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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-20

Miss CLEVELAND has now assumed
editorial management of a Chicago
monthly, and is attending to her edi-
torial duties at her summer residence,
"The Weeds" at Holland Patent,
Oneida County, N. Y. She will not go
to Chicago until September. The pub
Usher of the monthly has already
learned that Miss Cleveland is a lady
who knows her own mind, and who is
no respecter of the whims or ideas of
publishers or business managers. First
~, she insisted that all advertisements
should be submitted to her for APP
prevail or rejection, and the result is
that several present and prospective
advertising patrons of the paper have
had their matter for the August num-
Der rejected. Miss Cleveland began by
casting out all quack advertisements,
such as those relating to patent COM
plexion powders, wrinkle-removers,
cosmetics, identifying elixirs, ETC., and
followed this up by canceling the con-
tracts for full-page lads" relating to
patent medicines. When the publisher
completed the agreement by which he
secured Miss Cleveiand's services, he
tried to persuade her to allow her
name to be printed on the title-page OF
the periodical. Miss Cleveland OBJ
jected to her name appearing on any
part of the paper, on the ground that
the publication should stand or fall on
its WI merits, without the adventurous
aid which her name and position might
chance to give it. He dropped the
matter there, but subsequently con-
cocted a willy plan to get Miss Cleve-
lands name on the cover, her objections
Notwithstanding. So he paid an artist
$75 for a new and pretty design for q
title-page, in which the words, edited
by Miss Cleveland" appeared in minute
form on a flowing scroll. He sent her
a copy of the design, fully expecting
the artistic character of the work would
overcome her objections to notoriety,
and by return mail got a rather tar
note from the lady, saying in substance
my name shall not appear-this il
final" Then he and an artist con.
cocted a plan for the issue of Miss
Cleveland's picture in the form of {
large engraving, such as the large pic
ture Of Mrs. Cleveland, nee Folsom
which adorns so many store windows
Miss Cleveland decidedly objected
Again, the publisher, when printing
her letter-heads for editorial cores
pondence, according to a form she sem
him, wrote a long letter, asking per.
mission to leave out "The Weeds" OF
else that Miss Cleveland would change
the name of her residence. She merely
replied: THE Weeds it will remain. >
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-20

BEN EVANS, better known as "Old
Red Ben" died q few days ago at the
age of one hundred and seven years.
It is said that he was part Indian, and
was born and lived all his life in Wilkes
County, e a the Taliaterro line, in
Georgia. He was born the property of
MI. William Evans, at War Hill, on
Kittle Creek, and belonged to three
generations of the Evans family. When
the Kittle Greek battle was fought be-
tween the British and Americans he
was a little child. He lived all his life
within three miles of the place of his
birth, and joined the church and was
baptized after he was a hundred years
old. He was a noted hunter and fisher,
and he continued to fish up to a short
time before his death. He walked
three miles last year to the river to
fish.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-20

CLAY ALLISON, a Las Vegas cowboy,
or, a his advancing years demand,
cowman. sold a lot of steers at Chey-
enne at q good profit, and then went to
a dentist to get an aching tooth at
tended to. The dentist, seeing a chance
to make something, bored a hole in a
sound tooth of Clay's and attempted to
fill it, but, being a bungler, broke the
tooth. Allison got mad and went to
another dentist, who told him he had
been the victim of a quack. The cow
man went back to the first dentist,
picked up a pair of forceps, knocked
him down, yanked his mouth open,
jerked out a sound double tooth,
grabbed for another, caught a front
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-20
Lessons in Kindness to Animals.

Think before you strike any creature
that cannot speak.
1 remember about reading in my
boyhood about a merchant travelling
on horseback accompanied by his dog.
He dismounte6 for some purpose, and
accidentally dropped his package of
money. The dog saw it; the merchant
did not. The dog barked to stop him,
and he rode further, bounded in front
of the horse, and barked louder and
louder The merchant thought he had
gone mad, drew a pistol from his pock-
ct, and shot him. The wounded dog
crawled back to the package, and when
the merchant discovered his loss and
rode back, he found his dying dog
lying there faithfully guarding his
treasure.
The following little story told by a
friend of mine is not so painful, but
adds force to the thought, "Think be-
fore you strike any creature that can
not speak,"
"When I was a boy and lived up the
mountains of New Hampshire, I worked
for q farmer, and was given a span of
horses to pillow with, one of which
was a ~four-year-old colt. The colt,
after walking o few steps, would lie
down in the furrow. The farmer was
provoked, and told me to sit on the
colts head to keep him from rising,
while he whipped him, to break out
that notion as he said. But just then
a neighbor came by. He said, there's
something wrong here; let him get up,
and let us examine He patted the
colt, looked at his harness, and then
said, Look at this collar; It is so long
and narrow and carries the harness so
high, that when he begins to pull, it
slips back and chokes him so he can't
BREATHE And SO it was, and but for
that neighbor VIZ should have whipped
as kind a creature as we had on the
farm, because he laid down when he
couldn't breathe"
It was only the other day I heard OF
q valuable st. Bernard dog being shot,
because, having a wound on his head,
concealed by the hair, he bit a person
who handled him roughly.
Boys, young and old, please remem-
Der that these creatures are dumb.
They may be hungry or thirsty, or cold,
or faint, or sick, OF bruised, or wounded,
and cannot tell you.
"Think before you strike any crea.
creature that cannot speak."-Geo. Z.
A'ageH, IN Our Dumb animals.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-20

