Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-09-04

A cLoUD-BURsr on the 18th at Glenville,
Schenectady County, N. Y, destroyed
crops n fences and washed away 100 feet
of the New York Central Railroad.
THREE men were killed on the 18th by a
landslide on the Cayuga & Lake Shore
Road, near Ithaca, N. Y.
IT was believed on the 18th by internal
revenue officials ut Washington that an
extensive system of whisky frauds by
means of bogus barrels was in operation
at numerous distilleries throughout the
country, and experienced revenue agents
were making careful Investigations.
JAMES HORACE JONES was hanged on
the 18th in the Jail at Troy, N. Y, for the
murder of his wife in 1854.
SECRETARY WHITNEY on the 18th ordered
the Swatara ard the Yantic to go to New
Orleans and bring to Washington the sur
plus silver dollars of the New Orleans Mint
about $16,0OO,O 200.
A 1 in Jersey City tenement-houses
on the 18th rendered seventy-five families
homeless and destroyed $50, 900 worth of
property.
IT was announced on the 18th that the
recent storm which visited st. Lawrence
and other counties in New York was the
most destructive on record in that section,
although the loss of life was only two in
stead of eight as at first reported.
THERE was a slight frost at Des Moines,
Ia, early on the morning of the 18th.
In a fight between cowboys and Piegan
Indians in Montana a few days ago, TWEEN
ty Piegans were killed and seventy-fve
stolen horses recovered.
HENRY FREEsE (colored) was hanged on
the 18th for murder at Catlettsburg, KY,
dying with the declaration that he was
going to glory. At Laredo, Tex, two
Mexican murderers were executed.
A SCHEDULE made public on the 14th
of the assets and liabili les of John Roach
shows the liabilities to be 50 22o, S77.s1 and
the actual assets to be A,4S1, AIS. 90, a sur
plus of over S2,O00,0 600.
1t was reported on the 18th that the
corn crop in Central Illinois would be one
of the largest ever known, many fields av-
eraging seventy-fve bushels to the acre.
SIX tons of bad fruit and 1000 pounds Of
decayed fish were seized in New York on
the 14th and dumped from the offal dock.
SPECIAL kilograms of the 18th to Brad
streets from leading business centers re-
port a continuance of the improvement re-
Gently noted in staple dry goods, wool,
and boots and shoes. This was more
specially noted in the East ut the large
cities. In the South the situation was also
improving, the cotton prospects being
bright.
A KEROSENE lamp was upset on the 18th
at the residence of Mr.. Durham, near
Wheeling w. Va, setting the house on
fire. One of the children, q girl of ten
years, was burned to death, and Mr.. Dun
ham, his wife and three other children
were fatally burned.
HIRAM FRANTZ, a noted desperado, was
shot and killed by an officer near Middle
ton, Pa, on the 18th, while resisting ar.
rest for robbery.
A CLouD-BURsT on the 14th near Read.
ing, Pa, did great damage to property.
A ENUINE and fatal case of Asiatic
cholera was on the 18th believed to have
occurred at Camden, N. j., the victim be-
ing Margaret Kealey, who came from Ire
land a few days ago.
LIEUTENANT HOWE, U. s. A., and the
detail of Fourth United States Artillery~
men, who had been doing guard duty at
the Grant cottage, Mount MacGregor, for
several weeks, received orders on the 14th
to return to Fort Warren, Boston.
THE body of a colored mar was found on
the 18th in a New York tenement, where
it had lain seven days because of the wis
dow's inability to raise money for burial
expenses.
DESTRUCTIVE storms prevailed on the
18th on Long Island, in New Hampshire,
Pennsylvania and other Eastern States.
The losses to the New York Central Rail-
road from the recent wash-outs would ex-
coed 800, 900.
"BucK" ANDERSON, a Cherokee desper-
| ado, was shot and killed the other day
near Fort Smith, Ark, by a Deputy
United States Marshal, while resisting ar
rest for smuggling whisky into Indian
Territory.
THERE were LII business failures in tho
United States and Canada during the seven
days ended o n the 14th, against oil the
previous sever days. The distribution
was as follows: Middle States, So: New
England States, "a; Western, 45; South
ern, %; Pacific States and Territories, 26;
Canada, II.