Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-10-29

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gram from Dr.. Salmon, Chief of the
Bureau of Animal Industry, in which he
states that the investigations OF the past
week show that pleuro- pneumonia is widely
scattered among the cattle of Chicago. He
is pcrfecting arrangements to secure the
quarantine of exposed animals and
slaughter of discussed ones. In this work
he has the hearty CO. operation of the State
quarantine notice has been issued in which
the penalties provided by national law are
set forth.
The President has appointed Col. O. B.
Wilcox, Of the Twelfth Infantry, to be
Brigadier- General, vice Gen. j. H. Potter,
retired. Gen. Wilcox has been ordered TO
Fort Leavenworth to assume command of
the Department of the Missouri.
THE President has appointed Col james
G. Duane to be Chief of Engineer of the
United States Army with the rank Of Briga-
der General, vice Gen. Newton, resigned.
Gen. Duane is now on duty in New York as
Engineer Of the Third Lighthouse District.
THE Relief Committee at Charleston has
received 1890 applications for money to
aid in repairing houses damaged by the
earthquakes, which represents more than
fifty per cent of the total numb,r of houses
in the city. The committee has approved
Sal applications and are disposins of the
rest ut the rate of sixty day.
AN Ell Paso special reports the assassina-
ton of ex- President Gonzales in an inter-
ior town in Mexico. No particulars are
given.
HENRIETTA HILL and Samuel Goldsby
quarreled in a restaurant at Palatla, Fla.
Drawing penknife, the woman inflicted a
mortal wound just above the mans heart,
and also stabbed him in the wrist. She
was lodged in Jail. While physician, po-
lceman and others were dressing his
wounds, in an endeavor to mako his death
as comfortable as possible, Goldsby turned
on them and fought savnsely, being half
crazed by liquor, which was at tie bottom
of the trouble. Hc will die.
ROBERT BARTLETT, a miner, was shot
and killed by Joseph E. Rosey, saloon
keeper at the Sand Greek Mines, in Park
County, Indiana. Rosey left the locality
as soon as the deed was done, and has not
yet been heard from. The cause of the
murder grew out of drunken quarrel.
The examination Of George Fielding, at
{1n r1,o Of Ia
ment and failure to turn over as bailee the
sum of about $4,000 in gold, bank bills
and bonds, belonging to the estate Of the
late Esquire William Leavitt, resulted in
the defendants being held to the next
Grand Jury, in bonds OF $4,000 During
the examination Fielling's wife WIS impli-
Gated in the alleged robbery, and is to be
arrested.
| The town Of Sabine Pass, La, was to-
tally destroy ed by tile overflow of the Sa-
bine River. There are known to be sew
enty-fve lives lost. During the overflow
hotel with fifteen or twenty people in it
was swept out into the bay, and every one
of the inmates drowned
| WILLIE PETTIGREw, young lad about
Il years old, living near Drquoin, ILL.,,
while cutting on a limb of tree for a
squirrel, lost his footing and fell to the
ground, distance of twenty feet. He was
severely cut by the AK he was using besides
sustaining fracture Of the collar bone and
several severe bruises. The injuries are
such that his life is dispaired of.