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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-13
Keeping the Light in Motion.

The keeper of the light at Pointe dc
Monts relates: "Just imagine that to-
ward the close of the fall, at the 3irs1
snow, my family was attacked by tv-
phoid fever. The first stroke of the
disease was to put seven of us in bed,
and very soon all the others followed.
! was the only n able to work. My
nearest neighbor Cat Egg Island) was
twenty miles of, and as bad news trav.
els without much wind, the lighthouse
was avoided even BY Indians as an in.
tested place. One man, however, was
touched by my. mistortunes, and volun.
teered to help me. Things went better
then for a while; but as we were ther
at the last days Of navigation, fogs and
snow combined against me, and oblig.
ed us to lire the cannon every half-hour,
or even every quarter-hour. The vi
bration was terrible in the tower, sew
enty~llve feet highs and our patients
could not endure It. it was necessary
to go up the five stories of the tower.
transformed into an intirmary (hospit-
al), before every shot, to notify the
poor fellows, and stuff cotton into the
ear OF the most nervous. Days and
nights thus passed, without bringing
anything else than pain, anxiety, and
sleeplessness. Laurent and / were
ready to lose u senses, doing the
service OF the light and the hospital
like machines, when the Lord took pity
on US, and in His mercy sent us, some
rest and Joy in q general GONZALES
cence." The light at Egg Island shows
a revolving white light, visible fifteen
miles, and giving a flash every minute
and afhalf. ''All sailors know how i'm
portant it is that u flash light should
revolve with mathematical accuracy:
otherwise one light might be taken for
another, and a wreck might DO the IA
tai consequence Of such an error. One
night, toward the close OF the autumn
OF 1872, q pivot broke in the clock-work
regulating these revolutions. The
season was too tar advanced to get
help from the Ministry OF Marine at
Quebec; the only thing to be done was
to replace the machine by human ener-
gy, and the keeper and his family de-
voted themselves to the task. During
five weeks OF that autumn and five
other weeks OF the next spring, man,
wife, girls, and boys turned the ma
chine by hand. Cold and fatigue stiff
ened the hands, sleep weighed on their
eyelids, but nevertheless they must
turn, without haste and without rest,
all through those long watches, in
which the order was to become an au-
tomaton and keep turning the machine.
Not one, from the child to the master,
either complained or shirked his duty,
and the light at Egg Island continued
each minute and a half to flash its pro-
tecting light yer the tempestuous
Gull. &C. Il. FarnAam, IN HQrper's
Magazine for September.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-13
49, <-rr-' 49, 49, -t~~
Grants Estimate OF Blair and Por.

General T. p. Blair, who Command
ed a division of the campaign, joined
me at Milliken's Bend, a fn%ll-tledged
general, without having served in q
lower grade. l had known Blair in.
Missouri. where ] had voted against
him for Congress in 1858. knew him
as a frank, positive and generous man,
true to his friends even TO arfault. but
always a leader. | dreaded his COM
ing; 1 knew from experience that it is
more difficult TO command two gener-
ais desiring to be leaders than to COM
mand All army differed intelligently
and with subordination. it affords mo
the greatest pleasure to record now my
agreeable disappointment in his char
acter. There was no man Drawer than
he, nor was there any who obeyed all
orders of his Superior in rank with
with more unquestioning alacrity. He
was one mansas a soldier, another as a
politician. :,
The navy, under Porter, was all it
could be during the entire campaign.
Without its assistance tho campaign
could not hays been successfully made
with twice the number of men engage
ed. 1t could not have! been made at
all, in the way'it was, with any num-
Der of men, without such assistance.
The most perfect harmony reigned be-
tween the two arms of the service.
There never was q request made, that
l am aware Of either OF the t%iag-oficer
OR any Of his subordinates, that was
not promptly complied with.-From
Gen. Grants Paper IN September Gen.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-13
The Conceit of New York.

