d.
In the matter Of the Estate Of Robert L. Crit
fifth. Deceased.
On reauiug and filing thr petition Of David Il.
,,iii:!l.l' OF teii..i' tn'il,tN' se.t.ii- l'itl .iiat
the It'll day Of September. 1884, and praying that
Letters OF administrator OF the estate OF said
rauld county. D.. 7. 1t is o%rlerId. That said ap-
p~licltion and petition be heard by TIE Judge OF
Probate il and for Jerauld county, D.. T., at Il
OF Washington Springs. in said county of jer-
aud on the 10Th day OF November A.. d.. 1854, at /
O'Clock 7. NJ. OF that day.
Ii is further ordered. That aue notice thereof
be given by publishing II copy Of this order for
three successive weeks (onCH in each week pri-
or to said i~learing, in the washington Springs
HERALD 4 newspaper published i'll said county.
By the Court. EoMAHD NJ. RICE.
IT,. & Dlin2s Probate Judge.
Dated washington springs, Eov. 7, 1854.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-11-21
Prohibition or Tax, Which?

-
The Journal and Messenger commert-
ing upon the dilemma in Ohio and the
failure Ct the liquor tax: "There is still
ringing in our ears the cutlery against
prohibition liquor laws, chat they can
net be executed and adds: 1t has been
argued, however. that q license law or
4 tax law could be made self operative.
self enforcing; that it would be only
needful to intimate tC those preparing
to engage in the saleof liquors that the
state or district was willing to receive
a few dollars as an offset to the cyl.
they were about to commit, and these
gentlemen would walk up chcerfully
and even gladly, and plank down the
shekels, and as the Scott law WAS en-
acted and heralded as the great con-
~sersator Of morals, especially the NOR
| ais ~ Of the rumseller. ButSome way
or another the Scott law does not Ne-
cute itself. andthe treasurer Of iamil-
ton Co., Cincinnatij has found it need
full to enter upon the prosecution OF
some fifteen hundred or two Thousand
delinquents. True, he is likely to have
his hands full and may take some TIM"
to get through with his undertaking,
but then it is not prohibition law and it
ought not to ne held responsible Jor its
own wcakness-only 4 prollibitory la"
should be treated. contemptuonsly by
politicians and political papers. The
state Of Iowa has enacted /; prchlhitor,E
law, and in it's capital city there IS not
to-day any open rum-shop. But in Gin
cjnnati there are to-day under theSeott
law nearly two thousand r~Hriln.erle5
and groggcries that have not paia the
tax and do not propose 10 pay 1t. Lev
thilgs go on IS they gong, ana wen
the bind may come to see the most el-
fectual way to curtail or control the
liouor license is to detail it with one
snple local blow. Let the bail roll on.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-11-21

Orange Judd. he well known asr--
cr1l-,tra! editor row connected VICE the
Prairie Farmer OF Chicago, ia a recent
editorial adverti5es fer an assistant
who sllall be qualified N many ways,
but the final and test condition is total
abstinence. lie SAYS, "finaiAy. Werail-
not, engage a man who swallows aic"-
hot in Hnv form, even in beer, tor aleo~
no, affects the brain tissue ana uh1ts
tha MAJ Tor thinking accurately as All
times.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-11-21
Out in The Cold.

OUT % Il rttl! shop, on 4 Greary night,
lieeicd a husband and father in pitirul plight.
His face was haggaul, his garments were thin.
And his SOIL was sccrtlicd with the fires of sill:
Weary and hungry, his children sat down
To wait his return from the distant town.
IN helpless silence. in grief untold.
They wait for father. out in the cold.
Out i'll the cold.
out OF tie bar,rO0m into the cold.
Money all gone and manhood sold;
me poor man, wasted and worn with sin,
breasted the storm with Il GuiVcring chin;
Only the storm. with its spcctrcs was ont,
And the cddying snowtlat went whirling about;
Thousands were happy in the home fold.
Nor thought OF the drunkard out i'll the cold,
Out In the cold.
The rum-scllcr sal by his fire that night,
Smoking his pipe by The warm freight:
And he clapped his hands in roliicking giec:
"iile wind AND the storm are nothing to me;
I've plenty of coal in my cellar" said he:
My children are hearty. warm and we'll fed
But his children were warmed by the poorman's
gold
Only the winds heard those means il, the cold,
Out In the cold.
And when The morn broke, in the twilight gray,
IN 4 white sheet OF snow the poor man lay,
And this WAS the verdict the coroner gave:
Frozen to death, and no one to save
The wife ana the children wcpt alone.
But Tie traffic is king and sits on a throne;
And who are the young and who are the Old
That next may go forth to die III tic cold"
out in the cold.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-11-21

