Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-29

Foul water was on the 18th said to be the
cause of the epidemic at Plymouth, Pa.
Over one hundred persons had died, and
many others were still dangerously ill.
SEVERAL more bodies were on the It'll
taken from the ruins of the recent fire in
Brooklyn, N. Y, making eighteen already
recovered, with several more missing.
A VERDICT for four hundred dollars was
rendered recently against Prof. Hjalmar
Hjorth Boyesen for slapping a boy at
| West Hampton, L. l., in 1888, causing hin
to become deaf.
REPORTS of the condition of winter and
spring wheat received by Mr.. S. w. Tall
madge, the Milwaukee statistician, on the
eth showed no improvement whatever,
Michigan being the only State that would
probably raise an average crop. The de-
duction was made that the loss in winter
wheat States would be the greatest on
record.
REPORTS received at Detroit from the
west of the lower peninsula state that a
binding snow-storm prevailed there all
day on the Sth.
THE Plymouth (Pa.) epidemic was on
the Sth believed to be under control, the
cause having been discovered and re-
moved. Funds for the relief of the aflict-
ed poor were rapidly coming in.
TIT new lumber district in Chicago, To-
Gated on the south fork of the south branch
of the Chicago River between Thirty-fifth
and Thirty-ninth streets, was visited by
an extensive fire on the afternoon of the
Sth, which swept away over 100000 feet
of lumber, causing a loss of about 500, 900.
HEAVY rains along the Rio Grande
River on the Sth flooded a large portion of
the city of Laredo, Tex, to a depth of four
feet.
REPORTS of the 9Th to the Department
of Agriculture at Washington stated that
the injury to winter wheat in the prin-
cipal wheat-growi States was much
greater than had been anticipated, and
the reduction was estimated at 24O, 900, 600
bushels.
THE Iowa Indians, located on the Nemaha
Agency in Kansas, have made prepara-
tions to emigrate to indian Territory in a
body. They number about one hundred
and fifty persons.
ADvIcEs of the sth to Bradstreet's re-
port the general business situation
throughout the country as being very I'M
satisfactory. The industrial outlook was
v u COACAAudACo VI Uuo Au11 average Ol
labor disturbances for some time to come.
THE soldiers memorial building at To-
ledo, o.. which was nearly ready for the
reception of war relics, was on the Sth
Quilted by flames arising from a soldering
pot.
EDDIE BANARDI, n Chicago lad of four
teen years, who had been Tilted by Tressy
Sersland, one year younger, fired three
shots at her on West Twelfth street on the
Sth, and then lodged a bullet in his left
side. The wounds were not considered
fatal.
MOSES CATION was executed on the Sth
at ~Morganfeld, KY, for the murder of his
wife.
In the United States and Canada there
were $50 business failures during the seven
days ended on the Sth, against 1917 the pre-
vious seven days. The distribution was as
follows: Middle States %; New England
States, 35; Western, Is; Southern, A; Pa.
ciic States and Territories. IL; Canada, SO.
The post-ofice at Newport News, Va,
with it's contents, was destroyed by fire
the 9th r night,