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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-16
THE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER

DR.. Samuel Hodges Alternative Compound Sarsa-
parilla with Iodde Potash. This compound is
purely vegetable, each article of ngrediant is per-
fectly harmless in itself, having been selected from
roots and herbs possessing great medical proper
ties, when combined, forms most powerful, eff
Gent and pleasant medicine for the removal and
permanent cure of ALL diseases arising fromua i'm
pure state of SYSTEM viz.
Lingering third day ChiIIs, Rheuma-
tism, ScrOfMla or Kings evil, Sea ld-head or
Fetter Chronic Sore Eyes, Old Chr Onic
Sores OfaI kinds, BOiIs, Pimples, SyphiIitic
khe uInatism, Primary and Secondary
Syphilis. Nervous Debility, Liver Com.
m of the Kidney and BLADDER, reMOvates
m acts cently ON the hnmnls Az ON nnnot;zar nrh
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-23
THE INDIAN
Father Conrardy's Plan to Make the Red
Man Self-Supportfng.

Father Conrardy's Plan to Make the Red
Man Self-Supporttng.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.--Father l.. l..
Conrardy, who has been living among the
Indian tribes tn the West for fifteen years
i'll the capacity of a missionary, is in the
city for the purpose of presenting to the
Administration for its consideration
u plan which lie claims from
his many years of experience
among them will make the Indians self
supporting in a very few years, and will at
the same time restore to the public domain
millions of acres of land now lying idle.
Mr.. Conrardy says that the Indian tribes
all through the country hold too much
lard. The plan which he proposes is to
form on each of the reservations a
number of colonies to be composed of at
least fifteen young men, to each of whom
should be allotted II hundred and sixty
acres of land. At the head of each COLONY
a practical farmer should be placed, who,
Tor the first year, would instruct the In
dams i'll farm work. The following year.
although the work is to be continued
with another party of Indians, those
OF the first year could be encouraged
and assisted i'll their training so as to
push them further ahead to become eff
ficient and skillful farmers. Besides
improving the claims of the members of the
colony, a large field will be fenced in.
plowed and narrowed by the boys, where
the old Indians unable to do hard work will
have ample ground to raise garden stuff,
hay and wheat with the assistance of the
young men.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-23
1t Always Chlils,

"Yesw he shouted, as he took a Oh,
look at the bulletin board, 1.-THE Puritan
ahead-she wins-she's got there
'"That's good" checkled a man At i
side.
"Good! Why. it's glorious! 1 want
yell at the top of my voice. Excuse !
VIII lie l go into the alley and give TIN
cheers for the blessed old Yankee DoOd
Puritan!"
Exactly: but I'd like to see you a.
Cant do it; got to shout or bust, Con
on everybody who wants to cheer..n
1--we got a little BILL" calmly oLserv
the other, as he passed it over.
The enthusiast received it. 1t was
balance of eighteen dollars OH accom-
The enthusiasm faded from his face hi
second, and his wild gestures sudden
ceased.
"See to it next week." he growled as
moved away.
"Say, amt you going to shout!" called
boy after him.
"Sllout be hanged! Let the old purit
win and be burned! Idon't 90 a cent
this internal country nohow"
And he savagely elbowed his way thron
the crowd and headed for home.-Ddd
Free Press.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-23
Mexican Politics.

An election is about to take place in Nj
leo, consequently the troops are being 81
piled with ball cartridges in those distrl
where the Government candidate is in
minority. AS q general thing the can
dates for office in Mexico are a tougher
than they are in this country.
A year or SO ago, just before an elect
in Monterey, a prominent citizen Il
halted che night by a highwayman with
pistol.
What do you want?!" asked the p.
pective victim.
Money" hoarsely responded the Won
be rObber.
The victim held up his hands and
claimed:
1--WE not got any ready money, but
promise to support you for whatever of
you may be a candid to-"
"Tdlgcmc Dios!!" exclaimed the Won
be robber, ''have l sunk so low that |
mistaken for a man who would plumber
countrymen by the wholesale" and allo
ing the other party to proceed unmolest
the contrite robber abandoned his prof
sion, reformed and joined the regular arr
-Terds Sifttngs.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-23

