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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-20
PlrH AND po,Nr-

There are two sides tn ev..
ton, but . bullheaded man viii CUES.
bet that he is right. Chicago Ledossay'
The pin seems to be the lode.
woman's existence. It's hair.n;n sro q
ing-pin or pin-money that she's sol'
ing out for continually. 'esch'
"A prominent mathematic;an,. -.
has presented MIN with a pair Of tw #lle
He has attained the full ann s ~
man happiness, with two to carr. au'
Chicago Tribune. y'~
-"Mother" AYERS in the Ro...-
Globe. in reply to another corrasnoaso
ent, that "a sixteen-year-old girf oas
soften and whiten her hands by soat;a IAN
them in dish-water three times a aa,.S
"A crazy Pennsylvania Girl who to,.-
constantly in rhyme, has been sant 's ~
an asylum. This is a very good ' baoa 70
ming. Now why not tackle sons of s =.
others who are still out?-Son,er,SMWe'
Journal ''"e
"A Philadelphia savant his d;ao,,,
cred that the wrinkles on a cows how.
indicate her disposition instead Of has
age. Nevertheless don't buy a c "1s
with thirteen wrinkles for a fon-. vaor
old. Detroit Free Press.
Amy Que who has ever heard
woman talk about Il tooth she has inc.
had pulled, while she displays the intsr'
esting souveneir to her friends, will ha
will ng to admit that men are not tbo
only or the best stump orators in tho
world.-Aibany Journal.
An exchange tells how men shoula
eat who can not exercise. We hava
never had any experience with men ~
this class. but should suppose thew ata
with q knife and fork. The laws ~
| polite society can not be altered to su;t
any particular set of men.-N Y
Graphic.
Once there was = hired man WIN
was constantly astonishing hisemployor.
a farmer, by doing strange and uncy.
pected things. One day the farme,
went into the barn, and found his man
had hung himself. Looking at thu
dangling body a few minutes. he ey.
claimed: 'What on earth will that fell.
low do nextp"-San Francisco Al.
gomaut.
The Burlington Free Press saws:
mighty poor dogs sometimes make fine
sausagc-meat." This shows how far
the education of the dumb brutes has
advanced within the past few wears.
We have no doubt that in time dogs can
be hired to perform many Of the menial
duties for which we are now obliged to
pay high wages.-IMe Judge. :.
How the intense agonies of this ar.
tistic age creep upon us ere we know il.
The newest and sweetest idea is for thu
young lady who has just returned from
the seaside to paint a neat little yacht
race on the lining of a shell she herself
picked up or the sounding sands, and
send it to her best young man. This
signifies. when translated into the YER.
nacular, II will be the Genesta to your
Puritan" This is very encouraging to
the young man. -Ha'!jiord Post.
Last summer we often admired the
kind and genteel ann with which
n of the society young men OF Crested
Butte attended the footsteps Of a certain
fair damsel. How anxious he was to
help her over every muddy or rough
place! But now we see her Jump the
ditch, splash through the mud, and
climb v piles of lumber. while he
has plenty to do to hunt a dry crossing
for himself. They arc married now
Denver Tribune.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-20
WILL OUT.
The Participators in the Coolidge (Kan.)
Train Robbery and Murder Behind the
Bars.

-
The Participators in the Coolidge (Kan.)
Train Robbery and Murder Behind the
Bars.
JEFFERSON, Mo-, Oct. 29.--An attempt
was made September rs, 1883, to rob the
express car on the Atchison, Topeka e.
Santa Fe Railroad near Coolidge,
Kan. The engineer of the train was
shot and killed by the robbers,
and the fireman seriously wounded,
all efforts to obtain II clue were fruitloss
and the matter was almost forgotten. In
the latter part of November, 1884, Henry
kel!on was sentinced to the penitentary at
this place for four years for DEMONSTRATING.
The pastor of Grace Church is chap
lain OF the penitentiarN, and to him Kellon
confessed a short time ago that he was
one OF the Coolidge train-lrbbers, and that
Abe Walter and Fred Bunk were his COM
panions i'll that crime. The authorities
were communicated with, and the arrest
OF Walter and Bunk was effected.
They were lodged in Jail at Topeka, Kan.
Governor Martin, OF Kansas, and the
officials OF the Santa Fe Road, made a
strong appeal to Governor Marmaduke, Of
Missouri, for the pardon of Kellon, in order
that they might use him as a witness. The
petition was granted and Kellon was re-
leased Yesterday. He was Immediately
rearrested and started for Topeka,
Kan, where he will be used as
a witness and will also be placed
on trial for his part in the crime. His con-
fession was corroborated in all its details
before any action was taken, and there is
not the slightest doubt but the famous train
robbery mystery is solved and that the rob
Ders and murderers will be duly punished.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-20

