davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-02

A Woman in II Cincinnati Suburb Kills
One Son. Nearly Kills Another, and Then
Commit Suicides

A Woman in Il Cincinnati Suburb Kills
One Son. Nearly Kills Another, and Then
Commits Suicides
CINCINNATI, Maxch ia short time ago
Esquire Bohrman, OF Avondale, a suburb
OF Cincinnati, lost a suit involving $500.
This so prayed upon the mind of his wife
that it is supposed she became %derange,l.
Yesterday morning Mr.. Bohrman heard a
noise in his wife's bedroom, in which his
sons also slept, and attempted to enter,
but found the door locked. Every thing
becoming still, he did not at once force an
entrance, but when he did get into the
room he found his wife dead, with her
throat cut with a razor, his son Albert,
fourteen years old, also dead with his
throat cut, and another son, Arthur, ne-
verely, if not fatally wounded by blow on.
the head with a hammer. Arthur was able
to say that his mother came to him some
time in the night and told him to go to
sleep; that he did fall asleep and was awak-
ened by Il blow on his head. He ran to the
door and found it locked. He tried to re-
move the lock, but she struck him again.
Then he heard his father at the door, but
could not give an alarm, and then his
mother killed herself.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-02
DEATH OF A JEROME

Miss Abigail Bates, Who with Her Sister
Saved u Town From Destruction by the
British, Expires at S%cituate.
BosroN, March 19.-Miss Abigail Bates.
so we'll known as one OF the two heroines
who frightened away the British during
the war of 1912 by sounding the fife and
drum, died in Scituate Wednesday, aged
eighty-nine. Her sister and companion
in the "army of two," Rebecca Bates,
died December ID. 1881. They were daugh-
tiers OF the lighthouse keeper at Scituate
during the war OF 1912. At one time they
we're left entirely without guards, ever their
father being away, and at this crisis a
British man-of-war suddenly made. it's APP.
p%earance. AS the crew made prepare
tions to land, the girls, then
aged respectively nineteen and fifteen,
were greatly alarmed, but Selling a drum
and fife, they went into q grove of trees,
making all the noise they could. The Brit.
ish. evidently fearing the presence of a large
American force, did not land, but soon
sailed away. This clever ruse on the part
Of the two girls probably saved the town
and two c~ar,oes OF flour then lying within
the harbor.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-02
HELD o Der

Alderman Jaehne, of the New York Couns
Gil, Arrested on Il Serious Charge-He Con-
fesses to Having Sold His Vote on the
broadway Surface Franchise for 100000.
New York, March 19.-1Ienry w .Jaehpe,
member OF the City Council, was arrested
yesterday on u warrant sworn out by IBIS
trict-Attorney MARITIME charging Jaenne
with having asked and received money
brides for his vote in favor Of the Broad
way franchise steal. Jaehne was arrested
shortly before noon by two police
detectives, whisked off to Inspector
Byrnes at the police headquar-
ters, and there held a prisoner until one
o'clock, when he was taken before Judge
Gildersleevc. Hewaived examination and
was released on $4,000 bond. Jaehne's
arrest caused u great sensation in lnunic-
ipnl circles, and at first il
was rumored that he had been in
diQcd and arrested as @ fence"
and partner OF the burglars who
robbed Mrs. Hamilton's house OF silver
ware. But the truth soon became known
that Jaehne had confessed every thing to
Inspector Byrnes, and that the district at
torncy had procured an indictment and
caused the warrant TO issue on MS con-
fession. Inspector Byrnes last night told
a dramatic story about the arrest and
confession OF Jaehne.
Jaehne admitted to the inspector several
times that he had received $50, 900 for his
vote on the Broadway franchise, and gave
names OF other aldermen who had
received like amounts. Jaehne also
declared that he had received pay for
every railroad franchise he had favored
since he first became an alderman, and he
favored them all. Beginning May IL, 1884,
and ending at his last appearance in the
board, Jaehne voted in favor OF twenty
three street-railroad franchises and re-
ceived from $4,000 to $4,000 for eacl
vote.
The greatest CONSERVATION has been
spread among men who were railroad
aldermen" i'll 1884, last year, and so far
this year. and the fear Of coming trouble
has spread to the officials of all the rail
roads receiving franchises during this time.
The feeling among prominent mon of this
city is that the greatest mess OF municipal
corruption in history is about to be un-
covered in New York, and that the Tweed
ring robberies fade into insignlficance COM
pared to it.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-02
PiTH AND POINT,

