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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-10
HARMONY STREET

Every one enjoying the best of health.
visiting at James Hoar's. Mrs. is a
health. We hope the pure air OF Dako-
ta.WM soon restore her to health:
Rev. Wooton, Of Des Moines, Iowa,
is visiting the Friends, He preached
two rousing sermons last Sabbath. He
has purchased some Dakota land in our
valley; hope he will soon come here to
reside. =,
II. A. Pierce now has the company
of Mrs. Pierce who has lately. arrived
from New York. Mr.. Pierce has been
in Washington for the last two weeks
attending to his banking business.
The Baptists attended the, celebration
at Waterbury, and reports that the
Harmony: Templeton and, Lynndale
Sunday schools "got to the 'front.' with
a good programme, which was. well
carried out, Speeches were made by
Mr.. Marshall Mr.. and Mrs. Huntley,
also Rev. 4Vooton. y, These speeches
were right: to the point of Sabbath
school work. A grand picnic dinner
was spread under the' shady boMery,
and a ageneral good time was enjoyed
by all. We, Mere interested by the
sight of $50 Indians, large and small.
They were very orderly and conducted
themselves credibably during the day.
They gave us specimen Of their camp
life and Of the speed of their ponies.
They seemed to enjoy the celebration,
music and speaking as much, or more,
than some of the whites. We give
them credit for very good behavior.
BAPTIST.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-10
County Legislation.
washington Springs, Jerauld Co., D. T

washington Springs, Jerauld Co., D: T.
Board of county commissioners met
in regular session. All the members
present. =,
On motion the tax list of George
Hersdorfer was ordered destroyed and
the assessor was authorized to strike
off the assessment from the assessors s
book. ,.,
No business in the equalization of
assessments appearing before the
Board, the Board on motion proceeded
to the transaction Of other business.
The vote Of the special election of
June 3oth, 1885, was then oanvassed
with the following result: S. F. Hunt
Needhami, i ii; G. W. Hill, 81; J. sulll-
van. Z: Marx Williams, /; ii. NJ. Rice,
z; j. Lynn, 1; L. G.. Wilson, 4; T. l..
Lewis: Ruse, /; Henry Krabbenhoeft, i;
J; a. Tyner, 1; = Bywater, 1; Total,
On motion Che Board adjourned until
9 o'clock, a. m., July 7, 1885, . ,,o~
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Report Of o. E. Gatfin, justice Of the
peace, presented and on motion action
on it was deferred until the next regu-
lar meeting Of the Board.
Quarterly report OF NJ. G. Ayres,, JUS
tice OF the peace, presented and ap-
proved. c. e. Hackett's report as JUS
tee OF the peace for the quarter:ending
June 80, 1885, presented and adopted
with the exception of the case Of Ter
ritory VS.. f. S. Waterbury. The justice
was notified to tax the costs to COM
planning witness.
A communication was received from
Leopold Dietz asking to be released
from the bond Of Jacob Rosenthal as
constable. On motion the request was
granted and Rosenthal notified to pro-
cure a new bond.
A petition was presented from sever
al parties who had lost their crops by
hail asking that they be exempted from
taxation for the year 1885. on melton
action on the petition was postponed,
The following bills were then audit
ed and allowed!
Matt Suerth assessing, s69 oo
books, poll books and records, ~ 81
II. A. Robinson goods for poor, !! 20
j NJ. Spears serving election notices, y 5ol 90
t. b. Orr Z" /" ~
". l. McCarter, work on bridge sol
Wm. Tawlkes cleaning court house i ! 'W
A. Gunderson assessing, ~ ~
Board then adjourned to meet JULY
9Th at 9 o'clock, a. m.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-10
NOTICE OF FINAL PROOF.

