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

THE recent typhoon at Yokohama, Japan.
destroyed 12S houses and damaged 800 9th
ers. Out of eighty sailing vessels at sea
ffty-three We're lost with 223 persons
aboard. Twelve vessels with 100 persons
We're also missing. OF five life-boats thai
went to rescue the drowning crews, four
were swamped and ten OF their crews
were drowned.
A oLENT storm the other night did Sc.
rious damage throughout the British Isles
and neighboring seas. Many wrecks were
reported and several lives We're lost.
THE municipal authorities of Limerick
Ireland, by a vote of tweEty-seven to five.
decided on the 2Sth to persist in their re-
fusal to pay the tax assessed for extra pc.
lice service. The arrest of several mem.
bers of the corporation was probable.
AT Colima, M%anzanillo, and other towns
on the western coast of Mexico, yellow
fever of a malignant type was on the o9th
claiming many victims.
ANNIE MALLocH, of Toronto, Ont, in.
jured twelve ears g in a railway acct.
dent and pronounced by physicians a Grip.
pie for life, was recently said to have beer
cured by weeks of prayer.
The cage in q mine at Londonderry, n
s., fell a distance of two hundred feet a
few days ago, killing three men and fatally
injuring two others.
ADvICES reached London on the Goth via
Shanghai that a severe type of cholera was
spreading. through the French squadron
under Admiral Courbet, now blockading
FormoSa.
ADvIcEs of the Goth state that the steam
or Maasdam, en- route from Rotterdam to
New York, was burne at sea. There were
one hundred and fifty passengers on
board, and their fate was a mystery.
THROUGHOUT Great Britain severe gales
were reported on the Goth. Houses at
various places We're destroyed, and along
the coast many vessels We're wrecked.
In the Parliamentary elections in Holland
on the Goth the Liberals were generally
successful, and by increased majorities.
JOHN MCCORMICK, who ran away from
the Jail yard at Winnipeg, but was re-
captured, was a few days ago ordered by
the Attorney-General of Manitoba to be
flogged. He was stripped to the waist in q
snow-storm, before his fellow-prisoners,
and given twelve lashes.
REPORTS were received inSToronto, Can,
~ y Noy ouSo nav o"S pC44SC SCAlU " 1hlClls
ipicoten were attacked by rioters, Consta-
bles Dodds and Mills being killed and In
spector Ward seriously wounded.
The appearance of cholera in the lower
Seine region of France on the 3Oth ult. led
Italy to establish a quarantine against all
ports from Dieppe to Cherbourg inclusive.
Il French Government ON the 31st ult.
ordered the dispatch of two cruisers and
five gunboats to China. Italy would soon
send two war vessels to the Congo region
to conserve commercial interests.
The Empress of China on the 31st ult.
offered one-half of her jewels for the de-
Tense of her empire against the French in
vasion.
IT was discovered on the 31st ult. that
Scott, the clerk Of the Merchants Bank in
Belleville, Ont, who Disappeared recently,
stole an express package containing $1,000.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-11-21
Two Men Horribly Mangled.

BALTIMORE, Md, Oct. 30.-A horrible
catastrophe, which caused tho death of two
men, occurred at seven a. M. yesterday
at Locust point. Locomotive NJ. 1928, Of
the Baltimore e. Ohio, was standing on a
side track opposite Woodalls dry dock.
In the cab were the engineer, Joshua
Dixon, and fireman Daniel A. Burke
Without a moments warning the
boiler exploded with terrific fierce,
Dixon was instantly killed and his body
blown into the water, $50 feet away. Burlee
was blown up on a bank some distance off.
and when he was reached he gave a few
gasps and died. Dixon's body was horribly
mutilated, and, as it few through the air.
struck the telegraph wires, to which his
overalls and suspenders adhered. Both mon
leave families. The cause of the explosion
will be investigated.
Eglehof d Bros, brick manufacturers at
7 nrjSHilla fai)a1 "aIroe5o- e..
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-11-21
Important Decision.