1T is now ascertained that the tovo.
Of Babel was only a weak imitation -.
The modern bonnet. -Chicago Journal
-"Time makes all things even," s,;d
an old maid who had lived odd till sha
was forty-tive and then married.-Ni.
cago Herald.
A Nashville girl has cloped with an
editor. Some women are powerful any
ious to organize a private poor-houss
Now is the time to subscribe.-Psck,.
San.
Learned men tell us that in Latin
the word editor means ''to eat" In
United States it means to scratch around
like blazcs to get something to eat
DansriWe Breeze.
The men who are running a paper
in States prison will be saved the bother
of applications for places as editorial
writer's by green college graduates
MilWaukee Journal
Country bride Cooking over bill o.
f%are)--John, what's ''Patty de fee grasp.
Groom-'Sh! Don't talk so loud, or peo-
pie III think we're Ignorant. 1t must be
French for celery.-M. Y. San.
An Ohio young mar has been sound
asleep for three consecutive weeks. His
father emphatically declares that not
another copy of London comic weekly
shall come into the house.-Drake's
1raueler's Magazine.
Mrs. Lighthead-Of course, DR..
Scripture, we were very sorry to have to
give up our pew in your church, but it
cost us so much for the children's dane
ing lessons that we had to give up some
thing.-PMsburgh Post.
An Eastern firm very generously
sends us an order for advertising to be
paid for in seeds. We thank you, gen.
tlemen, we are about as seedy nov as
we can be and get around town. If YOU
have any patent adjustable pants patches,
warranted to match all patterns, you
can send them right along with your
electroplate. st. Paul Herald.
look here, now! Don't you know
there's an order requiring every car
riage to have q lantern at night?' said
the policeman to the Hibcrnian hack
driver. can sure, sir" was tho reply,
"what made have I for a lantern at all,
at alp Can yc not see for yurself, sir,
that my horse is Observation-Disclosures
Call.
Fond Boston mother (to daughter)
-"Jennie, did you kiss young Gaskins
again tonight" Daughter-'tYes.
mamma, he's just lost an uncle in San
Francisco, and l was so sorry for him.
Fond Boston mother-''Well, Jennie,
let this be the last. I'm afraid if you
keep on encouraging him with your
sympathy he won't have q relative left
in the wide, wide world."-TId Bits.
did you enjoy yourself at the re-
ception?" asked Miss Fussanfeather Of
young Crimsonbeak. when they had re-
turnel from Il social gathering in the
ne ghborhood. ooh, very much" was
the reply. (Which do you think were
the pretticst features Of the EVENING""
ooh, yours, by all means" was the re-
spouse, which made the lady blush to the
end of her bonnet strings.-Yoake7s
Statesman.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-02
The Harlnonists.

PITTSBURGH. Pa, March 1s.-An argu-
ment in a very interesting case was held
before Register Bricker, OF Beaver County,
yesterday on u caveat filed by the attor-
neys OF the Harmonist Society, OF Econo-
my. against the issuing of letters OF ad-
ministration to Charles Meyer, of
Philadelphia, on the estate OF George Rapp,
deceased. Rapp was the founder OF the So
ciety. Since his death. claimants to the
number of one hundred and fivein Wurtem-
berg, Germany, have arisen as heirs to his
estate, which has already been admins
tered upon. The attorneys for the Har-
monists claim that the affairs have all been
properly settled under the laws of their
association. The register heard the argu-
ment and reserved his decision. Should he
refuse to grant letters OF administration to
Meyer. the case will be brought into the
courts. The property involved in the case
is estimated at SIT, 600, 600.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-02
A NEW NOSE.
How Mr.. Shechan Was Provided With .
Brand New ProbOscis.

