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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-03-11
THE SNOW-STORM,

Ths snow came floating DER the world.
From out the dreary sky,
AS II to recompense mankind
For seeing nature die.
o dreary world! so like my life,
On which the SORROWS fall,
Must every sunbeam fade away,
And snow flakes cover all?
No, doubling one; the sunbeams soon
Will come to earth again,
And winters cold and cherries snow
Will melt in April rain.
Thus sorrow from thy aching heart
Shall flee like night away,
And trials pass. and 1eeting time
Will bring at last the day.
-HarDer's Weekly.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-03-11

Not less than eight hundred mil
Ion dollars is invested in mining en-
terprises as productive capital in thu
thousand people are furnished employ
ment. and the mineral product of ia,
Union for the year 1884 had value O.
four hundred .ad thirteen /. mi.licn,
one hundred aud four Thousand, sly
hundred and twenty dollars Chicago
Times.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-03-11

murmurln as II SOfrS lot what ne n3u
done. On the other side was the noun
tains, bristlin' with pine trees that shonc
in the sun as if they had been vanished.
There wasn't no graveyard here then.
and Jake. who didn believe in churches
and regular funerals and such things.
allowed he Il brrv her right there in the
little clearin'. One of us went back for
Jake wife. and to tell the folks who
hadn't heard she'd been found There
was preacher in the sarchin party. a
chap that he'd been tryin' to get up some
religious mectin IN the hall over the
Golden Gate. When every body was
ready he said little prayer. and blamed
if what that preacher said about that
poor little dead gal there didn't start the
tears a-flown in every bodyS eyes.
Then Jake. who said rs how no one but
hisself should dig that grave, took 4 pick
than one of us had borrowed from a
mine near by. Almost the first lick he
struck Jake stopped sudden. turned
pale. an rubbed his eyes with his fist.
But every body knew Jack was feelin'
mighty bad. and it's purity hard thing.
str;i. ger. for a man to dig a
grave which he's goin' to bury his
only child in. Then Jake took another
lick. Then he stopped down and looked
hard at the gravel he'd just ,urned up.
looked thar. too. What was it? Gold.
stranger. gold: just as sure as you re
standin' agin that bar. Yes. sir; right
thar. in diggin' that little grave for his
dead gal. Jake struck the biggest lead
ever struck in this county.
The parson. who saw the CLEAN o
gold in the gravel, sa.i somethin' about
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-03-11
Climax Sell. Cleaning Curry conn



,vho bridge OF. ca,
r.sfon OF my nose Was
shout hauSone. I'hssxe
used foN bottles Of.
Eys Cream Balm. ~.
giito the afeeted.
parts. which has about
cured up the nos,Eils.
/ had tried All other
remedies on The. mar
kes.J. A. WOOD. IS
n. High Street. Colun
buA o.
I vas aGieted With
cafarrh and cold In
bead used Ely's
Cream Balm, which
cured new. II. Hu-
LARD. Dentist, BO<tess-
town. n. J.
4 NArfAr,et u aoni.eA n
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-02
WAS LUDWIG lNsANE7
One of h Examining Physicians Denies
That Esavaria's Unfortunate Monarch
Wa Crazy The Omcial Autopsy
Strange Hints from Vienna.