CINCINNATI, O., Nov. 3.-Patrlck Nc.
keown, a saloon-keeperof this city, hfo"s"'
suit to recover moneys paid under the llo'
visions Of the Scott law. Justice Altlio''
decided that one year and one day la'lns
elapsed since the payment OF the taNt H.
covery was barred by the statute OF INN" IN
tons. Hamilton County is interested IA
the decision to the amount Of S400,0oo.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-11-21

The women of Siam have petllohe,r
the King to take from their huso"n nr.
tac right to pledge them tor the RI ",d
ment Of gambling debts. n nle'u ,be
OF making the wife responsible 1ol =
sins Of her husband is not Wltho"'
parallel even in Christian Scotland
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-11-21

Major WHY, of Jacksonville, fla,'
owns q cherry tree from which con-
stantly drips a fine mist, very much lo q,
sembling rain. Any n standing una Ma
it and holding out his hand can 1eel NV
water; yet when the leaves and brancL,
cs of the tree are examined they ~
perfectly dry. No one has been aDle I"
solve the mystery.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-11-21

Eglehoft d Bros, brick manufacturers ut
Louisville, failed Wednesday for $40, 600,
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-09-05
LATER NEWS

GOVERNOR CLEVELAND has returned to
Albany from his vacation trip to the Adiron-
dacks.
Ex-SPEAKER BLAINE has recovered from
his recent indisposition.
OWING to the rainy weather the open-air
mass meeting announced to be held in favor
of General Buffers candidacy in Union
square, New York was postponed Butler
however, made an address at Masonic hall
after the adjournment Of the Greenback-
Labor State conventic n, which met in the after
noon, adopted the indianapolis national
platform and Buffers manifesto as the party
platform, ami nominated an electoral ticket
and Patrick H. Cowen and Isaac S. Rice for
judges of the court of appeals.
Ex-Governor HENDRICKS, Democratic
candidate for Vice President,o opened the cam
pagn in Indiana for his party by speech
at n mass meeting in indianapolis.
a CYCLONE has completely destroyed the
village of Centrevile. Ill. All over tie sur
rounding country farm houses and barns Were
demolished. The dwelling of sylvester Tobars,
farmer, near Centreville, in topping over
killed one child and severely injured two
others and fatally hurt his wife.
SERIOUS rioting accompanied by bloodshed
resulted from the strike of miners in the
Hooking Valley, Ohio. A body Of about
5000 miners marched upon Snake Hollow
and had a prolonged pitched battle with the
mine gualdi. one of the latter
being killed and two wounded. The tele-
graph lines We're all cut and the railroad de
, pot at Columbus was set on fire Sheriff No
Carly, of Hooking county, telegraphed to
Governor Hoadly for aid. The governor re-
sponded by ordering out several companies OF
militia and himself proceeded for the scene of
disturbance in a special train.
A CORNER" in pork at Chicago resulted in
profit to Armour, the manipulation, of So.
100000.
THE total coinage Of the various United
states mints fer August was 100000 dol
lars, Loo, 600 tive-cent pieces and 1850 90.
cents, making $500 600 pieces worth 81 PSI,
0t0.
GENERAL MILLOT, commander of thu
French troops in Tonquin, has been relieve
on account of ill health. ard General Desit
has been appointed his successor.
ANOTHER outbreak against the Jews ha'
occur, in Russia, this time at Duhrovitza
\ mob pil'aged twelve shops and twenty
houses Many Jews were wounded and ON,
uv,,uo,, Nvoc Eill.I
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-09-05
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.

HERBERT SIMS REEVES, son of the tenor,
is a deplorably bad actor in London.
M. Victor CAPoUL, the welknown tenor,
Is to marry the daughter of wealthy Eng
ish landowner.
"SKIPPED by the Light of the Moon is
credited with having made over $4,000 for its
owners last season.
SHAKESPEARE, Byron, Milton, Dickens,
Bulwer and Boucicault were separated or di-
vorced from their wives.
LOUIS G. GoTTsCHALK, the American bar
itone, has been engaged for an operate season
in st. Petersburg, Russia.
A CHANGE has been made in the plans of
Mime. Risford, and she will not appear i'll New
York city until the middle of January.
NINE CARLoTTI PATTI, the well-known
singer, recently met with serious accident
in Paris. She fell down stairs and broke her
leg.
THE following is said to be an infalible test:
"When you see everybody applaud furiously
but wear relieved look when it is over, then
you may be sure it is classical music.n
CHRISTINE NILSSON, who has got socially
higher than any other prima donna of her
time, is to spend a week as the fellow guest of
the X n of Sweden at plymouth CASTLE the
seat OF L'dy Breadelbane.
JANAUsCHEK will make prominent fea-
ture of her new play, 'My Life" during the
COllllHS ScdSul. ne UdleDUeu lduN mas strong
hopes of the play and pronounces it her most
powerful No living actress is more capable
of interpreting strong plays.
THE Able Franz List. the famous pianist,
has sent an autograph letter to his friends de
nying the story that he had become blind at
Bayreuth. He says he is able to work with
out difficulty. The grand duke of Saxe-Wei-
mar has granted the Able an annuity of
81, 500.
Miss CATHERINE LEWIS promises comic
opera of more than ordinary excellence for
next season. She has secured the services of
Henry Nordban, the Swedish tenor, who will
! BE- remembered in connection with the season
of English opera given by Nine. Parepa Rosa
in this country twelve OF fourteen years ago
THE publication of a rumor TO the effect
that Mary Anderson would appear as elmo
gen" in "Cymbeline," in London next Janu-
AIRY, has suggested the remark that it will be
her first appearance in male character, or
| rather in a male disguise. But it will not be.
Miss Anderson performed "lon' in this coun-
try as part of her repertoire for three sea-
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-09-05
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