NOTICE FOR PgBLICATIoN.-Land Office
~ at Mitchell, d. T. June 9th, 1885,
Notice is hereby given that the following NAM
ed settler has filed notice OF his intention to
make final proof in support of his claim and that
Court Jerapld county at WessingtOn Springs, ID.
H. on august nfAkY f! Y I E. hi BEkGtk ise?i Hsl;
under her S entry No. 22l2i for the SW1i sec 1
town l0s range G6 He names the following wit
nesses to prove his continuous residence upon,
and cultivation of, said land, viz: George Han
SON. Elvina Hanson, John Shannon, Mary Col
1ier of Earlville, Beadle Co. D. 7.
j3a7 = GEO. B. EvERITT, Register.
NOTICE FOR PUELyCATION.-Land Office
~ at MITCHELL d. I. June 25, 1885.
Notice is hereby given that the following nam
ed Settler has .;led notice of his intention to
make final proof III support OF his claim, and
that said proof will he made before Reg and Rec
U S Land Office ar Mitchell d. T., on Aug. 14th
10 a. III. 1885, viz:
'0 LOUISE HENNING,
log range 66. He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residencellp6h, and clll-
tiyation OF, said land, viz: II. Y. Hazard, George
Deindorfer, J.. B. Counsel, Christ Dauil of Jer
aud Co., ID. t. GEO. h. EvERI1r, Register.
And notice is hereby specially given to Frede-
rick Patlson and August Bachlnor. who made d.
S. entrys Nos. 21227 and 23491 now IN conflict
with the above, to appear at this 0ll:ce on the
date and Eour above named, and snow cause
why said eiltry slouldnOt be cancelled ana the
pre-einptor allowed to consunlate
file to the above described land Under his hd NO.
27517. i3a7 EEo. y, Everitt, Reg.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-10
Meeting of Jerauld Co. Agricultural
and Industrial Association.
Washington Springs, July Z. 1885.

Washington Springs, July Z, 1885.
b. G. Cummings:in the chair. Mo
ton made and seconded that commit
tee Of three be appointed to view
grounds and report as soon as possible:
Messrs. Cummings, Vandervene and
bateman appointed as such committee.
Moved and seconded that meeting
adjourn for Il hour to await report OF
committee on grounds.
Meeting called to order and motion
made by Mr.. Blank that committee be
appointed to survey grounds. Motion
carried. Messrs. Blank, Blowers and
bateman appointed as such committee.
Moved and seconded that Mr.. Smart
be e appointed to correspond with, MI.
clendenning to secure terms Tor Lease
Of lands for fair grounds.
Moved and seconded that the secre--
tary correspond with Messrs. Burr and
scott to secure grounds.
Moved and Seconded that meeting
adjourn until July 18th.
BIG. CUMMINGS,
ALLAN RANSOM, President
Secretary.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-10

Band Of Hope organized July 5th at
Washington Springs by Nettie c. Hall.
M. d., Supt. Of Juvenile Work. Open
ed by song, followed by prayer, song.
Officers elected: Supt., Mrs. R. s. Bate
man; asst. supt., T. L. Blank; Sec, Miss
Jessie Blowers; treas, VT. Bateman;
organist, Miss Jennie Bateman: Choir
lister, Miss Lille Youngs Committee
on recfeations: w. [. Bateman, T. l..
Blank and Peter Barrett. The COM
mittee on recreation select the name
for Bano Of Hope. Committee on fip-
ance-sult. and asst. supt. Organized
with II members. -
JESSIE NJ. BLOWERS,
Secretary.
Watch for Che -EsTEHLY SEbt'+ BIND,
Err Tt is coming. m22tf,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-10
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH!
How It Was Celebrated in Wess.ngton
Springs.

How 1t Was Celebrated in Washington
Springs.
The weather was all that could be
desired, the day being bright and beau
tlful until about 9 o'clock in the even
ing when it began to rain. The dawn
ing of the day was greeted by an anvil
salute and ringing Of the church bell
by Messrs. Murphy, Goepfert, LaPoint
and others. At 10 o'clock the process
sion formed on Main sereet and march
ed tothe grove where the Band Of Hope
entertained the audience for about half
an hour with singing, an oration by
Master Geo. Devlin and amilitary drill
by the various companies composing
the Band of Hope under the supervi-
sion of j. I'll. Kughler. The drill was a
complete success and was pronounced
by an old soldier present; Gas good a
drill as the old veterans could present" !"
After these exercises came singing,
"Flag OF the Free by Glee Club and
prayer by Rev. VIM: Pagenhart, follow
ed by singing America" ." by Glee Club.
The orator Of the day, Hon. A. J. Wa
terhouse, of Mitchell, addressed the
people in a half hours speech which
was listened to with appreciation by
the entire audience. He reviewed the
prominent features of American Inde-
:pendence touching the various ques-
tions both of the earlier days of free
dom and the later days Of our indepen-
dence as a nation; as we'll as the mod
ern questions, such as statehood, pro-
hibition, woman suffrage, etc. On the
whole Mr.. Waterhouse gave the people
a fine address and we trust that he will
again favor us with his presence.
After dinner came the sports and rec
reations of the day. The game of base
ball was won by the Washington
Springs nine. The barrel race was won
by Geo. Deylln. The horse raceby VIM.
Spears black horse first, and VIM. Hou-
mis- second. The foot race for silver
cup was won by H. Thorp and the
greasy pig" was captured by Ed Dean.
Dancing was one Of the features of
the celebration both in the new store
building Of Williams, Vessey Bros,
Ransom, & Co, and in Tarble's hall.
The display of fireworks was wit
messed by large crowd.
The committee on music feel that an
apology is due the people who came
here expecting to hear a good brass
band, but through the duplicity and
meanness of few citizens Of Water
bury and one or two members Of the
Waterbury band, who, we are informed
were bribed to eudeavor to prevent the
band fulfilling its engagement, we were
cheated out of our music as the COM
mittee were not informed of the trick
until too late to secure other music.
However, it is our humble opinion that
a few of the perpetrators of the afore-
said "joke' will live to regret their
meanness in the matter as time rolls
on.
The celebration was grand success
in every particular, except the one
mentioned in the preceding paragraph,
and it is estimated that from 1900 to
1900 persons were in town on the 4th
Of July.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-10
Notice. County w. G. T. U.

