Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-10

In the encounters between the Hall and
Jones factions in Knox County, KY, dur
ing the past few days nine men lave been
killed.
GEORGE A. PYERs, a wife-beater, re-
ceived fifteen lashes at the hands of the
Sheriff at Baltimore, Md, on the 10Th. He
was the first white mar whipped in Mary.
land for hat offense.
The War Department at Washington
was officially advised on the 10Th that
there were now no sboomers" in Okla
homa.
THE French war-ship Isere with the
Bartholdi statue on board was escorted up
tho harbor to Bedloe's Island on the 10Th
by an imposing naval procession, one hun
dred steamers and yachts being in line.
The shipping in the harbor was gayly
decorated, and enthusiastic multitudes
lined the shores of Long Island and New
Jersey. The Isere dropped anchor amidst
the laundering of cannon, the blowing of
whistles and the playing of bands.
The Governor of South Carolina on the
10Th ordered an Investigation Of the bar
barous treatment of colored convicts work
ing on the railroad in Abbeville County.
1t was said that the prisoners We're inhu-
manly whipped, nine having died from
cruel 1ogging.
PERRY and William Melton, father and
son, were hanged on the 10Th ut Farmers
vile, La, for the unprovoked murder of
John w. Cherry, an old farmer, a year
ago; Charles Campbell was executed at
Pointe Ia Hache, La, for killing Theo-
dore Tuplevich last August; George
Schneider was hanged at Hamilton, O.,
for the murder of his mother, and William
Morrow was executed at GAINESVILLE
Tenn, for killing a colored man named
Dick Overton.
SPECIAL kilograms of the 10Th to Brad
Streets from the larger cities throughout
the United States continued the record of
almost uniform dullness in general bust
ness.
SEVEN men and girls en-
ployed by a shoe company at South Franz
ingham, Mass, went on q strike on the 10Th
in support of the striking boot-makers.
thirteen HUNDRED cars were required
for the transportation OF the 10Th of the
Government exhibit from the New Or
ASolo SAyooloAOh v w SUOus
: AT Whitesburg, KY, Link Banks, a no.
torious outlaw, who had killed three men
this year, was shot dead q few days ago
by a citizen whose life he was attempting.
Upon petition of prominent citizens
Judge Gardner on the 10th granted q tom
porary injunction restraining Sunday
racing II other amusements in the Chi
cago Driving-park.
MARY KLEMAN, aged about twenty two
years, confined in Jail in Chicago on the
charge Of attempting to poison the family of
Mrs. Michael Freres, her sister, with whom
she had made her homo for a short time,
confessed OIL the 10Th that she was guilty,
not only of the attempt Upon their lives,
but of causing the deaths of her mother,
father and another sister in Dubuque, la,
She was considered insane.
AFTER five trials Frank Burkman was
on the 10Th sentenced at Fredericksburg
Va, to thirty-six years. imprisonment fnl
the murder of two men.
A HoT-AIR balloon at Charleston. w
Va, on the 10th caught fire while being
inflated, and shot several hundred fee,
into the air, when it collapsed, William
Patterson, the "mronaut," falling to til,
earth q ~lifeless mass. It was his first as
c%ension.
In the United States and Canada there
were 1913 business Misunderstanding the sever
days ended on the 10Th, against Ga the pre-.
vious seven days. The distribution was a:
follows: Middle States, 80; New England
States, -; Western, CD; Southern, "a; Pa.
cifc States and Territories. 90; Canada, 90