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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-06

rians to strike with them. The latter re-
fused. and a terrific fight, in which nearly
400 men participated, followed. A train
was Immediately dispatched to Shenandoah
for policemen to stop the fight, but before
they reached the scene the Italians had
driven the Hungarians to the woods and
stopped all work on the line. Several OF
the Hungariaus were badly injured and
three Of the number are reported dying.
The west-bound limited express on the
Pttsburg and Fort Wayne Railroad ran
into an open switch and crashed into some
freight cars on the side track, at Fort
Wayne. Ind. Mark Burll, engineer. was
instantly killed. The fireman jumped from
the engine and escaped with slight injuries.
No passengers were injured.
AsPEc1AL from La Porte, Ind. reports
the drowning in Pine Lake, by the capsiz-
ing of their boat, or Frank Molloy and Mrs.
Rose Stern. Young Molloy was a son of
Mrs. Emma Molloy, a temperance evange-
list. Mrs. Stern was a daughter Of Jacob
Vile, of LaPorte.
The last New York weekly bank state
ment shows a reserve increase of 1858, 900.
Banks now hold $14, 270, 900 in excess of
legal requirements.
THBtotal values of the imports of mer-
chandlse during the twelve months ended
\Iunet3O, 1856, were $685., 253, COG, and dur
ing the preceding twelve months $577, 527,-
1923. The total values of the exports of
merchandise during the twelve months
ended June 80, 1886, were s679, 425, 1872;
the preceding twelve months, s742, 1884,
755.
JUDGE GRESHAM, at Chicago, has n
nounced that lie will appoint a receiver for
the New York, New England and Western
Investment Company in the suit of Short
and Watson. These persons organized a
company which does a large business in
Michigan, Nebraska aud Arizona.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-06

Col. FRED GRANT, says the Philadel-
phia Times, is busily engaged in edit
ing the journals Of his fathers tour
around the world. It is his present
plan, seconded by the wishes of Mrs.
Grant, to publish this interesting nara
tive on his OWL account. Under the
contract with the publisher of Gen.
Grants memoirs the General stipu-
lated that N of his papers should be
made public for three years from that
date. 1t is not said whether there has
been any misunderstanding with the
publishers of the present work, but it is
known that Col. Grant is opposed to
entering into any more such arrange
ments. The journal, Judging from a
general knowledge of it's contents, will
be exceedingly interesting. It treats
upon notable men and things from the
Court of st. James to the throne of the
Mikado.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-06

OF the G6, 5000, 900 acres which com
prise the Canadian Province of Mani
toba, there have been surveyed about
sixteen and O half million acres. There
area 600, 900 acres of swamp lands within
the Province, and the remainder con
sists of the timbered and rocky region
lying around Lake Winnipeg, Mani
toba, and the Lake of the Woods. The
portion under cultivation is a little over
n million Of acres, hitherto chiefly
devoted to the cultivation of wheat, and
up to the 31st of October the Depart
ment of the Interior reported about TO-
$1,000 acres as having been taken up
within the Province for homesteads and
prescriptions. By a recent arrange
ment made with the Province, the Do
minion Government have coded to the
Province the swamp lands, and 10000
acres of good lands for University pur-
poses,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-06

A SPECIAL committee on railroad axles
has reported that iron axles are safer
than steel axles; that all cranks should
have the webs hoped; that as iron
cranks appear to fail after running
some 100000 miles, and steel after
10000, it is highly desirable that they
should be taken off and not again used
on passenger engines; and that crank
axles, properly constructed, are as
strong as straight axles.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-06

A MAMMOTH gum tree in the woods
near Cambridge, Nd, has for years been
used by an eagle for the rearing of her
young. The tree has been cut down
after great labor. The nest at the top
was found as large as q cart-body, and
contained two young eagles nearly full
fedged. The birds survived the shock,
and have been cared for as pets. The
old bird was out on a foraging excur
sion at the time,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-06