p. There will be meeting Of the Coun-
y Woman's Christian Temperance
Union at Alpena Wednesday, July 22d.
Ill county officers and local Unions de-
sired te he present and everybody IN
ylted to attend. Prof W. II. Jordan,
q ;pf Simpson College, Iowa, and Hon. !;
=. Eanouse, of Woonsocket, expected
20 be present to address the meeting.
I ( good time expected. Please extend
s,Ublce and remember time and place,
'lpena. July 22d. Mrs. r. J SMART.
Co. Pres. w. G. Z. L.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-10
CONTEST NOTICES.

.NoIIoE.7-U: S. Land once, Mitchell, D. T.,
Complaint having been entered at this office
by Jerry n Durkee against Edward Hutchinson
for abandoning his homestead entry No. 24924
ship 1os, range 66 in Jerauld county, b. T., with
a view to the cancellation of said entry, the
said parties are hereby rdered to appear at the
office of J. +. Ford, at Washington Springs ID. T.,
on the 2lst dayof August, 1886 at 10 O'Clock A. Nj
to respond and furnish all the testimony COLI
cerning said alleged abandonment.
q. GEO. b. EyERITT Register.
: J. f. Ford, Notary Public Of washington Spgs
Dakota is hereby, appointed commissioner to
take. the testimony In the above case. Upon
the papers duly certified to the office, when and
where they will be examined and decision ren-
dered thereon August %, 10 a. nj 1885.
j10a7 GEO. Il. EvER1TT, Register.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-10

NOTICE OF CONTEST.-UnitedS States Land
~ Office at Mitchell, D. T..July 2, 1885.
by Hettie Hewitt against James G. Hudson, for
abandoning his homestead entry No 27es1 das
ted Dec. 18th, 1885, upon. the ;nwl4 section 33
township 1903, range 66, in Jerauld Co; u. T. with
view to the cancellation Of said entry; the said
parties are hereby summoned to appear. at the
office of J F Ford at Washington Springs, d. T.,
on the 10th day Of August 1885, at 16oclock a. n
to respondand furnish all the testimony concern
ing said alleged abandonment.
j1Oa7 49, GEO. B. EvERITT, Register.
j. F. Ford, Notary Public of Washington
Springs. d. T.. is hereby appointed = commits
sioner to take the testimony i'll the above case.
He will at once return all the papers duly GER
be examined and decision rendered thereon Au-
gust 18th, 1884. GEO. B. EvERITr, Reg
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-10
Notice to crea,,ors.

III the matter of the Estate of William W. Brow
er, Deceased. ~
All persons having claims against sag WI
hbit the same, with the necessary. vouchers, 80
the Undersigned Administratnr Of said estate
at his residence in Plankn1ol the @ county 1, o.
months have been limited as tue time for credi-
tors to present their claims against said estate
Dated The 23rd day OF June. 1889
RIEt.Ht u: BRoWEN
ioGi17 Administrator.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-10
Communicated.
Editors WIsssINaToN SPRINGS HERALD:


