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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-02-22
NEWS.

"A HURRICANE in Europe on the 26th did
vast damage and caused .reat loss of life.
A printing-ofice in London was unroofed,
and the glass roof on Westminster aquar.
ium was demolished. Telegraph commu.
nication with the continent and by the At
lantic cables was interrupted for several
hours. In Paris railway travel was
stopped in all directions and many per.
sons were injured in the streets.
UP to the Goth fifty-seven bodies had been
recovered from the mine at Crested Butte,
Col, and several others were still missing.
EDWARD BEANE, the most extensive
shoe-dealer in Providence, R. l., failed on
the 10Th, and ]. B. Wadsworth, of Norris
VILE, N. y, proprietor of eighteen cheese
factories, made an assignment for $4,000.
A I at Xenia, o., q few days ago de-
stroyed the Union Block, valued at $4,000,
containing three stores and several offices.
AN explosion a few days ago in a col
llery in Rhonda Valley, Wales, killed
eleven men, and a rescuing party of four
also lost their lives.
The penitentiary at Saltwater, Mimi,
was destroyed by fire early on the morn.
ing of the 10Th, the loss being $50, 900. The
prisoners were removed with the aid of a
company of State troops. One man was
burned to DEATH.
IHE Cleveland Paper Company, with liza.
bllltles OF S>25O, 900, made an assignment on
the goth to E. j. Foster. n. w. TAYLOR,
President of the institution, also failed for
$4,000. The company owns five mills.
The Celestial New Years Day occurred
on the 9th, and was duly observed by the
Chinese in New York, Chicago and other
cities in their peculiar manner.
JOHN LETCHER, who was Governor Of
Virginia almost during the period of the
war, died on the 26-h at Lexington, at the
age of seventy years. He served four
years in Congress.
ovER fifty acres in Pleasant Valley, a
mining town on the Lehigh g. S%usquehan-
ma branch OF the Pennsylvania Railroad,
sank IN some places over two feet a few
nights ago with a terrible crash. The peo-
pie We're panic-stricken and fed into the
streets and open spaces to avoid being
crushed by the ruins of buildings, many Of
which were wrecked.
IHE f~ence-cutter in Burnet County, Tex.
as, were on the goth destroying fences by
the wholesale, and threatened personal
violence If they were put up again.
1HE United States Senate was not in ses.
sion on the 26.h. In the House F. w,
Rockwell took the oath as member from
the Twelfth District of Massachusetts. A
bill was reported for the establishment of
a Bureau of Animal Industry, to provide
for the determination of pleuro. pneu-
monia. The remainder of the session was
devoted to debate on the bill for the relief
Of Fitz John Porter.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-02-22
Baked BY A BOY WITNESS.
A Plucky Young Criminal Causes the Ar.
rest of Escaping Jail-I;irds.

rest OF Escaping Jal1-lilrds.
ST. GAINESVILLE, o., Jan. 2~3.-Shortly
after six o'clock last evening Jailer Colby
went into the main corridor of the Belmont
County Jail here to inspect the cells
before locking up for the night.
One of the prisoners locked in a cell
asked for a drink of water, and as
the iailer handed it to him, several prisoners
caught his arms and held him while another
named Cass took his revolver. They all
then began beating Colby, knocking him
down and kicking him b~rutalIy. \ small
boy confined in a cell raised an alarm. when
Cass threatened to shoot him. The BOY MD
in q corner under the bed, and kept up the
yelling, which attracted the attention Of
a domestic in the j~aiIer's family and she
closed and locked the outer door.
The ten prisoners then climbed through a
skylight upon the root, but the girl had
given the alarm n the citizens had gath
cred. Promiscuous firing was begun at the
prisoners, and they retreated into the Jail
and were secured in cells. Colby was
found lying in the corridor iusenSible and
with serious wounds on his person fl N the
kicking he had received. He was revived,
but the extent Of his injuries is not yet
known.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-02-22
FOREIGN