Two Persons Killed. Five Fatally Scalded
and Ten Others Very Badly Injured by
"a Boiler Explosion in u Pittsburgh Iron
Mill.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Oct. 3.-Shortly after
three O'Clock yesterday morning a battery
of boilers at the Solar Iron Works, of Clarke
4 Co., on Thirty-sixth street, exploded with
disastrous effect. The night turn had just
been relieved by the day force, when a loud
explosion startled the work men. and that
portion of the works in the vicinity of the
boilers was filled with a cloud of DEATH
dealing steam. Through the dense mist
came shrleks and groans, which notified the
employees beyond harms reach that Il fright
full calamity had overtaken a portion of their
tellOw-wOrkmen AS soon as the steam
settled down a rush was made for the SPOT
Where the explosion occurred, when it was
ascertained that the mud-drum of the
boilers had exploded, and the escap-
ing steam had scalded seventeen men.
Closer investigation showed that of this
number, fourteen were badly burned and
three fatally scalded. Nine of the injured
are boys. The large number of boys hurt
Is accounted for by the fact that they were
employed TO handle the hoop iron, which
was rolled on the mill nearest the boilers.
Those most seriously injured We're taken to
the West Pennsylvania Hospital, while the
others were taken to their homes.
Engineer Powers says that the Hartford
Insurance Company inspectors pronounced
the boilers and mud-drumS safe only two
months ago. Investigation shows that the
coating OF the %mud-drums was nearly eaten
through, which accounts for the trag-
edy. Fragments of the shattered drum.
not more than a thirty-second part OF an
men III thickness, were found scattered
about through the wreckage. Five more of
the victims are pronounced fatally injured
by the attending physicians, and their
deaths are momentarily expected. Their
names are Charles Haywood, Joseph Getze.
Patrick Henderson, Thomas Stein and
William Daniels.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-23
HEAVY FAILURE.

Heath & Co., Promlnent:.Wall Street Bro
kers. Assign, with Estimated Liabili.
ties of al, 800, OOO-Thc Crash Brought
about by the Failure of Henry A. Smith.
a Noted Spectator Whose Liabilities
Are about 81, 100000.
NEW YORK, Oct. SIT was announced
on the Stock Exchange shortly before noon
Yesterday that William Heath & Co. were
short over 100, 900 shares Of stock and UNI
able to meet their obligations. Rumors cur
rent the previous evening had prepared
the Exchange for the announcement and
the shock was not as great asit otherwise
would have been. The decline in prices
up to one p. m. was less than one per cent.
Later the firm made a IL assignment, with
out preferences, to A. r. McConlcss, man.
ager Of their office.
The failure of Heath & Co. was due
largely to the failure of Henry NJ. Smith, a
bear operator for several years, to meet his
obligations. Mir. Smith followed the ex-
ample of Heath Il Co. and assigned to Mr..
Green d Cunning. Mr.. Smith has been a
member of the Stock Exchange since
1877. 1t is stated that Smith is also
responsible for the failure Of Sout-
ter & Co., having owed them about
$3.50, 600. 1t is the opinion of a num-
Der of people on the street that Smiths
failure was brought about by MI. William
II. Vanderbilt, who advanced the market
i'll order to break Smith, as punishment for
Smiths betrayal of William X. Vanderbilt
when they were operating together. 1t is
estimated that Heath was short from co.
600 to 1901 600 shares Of stock for Smiths
account.
Giovanni p. Morosini obtained an attach
ment against the property of Heath Il Co.,
alleging that the defendants had hypothe-
Gated stocks worth 1918, 900 and misappro-
priated $265, 600 in cash with intent to de-
fraud him. The principal creditors of
Heath & Co, besides Mr.. Morosini, are these :
Jay Gould, $500, 900; James I. Lew. for
merly of the dry goods firm of Lew, Hayri-
man & Co., and father OF the present head
Of the firm, about $500, 900; Addison Cam
mack, $50, 900; William L. Scott of Erie,
Pa, $50, 0OO; Soutter Il Co., who failed
Tuesday, $3.50, 600. The liabilities OF
Heath Il Co. can not fall short of 81, $780,
600, and may exceed that sum-. The assets,
except the claim against Henry N. Smith,
are unknown. This claim amounts, it Is
said, to about 81, 200. 900.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-23
NEWS.

