Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-11-05
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

THE Attorney General has given an
opinion in regard to the construction OF
section OF the oleomargariue act. which
in effect is that oils or other ingredients
used in the manufacture of oleomargarine
| are not subject to Il TAX unless made i'll i'm
itaion or scmblancc Of butter.
IT is reported from Washington that
Minister Cox, in recent interview with
Secretary Bayard, indicated desire to be
relieved of his duties MS United States Min
lister to Turkey. He was informed that he
would not be required to return to Turkey
as charge d'affairs.
Mrs. JAMES ROBINSON met with hor-
rible death at her home in Chillicothe,
Ohio. Mrs. Robinson was n very aged
lady, and w;ls in the habit of smoking.
After enjoying her usual afternoon smoke,
she put the pipe i'll the pocket of her dress
and took Il nap i'll Il chair. The coal in the
pipe fell out and ignited some paper i'll her
pocket, and soon all her clothes We're III
flames. Before assistance could arrive she
DiiIutu W ut'ltE.
HOMER HUGHES, lrayman, and Thos.
Denn"y, the driver of a wheeled scraper in
the Chicago. Milwaukee and st. Paul Rail-
way grading works in Chillcothe, Mo-,
were fatally injured in runaway accident.
Hughes was thrown from his wagon and
| his spine injured so that he cannot live.
Denney was crushed under the monster
iron scraper. nearly every bone i'll his body
being broken. He also suffered several Sc
we're cuts, one almost severing the head
nom the body.
THos. AUSTIN. of Kansas City, a tramp,
fell under Il freight car on the Chicago and
| Atlantic Road, u few miles east of Hun
tington, Ind, and had both legs cut Off,
AMI was otherwise mangled. He and two
| partners had been Ell acteI from the train,
ana Austin attempted to crawl back OH
again.
TIE issue OF standard silver dollars from
| the mints during the week ended Oct. IL
WAS SSGl, 9o4; same week last year. 81,
ns9 80. The shipments of fractional sill
yer coin since Oct. amount to S5oS.l39
| A WRECK occurred on the Ashevillc and
Spa-tansburs Railroad four miles out OF
| Asheville. While Il train was ascending an
eighty foot grade at Robertsville the tract;
| spread, and the express and smoking cars
were derailcd. Some OF the unfortunate
passengers i'll The smoking car sustained in
juries supposed to be fatal. Physicians
We're summoned and all the relief possible
was given to the wounded.
! A BOILER in d. Davis mill. Mt Citlonele
Ala, exploded, killing white man, VIM.
Bailey, aud !, negro, JAS. Roberts, and
wounding two men AMI boys. The cause
was lack of water.
TIE will of the late Samuel J. Tiller
was admitted to probate in the surrogate
court at White Plains, n. y, without op-
position.
THE Minister of the Interior of Saxony
has issued orders relative to procedure
against cmigrants returning from America
liable TO military service in SaXony and
claiming to have been naturalizcd in the
United States. If there is no special lea-
on to suspect that such persons emigrateG
for The purpose Of cvading service, they
VIII be permitted TO take up residence in
Saxony tor limited period. Any such
person who gives trouble or boasts of his
exceptional position, or who there is rea-
son TO believe emgrated to evade the law,
will be expelled from Germany immedi-
ately.i