"COMMODoI E KITTsON, of ST. Paul. /,
said to have spent nearly $1,000, uOJ for hi;
great ra Ing stable,
Edison. the Inventor. promises To get out
a new Cropof inventions during the next year.
in the electrical line.
SECRETARY lINCoLN'S hair is turning
white If he had received the nomination he
probably would be entirely bald by this time.
SENATOR MORRILL,, of Vermont, is the old.
est of the Senators, being Seventy-tour, while
Senator Kcnna, of West Virginia, Is the
youngest, being but thilty-siX.
'CoMMOpoRE'' Starin, the steamship
owner of New York is said to be worth
S7OOO,0OO. Not many years ago he was a
country doctor, earning : 900 year
GOVERNOR CRIrTENpEV, of Missouri, who
has been catching muskalonge in Wisconsin
waters, is described as II great, tall, broad
shouldered man. with hi sht, blue eyes, waNy
complexion, thick hair "a white and glossy
as floss that the ladies do South kensington
with.
PROFESSOR COLLIER. formerly chemist of
the agricultural bureau, does not abate any
of his confidence in the future of sorghum as
the source of sugar, and contends that sugar
can be protitably made from sorghum even
at present prices, and that all which this
country needs and more can be made IN the
United States.
KING LUDWIG, of Bavaria, has the finest
horses in his stables. and soon ruins them 10y
hard riding. Sometimes his majesty ises i'll
the night, has a black steed saddled, and
dashes off at a whrlwnd speed up and down
the hill ruads-which are well kept for that
reason-like phantom horseman pursued by
some relentless d-Sree of the supernatural
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-09-05
Foreign.

A VIENNA sugar dealer and refiner has be-
come embarrassed, with liabilities of 4,O0O,-
600
Two presidents are each trying to run
things in Peru. Consequently rowing bands
of thieves overrun the country.
FRENCH iron clads which entered the river
Min in China and attempted to demollsh CHI
nese forts were compelled to retire after an
hours engagement The arsenal at Foo-Chow
is in ruins. Eighteen hundred workmen are
out of employment The arsenal cost -, lOO,
600, and the arms and ammunition destroyed
were valued at SIS 900, 900.
AN international agricultural exhibition
was opened at Amsterdam, Holland, with
imposing ceremonies.
FURTHER advices from the seat of war
state that the entire Chinese fleet at Foo
Chow was destroyed by the French uhuer
Admiral GOURMET. The French lost five men,
including an American pilot wa was kile
on board the heavily armad French war snip
Volta. The French fleet suffered no damage
An earthquake shock lasting half minute
was felt in the island of Jersey, Great
Britain
GENERAL WOLsELEY the British com
mandorn-chief, is going to Egypt TO assume
command of the English forces there.
DURING the bombardment of FooChow
wounded, and the Chimes loss is estimated AT
900 killed and 5000 wounded. Nine Chl'
nese men-of-war and twelve junks were sunk.
: ACCORDING to reports received at Sontay
$4,000 Chinese troops have invaded Ionquln
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-09-05
ST., JOHN AND DANIELS.
The Prohibition Candidates Accept
the Nomination.