Il MADE a neat sum on the 4th of
July, 1884," said a Chicago drummer,
"by a little stroke Of business which
was somewhat out of my line. Presi-
dent Garfield had been shot two DAYS
before. l CHANGED to be in a lonesome
corner of Southern Illinois on the day
Of the shooting. While waiting for a
train to carry me from one little town
to another 1 heard o rumor that the
President had been killed. A few mo-
ments later the train came in and the
train-boy jumped out on the platform
with his arm full Of bits of brown
paper about eight inches square. 'All
about President Garfield assassinated,'
he shouted. rushed at him and Sc
cured one CT the bits of paper, greedily
paying 10 cents for it. 1t proved to be
an extra issued from the office of q
country weekly a few miles tothe north.
It bore, as nearly as I can recollect, the
following words: I'VE hear a rumor
that Gen. James A. Garfield, President
of the United States, has been killed.
No particulars have been learned. God
a q the country That was all, and
yet the train-boy had sold 100 of the
dingy squares of paper at 10 cents a
piece before 1 had finished reading
mine. Everybody purchased one and
read it over and yer At the nexttown,
where [ got off the train, the scramble
for papers was as great as before. This
place happened to be a county-seat and
it possessed q printing Office. An idea
struck me. I went and hired the print
ing Office outright. Then I telegraphed
for a copy Of a Chicago newspaper and
got it late the next day. AS soon as it
reached town I set the entire force of
the printing Office to work getting out a
newspaper full of the details of the
assassination. Before daylight on the
18th of July they had struck off 5000
copies of the paper on the old-fashioned
printing press. Before sunrise I had
hired ten boys to sell the paper for me.
I gave each 500 copies and sent him to
some little town near by where a cele-
bration was to be held. Most of the
boys sold out their stock before night,
getting 10 cents for each copy. Many
of the country people had not heard of
the tragedy until my paper gave them
the news of, it and scarcely any one in
the country had gathered any of the de-
tails of the affair, SO all gave their
dimes with the greatest eagerness in ex-
change for the news. I cleared over
$500 by the venture. I remember that
my paper announced in the headlines,
President Garfield will surely be dead
before you read this That sentence
acted as a, wet blanket on all the country
celebrations for miles around"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-06

ton Mt Cheboygan is perishing for want OF
rain. For several weeks a drouth has pre-
vailed. and in many places young fruit
trees are dying. The mercury got up to
1O7, the hottest ever experienced IN North
ern Michigan.
THE receiver of the Provident Savings
| Bank, St. Louis, has petitioned the Circuit
| Court for advice and direction relative to
the settlement with the bondsmen OF AL
mon B. Thompson, the defaultlng cashier.
In the petition the receiver states that he
has received from Rich ard NJ. Scruggs. a
proposition from the bondsmen, of which
he is one, which proposes to coverthe whole
amount Of defalcation, provided there shall
be returned to them all the evidences of
Thompson's irregularities. 1t is believed
the court will approve the plan SO that the
depositors may be paid in full.
A SEVERE wind and rain storm occurred
in the vicinity of Jacksonville, III. The
rain was badly needed, but the wind pros
trated the fences and much of the growing
corn over a small territory. A couple of
men in q movers wagon sought shelter be-
hind a hay-rick; the rick was blown over
and the team ran away, seriously injuring
one of the men, Samuel Corwell. One of
the horses was killed. No other serious
damage is reported.
ADGT. GEN. DRUM has received the fol-
lowing telegram from Gen. Miles, dated
July %: Capt. Lawton reports through
Col. Royal, commanding at Fort Huachuaca,
that his command surprised Geronimo's
camp on the Mango River, about 100 miles
south and east of Campas Sonora, or
nearly 800 miles south of the Mexican
boundary, capturing oil the Indian prop
erty, including hundreds of pounds of dried
meat and nineteen riding animals. This is
the fifth time within three months in which
the Indians have been surprised by troops.
While their results have not been decisive,
yet it has given encouragement to the
troops and has reduced the number and
strength of the Indians and has given them
a feeling Of insecurity, even in the remote
and almost impenetrable mountains of
Mexico.
The Revere House, at LeMars, Iowa,
was almost totally destroyed by fire, to-
gether with nearly all its contents. The
flames originated in the lamp-room, but the
cause is unknown. The loss upon house
and urniture is partially covered by insur-
ance.
CHARLES HoLL1NGswoRTH was thrown
from a wagon at Lexington, Mo-, by a run
away team, and sustained injuries about the
head and arms which may prove fatal. Five
ladies were in the wagon with him and
were all thrown out, but none of them were
hurt.
ACTING ADJT. GEN. McKEEvEn, of San
Francisco, reports having received a dis
patch that Capt. Lawton, with his COM
mand, surprised Geronimo's camp on the
Yongi River, about 100 miles southwest of
the camp ut Sonora, or nearly 300 miles
south of the Mexican boundary line, cap
turing all the Indians property, including a
large qurntity of dried meat and nineteen
horses.
The firm of Snyder & Hoole, bookbind-
ers and dealers in printers materials, Chi
cago, has made an assignment. Liabilities
placed at $500, 900; assets the same.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-06

