Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-24
EDITED BY Mrs. E. V, MILES.

record as this?
Inc testimony taken by the coronors
Jury in the Haddock murder trial ha,
been published. 1t throws no light
upon the perpetrators of the crime.
The only important fact established
was that the saloon element was
thoroughly organized and that the plan
was deliberately laid.
Already enough time has elapsed
for statistical reports to show what
prohibition is doing in Rhode Island,
| Statistics from the central police
station Providence shows the follow
ing figures for the month Of July 1884
AT convictions for the same month for
So 415:for 86 l43 cases. While under the
regulation system there would be two
or three cases dolly, OF disorderly
conduct while under the influence of
liquor, there were only three such in
the entire ,Iirst month Of prohibition.
The past week has been a grand one
for prohibition conventions. The
Maryland Convention WAS according
| to the baltimore Herald, the biggest
day in the history of prohibition in
that state. 1t says: "a remarkable
characteristic of the assembly was the
thorough earnestness of it's members.
and the feeling was universal shat
they were ABSOLUTELY right" Nominal
lions were made for congressman in
the first four districts, by district, con-
ventions held in the afternoon. In the
evening was an enthusiastic mass
meeting addressed by MIR. Daniels, Mr..
lowering nominee for the fourth dis
trict, and others.
| Mrs. Flora Cassel Of Edgar, Neb.
writes concerning the w. G. It. U.
entertainment which Will be sugges-
tive to Unions. She says: All who
| were at cur entertainment enjoyed it
very much. We would like to sell
programmes so as tohelp pay the cost
/; of printing. We hope other Unions.
will buy as twill furnish some fresh
material for entertainments, public
meetings, etc. Without the music
we will sell them at ten cents per copy
and with the music at twenty cents
The music is all put in ny hand and
| it takes much time and labor. We find
it hard to raise money for olr Reading
Room and other work and so thought
Of the bold plan Of the original enter
tainment.
The same old old story Of disaster
and ruin, how the star of genius goes
out, and the darkness OF despair takes
possession Of the once gifted and bril-
liant character known as Harry Lor-
raine. Poor Harry Lorraine moves
the lips of the passerby as he surveys
the wreck of the once brilliant man;
who evinces flights and flashes Of his
great soul power only as the despera-
tion for rum summons them to its dire
purposes. He fingers around saloons
and restaurants where he gives recita-
lions from Shakespear, to bystanders
for which they crafty his appetite
| for whiskey or edibles. Says the
writer, if his tall manly form were
commanded by clear brain, he would
be distinguished looking man. The
style OF his hair resembles that of
| Henry Ward Beecher being thick,
long and wavy though snowy white.
His story as related by himself is
touchingly sad His father himself q
| distinguished English actor, trained his
| son to his profession when but child.
When young man he came to this
country going to California. His rare
abilities in this profession claimed
engagements in the best cities of the
country. He married Miss Sadie DAY.
export, sister OF the famous Fanny
Davenport. While filing az engage
ment in st. Louis, about three years
ago, his wife suddenly sickened and
died, also his two children, leaving
him without family ties in the short
pace of six weeks time. Here at the
age Of thirty-fve, his hair turned white
in a single night. Weighed down
with grief he at intervals seeks the
oblivion Of the cup as respite. Recent
ly while filling an engagement in In
diana he received news OF the death
Of his fayorite sister, and again sinks
in the depths OF drunkenness out OF
which he seems powerless to rise.
Robbed of every vistage Of respecta-
bility he feels his degradation, and
tries to hope if he can reach Iowa
where there are no saloons he may
again redeem himself and stand once
more a respectable honored man.
The moral reads plainly for National
prohibition that the good and gifted
may be delivered from these ponds
and be free.