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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-17
Narrow Escape from suffocation.

PITTSBURGH, June GA fire that broke
out at midnight in the tenement No. 20 Dia-
mond Alley nearly caused the death of a
dozen persons, who were rescued through
the bravery and heroism of the fremen.
Dense clouds Of smoke issued from the
windows of the fourtl-story, which was
occupied by Mrs. McCorkell, a widow with
four children. Fireman Hannigan heard the
frantic screams Of the mother as he assembled
the ladder. Notwithstanding the flames
and smoke he climbed into the room
where the children and mother were
gasping for breath, and succeeded in getting
three of the children to the window. from
whence they were passed down the ladder.
Mrs. McCorkell and tn. other child were
rescued by other firemen by means of the
roof. Mrs. Frank Smith and three children
on the third-1oor, and John Forester and
wife on the second-floor, were all gotten cut
safely through the suffocating smoke not a
moment too soon to save their lives. Mean
While the firemen had succeeded in putting
out the flames, which had caused but little
damage,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-17
Turner's National Bunderfest.

NEWARK, N. j., June 23.-Among the
notable incidents Of Turner's meeting YES
terday, was a long jump Of nineteen feet
and five inches, and a high jump of five feet
and six inches, both by Henry Lytanze, of
West st. Louis. Charles Kammerer
climbed up forty-eight feet of rope hand
overland without touching his feet. This
distance was two feet and six inches less
than he made in his informal trial on Sun
day. Mr.. Oertel, of Philadelphia, made
forty feet six inches i'll a hop, step and
iunp and six other recorded forty feet. On
Sunday 1G. 900 tickets were sold at the gates
md fully 20, 900 strangers were in the city.
Quite a number of minor accidents have oc-
cured. John Burbank, of this city, fell
dead of heart disease; Max Sachs, Chair
man of the Committee Of Arrangements,
fell from the steps of the platform in the
shooting gallery last night and injured his
spine severely,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-17
Mrs. Dudley's Trial.

NEW York. June 23.-Mrs. Lucille Yseult
Dudley sat in the court of Oyer and Terminer
yesterday. apparently less concerned about
her trial. which was set down for that day,
than any other persons in the court room.
She said she felt first rate, and thought that
she had waited about long enough for her
trial to comeon. She declined to talk, as she
had lost all faith in reporters. She felt hope
full. and would be glad when her trial was
over and she was free. The defense in the
case will be insanity, and the District At
torncy has consented to give Mr.. Butts, her
counsel, all the evidence in his possession
e~ffecting the question of the insanity of the
prisoner. The case went over for a while,
owing to the announcement Of another trial
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-17
EXTRACT OF RAW BEEF.
Used by General Grant, Without Knowl-
edge of His Physicians. for Several
Months-Smuggled into the House.

Used by General Grant, Without Knowl-
edge of His Physicians. for Several
Months-Smuggled into the House.
CHICAGO, June ga plain, strong box,
addressed General U. S. Grant, Mt. Nc
Gregor, N. "" went east Sunday night in
charge of a special messenger on the limited
express over the Michigan Central Railroad.
Investigation has developed the fact that
the box contained a liquid extract of raw
beef of a brand not yet upon the market,
and that it has been supplied to, and used
by General Grant, probably without the
knowledge of his attending physicians, for
several months. 1t was conveyed to him
through the Hon, Scion II. Wales, of New
York, and a letter from Colonel Fred Grant,
dated a few days ago, says that it had been
the Generals principal food for about two
months, and expressed a request for regular
supplies. The preparation is not a patent
nostrum OF medicine. but simply the vital
principle of raw beef and is assimilated into
the system within a few moments, without
the ordinary process of digestion, being,
consequently, the next thing to TRANSMISSION
of blood.
A letter from eX-Revenue Collector Mellen,
of the Eastern District of Michigan, who is
a warm friend of the Generals, says that he
and MI. Wales had to use their wits to get
the preparation into the Generals house, as
the doctors were Very peculiar, and he only
managed to get in one bottle at a time.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-17
ST. Lo,J,s TRUNK MYSTERY.