Fourth of July is no more.
Enough cool breeZes to insure good
wheat and oats.
Rev: Wooton, of Iowa, is in cur vicin.
ity looking after his farm near TEN
pleton.
Mrs. g. Mills is still suffering iron
asthma.
Mrs. o. 0. England is mistress at the
sheep ranch now; Miss Hattie is a
Mitchell.
The s. S. people are we'll satisfied
with their celebration at Waterbury.
Rev. Wooton preached at Harmony
Sabbath forenoon and at Templetnn il
the afternoon.
The following families were repEs-
sented at Waterbury the 4th: Smih,
Brown, Eddy. Bremner, o. o. Englarla,
Grieve, Binford, Rich, Mills, Nort.yle,
Marshall, Titus, Whitehouse, Orket,
Ryan, Fessimore and Peavy. Thee
represented at the Springs: Titus, IT,,
10 and John Collier and Mitchell.
july II, next Saturday the FA1Afs'
Alliance meets at Templeton. Impor-
tant business I'd attend to-. Every
member should be there.
s. S. and meeting we'll attended.
Friends monthly meeting nett Satur-
day at II O'clock:
Shall the county build a couit house,
or would it not be better to rent one or
two Office rooms and buy a laige safe
for the county records, which may be
moved if achange iii county seat should
occur. DECE
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-10
ANNA

"A hne rain without hail Saturday
night another shower Sunday. CroIs
over in the valley looking very well.
Everybody afraid of hail but nearly all
insured; mostly in the F. NJ. p. A.
The first oral sermon in the VALLEY
was listened to in the Nelson schod
house last Sabbath p. M, by an appre
ciative audience; Brother Smith beinf
the pastor who will preach every alter
nate Sunday at $3.50 p. m. He alse
kindly assisted in organizing a Sunday
school. The following excellent officers
were duly elected: A. Hodson, supt.;
q. Moon, asst supt.; Ida kellogg. sec.
and treas; Louie Kellogg and Alden
Lyle, choristers. With such an able
and competent set of officers there
ought to be the best of work done, and
we trust they will make success Of
the enterprise.
Bro. Smith is an earnest worker in
our Masters vineyard and we hope his
labor among us may be blessed with
abundant success; that professors of
religion may become converted, that
Righteousness may abound; that broth
.erly love may prevail; that strife and
contention may be banished from the
land; that we may learn to Judge no
man, lest we be judged. God inpws
the heart and He is ourjudge. Blessed
be His name. It is problem of our
lives that integrity often arouses hatred
and Jealousy in the, bosom of the rn-
godly and frequently degenerates into
unjust persecution, but the truly good
person never harbors such wicked
thoughts, but moves steadily on with
his eye Of faith fixed on heaven, and
his trust in God, by whom he is not
afraid of being deserted. If we are
endowed with one, two or five talents
let us make the best use of them that
we can, let us do the best we can, obey
the dictates Of our conscience, and nine
straight and narrow path that leads
from earth to heaven; we can then
safely leave the event with COG, die in
peace, and be raised in glory.
So mote it be. WELL WIsHER.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-10

!. Watch for She EsTERLy SEbttaBIND-
EP. Tt is coming. m22tf,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-10

The Band Of Hope will meet for mil
itary drill on theiawn beside the NJ. E.
church, Saturday, July 18, 4 p. m. A
full attendance requested as new move
ments will be taken up Refreshments
served to the Band of Hope on the
lawn.
SUpT. Juvenile Work for w. .C.TU,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-10
Salt pork at Sets a pound at DIR. Mes
MITH's. 14tf.
Proposals for Grading.

Proposals for Grading.
Pfoposals for grading the road west
from 9TH street in the village of Wes-
sington Springs up to the top of the
hill on the east and west quarter line
of sec. u, town 1O7, range IS, will be
received by the county commissioners
of Jerauld county, D. T., at the office
of the county clerk until IL o'clock, M,
July 18th, 1885. Specifications for the
work can be seen at the Office of the
Register of Deeds. The Board reserves
the right to reject any and all bids.
Dated, July 9th, 1885,,
Attest: II. d. FISHER,
l.. n. Loomis, Chairman.
County Clerk.
Sharp County record., 1885-02-12
THE LOCOMOTIVE.
1t Takes Considerable of Man to Run
One.

