Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-06-04

HEAVY rains in North Carolina had on
the Goth caused great damage to railroads
and farming lands i'll the western part of
the State.
ALL the iron furnaces in the Sharon
(Pa.) district, some of which had been
idle for a year, nave resumed work.
ouIs WILLETT was hanged on the Goth
at Kingston, N. Y, for the murder of
Edwin Kelland.
THE machine men in the eighteen plan
ing-mills at st. Louis struck on the Goth for
eight hours and an increase in wages.
SEVEN Mormon missionaries from Utah,
who were holding meetings near Fayette
City, Pa, were stoned by citizens on the
Goth, and fed for their lives.
CHARGES were made at Sedalia, No, on
the Goth of crookedness in disbursing ME
relief funds sent to the recent strikers, and
a mob threatened vengeance on Martin
Irons, who left the city to escape their
fury.
On the 21st a passenger train collided ut
Springer, N. NJ, killing three stockmen
and fatally injuring several other persons.
JAMES REYNOLDS was hanged on the 2lst
at Sidney, Neb., for the murder of James
Ralston and son; Lee Barnes was executed
at Dover, Ark, for killing Charles Hol-
AAeau, III 4Oulo IAlAEIdSo t%elOACoJ was
hanged at He~ndersonville, NC, for murder
ing Matte Henderson.
HI Apaches killed four Mexicans on
a ranch near the Mexican line on the 21st
and fatally wounded a boy. The leading
citizens of Tombstone had sent a petition
to the United States Government setting
forth the condition of affairs in that vi
cinity.
ANTON PALMS, the leader of the Anar-
chists in Milwaukee, was arrested on the
21st for melting the recent riots in that
city. Under the floor of Palms house was
found a large quantity of ammunition,
rifles and other arms.
ASDREw j. WIGe1N, aged thirty, while
walking with his wife in Springfield.
Mass, on the 21st, suddenly drew q pistol
and shot her, and then killed himself.
Domestic trouble was the cause.
AN oil we'll flowing three undred bar
rels per day was developed at Cannons-
burg, o., on the 21st.
The business failures occurring through
out the country during the sever days end
ed on the 2lst numbered for the United
States 147 and for Canada 20, against 176
the previous seven days. The total num-
Der of failures in the United States from
january to date was 4 ,466, against 5,191 in
u ike pOfClOn or 1853.
A BOAT containing Sam johnson, his
wife and daughter, W. Hall and two ne
groes, struck a rock near Knoxville, Tenn,
on the 2lst and sunk. johnson escaped, but
the others were drowned.
ADvIcEs of the 21st to Bradstreet's from
various leading business centers indicated
a general improvement in the business sit
u%ation, mainly due to the settlement of
labor troubles. There were probably not
over $1,000 employees on a strike, against
$4,000 ten days ago. At twenty-three in
dustrial centers north of the Ohio the loss
OF wages through strikes since May l ag-
gregated So, 900, 600; OF receipts by en-
ployers 50, 500, 600, and of future contracts
due to probability of labor troubles S24,-
600, 900.
THE Wabash river in the vicinity of Vim
cennes, Ind, was rising rapidly on the 21st.
The farming lands were inundated, and
thousands of acres Of corn and wheat had
been destroyed.
PETER LOUIS OTTo, a wife-murderer. was
hanged at Buffalo, N. Y, on the 21st
UPON Investigating the charges of con-
spiracy against the lato railroad strikers,
ffty-nine of them werN indicted by the
grand jury at Hillsboro, Mo-, on the 2lst.
The strike of the tailors at New York
had on the 21st compelled the closing of
hundred shops and enforced the idle
ness of fifteen hundred mon.
HEAVY freshets were reported in upper
South Carolina on the 2lst. The Peedee
river was thirty-six feet above low water
and still rising. The crops on the river
were a total loss, and the damage was be-
yond estimate.
JONI R. SMITH, for nineteen years treas
urer of the Board of Domestic Missions of
the Reformed Church of the United States,
was on the 2lst charged with being a de-
faulter to the amount of $25, 5000.