An Agent of Cooks Tourist Agency 1nvcs-
tigating-Preller Had n 100000 Insur.
ance on His Life.
ST. LOUIS, June 23.-James F. Brady,
an agent of Cooks Tourist Agency, of Lon
don, who is in this CITY, has received a letter
from the agency instructing him to use
every effort to learn whether it was a fact
that G.. Arthur Prellcr had been murdered
as reported and his body placed in a trunk.
The letter went on to say that Preller, be-
fore leaving England had insured his life in
Cooks Agency for $40, 900.
The indifference Of the relatives of Prel-
Ter regarding the disposition of his body and
their undue anxiety to secure the insurance
money have excited the suspicious Of the
agency that the body was not Preller. These
suspicious are strengthened by a report pub
lished in London that Maxwell tried, while
in Boston, to buy a body, and the fact that,
when arrested, Maxwell remarked that all
would be explained at the right time. The
agency believes the st. Louis murder to
have been a scheme to obtain the insurance
on Preller's life.
New YORK, June 23.-Mr. Lamy, Amer
lean manager for Cooks Tourist Agency,
says that he has no information about the
Preller case, but believes that there is no
foundation for doubling his actual death.
He says that the doubt has arisen in the
minds of the British insurance company
in which Preller had a policy, because they
became suspicious on account of the rumor
of al attempt topurchase a body in Boston,
and because the dead mans family are anx-
ious to settle the loss. Mr.. Lamy says it is
only an over-solicitude Oh the part Of the
company no to pay a loss until death is
proved positively. He thinks there is moth
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-17
An Attempted Cremation.

WHEELING, June 23.-About ten o'clock
Sunday morning great excitement was
caused in the village of West Wheeling, on
the Ohio side of the river, by the attempt of
a Polish potter, one Kef1lcr, to crcmate the
body of Lis daughter in one Of the kilns of
his works. The man said he was too poor
to give his child burial. Early i'll the morn
ing he fired the kiln and strapped the body
to a board SO that it might be pushed into
the furnace. His intentions soon leaked
out, and soon a crowd of $50 or 200 indig-
nant people gathered. The City Marshal of
Bellaire was sent for, and the body was re-
moved from the custody of the parents and
given burial by Senator Wagner and others.
In the evening it was reported that Keller
had attempted to kill his wife with an AK,
saying that he had been commanded by the
Almighty to take her life.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-17
THE CURRAN1,
Enemies of This Most Pleasant an
IIealthful Fruit.

cAAA vi 1nlS MOSC flCaSAnt and
Healthful Fruit.
just as the fruit grower begins to
congratulate himself on having con-
quered the first and second crop of
currant worms, he goes into his garden
to find that q very large number of the
twigs of his currant bushes are laying
on the ground, and a considerable
number half-broken off, but still hang
ing to the bushes in a wilted state. He
wonders what the trouble is, and if he
gives it but a passing thought, con-
cludes that the new growth is SO tender
that they have been broken off by the
wind. Should he stop to examine he
will discover that they have been bitten
oft by some insect; close watching will
convince him that the work has been
done by a long-bod;ed and long-winred
fly, nearly the shape, as to length, as a
winged ant. They are very sluggish and
are easily caught. Ii no furtherinyestiga-
ton be made, the fruit grower only la
ments the loss of the new growth of
his bushes. but as they soon start again
he concludes that the injury is not very
serious, and SO he turns his attention
to moro serious troubles, among them
the worm that kills whole stalks by
eating down through the heart OF tile
stalk. This troubles him verv much
because he does not know how to pre-
vent it; when he discovers the diving
stalk it is too late to prevent the mis-
chief, SO year after year lie is compelled
to SEQ his bushes die out, with no power
to prevent it. He has not the remotcst
idea that the fly that cut off the ends of
the twigs had anything to do with it,
but the fac: is he is the identical rop1e
that is at the bottom of the trouble.
1t is the female fly that cuts the twig
partially off that she may prcpar .
place wherein to lay her eggs.
after cutting the twig perhaps half Oft.
she lays an egg which in a short time
matches out and begins to eat it's
way down in the center of tho tw:g,
growing larger and larger as it DE-
seconds, until when full grown it is
large enough to very much iniure if it
does not kill the stalk. When this fact
is fully understood the remedy is cas-
and When a twig is found to be-
eaten off, to destroy the egg, cut off
another inch of the twig. 1t NAV
sometimes be necessary to go over the
bushes twice, but as a rule once is
enough, if the cutting is not done until
four or five da, after the flies first an
pear; but if it should be necessary to
go over them the second time, it can
Ee readily seen which twigs have been
cut with a knife, and which by the
dies. BY adopting this pract &C a few
years it will be found that the numbe,
Of flies will be greatly reduced, so that
the work Of cutting the twigs will be
very trifing.- Massachusetts Wouuh-
man.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-17
READING FOR THE YOUNG.
T T SUE.