The following is the correct number
OF officers Of the United States army On
the active list: One Lieutenant Gener-
al, three Major Generals, Is Rrigadier
Generals, 23 ails-de-camp, one Military
Secretary, G6 Colonels, So Lieutenant
Colonies, 241 Majors. 81 Captains
%(mounted.A 30l Captains mot mounted.9
81 Chaplains, II Storekeepers, 40 Adju-
tants. 10 Regimental Quartermasters,
Adiutant and Qua%rterlnasters of engi-
neer battalion, 2lS First Lieutenants
mountcdD $50 First Lieutenants (not
mounted.) 14y Second Lieutenants
moltnted,) 300 Second Lieutenants (not
mounted,A 1870 acting Commissaries Of
subsistence.
There are now just an even 100 in
mates in the penitontiar1 ut this city.
The three convicts brought in Tuesday
by Sheriff Alterton from Mitchell
swelled the crowd to the number stat
ed. This latest delegation was COM
posed of Henry Martin, Thomas Wood
and Moses SWeeney--all grand larceny
prisoners. The first is in for one year,
the second for fvur and ore-h!sll. and
the third three and Gne-ha1f.-SiouX
Falls Press.
The Chicago industrial News gives
hefollowing by authority. rs an instan-
. famous cure for tOothache: Take a
small piece of zinc and a bit Of silver
(any silver coin will do,) place the silver
on one side Of the afflicted gum and the
zine on the other; by bringing the edg-
es together the small current Of cleo
tricity generated Immediately and
painless.y stops the ache.
The following, which looks like a
FIRST Of april paragraph, is going the
rounds OF the press: \ stream Of water
near uarriscnburg. Jsa, has Detrifying
properties. About two year ego adead
nog was thrown into the stream and
was recently discovered 10 be a solid
rock. 1t will he sert to the New Or
leans Exposition.
Waterbury News: Notwithstanding
Waterbury did not get the county seat
vet she continues to "Boom' and we
have another paper in town, and we
bid il welcome. Waterbury is sure tt
get to the front.
EX-A writer asks What is moro
terrible than the uncertainty Of a WON.
an's love-" The uncertainty whether
her stump tailed bull pup VIII be hang.
in- around the stems when you go out
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-11-21


y large number Of married couples
living in Rio Go Sui, Brazil, have dis
covered that their marriages were ilie-
gal. They were mostly German Prot
e%stants, and in the absence OF clerics OF
their denomination they had resorted
to civic marriages upon the assurance.
Of an officer OF the city that he could
perform the ceremony legally. Mean
while there is still an absence of proper
clergymen to perform the functions.
The Catholic clergy will do nothing for
them, MOI does the Government in any
way intimate that it will relieve their
distress. Ii only some Of the philan-
throric missionarysoUieties would send
out a parson, here is a chance for him
to do good and pay his way in doing it.
N. I. sun.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-11-21
NOTICE CE FINAL PEoOr

NOTICE FOR PUELlCITION.-i.Glid Office
II at Mitchell, u. ]. Nov |, 1884.
Notice. is hereby given that the following nam
ell sertler has filed notice Of lis intention to
that said proof will be made before Reg and Rec
U s Land Office at Mitchell ID. T.. on December
THOMAS j.. MORRIS,
under his 4. 5. No 22o3l for the So n'rl: sec 23
town los range G6. He names tie following wit
ncsses II prove his continuous residence upon.
and cultivation OF. sand land. viz: james f%irievc.
William Tit',S. Henry l.. England, C!ias. W. Eng
n7ii2 GIo. Il. EvEs1rr, Register.
X at Mitchell. d. 7. Gctober9, 1854.
Notice is hereby given that the followingnam-
ed settler has filed no;ic" OF his intention to
make final proof in support OF his claim, and
ll,as said proof viii be made before. Clerk Dist.
Court .leraUld cGtnty at Washington 2Drings, ID.
T. on A''' q c'in !SSSi AZ THOMSON.
under his d 5 iiiing No. 20jI..1 for Tie nis nell, n
following witnesses to prove his continuous res
ilcncc unon. and cultivation OF. said land, viz:
Geo iosty. James +. Bolton, e. J. Delile. II. !.
W;IlIase, Of Jerauld county =; I: ,;..o.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Land Office
~ at Mitchell. d.. T.. Ger. II, 1881.
Notice is hereby. given that the following
named settler has liied .2tiee q his Intention
til9t Said ro1i viii be made hefo"r Clerk Dis
tflet Enurt Jerauld county at Washington Sp.s
I on l nfS +: III Fo i:T; :rA.rEul<x
under his nd. entry No.2tl5s for Tie SCI. see
% town 10l ~;nge g.. Ite names the following
witnesses to prove lbs G.1ntiY1pus residence up
anAer Johnston. Z. Il. Barrett, J. i. Ford, A.
o4ln2S GEO. b. EyEElyr, Reg.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-11-21