Ex-Governor John z. st. John and William
Daniels, the Prohibition nominees for President
and Vice-President, were formally notified at
Cuba, n. Y, by a committee of their nomina.
ton Mr.. st. John replied as follows:
In receiving this formal notice of my nomi.
nation for the highest office within the gift of
the people by the national convention of the
Prohibition party, permit me, notwithstand-
ing the distinction was neither sought nor de
sired by me, to assure you, in view of the
unanimity with which it was given, of my
high appreciation of the very great honor Il
confers. There are more political parties in the
field to-day than there are politica issues. Upon
the great questions as to what should be done
with the traffic in intoxicating liquors as a bev
erage, both the Democratic and Republican
party are united in favor of making the tariff
permanent while the Prohibitionists demand
that it shall be forever placed under the con
demnation of the laws of the land. Thus an
issue is clearly made, and l think it safe TO
say, the only one to-day that really reaches
the heart and conscience of the citizen.
Upon this issue we go to the people,
the source of all political power
Let us appeal to reason rather than tc
prejudice. Let those resort to personal abuse
and scandal who have nothing better to up
hold their cause. The Prohibition party was
not organized as a mere threat or menace.
1t is the outgrowth of n rapdly-increasing
sentiment against the great evil of the age
an evil that the old parties dare not attack,
but against which this young party of the
people in defence of the homes of the nation,
has entered upon warfare that shall never
cease so long as the flag of our country
waves its protecting folds over legalizcd dram
shops. In this struggle, let us ever re-
member that we are accountable to God, that
our duty to him is paramount to our allegi-
ance to any political party; that political ties
will never in His sight excuse a ballot for any
| party that does not stand up fearlessly for the
| right The home will have nothing to fear if
! the people vote as they pray.
Mr. Daniels also made speech accepting
the nomination for e-president.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-09-05
A BURNING CIRCUS CAR.
scenes OF IIOrrOr-Ucn harmed to
Death in their RcrIhs.

The burning OF circus car nine miles north
of Greeley, Col, was attended with indescrib-
able horrors. The burned car was next to
the engine, in a train of seventeen
cars, containing Orton's Anglo Ameri-
can circus which left Fort Collins about
midnight for Golden over the Greeley, Salt
Lake and Pacific railroad. The train was
nearing Win lsor, a small station near
Greeley, and was running twenty five miles
an hour, when Engineer Colleprist, discover
ing the car to be on fire, at once reversed his
engine and threw open the whistle
valve. There We're sixty men in the car
arranged in three tiers of hunks on either
side The forward side door was closed and
men in hunks sleeping against it, The /, a
side door was also closed, and the men who
awoke discovered the lower unuc upled berth
next to 1t, containing rubbish on fire, filling
the car with smoke in that direction. The
only means of egreSs was through small
window between the car and the engine.
John Pine Edgerton, of Wisconsin, and Ell
mer Millet, of Iowa, crowded through this
opening and tried to pass in water from the
engine tank. Owing To the sufotatllS gases
il was difficult to arouse the SlceperS, and
some were kicked and bruised in a shocking
manner, and pitched out Of the window. The
screams of those unable to get through the
aperture to the blockade We're terrifying.
The wild glare of the flames and the sight
of the burning victims outside, who lay with
ing in agony on the cactus beds caused the
wild beasts in the adjoining car to become
frantic with terror, making the scene appall-
ng. The performers who occupied the rear
cars gazed with white faces on the awful
spectacle. In the midst of the confusion TWO
or thre heroi' souls appeared Equal to
| the occasion they bravely cut their way To
their companions to find them already i'll the
agony of death, Albert Lake, in charge Of
the animals, AMI his friend Kent walked over
cactus in their bare feet pouring buckets of
oil ON the blsterel unfortunateS AMI wrap
ping them m blankets
The hear.rending cries of the men ON the
prairie, the smothe.ed appeals of the dying
within the car, the roaring flames and the
bowling of the animals made the situation ter
ribe beyond description. The olor of roast
ing flesh and the distant cry of the coyotes
added TO the geueral\ horror. The voices of
the dying grew fainter and soon ceas al. Ten
men We're burned TO death AMI nearly a
many more We're badly injured. The dead
were inferred in one grave in Greeley and the
injured were conveyed to hospital
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-09-05
A DAKOTA TORNADO.
Horses Flying Tnrough the Air
Othtr EecuIi n itiss.

