Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-04-25

W tle HERALD office this week. Any
one wishing first-class work done in his
line will do well to give him CALL
See his advertisement in another col
umn.
! J.J. Barnes has his store open for
business, and to say that he has an ex-
cellent stock does not half express the
situation of affairs IN that line. Read
his advertisement in another column
and give him call.
isstee & Rock, Real Estate s. Loan
Agents of Woonsocket, D. T., make a
speciality of loaning money on chattels,
real estate and final proofs. 1t will pay
Jera1ld county people to go to them for
loans at lowest rates.
Mr.. Bakewen of the firm of Baum &
Bakewell, attorneys at Plankinton, was
married Thursday of last week, at Ce-
dar RAPIDS, Iowa, to Miss Martha Cool
ey, foriherly a teacher in The public
school at Plankinton.
Michael Lynch, who proved up on a
valuable claim northeast of town a
short time since, called and renewed
his subscription to the HERALD the
first Of the week; he is located at pres
ent in Mcpherson county.
The perpetration of the poetical joke
on the hardware store, or whoever it
may be on, was written on the spur OF
the m5n1ent, and while the perpetrator
is having time to repent it may be cred
tied to the HERALD ID.
A Sunday school was organized i'll
the Young settlement Hear Parsons
postoffice last Sunday, with 1. Young,
Supt.; Fred keiser, Asst. Supt.; Henry
Walton, Sec; d. w. Young, TfeaB A
large attendance is reported.
A Sunday school was organized at
Mr.. Hawthorn's last Sunday. The Off
GERS elected were as follows: Superin-
tendent, w. Hawthorn; Asst. Supt. S.
Mcdonald; Secretary, Miss Hawthorn;
Treasurer, Miss j. r. Williams.
Messrs. Hawthorn, Ayers and Miles,
together with County Surveyor Wallace
and Sheriff Spears, were in town Thurs
day: They were making a review of
the most practicable route for a public
highway from Washington Springs to
Waterbury.-W Waterbury News.
Ford & Ayers is the name that ap-
pears on q bran new sign on the front
of j. F. Ford's building. This firm has
been established for the purpose Of do
ing general law and land business,
and they have come to stay. We wish
them snccess in their new undertaking
Mrs. Wheeler Of Sioux Falls arrived
at the Springs last week looking for a
location for a home. While out riding
last Friday in the wind she took cold
which developed into erysipelas. I'm
der the treatment of DR.. Matthias she is
rapidly recovering and is now able to
be out again.
At the school township meeting at
Mr.. Beech's in 107-65, last Saturday, the
following were the nominations: For
Director, A. S. Beels; Clerk, e. G, De-
line; Treasurer, I. A. McGinnis; Name
of township, Emma Conway Thorn
son, NJ. D. Crow and Chas. Hanson were
appointed to act as township central
committee.
The Basket Social at the church, al
though not as largely attended as some
have been, was quite a pleasant affair.
An excellent program had been prepar-
ed. The baskets were sold at auction
by Chas. W. Kugler, who, by the way,
is a professional auctioneer, and the
selling was the occasion of considerable
merrinlent. The proceeds of the even
ing's entertainment amounted to 1886.
Pioneer Press Dakota Prohibition
lists are gathered together in great force
at Mitchell. Two conventions, howev-
er, have been found necessary to accom-
modate the wide diversity of views on
the temperance question. The regular
convention, which comprises o majori-
ty of those in attendance, ADVISES its
members not to abandon old party as
sociaticns, but to remain, and endeayor
to reform them from within: The
home protectionist, however, wants a
new party and proposes to organize
one whether or no.. 1t is the easiest
thing in the world to start q new party.
The trouble lies IN making it run.
4 Housel & Arnold have pair of oxen,
they have| They are young oxen and
their names are - well, no matter
what their names are. They-the oxen
never knew what the hardships and
trials of life are until they made the
acquaintance and became the property
of the aforesaid gentlemen. Well, to
make long story short, TIE boys broke
the steers. They purchased them in
Mitchell; and yoked them forth first