Tai We" 1IOJOSClSs
John Sheehan had a new nose put on
him Sunday. Sheehan has peer rather
well-known about town on account of
the Disagreement of his face by the loss
of his nose, which was eaten off by
smallpox twelve years ago. He really
had no nose at all, nothing but a flat
liberated place on his face. The bones
were there, but the septum and carti-
lage were gone. There were two OPEN
ings in his face for nostrils. When Mr..
Sheehan had cold in the head, which
frequently occurred, his face presented
any thing but an attractive appearance.
Sheehan, after struggling twelve
years against the disadvantages Incl
dent to his condition, voluntarily sub
mitted himself, at the Providence Hos
pital, to the operation of building up
a new nose. What is known as the In
dian operation was performed by DR..
Hamilton, Surgeon-General of the. Ma
rine Hospital Service, who was as
sisted by Drs. Hartigan and Hick-
ling. The operation consisted of
taking a flap from the forehead, twist
ing it around and forming a O of il.
A triangular section. with n point Of
the triangle between the eyes, was cut.
in the forehead. The skin and flesh
were cut down to the bone, the flap be-
ing left attached to the flesh between
the eyes. The flap was twisted around
until it hung over the proposed site of
the new nose. The skin about the old
nose was then cut, and the flaw was
sewcd in. A septum was made, and all
together the nose, when completed,
looked very we'll. When a Star reporter
called at the hospital, Mr.. Sheehan's
face was swathed in bandages. His,
hands were secured in a muller, so that
he could not, in his sleep, scratch his
new nose off before nature had secured
it in its place. The new nose will be
Of the Grecian type, and the
think Mr.. Sheehan will be able to blow
it and use it for all the purposes that
noses are used for.
n is the first operation of the kind
performed in this city, one of the physi-
clans said to a Star reporter, for prob
ably twenty-five years. 1t is, however,
one OF the earliest operations known to
surgery. In the middle ages, when noses
were more frequently knocked off than
now the surgeon was often called upon
to repair the damaged face of some I'M
fortunate knight, and so such operations
were common. The old Italian method
was to make a graft from the skin and
nesh OF 3 mans arm to his nose. The
nap was left hanging partly to the arm,
50 as to keep up a circulation in the en-
grated flesh while natur was making
the union. The mans arm was there
tore bound to his head so he could not
move it. The French method was to
make two flaps from the check, one on
each side: The operation in Sheehan's
ease is called the Indian operation, be-
cause the man who submits to it is par
TALLY scalpcd.- Washington star.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-02

heads, being careful to place it SO that it
will fit the body. Continue in this way,
pasting the heads upon the upper, and the
bodies on the lower,lpart OF the page, until
the space allowed for the women is filled
up; then, commencing at the page left in
figure OF a man, and continue in the same
as with the women, until the spaces
are all used and the book is complete.
The combinations formed in this way are
very funny. Old heads with young bodies;
young heads with old bodies; then one
head with a great variety OF bodies, md
SO on.
The first picture may represent a man
tall and thin, dressed in a rowing costume,
as shown in illustration. Turn the lower
part of the next page, and no longer is
he thin inc tall, but short and stout, the
position OF this body giving the expression
OF amazcment, even to the face. The next
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-02

page turned shows him to be neither tai!
nor short, thick nor thin, but a soldier,
well-proportioned, who is looking over his
shoulder in the most natural manner pos
sible.
The figures in the Illustration were cut
from advertising-cards, and the head be-
longs to none OF the bodies.
A curious TACT in arranging the pictures
in this way, is that the heads all look as
though they might really belong to any of
the various bodies given them.
Instead of having but one figure on a
page, groups may be formed OF both nea
and women, and in the different arrange
ment OF the figures, they can be made very
ludicrous indeed.
This scrap-book, where enepicture trans-
forms itself many times, far exceeds the or
binary one, where the picture once pasted
in remains ever the same in it's powers OF
entertainments. In the drawing-room as
well as the nursery, by the old as we'll as
the young, the Transformation Scrap-Book
will be found amusing.-Youth's Conspau-
ion.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-02
st. I'atrick's Day.

