Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-08
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the land.
DR.. Melcher and Mrs. Allyn of Grow
Lake were in town Monday.
clayton Allard from Vermont is Wis
iting friends at the Springs this week.
Linus Blank was at Crow Lake
last week engaged in plating town
at that place.
Hiram Orr, cousin of E. B. Orr's is
visiting here this week. He is from
Fort Bennett, ID. T.
c. Z. Hackett's brother Of Fayette
Co., Iowa, is looking over Jerauld's
fine landscape this week.
The May party was well attended
last Friday night and a good time is
reported by those present.
At the city election in Woonsocket
this week Hon. I. D. Kanouse was re-
elected Justice Of the Peace. .s.,,,.....
Those who attended church last Sum
day morning We're favored with an ex-
cellent sermon by Prof j. Loughran, A.
NJ of Waukoh, Iowa.
rs Jones waiting On that Miss
Wigg" "Well, hehas been going with
her for several years, and it rather looks
to me as if she was waiting on Jones'"
The well digger IS abroad in the land
in the last few days he has dug wells
for r. s. Vessey; Bert Orr and l.. H.
Tarble the place formerly owned by
Magee).
The next Quarterly meeting of the
NJ. E. Church Of Washington Springs
will be held on Saturday and Sunday,
May 18th and 18th. Elder McCready
Will officiate.
A religious paper east reports a dis
cussion whether hens should be allowed
to lay eggs on Sunday. It was decided
that such products should be put in the
missionary box.
All but three Of the ten officers com.
posing Gen. Grants Mississippi valley
staff are dead. The survivors are Col.
John Riggin, Of st. Louis; Col. Webster
and Gen. Ihrie, Of California.
Prof. Brown, Of sandusky, Ohio; who
was here last week With w. V: Nelson,
of the Woonsocket News, was so well
pleased with our town and surrounding
country than he has returned to give
the surrounding country a more care
full investigation with view to pur-
chasing.
Il. L. Blank was called to Grow Lake
last week to lay out town on Sec. 27-
l06-66-the land belongs to Mr.. Lodge
and Mrs. Allyn. The town as plated
lies on the west bank of Crow Lake and
VIII assert its claims as one Of the best
towns Id the banner county Of the Ter.
ritorys
Where have you been, Frank p
Down at st. Louis" "What were you
doing there?" "I ran a photograph
gallery" did you get anything to do?'
We'll, | shoulc say l did. l pat out 6
sign Babies Taken Here and next
morning'there were four OF them left
on the door step
The Entertainment at the church last
sunday evening by the little folks was
an enjoyable occasion. at the close I:
collection was taken up for the purpose
Of purchasing supplies to enable then
to organize Band of Hope, which they
intend to do at Spring Valley schoo
house tomorrow, Saturday.
J. w. Hill, of Dane county, WIS, is
visiting with his brother, G. w. Hill
lie has been troubled for the last TWEEN
ty years with nervous disease, afte,
he had been here one week he reports
himself better than he had been before
tor years. He is SO well pleased with
the country and the climate that he
will make his home with us.
We have received a circular from w
IL. Lyon, Sioux Falls, who asks for ou,
opinion in regard to his argument
lor abolishing the Legislature and put
ing a council of five in power instead
We are glad he names it an argument
as we were unable to christen it. II
our opinion it it is an argument" it !:
too thin for our feeble minds to grasl
and we conslgn it with all other sucf
ancient literature to the waste basket
There will be 1 Band of Hope organ
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