The peasants of County Donegal, Ire
land, assembled on the 22d in great force
at the birthplace of Avenger O'Donnell,
assisted in the celebration of mass, and
held a mock funeral. The sum of f25 was
subscribed toward the erection of a monu-
ment.
SCHENCK, who recently confessed to the
murder of four girls at Vienna, stated on
the 22d that he had planned five others,
and besides intended to destroy the family
of the Baroness Malfatti. Schenck alleged
that he was an American citizen, and, with
two accomplices, was charged with killing
some twenty persons.
A GREAT storm prevailed throughout En-
gland on the 23d, and telegraph wires were
leveled in all directions. Ten persons lost
their lives.
SIXTEEN persons were killed and twelve
others were badly injured by an explosion
OH the 23d in the Rhine Province coal.
mine, in Germany.
A DUBLIN journal stated on the Esd that
the authorities had been warned Of intend
ed outrages in connection with the O'Don.
mel vengeance fund. English detectives
were engaged in tracing holders of the
AhOASy ISSSAey SSAo ANC" LO1A w
London.
The Office of the Spectator, at Hamilton,
Ont, was destroyed by fire early on the
morning of the 2Sl, the loss being SO, 900.
The coffee crop in Jamaica was on the
2Sd reported an entire failure in some par.
ishes. The making Of sugar was retarded
by the scarcity Of laborers.
SIX fishermen who boarded a schooner
which was carried out of Ming's Blight, N.
F., by slot ice, were IN the oath reported to
have died of either hunger or cold.
AT Halifax, N. S., two sisters and a
brother of Roger Amero, imprisoned at
Boston on a charge of murder, nave be.
come insane through grief at his position.
THE snow was so deep on the 25th that
communication with the rear townships
OF Ontario was cut off, and it was feared
the settlers must suffer for the necessaries
of life.
For the murder of two CHILEAN soldiers
at Quequena, Peru, six persons were a few
days ago shot to death, twenty received
one hundred lashes each, and ten were
sentenced to death and confiscation of
property.
WHILE thirteen children we're skating a
few days ago at Rohr, in Prussia, the ice
broke, and all were drowned.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-02-22
A Burial Instead Of q Bridal,

BALTIMORE, Md, Jan. 25.-Miss Lane
Goettig, aged nineteen, a belle in a suburban
village, was to have been married Thurs
day, but was, instead, carried to the grave.
Six young ladies, attired in deep black, were
bearers OF the casket, and the unusual Spec
tacle attracted an immense throng. Miss
Goettig's death was the result Of a burning
accident. Her clothing accidentally tax
ing fire, she was enveloped in flames and
burned from head to foot in spite of the
frantic efforts Of her mother and sister to
smother the flames, both being terribly
burned. Shortly before her death Miss
Gocttig had an interview with her lover.
The scene was a deeply affecting one. I'M
mediately after bidding him good bye the
girl, who had been suffering terrible torture
for several hours, expired,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-02-22
"Sor guilty.,
J.,rcs Mutt Acquitted of the Murder OF
\. l.. pukcs-Thc Verdict Greeted Win
S.,,+s ,f Spproval.

J.mc. Mutt Acquitted of the Murder OF
\. L, pukcs-Thc Verdict Greeted with
shouts of Approval.
PITTSBURGH. Jan. 2S.-The city was on
Me- oui viye Yesterday morning to know il
there had been q verdict in the Mutt case.
The court met at $50 o'clock. and half an
bour later it was announced that the jury
vera ready with their verdict. In the
courtroom there were as many spectators
ms ever, and outside as many as ever who
| ronld not get in. AT ten o'clock sharp
we're seated Judge Stowe sternly
warned the audience that no matter what
| the verdict might be, there should be no
! demonstrations of approval or disapproval.
Those disregarding this injunction would, he
said. be arrested. The prisoner, who was
in the dock, was told to stand up. He did
90. standing rs rigid as a statue, his lips APP
parentlv thinner and more colorless than
usual. and his heavy eyes more heavy.
"Gentlemen, have you agreed upon a
verdict?' asked Clerk Rowland. 1--WE
haye.n answered the jurors. "What
saw YOU, guilty or not guilty?"
was the next Interrogation. mot
guilty." replied the foreman, and such a
shout as went up from the thousand Of
voices in the courtroom never was heard
before, in this county at least. The shout
entered the mouths of those in waiting, and
they proclaimed it as they ran downstairs,
yelling at the top of their voices: "AcQuit-
ted! Acquitted!!' The crowd in waiting
upon the street took up the re-
frain, and yelled out with might and
main: "Acquitted!' Shop men ran
to their doors and joined in the shouting.
Judge Stowe was to all appearances as hap
py as the happiest A hearty smile illum-
mated his face as he left the bench and
shook hands in greeting with a number Of
those who had worked and prayed for the
deliverance of the boy. He never seemed
to think once about enforcing the penalty
for disobedience of his injunction about Or
der.
Mutt was removed to prison to undergo
examination which shall establish his pres
ent sanity. He will probably be discharged
to-day. Mrs. Mutt and her daughter heard
the news as they were alighting from a car
riage in front of the Office of their counsel.
They were deeply affected. The jury called
OH them in a body, ana some of the jurors
mingled tears with the widow.
Judge Stowe says if the verdict had been
different he would have been the first to
sign a petition for pardon. Everybody in
dorses the result. When released, the pris-
oner will be taken to the farm OF an uncle
in Fayette County, and there kept until the
excitement has passed away.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-02-22
THE CITY OF
The Captains Statement as to the Cause
of the Wreck.

