Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-03
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Bert Orr Visited Ipswich the drst


Bert Orr Visited Ipswich the fFst of
.he week.
Chas, Beach returned from his visit
in iowa last week. ~, Il
n. D. Wilder is reported as being
mite sick in the east.A'
Brother Ketchuna, of the Huronite Is
N independent candid ate for mayor of
Huron.
C. E. Thayer returned from a trip to
Flandrau and the east "Wednesday
evening. - =
Mrs. DIR. Hall has beer, quite sick for
some time, but we are glad to hear she
is now improving. .s}
Jack and Mittie Vesse.y came up from
Grow Lake Sunday. Mittie is spending
the week at Mr.. Albert'sI 4
The foundation for RIobt. Vessey's
new house west Of town lis completed
and the frame will be up ,'oon. t
Bon Homme county will bold com
4 seat election April7, Scotland, Iyn-
dali and Springfield are cal apdidates.
L. n. Loomis' new house is enclosed
and will present "a very neat and at
tractive appearance when completed.
Norman Cummings, of White Lake,
is visiting with relatives Ehis week.
lie contemplates trip ito New Mexico.
s. II. Albert went to Iowa last week
tor the purpose of 1purchs sing some
more horses to carry on his farming
with. -
A petition is being circulated in the
Black Hills country favorilag the an
lexation of the Hills to Wyoming Ter
ritory. q; -
Ed. Clark, newly appointed assist
mt secretary Of the interior, died at
Washington on Monday morning of
last week.
Pioneer Press: A surveying party in
the employ Of the Northwe stern rail-
way company are reported as running
line westward from Cente,:ville.
The time of the mails arrival on the
Woonsocllet route has bee1l changed.
1t arrives now about 8 o'clock in the
evening instead of as heret ofore.
Quite number of our citizens at
:ended the G. A. r. encampmtent at HUI
ron this week. Sheriff Spears and Post
master Barrett were among the NUM-
ber : Z:
The Washington Springs hotel is be-
ing treated to a fresh coat cf paint
Nlr. Tarblewill spare no pains to make
his hol,se as attractive as any in the
northwest.
AT public meeting Of the citizens
Of Pierre held on the 18th inst, .ziebach
was unanimously endorsed for govern
or in case Of Gov. Pierce's resignation
Or removal"
Prairie fires are raging north and
east of town. We believe it to be a
great mistake to burn the prairie grass
1T any time, and especially at this time
While the ground is so dry.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. r. Bateman desire
10 return thanks to their neighDors and
friends who rendered such timely and
efficient aid in saving their buildings
from destruction by the prairie fire Of
Wednesday last.
Capt. John MeKenzie, the prohibition
candidate to succeed the late Mr.. Logan
in the Illinois legislature, denies that
he is being supported by the democrats,
and states that, if elected, he will only
vote for some republican prohibition
ist.
Louis Rel, who led the Red River
rebellion in Manitoba in 1869, is again
at the head of five hundred half breeds
and Indians, in revolt against the Ca
madam government. a violation Of a
land treaty by the government is the
cause OF the outbreak.
Minnie Stanley and Dollie Hughes
nave both taken schools near Wessing-
Ion Springs, and will commence ope-
fatlons in their new field Of labor in
about week. They will be greatly
missed by the Frank young people Of
MISUNDERSTANDING News.
The Government lands of Dakota are
'apldly disappearing until all of the
'fee lands south Of the forty-sixth par
al!el are for the most part confined to
sne counties Of Campbell, Mcpherson,
"alworth, Potter, and the recently
opened Crow Creek Reservation.
My dear, look down below, said a
sfandlose, as he stood on the bridge
with his wife, and gazed at a tug haul
ing a line of barges. "Such is lite-the
Jug is like man, working and toiling
Whlle the barges, like women, are >
! Know" interrupted Mrs. G., acridly
the tug does all the blowing, and the
DdTSeS hear all tho b,,rd opy