Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-06-18
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change Bank at Spencer, Ind, was on the
3D. discovered to be $4,000 short in his ac-
counts.
The homes of a mastodon were unearthed
by ditch-diggers on the Sd on the farm Of
Henry Cup, seven miles from Goshen. Ind.
AT the mseting of the General Assembly
of tho Presbyterian Church at Hamilton,
O., q resolution was adopted on the Sd en-
joining all members to abstain from con-
nection with any association which might
lead to acts of violence or to the invasion
of the rights of property or interference
with the liberty of men to work for whom
they may choose.
TIE fire losses during May in the United
States and Canada aggregated $1,000, 900
81, 100000 below the May average for years.
A TOMBSTONE "a. T.) dispatch of the 3D.
says that about one hundred and fifty
White mountain Apaches had left the res
ervation and were on the war-path i'll
Graham and Cochise Counties.
THE entire business portion of the village
of Salem, Ia, was destroyed by fire ON the
Sd.
JAMES HAGGERTY, of New York. threw n
lighted lamp at his wife ol the Sd, and her
clothes taking fire, she was burned to
death.
OK the 3D. Southern Texas and portions
of Louisiana We're suffering badly for want
of rain.
In tho Kcnsington district of Philadel-
phia the hosiery weaver about 1900 in
number, quit work on tAe 81 because of tho
refusal of the manufacturers to grant an
increase of pay.
CHICAGO letter-carriers delivered over
eight million letters and postal-cards dur
ing the month of May.
THERE was no marked improvement in
general trade throughout the country dur
ing the seven days ended on the 4th. While
the volume Of business was somewhat
larger, it continued Of q hand-to-mouth de-
scription.
THE flouring-mill of j. G. Schaupp, at
Grand Island, Neb., valued at So, 900, was
burned on the 4th.
West on the 9TH, greatly benefitting tho
crops.
GOLD was discovered on the 4th in the
neighborhood of Louisiana, Mo-, the assay
showing seven dollars gold and one dollar
silver per ton.
EX-TREAsuRER SIMPSON, of Otoe County,
Neb., was arrested at Omaha on the 4th,
charged with embezzling $4,000 of the
county funds.
THERE were 1S7 business failures in the
United States and Canad.. during the
seven days ended on the 4t.4, against ISL
the previous seven days.
John r. SMITH, of Jersey City, N. j.,
treasurer of the Board of Domestic Mis-.
sions Of the Reformed Church, was on the
4th said to be a defaulter in the sum of
S2i ,425.
AFTER a quarrel on the 4th at Reading,
Pa, Frank Zahie fatally shot his brother
Charles, and then morally wounded him.
self.
JAMES BAXTER (colored) was executed on
of Mrs. Lane; Wesley Honesty and Tabley
Banks (colored) were hanged at Winches-
ter, Va, FOR killing Joseph McFaul, and
Alfred Taylor ~(colored) was hanged at
Opelousas, La, for %assaulting a white
woman.
APAcKAaE of $4,000, sent by the Union
National Bank of Cincinnati to the Van
Vert co., National Bank, was found to
contain, when it reached its destination on
the 4th, only cotton and waste paper.
THE strike begun by the building trades
of st. Louis for eight hours, involving one
thousand men, was declared of OH Tire 4th.
1t was a failure.
The State Department at Washington On
the 4th commenced collecting information
as to the means employed by the foreign
agents of the Mormons 10 induce immigra-
ton.
REPORTS on the 4th of the condition of
the growing wheat, corn and oats in the
Northwest vera only fairly favorable, on
account of dry weather during May.
IT was announced on the 4th that Mil.
waukoe merchants had received postal
cards, some of which were mailed in Chi.
cago, bearing the legend: Beware! the
mystic league has its eye upon you," above
which words appeared a skull and cross
bones.