To men who were born here and
have lived here long New York is
miles and away so superior to any 9TH
er citv in America that he never thinks
of uttering them OF mentioning them
in the SAME brcsth. This may be the
sublimity of conceit--pertaps it is
but the fact remains that Newly orkers
consider that there is but one city in
America. They may travel all over
the world, but when they return TO
America they live in New York. In
tho samoiwav we observe that if a MAJ
makes y great fortune in Chicago,
milwaukee,, Cleveland, Cincinnati, or
Pittsburg he comes here, for many of
the magnificent palaces have been pur-
chased by NE OF other cities who
made haste to come here as soon as
they had made vast fortunes. don't
know whether they like New York or
not sbut they seem to stay Altis true
that a man does not amount to- much
here unless hs is a good deal of q man,
but still the advantages of life in the
most,popular city in the Union are too
numerous to be oyerlookeG,< A man
with $40, 600, 900 is of Importance. if
only on account OF bis wealth, IN Gin
cinnati. But $40, 900, 600, unless 1t is
backed by social graces and otker adj
vantages, will do little or nothing for
a man in New York. 1 know that
this statement will not be accepted,
because it is the general impression
that wealth opens the doors to society
in New York; stillsuch Is not the fact.
There are hundreds Of m%illionaires
along the n who live magnifi-
Gently and spend enormous incomes,
yet whom nobody knows or cares to
know. Not long ago Il list of the
number of men who were worth moro
than So, 600, 900 was published in one
of the papers here. There were hum
dreds Of names OCCUPYING. considerable
more than q; column. and a halt, and it
is no eXageration to say that fully five
sixths Of them were entirely strange to
the ears OF New-Yorkers.-BiahelyH Hull
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-13
Married his Own Sister.

Thirteen years ago. says the New
York World, Thomas White, a young
man of average intelligence, worked in
a saloon at The corner of Smith and
Pacific streets, Brooklyn. He resided
in Bergen street with a young woman
whom he introduced as his wife. She
was really his sister. In 1873 they
moved to St. Marks place, and in the
winter OF that year a boy was born.
He was called Edward Henry. Six
years later another child, christened
Charles, was born. Then for the first
time the woman began to realize her
situation and tried to leave the house,
but was deferred by her brother. She
persisted, but in vain. For weeks she
sat in her room and brooded wei her
trouble. Finally her mind gave way,
and she declared that her life was
made miserable by magicians, and that
sorcerers were eyer near. One morn
ing she would not let her brother leave
the house, saying that the sorcerers
were waiting outside to kill him.
Whites employer heard of this and in
sisted that she be put under proper
treatment. The brother consented,
and his wife, as he called her, was
taken to a private institution for the
insane.
She remained there several months,
and when she was released her reason
was partially restored. Much against
her will and despite her earnest pro-
testations she was compelled by her
brother to return to her old life. So
the matter rested till about two years
ago, when young man, who lives on
Madison street. began to visit the
house. The weak-minded woman fell
in love with him, and her affection
seemed to be returned, They became
intimate, and White was so overcome
by Jealousy that he abused his sister in
every possible way,
A third child was born last October,
and seemed to be doing well till Sum
day, July -, when it suddenly sicken-
ed and died. The cause of its death
can not be learned. The ailliction
affected the poor mother terribly. She
moaned ove the dead body of her child
Thai she had been bewitched by a
black Cat and knew not what to do.
Her brother asked what was the mat
ter with her, and she replied vehement
ly that God had abandoned them be-
cause OF their great sin. AHeling over
the corpse she confessed her guilt and
prayed for forgiveness. This drove the
brother wild with rage, and with a
terrible oath he sworc that he was not
the child's father and would never
bury it. The young man who had been
visiting the house, he said, must paw
the funeral expenses.
-Four days the wretched couple re-
manned in the same room with the
body of the child. Decomposition be-
gan, and %neighbors demanded the
burial of the corpse. Their cry was
unheeded and the police were notified.
Both White and his sister, whose name
is Sarah, were arrested, and the child
was buried. When asked Why he re-
fused to consign the body to the grave
White said both he and his sister were
bewitched. With no knowledge of the
previous history of these strange peo-
pie doctors advised that they he taken
to the Flatbush asylum for the insane,
and Judge Clement so ordered at the
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-13
Priority Of Invention.