" E.rE
Seventy Vessels Wrecked and Three Hun.
Great Distress Among the Families Of
Fishermen-Many Dying of Exposure and
Hunger.
Nellie, one of the relief vessels sent out to
the Labrador coast, came into port yester-
day almost overladen with men, women
and children, many of whom are still pros
aated. There were 26O in all, but it is
feared that a large number OF the rescued
can not survive.
News from the scene of the disaster is
meagcr. There is no telegraph commune
cation, and nothing further can be heard
until another of the five steamers which
have been dispatched returns. The officers
of the Nellie report that the hurricane
was the most severe ever experienced
on the Labador coast. Over seventy
vessels were wrecked. Some were dashed
to pieces on reefs far distant from
shore and everybody on board lost. Others
were dismantled by the gale, and survivors
chung to the floating rigging and hulls until
the storm subsidized, when they were res
cued by coast wreckers. The great ma
jority of the Inflated cruisers, however,
were lifted up as if on the swell of a tidal
wave, and, no longer susceptible to the
skill of human hands, taken with a mighty
tow to a Judgement in the surf, when
the breakers completed the work of de-
struction.
1t is impossible to tell how many persons
are lost. The present estimate is three
hundred, but this does not include the prob
able hundreds who will die from exposure
and inattention. There are more than two
thousand sufferers scattered along the bleak
coast for miles. They are destitute of ev-
erything-food, fuel and ~clothing-and UNI
less aid soon reaches them they must nearly
all perish.
QUEBEC, Canada, Oct. 29.-The steam
ship Canadian, which has just returned
from her seasons cruise i'll the gulf, reports
considerable distress on tho Labrador
coast owing to the failure of the fisheries.
At EsquimauX point, out of a population of
$50 families only twenty have supplies
for the winter. Thirty more hope to
get enough from the merchants, who
usually make advances to them, to pull
them through. The remaining one hun
dred families have nothing whatever with
Which to face the winter. The failure of
the fisheries was due to the action of the
ice in the spring. The fall fishing has been
poor all over the gulf, owing to rough
weather. -Four destitute families were
brought from Labrador by the Canadian.
These have hpan cared for and Snnt West.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-20
THE "OLO MAN."
The Peculiar habits of a Naturallst's Pet
Orang.

The Peculiar Habits of q Naturallst'S Pet
Orang.
Because of his bald and shiny head,
his solemn, wrinkled and melancholy
visage, his air of profound gravity
and Senatorial wisdom, we got to call
ing him the Old Man, and forgot to
give him any Christian name. A thin
growth of brick-red hair grew straight
up the back of his head and over the
crown, making, in certain lights, a per-
feet halo around his bald, brown pate,
reminding one rather forcibly of GER
tain pictures by the old masters. l
measured him for the first time on DC.
tober 18th, in spite of his vigorous op-
position, and found that his height was
81 3-4 inches. extent of arms, "a IL
inches, and his weight 10 1-2 pounds.
His body was short and thick, and,
like all orangs, his arms were so long
and his legs so short, that by stooD-
ing forward a little his hands easily
touched the ground. In walking, he
Invariably went on all tours, placing
the back of the fingers and ball of the
thumb. instead of the palm. upon the
ground, and he also turned his
toes under. His gait on the ground was
very much like that of a mar going on
clutches with both feet injured alike.
On the ground he moved slowly, SEEM
ing quite out of his element, but his
feats in climbing, and his performances
on the slackrope. were highly enter
tanning. He was fresh from the jungle
when brought to me, but l soon con'
vidced him that my intentions were
honorable and slowly gained his conn
dence. For three Dr. four days he would
not allow me to hold him in my q M
unless I would let him grasp some firm
object with at least one hand. The &C.
ton plainly showed that he feared l
would play q trick on him by letting
him fall. Pres .ntly, however, | hit up
on Il plan which conquered his s2sp'.
cion. l made him climb up to my
sh ulder to get the bananas OF which NJ
was very fond, and after that a banana
held at arms Length above my heau
would start him climbing my body as II
it were a tire until the tempting pay
was reached. He soon became very 1onu
of being held in my arms. INT Whel
I grew tiral of holding him he woula
grasp the folds Of my flannel shirt anu
hold himself-qu:te an improvement
upon the puny he'plessness OF ht'nlan
infants. Next to eating seven banana
at once, his greatest delight was IN SD.
ting lazily in my lap while l sat- w E1nr
ing, writing, or v 9 sat ng. sprawl'nS
out his legs and arms, catching nolu
my book Or my penholdcr, or pulling al
the tablecloth. Once while holding nl'n
in my lap at dinner he suddenly maa fa,s
pass at the roast duck which lay oeioiG
me, and had his teeth in it before ~
could recover from my surprise. ,o;.
one occasion when l sat eating Ne ha;r r
surely climbed up the back OF my ,oa"ed
squatted on the topmost round; i essted
lazily forward against me, ana r1S.s.
his chin comfortably on my shoulaei'
And there he sat all through the me an
watching the performance with .ne =
Of a connoisseur.-Fr0m H~0r1saa8se
''zwc Years n q Jungle"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-20

