Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-12-18

FURTHER Indian depredations were re-
ported in Arizona On the Sd, and several
moro persons had been killed.
TIE supervising Architect of the Treas
ury, in his annual report on the Sd, says
there are now in course of construction
eighty buildings, calling for a total expcnd-
iture of SS,5ll,400. The expenditures for
the year on this account aggregated nearly
81 100000.
ADvlCEs were received in Chicago on the
Sd stating that the steam-barge r. C. Brit
tain was wrecked on Lake Michigan during
c recent gale, and that the crew OF fourteen
men were drowned.
EIGHT uSDRE Scandinavians departed
from Chicago on the 3D. for visits to their
old homes.
EIGHTEEN postlnasters belonging in the
suburbs of Chicago met q few days ago to
voice their grievances. They resolved to
coil Il National Convention of postmastel.s
OF the third and fourth grades, to be held
February Is next.
ACCORDING to the recent public-debt
statement the total sum is now 81, Si5. 927,-
956.43.
TIT Barnum wirc-worlls at Detroit, val
ued at $4,000 and employing two hundred
men, were wholly destroyed by fire on
the 81.
The business failures for the seven DAYS
ended on the 9TH were 2l3 in the United
States and 26 in Canada, a total of 239, as
against PA The previous week and 30 for
the week preceding.
SPECIAL kilograms on the 4th to Brad
streets reported a fairly satisfactory condi-
ton of general trade. At various leading
trade ccnters, business was uneven, yet
dealers appeared to be confident of the
future.
IT was discovered on the 9TH that the &C.
counts of James Stitt, city treasurer of
Wabash, Ind, were short to the extent of
$4,000.
TIE annual report of Land Commissioner
Sparks, issued on the 4th, says that llopub-
lie lands have been wasted in the past I'M
der defective laws, and suggests the repeal
of the presumption system, of committed
homesteads, of the Timber-culture law, and
of all general provisions authorizing sales
Of land for cash, md restricting tho sale to
the actual settler, because they offer covers
for fraudulent transactions.
A SMALL, faint comet in the constellation
Taurus was discovered on the 18th by Prof.
Barnard, of the Vanderbilt University,
Nashville, Tenn.
THREE dwelling houses were wrecked at
Pittsburgh on the 4th by an explosion of
natural gas, which was used for fuel in the
buildings. Two females were fatally
burned.
THE Secretary of War in his annual re-
port, issued on the 4th, says there were dur
ing the year GA convictions for desertion
from the army, and urges the creation of
the office of assistant Secretary of War"
The expenditures for the signal service
were S192, 900.
SEVEN men robbed Bentel & Co.'S bank
at Freedom, Pa, on the 4th, blowing open
the safe and securing $4,000 in cash and Sc
c%urities. Flames followed the explosion,
by which several thousand dollars in
money were burned. Citizens who flocked
to the scene were kept at bay" , fusilade
from revolverS.
The boiler of q locomotive exploded on
the 4th near B%arnesville, Ga, killing the
engineer and fatally scalding the fireman.
THE First Baptist Church at Macon, Ga,
valued at s35, 900, was wholly destroyed by
fire on the 4th.
Nine gas wells at Findlay, O., yield a
daily aggregate of eight million cubic feet.
Six more wells are being bored.
A HURRICANE swept over portions of Mis-
souri,, Nebraska and Colorado on the 4th,
wrecEing buildings and causing the death
of several persons.
THE Marshal of Washington Territory re-
Gently escorted back over the border of
British Columbia a party of twenty-five
Cinnamon who had been struggled in.
TIE first blizzard of the season was re-
ported on the 4th from points in Montana,
Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Mich
igan and Illinois, the snowfall averaging
about five inches. The SNOW was driven by
high winds, resulting in drifts that threat
ened to retard railway travel.