Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13

Vim. j.. Williams /. ........ Treasurer.
! !; supt. Of schools.
Gommlssioners::..H..' j. Fisher, chm, Isl DIST.
L.G. wilson, I'd Dist, J. K. Sullivan.
Dakota has $500 miles of railway,
g,0oo school-houses and 275 newspapers.
The total production of pure bar tin
in all the countries of the world is &c.
200 tons a year, and of this 1900 tons
are brought to the United States. 1t is
asserted that the tin mines in the Black
Hills will soon be in a condition to fur
nlsh 5000 tons per year.
The legislature passed a bill remove
Ing the county seat of Turner county
from Swan Lake to Parker, and the
records have all been quietly removed
to the latter place and the wheels OF
county government are again running
smoothly without the usual coentv seat
war.
The Minnesota Legislature has re-
stored the death penslty for murder in
the first degree. Under the recent rarw
the highest penalty that could be in
hicted on a defendant Who plead guilty
to a charge Of murder in the first degree
was Imprisonment for life. 1t was b.
pleading guilty that the Younger
brothers escaped the gallows.
Joseph jtifteac;, u Norwegian, of Charles
Mix roGntv, became lost on his way to
Tynd,ff last week. remaining without
food and shelter. for five days, at the
expiration of which time he reached
the house Of Martin Roose in a badly
frozen condition, He will doubtless
have to submit to the amputatiot, of a
portion Of his hands and feet. His
condition is at: present very preearious.
Sioux City journal.
A Methodist preacher st Leon, Iowa,
writes the Des Moines Register saying:
want to buy some alcohol for use
in a spirit-lamp for mechanical or rath-
or, Il ffe purposes. 1cannot legally
buy ANY III this town; though there is
plenty of it sold no drhggst with sell
to me. The only way l know of to get
it legally is to find some person who
has the authority to. sell it. If you
know OF any person who has a license
will esteem it a favor if YOU will send
me the name and address. l am one Of
Jour subscribers. Very truly yours,
g w. II. SH1PMAN,
Pastor NJ. E. Church.
N. B.-You see prohibition prohibits
8 Methodist preacher anyhow.
If 9ameH are granted the fight to
vote they viii he found in sympathy
with men who pay the taxes, with men
who have families to protect, aid in
opposition to e everything that is wrong.
They will be the allies of the best ele-
ment in reducing taxation: in relieving
distress; III educating the masses; in
%prolppt:ingy the cause of virtue; in build
ing ZIP. every interest of society and hui
manity, and always in sympathy with
men having families and business in
serests to protect. by extending to
them the right of suffrage a new ele-
mnnt. will he brought into politician
element that will overcome the tramp
and the corrupt element. Good men
are now often. prevented from becom-
ing candidates for office because of the
corrupt means. that will certainly be
used to defend them. When women
vote bad men will refrain from becoln-
ing candidates because they win not he
a,,le to withstand the reinforced best
element.-Bismarck Tribune.
The Mitchell Republican Of the 4th
inst. has the following regarding the
late receiver of the Mitchell land office:
Hon. Hiram Barber, Jr., to-day closes
his four years. tern of office as receiver.
OF public moneys at this place. though
he will continue to serve until his suc-
cessor arrives. His term has covered
almost the entire period of "ooom" in
this region of free lands, when the dnt
ties Of the Office were especially taxing
and. the opportunities for fraud partic-
uisrly> numerous. That he passed
through this exciting era with an I'M
blemished record is proof of integrity
and ability. AS soon as relieved he
will return to the practice Of his pro-
f%ession, and has formed q law partner
ship with a.. w. hager, one of the lead
Ing lawyers of this city. This is -assu-
rance that he will continue u resident
Of Mitchell, whichi is the cause of much
qualification to our citizens generally
Mr. Barber settled here soon after his
appointment by President Garfield.
His home vas among the first. in oar
city and ever one of the most ,hOspita.
bic. And he and his family could by
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