The word cricket is FROM the Saxon
cryce, u stick or club.
The Superior Court of North Caro-
lima has decided that a railroad COM
paDy can not force a passenger to ride
in 3 smoking car if he objects to doing
SC.
An editor n%inety-one years old at
tributes the prolongation Of his life to
the fact that he never expected to please
everybody, and never tried to.-CAica-
90 Times.
-''Detached" dog collars are the
latest feminine folly. The dogs wear
them in the morning, and then they are
detached and worn by the lady IN the
Chicago Herald.
The fifty families that compose the
population Of Greenwich, Va, are Ill
from England, and maintain their ma
tive manners. One resident is a niece
and annuitant Of Dickens Cheerrble
Brothers.
The American drummers haze
agreed not to pay sleeping car porters
gratuities any more. 1t is calculated
h a this will make a difference to the
~SSAcS"oO VI PoltcIS VI UUU q
year.-Bostow Post.
The Brooklyn Board of Health has
been giving strict attention to the mat
ter OF dyed stockings and underwear,
being moved thereto by the frequent
reports of inflammation and eczema
caused by their wear. 1t has been
found that the trouble is attributable
to the use of anthony I've IN fixing the
color.-Brooklyn Eagle.
1t is predicted that the pineapple
crop of Florida will soon be more
important than the orange crop. Much
OF the scrub and palmetto land in the
southern part of the State has been
utilized for pineapple cultivation, and
the prospects are reported good for a
heavy yield of the fruit.
In the natural order of influence
over the young should be: First, the
parents; second. the pastor; third, the
Sabbath School teacher; fourth. the
day school teacher. In some families
the bad boy across the street or the
siddy girl next door, has more inf
ene than sA these. together. - CAss.sian
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-20
"A Marseilles merchant who started

in business with five thousand dollars
and became a millionaire, left his o
erty to a friend with the condition that
he should be buried with the sum of
five thousand dollars placed in his COT
fin. The executor bewailed the reck-
less waste of money and was at his
wits end to know how to defeat the
whimsical clause in the will. At length
a happy thought came. will put u
check" he said, ''into the coffin for
five thousand dollars. 1t will be duly
honored when he presents it,"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-20
MANY LIVES LOST.

