Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-10-15

and one stabbed with pitchfork. Neigh
bors finally arrived and saved the farmers
life.
About 1,500 tons Of hay were burned a
few miles west of Fargo one day recently.
The fire was started by spark from a
passing locomotive.
The Sioux Indians intend to establish
a mail and transportation company on the
reservation. Runners will transport mail,
passengers and freight.
John Dickerson was found dead in the
road, five miles from La Moure. 1t is
thought he fell out of his wagon while in
toxicated and was run over.
-Yankton has finally given up the cleo
trio light project. After considering the
thing for months, the city, of its own &C.
cord, has put out the light.
In Griggs County William Kingsley
sowed Manitoba wheat and claims yield
of forty bushels an acre. He has tried it
two years and regards it a great success.
Armour, the new boom town of the
Milwaukee Railroad, offers great induce
ments for good hotel. The best corner
lots in town are reserved for that purpose.
The Pioneer Hose Company, of Bis
marck has resolved that henceforth all ap-
phcants for membership must present, as
one of the qualifications, marriage certif-
cate.
A young married couple at Wheatland,
both under 20 years of age, who have been
separated for year by cruel and relentless
parents, have been lately happily reunited,
despite parental interference.
A writ of mandamus has been served
on the Commissioners of Deuel. County,
ordering that they show cause why the
matter of relocation of the County Seat
shall not be presented to the voters this
fall.
A mail carrier between Castewood and
Arlington had fearful encounter with
savage bull dog the other day. He was
fortunately armed and shot the brute,
otherwise he might have suffered serious
injuries.
Immigration Commissioner Dunlap es-
Inmates the increase Of population of Da-
kota, exclusive Of births, during the year
ending June 80. 1856, to have been g., 1000.
This would give to Dakota about 525 1000
inhabitants.
There seems to be an increase of ty-
phoid fever patients in Potter County. In
one family near Forrest City, there are five
down with the fever, and many more cases
are reported from different sections of the
county.
District Attorney Glaspel, of Stutsman
County, rules that the recent law of Con-
gress restricting county taxes to per cent
of the assessed valuation Of the county
does not apply to the current expenses of
county but to the unusual expenses.
The Deadwood Pioneer says that
band of Piegan Indians is camped in the
Wolf Mountains, near Tongue River, wes
of the Hills, watching for chance for
chance to run off horses. A number of
cowboys armed with Winchesters are keep
ing cases" on the red thieves, and in the
event of any attempt to carry their sup
posed plans into execution, the Indians will
stand an excellent show of being carelessly
handled by the ow-punchers.
An eighty-foot electric light pole was
recently raised in Elizabethtown, and the
following night wag raised common
lantern to the top. The citizens gathered
and declared such light an insult to the
people of Elizabethtown, and an informal
indignation meeting was held. The electric
light company was condemned and that
particular light was pronounced fraud.
When the hoax was discovered the perpe-
traitor narrowly escaped necktie party.
Lewis Magesta d, lad 16 years old
living near Volga, accidentally shot him
self not long ago. He was taking his gun
from a hay-rack, muzzle toward him, when
the trigger was sprung and the weapon dis
charged, the contents entering the boys
left breast, breaking two ribs, laying bare
the lung cavity, and the charge lodging un-
der the shoulder. The wound is large
and bad one, and although the young man
stands it bravely and appears to be getting
along, the physicians doubt his ultimate re-
covery.