One of The Examining Physicians Denies
That lsavaria's Unfortunate Monarch
Was Crazy - The Official Autopsy -
Strange Hints from Vienna.
MUNICH, June 16.-A careful, thorough
the body OF King Ludwig. 1t revealed an
abnormal structure OF the skull and the
existence of a degenerative process in the
membranes OF the brain, due partly to
chronic inflammation. DR.. Won Schleiss,
formerly physicianto the King. denies, how
ever, that the King was insane. He adds
that though he disagreed with the official
report OF the examining board OF physicians
declaring the King insane. still he felt COM
PEELED to keep his views to himself, "for,"
says he, "if had published a statement in
opposition to that OF the court doctors l
should have shared the fate of certain
to prison. My opinion as to the Kings
condition is based on my experience as bis
physician since his birth. Ny colleague,
DR.. Gintl, agrees with mel
At a plenary meeting OF the upper house
OF the Diet yesterday. at which all the
Princes, two Archbishops, Count Hostein
and the Cabinet were present, President
Frankenstein alluded in feeling term to
the death OF King Ludwig, all present
standing in silence. Baron Won Lutz, pres
ident OF the council. read Prince Luitpold's
message asking the house to assent I'd
the regency, which vas Unanimously agreed
to. A committee of twelve was appointed
to deal with the situation.
One OF the Kings last remarks was: II
can suffer deposition, but will not outlivi
the assertion that / am mad" Public dis
c%ussions OF the Kings death are notably
heated, and the popular sympathy Is with
the King. Several persons nave been ar
rested for speaking di%srespectiully o.
their designations, but they hate not beer
accepted. The Crown property falling te
Prince Lnitpold is estimated in value a
So. 900. OOO.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-02
A GREAT TIME.
Citizens of Michigan Gather at Lansing
to Celebrate the Fiftieth Anniversary of
Her Admission Into the Union.

Citizens of Michigan Gather at Lansing
to Celebrate the Fiftieth Anniversary of
Her Admission Into the Union.
LANSING. Mich, June 16.-Yesterday wal
the semi-centennial anniversary OF the ad-
mission of this State into the Union, and
an immense crowd gathered here to cele-
brate the occasion in Il beftting manner.
The celebration was authorized by the
last Legislature. At sunrise a national
salute was fired, and soon the people be.
gan to arrive or special trains from every
direction. The exercises took place on
the green swapd about the capitol.
Tens Of thousands had assembled, and at
ten O'Clock the celebration began by the
singing OF a hymn by ono bundled pupils
OF the public schools of this city. Gov
ernor Alger delivered an address OF
welcome, and he was followed by
Hon. O. Z. Grosvenor, Prot. Charles
D. Lanton and several others. Meanwhile
interesting exercises consisting of music
and speeches by Ex-Governor Fetch and
o ). Adams were in progress in the
Senate chamber, while Judge 7. NJ. Cooley
and Judge james V. Campbell entertained
a large audience in the House of Repre-.
sentatives. At noon a grand rush was
made Tor the fair grounds where the State
had prepared a barbecue, and the scene
that followed was an undressing one. More
speeches and music followed at two O'Clock,
and at night there were exercises in the
Senate and Representative chambers, and
at midnight Michigan's semi. centennial
81 u thing OF the past.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-02
Severe Earthquake in Nicaragua.

ALBANY, N. Y, June 17.-Mr. John
Hotchkiss, a prominent manufacturer of
Birmingham. Eng, arrived here yesterday
from Rialejo, Nicaragua. He described
to friends in this city the frightful effects
OF a volcanic eruption and earthquake
which occurred in Nicaragua on tho day
before he sailed from hat country.
There was q terrible eruption from the
volcano Mono Tombo on May 20. Tele-
graphic information was received at Riale-
10 on the 23d. a few hours before the
steamer sailed, to the effect that the City
OF Maagua, the capital OF the country.
had been practically destroyed by the VIC.
lent earthquake which accompanied the
eruption. The earth upon which the city
was built soon after the commissions began
sank suddenly three feet below it's former
level. All buildings of any considerable
value were OF course completely wrecked.
1t was stated that there was loss OF life,
but how great was not known
when the Pacific Mail steamer
left. Telegraphic Intelligence from a
town at the terminus OF a railroad forty
miles from Rialeio was even more startling.
The place was being fast buried beneath
hot volcanic ashes, and many lives had
been lost.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-02
Minnesota's Progress.

The contrast of the Minnesota of to-
day with the infant State of TWENTY
eight years ago must constitute n of
most grateful reflections of the pioneers
OF that epoch. They see her now, a
vigorous and prosperous common
wealth, with over 1920, 600 inhahit.nts
an assessed valuation of over $500, OOO,-
wv! Win 4'226 miles of railroad; with
an us State institutions well equipped
ahu naow and in successful opera
non; with Its farming, manufacturing.
aalry ana stock-raising and lumberino
interests protitably carried on, and add,
ing to its wealth daily; while educa-
uon' Intelligence, thrift and prosperity
are the froe heritage of its ::ortanato
people, Paul Roneey-Press.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-02
Republican Nominations in Vermont.