ten. Joe johnston said to a neWspa-
per man who asked him about the orr
gin ct the Confederate battle flag: at
the Battle of Manassas-you Northern
erS call it Bull Run-the stars and bars
proved Il failure because they We're SO
much like the Union colorS. Indeed.
both armies mistook their enemies for
friends, and vice VERSA. After the bat
tie | had resolved to discard this flag
and called for each regiment to procure
its State colors. This they were no.
able to do, and / asked the army for
ne" designs. Among those presented
II by Gen. Beauregard was chosen,
and altered this only in making it
square, instead OF ohlong. This flag
was afterward adopted by the Confed-
crate armies. 1t was a Greek cross OF
blue on a red field, with white stars on
the blue bars. This flag was designed
by Il Col. Walton Of Louisiana. and pre-
scented to Gen. Beauregard."-N. y.
sun.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-11-21

Ey.-.A writer asks What is more
terrible than the uncertainty OF a wom-
an's love-" The uncertainty whether
her stump tailed bull pup viii be hang
in- around the stcrs when you go out.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-11-21

n The island Of san Domingo the'e
j. . remarkable moUntain of salt, {;
mss Of crystalline &alt nearly i1IF
mites }0ng. estimated to contain 59,33''~
eco tons. and saieI 10 be SO clear 'h'9
+y,o can he read tI,ro0gh . block . loot
rhirl;
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-11-21

Waterbury News: Notwithstanding
Waterbury did not get the county seat,
vet she continues to "Boom" and we
have another paper in town, and we
bid IL welcome. Waterbury is sure to
get to the front.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-11-21

EDITED nv Mus. L. V. MILES.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-11-21

CIis column is devoted to the interests Of and
Il H., n"1reu ny the Ladies of the Womcn's Chris
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-11-21
P..ohate Notice..

Washington Springs, Dak.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-11-21

Ali timl> OF Job N'nrk promptly attended to
in q ~WorkmaMlike manner ana at lowest rates.
Give us a trial and convince yourselves that
we mean business.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-02-28
MONTANA MATTERS.

Town lots at Belknap are selling
at from $3.50 IT, 81 900 each.
The past week there were two
fires at Fort Keogh and two at Miles
City.
A Butte CHR aman having re-
fused to pay his poll tax, has been
thrown into Jail.
In January, the HecIa mines, of
Glendale, shipped eighteen car leads
of bullion.
The Ceur d'Alene mir es are only
about ten hours travel from Thomp-
sons Fall.
Last Mondsy Miles City shipped
east a carload consisting Of 5000
pounds of cattle hides.
There are now seYenty-eight
patients in the Warm Springs
asylum, and the number is rapi1l ~
increasing.
Till Tillotson, of Philbrook,
Meagher county, has been left 2
small fortune by deceased uncle in
the east.
Miners and others from Deadwood
are arriving at Miles City in great
numbers, en- route to the C9ur
d'Alenes.
A cOntrsct was signed last Yves k
at BeIknap for the erection Of a
S25,o00 hotel. 1t is to have forty
rooms and be completed in ninety
days.
A little steamer is to be put on
Flathead Lake, Missoula County, in
the spring, to be run for the benefit
OF tourists who visit that resort BeXt
summer.
The Miles City Press innocently
remarks that John l.. Sullivan, the
champion of the world, will shortly
visit Miles City With q view to
giving sparrihg lessons.
A woman at Belknap a few nights
ego took dose of morphins to put
her to sleep, there being a noisy bar
room next door. She took too large
dose, however, and was found
dead the next morning.
A Benton sharper who got broke
In Butte few days ago sold to three
gullible residents of the silver city q
three-fourths interest in 100 acres
of placer ground described in the
deed as being about thirty miles
south Of the mouth Of Otter creek,
in the Barker district. He received
$100 ard his fare to Benton fer it,
and after reaching the river metrop.
oils, he mysteriously disappeared.
The following is the toll to be
charged by the road between Bel.
KNAPP and the C9ur d'Alene mines
For each vehicle drawn by one span
Of horses, n,sles or cattle, $3.50 ; fol
each additional span, ST.; for each
vehicle drawn by one animal. $3.50
for each msn and bofse, 81; fol
each pack animal, so cent. for each
head of loose animals, 25 cents.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-02-28
SALT lsKE2WESTERN RAIL WAY