The Fall of a Bridge at East Saginaw,
Mich, Hurls Sixty Persons Into u River
"A Dozen Missing.
EAST SAGINAW, Mich, Oct. 29.-Fire
broke out OH the tug Mcdonald, lying about
one hundred feet south of the Genesee
number of people collected on the bridge to
watch the sight. Suddenly a piece of side
walk on the bridge, five feet wide and
forty-five feet long, on which about sixty
people were standing, gave way with a
crash and precipitated them into the river.
The water there is fifteen to eighteen
feet deep and flows with a strong current.
4ne 'i'st.S -...s ois.A1y and dark. Miracu-
lousy the greater number were saved, al
though many We're badly bruised. Twelve
or thirteen are missing, and it is feared they
are drowned. The river is now being
dragged, and the body of one bow. named
Sidney Fallon, aged eight years, has been
brought up.
James Twaits was rescued badly hurt.
John Rothenburg was injured about the
legs, and George A. Irwin was Slightly i'll
Jured. %. d. Cowles, managing editor Of
the Courier, was standing OH the extreme
farther point of the bridge when it went
down. He could not swim a stroke,
and was dragged by the struggling peo-
pie to the bottom OF the river twice, but
got clear, and, drifting down stream, clung
to a Spite until rescued, sustaining slight in
juries. The only names of those said to be
missing yet given are John Bush, Chester
Meeras, James Murphy and - Sharp, a
boy. The darkness at the time of the dis
aster and the fact that those who were res
cued were hurried to their homes. make it
impossible to toll how many have been lost.
1t is believed that some bodies have been
carried down stream by the current.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-20

! TIE Louisville Courier-Journal is get
ting envious. Hear it: .'The devil is
good to Pennsylvania. After robbing
tho people of every other State in the
Union, and making herself wealthy, up
from the Internal regions flows the nat
ural gas that is to enable he: to manu-
facturc so cheaply that she may not
only hold her ill-gotten gains, but add
TO them many millions more. Truly, the
wicked prosper and have length of
13avS.n
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-20

GINSENG is worth $3.50 per pound,
and bird shot is worth but eight cents.
The striking difference in commercial
values fascinated the mind of q Nash
vile dealer in ginseng, and with the aid
of an anvil he rammed big roots full OF
lead. The purchaser returned the drug
with a note full of pleasant compliments
TO the dealer for his ''pre-eminent in
genuity."
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-20
Monument on Gettysburg. Cory Field.

GETTYSBURG. Pa, Oct. 29.-Representa-
tives Of the Indiana troops engaged in the
battle of Gettysburg arrived here Tuesday
night and yesterday morning to dedicate
the monuments recently erected on the bat,
tletie!d. The various historic places on the
field were visited yesterday afternoon, and
last night the addresses of dedication were
delivered i'll the courthouse. The monu-
ments comprise six shafts, varying in
height from eight to eighteen feet, and
concentrating the Third Cavalry and the
Nineteenth, Twentieth. Twenty-scventh.
Seventh and Fourteenth Infantry.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-20

The doughty old King of Denmark
has succeeded in distributing his family
so as 70 strengthen his hold at the vari-
Gus courts of Europe. The Empress of
Russia, the Princess of Wales and the
Duchess of Cumberland are his daugh-
ters. while the King of Greece, the fu-
ture Prince Consort of Norway and
Sweden, and Waldemar, who married
thc Orleans Princess in France, q few
days ago, are his sons.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-20

e A NEW ORLEANS man has discovered
a novel treatment for cleaning old
clocks in which the works are still in
tact. but, as is frequently the case, re.
fuse to work by reason of being cloggcd
with oil and dirt. He winds the clock
APP and places the works into a pot of
water and boils them. The boiling
water loosens The oil and dirt and the
movement of the works sweeps it away.
The works are then taken out, and the
m~achincry being hot the water dries at
once. without producing rust.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-20

I On The farm of B. f. Lawson, near
NATION. ILL.,, is a young COW that for
llc past two years shed her horns close
TO The head like a deer in the summer
season, after which they grow out again
in the fall. AT first the owner thought
the horns had been twisted loose. but
close observation soon demonstrated
that the horns were being shed entire,
and not merely the shell, as is
times done in case of injury. Students
of natural history are puzzled to &C.
count for this freak.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-20

THE Medical RecisO, in an editorial on
tariplets." says that plural births occur
most frequently in Russia, and that
when they do occur in this country the
fathers and mothers are generally found
20 be of Russian birth or descent.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-20

ACCORDING to Professor Tyndall's in
vestigations, the singularly blue color
OF the water of the Lake of Geneva is
due TO the presence of small mineral
particles, probably derived from glacier
dust, brought into the lake by drainage
from glacier streams. and Of such ex-
IRENE minuteness as not to settle eve
when the water. is allowed to stand for
81 long time:
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-20
Working Together.