A Huron Dakota dispatch says; Pecu'i
arities Of the recent tornado are coming
in. Twelve miles northeast of Huron
man named Briggs had thirty
two head of cattle killed by being
blown into the James river and drowned, or
thrown on the ground and crushed. He had
SIX horses killed in the same way Eleven
hundred bushels of threshed oats in his gran
AIRY were all swept away His wife is a well
known butter make for the Huron market
The last three months she and her servant
pack ii all the butter they had made in
crooks and stored it in the cellar several
hUndre pounds in all. When they saw the
storm coming they went into the cellar and
crouched in the northeast corner of it. the
direction from which the tornado was
coming. 1t carried away and destroyed
the house, scooped up every crock
of butter and carried it away and
it cannot he found. The women were unhurt.
William Felkey had two horses and colt in
his stable, The stable, horses and colt are
yet to he heard from. Myron Kinney had
two haInessed horses at his stable The
horses We're seen to 90 up in the air and To-
come down long distance away. About two
hours afterward they walked back home with
all the harness off except the collars.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-09-05

and have already bad an engagement with
the French force. In this BATTLE it is as
serted, the French were annihilated, while
The French troops, it is said, fought desper-
ately and repeatedly charged the Chinese
lines but as fast as the latter were broken
into they closed up again with remarkable
military precision, and many hand to-hand
encounters ensued, the French finally sue
cumbing to overwhelming odds
A LARGE number of prominent English
and American scientists were present at the
opening of the meeting of the British associa-
ton for the Advancement of Science in Mon
treal. Lord Landsdowne, encouragement oil
Canada, made the opening address. Many
papers of scientific interest were read during
, Me weeks session.
A BATTLE has taken place in the streets of
rabble under Caceres For over six hours
there was a storm of bullets in the city. FL
naly the mob was driven out About $50
persons were killed.
EMPEROR WILLIAM, of Germany, wa.
/ thrown from his horse while riding in the
park at Berlin, but not seriously injured
ALL the Chinese Notifications along the
Min river have been destroyed by the French
fleet. The Chinese troops bolted.
MANITOBA British America, has suffered
heavily from tornado AT Winnipeg many
buildings were blown down. Crops also suf
fered severely.
SEVEN persons were killed by an acciden
in a coal pit near Paisley, England.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-09-05
LAND GRABBING.
Millions of Acres Illegally Fenced
by Cattle Companies.
Several Millions More Fraudulently
Entered,

Some time since the commissioner of the
general land office ordered survey of GER
tain public lands in Colorado and Nebraska
with view of bringing suits at the next term
of court against cattle companies that have
illegally fenced in large tracts of land IN
those States.
A special agent, who has been superintend-
ing the survey in Colorado in report to the
commissioner, says eight cases have been
found against the Prairie Cattle company,
composed of Scotchmen. An examination
has been made Of tracts containing 100square
miles, twenty-five square miles sixteen square
miles and seventy-fve square miles, and
the agent is at present examining a tract
containing over one hundred square miles.
All of these are under the control of the
Prairie Cattle company, and the agent says
are Illegally fenced in.
Officials in the land Office say the practice
of illegally fencing large tracts OF land and
taking fraudulent entries has been greater the
past year than ever before. They claim that
between five and six millions of acres are
fraudulently entered. Complaints from set
tiers are being received daily by agents and
the land office here The settlers say the cat
tie men are driving them away and taking
from them the lands which they have settled
upon One of the land Office officials, in
speaking of the subject to-day, said that if
the practice is continued cattle men will have
entire control of the best public lands in the
United States within twenty years.
/ Relative to the fraudulent entries of land,
a land agent in New Mexico informs the gen.
/ oral land commissioner that of the entries
in that Territory ninety per cent. are fraud
| ulent, and another agent in Dakota writing
| upon the same subject, says that seventy-five
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-09-05
THE WHEAT CROP.
This Years Astonishing PrOduct-Ehe
Largest Ever Produced.

S. w. Tallmadge, of Milwaukee, presents
the following figures as the final estimate of
the wheat crop of the Uuited States
for 1884. The figures are based on off
cial reports made within few days by
State grirultural departments and statistical
agents in The differ ent States and Territories.
ter wheat to be $4,000, 900 bushels, and
spring wheat l50,000,0J0 This makes the
total yield of the country fully 25,OO0,01O
bushels more than ever before pro-
duced, l3O,OO0,0Ol more than last
wears crop, and 5000, 600 more than the av-
partments all agree in reporting the quality
superior: and where it has been threshed they
say the yield has more than met their cslcula-
tions. This applies especially to the spring
wheat sections Iowa, Dakota. Nebraska,
Minnesota and Wisconsin