OVER four hundred deaths from small.
pox occurred in Montreal during the week
ended on the Sd. Rioters gathered around
the Exposition building on the 4th, which
had been turned into a smallpox hospital,
intending to destroy the building, but they
were dispersed by the Victoria Rifles.
q The Colorado Democrats met in State
Convention at Denver Oh the Sd and NOM
mated Wilbur +. Stone for Supreme
Judge. Resolutions were adopted indors-
ing the Presidents Administration; ia
voring free and unlimited coinage of sill
yer aud the strict enforcement of the Pre-
emption and Homestead laws; denounc-
ing foreign contract labor OF every form,
and lamrnting the death of General Grant.
HERE were 31S new cases of cholera
and 115 deaths in Spain on the sd. Seventy
deaths and 14G new cases were reported in
Palermo, Sicily.
THE village of Westwood, twenty-five
miles from New York City, was visited by
a genuine cyclone on the afternoon Of the
4th. Great damage was lone to property,
but only one life was lost.
A DESTRUCTIVE hail-storm occurred on
the 3d in Dinwiddie County, Va, involve
ing a heavy loss in the cotton, tobacco and
peanut crops.
ADVCEs of the 4th from False Point, In
dia, say that the recent cyclone destroyed
five hundred villages.
THE President appointed the following
Consuls on the Sd: John Cardwell, of Tex
as, at Cairo, Egypt; Owen McCaD of
Colorado, at Ecuador; Thomas r. Jerni-
gan, of North Carolina, at Montevidoe;
Madison A. Lybrook, of Indiana, at AL
giers; Lewis G.. Read, of New York, at
Barbados; Henry L. Merritt, of Illinois,
at Aix-la- Chapelle; Otto f.. Reimer, of
New York, at Santiago de Cuba, and
George II. Goodwin, Of Massachusetts, at
Annaberg, Kingdom of Saxory.
THE Postmaster-G General ordered on the
Sd that special deliveries of letters under
the new system should not be made on
Sunday.
Four cars broke away on the 4th from
the first section of a circus train near
Fergus Falls, Mimi, and running back
ward on a heavy grade struck Tho engine
of the second section. Five men were
killed and many others seriously wounded.
THE first snowfall of the season was re-
ported on the 4th from East Tawas md
Cheboygan, Mich. At the latter place a
fierce storm ragged with the temperature
below the freezing point. Heavy frosts
occurred in Iowa.
The exchanges at twenty-six leading
clearinghouse iu the United States dur
ing the week ended on the Sd aggregated
1881 1900, against SGSl So, IA the pre-
vious week. AS compared with the corre-
spending period OF 1854, the increase
amounts TO 20 per cent.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-23
THE NATIONS FINANCES.
Condition of tho Country's Treasury rs
Shown by the Statement for the First
Quarter of the Fiscal Year.

Condition of tho Country's Treasury rs
Shown by the Statement for the First
Quarter of the Fiscal Year.
WASHINGTON, Oct. s. The first quarter
OF the fiscal year and the first half year Of
the new Administration has just closed. The
customs show falling off of So, 500, 900,
and the internal revenue is hardly changed
as compared with last year. The ordinary
expenditures are reduced Z, 900, 600 in the
three months. Pensions show all increase
Of more than two million dollars, and the
interest shows a very slight reduction.
The stock of silver dollars owned by the
Government was a little over S4S, 0OO, 600
on the last day of March. 1t was almost
sos, 600, 900 on the last day of June, and OH
the last day of September it was SIS, 743,-
1877. The outstanding silver certificates
have diminished $40, 900, 600 in six months,
while the number of silver dollars in the
Treasury has increased 50, O0O, 600, and the
silver owned by the Government has in
creased nearly S2S, 900, 600.
The Treasurer's balance, or so-called sur
plus, in the Treasury, according to the form
of statement introduced by Treasurer Jor-
dan, vas S22, 259, O25 on the last day of
March. On the last day of September it
had increased more than Sal, OOO, 900, and
amounted to sos, SOB, 100. BY the form of
statement used until MI. Jordan became
Treasurer, the surplus in the Treasury on
September 30, was S1ss, AL, 1852. In spite
Of this large increase of sur plus there has
been no bond call by this Administration,
and none has been made since September,
1854.
In the last six months the public debt,
minus cash in the Treasury, has been re-
duced S41, $685. $50. The reduction, how
ever, has been effected by increasing the
cash instead of reducing the debt The
interest-b bearing debt, including accrued
interest and interest due and unpaid, has
actually increased in the last six months
$26l.636.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-23
WOMAN AS A MAc11M@-

