Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-31
Dry for a DRINK.

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Pierre Press: Yesterday was a bad
day for the buns and chronic drinkers.
The ordinance requiring the saloons
to be closed on Sunday has remained a
dead letter for a number Of months.
Last Saturday the city council conclu-
den it was useless to have an ordinance
on the books, unless enforced. The
marshal was instructed to close and
keep closed during the Sabbath all sa-
looms in the city. At an early hour
yesterday morning he made his rounds
and shut UP all the drinking places and
kept them closed until this morning.
During the afternoon it was amusing
to see the thirsty ones try the back
doors and then go away and surprise
their stomachS; with a drink of river
water.
Mail: The services of a sound, able
bodied man in the penitentiary is val
ued at 20 cents a day. The contractor
for his labor realizes a fortune from
the fruits Of his work, while the pris-
oner's family are permitted to shift for
themselves, starve or become lawbreak-
ers, and the public or parties he has
wronged receive no compensation for
the damage he has occasioned; the ter
ritorial purse pays from the taxes ex-
torted from individuals the expenses
of his trial, maintenance and custody,
and the man himself, reformed or not,
as the case may be, is after years of
hard labor turned loose without means
or employment. Is there not some
thing radically wrong in this?
Hanson Co. Advocate: Senators Vest
and Henderson will soon make the
rounds of Wyoming, Washington and
Dakota to Investigate their resources;
the mental, moral, religious, political
and educational condition Of the people
Of these territories. 1t is hoped the
next time Mr.. Vest speaks in congress
Of Dakota it will he more intelligently
and with some respect for truth; We
feel sure Il people. will spare no,pains
to furnish him with an abundance of
evidence and proof that he has done
some tall lying about the people Of this
territory.
Dakota Free Press: Deputy Sheriff
Isham arrived Thursday evening with
Jack Stafford, one of the trio.of White
Lake horse thieves. Mr.. Isham fol-
lowed the prisoner from Pierre to Rap
Id City and thence to the grade fourteen
miles west of Chadron, where Stafford
was at work. The deputy covered him
with a revolver and. ordered him to
throw up his hands. Stafford knowing
it would be dangerous to resist quietly
surrendered.
The following army order has been
issued: "By direction OF the, secretary
of war, Lieut.. Col. Edwin F. Townsend,
Eleventh infantry, will visit the en-
campments Of the militia Of the terri.
tory Of Dakota, to be held commencing
on or about September /, 1885, for the
purpose of inspecting said militia un.
der. such instructions as he may receive
from the ad~jutant general of the army
Huronite: Now comes runors that
the northern Cheyenne Indians have
shown g warlike disposition, With
the trouble with the Apaches. on the
south, and the Cheyennes on the north
and the Winnebago settlers, which
President Cleveland threatens to drive
off with the bayonet, the United States
army will be kept busy during the
summer,
Commissioner Sparks mas deciaed
that lands heretofore withdraw by
the voluntary action Of the general
land Office For railway indemnity pGr
poses, is subject to entry. If the decis
ion.is sustained by Secretary Lamar II
will festoee abost 100000 acres o.
land to the public domain,