There's q sweet little maiden with lark eyes OF
And soft Shiny tresses of hair;
Her lips are like rosebuds BY angels thrown
From the gardens that bloom in the air.
Her teeth are like pearls that are found in the
Where the shells and the green MOSES grows;
Her breath is as sweet Us the breeze on the
lea
When the daisies and vtolets blow.
The lilies IN kissing her dear little cheek
Left it smooth, and SO soft and SO fair,
Where the two reguish dimpies oft play hide
with tho sunlight that lives in her hair.
And she romps all the day, does this dear little
And She fits here and yon like a bird;.
Sue says pretty things, and she sings happy
As s sweet g as car ever heard.
Her clear ringing laughter rcsounds through
the hall,
And she comes up the stair with a bound;
Her dear little heart thrsbs with love for us
all,
And She %scatters tho sunshine around.
At night when she sleeps the bright angels
como down.
And they smooth out her brown silkcn
hair,
And they watch by her side till the soft rosy
dawn
Lifts It's banner of light in the air.
o Sue! Little suel may our pathway be
strewn with roses and violcts blue;
May your dear little heart always throb with
delight,
May it ever be loving and true.
Jessie HOWa,d BcU, IN Waterman.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-17

picked?" shouted Fred, who was ~,
lookout for them. "eas
1--WE couldn't find the place.n..,
Hannah; $50 we thought we'd % S Saa
ing, and we've had good luck. SaI
caught three and 1 caught three.n ~s
"What kind are they?-trout?"
eyes, l think so," said Hannah
she lifted her pail-cover Cautiously ~
him to peep in. '0s
Fred was well acquainted with ~.
different kinds of fish in the neiohha.Ns
ing streams. but, when he saw ~
nah's three, he gave a roar o flauebta,
ooh. my!' he screamed. Trout
What beauties! They'll DO to 90 w; aS
the blue-berries you didn't eef. ON "
dear! that's o rich! Hurry hon.
girls, Or you can't get 'em fried for div
ner."
The girls went on, wondering wh,,
pleased Fred so much. As Lizzie Wen.
up the hill to her uncle's house sh'
thought she heard q loud laugh FROM
Hannah's father. As she went in al tba
back door, she met her Uncle Jane,
who was just coming out.
~ ' saw such time a,
this isl" said Hannah to him, with ,
rather rescntful pout. but l dom,
care. We've caught some trout fo,
dinner. There are three-one for Won
one for Aunt Sarah and a little one fl,
me. 1t won't take long to fry en-
will it?"
"No, 1 guess not" said Uncle Jane,
'Let's see,' and he opened the pail.
Then he laughed boisterously.
"Here, Sarah," said he, as soon asI1
could speak, put on the frying-pau]
Lizzie's been fishing"
Aunt Sarah took the pail and looked
into it.
"loliwogs!" said she, contemptuousl
ly.
"PoLL1woGsP" said Lizzie, inqui,l
ingly.
emphatically.-Lizzi Chase Deeunq'
in 81. Nicholas.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-17

6 The disastrous effects Of a temporary
BLOCKADE of the Suez Canal shows how
indispensable to commerce the great ar
tiiicial waterway has become. Over
one hundred vessels are already await
ing passage through the canal, and con-
sstant arrivals threaten to swell the fleet
to immense proportions before the sunk
.,n dredgc can be raised and the chan
mel cleared. Could any better argu-
:ulent thau this be found for the imme-
%yiiate construction of a ship canalacross
tshe Isthmus of Panama?
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-17
PANsY's INVITATION.
"Aunt Marjorie's Precepts"-Three m,
for Having q Good Time.