ON AND AFTER MONDAY, OCTOBER
" lst 1888, the train for Ironson Will leave
Lehi junction daily (Suu DAYS excepSsoJ az
sis a. NJ, connecting with the Utah Centfai
leaving Salt Lake City at a. m. Returning,
ing with the Utah Central train, arriving Ia
Salt Lake City al 6 p. m.
f15 ". w. RIIEh, oupt'
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-10-17
with Sails Adorned"

Among the many revivals of ancient
needlework there is one which up to this
time has | think been overlooked, viz
the embroidering of sails. Those used
by the Egyptians were often worked with
various emblems. This is alluded to in
Ezekiel, xvii. 7-"Fine linen with en-
broidered work from Egypt was that
which thou spreadest forth to be thy
sail" OF course such sails were only
used for pleasure boats, and, as a rule,
only by mobiles and royal persons. Then
again in ancient days, We hear of them
being painted and interviewer with
checks and stripes, and the boats used
IN sacred festivals on the Nile were deco
rated with appropriate symbols and de-
signs, some OF the sails having colored
hens and some colored embroidery.
Shakespeare describes the barge in which
Cleopatra sat as like a burnieh'd
throne. Burn'd on the water; the poop
was beaten gold. Purple the sails and
so perfumed that the winds were love-
sick with them" The idea is worth q
thought. The many owners of yachts
might prize their sails the more for the
concentrations which fair fingers could
bestow. Ingram wool or coarse cotton,
applied in bold outline designs, would
be best suited il crewel stitch. The
name of the yacht, or the monogram or
crest of the owner in one corner would
be appropriate. At anchor the work
might easily be pursued, and the sails,
made as they are of strips sewn together,
might be worked in pieces before making
up. River yachts and other pleasure
boats would certainly gain by such orna-
mentation, which, with strong needles
and a good eye for effect, could be car
ried out without much ditficulty.-Ne,o
| York .HernM
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-10-17
said it rather loudly and noticed that the

said it rather loudly and noticed that the
remark hung around the neighborhood
pretty well; but when we stopped for
dinner, twenty miles away, I'll own up
was surprised to find the rocks still call
ing out part of a gentleman in the
same tone of voice that had used, ex-
cept possibly it sounded a little more
husky"
'lts queer country" said the gen.
ial justice, land, as you say, it's echo is
wonderful. | was down there along in
the fall and when went back last month
half of the conversation we indu ged in
was still floating around promiscuously.
| had made verbal contract for min
ing claim that the other party had tried
to go back on, but | clinched him by
getting a stenographer to take down
the echo word for word which had been
said six months before, and then got
atfidavits from those who knew him
that the voice WINS Jim's, and had him
where he couldn't squcal. Wonderful
thing that canyon l"-LeadoiUe Demo-
cJUt
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-10-17
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Work for Rainy Days.

