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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-07-25

i Mr.. Hazard has appointed Fred Bur-
COWS school township clerk. We hope
she schools will continue through the
fall.
Il b. =. Jones, Esq. and O'Drien &
IBrockman were at the Springs during
Ethe week.
st While Mr.. Melcher was away on the
Equalizing Board his best work horse
died from overwork or over-driving or
both.
A party of Indians from Fort Thomp-
son are encamped on the west side of
:eyow Lake near the postonlce; the first
sh!rt have visited the lake for over two
|syeSis. We expect they will make the
s!sf. and ducks scarce before they leave.
:s, JOHN.
|. =. PLEASANT.
::hS Scribe has not put in an ap-
pArknoe for some time we thought
l.ysrAhps q few items from pheasant
:fsMnship" would not come amiss.
wv admire the judgment Of our com
mossioners in giving us this name if
Maud is the Sweetest" baby in the
country.
Wi h most of our farmers the break
ing spason is past and well digging
seemsto be the next in order. The Ja-
cobs bpys are boring the ground full of
holes tut as yet have found no water
except at the creek. S. Sowerwine
seems TO be most fortunate having got
six fe9t of water in q we'll 30 feet deep
and 61k feet across; good water too and
still rising.
Sow erwine & Son promise to be the
banner farmers in the banner township.
They have 140 acres of Dakota sod
turned over and most of itir crop; they
are nov hauling lumber from the 'sSock-
ct" for q granary. So are Sullivan and
Williams.
Mr.. Lynn and family spent the
Fourth with friends near Yorktown.
The boys what went to see the reser-
walton have come back satisfied.
Large loads Of lumber are going west
almost daily.
Thenew road from Waterbury to Ell
mer has large share of the travel.
Mr.. Barber has returned from Cana
da.
Mr.. Pryne is taking solid comfort
with his estimable wife and accom-
plished daughters.
A heavy hail and rain storm entirely
destroyed the crop Of J. Foster.
AS / am not farming but simply hold
ing down a claim l thought I would
give you a lift. Xxx.
SOUTH JERAULD COUNTY.
n. Z. Williams has nearly completed
a neat residence on his homestead in
ANNA township. J. A. Swan has also
put up q good house in the same neigh
| borhood.
Asa Hodgson, living On 25 ANNA tp.,
has completed a large upright to his
house, also a good barn Ii X 20.
/ G. r. Nelson, on $. W. 81, is busily en-
gagged in hauling lumber and preparing
to build one Of the largest houses in
ANNA tp.
Building in south Jerauld is having
a Boom and politics are quiet. We
will make up, however, in time to put
in straight temperance vote and.coun-
ty seat at Elmer.
DR.. Nesmith, Of Viola tp., is building
q very handsome residence on his farm
on sec. 6. The DIS family can appre-
| ciate the change.
Most Of our people favor L. G. Will
son for commissioner. They want a
man who will represent this part OF the
county and at the same time maintain
the reputation of Jerauld Co. for tenn
perance sentiment Xxx
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-07-25

NOTICE .FOR PUBIICATION ON.-Lard Office
IN at Mitchell, D. T., june i1th, 1884.
Notice is hereby given that the following nam
ed settler has flied notice OF his intention to
make final proof in support OF his claim, and
that said proofwill bemade before Registefand
viz: EPFlRAlM j. DEAN,
under his d. S. filing No 22l20 for the se1l sec.
town 1O6 range 81. He names the. following
witnesses to prove his continuous, residence up
Modlin, of Parsons, James Johnston, Samuel
Mcdonald. of Elmer, Daniel Mitchell, OF TEN
pleton ID. T.
j13j1Sd&m GEO. b. EFERITr, Register.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-07-25
Lieut.. Greely Rescued.

