Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-15

y Mitchell itemizer states that twen-
ty-siN cars of emigrant goods from the
Russian settlement near Scotland,
passed overthe Jim river line for Camp
bell county, where the Russians are
planting a colony. Two hundred fam
lilies are already located in Campbell
and Mcpherson counties and fifty mere
families are N route from Russia, and
will join the colony Immediately on
their arrival. 1t is stated by the man
ager that not less than 500 more faini-
lies from Russia will join the colony
during the summer and fall months
Scotland Citizen.
The United States Supreme Court has
decided that a man who believes in po-
lygamy can not sit on %juries, grand or
petit, having todc with the trial of per-
sons for polygambs practices. This is
an important decision and will have
great influence in helping to destroy
this vile system, as every Mormon
drawn on a jhry ina polygamy case
"must either distinctly repudiate the
most distinctive doctrines ofthe church
or let a Jury OF gentiles and heretics sit
in Judgment 'uponth accused brother"
This is an alternative that will strike
dlSmay to the Mormon heart.-Ex.
When Dakota people start out to
give the town a vermillion color on &C
count Of election victories, they do the
thing UP in first-class style. Last week
a bill for the division of Brown county
was hopelessly defeated at the polls,
and all the residences and business pla-
ces of the men in Aberdeen who voted
against the division were that night
decorated in red paint with a skull and
c%rossbones, The Presbyterian church
people supported the anti-division tick
ct, and 200 citizens propose to attend
service at the Methodist church to-mor.
row and each place a dollar in the con.
tribution boX.-Alexandria Herald.
Press and Dakotaian: It is said that
a law passed at the last session of the
legislature changes the requirements
relative to voters and office holders in
Dakota. A man must be IL citizen OF
the United States, twenty-one or NOR
years of age and must have resided
previous to offering his vote, one yeal
in the territory, two months in the
county and thirty days in the precinct
A man is not eligible to a county Office
until he has resided in the territory one
year nor for a territorial Office until he
has been a resident two years. None
but a qualified voter can vote at a eau
Gus or primary meeting under penalty
of being foung guilty of a misdemean-
or. ID
The report of the Beadle county in
vestigating committee was made pub
lie Tuesday. 1t shows the commission
ers expended $4,000 more on the court
house than the law authorized, that
much being taken from the county
funds; that several thousand dollars
have been paid out on the order of diff.
ferent members Of the board without
any voucher for the same; that one
member had been paid over $1,000 as
rebates on freight by the Chicago &
Northwestern railway, on it's under
standing that the county would get the
bene1itof it, but has not; that ex-Treas-
urer Frank b. Stevens received in cash
orgot credit OF settlement for nearly
$4,000 more than he ought to have had.
Press and Dakotaian.
"Poor Mans Gulch," ON Butte Creek.
in California, got its name in this man
ner: A miner named Noah Helm toiled
season after season in the gulch, but
grew poorer every year, and his neigh
bors often advised him to pull up stakes
and leave. He had confidence in the
claim, however, and said he proposed
to starye there or make a strike. One
day Helm struck a bonanza in the claim
moved down into the valley and pur-
chased a ranch, built an elegant man
sion, brought his family from the East,
and is now n Of the most prosperous
farmers IN the county. Although the
spot finally turned out well, it has al
ways borne the title Of "Poor Mans
Gulch," given by the miners.-New
York Sun.
An Enterprislng Dakota Woman.
Vernillion Republican: Dakota wo-
men take the lead for push, energy and
endurance. The latest example we
have heard of is Mrs. Ammund Knud-
son, who lives on a ranch near Rapid
City, in the Black Hills. Mr.. Knudson