The following are points in decisions
on priority of invention:
" The party who first reduces an in
vention to actual use is entitled to the
patent for it, although the other party
may have first conceived it, if be did
not exercise reasonable diligence in re-
ducingl it to practice.
If a party who first conceived a ma
chine followed up the idea diligently,
and was the first to reduce it to actual
practice, he is entitled to a patent for
it, although his competitors had COM
plete working drawings of it previous
ly prepared, and had obtained pat
ent.
Whoever first reduces an invention
to practice and makes an application
of it to use, will usually be the prior
inventor.
In order to defeat q patent the courts
require it to be shown that another
not only conceived the invention in
dispute before the patentee, but was
the first to perfect and adopt the same
to practical use, or was using reasona-
BILE diligence for that purpose.
The parties who first embodied an
invention in a machine which they
kept in operation afterward for actual
use, besides manufacturing and, selling
other machines, arc prinaf acie en-
titled to that patent.
He is the Inventor, entitled to the
protection of the patent law, who is
first to complete the invention and
publish it tothe world, and not he who
confines the knowledge of it to his eli
ent.
Where an invention consists of a
combination Of elements, the date
when all the elements are combined is
the date of the invention.
When one is first to conceive an in
Yention, he throws aside ali evidences
of the conception, makes no effort to
complete or introduce it to the public,
and delays making an application for
patent for nearly four years after
another has brought it into extensive
use, he has standing as an inventor.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-13
WASHINGTON SPRINGS

Justly praised by the Indians and early set,,o..
OF southern Dakota for their wonderful I Ih4 ,
properties. These Springs are varied, and Mill:
some are medicinal, continuing #!t'a,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-13
a Girls RetrOsNeot.


The summon is over. The senson
as co q at the seaside, you klOW;
This weather perhaps was the reason
Ilut none OF us cdptlrtG Il beau.
For the men found it.oool in the CITY,
And the brokers. we've blue, it WAS thought,
So We lost every chunce (what,a pityy, Is l.,
AND no :dashing fellow was caught.
So Maud and Madola and Lille,
Viola, NaEeisSn. and J..
Were left in the shade (am1 sillyD
To wal, till nc&t year-and to sigh.
For aothing is done in the winter
In town, with gay talk and fine clothes;
NO beau says. my dear Araminta,".
And none is betrayed to propose.
And when you walk out by the water.
And moonlight falls soft on the shore,
The primlnest mammals plainest daughter
Some masculine heart will adore.
hope if we 20 there next season..
We girls, by hal1-dCzens and twelves,
Will not again need. i'll al. reason,
ojust simply waltz With ourselves.
OF girls who were blushing and twenty,
WIN some who were near twenty-five,
There Always were more than q plenty,
And yet not a man would arrive.
How YEARLY all the long eummer
we wandered by sea-shorc and tide,
And found, no available colnel-
A bridegroom, perhaps, with his bride!
We would stroll to the depot and steamer
Il see what was rarer than pearls, 81
Each one a deliberate schemer,
n 10, q new bevy OF girls!
The coats and the hats were all wanting,
No garment bifurcate was seen,
And some gray-headed old maids were taunt-
ing 4 -.
Us OF it Il thought it was seem.
Another such year would be awful,
For what are fine feathers and clothes,
lffate is to make it Unlawful ="
For girls to be furnished with beaux2
The summer has vanished and faded:
me forests are withered and sere;
NO lover our hearts has invaded,
Ills horrid to wait Il whole year!
-Jocl Benton, in Harper's Magazine.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-13
SULPHUR, Iron, Magnegia, and Lime,

Others are simplyp pure, limpld water. The t,,,O
Is 1tl!iy supplied with tirst-class hotels amuir II
SIS ana appointments. for accommodating bar
Springs. '""S "' my
to me new town lies directly on the line of OK
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-13