Commander Schley has accomplished
the object of his mission. Lieut.. Greedy
with six Of his party were found five
miles Off Cape Sabine, in Smiths sound,
in a nearly starved condition. One of
the men has since died from q surgical
operation which it was necessary to
perform. The expedition consisted of
twenty-five men, eighteen of whcm are
lost. Seventeen died Of starvation, and
it is said that had the relief expedition
been delayed forty-eight hours longer,
all now living must have perished.
Lieut.. Greedy has succeeded in reaching
the farthest north Of any explorer who
has yet penetrated the Arctic regions,
and would have returned with his COM
mand had he been supported as he had
q right to expect. Three ship loads Of
provisions were within from five to
thirty miles from him, yet nothing was
landed and seventeen men were starved
to death. The greatest praise is due to
Lieut.. Greely for the management and
all regret the blunder of the ."powers
that be- which caused SO great a loss
of life.-IOme.
| Saturday last was a red letter day for
| Jerauld county. The ostensible occa-
sion therefor was the playing OF a
match game Of base ball between the
I! Washington Springs nine and the
| UaWkeyes. Just before noon q delega-
tion from Waterbury numbering about
40, headed by the Waterbury band, drove
up to the hotel and were kindly well
coined by our people. The exercises of
the afternoon were interspersed and
enlivened With appropriate music by
the band; the best Of feeling prevailed
| and the contest on the diamond field
was decided in favor OF the W essington
Springs boys by score of 80 to II. AT
ter the game Of ball a visit was made
to the springs and other points Of local
and historic interest in and about the
town, every one enjoying themselves
to the utmost. In the evening the
band serenaded several OF our business
places not forgetting "ye editor AL
though the notice was short pleasant
dancing party assembled in the dining
hall of the hotel and with dying feet
chased the swiftly feeing hours" until
the midnight hour. During their stay
the band visited the gulch north OF
town, and with three cheers and tiger,
named one Of the hills "Band Point. :.
Then rejecting on the Kindness and
hospitality of that 'speculator in lands
and town lots" they gaEethreo rousing
cheers for D. a. Scott before returning
10 town. But few OF our people knew
Of the coming Of our friends from Wa
terbury or of those from a6y other sec
tion, which will account for any def
ciencies or the lack Of attention. In
inviting our visitors to come again end
stay longer, we can assure them, that
they are always welcome, The Latch
string always out and our people ready
at all times to make their stayas pleas
anf, ag circunlstances will permit,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-07-25

20 to j, L. Ford for cheap insurance
against Fire, Lightning, Tornados and
Windstorlns. 81
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-07-25

~ Juror in Pennsylvania asked to be
excused because he ''couldn't stand sit
tLns';;" the judge did not see the Joke
until he had excused him.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-07-25

The pie sociable at r. S. Bateman's,
Wednesday evening, was an enjoyable
affair The receipts OF the evening
We're $500 raised for the benefit of the
Ladies Mite Society.
LADIES HATs.-Ladies' and misses
mats and bonnets, seasonable and sty-
llsh, for sale by Miss Harris at j. T.
Ford's office, Washington Springs. Il.
BR1oK.-M. w. Young has finished
burning a kiln OF brick and is now
ready to supply all demands for the
same. Orders may be left at the HER
AID Office.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-07-25

NOTICE FOR OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Office
~ at Mitchell, d. July 8, 1884.
Notice is hereby given that the following nam
ed settler has filed notice OF his Intention to
make final proof in support OF his claim, and
that said proof will be made before Clerk Dis
trict Court Jerauld county, at Elmer, d. T. On
Aug 1G, 1884, viz:
JOHN r. FRANCES,
who made d. S. filing No 223o2 for the sW!4 see
80 town 1O7 range Gf. He names the following
witnesses to prove his continuous residence up
on, and cultivation of, said land, viz: EeW
ell Grant, II 6 Stephens, John Grant, Hiram
Blowers, OF Elmer, d. 7.
i1la15 GEO. B. EyER1rT, Regiater
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-07-25
): VTESSINGFON SPRINGS HOTEL, !:
l.. II. TAReLE, Proprietor.

FIRST CLASS HOTEL in every respect.
N Good ACCOMMODATIONS, Reasonable Prices.
Good stabling in connection with the Hotel. ~
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-07-25

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Office
~ at Ii tcEelt. d. t., July 1oti', 1884.
Notice is hereby given that the following nam
ed settler has lifed notice of her intention to
make final proof in support OF her claim, and
that said proof will be made before Clerk DIST
Court Jerauld county, at Elmer, ID, T.. on sept
ath 1881. VIZ
MARY j. HARRIS,
lnde? hey nd entry No. a56i2 for the neM Iec.
ton township 1o7, range g. she names me
ident6 upon, and cultivation Of, said and, VIZ:
Augpstile LaPoint, J. N. Goepfert, Wm; Taylor
7. II. Barrett, Of Elmer, Jerau'd Co, D. I.
i25a2S GEO. B. EvEEITT, Register.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-07-25

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATIONS Office
~ at Mitchell, d. T., June IS, 1884.
Notice is hereby given that the following nam
aa ea M s M ca nn aG
proof willhe made before RegisterAnd Receiver
at Mitchell D. T. on August 9. 1854, viz:
MARY i. BURGER,
under herd S entry No. 22424, for the sw14 sec.
town lOS range &C. She names the following
witnesses, to prove. her continuous residence
4. Leet. i. j. Hough of Ieet, d. T.. j. M Han
son, Charles barring, OF Earlyilie, D. I.
j20i25 GEO. - ENERiIT, REGISTER,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-07-25
NOTICE CT FINAI. PROOF.