Tho Various Exhileratinp r
INDUCES In Prior to Repairinos Sd
Mechanisms. " lnya,1
Is woman don't know n NOV.
mechanical principles than n NO a0o1
about feeding a baby; but the manu. ""n do1
which she doctors up a balkv sa"4 'ler
chine and makes it go is one of t,,o ny
great wonders that has not vet heon "orll|
the catalogue with the other marva'a put
never has the slightest idea what,tha ~
is, but her manner of taking the d; aou0
by the ear is about the same in a, uI,'lucnl(
She gets a hammer and pounds case
thing breakable for about fvo ever
without doing the slightest harm "''Lutd
she takes a screw-driver with Il, lld
ners so broken off that it has se 81
like q gi,nlet, and pokes aronna q poi,
she gets 1t wedged fast somewhn.ou uni
jerks and pulls, pounds, tugs and ND :: S
four directions at once; gets red in r'ies
and white around the mouth. .ae TAI
temper and the concerns that ho,d pses Y
back hair with considerable si,nn,.up n
ness; gets her toes pinched unIar
elSouAC, anu ilCl APRON wound tight ~,
the main shaft, but just before sh mou
mad esough to swear. the cre sve Il
loses its grip and comes out with a sr MH
ness that results in two broken ting suaae
and considerable battered-up skin ~ na
neighborhood Of the knuckles III
then she jumps backward with , Al
ness OF impetuosity that unso,s 'as
baby's crib and breaks the milk hon..
the poor discouraged woman soua t.'e,
unstudied grace in the middle Of tho ~ y
and lifts up her voice in the n ns a ,s
melody of primordial man. But all tlin
have an end, and so has her song Of 'n nn
She Jumps up and gives the machine a y
shakes that make the gearing rattle na,1
a lot of oil on the balance wheel, and pVa
business is done. The thing resumos
stitching, and goes right along as smoo
as prosperity, without any more liz
After a course of treatment like this y
sewing machine can be guaranteed IN .
equal to a two-dollar watch far ,oI
months. Chicago Ledger.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-23
A Successful Venture.

MONTREAL, Cam, Oct. 3.-As an outcome
OF the stunning crusade of the @aristoc.
racy in London, a committee was named
TOR the purpose of assisting members Of
the lowest classes Of the metropolis
TO emigrate to Canaaa. In addition 10
TINS, fifty families were given 91OO each bv
Lady Burdette Coutts for the same bur
pose. From a report made by Rev. Mr..
hetoe' who has Just returned from visiting
tnein III Manitoba, the venture has been
highly successful. The migrants ara ali
doing we'll, paying the interest ON the money!
advanced to them. They are perfectly salts.
fed with their lot. Mr.. Ketoe returns n
England for the purpose of sending ovar
some more from the slums Of London.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-23
KILLED BY THE APACHES.
Another Ranchmau Murdered
TrOOES in Pursuit. Of Hnstile Isands.

AucNteSS ltanChm0n Muruored-
Troops in Pursuit of Hostile Bands.
TOMBSTONE, A. r., Oct "A man
named heating was Killed by Apaclles
Wednesday in White Trail Canyon, San
Simeon Valley. His body was found
With tie head smashed i'll with stones.
a man named Shanahan and a Mrs.
Mack, who were servants on Keating's
ranch, can not be found.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.-General Crook
teiegraphs the War Department that Cap
talns Crawford and Davis, at Guadaloupe
canyon, Southeastern Arizona. send in.
formation by courier that twenty or twenty
ive Indians passed that point on the goth.
C raveling rapidly northward. Captain
AVE been ordered in from various
points to intercept the hostiles.
Inc commanding officer at Fort Apache
mas been directed to hold his troops in read.
mess Tor immediate service. Citizens at
exposed points have been warned and urged
70 corral their stock. The raiders are sap
posed To be a part OF Geronimo's band who
Aa'e Deen down into Mexico.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-23
Merchants Petition the Governments.

NEW YORK, Oct. e.-The Chamber Of
commerce yesterday adopted resolutions Of
'"e proposed treaty with Spain and the pro-
VISIONS OF other treaties be made nuh)ic
q" 1he earliest appropriate minnie
ana before action is taken nv
ale treaty-making power, SO that
"n,P'e tlnie may be had for their discussion
anu consideration by the public in ali their
Various bearings. A copy of these reSoIn.
.lo,,s was ordered to be sent to the Presi.
.eas ana Secretary of State. Resolutions
M "h;ne, aeplorlng the gradual loss Of or
"n'pp.as interests and calling OH the Gov.
70 a committee. 'eAe'1eu
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-23