When a locomotive rolled up to an
early East Tennessee town, and the en-
gineer, who was man of small stature,
got down to "oil around, two mount
aineers looked at the engine for the first
time; they examined it critically, were
lost in admiration, thought it was ''a
big thing but as one of them sized up
4 the little engineer, he remarked: 'lt
don't take much of man to run her,
does it, 'Jim?'
But he didn't know-it does look easy
"a boy might stand on the foot-board,
open and shut the throttle; but, jim, it
does take good deal of man to stand
there all through the hours of day and
night, to know all the grades of the
road, where he "must make her red
hot and pull her wide open" to get to
the top of the hill, and where to ''shut
her off and let her ROLL" it does take
much of a man to read the gauge, and
know if the water is low or if there is
plenty; to know when she is working
easily or laboring hard; to feel her pulse,
as it were, as he stands in his place, and
tell whether all is well; and then, if she
"lets down." it does take much of a
man to know just what to do to discon-
meet and block her up.
1t does take much of man when
there is a stretch Of track to take a long
look ahead or peer around curves, to
watch the track for anything that may
be in the way, and if there should be-a
tree, rock, or broken rail, or mis-
placed switch-then there must be a
man at the throttle, one who has the
nerve to do any act quickly; one who
has brains to think with, and a strong
arm to act; one who loses sight of him
self and thinks of those behind him, all
unconscious of any danger. 1t will take
man then, Jim, to apply the brake, to
"throw her over and give her steam.
There is the gauge to watch and the
water; the track must be watched and
the signals-see if they are red or
green. 1t is watch, watch, all the time,
think and remember every figure on the
time-card and the mile-post and the sta
ton, and the yellow tissue paper the tel
egraph man gave him at the last sta
ton O. Il @ M is Ii q
price of his life Yes, Jim, it does take
much of a man to run her.-The
Pointer.
Sharp County record., 1885-02-12
iwoMAN WHO NEVER GOSSIPS.

r nevnr would gossip. There isn't woman
Wore close mouthPd than | am, There
"a never could be;
u ,oas into one ear and out OF the other.
SSnd little they'd know if they waited for
III ii,o ~. repeat what l see or | hear:
~, - woman who never could gossip, my
dear.
.Rnt Mrs. Smith, really, can not help tell
Nh Anna Maria, she's coming home soon
From a visit to Mary Brown over III Iempie-
She W saws that the wash hasn't been out till
One week rt9G since she's been there; now amt
R,,t NiaTy's slattcrn by nature and name.
when Harry Brown married said twas no
q,akjnG Bennett, they're shiftless, poor
Ana the Browns are forehanded, you might
~ say they re stingy;
Iyarne1 him beforehand, but small thanks
FOR a9dyis5ng your neighbors. I've found
that is true;
Tho v,re sure to resent it whatever you do.
q Now would you believe Elizabeth Cameron
Flew into passion ana called me men,
Al meddlesOme hen, when | told her the
neighbOrS said
That she hirted too much with the young
H gentlemen
who board at her mothers? How was l to
know
Tbev we're friends of her brothers, and one
was her beau!
8 Did YOU notice Miss White wore blue dress
last sunday
For a maiden of forty don't that look
kA rather gay?
And Miss Tucker told me-pht oon u say
that | said So
Il She's trying to marry old DR.. Fred Gray,
No fool like an old fool so may be it's
true;
She'll live to repent it, between me and you.
4 The Greens have lost money, and, pray do
not mention it,
But his wife and his mother can never
agree;
He told me SO yesterday in strctest conf
dtnce,
But don't want it told as coming from me.
Idon't call it gossipng just telling you,
Imust 60 now; come over real soon, please,
do"
~ Y. Ledger.
Sharp County record., 1885-02-12
SOME SMOKE.
A Calculation Which Exhibits Startling
Conclusions.

Few people ever stop to count the
cost of luxuries. If they should they
might sometimes hesitate in their ex-
penditures A wealthy octOgenarian OF
Hartford, who has indulged in smoking
during all his life, or at least during all
his manhood years, has made an esti-
mate, based upon data kept, as to the
cost of his cigars for sixty-seven years.
He knows the amount he has expended,
and calculating the sum invested in
cigars every six months, and placing 1t
at compound interest at eight per cent,
on the basis of the savings bank calcu-
lations. he finds that the total sum now
amounts to 100000.
If all smokers of the weed would
keep an account of the cost OF this lux
ury. and calculate their investments in
cigars and tobacco, with compound in
terest added, they would be astonished
at the sums wasted by them in smoke.
The large sum found by the gentleman
who had smoked for siXty-seyen years
was of course greatly increased in the
last twenty, and especially in the last
ten years, as money compounded every
six months at the rate Of SIX per cent.
doubles in little over ten years.
We frequently hear of Incorporate
persons drinking up the value OF farm
or other property. But it is not often
that such a fortune as 100000 is con-
sumed IN smoke Dy one peroUn, II tIIlo
Hartford gentleman is not an exception
al smoker, then the aggregate cost OF
smoking is simply enormous'-BaBaIo
Times.