NOTICE FOE PUBLICATIONS. Office
IN at Mitchell, d. L. July ., 1854.
Notice is hereby given that the following nam
ed settler has filed notice OF his intention to
make final proof in support OF his claim, and
that said proof will be made before clerk dist.
court Jerauld county, at Elmer, ID. T., on Aug
10th, 1884, viz:
DAN L. HINDMAN,
under his I'D. No 256l1 for the Ie1l section %,
town 1O7 range 65. He names the following wit
nesses to prove his continuous residence upon,
and cultivation of, said land, viz: A Johnson, w
Il Brush, II 6 SEephens Of Elmer, d. r., j j shy
der OF Waterbury, D, T.
jlSa22 GEO. 3. EvERIrr, Reg.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-07-25

NTOTIGE FOR PUGLICA'fT0E.-L Lend Qtliee
IN at Mitchell y. T., June rs, 1881
Notice is hereby given that rue IonaWing-
named settler has tled noticA of lllS Intention
to make nai proof il support J& his c!miln, and
that said proof viii benade before Clerk lis
triCC COur5 ,Jcrauid county at Efiner i. I, CI
V"-' 0l''t 'ottfARLiSS ". DAETGITErTy,
under his nd. entry No. 2ila5 for tha 8Wla ser
IS town 1876 range Gl He names tho following
witnesses TO provo his continuous residence ggi-
on, and cultivation ot said Land, viz: ). N,
Smith, j.. A. Tyner, J. 3. Folsom, w i. ToWAeJ
OF Sullivan, ,JeIauld Co, .. Z,
j27ai GHo g EyEA1ru, neg.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-08-28
TAX NOTICE..lSS3.

In conformity to law, my books will be open
ed, for final collection of State and county tax
es, on MONDAY THE 1st DAY OF SEPTEM-
BER and will he closed on and after MONDAY Y
THE 2OTH DAY OF OCTOBER.
For the accommodation of taxpayers / will
meet them at the following places on the days
named.
At Yorkville, Monday 1st, to Saturday 18th
day Of September, inclusive.
At Clover, Monday, 18th day of September.
At Bethel, Tuesday, 10th day Of September.
At Clay Hill, (Neely's Store) Wednesday, 18th
day of September.
At Fort Mill, Thursday 18th, and Friday 10Th
days of September
At Massey's Store, Saturday, Goth day Of Sep
tember.
At Hickory Grove, Monday, 22nd day of Sep
At Raneys Mill, Tuesday, 23rd day of Sep
J tember.
At J. w. Carrolls Store, Wednesday, Gath
day Of September.
At McConnellsville, Thursday, 25th day of
September.
At Yorkville. Friday Goth, and Saturday 9th
days Of September.
At Bethany, (icGilrs store) Monday, 29th day
Of September
At Whitakers, Tuesday, 3Oth day of Septem-
ber.
At Buffalo, (Moore's roads, Wednesday,
1st day of October.
At Blacks Station, Thursday, End, and Friday
3rd days Of October.
At Clarks Fork, Saturday, 4th day of October.
At Coates Tavern, Monday, 9th day of October.
At Rock Hill, Tuesday 7th, Wednesday Sth,
Thursday 9th, Friday 10th, and Saturday, 1lth
days of October.
Goth day Of October, inclusive, after which day
the Is per cent. penalty will attach.
II. A. D. NEELY, Treasurer.
August 80 If
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-08-28

TAMMANY,S POSITION.

