Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-27


! John Powers, when returning home from
Grand Forks with load of groceries, was
held up and his goods all taken from him.
Mrs. Bert Atwood, wife of jeweler, of
Estelline, and formerly of Wellington and
Aurora. and Fillmore County, Mimi, at
tempted to commit suicide by taking dose
of corrosive sublimate. Trouble with her
husband was the cause.
The Treasury of Minnehaha County
contains $4,000 in gold coin, $G,S55 in
currency and $2.S1 in silver, making to-
tai of So, 1857 81, and still the County
Commissioners of that county prefer to
rent rather than build Court House. .
The editor of the Wheatland Eagle
when returning from regular meeting with
his best girl was stopped by footpads and
forced to give up his wealth, which con;
sisted of silver watch, a jack-knife, two
Anticipated railroad passes and $3.50 in
cash.
The explosion of loaded gun shells,
which were providentially on the premises,
walked up two women who lived near Ink,
ster, to discover their house was on fire,
One of them was badly burned and neither
of them saved anything but the nightclothes
they wore.
The Farmers Alliance has cost the Jer-
auld County farmers many thousand dollars
this year by not having binding Irvine on
hand as was agreed. But for the delay
/ hx1tl a 1oo1 Of oE <1,o
grain destroyed by the hail would have
been harvested before the storm came.
John McIntyre's barn, four and half
miles northeast of Casselton, was struck by
lightning. One horse was instantly killed
and the barn set on fire and totally con-
sumed, together with binder, mower,
horse rake, seeder, and many farm tools.
Loss, $4,000; no insurance. Two horses
We're rescued.
"A span of small broncho mares that was
brought from Montana to Deadwooa eight
years ago, was recently lost by their owner,
who, after considerable inquiry. gave up
the mares for lost. A few days ago he re-
ceived letter from a friend in Montana
saying the bronchos were back to their old
feeding grounds.
Emmett Foster, of Chappelle, left his
home two weeks ago with the intention OF
going to Highmore. That place he neve,
reached, nor have his friends seen him
since. He is 25 years of age, of good APP
I pearance, was educated for the law, but
since the death Of his father has been, n,
times, somewhat demcnted.
A section hand working on the Scot.
land extension of the Milwaukee line proved
to be the senior partner of large printing
firm in Chicago. He disappeared from
home July Is, and his distressed famil,
heard nothing of his whereabouts until ht
wrote for funds to get home. He says h,
doesn't know how he reached Dakota.
The management of the Queen Bee, a
Deadwood, propose to sell another blocl
of 10000 shares of the treasury stock at 1,
cents per share, the proceeds to be used il
, buying rock crusher and some other ma
chinery. This will be sufficient to plac
the mine on paying basis, it is claimed
: and the production of bullion then vii
) soon begin.
An electric storm passed over Siou
. Falls last week in which the lightning wa
very vivid and continuous. house in tn
!. lower part of town, owned and occupied b
t j. D. Mcdonald, was struck, the bolt pass
g ing through the roof and down the windo,
1 casing into the cellar. A son of Mr.. Nc
Donald was slightly stunned, but no other
: of the family were injured.
Mrs. Britton, of Bismarck, was browne
S in the Missouri, while attempting to eros
the river. Her husband had lefthome an
s she, thinking that he might have gone owe
i, the river. got into boat and started to fol
4 low him. When about half way across sh
discovered that her boat was leaking badl,
II and SO turned about and started for til
Y bank from which she had started, but be
d fore reaching it the boat sank and she wa
drowned.
e A terrible accident occurred at CAMS
d tota recently. Mr.. McCarty, an old gentle
e man, was riding with loaded shotgun j
his buggy, when the horse took fright an
/, becoming unmanageable turned the buge
: over, throwing Mr.. McCarty out. IL
}, shotgun was discharged, the load strikil
$. him in the thigh, driving his pants peck
II and contents through his leg, making
p wound about eight inches long which wi
e probably prove fatal.
That Judge Church has peculiar wa
W of doing business is demonstrated by Il
d fact that while holding court in Huron
e few days ago couple of lawyers were Al
: guing case before him. The lawye
were tedious, did not understand their ca.
s. very we'll, and had considerable wranglir
:, between themselves. At last the Judge 10
'e all patience and said, Gentlemen, tn
Il court will take recess Immediately
gave the lawyers a lecture more forcib
SIS than legal, and then said, Gentlemen, til
IS court is in session; proceed"
n George Henton and w. F. Gremme
IL had a narrow escape. The men We're Ell
gagged to run a steam traction engine o