VI AS WYNN
BosroS, Jan. 23.-Fishermen say the
City of Columbus did not strike on the
Devils Bridge at all, but on the Mussel Bed
situated three hundred feet outside of the
buoy of the bridge. They say, further, that
there is but fifteen feet of water there, and
all contend that Captain Wright was correct
when lie said he saw the buoy on the
steamers port bow at the time the vessel
struck. Quartermaster Mcdonald, the man
at the wheel when the catastrophe. oc-
Cured, has been reported as having said
that when off Nobska light Captain Wright
gave him the course to follow as southwest
by west, and he held that course until the
vessel struck the rocks. Captain Wright
admits that he was correctly quoted, SO far
as changing the course at Nobska was con-
ce'ned, but also says that before entering
his state-room he told the second mate to
change the course tothe west-southwest when
the ship should be off Tarpaulin Cave light,
and, in his opinion, this was not done
hence the wreck.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-02-22
Strange PrenOnition.

NoETHBoRo, Mass, Jan. 23.-The hodv
OF l1l!on Brooks, of this town, a victim of
the Gay Head wreck, has arrived home.
h:o'ks mad a i remonition of disaster, and
pilor 10 his departure regulated all his 1inan-
eau matters and talked freely as to the
course to be pursued by relatives in case he
should not return alive. On the morning
after PRESIDENT Lincoln was assassina,aI
Brooks, who was then in the army. gave
'le boys in camp with him an accoun, of q
cream he had the night before in relation IN
ma tragedy, which was corroborated by in.
tei!lsence received soon after.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-02-22
SMALLPOX Among Prisoners.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind: Jan. ga few
days ago William Johnson, a tramp confined
iii the county Jail in a compartment with
one hundred and seven other prisoners, was
discovered to be suffering from smallpox,
and was removed to the pest-house. Tues
day night seven more Of the prisoners were
taken down with the disease, and were also
removed. Grave fears are entertained that
the disease Will now become epidemic, and
a street quarantine has been imposed on the
jan ana criminal court-rooms, where some
OF 'iie afflicted men were recently on trial.
Johnson died Tuesday.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-02-22
which stood one hundred feet away, was

