Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-24

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dents recent nominations were confirmed,
including Pearson for postmaster at New
York.
DOMESTIC.
AT San Antonio, Tex, the other evening
George P. Burkhardt, a carpenter, shot
and killed his wife and then committed
suicide.
DuN's agency reports the business fall
ures for the three months ended on the 31st
ult. as 1858, with 49, s1, 951 liabilities,
against 1896 failures in the correspond
ing period of 1884, with liabilities of $780,
1865
A CYCLONE struck Sydney Station, Ala,
a few days ago, cutting swath about one
hundred yards wide and six miles long.
Houses were unroofed and buildings in
course of construction were lifted from
their foundations.
THREE persons, Louisa Turner, aged fifty,
William Turner, aged twenty-six and a
ten.year-old girl were drowned in Brad
dock Greek, Accomack County, Va, a few
days ago by the upsetting of boat.
In Fairfield, Chester and Darlington
Counties, s. c., nine colored children were
burned to death in one day recently by the
destruction of the houses by fire in which
they were locked during the absence of
their parents.
THREE of the greatest criminals in East
ern Kentucky effected their escape from
the county Jail ut Mt. Sterling on the LIST.
SHERIFF HUMPHREY, who was lately
driven from Rowan County, KY, returned
to Morehead on the LIST and INDUCED in a
bloody ARRAY with members of the oppos-
ing faction. The Governor had been asked
for the militia.
A CABINET conference was held in Wash
ington on the LIST to determine the course
of the Government in reference to the re-
bellion ut Panama. 1t was decided that
this Government is bound by the treaty
with Grenada to secure free and uninter-
rupted transit across the isthmus. Orders
were sent to the Brooklyn Navy-Yard to
gather the available marines and some
Calling guns and to have them in readi-
ness for immediate transportation.
A FIRE partially destroyed Emery's
candle-factory at Cincinnati, O., a few
days ago., causing a loss of 100000.
AT Lincog, Neb., on the LIST some I'M
known person gave a telephone alarm of
fire as an April-fool joke. A hose cart,
,dashing to the supposed fire, ran over
Charles Dain, the only son of a widow, and
he died soon after.
COUNTERFEIT silver coin representing
$lGS. Is, mostly in dollar pieces, was re-
ceived and destroyed at the Chicago SUBJ
treasury during the month of March.
1T was estimated on the 1st that half
the wheat crop of Kansas would prove q
total loss. Farmers were reported to be
'plowing their wheat fields and sowing
other grain.
LUTHER A. SEARS, of Brocton, Mass,
was a%rraigned the other day for burning
the ears of his children with a red-hot iron
as q permanent cure for toothache, md
was held for the Grand Jury. The father
of the accused testified that he had himself
.practiced the method with success for
thirty years.
The public-debt statement issued on the
LIST makes the following exhibit: Total debt
(%including interest of $11, 1872, 119), 81, $780,
'913,775; cash in Treasury, $4s4, 474, 174;
debt, less amount in Treasury, $1,4O5, 49,
6o2. Decrease during February, $4S5,7 47.
Decrease since June 80, 1884, $$44, GIG, $3.50.
GENERAL SHERIDAN said on the I'd that
he did not fear that the Riel rebellion
would extend to our border, but in case
trouble arises, the army in the Department
of Dakota was sufficiently large to meet
any emergency.
The courthouse at Minneapolis, Mimi,
was burned on the Cd, but the records were
saved.
MISS LILLIAN SMITH, aged fourteen, beat
the record at San Francisco on the I'd by
breaking with a rifle one hundred glass
no lie in, fxx,n S,,,t %b;rt,, Geo ,aaa-l.
The Governor of Kentucky on the I'd
made details from the militia companies
at Lexington for active duty. Unques-
%tionably, q movement was to be made to
restore civil government in Rowan County.
Four summer residences were burned on
the I'd at White Bear Lake, MINI. They
were set on fire by tramps.
FOUR storehouses at Asper Hill, Tenn,
were burned the other night-the work of
an incendiary.
A CYCLONE on the I'd at Waverly, Mo-,
destroyed six residences and wrecked the
Christian Church, causing damage of
$4,000. No person was seriously hurt.
SEVERAL persons were injured in an &C.
cident on the Austin Il Northwestern
Railway, near Liberty Hill, Tex, the
other morning.
AFTER a dispute with her husband q few
nights ago Mrs. Spring, of Alexander, N.
Y, saturated her two little children's
clothes with kerosene and set fire to them,s
and then cut her own throat with u razor.
Mother and children died in q short time.
A BOILER explosion q few days ago in a
saw-mil near Scipio, Ind, killed Anthony
Cleaver and fatally injured the three Hulse
brothers. g7N..