Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-06
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

CYRUS II. MCCORMICK, the inventor Of
the reaping machine, and one of the most
notable men of this generation, died at his
residence in Chicago or the morning of
the 18Th, in his seventy-ninth year. He
was born in Virginia, and emigrated to
the West in 1S47. His estate was estimated
at 500, ooo, 900, which descends to his wife
and five children.
THE extra session of the California Leg
~islature was concluded on the 18th.
CHARLES o'CoNoR, the.venerable lawyer
of New York, passed quietly away on the
18th at Nantucket, Mass, i'll his eightieth
year. He leaves a fortune estimated at
$1,000, 900.
SENATOR MORRILL,, of Vermont, was alb
sent from his seat in the United States Sem
ate en- the 18th for the first time in twenty
nine years of legislative service.
MICHAEL GAYNoR, Alderman from the
Ninth ward OF Chicago, was probably fa-
tally shot in the head by James Dacey dur
ing an ARRAY in a saloon on Halsted street
on the evening of the 18th.
THE House Committee on Elections at
Washington on the 18th decided: to report
in favor of English (Demecrat) in the, con-
tested election case of English VS.. Peelle
in the Seventh Indiana District.
BILL establishing free trade with the
United.States has passed the Legislature
of San Domingo.
LEADING business men of New York, to
the number of six hundred or more, called
on John Jacob Aston, B. H. Bristow and
Others on the 18th to designate a time and
place to express approval of the Admins
tration of President Arthur, and voice
their wish that he be renominated at Chi
cago.
JUDGE A. G. THOMPSON has been NOM
mated for Congressman by the Republic.
ans of the Twelfth Ohio District.
The National Anti. Monopoly Conven.
ton met insChicago on the 18th, twenty
one States being represented. B. F. But
Ter was nominated for President. and a
platform was adopted declaring that labor
and capital should be allies, not enemies;
that corporations should be controlled by
law; that there should be the greatest
reduction practicable in public expenses;
that Bureaus of Labor Statistics, State
and National, should be established; that
the National Eight.hour law should be en-
forced; that the importation Of foreign
labor ulder contract be made illegal, and
that the present tariff should be reformed,
because it is oppressive and in the interest
of menopelies, and not of labor.
The Virginia Democrats met in State
Convention at Richmond on the 14th' and
elected delegates to the National. Conven.
tion favorable to .Tilden for President.
The platform adopted favors a tariff for
revenue only and.the immediate abolition
OF the internal-revenue system.
The New Jersey Democratic State Con-
vention was held at Trenton on the 14th.
Delegates were elected to the National
Convention favorable to Tilden for Presi-
dent, but they were uninstrueted. Aplat-
form was adopted declaring for civil-ser-
vice reform, a tariff for revenue only, and
legislation for the protection of home in
dustries.
The Michigan Prohibition State Conven-
ton met at Battle Creek on the 18th and
elected delegates to the National Conven-
ton. The resolutions adopted reafirmed
confidence in the power Of the State to
suppress the liqur traffic; in the Union
Prohibition party of Michigan and therNa.
Standardization Home Protective party
as the only. competent political agency to
end. and favored woman suffrage.
IHE DEMOCRATS of Dakota Territory met
at Pierre on thes>14th and elected delegates
to the National Convention. A platform
was adopted decfAring--for revenue re-
form; that the luxurie>s Of life shoald pay
the expenses of the Government; for