Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-24
sunday last was the warmest day oil

he season.
The News has commenced publica-
lion again.
Mr.. and Mrs. Judge Rice, of Water
1ury, were town Saturday.
G. w. Mcdonald and wife and little
son Bob? visited Huron Saturday.
w. 7. Hay is treating the Woodburn
house to;an elegant new; coat of paint.
j. i. Cooley and Z. r. Dunlap, of
Waterbury, were in town last. Sunday.
The farmers in this vicinity have
commenced harvesting their wheat and
oats.
A heavy shower Of rain visited this
section Of the country last Monday
morning:
J. B. NIcHenry and wife and j. l..
Weir and Wife, Of Plankinton, were in
5own on Sunday last.
DR.. Matthias was summoned to visit
4 patient who was kicked in the abdo-
men by horse last Sunday.
II. G. stephens is now landlord at the
Woodburn house: he expects his fami-
II from the east in few days.
Several ladies from Washington
Springs attended the w. G. T. U. meet
ing at Alpena last Wednesday.
Mlessrs. II. Blowers and j. T. Ford,
together with their wives, made a trip
TO the Missouri river last week. They
report good time.
S. II. Albert has bored nearly 800 feet
in his well on his farm east of town
and he says he is going to have water
if there is any such thing in the ground.
a game Of base ball was played be-
tween the Washington Springs nine
and the club at Crow Lake last Satur-
day in which the former came off vic
torious.
Messrs. Williams, Vessey Bros, Ran
som Il Co. are making preparations for
plastering their new store building
west of the hotel ii. D. Fisher has
been engaged to do the mason work.
Miss Minnie Stanley's school term
in the Vandervene school house,
closed Thursday and the children IN
dulged in picnic in the grove at Wes-
sington Springs in honor of the event
on that day.
A young man sat down beside a re-
spectacle woman at the camp meeting
near Mitchell and made insulting pro-
posals. whereupon she pounded him
black and blue and turned him over to
an otlicer.-Pioneer Press.
There will be meeting of the Wom-
ans Relief Corps on Saturday, July 25,
at 2 p. H., in the NJ. L. church. All
members and those wishing to join are
requested to be present.
Mrs. f. II. FORD, Secretary.
The contract for building the road
recently surveyed across the Wessing-
ION HILLS was let to w. 5. Scolield Of
Marlaur township. We have no doubt
5ut that the teams who have to cross
The hills will soon have a good road to
travel upon.
Eey. Daniels informs us that The
fourth quarterly meeting of the M. Il.
society Of this place will be conducted
hy Presiding Elder, Rev. VIM. McCrea-
ly on Saturday and Sunday, the lst and
"a Of August, 1885. A full attendance
is desired on that occasion.
h.s $. Bateman has been engaged in
sinking a web on his claim west Of
town; after digging about 30 feet he
procured a two-inch anger and bored
down about 7 feet more when he struck
A fine stream Of water which filed the
@ell within four feet Of tha top in less
man two hours How is that for dry
Dakota.
This is the season OF the year when
she town pig" is IN the height of his
glory. He diggeth up the front yard
If the private residence and the back
yard Of the public buildings; go where
you viii and you can hardly run amiss
Of him He is too small to roast, too
quick to catch, and a dose OF not Water
mas no effect on him We understand
5hat a cunning expedition is being
damned against the enemy and we
have no doubt but material for an obit-
.i;t,y notice Of thet. p. will be furnished
III the sweet subsequently. MoEAL:--
lie up the pig.
The Mitchell Co., QoWal Press con-
aims the following in regard to one OF
jerauld county's citizens: Prof. Har-
den and family left for their Dakota
home this week. The professor has
presided over our public schools for the
past t~-o years. as d teacher he has
few superiors in the state. lie posses
ses fine executive ability. The school,
,tIG..r hoc made