Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-13

AN explosion in the Raccoon colliery on
the 22d near Richmond, Va, killed one man
and fatally wounded three others.
AN epidemic of hog cholera was re-
ported in Huntington County. Pa, on the
22i, many farmers having lost all their
hogs.
FLAMES on the 22d swept away the
courthouse and records at Baker City,
Ore, and $4,000 worth of buildings at
Darlington, s. C.
ANinvestigatio on on the 22d showed that
the recent great explosion thoroughly
shattered Flood Rock, in New York har-
Dor, and dredging operations were in
progress.
JOSEPH SMITH, aged thirteen, living
among the mountains near Bedford, Pa,
was killed and partially eaten by a pam
Their a few days ago.
SIXTY Chinese cigar-makers in a factory
at San Francisco quit work on the 23d be-
cause the firm refused to discharge its
white workmen.
S1XTY-FIvE cows belonging to r.. Satten-
slime, who sells milk in New York City,
were killed OF the 23d, being found suffer-
ing from pleuro- pneumonia.
AT st. Louis on the evening of the 23d
an Internal machine placed on the track
was exploded by a street-car, completely
wrecking the vehicle. The four passengers
escaped u%ninjured.
NEAR Starracca, Pa, on the 23d John
Howell, a farmer, shot his four children,
whose ages were from three to eleven
years, and then killed himself.
THE village of Leander, Tex, was total
ly destroyed by fire on the 23d.
SPECIAL kilograms on the 23d to Brad
streets from various leading business CEN
tiers stated that there was no improve
ment in the business outlook, but conf
dence was expressed that trade would soon
recover
In Montgomery County, Ca, two reve-
nue. officers were killed by "moonshiners"
on the 23d, while attempting to capture an
illicit distillery.
THREE men, Edward Mccarthy, Peter
Mooney and Stephen Brennock, were
killed by gas while cleaning a w in
the Union Stock Yards, Chicago, on the
23d. -.
THROUGH jealousy Henry Dickerson
killed his wife on the 23d at Moravia, N.
Y, and fatally shot himself.
E. NJ. Cox, a prominent lawyer of Peters,
burg, Va, whose health had become
greatly impaired, killed himself with a
revolver the other day.
The Cleveland Chief-of- Police on the
23d issued an order closing saloons all
day on Sundays instead of until two pm,
as had been the custom.
ADvIcEs of the 23d from the East were
of a distinctly warlike tone, indicating
that King Milan was fast giving way to
the popular demand for an Immediate be-
ginning of hostilities, and had decided on
a campaign of aggression.
In the United States and Canada there
were 40 business failures during the seven
days ended on the 23d, against Isl
the previous seven days. The distribute
ton was as follows: Middle States, 81;
New England States, IL; Western, 81;
Southern, 81; Pacific States and Terrific.
ries. "a; Canada. "a.
NEARLY three hundred citizens of Stock
ton, CAL, held q public meeting on the 23d
and voted to cause the removal of the
Chinese beyond the limits.
JACOB KAUFMAN, a well-known must
clan, committed suicide at Denver, COL,
on the 23d by divesting himself of his
clothing and crawling several times back
and forward through a barbed- wire fence.
When discovered the body was shocking
ly lacerated.
A "A named Brandt, at Waco, Neb.,
becoming irritated on the 23d beyond en-
durance, flung a lad Of thirteen years into
a neutrality-suspicious., where his head was
instantly torn from the trunk.