Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-02-20

THE offices of the Evenina Star, ut WASH
ington. and the Times, at Bowling Green,
KY, were destroyed by fire on the 10Th.
JAMES DoNAHUE, of Pittsburgh, claims
three hundred acres in the heart of Detroit,
worth $780, 200, 900, and will bring suits of
ejectnent.
BY falling on ice the other day at Point
Pleasant, w. Va, Thomas Gibbs was
killed by his gun exploding, the charge
also mortally wounding Henry Robinson.
THE Plumer Hill mine at New Straits
vile, o., valued at 100000, was fired by
unknown persons early on the morning of
the goth, and would probably prove a total
loss.
WILLIAM PRIEST, of Berkeley County, W.
Va, being troubled by chicken thieves,
recently placed dynamite torpedoes about
his premises. A terrific explosion oc-
Cured soon afterwards, and upon in
%vcstigating he found no trace of his hen
house, but the fragments of a negroes body
were strewn about.
A SQUARE of buildings had been burned
at midnight on the Goth in Wellsburg, Va,
and the flames were spreading, threaten
ing the destruction of the town. The water
plugs were frozen and intense excitement
prevailed. The post-ofiice was in ashes,
and the loss so far was placed at 500, 600.
CATTLE-RA1sERs in Eastern Montana,
where the mercury has ranged from forty
to fifty degrees below zero, reported on the
10Th that the loss Of stock would not ex-
the present time was the possibility of an
icy crust over the snow.
A FIRE on the 10Th in the livery stable of
Charles L. Smith, at Philadelphia, COM
pletely destroyed the building, aud thirty
nine horses were burned TO death.
SECRETARY CHANDLER on the Goth or
dered the wal steamer Wachusett to pro-
coed to Ecuador, for the protection of
Julio R. Santos, q naturalized American
citizen, now suffering imprisonment for
completely in the rebellion.
TREASURY officials at Washington were
of the opinion on the 29th that the worst
of the business depression was over.
Receipts for customs and internal revenue
exhibited an upward tendency.
AN exodus of negroes from Arson Coun-
ty, N. c., began on the 29th. Their Mecca
is Arkansas. Men sent ahead to spy out
the and returned with favorable reports,
and the colorcd people were leaving by
hundreds.
EXTENSIVE breaks were reported on the
S0th ult. in the Long Lake and Opossum
Forks Levees on tho Mississippi, below
Helena, and water was rushing through at
a rapid rate.
On the SOth ult. four members of the
Krall family at Bunker Hill, Pa, who were
,,oicopod l.r so,,~ 1x,;no q l,,J AL ...l Al.
remaining three were beyond recovery.
LAFAYETTE MELTON, a member of the
Ku-klux Khan, was hanged on the Both ult.
at Corning, Ark, for a murder committed
four years ago.
THE New York Spaniards have remitted
$4,000 to aid the earthquake sufferers in
Spain.
MEREDITH COLE, u noted outlaw leader,
and five members of the gang, We're capt.
ured in Indian Territory a few days age
by a Sheriff's posse.
MORE than half of the druggists in New
York City, it has been discovered, have
been selling adulterated q%uinine, and sew
eral arrests were impending.
THE Stewart building, post-ofice, a
store and all the records of the Probate
Court were burnedi the other morning at
-
Swan Lake, d. T. ~ a
The Lake Shore, Michigan Central and
Fort Wayne Roads on the 30th ult. re-
duced passenger rates from Chicago to
New York to So for first class and 50 Sec
ond class. Rates to Boston were reduced
to $14 first class and 10 second class.
THE iron manufacturer of the Mahoning
Valley and Cleveland, o., resolved on the
Ol%l ,,1% +h,< -, VIC, 80 Al It'll. ...-.. "a
would be advisable to close all the mills
from the middle of February until June 1.
SOME one attempted to blow up the Gov
eminent building in Middletown, Conn, a
few nights ago by closing the check valve
of the boiler. The engineer discovered the
fact i'll time to prevent an explosion.
A PHILADELPHIA eXpress-train on the
Reading Railroad was wrecked a few DAYS
ago at Greenville, N. J. More thar a third
of the seventy passengers on board were
injured.
CAPTAIN Couch, H. H. Stafford, George
W. Brown and Colonel S. E.,Wilcox, lead
ers of the Oklahoma boomers, were arrest
ed on the 30th ult. ut Arkansas City. for
conspiracy and rebellion against the
United States Government.
In the United States and Canada there
were 800 business failures during the seven
days ended on the Both ulh against 41e
the previous seven days. The distribu-
ton was as follows: Middle States, II;
New England States, 40; Western, ia;
Southern, SO; Pacific States and Terrific
ries, 26; Canada, Al.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
The approaching marriage of Mrs. Tom
Thumb to Count Rosebud, a gentleman OF
diminutive stature, was announced on the