CHICAGO, March 1s.-The Irish spent no
money yesterday for a st. Patrick's day
parade, but by a concert and ball in the
evening, at the First Cavalry armory,
raised $4,000 the Parnell fund. Thcd a
was observed throughout the United
States. In New York there was u monster
parade, headed by tie sixty-ninth regi-
ment. Ten thousand men were in line in
BROOKLYN, and an equal number turned
out in Baltimore. There was no geuyral
observance in Washington. Erie, Pa, en-.
joyed Il huge banquet, and there was a
parade and banquet in zach of the cities of
Pittsburgh. st. Louis, Kansas City and
nenyee
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-02
Ancient Statues Recovered.
The Greek Minister at the Court y,

The Greek Minister at the Court of st.
James has receiv ed dispatch from the
Minister of Public Instruction at Athens
81 which the following is a translation:
"Ihis afternoon, in the excavations At
he Acropolis, near the Erectheum, We
discovered three statues of M in
m excellent state of preservation. hall
IS large again as life, with large heads
Ind completely colored. They bclono
70 the period before Phidias, are deli,
lately finished, and are of an Archaic
art, admirably preserved. They were
.ying huddlcd together at q depth Of
three meters. They are of the utmost
Importance IN connection with the his
DRY Of ar," "~~London Truh. '
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-02
A Ray of Hope.

New ORLEANS, March 1S.-The strike ON
thisc end Of the Texas Pacific railroad vir-
tually ended last evening and trains are
now running out as usual. A committee
OF the Knights OF Labor waited on Receiver
Sheldon yesterday, and had. a conference
in which both sides agreed that the case of
Hall. the company's employee at Mar
shall, Tex, whose discharge caused
the strike. should be submit.
ted to the United States court for arbi-
eration 1t is believed Hall will submit TO
the decision OF the court and that the
trouble is to be thus ended finally.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-02

piece cut out near the binding allows the
pages to be turned without catching or
tearing.
Leave the first page uncut; also one in
the middle of the book.
The next thing to be done is t o'cut from
picture-cards, or old toy-books which have
colored illustrations, the odd and funny
figures OF men and women, boys and girls,
selecting those which will give a variety OF
attitudes and costumes.
Paste IL figure Of Il woman or girl on
the first page, placing it SO that when the
lower part, OF the next page is turned, the
upper edge OF it will come across the neck
OF the figure where it is joined on to the
shoulders.
Cut the heads from the rest of the pict-
ured women, and choosing a body as differ
ent as possible from the one just used,
pasteitupon the lower part ofthe next page,
directly under the head belonging to the
first body. Upon the upper part OF the
same page paste any one OF the other
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-02

The report of the House committee
o our navy shows that notwithstand-
ing the fact that liberal appropriations
'hayc been made year after year, it has
been growing weaker and weaker all
the time, and now has only one first
GLASS vessel. With only twice this OK
pensc England has the finest navy that
ver rode the seas. equal to ten or a
dozen such Mavies as ours.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-02
His Was = Different Case.

Mr.. Flepper, Of the North side was con.
planning yesterday to his grocer of the poor
character OF the tactical fluid his milkman
old him, and the latter advisedh him to get
a ~lactometer.
GA lactorneter! What's that" he asked,
can instrument which determinesif there
10 any water in the milk"
"Well, the lactometer wouldn't do me
any good"
"Why?"
"What / want to determine is whether
there is any milk in the water he sells mc,'
Chicago News.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-02
Killed His MOther-in-Law.

ST. LOUIS, March 19,-Yesterday after.
noon Nichols Emil, a ~brushmaker, whose
wife died about three weeks ago. went to
the residence OF his mother-in-law, Mrs
Lenie schmitt, for the purpose of obtain
ing the effects belonging to hiu wife. A
quarrel ensued and Emil shot the
old lady, killing her Instantly. He then
returned to his own residence on Kosci1s.
ko street and cut his throat. A doctor
was se1rt tor and dressed the wound. Soon
afterward Emil obtained a knife and AGAIN
hacked his throat, cutting open the first
wound. The doctor was once more scnt
Tor. but he says Emil can not possibly live,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-02

E Nacional, of the City Of Mexico, is
quite sure that there is a dark con-
spiracy afoot in this country, first to
Amcricanize and then swallow up Mex
ico. The knowledge of this fact, it says,
<'has caused the gravest fear of Amer
lean competition even in European
markets. and there is already talk of a
European customs union, to get protcc-
ton against American invasion, of
which European producers arc seriously
afraid"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-02
A NEW
A Transformation Scrap-Book. and How
to Make 1t.