A New York letter says: The trouble in
Tammany Hall is rapidly coming to head:
The general committee will meet in about
two weeks, and there is little doubt that un-
less the existing condition ofaffairs is chang
ed the meeting will be decidedly stormy.
For some time the men in the organization
who advocate the support Of the Democrat
ic ticket have been trying to make John
Kelly show his hand. The leader of these
men is Edward Kearney, wealthy con-
tractor and Tammany sachem. 1t is said
he told Mr.. Kelly, in Saratoga, last week,
that majority of the Tammany organiza-
ton, whom he represented, demanded that
Tammany should no longer remain neutral
in the contest, but should at once endorse
Cleveland and Hendricks. Mr.. Kearney is
also reported to have told Kelly that many
men in the organization had not forgiven
him for leading it out of the party in 1879,
and would not permit it to be used this year
of ex-senator Grady, Tammany's braZen-
tongued orator, and other small and indis-
Greet men in his councils.
Hard words between Mr.. Kelly and his
associate sachem are said to have followed
this conversation, and day or two after
ward the Kelly men began to abuse Mr..
Kearney. Mr. Kelly came to New York,
and, it is said, instituted canvass of the
members of the general committee, which,
so far as it has gone, has not pleased him.
The Cleveland men in the organization
claim that at least three-foErths Of the gen.
eral committee are for the national ticket,
and that most of those who are opposed to
it will be brought into line. Should Mr..
Kelly not act within two weeks, the Cleve-
land men will force the fighting.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-08-28
A MEXICAN CONSPIRACY.

A conspiracy to depose the present gov
ernment of Mexico and to assassinate num-
ber of leading men was discovered by the
officials of that government last week.
While one report is that the conspiracy was
feeble attempt, causing no alarm, another
is that it had assumed formidable proper
tions before the discovery was made. A
dispatch of Saturday from the City of Mex
leo says that forty persons in all have been
arrested in connection with the conspiracy.
General Piza, chief of the artillery depart
ment, and Gen. Echegary are in prison.
Echegary commanded the garrison at Vera
Cruz under the Diaz administration five years
ago. Generals PiZa and Echegary are great
friends and are thought to have no connec-
tion with the conspiracy. Gen. Chavarria's
whereabouts are unknown. He had been
removed from the barracks. His son is look
ing for him. All prisoners have been turn
ed over to Juan Pirez De Leon, first judge
of the district. The authorities deny that
any prisoners have been sent to Vera Cruz
or Yucatan. The conspiracy is reported to
have included the imprisonment or shoot
ing Of Diaz and Gonzales under the leader
ship of Jardon, editor of La Opinion Ma
tondl, and two colonies, SalcedO and ROdri-
quiez. Government detectives are said to
have obtained the list of the conspirators in
JaruOnS pOSSeSSlOH. UeH. aldloIIe HaS
been arrested. The plan of the conspiracy
is said to have been to reconstruct the gov
ernment as in 1876 under President Lerdo.
1t is thought the cause was betrayed by
compositor in Jardon's Office, who has been
arrested and his wife kept in close confne-
ment. 1t is also reported authoritatively
that Generals Ramirez, Mejia and two
others implicated in the conspiracy, have
been shot by order of the President. The
Diario Official publishes a proclamation of
the conspirators which DEGREES that Coma
les, Diaz and all others engaged in Govern
ment affairs since the Revolution of Tuxte-
pee in 1876 shall forfeit their lives and
DrOpartv
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A POINTED AND DIGNIFIED LETTER FROM
EX-GOV. HENDRICKS.

| ~
EX-GOV. HENDRICKS.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, August 2O.-The
following is copy of Ex-Governor Hen
drick's letter of acceptance of the Demo-
cratic nomination for the Vice-Presidency :
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, August 20, 1884,
Gentlemen have the honor to acknOWl-
edge the receipt of your communication no.
tifying me of my nomination by the Demo
cratic Convention at Chicago as candidate
for the office of Vice-Presdent of the United
States May repeat what said on anoth-
er occasion, that it is a nomination which
had neither expected nor desired, and yet
recognize and appreciate the high honor
done me by the Convention. The choice of
such body, pronounced with such unusual
unanimity, and accompanied with so gen
erous an expression of esteem and conf
dence, ought to outweigh all merely person
al desires and preferences of my own. tits
with this feeling, and trust also from a
deep sense of public duty, that l now ac-
cept the nomination, and shall abide the
Judgment of my countrymen. l have eX-
amined with care the declaration of princi-
pies adopted by the Convention, a copy of
which you submitted to me, and in their
sum and substance / heartily endorse and
approve the same. am, gentlemen, your
Obedient servant,
THOMAS A. HENDRICKS.
To the Hon. William +. Villas, Chairman,
Nichols B. Bell, Secretary, and others, of
the Committee of the National Democrat
ir COnvention
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-08-28
A CANDIDATE BEYOND SUSPICION.

