Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-09

Neb., on the night of the 10th, after which
their personal effects were stolen.
THE Cincinnati Price Current of the 18th
placed the icorn crop of the country this
year at $3.50, oao, 900 bushels, 1915, G00,0 900 in
excess of last years yield.
The annual statement of the Northern
Pacific Railroad, made on the 18th, shows
u decrease in earnings of over 81, 000, 900 as
compared with last year.
ARTICLES were signed on the 18th
for a double-scull race between Hanlan
and Lee against Courtney and Conley, for
81 200 a side. The contest will be decided
ut Troy, N. Y, October 10.
CHARLES LoFL1N, n prominent Cana
dian, and two companions, while hunting
buffalo recently on the Missouri River 500
miles northwest of Bismarck, d. T., We're
killed in a stampede. A terrible wind
storm caused n herd Of about 200 buffalo
to change their course and charge down
upon their pursuers.
THE sale of the one hundred thousandth
hogshead of tobacco at Louisville on the
18th was celebrated in that city by a pro-
cessior over eight miles long, representing
all the important commercial and indus
trial interests of the community.
PRAIRIE fires were raging on the 18th
near the towns of Steele and Buffalo, In
Dakota A number of barns and u large
amount Of grain had been destroyed, and
a woman lost her life by inhaling the
flames.
IA. HAIGHT, of Barnum's show, said at
Buffalo, N. Y, on the 18th that Jumbo was
killed while trying to save Tom Thumb
from impending death. AS Jumbo saw
the train he made a rush for his protege,
and, grasping him in his trunk, threw him
way across the tracks as if he had been a
kitten. Jumbo then tried to get out Of the
way himself, but it was too late, and he
was crushed between the engine and the
cars.
ADvIcEs of the 18th state that hostile
Indians had committed five murders in
the Mogollon Mountains, New Mexico,
during the past few days.
JOHN SHARP, a Bishop of the Mormon
Church and q director of the Union Pacific
Railroad, was fined $500 at Salt Lake City
on the 18th for illegal cohabitation.
TIE barge Orient was wrecked on the
18th near Galveston, Tex, and the crew of
five men were lost.
Miss Z SALLIE aMcDoNALD, of Boyle
County, Ky, claimed on the 18th to have
been cured OF an obstinate spinal COM
plant through the iprayer and tlaying IN
of hands of a Cincinnati parson.
NICHOLAS SNowDEN (colored), confined
in Jail at Ellicott City, Nd, on a charge
Of assaulting a child, was taken out the
other night and hanged by men of his own
race.
ADAM BARTENDER, ex-President of the
County Savings Bank at Erie, Pa, was
on the 18th sentenced to two years. i'm
%prisonment, the extreme penalty of the
law, for fraud M conspiracy. The de-
PENDANT is siAty-two years old.
The extensive mandatory of the
Smith American Organ Company, at Bos-
ton, was destroyed by fire on the 18th, en-
failing a loss Of 100000
PRAIRIE fires ~were%raging fiercely on the
18th near Ayr, d. 7. Fifty farmers had
been burned out, and many others were in
danger.
THE Government Directors of the Union
Pacific Road, after investigation, reported
on the 18th that the condition of affairs at
Rock Spring, Wy. T., the scene of the re-
cent massacre of Chinese, was such as to
je%opardize the Governments interests,
and suggested prompt interfereree ny the
military. The Chinese Consuls, who also
investigated, stated that twenty-five
Cinnamon had been killed, and that not n
single American-born citizen participated
in the rioting.
REPORTS on the 18th to .Brudstreet's
showed that the recently recorded i'm
provement i'll trade circles was fully MAIN
tanned.
TIE man who robbed the Atticn IN. w
Bank q few days ago was on the 18th SEN
fenced to thirty years. imprisonment. He
is twenty-one years old.
MIAMI UNIVERSITY, at Oxford, o., which
had been closed for twelve years, was re.
opened on the 18th.
The tobacco crop in Virginiasand North
Carolina was on the 18th said to be a fail
ure, a drought Of long duration having
"Sred" the plant badly.
A GASOLINE explosion on the 18th at
Mount Hope, Kan, destroyed the post
office and several other business buildings.
In the United States and Canada there
were lGG business failures during tho seven
days ended OH the 18th, against 2O4
the previous seven days. The distribute
ton was as follows: Middle States, 81;
New England States, "a; Western, so;
Southern, 20; Pacific States and Terrific
ries. 10; Canada. Is.