"a SCThp.DOOhH ouu
to Make 1t.
The question OF how to amuse the chill
dren is being continually answered, in mi
way and another, by new inventions in
toys and games. Yet the ready-made play
things are not nearly so satisfying to our
girls and boys as those they may employ
their taste and ingenuity upon, in manu-
featuring themselves. We therefore intro.
ducc the Transformation Scrap-Book to
our young readers as something any child
can make, as an exceedingly amusing
picture-book, and on account OF the va
rious and ~ever-changing pictures it pre-
sents, a toy not soon tired OF.
A blank book is the first article required;
one eight inches long by six and q half or
seven wide is a good size.
Cut the pages OF this book across, one
third OF the way down. Fig. 1 shows how
this should be done; the three-cornered
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-02

AT a Lynn church the other Sunday
only the clergyman and the sexton APP
spcarcd, on account Of the severe
weather. The sexton was complaining
at the lack of attendance. when the
Clergyman remarked: ssYou and l are
the only salaricd men in the church,
and s~crc il not for that fact probably
we should not have ventured out"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-02
Tho Conquest of oniontown.

Bagley- hear that the Nonpareil Nam.
moth Diamond Band gave a concert at
Oniontown last week.
Prof. Blowhard-Yes, l tool the bows
out for u trip.
"Was it a success?"
81 should say it was. At first 1 thought
the people wouldn't allow us to escape
with our lives, but we finally got away
with only the loss OF the bass drum and
second tronbone."-PhiLa dclpAia Call.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-02

A NEW style of collecting bad debts
has bcen invented. A m~ansnaunts the
debtor in public places, and on his hat
is printed, in bold and conspicuous let
tiers. collector of Bad Debts" Tho
plan works oil right in Elmira, N. Y,
where IL was first tried.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-02

BANGS are going out of style in New
York society. They now scrapc tic
iAair right UP from the forehead and try
TO look like the pictures of Nine. POM
paaour. Bangs arc SO out of fashion in
tho East that onc wearing them looks
tea years older than without. Awickcd
.editvr says that ga oma with banged
hair looks like a fe~ncc-jumping COW,
with q board tied across her horns"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-02

The cholera is gaining Roadway in
Spain. ondhas appeared at several points
in Europe which arc in direct commune
cation with the United States. 1t is
again necessary to usc.thc greatest pre-
caution to prevent its arrival is this
country.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-02

: WRECKS have been unusually numcr-
Gus On the coast Of the United States.
The pilot chart of the North Atlantic,
issued by the photographic Office for
March, shows no less than tw~enty-cight
water4oggcd wrecks floating between
Key West aud Cape Sable. while UNI
known numbers of them have gono
down.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-02

"A New Jersey jury at Camden re-
ent!y decided in favor of the complain
n IN a suit for damages brought by q
passenger against the Atlantic Railroad
company tor injuries received Willie
e'alas VI q pass.--N. I. Tribune.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-02
A Thoughtful Father.

Mrs. C~oldcash-I was down to the bank
this morning, but did not see any thing OF
your husband at the cashiers desk.
Mrs. Younghusband-No, he was OBLIGED
to leavef for Montreal hurriedly yesterday,
md left word that he had gone to study
the construction OF toboggan slides. Dear
George is thinking of the children's pleas.
uEs always.-1he Rambler.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-02

THE Princess Helena. of Ypsili and
her husband have spent $25, ood:;ooo in
ten years. AS Ypsili is a small Island
Of Greece. two miles long. with no stock
exchange, it is a puzzle to account for
this expenditure.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-02

BRAZIL sends to the New Orleans Ex-
position a fully equipped war ship, one
of the samples of the products of that
country. Probably. owing to the de-
plcted condition of our navy, Dom
Pedro imagincs that a man-of-war will
be a curiosity to the citizens of tho
United States.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-02

HAVANA promises to become q rival
of Canada as a resort for American
bank cashiers and fugitive m%iilionaires.
The decision that cx-Shcrif Davidson
can not be extradited from the land of
the fragrant weed should make the Is
land Of Cuba far preferable as a resort
to the icy realms of the Canadian Do
miuion.