IT is reported in an Augusta, Georgia,
newspaper that Sam Jones is making
money fast and investing it with care.
He own several farms near Carriers
vile, and his house is the finest in the
town. His fanxly rides in a fine car
rage drawn by good horses, and they
do say in Gainesville that the first
time Mrs. Jones aired her carriage she
drove by the house of a certain neigh
Dor thirteen times by, actual count.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-06
POLITICAL CHAT.

The long-pending L'Abra and We'll
claims have been finally disposed Of by the
Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of
Representatives. The resolution with re-
gard to the L'Abra claim will be reported
adversely by Representative Singleton, that
the committee refuses to sanction the re-
opening of the case. M.
nomination of Postmaster Rosette.
OF DeKalb, ILL.,, has been summarily and
unanimously rejected. His offense was the
writing and publishing of an obituary of
Gen. Grant, in which the hero was alluded
10 as a tyrant and compared with Julius
Cesar.
The President has nominated the fol-
loving postmasters: Clinton Babbett, Be-
lott, WIS; John Mclaughlin, Guthrie Cen
ter, Iowa; Samuel Jacobs, Hamburger.
Iowa. ..-
IHE Senate has confirmed the following
nominations: Indian agents.. T. Spen-
Ger, OF New York, at Rosebud, Dakota: G..
W.. Norris, Of Massachusetts,, at the Nez
Perces agency, Idaho. To be United States
reconsideration Atkins, District of
Alaska; Daniel W. Maratta, Territory Of
Dakota. To be receivers of public mouevs
-. >. Hoop, Bonneville, Mo-; D. ".
hutchinson, Bismarck, Dakota: C, F. Me-
Donald, st. Cloud, Mimi; D.. T. McDer.
mott Benson, Mimi; S. S. Smith, Devils
LAKE, akot Postmasters-Illinois: y.
McClung, Fairfield; G. w. Andrews. Mr.
1resDoro; A. Snyder, Arcola. Wisconsin
D. l.. Hardness, Berlin. Nebraska: c. w
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-06

The worst-wounded survivor of the
wal is William L. Clark, who enlisted
September II, 1862, in Company A,
First Regiment, Connecticut Cavalry,
and was discharged for disability May 20,
1865. He received seventeen wounds,
and his pension has recently been in
creased from $24 to $45 a month.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-06
NEWS FROM THE DIN

sEBAsrEpooh and other Black 6, |
are now protected by electric ~. '
placed in the sen to destroy hos,;,. q
boats. The construction Of the ~. %
which is the work of American .ppa1
has been kept a secret. Nussl
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-06

Mr.. GREGORY, the publisher of the
Utica Journal, caused to be printed
upon white silk one copy of the num-
Der of his paper containing an account
of the Presidential wedding, and mailed
it, ornamented with a bow of white
satin, and incased in a white-lined box,
to President Cleveland.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-06

Stewart, Alma; 7. o'shea. M,di.
j. H. Wallbank, Mt. pleason,s 'a y.
man, Council Bluffs; D. w. H., l
ton; D. S. Beardsley, Grinns,. si 5
DEBORAH. D.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-06

"SNoKERs may be pleased" says a
medical paper, "to know that an anti
dote has been discovered which will
enable them to enjoy their pipes or
cigars without any fear of being poi
soned by nicotine. 1t appears that the
water-cress destroys the toxic principle
of tobacco, preserving at the same time
its aroma. 1t is sufficient to wet the
tobacco with the juice Of the water
cress, which will completely deprive the
tobacco of its deleterious principles"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-06

noon when Secretary Stanton was in
the party. Dickens was delighted with
the acquaintance of the Secretary with
his works.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-06

