Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-10-01

CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS BLACK
has filed with the Secretary of the Interior
his report of the operations of the Pension
Bureau for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1856. From the report it appears that on
June 80 last there were 365,7S3 pensioners
on the rolls, composed Of 265, 1874 army in
valids. 0,162 army widows, minor children
and dependent relatives, 1858 navy inva-
lids, 1,S77 navy widows, minor children,
ETC., $3.50 survivors of the war Of 1912,
showing a loss during the year of 1.40G of
this class. The amount paid for pensions
during the year was SGD, 797, S31 81; 1G0.41G
certificates of all kinds, including 1889
increase certificates issued to widows and
dependents under the act of March 10,
1856, We're issued during the past year,
which, the report says, shows a vast in
crease in the work of the office. This is
especially true of the special examination
division, which, the Commissioner says.
mas saved the Government over $4,000, 900
The amount of expenditures for stationery,
printing and binding has been diminished
by $13,GS3 for thu past year. or the APP
preparations provided for the expenses OF
the Office, S305.962 has been covered
back into the Treasury. The clerical force
during the year @as diminished by 100.
WoRKMEN engaged in tearing the plumb
ing out of Secretary Manning's private Of
flee found in little closet in the corner Il
pipe four inches in diameter, besides sew
eral smaller pipes, leading directly TO the
sewer, without any trap or contr;vance to
room. These pipes strike the sewer just at
its head, where the greatest amount of gas
is formed. In the winter. when the doors
and windows were shut, the atmosphere
was most oppressive, and sometimes in the
coolest weather Manning was forced to
open the window His physician pro-
nounces his disease blood poison from
sewer gas, and says it was brought on be-
You'd doubt by his sitting i'll that room.
D. Z. SALMON, Chief of the Bureau of
Animal Industry at Washington, arrived in
Chicago and met a number of gentlemen
interested in pleuro- pneumonia. recently
developed in cattle in the vicinity of Chi
cago. The club-room Mt the Grand Fa-
cifc Hotel was filled with authorities on
veterinary diseases, among those present
being II. McChesney G. NJ. Pearson and
C. 2. johnson, of the State Live Stock
Commission: State Veterinary Casswell, Of
Illinois; Veterinary Surgeon Murray
of Detroit, and ]. H. Sanders, ed
itor of the Breeders Gazette. DR.. Salmon
examined some of the infected cattle nj the
distillery sheds and declared that the dis
ease was undeniably p]euro- pneumonia.
Two freight trains on the Missouri Pa
cifc Railroad collded thirty miles east Of
Kansas City. The two trains met on Il
curve and both We're ditched. George
Cowles and John Light. of Sclala, engn-
GERS of the trains. We're killed. and the two
tremcn injured The wreck took fire and
about ten cars We're burned with their con-
tents. Seven We're loaded with hogs. cattle
and sheep. which We're burned OF MANNED
and many of the carcasses were burned
Passenger trains We're delayed several
hours.
The Insurance Commissioner Of Con-
necticut has made application to again
place the Charter Oak Insurance COMPANY
of Hartford, III the hands of a receiver
The accounts of Geo. NJ. Bartholomew
President of the Company ar said to he
short Sl57 900, and he has disappeared