'sAunt Marjorie's Precepts"-Three Ruin
for Having q Good Timc.
Pansy was asked to & party the othe1
day, and was quite undecided whethed
to accept the invitation or to stay al
home. happened to know that thd
lady who was to give tho party was 4
very kind and lovable woman, and 7
charming hostess. Young people alway]
enjoyed themselves in her house; bed
sides, she had been a schoolmate Cd
Pansy's mother, and it was hardy
courteous for Pansy to slight her invita-
ton unless she had a very good reason
You see, children, your Aunt MarI
jorie is rather old-fashioned, and shal
thinks that when people are good
enough to want you, you should, Is 4
rule, crafty them if you can.
l tried to ascertain the reason fob
Pansy's hesitation. She frankly told
me that, in the first place, she wa{
afraid her dress was too plsin; in thd
second place, she was very shy and
timid in company, and always felt
though everybody We're gazing at hg
and in the third place, most of thl
guests would be strangers to her, AM
she did not like meeting strangers.
Three reasons: No. l, dress too plain
No. 2, shy in company; No. 8, disGk
to strangers.
Pansy is not the only girl whose goo|
times are spoiled by just such absurd
reasons as the three above.
Now Lot ma oivn hor o,I oil of vo1
my three rules:
No. l. Never mind your dress.
simple, quiet dress is in the best tast
for a young girl. The granddaughter
of Queen Victoria are always very mod
estly and plainly dressed, and it is quit
evident that they bestow very it'll
thought upon their gowns and ha|
which are what their beautiful, scnsibl
mother thinks tit for them. A pair d
bright eyes, hair in nice order, and rs
cheeks, will set off the simplest attire.
No. 2. Never mind your shyness, \
soon as you have paid your respects
your hostess, look around for soma
body shyer than yourself, somebod1
who is not being pleasantly entertained
and take upon you the duty of MAXIM
the next half-hour pass delightfully."- I'd
that person. You will forget all abou
your own shyness.
No. 5. Don't feel like a stranger, az
do not suffer other people to seem
you like strangers. Wherever you 9
you will find wonderfully attractive pei
sons; and if you fare in the world
Aunt Marjorie does, you will always
finding new acquaintance who will
worth a great deal to you. Look uF0
every stranger as a possible mcw JJtrleN1
"AunA Nalyorie," IN Harper's l@H
People.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-17

OLLAGAGHA, an African prince, who
claims to be a Christian, caused to be
killed and eaten nine unoffending citi-
:zens of a village in which he recently
received an injury, 1t appears that all
princes have their little eccentricities.
No Christian potentate q be expected
so see llis4lousehold suffer for food with
a lot of well conditioned heathens with
in easy reach. "
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-17
SOME
An interesting Specimen Which SheriaA
Declared Was a Lie.

Declared Was a Lie
The Washington correspondent Of Il
Philadelphia Record says: Sheridan
one of the best story tellers in Washing
ton. Many of his best stories are |
himself, and he always laughs hearty
at another of the Same sort. He is y
central figure OF many a good stol
One of the best 1 ever heard was a0gy]
an old army comrade of Sheridan VI
was attacked by the scribblins ls1
superinduced in many old veteta1
now by the demand for war rel
iniscenccs.' He rushed in on SheFl1j
one day with q query as to whether
would listen to some 'reminlscela
which he had written out about a 1anv1
fight in which they were both cnsasl11
and then give him the benefit o.
opinion of them. Sheridan d,u
want 10 listen, as he doesn't bellen
fighting his battles over, but ne vh ss
good-naturedly, that he would. n ,'l
upon his old friend pulled out q Wv; um
roll of manuscript and plunged n 'nh h
highly exaggerated account OF ,ns
tie in question, in which Shelioa"
his achievements were praised ~ arou
guage so luxuriant as to be luoi.N
The "reminiscences were, in snclr
a highly romantic sort, soarlns
proud disdain above the facts :"
fight. At the end of an hour WIN ~,
last page was reached, Sheriaan = 81
his first comment. John, -
you know that's all a lie,' and ' .LeJ
turned to his neglected desk anu ~
comrade walked sadly away.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-17