The ummor is OYER. The season
Was co d at the seaside, you know;
This weather perhaps was the rehson
That none OF us cdpturtd Il beau. E
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-13
REQUEST 81 William Write. ano{fF

request Of William White, another
brother, who is q waiter in y restau-
rant on Willoughby street. The guilty
man was SO enraged at being taken to
the asylum that he told the whole
story, which is supported by facts. He
evidently considers his crime ct little
Importance, and speaks with utter
disregard of his sister, who declares,
now that she is out Of the power of her
brother, that she has hated him for
years and that she wants to marry the
young man above referred to. OF the
children. only one survives. Edward
died in his second year. Charles is in
an orphan asylum, where he is kept by
the county. Besides the waiter, there
is still another brother, named John,
who resides en- Adams street.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-13

DnMont Avenue, Woonsocket. Dakota.
Highest Cash Price Paid for Fat Cstt,e sna.,,
and Hogs: also for Hides. 'o,,tf
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-13
TOBACCO.

systematic Experiments Needed To Test
Different Localities for Tobacco
Growing.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-13
WASHINGTON HILLS

celebrated for their beautiful scenery. snri,o,
Of pure and medicinal waters, and an II ;t I'm.
phere of singular purity. making it withn,rr
doubt soon to be one of the most popular rk
own site embraces within its limits tie wcn
New-York tribune., 1885-01-20
REPORT OF THE PUBLIC PRINTER.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1o.-lhe PuOilc frlnVer
fdov transmitted 10 Senate his report for the fiscal
wear ended June 80. 1884 The report says that the
prniing by order Of the Senate cost Sl49 against
S64 A64 and the House printing $276.333, against
for the previous year The Record for the hrSt
session of the XLvIIIth Congress comprised 1905
pages II recommended that speeches heid TOT re-
vision be REQUIRED 10 be filed with the Public Printer
within five days after adjournment The system OF CON
troctjnc with the lowest bidder for paper the report
SAYS is rot the hest method of obtaining
snch suppes Experience shows the bids submitted
arc low or than Of production. and throughout
the year there is between the contractor ana
Public Printer as to proper grade and quality 1t Is
advisable thai the Government have higher grade OF
por and il is recommended tha the law be changed so
as to give tie joint Committee on Printing more dscic-
ton.
On the probable OF cholera in this country
and its relation TO his Office. the Public Printer says
am advised that Imported are largely used by
the contractor who supplies paper. The Treasury De
paTiment ISSUED order prohibiting the impOrta
tion of rags from choleranfected countries II there
be dancer in the Oi rags at mills IL WOuiu
seem that the disease might be communicated III the
paler which is daily received at this Office In Wow of
the expected approach OF cholera ana IN The hallr o
$500 people under charge. submit this as proper
question for the eonsidt ration Of Congress
An approprlatOn of 26T5 900 Is asked for the com
inc d>cai y.ar against 81 Ol4 OOO-the estimate for the
current fiscal year This decrease I'm the estimates the
report SAYS due improved press facilities anu I" me
Introduction modern machinery ana TO the apptltoh
of better business principles In the nanAgchth VI tho
the purpose Of granting the employees fifteen days leave
during the
New-York tribune., 1885-01-20
TILE NEWMAN MINORITY.
CoNTENTrNa ITSELF WITH A PROTEST.
TWO or THE TRUSTEES PRESENT THEIR DocU-
MENT AND RErIRE-rHE SUIT TO BE DROPPED.
When six reporters, following each other in


