Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-07-25
5oynton's Tests at Niagara Rapids.

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the first place, he procured alarge num-
Der Of railroad ties of hard wood, each
about the weight Of the captain with
his dress on. These were started
through the rapids, and about one-third
Of them were found. Those chat were
found were bruised and crushed as
though they had been ground through
some powerful machinery, and those
we did not find were presumably wedg-
ed in between the rocks. Then one of
the captains dresses was inflated and
weighted just as if the captain was III
it himself, and sent through. We
caught it near the mouth of the river,
and it was scarcely recognizable. 1t
was torn by the rocks ard cracked in
pieces simply by the pressure of the
immense volume Of water, proving
~conclusively to Il minds that if it had
been fortunate enough to escape the
rocks the great pressure of water was
sufficient TO kill anything that would
attempt to go through. 1t is true that
the Maid of the Mist went through all
right; but it was a miracle, and such a
thing would not happen once in a mil
lion times. We told poor Webb the re-
suit Of our experiments, but he was
headstrong and had His theory, and he
was bound to test it OF perish, and his
fate awaits any others who are foolish
enough to attempt it."
Huron special:-"Gov. Pierce is not
restricted to the choice Of either Yank-
ton Or Bismarck as his official residence,
as most people seem TO imagine. IN
der the capital commission act Dakota
is without a permanent capital until
quoting the language of the act itself
"the capitol building is erected and
complete," when-to quote further
sit shall be the duty Of the commission
ers to report such factsto the governor,
who shall thereupon issue a proclama-
ton, declaring said building ready for
occupancy" Then, and not till then.
under that act, can Bismarck be the
permanent seat OF government. Sec
ton 16 Of the act designates Yankton
as the temporary capital at the time Of
its passage, giving the governor the
right to relocate the temporary capital
at his pleasure, SO that Gov. Pierce, I'M
der the capital commission act, can
place the temporary capital at any
point he pleases within the limits Of
the great territory, It may be that if
left by the department Of the interior
to decide for himself which is the cap
ital he will either consider the proprie-
ty Of choosing some point moro central
than Bismarck in the north or Yank-
ton in the south. Such action on his
part, if wisely considered, might do
much toward settling disputes arlsing
from the ill-timed attempt Of the legis-
lature at capital removal before people
were ready for it, and without submit
ting the question at the polls. While
this course would virtually recognize
the validity Of the capital commission
act, it would still keep the capital in
south Dakota. The above is based up
on what a prominent citizen OF south
eastern Dakota said in q private con-
versation. These who believe Yank-
ton to be still the permanent capital,
as the case now stands in court, hope
that Gov. Pierce will share their views
Sioux City Iournal:-In looking over
some old papers yesterday Fritz Lam
bert discovered q memorandum Of the
date Of the killing OF Henry Cordua
and Thomas Roberts by marauding
Sioux in Bacon hollow, three miles
east of this city. The murder was on
July Z, 1861, twenty-three years ago
yesterday. 1t vas one Of the saddest
tragedies in the history of the city.
Henry Cordua's wife was uneasy about
her husband, who did not return at
night. A party Of six men from the
town went over to Bacon hollow and
between midnight ard morning they
found the bodies of the two men. When
Mrs. Cordua was told her reason receiv
ed a shock which permanently unset
tied it. She died some three years ago
at the home Of her daughter, Mrs. Geo.
Goldie, in this city. During all the
years Of her insanity her thoughts were
constantly on the terrible death OF her
husband. After finding the. bodies of
the dead, the searching party came back
to the city. Fritz Lambert, the bugler
of the cavalry company that had been
organized for the protection of the
town, called UP all the citizens with
his buglo at daylight. The city was
not SO large but that al, heard it TWEEN
ty-three years ago this morning. A
company Of twenty-five followed the
trail Of the 1nurdercus Sioux east, but
We're unable to overtake them.
The Inter Ocean makes these naugh-
ty remarks: Cleveland and Hendricks
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