The hearty satisfaction with which the
nomination of Mr.. Cleveland has been re-
ceived is a feeling. quite independent of
party considerations. Itarises from the gen.
eral conviction that the chief issue of the
election is honest and efficient administra-
ton, with sole regard to the public welfare,
of which Mr.. Cleveland is conspicuous
representative. Indeed he owes his nomi-
nation not to long party service, but to his
career as an executive officer, and to the
universal respect and confidence which his
character and conduct have inspired. He
was elected Mayor Of Buffalo when the in
telligent sentiment of the city demanded
a reform policy, and man able and cOur-
ageous enough to enforce it. He was the
candidate of citizens who were resolved that
the city government should be conducted
for the general welfare, and not for the ben
eft of ring and traders. He was elected,
and he did not disappoint this desire andan-
ticipation. He discharged his duties with
interest, or his own political or personal
profit. He held his office as public trust,
battling jobbery of all kinds, vetoing doubt
full schemes or questionable laws on clear
constitutional and indisputable grounds,
and by his direct, honorable, and energetic
course winning the cordial regard OF his
felloW-citizens. 1t was natural that in the
decline of the great party issues, and in the
alarming and dangerous progress of corrupt
political methods, the voters of New York,
hearing of the administrator of the govern
ment of one of the chief cities of the State
as man possessing thevery qualities which
promised the overthrow of political venali-
ty and mercenary intrigue, should have will
lfngly supported him for Governor of the
State, or should have gladly acquiesced in
his election. His vast and unprecedented
majority was in no sense partisan, and al
though, like most active Americans, he is a
party man, ,thecircumstances of his election
enabled him, with the same quiet and unos-
out question except from the baser elements
of his own party, the course of a thorough
ly intrepid and public-spirited magistrate,
and to administer the government of great
State as he had directed that of great city.
Huper's Weekly.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-08-28
GAN OFFENCE TO pECENCY.v

Under date of August 20, Clements R..
Markham, the Secretary of the Royal Geo.
graphical Society, London, and who served
in the Arctic Expedition in 1856 in search of
Sir John Franklin, has written a letter
apropos to the recent charges made against
the Greedy party in which he says: ''The
accusation Of murder and cannibalism made
against the Greedy party is a disgrace to the
American journals. Decency would have
submitted his report to the Government.
There may be a remnant of truth in the
charge, as it is possible but unlikely that
brave men in the last extremity should
have succumbed." Markham draws atten-
tion to the fact that similar cruel accusa-
tions were made against Sir John Franklin's
Expedition, and quotes the noble words of
Admiral Sherod Osborn, who commanded
one of the search expeditions: "Why at
tempt to lift the veil with which the all
merciful God has been pleased to put out
from mortal ken the last sad hours of brave
men battling with famine and disease"
Markham continues: "The American Navy
Department should have controlled and
been responsible for the expedition. The
party should never have been left without
depot ship Wintering within accessible
distance Of them. The difficulty of navi-
eating the channels north of Smiths Sound
was dangerous, precautions were neglected,
and hence the catastrophe for which there
was no excuse. Lieut.. Greely's observatory
work will form a valuable supplement to
the series of observations which were taken
by the ship Discovery in 1857. The Greedy
Expedition will bear the test of thorough
scrutiny. Its members are mistaken in stat
ing that Beaumont's Cape Britannia was Wis.,
ible from Lincoln Bay ON the west side of
Robeson Channel. The zeal Cape Britannia
is visible from Lincoln Bay. The most dis
tant visible land is Cape May and Mount
Hooker. The point which Messrs. Lock
wood and Brainerd reached was Cape May,
not Cape Britannia. The next landreached
was Beaumont Island" Markham thinks
the highest latitude reached by the party
was 50 degrees, Sc seconds. He applauds
the admirable zeal and devotion displayed
by Lockwood and Brainerd, and says: "Ig-
norance will use the disaster which over
took the Greedy party to discourage future
research, but education will defeat igno-
rance, and polar research will continue until
the work has been cOmnleted -
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-08-28

aaE Sugar has never been as cheap in this
country or the world as in the last eighteen
months, and the consumption in the United
States has advanced from 63,047 tons
month in 1880 to 9O,501 in, 1884, or 43 per
cent. while the population has grown only
~ per cent, so that the consumption has
advanced 3! per cent, growth due to iall J
in prices of one-third, from 81 to ct cents
pound Subsequently then, where nine
cents were spent on pound, now nine cents
are spent on pound and half, and just as
much money is spent on sugar as ever.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-08-28

- The citizens interested in the national
political situation cannot afford to ignore
the National Prohibitory Party. In the
South its recruits come from the Democrat
ic party; in the North from the Republican
party. That it will be an important factor
party m W in the future is almost beyond Dues
ton.