HE fostering story comes to hand as
usual. This time the scene is laid in
Kentucky, where five years ago Will
lam Howe, of Moorefield, lost his
sisters ring while fishing in a pond.
Not long ago he went shooting bull
frogs in the same pond, and while cut
ting off the hind legs of a big one that
he had shot, what should he see pro-
truding from the bullet wound in the
side Of the victim but his sisters long
lost ring, with the identifying inscrip-
ton still quite legible. "l
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-06

Mrs. MARGARET ARNOLD, who was
born in Augusta County, Va, July 4,
1777. is yet living in a remarkable state
of preservation near New Holland, O.
She was married eighty-fve years ago
and now lives with her youngest son,
who is 70 years old and sprightly as a
young mar. Mrs, Arnold has two sis
tiers living in Iowa, one of whom is 112
and the other LOG years old, an average
for the three of 100 years, and a total
of 1927 years.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-06

Mr.. BEEcHER's trip to Europe puts
the Brooklyn Union in mind of that
noted pulpit orators tour in 1863. The
Union, telling of an address made by
Mr.. Beecher, Of an English town, adds:
A big, burly Englishman desired to
shake hands with Mr.. Beecher, but the
latter could not reach him and the En-
glishman cried: "Shake my umbrella"
at the same time pushing it up toward
him. MI. Beecher complied with the
request, and as he did so the enthusi-
astic Englishman cried: "By Jock!
nobody shall touch that umbrella
again!"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-06

The iron pipe works to be erected at
Chattanooga, Tenn, will be one of the
largest manufacturing establishments of
the kind in the world. It is to be built
by the proprietors of the Louisville, st.
Louis, Cincinnati, and Newport Iron
Pipe Works, and is to manufacture not
only for this country, but for Japan
and China and other foreign countries.
Cheaper freight rates, cheap iron, and
other advantages moved to the venture.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-06

CHARLES DICKENS, when at Washing
ton early in 1868, had rooms at Welck-
ker's restaurant on Fifteenth Street.
He used to walk out every fine day &C.
companied by his friend and adviser,
MI. Osgood, the Boston publisher, and
Mr.. Dolby, his financial agent. They
would often tramp eight or tenI miles
before dinner. Simon Hanscom, the
journalist, secured him an interview
with President Johnson, who impressed
him, as he afterwards wrote, as "a man
of very remarkable appearance, indeed,
of tremendous tirmness of purpose, not
to be trifed with" The only invitation
to dine that he accepted was one from
Senator Sumner, ~n a Sunday after
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-03-18
NeighborlIOod Notes.

Byesvills, Guernsey county, il afflicted
with spotted fever.
Quaker City will petition the Lagisla.
ture to tax Guernsey and Noble counties,
to improve the pike from that place to
Summerield.
w D Frame, Wheeling grocer, made
an assignment on Wednesday of last
week.
A colony of 1876 persons left Caldwell
last week for Kansas.
The Steubenville Y. NJ. C. A. has Sc
cured about $4,000, and will erect a
gymnasium.
The Stanton club, crack Republican
political organization of Steubenville,
will give the Mikado.
The nail mill at Mingo is turning out
1900 kegs per day, and the steel plant il
on double turn.
Typhoid fever seems to be epidemic in
the New Athens neighborhood.
The first blast at the new Jefferson
furnace, Stsubenville, was made Friday,
and was very satisfactory.
The NJ E revival at Cadiz still contin.
ues with III sccsssions, up to Wsdnes.
day Of last week.
Twenty three prisoners are eating the
bread of idleness in the Columbiana
county Jail.
John Stage died recently at Midway,
Guernsey county, aged IS years. He was
TIE father of 81 children.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-03-18
Yourself and Neixhbors.