MONTPELIER. VT, June 1.-THE Repub.
lican State convention held here yes
terday nominated Lieutenant-Governor
The ticket was completed by the nomi-
nation OF Levi *. Fuller for Lieutenant.
Governor, and the denomination OF C. w.
Porter, the present Secretary OF State, w.
II. Dubois, the present Treasurer, and E.
H. Powell, the present Auditor, by accla-
nation. The platform Endorses the Pro-
hibitory law; the bill regulating the sale OF
oieomargarine; favors State and National
railroad commissions, and expresscs sym.
pathy with Gladstone and Parnell.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-02
PiTH AND POINT.

The other morning q mother asked
her little child if the sun was up yet.
"Yes,' said the little one, ''but its eyes
are not quite open yet"
When the country cousin greets ten
of her city relatives who have come in a
body into the country for a rest. she
saws: '.Here's q how'd ye-do!'-M Y.
NcWs.
A dead shark was washed ashore in
Charleston the other day. The lawyers,
after weeping over it, buried it with all
the honors due to a member OF the bar.
Philadelphia Herald.
1t is said that a bee can pull moro
in proportion to its size than a horse.
We don't know rs to that, but they are
quite powerful when they back up to
you and push.-1aledo Blade.
81 understand our friend, Miss
Highnote, is singing with considerable
success in South AMERICA" sis, Ell?
Glad to hear it, THAT she is singingP"
.Yes in South America boston
Bulletin.
-Benedict-I wish l could make my
wife see the necessity of looking after
the cooking herself. She never sets foot
in the kitchen. Confidential FRIEND
Suppose you try making love to the
cook.-Chicago Tribune.
"A Boston gentleman overheard his
two little girls playing school. The
can't; 1 don't know how" said the lit
tie one. ''Well, then,' returned the
small teacher, 'if you can't spell cat,
spell kittcn!'-Conqregationalist.
Learning, If rightly applied, makes
a young man thinking, attentive, indus
trious, confident and wary; and an old
man cheerful and useful. 1t is an orna-
ment in prosperity, arefuge in adversely,
IN entertainment at all times: it cheers
in solitude, and gives moderation and
wisdom in all circumstances.-Palmer.
Now" said the bridegroom to the
bride, when they returned from the
honeymoon trip ..let us have a clear
understanding before we settle down tc
married life; are you to be president or
vice-presidcnt of this concern?" 81 want
to be neither president nor vice-presi-
dent" she answered; 81 will be content
with a subordinate position" ''What
is that?" Comptroller of The cur
rency."-N. 7. san.
Eyes," said Brown, s'I'm always
making blundcrs. Why, the other even-
! ing. I talked with a lady three hours,
thinking it was my wife all the while.
What do you think of that:?'' II think"
said Fogg, "that You are not only an
unconscionable liar, but that your lie is
a very foolish and illogical one. Thought
it was your wife: And talked with her
three hours! it won't do.''-Boston
transcript.
He stood by his cold hearthstone
and pressed both hands to his hrobbing
temple, while his glaring cye-baEs rolled
widely. Poised in mid-air he saw a
st~raw-colored dog with a blue tail; coilcd
upon the table was a bow-legged snake
with a crimson tongue, while from his
slippers peered green turtles who
wagged their horrid heads. SCOT 'em
again" groaned the victim; but it was
not so. His wife had been to the Jap.
anese village and had not returned
empty-handed.-Boston Post.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-02
Death of James s. kirk.

