Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-09-11

and Albany. The distance was three
miles with a turn, and the time 17:57k,
the fastest on record
JOHN MORRIS, the Sheriff of Reeves
County, Tex, was shot lead on the Goth,
after killing one man and wounding anoth-
er who attempted to arrest him for drunk.
enness.
THE British ship Haddingtonshire was
LOST on the Goth off San Francisco, and of
the twenty persons on board all were lost
except II sailor and a cabin boy.
By an overwhelming majority the Cleve-
land rolling-mill strikers voted on the Goth
to stand up for the wages fixed by the
Amalgamated Association scale.
By a runaway accident at 1onia, Pa, on
the Goth Jacob Group was fatally injured
and his wife and two grandchildren seri-
ously hurt.
LYNDON CENTER, VT, a village of three
hundred inhabitants and about one hum
dred years old, had it's first fire on the
Goth. The loss was small.
FoRDYcE MAHAN, aged thirteen, was
running in the yard of his fathers house
near Versailles, KY, on the Goth, with his
little three-year-old sister on his back,
when he accidentally ran into a we'll
which had been left uncovered, and both
were drowned.
LARGE forest fires were raging on the
Goth near Helena, NJ. T.
The official census recently completed
gives Dakota a population of Ala, $50,
against 1917 in 1880.
A FREIGHT train ran off the track near
Cheyenne, Wy. T., on the Goth, killing
three tramps who We're stealing u ride,
and doing damage to the extent of $75, 0o0.
THREE men were drowned in the river at
Cleveland, O., on the Goth by the upsetting
of a boat. They were fishing to get food
for their families.
TIE body of a richly addressed and beau
tiful girl, about twelve years old, was
found floating in the Ohio River near
Louisville on the goth. A towel was bound
around the head, with the ends Drawn
through the teeth and fastened into the
mouth. There was no clew to the girls
identity.
FRANZ JOSEF PETMEKEY, q Prussian,
was hanged at Auburn, N. Y, on the 2lst
for the murder of Mrs. Pauline Froitzheim
June /, 1883.
A sEvERE thunderstorm prevailed in
Southern Wisconsin on the DIST. Several
buildings were destroyed by lightning,
numerous cattle and sheep killed, and
crops were greatly damaged.
PEN~sIoN-MoNEY aggregating ST., 1000
was sent from Washington to various por-
tions of the United States on the 21st.
THREE members of one family at Spen-
c%erville, O., were poisoned on the 21st by
drinking impure we'll water. Two of them
were dead, and the third was in a critical
condition.
oBERNE, Hos1cK & Co.'s wool house in
Chicago was struck by lightning and
burned on the 21st, causing a loss of $780,
600.
DURING a severe storm on the 21st near
New Orleans five men who had sought
refuge under q tree were struck by light
ming and instantly killed. A son of one of
the victims was fatally injured. The
storm was general throughout Southern
Louisiana and inflicted much damage upon
the rice crop.
THERE were 1919 business failures In the
United States n canada during the seven
days ended on the 21st, against III the
previous seven days. The distribution
was as follows: Middle States, Al; New
England States, %; Western, IS; South
ern, 80; Pacific States and Territories, "a;
Canada, IS.
A FIRE at Texarkana, Ark, the other
morning destroyed two squares of build
ings, causing a loss of $4,000
Four Indians were drowned a few DAYS
ago while crossing the Missouri River, ff-
ty miles north of Bismarck! ID. T., by the
upsetting of a canoe. They belonged to
the Sioux tribe.
The oil market at Bradford, Pa, on the
21st touched $1.04, the highest point
reached since 1883.
AN oil train ran off the track near Cleve.
land, O., on the 21st, took fire. and thirty
cars were consumed by the flames. Two
tramps who were stealing q ride were
burned to death.
ADvIcEs of the 21st to Brudstreet's re.
ported the general rad situation through
out the country as encouraging.
A FIRE, causing a loss of over 500, 600,
broke out on the 21st on the steamer Colo
RADIO, off Plum Beach, Long Island. The
flames spread to the Minnesota, Susque-
hanna, Congress, South Carolina, Iowa,
Lolita Grant and Fairplay, oil with the
exception of the last two having formerly
belonged to the United States navy, and
thay We're burned to the waters edge and