the Pittsburgh & Wheeling Coal Company
on the ID because they refused to work
with nom u nion men. Trouble was feared.
THE Sherman House at Fargo, d. T.,
was destroyed by fire on the I'd, the guests
narrowly escaping with their lives.
BETWEEN Abilene and San Angelo, Tex.
the other day q smooth-faced boy, with a
Winchester rifle and a ~six-shooter, re-
lieved a Texas stage of its mail, the driver
and six passengers quietly acquiescing.
Mrs. JOSEPH WOLFE, of Seaton, Blount
County, Tenn, CAV birth on the I'd to a
twelve.pound boy, but minus arms or
legs. 1t was believed the child would live.
THE prairie fires in Dakota had up to
the I'd burned over a solid stretch of one
hundred miles along the line of the North
ern Pacific Railroad, and were still burn
ing. Hundreds of families were destitute.
WILLIAM HEATH g. Co., well-known
stock brokers Of New York, assigned on
the I'd, with liabilities of $1,000. 900.
ADvIcEs of the I'd state that inmates of
the Allegheny County Home at Wood
vile, Pa, were dying at tho rate of one
every day on account of overcrowding and
filth
AT Gallatin. Tenn, on the I'd a livery
stable was fired, supposedly by an incen-
diary, and all its contents, including
twenty-one horses, were burned.
DAVID VINToN, a young farmer living
near Worcester, Mass, killed his aged
father a few days ago with a club, with
which the latt II had attacked him while
intoxicated.
Is a ARTERY of boilers at the Solar iron
works, in Pittsburgh, Pa, exploded on
the I'd, injuring seventeen men and boys,
two of whom had since died. Several
others were not expected to survive.
A RECEIVER has been appointed for the
Howe Sewing Machine Company. The Sc
cured debts amount to $500, 900 and the un-
secured to $3.50 900, of which $780, 900 is for
the pay of employees. The nominal assets
are 81, 10000.
ADv1cEs of tho I'd to Brddstreet's from
various business ceLters say that the OUT
look was very unfavorable. The dullness
in the dry goods, boots and shoes, cotton
andswoolen trades was very pronounced.
IN the United States and Canada there
were 1875 business failures during the seven
days ended on the I'd, against 100
the previous seven days. The distribute
ton was es follows: Middle States, As;
New England States, "a; Western, 81;
Southern, 80: Pacific States and Terrific.
ries. -; Canada. %.
AT Independence, Mo-, Miss Eva Vernay,
of Warrensburg, Mo-, on the I'd obtained a
verdict for $4,000 against David Hughes,
n Kansas City business man, for breach of
DrOmiSe.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-23
Why He Declined.

"Then you don't despise a man on |
count of his coat?!"
"Oh, no: not at all. There's only (
thing 1 can call to mind that makes me
test a man right out and out"
"And what's that?"
eating peanuts in a street-car."
''Oh, yes; ah-um-have some eng
nuts?'
"Ah, thankstI get off hcre."-Ch!01
Ledger.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-23

that he acted by a direct revelation of
God, but Judge Fan informed him that
he was simply uttering cant and hypoc-
risy.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-23
BLOWN skYwARD.

Two Persons Killed, Five Fatally Scalded
and Ten Others Very Badly Injured by
II Boiler Explosion In u Pittsburgh Iron
Mill.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-09


Edwards Roberts, San Francisco
special correspondent, has lately returned
from an extended trip to Alaska. Mr..
Roberts said that the Importance Of
Alaska was very generally overlooked.
In fact, very few people had any idea as
10 the va ne OF the timber, minerals and
fish of th2t country.
In lN61,' said Mr.. Roberts, "we paid
S.,2O0,O 900 sOr Alaska. The seal islands
alone pay handsome dividend on the in
Nestment. These islands are leased bv
the Alaska Commercial COMPANY for
S23,COJ per year. In addition a tax CT
81 OZI2 IS collected Oh each sealskin
shipped from the islands, which. on 100 600
skins. the greatest number the cOmpany
can take IN one year, amounts to S262. 800,
making, along with the rental. a total
OF $jl9,5O0, or dividend of little more
than ! per cent. on the investment of
$1,000 000.v
''How long will the company have a
monopoly Of this businCss?"
The lease Will expire in 1887. and at
that time the government Will have no
Glinculty IN making new one which will
return double the present rental"
Nv hat IS the condition of mining in
Alaskan"
The mineral wealth of Alaska is SIM
ply beyond computation. Gold OF the
hnest quality exists IN unlimited quanti-
Ties IN the quartz OF the mountains in
various sections. The only question re-
naming to be solved is regarding its
accessibility. Douglass island. 100 miles
northeast OF Sitka. is the centre of mining
operations ut present. 1t is owned bv
san Francisco capitalists, and a I20-stamp
mill, the largest in the world, is in opera
ton. Labor is cheap, and there is no
reason, aside from distance and the diff
Guilty of getting at the gold quartz, why
Alaska should not supply a large per
centase Of gold mined in America in the
future"