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

taking part. Isuppose now your idea
OF the Day of Judgment is that You
will have table off at one side and re-
port the proceedings to the morning
paper"
The ladies Of Viola township gave
Mrs. VIM. Pagenhart the benefit of Il
sewing bee" ON Friday afternoon last.
About fifty were present, and needles
ran races with tongues; which did the
more is hard to tell. 4 pleasant time
was had, 50 ;tli present say, and consid-
erabie work accomplished:
The report that the Crow lh,tian res
ervation was open for settlement was
the cause of Il large number of men
and teams passing through town the
first of the week on their way to that
much-talkedof country. II the land is
actually in market it will be but Il short
time before it is all taken and settled
upon.
There will be a Temperance and Sun
day School convention held at the NJ.
E. church in Washington Springs, Mich.
25 and 26, 1885. All temperance and
Sunday school workers in the county
are requested to be present. 1t is de-
sired that I'LL Sunday schools shohld be
represented. Speakers from abroad ar,
expected. r: LINUS BLANK,
| Sec. Jerauld Co. S. S. Association
Vessey Bros, Ransom s. Co., are
building a large machinery warehouse
on the lots opposite Tarble's hotel and
will sell farm machinery in connection
with their store business the coming
season. They have a large numher OF
implements of various kinds on hand
now and lots more coming. Thos,
needing farming implements will dc
we'll to give them Il cali.
"You are from the country, are yo,
not, sir?' sald bookseller to provn,
cial cycler with thin legs, who huo
peen Willing away the time looking
,ver some books. "Well. here's an 'ES.
say on the Rearing of Calves" "rha...
aid the cycler, as he turned to leav'
The shop, "you had better present t.
vour mother" 1t was rouga, but W,
think the thin.legge,l scored-Ex.
Alpena Journal: Nothing has beel
heard from O. c. Woodruff since h,
left our smiling climate for the frozpl
'egions OF the north, and we are begin
ming to think our county boundarir:
ire to be- left in their present shape
If anything had gone wrong, or advers,
to our interests. he would have writer
us long before this time: Let lis hop
hat all is well-no one but Il geese
would thihk "diff' any way.
a Civil Service institution Is the lat
st near Washington Springs. An Oh
,rrvatory has been built on the hill
rear the liberty pole north Of town, an.
observations Of the weather or any
tnlng else in the eastern part OF Jei
,uld county can be taken thprefrom
We have no means OF knowing wha
'lse that building we discovered d on TN
highest point Of the hills can be,f it i
rot an institution such as just descrih
ii. Perhaps +. Linus can tell what i
IS If this is not a proper description.
News Of the opening of the Winneba
70 reservation has created Il good dea
pf excitement in Dakota. The follow
ny in reference to the reservation il
aiken from d Washington dispatch t.
he Inter Ocean of March 1st:, eth.
President has signed an executive or
Ter to-day throwing open to settlement
he greater part of the Winnebago ant
row Greek reservations in Dakota
There are $4,000 acres in the tract, ant
lies east Of the Missouri river an,
outh Of Pierre. The lands thus open
ed ana surveyed and put in the marke
in the next sixty days. Delegate Ra.
nond is entitled to great credit for hi.
labor in securing this decision iron
lSecretary Teller, as the Interior De
,artlnent had repeatedly decided
against petitions to have the lands ir
question added to the public domain
Huron Times.
Jerau!d county is after the northern
,ier OF townships, and is hacked by San
uorn county in order to extend hc)
,o,lnuaries further west The scheme
Won't work at this St ssion and JeraulC
nuntyin trying to steal four townships
from Auror;. county shows her migrate
lneiS.-plankintOn Standard.
We think you must he "llttle off,
Bro. Andrews. As far as our informa
ton goes there has been no attempt or
the part of Jerauld county to "steal'
any territory from Aurora or any other
county; and as far as Jerauld being
backed by Sanburn. that idea Is abs'frd
for everybody knows that {, few citizens