which stood one hundred feet away, was
utterly wrecked.
In the Common Pleas Court at Erie, Pa,
Leroy Warner on the Oath asked judicial
confirmation of the sale of his little daugh-
ter Maggie to Peter Wilds, tho considera-
ton being one dollar. The request was
refused.
CALIFORNIA reports the dryest season
the growing crops.
GEORGE 7. CoMINGs & Co., State Prison
contractors at Concord, n. H., failed on
the oath for $4,000.
j. j. DOUGLAS, a lottery manager, was
arrested at Louisville on the Oath by the
Chief Inspector of the postal service for
sending circulars through the mails.
THE Bradstreet Commercial Agency on
the 18th reported that prices for all com.
modities were generally irmer, and that
the movement of merchandise throughout
the country had increased in volume.
DURING the seven days ended on the 25th
the business failures throughout the
United States and Canada numbered ?4S,
against S63 the previous week. The distri-
button was as follows: New England
States, AZ: Middle, So: Western, 81;
Southern, SO: Pacific States and Terri
tories, -; Canada and the Provinces, IS.
AGYPsY man and woman We're on the
25th found dead in a ent at Huntsville,
Ala, with no marks of violence. They had
s., 800 in cash.
JOHN %SPAuLDING shot his wife on the
25th a. Bangor, Me-, and then killed him
self. Mrs. Spaulding was not seriously
hurt. Domestic trouble was the cause.
JOHN ANDERSON and Zachariah Snyder,
each about twenty-one years of age, were
hanged at Noun Vernon, Ind, on the 25th,
for the murder of young James Van Wye
on the 18th of August last. The motive of
the crime was robbery, and the amount Sc
cured was less than eighteen dollars.
SELAH SPRAGUE. a farmer of East
Meadow, L. L.. was attacked in his barn on
the 25th and probably fatally wounded by
a mulatto named Charles Smith. The viii
lain then went to the house, struck Mrs.
The neighbors heard the woman screams
for help, n they secured the country un-
til they captured the robber.
THE twin babes of Isaac Martin, of Lib
erty Mills, Ind, who had been placed to
sleep in a cold room, were found frozen to
death on the morning of the 18th. The
neighborhood was greatly excited against
the Martins.
JOSEPH KUHN, al insurance agent and
money broker Of Detroit, Mich, has failed
for 5000, 900.
AT Mount Sterling, Ky, Mary Kemper
was burned to death a few days ago while
under the influence of morphine, and N.
McCloskey was fatally burned trying. &c
reSc,1a hpr..
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-02-22
Thrown from a TrestIe.

DAYTON, O., Jan. 2a.-Express No, . on
me cincinnati division of the Toledo, Gin
c'''Hatl X ST. Louis Road, consisting of seven
coaches b~aggage-car and engine, dashed off
u long trestle twenty feet high, near Beaver.
Town, tuesday evening, causing a comdleta
Wreck and a loss of $40, 600. The accident
was caused by the truck-wheel Of the enxine
oleaKfng rs the train was in the middle NJ
!he trest'e, and all the cars were hurled ~
~. an instant, carrying away part of the
Leslie: twenty persons were on board
iour OF whom were injured. ~
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-02-22
Expenditures for River and Harbol
improvements.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.-The Secretary
of War has sent to the House a detailed
statement of the expenditures of the Gov
eminent for improving rivers and harhors
from March 4, l7s9, to June so, 1882. The
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-02-22
Sold His Little Girl for a Dollar.

ERIE, Pa, Jan. 2~5.-Thursday afternoon
Leroy Warner, of Coneaut Township, pre-
sented a bill of sale to the Court for ron.
firmat!on. The article of sale was his little
daughter Maggie, in whom he had sold all
right, title and interest to Peter j. Wild, Of
this city, for the consideration of one dollar,
The transfer had been made in good faith,
both parties believing that the transaction
was perfectly legitimate. The application
was refused by the Court.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-02-22

Central Pacific has agreed to pay a mill.
ion dollars OF back-taXes in California.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-02-22

Moody and Sankey's mission at Battersea
London, has closed
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Iy Inter- Ocean, however, which
prints but 50 editions per year, con-
tributes upwards of $4,000 to the
revenue Of the Post Office Depart
ment, or more than the sum contrib
uted by both of the great Chicago
daiiies combined There are scores,
and we had almost said hundreds, of
weekly papers and magazines that
have so large a circulation that the
weekly cost of pound postage is SIM
ply enormous in its proportions, and
not a few Of them are burdened quite
as heavily as is the Chicago Tribune,
and yet Mr.. Medill deprecates the
taxing of intelligence because it is
onerous in the case Of daily news
paper, and practically urges that the
burden may be shifted all upon the
weekly newspaper JUNIUs.
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He Really Wants it.