CHICAGO, June 1G.-James S. Kirk, the
millionaire soap manufacturer, and an old
settler OF Chicago, died at lis this
morning at his home in South Evanston,
OF typho-malarial fever. Mr.. Kirk was
bcrn in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1918. and
was brought up in Montreal, whittier
his father, who was a ship builder, removed
in 1919. Away back In 1889 he founded
tho soap manufacturing house of James 8.
Kirk & Co. in this city. Mr.. Kirk was a
millionaire several times over. his buHn esi,
having grown to the enormous propor.
tions of SO, 900, 900 pounds Of SOAP in
1883, aside from a fourishine trade N
~periumeries.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-02
passas . of the N. p. Forfeiture Bill.

WAsH1NGToN, June 16.-After routinS
business in the Senate yesterday the North.
ern Pacific Forfeiture bill was taken up,
and passed.
1.-THE bill forfeiting the unearned lands OF
the Northern Pacific Railroad Company as
passed by the Senate declares forfeited SO
as arc coterminous with that part Of IS main
line which extends from Wallula %Jun,tion to
Portland and that part of the CASCADE branch
Which shall not have been complettd at the
the right of way in the Territories Rlbject to
taxation. Nothing i'll the act is TO be con-
strued to waive any right OF the UHted States
for failure, past or future, to compy With the
conditions OF the grant.l
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-02

The Experience of n California Lady in
Search of 81 Domestic.

The Experience of n California Lady in
Search of 81 Domestic.
II have a thoroughly competent girl
who wishes a good place." said the agent
Of an employment Office recently !; "but
she is pretty high strung and wants
thingsher own way. Will you see her?"
EYES," said the wcary-looklng woman
in search of a servant. The gifted and
determined domestic appears. She is
as we'll dressed as her would-be mis-
tress, and has an I'm-as-good-as-you-
are air about her. Before the lady can
say a word the girl asks:
GLOW many in family?"
"Three."
Keep a second girl?'
"Master at home for lunch?@
"No."
"Set tubs?"
eyes"
"Collars and cuffs la undried oute"
"Sometimes."
"Furnace?"
Eyes"
"Who tends it?"
''Thc girl, usually"
extra pay for that?"
ono. not usually"
"Have much company"
"No, very little"
"Any children?"
''Yes, one child"
''How old is the child?"
1.-TWO years.
"Humph! Bad age. Boy9"
"Do you get the meals on wash day?"
II help always"
''Don't do the clear-starching,
rcckon?"
mo, I do not"
What kind of a range?"
darlington"
"Humph! Don't like it. Is there
gasin the girls room?'
Carpet, or matting?"
Carpet"
"What days do l have out?"
Thursday and Sunday afternoons"
THAT alp"
eyes"
"Well, I don't think the place would
suit me. I'm a little particular where
And out she hounced.-San Fran
cisco Argona~k.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-02

: THE extent to which a strike de-
presses the business most ~conccincd in
it has received a fair illustration. at the
,Williamstown coal mines, in ti:c Lykens
Valley region, Pa. The strike was set
9tlcd by arbitration after it had lasted
several months, but the customers OF
lthc company have gone elsewhere for
:tAeircoal in the meantime, and although
st has been agreed to employ the old
workmen only, it is estimated '4at from
sixty to scventyp per cent OF then. viii do
all tho work required for somc time to
come.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-02
I'm the Albany penitentiary is a ma

. I'm the Albany p%enitentiary is a man
Thomas Luckell, an African-who is
slowly, but surely turning white. Five
gears ago his hands began t turn
svhite, and subsequently his feet; then
shis lower limbs and body. HIS hands
and feet to-day are as white as ar,y eau
,casian, as are also dis legs. Now his face
,israndergoing the transformation. But
it is not anticipated that very many of
our colored citizens will break into the
pcnitentiary on that account.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-02

MIR WHITTIER, the poet, wrote some-
what dry1y the other day thus: Il can
not saypositivelyfrom my own personal
knowledge when / was BON, Sut my
mother told me it was on the 18th of
December, 1907, and she was a very
truthful woman"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-02

IT is evident from mortuary statistics
that The average age of man is on the
increase, and that people arc living
longer than they used to. Though the
difference is slight, yet it is nevertheless
true. and this is undoubtedly due to
sanitary progress.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-02
Williams, of Savannah

