Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-27

den falling Of q round.house belonging to,
the Indiana, Bloomington & Western
Railroad. g ,
AHousR at Fairview, O., was destroyed
by fire the other day, and two children-
persisted in the flames. !
DURING May fires in the United States;
destroyed property valued at 1920, 900,
and for the five months of 1884 the fire.
losses reached SAG, 100000.
Miss NIvIsoN, who manages the sani-
tarium near Hammonton, N. j., where the:
bodies of twenty.one infants were recent.
ly found buried, asserted on the 9Th that
an epidemic Of measles caused the mortal
ity, and that the children had all been bap.
tized and inferred with religious services.
The excitement was intense, as foul play
was suspected.
The remains of John Anderson, whose
murder completed the destruction Of a
family of six persons, were found on the
5th near Pleasanton. Kan. Wampler, the
alleged murderer, had not been captured.
GUNDER J.. HAMEE, an old resident of
Madison County, Neb., was found dead in
his barn near madison on the 9Th, INC a
large amount of money which he was
known to have had in his possession was
missing.
AT Allegheny, Pa, D. Lutz g. Sons
brewery, with the malt and ice-houses,
stables and two dwellings, were burned
the other night, causing a loss of $4,000. :,
FIVE HUNDRED striking laborers of the
South Pennsylvania Railroad got into a
free fight at Somerset, Pa, on the 9th,
and one man was fatally injured. Fur
Their trouble was expected.
NEAR Mexico, NO., the other night, Lieu
tenant Rice, Quartermaster U. S. A.,
walked of a train in his sleep and was;
killed.
IT was announced on the 9Th that coun-i
~terfeits Of legal-tender ten-dollar notes,
were in circulation in New York City,
They are of the series of 1878, and very
good limitations, but on the back of the
counterfeit the word "this Z" in the noticeI
"this is o legal-lender," etc., is spelled
"tis." |
ED ELI and William Freesrant, both ne1
groes, were hanged for murder on the 9th!
at Clinton, La, and Orangeburg, s. C.,i
respectively. Refugio Garmaz was exc
cuted at San Diego, Tex, for the murder
of Estiino Dumas.
NEAR indianapolis on the 9th john
Bridges and wife assai:ed James Barnet
and wife, the two latter being fatally in
jured. Bridges escaped; but his wife was
arrested. There had been a long-standing|
feud between the parties. T!
THIRTEEN business houses and two ho-
tells were burned at Lebanon, Mo-, the 9TH
or 0~rs,, 1,<os1:~~ - loco ~ LSn mn
WILLIAM SHoTwELL, of Harrison, Ark,
was caught in the act of firing a store, and
was believed to have caused several recent
blazes. A reward of S 1900 was paid for.
his detection, and he lies in Jail to avert a
lynching.
A HEAVY blast on the Schuylkill Rail-
road on the 9th, near Reading, Pa,
wrecked a dozen houses and fatally in.
jured a boy aged four years.
AGENT McGILL1CUDDY has issued notice
that the Indian sun dance will, no longer
be permitted at the Pine Ridge Agency.
The torturing t'amusement" has for years
been growing into disfavor with the In
dians themselves.
GENERAL II. BEARcE, a well.known min.
ing man was fatally shot by Samuel Der.
ry near Leadville, Col, the other evening.
On the 9th Bradstreet's Commercial
Agency reported a general Improvement
in business throughout the country, being
the first gain in trade noted since the
panic among the Wall street spectators.
The Kennesaw Manufacturing Company
at Memphis, Tenn, made an assignment on
the 9th.
THERE were 1872 failures in the United
States reported during the seven days
ended on the 9th, against 14S in the pre-
ceding seven days, and 14S, 13o and 80 in
the corresponding weeks of 1883, 1882 and
1881 respectively. About 80 per cent. were
those of smallsdaders whose capital was