First Peddler-What are you carrying9u
Second Peddler-Patent medicines.
First Peddler-Well, all right; you go
ahead and work up the business, and I'll
follow.
Second Peddler--Why! What are you
carrying?
First Notwithstanding Ram
bier.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-20

Ir is stated that over 81, 500, 600 worth
OF dlamond-back terrapins are taken
out OF the Chesapeake Bay and it's trib-
.tarics. The price averages $50 per
dozen, and 100000 terrapins are re-
CURED to represent the value as given
above. Five hundred men are en-
p'oycd i'll catching them. These terra
pins arc regarded as a great dainty by
cPicurcs everywhere. aud are largely
used in the restaurants of Washington
City and the Eastern cities, They are
scndiiy recognized by diamond-shaped
figure on the back.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-20

Ex-SENATon DAVID DAVIS tells the
following story on himself: One day on
the stump, at the end of a burst of elo-
uucncc, he exclaimed: 81 know no
East, no West, no North, no South"
s.Thcn," said one of his hearers, you'd
better go home and study up your jeog-
--nbv
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-20

PRISONERS in the Western Peniten-
tiary at Allegheny. Pa, are allowed an
hour each evening for musical practice
in their cells. Thus is musical art en-
coutased and the tortures of prison life
augmented.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-20

PRoDucERs and in Eau
Claire, Wis, are greatly concerned in
=. - H'en which will
not give half the usual yield in conse.
quence of the rot. The price per pusnel
in tho local market has jumped from
thirty to sixty cents within the past few
days. and a further advance is expected.
The yield will not be nearly sufficient to
supply the home consumption.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-20

In New England there seems to be a
reaction in favor of home agriculture,
and cuterprising young men are finding
out that their old homesteads are capa-
ole of Improvement. The tide OF
farmers toward the West is said to have
been checked, and the brain and mus
Gle are being used to fertilize the home
soil,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-20
TOPICS OF II DAY.

Only one pound in ten of what is sold
as butter in Chicago, according to the
Health Commissioner of that city. is the
genuine. unauthorized article. f.,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-20
What He Was Worried About.

"%Ponsonby, my horse got away from me
last night. 1t is worrying me not a little"
"You don't know where he is??"
sNo."
cts queer. One would surely think
that some traces-'
'Oh, we found the traces and the rest Of
the harness. It's the horse that I'm anx-
ious about. "-Philddelphia Cali.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-20
LAWS.

nostofioe. whether directed 70 his name or whether HI
is a su6scrner or not, Is responsible for the pay.
THE courts have decided that refusing to take news
PAPERS and periodicals from the postoffcc, or rrmov
hug and leaving them uncallrd for. isd0risna Jacie eyi.
ucncc of INTENTIONAL fkAUD.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-20
An ArtIess Child,

Town Woman to Honest Farmer--Are
you sure these chickens are fresh?
Honest Farmer-Oh, yes, num-; l killed
'em this morning.
Artless Farmer Boy-You didn't kill this
,o.d hen, pap: for she died while we was
eatin' supper.-ArhansnW Iraucler.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-20
An IInpOssibility.

Horace-My dear, how is your classmate,
Miss Smith Brown-Jones, coming out as an
author? Ihear she has written a novel.
Angelina-Rathsr poor, l aln afraid; the
critics say she betrays a woful Ignorance of
the world.
impossible! That can't be. Why she
lives in a boarding house. INA, Tribune,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-20
THE LAY OF A GOLD DAY.

THE LAY OF A GOLD DAY.
October's sun shines brightly,
In the sky;
Each autumn air brcathes lightly,
Like Il sigh;
The trees are getting bare,
Swift beaglcs hun the hare,
Tho landscapes worse for wear,
Sc am l.
The chilly brook runs slowly,
Through the mead:
The f%rost-nipped cor bows lowly,
Like the reed:
The crows begin TO flock,
My ~ovcrcoat's sin hook"
Tho thought gives me a shock,
Yes. indeed!
Rufus ROod, M Philadelphia Ncps.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-20
DiscOntented.

A little Delaware girl was compelled to
don a dress to which she took exceptions.
For a long time she sat moping, never say
ing a word.
whats the matter, dear?:" asked her
mother.
ooh, ! believe this dress makes me bill
lot s."-Detroit Free Press.