The editorial correspondence was
received just as we were ready to go to
press, but we managed to crowd it in,
knowing it would be of much interest
to our readers. The editor and wife will
be home some time next week.
Capt A W Lee, of New Athens, was
in town last Wednesday, on a business
trip.
Ed W Reid, of Bridgeport, was up
one evening last week, calling on his
best girl
John D Talbot, candidate for clerk
of Warren township, and of BsrAesville
city, was among the folks in town Mon+
day.
Samuel Taylor, Esq, of near East
Richland, who was i'll 50 long and seri
ously from pneumonia, was in town Mon-
day.
Thomas Fawcett and family spent
last Sabbath with the family of his
brother, l. Fawcett. in Bellsirs.
The Register notes the presence in
Wheeling, on Monday, of ]. H. Close and
wife, of this place.
Miss Monte Hobbs. student at Hope
dale college, will be homo on Saturday,
for the spring vacation.
Miss Dell Davis. of Mt. Sterling, O,
has been visiting relatives here. She is
a cousin of John T Davis.
j F Grassland, the druggist, is in
Washington, Pa, visiting relatives and
friends.
Mr. ! A Henderson, the genial depu-
ty auditor, has been confined to the
house the past few days,by severe cold
Miss Lille Simpson is spending a
couple Of weeks with friends at Barnes
vile, Fairview and that neighborhood.
j. G. Taggart, of Maynard, the we'll
ksewn school teacher, who has taught
the past three years at Bruce, left Tues =
day. for trip of three or four months
through the west.
Robert Clark, a well known citizen
of Stewartsville, was in town Tuesday
Oh business trip.
Miss Etiie Davies is on a visit to
friends in Wheeling.
The delayed letter from the "Sunay
South" from the pen of Mr.. Fl. G. Wei
day, will be found in another column of
this paper.
Ed. J. Brasch, travelling agent for J.
Brilles, Wheeling, il in st. Clairsville On
business.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-03-18
Probate Court.

NOTICE is hereby given that the follow
~ ing named administrators, executors,
guardians and assignees have filed in my office,
at St. Clairsville, their accounts and vouchers
for settlement. to>wit:
John Dubois and Francis Boggs, executors
of John Dubois, deceased.
Henry +. Thomas, guardian of Ethel /. and
Phebe w. Thomas, minors.
Allen w. Darling, guardian of Annie l..
Darling, minor.
George Kern, guardian Jacob, Edward,
George and Mary burst, minors.
James Price, guardian of John A Down
ing, minor.
Wilson Mitchell, admir- of Christian Gar
loch, decd.
James w. Henderson, admir- of John C.
Blair, deceased.
John Benton, guardian of James E., Mollie
E., Addison H., George E., Walter G., Re
5ecca E. and Minnie A. BroOmhall, minors.
Reese Lewis, guardian of William ID.
Hulse, minor.
Robert Ii. Clayland, guardian of Margaret
NJ. Clsylsnd, minor.
John Dunn and Nathan B. Nichols, execu-
tors of Caldwell Dunn, decd.
Barclay Smith, guardian of Robert H.,
Samuel c. and Mary NJ. Smith, minors.
All the above will be for examination and
settlement on the 1st day of April, 1885.
ISAAC II. GASTON,
3 4-3t Probate Judge.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-03-18
Guardians SalGOf Real Estate

IN pursuance of an order Of the probate
Il court OF Belmont county, Ohio, made on
the 10th day of February, 1886, in the case of
Wilson Mitchell, guardian of Enoch Burns,
against his ward, the undersigned will offer
at public sale on the premises, on
Saturday, March 2oth, 1886,
At 10 o'clock forenoon, the following describ-
ed real estate, to-wit:
Situate in the township of Goshen, county
OF Belmont and state of Ohio, and known as
part of the southeast quarter of section %,
township z, range 5, beginning for the first
tract at stone marked T at the southeast
corner of said section; thence north 175" east
1854 poles to stone B; thence north 800
west along the newly laid out county road
12O. 10 poles to the northeast corner Of the
south addition to the town of Fairmount;
thence south 1919 west 1912 poles; thence
south 1915 east 41.S1 poles; thence south 10
west 99.71 poles to the south boundary of
said section; thence south 99!O east 1881
poles to the place of beginning, containing 70
acres, 2 roOds and 29 poles.
Second Tract-Being q part of the SOUTH
west quarter of section II, township z, range
), beginning for the same at the southwest
corner OF said section, running north % east
"a. A poles to stake; thence south $50 east
20 63 poles TO stske; thence south 73o -
38. 81 poles to a stone; thence south % west
67 81 poles to stone: thence south S53" west
30. % poles to stake; thence south % west
TO- 81 poles to q stake in the south boundary
Of said section; thence north so west $50
poles to the place Of beginning, containing
30 acres, more or less.
Appraised at S5000
Terms of Sale-One-third cash on the day
of sale; One>third in one year, and one-third
in two years from day of sale; deferred pay
ments to be secured by mortgage with inter-
est at 6 per cent, payable annually.
WILSON MITCHELL,
2 1SStd Guardian of Enoch Burns.