MENT AND RErIRE-rHE SUIT TO BE DROPPED.
When six reporters, following each other in
rapid succosson the bell at the little room back OF
the Madison Avenue Congregational Church last night
the door was opened by Trustee James r..
Breen Of the Newman party, who was
"holdng the fort" all by himself By-and-
by he let tho other trustees in, including all the
Ranney party and Alexander Nlcol Messrs Cooley and
Knapp did not appear SO they stood five to two. Mr.
Barnes wanted the reporters to withdraw lest the public
might hear something that ought to be heard but his
objections were Overruled.
Mr. Nco said that he wanted to read protest
Mr.. Hopkins said walt till the meeting was
called to order and Mr.. Nicoll dove Then he cast
"a side glance at Mr. Breen, pulled big sheet OF paper
out Of his pocket united his blue and white silk muller
and. rising said that he wouldn't wait for the meeting
He would read it then. His protest
was addressed to F. T. Hopkins, Thomas
Edwards T.. M Wilson. f. E. Barnes and @. 2. Palmer
and it signed by Charles b. Brush. Peter Mcqueen
Gibson George G. Baeholler, f. Philbrick. James IL
Seymour, james X. Breen. Alexander Ncol, sheppard
Knapp and Joshua S. Cooley They protested against
the newly elected trustees acting IN that official capacity
because 3O votes cast at the late election had been cDa
enged the voters not having been stated attendants a
church or contributors to its support When he had
done Mr Nlcoll tied sfresh his muier, turned up his
and said:
Not acknowledging you officially trustees, must
retire."
He bowed himself out, followed by Mr. Breen who. as
Good night come and see me " to which there was
no response.
Mr.. Hopkins elected chairman OF the new
board. aud said that he would strive to do
his duty to the best OF his ability. Mr.. Barnes
was elected treasurer. They then resolved to
demand OF clerk of the old Board his books to re-
quest Messrs. Foster Wilson Thomas G; shearman and
Benjamin Wright to inform them OF tho size or their
BILL aud to take further proceedings as counsel IN the
suit OF Hopkins AGAINST seymour and Others 10 reduce
expenses Tor music to reduce pew reDta, for" said
Dir. Palmer" we are going To make church for the
masscs and not for the millionaires."
The charman. T. n Wilson and G. S. Palmer were APP
pointed committee to arrange to avoid u The fore
closure OF the the church premises 10 pay
up all provide temporarily for the floating
debt and the Immediate current expenses, provided IL
could I've done by making short term mortgage for not
more than $4,000.
New-York tribune., 1885-01-20
DIsREGARDINo PUBLIC INTERESTS.

The Democratic majority in the House o-day
again showed It's disregard OF the public interest when
regard for might prevent several OF the very hungry
and very thirsty Democrats from selling their share
of the spos Office. Mr. Hist OF Illinois called up ana
moved to suspend the rules and pass the Senate biI
defining and restricting the jurisdiction OF Consular
Courts; establishing District Courts and supreme
Court for the adjudication of appeal IN emma
and Japan proyidn, for appeals in certain cases irom
the decisions OF consular courts and in general proyd
ing for the exercise OF the jurisdiction confer
red upon the United States in places out OF
their territory and dominion The bill was carefully
prepared in the Department OF state by men who have
given years study of the subect; II has iece yea
the approyn the Scuat Committee on Foreign ffr!a
ons and the House Committee Foreign Analrr III TWO
ConrreSsrs <Sed the senate at the last session ny
vote of nearly three after an eNnaus'od dsfuSo
and the necessity Of its enactment into law Is generally
recognized the short discussion today Mr ltltt a
Chairman Curtin of the Foreign Affairs COMMITTEE both
of whom IRE men of practical experience III the ht'er
which the bill relates gave CoSent ana conclusive
reasons why IL should pass IL was opposed ~ hosft
g. s Cox McAiOO and Holman Mr. Cox Snd tliat ne
"entertained doubt" about the constitutional power
of Congress establish the courts proposed IN 'hiha
and JaIan he frank enough TO disclose the tdi
grouud his opposition when he suggested thd u would
be better 10 await the action OF the next Congress
the appontnent Of Judges and other officers named n the
b No other We ty objection TO the prompt passage
of the bill WAS offered, but Mr. COXs hint sulc.cu
to array a majority of the Democrats against II. The
motion suspend the rules lost 10y vote OIL lfo 10
lO4, less than tw wOthirds in the affirmative.