Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-19

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Paris Roads, o., died on the 2Sth.
Four Mormon immigrants ar.
rived in New York on the 2stn, en- route
for Utah.
AT a meeting of the Cabinet on the 2Sth
the question of the continuation of the
Worlds Exposition at New Orleans was
considered. The Cabinet were unanimous.
ly of the opinion that there was no war
rant of law for it, and that it would be in
expedient on other grounds.
The Apaches were still continuing their
bloody work on the 2sth, and many white
settlers in New Mexico were falling vic.
tins. The troops were in pursuit.
FINES of thirty dollars and costs were on
the 2Sth imposed on Revs. w. F. Davis and
P. Hastings for preaching on Boston Com
mon after being warned by the authors
ties.
In a childish quarrel at Pittsburgh, Pa,
the other evening Selma Weir, five years
old, was fatally beaten by three play
mates, ranging in age from nine to twelve.
A FIRE early on the morning of the oSth
destroyed the business section of Medford,
Wis. together Will a large quantity of
lumber. T~wenty-six business houses were
burned.
THOMAS WARNER, an extensive lumber
dealer at Cohocton, N. ", failed on the
2sth for $500, 900.
A VEIN Of natural gas, with an estimated
daily 1low of one million cubic feet, has
been struck at Findlay, o.
THE steamship City of Rome, which ar
rived at New York on the 2Sth, reported
that she collided with a French fishing
bark, the John George, May %, and SUM
her. Twenty-Five of the crew of twenty
four were lost.
ADvIcEs of the 2sth state that the
vicinity of Waco, Tex, has been over.
flowed by rains and swept by a tornado.
Eleven persons were known to have
persisted, and five others were reported
drowned. The losses in McLennon Coun-
ty were estimated at S25G, 1000. The Brazos
River rose two feet above high-water
mark. Nearly two thousand citizens fled
from East Waco during the storm.
< THREE explosions, resulting from the
bursting of q can of benzine, demolished
the front wall of a furniture warehouse at
Philadelphia a few evenings ago, killing a
woman III %injuring several persons.
IT was reported on the 2Sth that ~locusts
were Matching by the thousand in the tree
tops of Crittenden and Phillips Counties,
Ark.
CHARLES SMITH, aged twelve, descended
a twenty-five foot we'll at Reading, Pa,
the other day, to recover a knife. He was
sutfocated by gas, and a similar fate befell
Isaac Doyle, aged twenty-six who went
down to rescue him.
TWELVE buildings at Phoenix, A. T.,
were destroyed by a recent fire.
THE dispatch-boat Dolphin, after the
fourth trial, came up to the requirements
of the Government on the 2Sth, making
fifteen knots an hour for six hours on Long
Island Sound.
In the Southern Presbyterian Assembly,
at Cincinnati, on the 2Sth an amendment
to the confession of faith designed to per-
NIT marriage with q deceased wife's SIS
tor failed to pass.
: HARRIGAN, Chief-of Police at st. Louis,
was on the Goth ult. suspended Oh charges
of accepting brides from gamblers and Of
playing poker for stakes.
In the United States and Canada there
were ISL business failures during the seven
days ended on the 29th ult., against 80 the
previous seven days. The distribution was
as follows: Middle States, so: New England
States, IS; Western, IS; Southern, 80; Pa
cific States and Territories, Is: Canada, 81.
rTHE Shackamaxon Bank Of Philadelphia
closed it's door on the Goth ult. 1t was said
that the accounts had been overdrawn
$2O0,0O0.
JOHN TERRY (colored) was hanged ut
Barnwell, S. G., on the 10th ult., for the
murder, in May, 1884,, OF Rev. John G.. Ses-
cj0r and A ,ohio Gihcn, /oo)or,jN
ecuted at Houston, Tex, for the murder of
his wife November % last.
JOHN MoTTER, one of the wealthiest
farmers in Orange Township, o.. became
enraged at his twelve-year- old boy the
other day, and struck him q violent blow
in such a manner as to break his neck,
causing instant death.
w. H. CHADWICK, formerly cashier of a
National bank at Nantucket, Mass, was
recently sentenced to five years imprison-
ment for embezzling 81, 900.
THOMAS MACoMB, connected with the
dramatic profession, committed suicide a
few days ago at Niagara Falls by leaping
over the bank near Suspension Bridge,
striking the rocks below.
WILLIAM G. SMITH, postmaster at
Holden, Mo-, whose books showed a deficit
of 5000, killed himself with a revolver a
few days ago.
ADvIcEs of the goth ult. to ByQastyeet's
state that the general condition Of trade
throughout the country showed no inn
provement.
LocUsTs in large numbers appeared on
the Goth ult. in East and West Carroll and
adjoining parishes in Louisiana. So far
no damage had been done. Cotton worms
We're also appearing.
A STORM on the 29th ult. at Hannibal,
NO, did great damage to lumber-yards,
and swept away bridges and several
houses.
THE Indian troubles in New Mexico were
on the 23th ult. considered at an end for
the present. The savages had scattered
over the country to facilitate their escape,
INC were on their way to cross the Mex
lean border. About sixty persons had
been killed since the outbreak.
IT was reported on the Goth ult. that
crop prospects in the Northwest were inn
proving. In Indiana and Wisconsin every