WASHINGTON, D. c., May s.
General Buffers friends here, who
keep themselves pretty we'll inform
ed as to.his intension6 and plans, do
not entertain any doubt but that he
is concentrating all his political ener-
gies now towards securing the Demo-
cratic nomination at Chicago. 1t is
part of his programme to secure the
nomination of the Greenbackers, la.
Dor reformers, Prohibitionists, and
other organizations Of the two great
parties, and he will use these indorse-
ments as lever to force the Demo-
Gratis to nominate him or place in
nomination some person entirely
agreeable to him. General Butler
will attend the convention in person,
and the mere thought heis to be there
causes a chill to pervade the camp of
the Democratic leaders. General But.
Ter is quoted as saying that he will
at least be in position to pay off
some old scores, and to defeat the
Bayard element in the Democratic
party.
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The nominee of the Republican
party at the Chicago convention,
whoever he may be, will be elected
President.
This assurance comes from some of
the leaders of the Democrat party,
who have said that unless certain
things be done by that party in Con-
gress before the meeting of the Dem
ocratic convention their party will be
defeated.
These certain things have not been
done, nor will they be.
Democratic performance at Wash.
ington is what the people will weigh
and consider, and not Democratic
promises at Chicago.
The time has passed, IL it ever did
exist. when the intelligent people of
this nation could feel any confidence
in a party of promises.
During their debates in this Con-
gress Democratic orators have re.
peatedly said that they must have
some other issue than that of merely
the spoils upon which to go into the
next campaign-that the mere pre-.
text of putting Republicans out of
Office and Democrats in was not suf-
ficient.
The people have lost confidence in
a party that Is always pretending its
readiness to do great things for the
country, and failing to do anything
when an opportunity is given it to
make good its promises.
In the last twenty years the DEM
ocratic party has had a majority in
the lower house of Congress half the
time, and the Republicans have not
thrown single impediment in its
way, yet what has it done to benefit
the country? What legislation that
was original with the party has been
credited to it?
The barren record Of the party an
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A Lawyers Opinion Of Interest to all.

j. A. Tawney. Esq, a. leading at
torney of Winona, MIMI, writes :;
"After using it for more than three
years. take great pleasure in stating
that l regard DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption. as the best
remedy in the world for Coughs and
Colds. 1t has never failed 10 cure the
most severe colds / have had, and in
invariably relieves the pain in the
chest"
Trial Bottles of this sure cure for all
Throat and Lung Diseases may be
had Free at Sturgiss' Drug Store.
Large size, S1.O0,
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Republican State Convention.

The Republican State Convention
to select Tour delegates at large to the
Chicago convention and two electors
at large. met in Hagerstown Thurs
day, of last week. The following
delegates were elected to Chicago |:
Hon. H. b. Holton, T. S. Hodson,
of Somerset county; L. N. Phillips
of Frederick county; Jas. Wallace,
of Dorchester county. Alternates.
D. Chisholm, of Garrett county, j.
H. L. Smith, A. L. Thorp and w.
J, Hand. Electors at large, DR.. J. J.
Weaver, of Carroll. and T. H. Cor
such, of Frederick. B. l.. Turner, of
Allegany county, was chosen elector
for the Sixth Congressional district,
vice Francis Miller, resigned.
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New Germany.

The M. E. Sunday School of this
place was re-organized two weeks
ago, with the following officers: Su-
perintendent, Samuel Wiland AS
sistant, H. S. Grow; Secretary, F. M.
Green; Treasurer, Miss E. F. Ban
cord.
The Reformed Sunday School was
recognized last Sunday, with off,
GERS and teachers as follows: Super
intendent, G. J. Otto; Assistants,
Samuel burst and Asa burst Secre-
tary and Librarian, VIM. H. burst {;
Male Teachers, G. ]. Otto, Asa burst,
Samuel burst, Jacob Fresh and Arch
ibald Warwick; Female Teachers,
Misses Sallie burst and Mary burst.
Grandmother burst is improving
in health.
Rev. @. u. Heilman held commu-
Mon service here Sunday,
Next Sunday, 18th inst, there will
be quarterly meeting in the M. E.
Church here,
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The Cleveland Herald publishes
very full reports of the condition of
winter wheat, particularly in North
ern Ohio. While the reports are some
what indefinite, owing to the early
time in which they are made, they
agree that the crop promises to be
much better than last year. The
spring frosts have done little damage,
and wheat upon drained lands, and
drilled in, never looked better.
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The Committee on Public Lands of
the House of Representatives has de-
cided TO favorably report the bill
granting bounty lands to soldiers of
the late war. The bill provides that
every person who served in the late
war not less than IA days, and was
honorably discharged. shall he en-
titled to so acres of public land those
who served not less than one year
shall be entitled to I20 acres, and
those who served not less than two
years shall be entitled to $50 acres.
In the event of the death of such per.
sons during service, or after honor
able discharge, the patent shall issue
to the surviving wife, child or chill.
dren, if there be any, and if none, to
the father, and if no father. to the
mother.