Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-21

uENLkAL 1RANI LuahcS liz ScfchSu
ex-President that has diedin July-three
of them. Adams, Jefferson and Monroe,
on the Fourth Of that Worthwhile Ger
field was shot in July.
A PROMINENT criminal lawyer OF
San Francisco makes the remarkable
public announcement that hereafter he
will not defend any of the criminal
class, but will use his talent in sending
shat class to the State Prison. where they
properly belong, rather than keeping
them free to prey npon the community.
A NEW complaint against artificial
teeth is they tempt the posscssors to
continue eating animal food after ma
turc has pointed out by destroying the
natural teeth that such food is mo longer
proper. The point is taken by Sir
Henry Thompson i'll an article on
-'diet," in relation to age and activity,
in the current number of the Popular
Scissce Monthly.
AS indicated by the report OF the
Chief of the Bureau Of statistics, the ex-
ports for SIX months of dairy products
have slightly fa.tcn off of both butter and
ei,sese. Of the former. 5,25S, 254 pounds
we're shipped in six months in 1885, and
G.a70,30 poun&s in 1854; cheese, 933, 1922
l6G pounds in 1885, and "a, OF ,45S for
same period in 1884.
The total value of the merchandise
exported from the United States during
the fiscal year ending June SO, 1885, was
$741, 1913. 6S3, against imports valued at
S577,4 76, $50, an excess Of exports over
imports amounting to $174, 416 1888. The
excess of exports over imports during
the preceding fiscal year ended June 80,
1884, amounted to S72, sl5, GIG.
THE United States Supreme Court is
three years behind with its docket, and
most of the Circuit and District Courts
:ire overcrowded with business. 1t is of
pressing Importance that this condition
of affairs should be remedied. A plan
suggested involves increasing the num-
Der Of Supreme Court Justices. The
matter will! undoubtedly be brought be-
fore the neSt Congress.
KANSAS CRY is growing at a rate
hardly paraileled, even in the West;
and if it maintains its present rate, it
will soon rank among the most popu-
lous cities on the continent. Twenty
years ago Kansas City had only 5000
inhabitants; it now has 150,0 900, or u
doubling thirty times. In 1870 it was
assessed for 50, 900, 900; its present as
scssment is upon $50, 600, DOC.
TWENTY years agoa million Of dollars
would cover the amount invested in cat
tie ranches in the United States. while
now the investment is estimated at q
hundred millions. Not only in this
country but abroad agriculture has been
superseded in many places by cattle
raising, which is lowering and will con-
tinue to lower the price Of beef.
GRANTS last message to his country
men, though unofficial, is as worthy of
needing as though it had been promul-
gated over an executive seal. 81 am
thankful" he wrote to DR.. Douglas, s'for
The providcntial extension of nv time,
because thas enabled me to see for N.Y.
self the happy harmony which so sud-
denly sprung up between those engaged
but q few short years ago in deadly
conflict"
In the large cities. of which New
York furnishes q good example, the
greater number Of clerks, agents and
young men employed in a confidential
capacity, are from the country. Nearly
all the successful merchants and bust
ness men Of that city are country-bred.
The number of city-brcd young men
who succeed in business are notably
:sEnall. A hard-hcaded employer said
tnat ''thcy know too much" They be-
come young men about town.
"A NEW complication Of the intcrmin-
able Eastern question" is said to arise
from the fact that Germany is reaching
out for a commercial alliance with, and
a possible colonial conquest Of, Persia.
The Persian ports on the Caspian Sea
only serve for the import of Russian
manufactures. In case Germany obtains
"a market for her products in Persia she
must, SO long as the Caucasus route is
closed, have them imported by the Per-
sian Gulf,
THE suicide statistics of the country
for the quarter ending March, 1885,
lave just been published by the Husur-
ence Mronicle. The total number is
$50. an increase of 104 over the cores
Tonding period Of The previous year.
but a falling off of forty~two of the pre-
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