The people Of Madrid seem to think
the proper way to escape the cholera is
to ignore its presence. They %obstinately
refuse to permit the authorities to disin-
EJECT their dwellings O. do anything else
of q preventive nature because the pres
'tence of the epidemic would thereby be
advertised. The merchants have added
szheir opposition and closed their stores
because the government reports the
number Of cases.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-17

IT was proven in court that Budden-
seick, the tenement death-trap builder,
of New York, actually put some sand
in his mortar, which probably saved
aim from receiving the full extent of the
zaw. He received a sentence of only
ten years in the penitentiary.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-17

THE problem of placing underground
telephone and telegraph wires, in which
anuch interest has been taken, is rapidly
approaching solution in New York. The
Western Union Company now admits
shat it thinks it a comply with the
aaw. The imperative requirements of
sthe law have stimulated invention to a
successful result.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-17

BETWEEN 1912 and 1869 England
Cost from contagious lung plague, it is
estimated, 5,54S, 6SOhead of cattle worth
$4,000, 900. During the following nine
years she lost about 81, O00, 900 more.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-17

THE Nashville American says: "Whilo
the experts in Spain are cudgelling their
brains over the problem Of %inocculation
with the coma bacillus the average Cas-
Gillian is interested in knowing what will
destroy coma bacillii. We can think of
nothing better than to cut off the tail of
the coma and put a period to its exist
ence.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-17

BI the middle of July every iron and
.steel mill in Pittsburgh, Pa, and vicin-
atty, with II exception, will be using
natural gas as a fuel. This will re-
duce the consumption of coal there 49,
250,O 900 bushels per annum. o~ne-seventh
of the yearly output of the region trib-
utary to Pittsburgh. 1t will also throw
out of employment thousands OF fire.
men, coal-heavers and ash-haulers en-
Yoloyed in the mills. -
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-17

SINCE the United States Government
has no navy to speak of, it is in good
shape to take advantage of every
modern invention to supply itself with
the necessary improved appliances of
attack and defense in naval warfare.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-17
MASON CAMPBELL, a s%econd-class

MASON CAMPBELL, a second-class
CLERK in the Second Comptroller's Of
flee, who died the other day, was one
4of the Oldest clerks in the Treasury.
He was in the Second Comptroller's
office for thirty-eight years, and was
>eightyseven years old. Up to the time
of his death he performed his duties as
well as wei in his life, and was looked
upon as the best penman in the Office.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-17

SINCE the resignation of Gladstone
the Queen has consulted with the Prince
of Wales concerning the formation of a
new Ministry. This is the first time she
has been known to advise with her royal
sson on matters Of State. His very
prompt counsel to adhere to precedent
at this critical j%uncture seems to Indicate
chat Edward VII. will prove a thor
oughly constitutional sovereign.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-17

: The Board of Agriculture of Massa-
chusetts gives the instance of a livery
man who spread the stable refuse from
Fifteen horses on one and a half acres of
meadows several years in succession,
and harvested three crops each season,
;a~ggregatlng seven and a half tons each
season Of good hay, rs much as he
would have secured if the manur had
been scattered over three times as much
Hand.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-17
m

All communications for this paper should be accom-.
panied by the maine Of heA.nthor; not necessarily f@
publication, hut AS an evidence OF g o a,d ds,n9 N IN u
psr BE particularly y careful as&rli In n! ga1ia agd ns aIas,a end e aaSs
or names Are often difficult to deciplor, because of the
:sroIcss manner In which thc1 are Written
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-17

In the readjustment of salaries among
che Presidential p~ostoflices a general
reduction of from 500 to 5000 has
Been ordered. This comes from the re-
eduction of letter postage from three to
two cents. -
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-17
TOPICS OF THE A

LORD SALISBURY will take charge of
'the English Government after all. To
The Queen is given much credit for
bringing about a truce between the two
contending parties.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-17

When a man gets up a re Ho j.
for a given kind OF usefulness III III !
ways in demand, and the WoiM
take poor work from him soon.ti
it will good work from an 'D'
laborcr. Boston Gl0bc.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-17

Minneapolis sets an example that
is destined to find imitators among
Western towns by charging $1,000 fol
. circus license.-CAicago Inter- Ocean.