Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-30
PERSONAL AND PoLIrIcAL.

GENERAL HAzEN, Chief Signal Officer,
arrived in Washington on the 9TH from an
extended tour in Europe.
THE Ottoman Legation at Washington
denied on the 9TH that there was any
foundation for the report that the Sultan
was becoming demented.
DR.. THOMAS G. DURANT, one of the pro-
%jectors of the Union Pacific Railroad, and
President of the Adirondack Railroad,
died on the 9th at North Creek, N. Y,
after a brief illness. He had over 81, O00,-
600 invested in Adirondack hotels.
THE nominations of over one thousand
postmasters will come before the United
States Senate at it's next session.
A. H. BoDMAN, an old and well-known
journalist of Chicago, and for many years
editorially connected with the A. N. kel-
logg Newspaper Company, died recently
after an illness of less than three weeks
duration. He was fifty nine years of age.
The trial of Ferd Ward, the ex-banker,
will begin at New York October 10.
JUDGE THEODORE r. W%EsTBRooK, of
the New York Supreme Court, was found
dead in bed at a Troy hotel on the morn
ing OF the 9th. Heart-disease was the
cause. He was sixty three years Of age.
EX-GOVERNOR TALBOT, of Massachu-
sets, died on the 9th at Lowell, aged sixty
seven years. y
Hiss MARY ANDERSON, the actress,
reached New York on the 9th from En-.
gland.
The Michigan Supreme Court has de-
clared the new Election law of that State
unconstitutional.
Ey.(ynCEDEnD 1ANErc 4 1--we rcY ~
Connecticut, was married in New York on
He is seventy-three and she a bright
brunette of about thirty.
SUBSCRIPTIONS to the Grant Monument
fund were opened on the Eth at San Fran.
cisco. Senator Leland Stanford headed
the list with 5000.
The President on'the eth appointed ia
bez L. NJ. Curry, of Virginia, Minister to
Spain.
THE Democrats of the Fifth Illinois Dis
trict on the eth nominated Richard Bishop,
of McHenry County, for Congressman.
The American Free Trade League an
nounces u National Conference to be held
in Chicago November II and 12 next.
CAPTAIN THOMAS H. RooTEs, for thirty
years an officer in the United States navy,
dice on the 7th at Bowling Green, Mo.
The Massachusetts, State Democratic
Convention met at Worcester on the eth
and nominated Frederick o. Prince, of
Boston, for Governor, and a full State
ticket. The platform congratulates the
country upon the election of a Democrat.S
President; expresses confidence that Mr..
Cleveland's policy will establish the civil
service on q .'broad basis of justice and
equality" and demands better State laws
for the protection of the laboring classes.
The first double conviction under the
Edmunds law occurred at Salt Lake City
on the Sth, w. d. Neusom being found
guilty of polygamy and illegal cohabita-
ton.
JUDGE DUPEE ruled at Newark, N. j., on
the Ssh that hotel-keepers are not obliged
to admit colored persons to the common
dining-room.
AT the semi-annual conference of the
Mormon Church, held in Logan, Utah, on
the Sth, the members declared their belief
in the rightfulness of polygamy, and said
they would not stop the practice.
THREE men were fined in Philadelphia a
few days ago for swearing on the streets.
JUDGE FORAKER, Republican candidate
for Governor of Ohio, and Governor Hoad-
ly, the Democratic nominee, engaged in a
joint discussion of political matters at
Toledo on the evening of the Sth.
SECRETARY MANNING has written a let.
ter declaring hat he shall vote for Gov
ernor Hill and the entire Democratic State
ticket of New York, and giving the assur-
ance that President Cleveland will do like.
wise.
JOHN G. WHITTIER writes to the Boston
Adrertiser: 81 have received many let
tiers from various parts of the country
asking information in regard to a project
ed settlement in North Carolina by Clark
Whittier, who the writer's seem to think is
a brother of mine. I have no brother liv.
ing, and l know nothing whatever of the
settlement or its founder"
The death of Cardinal McCloskey took