There are certain things to be done in
connection with general farm work that
may be performed to advantage when
the weather compels staying within
doors. A rainy day rightly employed is
often worth more in an economical sense
than a week of fine weather 1t is worth
more If spent in putting things in order,
and in attending to those repairs that are
apt to be neglected on other days. There
are so many little things that need to be
done, that are overlooked in hurrying
times when the weather is fair. There
is a spoke loose here and bolt out
there, the harness needs a little mend
ing, stable demands slight repairs, a
leak in the granary floor wants stopping
up, the wagon rigging needs little
reconstruction, tools are in want of new
handles, and other things to be done
more than can be thought of now. 1t
would be well to heed the suggestion
of an exchange, that if farmers would
60 to their barns on wet day and spend
their time in making caves troughs for
the barn or stable and thereby
carry away the drip which would
otherwise fall on the manure pile, caus-
ing waste of the elements of plant food
contained therein, they would make
more money that day than they could
any fine day in the field. The farmer
who understands the use of tools can
make for himself many things beside cave
troughs that would be a positive saving
to his pocket. Farm implements that
are ready TO be put away may be
cleaned and put in proper shape. 'Re
move the dirt from both woodwork and
ironwork. Give the former coat of
boiled linsed oil or paint. Mineral paint
Is very cheap and answers the purpose
well for protecting the woodwork of i'm
plements and machines. 1t is surprising
how an annual coat of cheap paint or oil
will make implements last. Rot and
rust eat faster than wear. The oil fills
the pores of the wood and excludes the
moisture. All steel parts should be given
coat of tallow or coal oil. Allowing the
moldboard of pillow, or the blade of a
spade, shovel, or hoe, to rust, not only
shortens the period of usefulness of the
implement, but lessons the capabiity for
good, easy work.-AeD YORK. Observer.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-10-17
The Festival of Snakes.

A Naples letter to the London Neps
SAYS: A celebrated Abruzzese painter is
about TO put on canvass the characters
tic representation of a curious festival
held at little mountain church once a
year. The peasants walk in procession,
carrying round their arms, waists, and
necks, etc, all the snakes that they can
find. Signor Michetti, the artist, has a
quaint little villa on the shores of the
Adriatic. He was lately visited by a
friend, to whom he showed all the curl
osities of his villa, and then, opening a
small door into a dark chamber, into
which he entered for moment, he called
out: ~ have something still better to
show you. Take these" The friend
held out his arms, and, to his horror,
five or six blacksnakes were put into
them. With cry of disgust he threw
them on the ground. GLOW stupid you
are" said Michetti. "You will make
me lose all my modelsw He then ex-
planned to his friend that he was making
studies from life for his great picture.
The curious festival which is to be the
subject of the painting is believed by
the peasants to preserve them from poi
son and sudden death and to bring them
good fortune, especially in love.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-10-17

twenty-fv hens Is enough, but where
they are restricted to small runs one cock
to six hens will be necessary.
Have you carefully housed every farm
ing utensil that is laid aside for the sea-
SOM Have you cut down the weeds
along your fences before they matured
their seeds9 Have you completely fin
ished every job of farm work which you
have commenced2 Are all your plans
perfected for the remainder of the sea-
SOM
Alfred Rose, of Penn Yam, says he
prevents and cures mildew and rot in his
vineyard by Swinging the vines upon the
first symptoms of their appearance with
water he has prepared as follows: Six
pounds of quicklime and three pounds
of sulphur are put in tub together and
boiling water; stir we'll and let settle.
Apply on clear day.
At the Ohio experiment station last
year, where test plots of potatoes were
grown in garden with heavy, black
soil, the best yield was made where coal
ashes were used at the rate of twenty
tons per acre. From this plot 2j2.4
bushels were gathered, while only 202.5
bushels were gathered from plot
dressed with wood ashes at the rate of
fifty bushels per acre.
In order to force stock of bees to
raise and hatch queen for themselves,
you will first render them queenless by
taking their mother-queen from them,
and be sure they have plenty of fresh
eggs, as we'll as young bees, Matching
from the eggs to the mature bee. 1t is
always the young bees that are under
fourteen days old that construct the
royal cells and make proper selections of
eggs, or larvae, from which the young
queen is to be raised.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-10-17
He Brought Him in Alive.

A party of soldiers tout West" not
having much to do, resolved to go bear
hunting. They had been out sixteen
hours, and had not seen bear, and, be
ing tired and hungry, they returned to
camp. On their arrival at headquarters
they missed one of their companions, but
thought nothing of it, one of them re-
marking: Gle will return all right. "
They made their camp fire, and com.
menced preparations for supper. Sud
denly they were all startled by terrible
noise that seemed to come nearer to
camp. The thickets parted, and in rushed
the missing man, his hair standing on
end his face deadly white, his gun gone
and his arms flying in the air as if grasp.
ing for imaginary objects, and about two
feet behind him came a great black bear.
The pursued soldier turned when he saw
the bear drop, and, looking at one of
them, said, breathlessly: as he dead2"
One of the men asked: "Why didn't
you shoot him, instead of running2"
"What do you take me for, " replied
the missing one. "Do you think | was
SO foolish as to shoot him, when l could
bring him in alivel"