Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-06

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900 towards building a reforna' school
'at Plankinton. te"fi'@
Dakota built 26S miles Of railroad last
year. In all the statea and territories.
Iowa and Minnesota only "excels this.
each having built'279 miles. -
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"And what will you take?" said Che
young lady with The tea and coffee at
the church sotiable. "a little old rye"
he replied. absently y, "Ehl that is; er, Rio
coffee" he continued, as he remembered
where he was. ~ - ( II
Mitchell Republican: A prominen,
Mitchell democrat was recently asked
what he understood by civil service re-
form, The candid reply was that i,
consisted in the most civil way Of re-
moving republicans to make way for
democrats. p J. - 49, ''
The eastern politician, be he demo-
crat OF republican, who says that Dako-
Ia is not far enough advanced" to be
admitted to the sisterhood of states.
will have hard work reconciling tn.
statement with the fact that 'Dakot;,
spent one million five" hundred thous-
and dollars last year for educational
purposes. "e'
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> How we ought TO pity those poor
M~issourians. While Senator Vest was
denouncing Dakota and describing the
perils and privations the few settler.
here have to endure during the arctic
winters, Missouri was struggling with
aheavy body of snow and the thermonl-
eter at from 10 to 90 degrees below zero
Tor nearly two months. So E. r. Locke.
OF Mexico, Mo, writes us.-Woonso.ckel
News.
There's a fellow in town named Cox,
who is said to be sly as a fox; he went
for a ride to see his future bride and
returned with a pair of torn socks.
This same young ma is 81 dude, and
often to ladies is rude; he returned at
noon with a torn p~antaloon. and said
her father was crude. He will not go
shere any more cause he's considered a
terrible bore; her pa was in luck, for
when Moses he struck he landed him
out OF the door.-Ex.
Dakota Outlook; A recent ruling Of
the land department will probably put
a stop to jumping pre-emptions OH
slight provocation. 1t is to the effect
that a presumption settler having full
filled the law as to settlement and en-
try, has thirty-three months in which
to make the six months residence on
which to commute, and that he may
choose whether this shall be the last
six or any others, provided he does not
abandon the land in the mean time.
A charming eastern damsel evident
~ charming from the sweet words she
uses-writes a young Yankton gallant
to know if Pat Domains statement that,
there are four and one-half men in Da-
kota to mi woman is true. Her mo-
tive in writing, she says. is to acquire
information relative to the great terri
tory, not that she has any self interest
III the reply. Here is a case of pure
maiden curiosity-a longing for knowl-
edge which the text books fail to sup
ply. Donan is responsible for more
things than he will care to answer for
at the final grand round up.-I'ress and
Dakotaian.
Twenty-Five leading citizens of the
bandit state (the same which is repre-
sented in the United States senate by
the great moralist Vestl have asked
the governor of the state to conspire
with them to prevent the transfer Of
Frank James, murder and robber, to
Minnesota for trial for participation in
the Mortified affair. A requisition is
expected from Minnesota and these
Missouri saints want their governor to
refuse to grant the order far Mr.. James
removal to a place where he would be
made to suffer for his crimes. Thegoy-
ernor is considering the proposition.
A complete statement of the land
business done in the United States dur
ing the year 1884, published in the Pho
ncer Press. shows that the Huron land
office leads all the others in number of
entries, acreage and amount of collec-
tions. The following is a statement of
the number of acres entered and the
amount of collections in each district:
Huron, acreage, l,948,73O collections,
ST., ,987; Aberdeen, ILL, SAC. 1888 100;
Fargo, 1920. $482.879 Mitchell. S22,-
1853, 1885,, 1893; Watertow n, 839,4l7, 1885,
3OS; Grand Forks, sos. 1870. $3ly,59O;
Devils's Lake, 535,S2s. $l75,954; Yank-
ton, 345.259, $l6S,241; Bismarck. 3ls,6so,
sInk on1. Il-ra,ool 600 100 6.Or nN0