-SAlDolt w VI -
while blowing recently saw a plg
a thicket near by. 1t was VIZ
disabled and could not tly. nc n.h
to it and was about to seize IT, MW;1
bird fastened it's beak in MI. WI
leg, cutting through the tro"s n
deep into the flesh. AT tllc p
grasped his foot and ankit vi
talons. Do what he might INV
couldn't free himself from 1 ni,|
clutch until he had dragged l' ny
a pile Of rails and with cluD oa %
to death. The bird was an eI
measured seven feet nine in ~ n
tip to tip of its wings -b40""
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-02

A CHICAGO citizen talks of transplant
ang one of the big California ac,.s to
Inis summer residence near the city. The
one he has selected is 500 feet high and
*9S feet in circumf renee. IT, is estimate
ed that tho transportation will cost him
$4,000. The weight of tic lcvia,han
.is about 40, 900 pounds.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-02

AN enterpris,ng Chicago syndicate
asks permission to light the s;ic-@ Of
that city with electric lights, in trss;a-
GRAFTON Of certain privileges t., hs b.
slowed by the councils; but ;..:r. is Il
manifest unwillingness to do this just a;
this particular time.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-02

PATTI became Mrs. Nicolini in the
eyes of the church at the pretty little
town Of Ystradgvnials, a name which
may be looked upon, but not pro-
nounced outside OF Wales.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-02

: AMONG the many new and important
industries established on the south side
of Long Island is tue clam-csnnln? fac
tory at lslip which is 10Y in fail opera
ton. Between 800 and 500 k,st.:s OF
CLANS are used daily. for which Tie
company pays sevcnty-ive cents y
'bushe'. The clam juice, or lesu:e, IS
bottled and sold by druggists as a succ
,for dyspepsia.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-02

ENGLISH papers that arc fond of al
1uding to the alleged disorders III Amer
lea are respectfully referred to Belfast.
where the riot exceeded any thing we
have ever had in this country.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-02

A RUSSIAN journal asserts that the
Shah of Persia has granted 20 =. i.
Winston concessions for the con.trac-
ton of railways between Tehcran and
the frontier towns of Afghanistan, and
Chat the cx-ministcr will soon visit St.
Petersburg to negotiate for the trans.
portation of material.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-02

RECENT events in several places have
brought the policeman into prominence.
1t used to be the fashion to make fun Of
him. Now there is a very la1ge and
healthy change in this matter. The
police have vindicatcd themselves most
signaily and rank to-day among tho
heroes. They showed bravery at Bel
fast recently. and stood for Jaw and
order. At home here they exhibited the
highest courage in Chicago end Mil
waukee and in New York.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-02
NEWSPAPER LAWS.

Any person who takes the paper regularly from tho
pos,0fi6, whether directed to hts name or whether ha
is o subscriber or not, Is responsible for the pay.
The courts have decided that refusing to take news.
papers and periodicals from the postothcc, or renov.
Ing and leaving them uncallcd tor, IL pyinla Jdcie evil
-uence of INTENTIONAL FRAUD.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-02

The railways of Great Britain are
capitalized at an average valuation of
1912, 400 per mile, while those of the
United States are bonded and stocked
for about $50. 900 per mile.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-02
P O@ THE DAY.

For some time there has been 3 de-
erase in the immigration into this
country. The tide has now turned and
it is again increasing.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-02

:. "a GREAT deal Of alarm is felt when
cholera, smallpox, typhus fever, OF
other epidemic diseases are prevalence.
Yet ovcrlarge of our country there
are o people killed by diseases Of
the respiratory organs than by Mi tho
more active diseases combined. Con-
sumption destroys mor lives pcr thou
sand of the population than any other
one disease, and pneumonia is next to it.
THE way they build in Italy is midi
Gated by the following passage from a
lcttor from Naples: 81 looked down
from the balcony Of my hotel and
watched some masons al work Just
across the narrow street. They were
laying outside walls three feet thick and
walls of two feet between the rooms.
The rising structure seemed to he q Jail
or a bank. 1 inquired and found it was
designed for an elegant private resi-
dence.