Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-11-26
CoNDENsED DISPATCHES,

| The following announcement was issued
from the White house few days since:
'"The President finds it absolutely necessary
to the proper performance of public duties
that the time between the 10th of Novem-
Der and the next meeting of Congress be at
his disposal, free from interruption. With
in this time he will be obliged to deny him.
self to visitors except upon actual public
business of importance. This will not be
construed to include application or recon-
mendadons for Office. This notification is
given to the public thus early to dispose in
advance of the plea that trip to Washing
( ton has been made in ignorance of the
Presidents arrangement The usual pub
lie receptions ut half-past 1 o'clock Men
days, Wednesdays and Fridays will be con-
tinued."
The Alderman Hotel at Loogote, Ind,
was destroyed by fire, and three men were
burned to death. They slept in upper
rooms and were fors till too late to
save them. Two Of them were John C.
Gates and Michael Tracy, who had been
elected Treasurer and Auditor of Martin
County. The third victim was John Burch.
| A MADRID dispatch says that the Span
ish Government has not yet allowed the
Madrid press or the public to know the
reply to the President of the United States,
and will not Immediately adopt reprisals
against American imports into the West
Indies, because Spain is disposed to make
advances for a general treaty of commerce
to improve the relations between Cuba,
Porto Rico and the United States.
| JOHN SwITzER, German, living five
miles northeast of Vandalia, ILL.,, was out
nutting, accompanied by three of his chill
dren One of the children. girl 10 years
of age, had her clothing take fire from
burning brush heap, and before her father
could reach her she was SO badly burned
that she died three hours afterward.
SAM TIFFANY entered the house of an
aged widow named Blood, two miles west
of Weyauwegaon, Wis, and after stran-
Cling her into Inconsistencies outraged
her. Mrs. Blood revived and walked nearly
mile and gave the alarm. She is 7S
years of age. Tiffany has been arrested
and is in Jail at Waupaca. He has served
three terms in the Penitentiary for larceny.
Threats of lynch;ng are made by Mrs.
Bloods neighbors.
soUTH-BoUND freight train on the
Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Rail-
road was wrecked six miles above Vicks-
burg, Miss, and thirteen cars We're ditched.
There We're forty tramps on the train. One
was killed and eleven wounded. The
wounded We're brought here and sent to the
hospital.
DURING the past three weeks there have
been ninety three Clubhouse fires in South
Carolina, Georgia and Alabama, two-thirds
OF which We're of incendiary origin, several
were caused by careless smokers, and one
was caused by box of matches in the
pocket of workman. The money loss in
price OF cotton and gin plant is not less
than $25O,00O. Much of the incendary
burning comes from disappointed tenants
or shareworkers, who exhausted their share
IN supplies before the harvest time came
around, and take this method of getting
even.
The Secretary of War has directed that
Chief Mangus and the two bucks who were
captured with him be sent to F ort Pickeus.
Fla, with Geronimo and his band, and that
the squaws and children in Mangus' band
be sent to Fort Marion, Fla.