CAPTAIN JOHN HALEY, of the Fort
Popham Life Saving Station, was quiz
city pulling home from Bath, Me-, the
other evening in the dark, when he was
struck violently on the head and
knocked to the bottom of the boat.
The Captain, who thought he was alone
on the waters, was not only surprised
but, he confessed, terribly scared. He
was greatly relieved when he found
that a ffteen-pound sturgeon, in his
evening gambolings, had leaped from
the water and in his fight through the
air whacked the Captain, as aforesaid,
and lay gasping at the bottom of the
boat.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-20

A New York letter says: GA few
days ago, while a number of the prom
inent lawyers of this city were looking
at Puck's cartoon on the members of
Congress affected by Senator Beck's
bill to prohibit Congressman from tax
ing fees from corporations having bust
ness with the Government, some one
asked Simon Stevens what he thought
of the plea made in opposition to the
bill by Senator Edmunds and others.
Mr.. Stevens replied: 1t is quite Boz
CONAN, you know The reply caused
oar Of laughter from the lawyers,
who recognized the reference to the
great impeachment trial of Lord Bacon
for bribery, where his Lordship made
this defense: I confess you, my Lords,
I took the money, but it was to facili-
tate not to prevent Justice"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-20
What 1t Was That Woke Rob BarkAam Up

"Oh-h-h!"
It was Rob Barkham whose big eyes
made you think of soup-plates, and his
mouth now open in wonder suggested
a third. "Soup-plates!!" Very little
soup or food of any kind had Rob
tasted in the last twenty-four hours.
but just now under the sign, 81.
Blodgett, Birds Mounted and Animals
Stuffed" he saw such a wonderful
sight that it almost made him forget
his hunger.
"Pijjins, see EN-! Can stand all day,
and a whole year, 1 guess, too, on one
leg!" exclaimed Rob. ducks, owls
don't know what the next be-squirrels,
and oh, my! Don't I wish I could get
in that door?"
Looking in past the door half-open,
he saw a deer that turned soft, staring,
big eyes toward him, and a fox with its
sharp little nose. and an old brown
bear that had such a suIly, ugly look.
Alloys curiosity can't stand everything.
1t was too much to expect that Rob
would stay outside this this shop.
Stealing forward into this marvellous
collection, conscious that q hundred
birds, fifty squirrels, several deer, a dog,
a lamb. two monkeys, and the above
brown bear directed strange looks of
wonder at this invader, who dared face
them in their seclusion. Seclus on ?
Who was it that bobbed up quick as a
iack-in-a-box, and scowled across a
counter? A funny old man, CARRYING
in n hand a swan, sightless now, but
in a minute to be supplied with as fine
a pair o. glass eyes as could be bought
in all Chicago.
Rob started. He did not expect to
see this object in the wonderful men
agerie. His heart beat wildly. He felt
cold, hungry, wretched. An air of bust
ness returned to him. He was no longer
Robert Barkham, the sight-seer and
boy of leisure, but Robert the place.
hunter and boy of business, who did so
want to find somebody who would hire
him and give him a job.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. want?" de-
handed the old man, with a fierce air.
"Could-could-you give me some
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-20

In the freshman class at Yale Col.
lege there are thirty colored students.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-20

PHILADELPHIA Record: Mrs. George
M. Pullman, the wife of the well-known
millionaire, passed through this city
on her way to Long Branch, travelling
with q degree of comfort aud luxury
rarely cen She, her four children,
twelve servants, five horses, and two
carriages occupied two large Pullman
cars, both of which were splendidly
furnished. That in which Mrs. Pull
man and her children rode was filled
up with the most luxurious furniture,
and had a buffet, sitting.room, and
sleeping quarters, all finely appointed.
One of it's ornaments is a handsome
cabinet organ. Mrs. Pullman's family
consists of two girls and two boys.
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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-03-11
A swell Marriage of Rich Israelites.

New York Special: One OF the most bril-
liam of the spring weddings took place on
Fifth avenue and united two Of the most
wealthy and prominent families of the me-
tropolis. The bride was Miss Julia Worms
err, the daughter OF the rich Wall street
broker, Isadore Wornser and the bride
groom Jefferson Seligman, son OF James
Seligman, OF the firm OF j. & S. Seligman,
Of Broad street. The bridal DRESS
was very beautiful. The material was a
soft, heavy ivory satin, which fell in a
court train three yards long. The front
was covered with two deep ~fiounces OF rare
point lace, the gift of her mother. The
bodice vas cut square and trimmed with the
same lace, and a full veil OF tulle caught
by diamond pins, and a wreathe OF orange
blossoms fell over all. She wore diamond
s~olitaires of unusual beauty, the gift of
the groom; diamond bracelets, the gift
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Wormser, as
well as a pearl necklace and
diamond pendant, the gift OF her
father. A princess might have envied the
display of presents. They filed a large
room and included, besides, any amount OF
silver and jewels, bronzes marbles, en-
broideries, Gobe6n tapestries worth their
weight in gold, rich paintings and an
endless variety of bric-a brac. The gift
OF the brides father was $780, 900 in
government bonds and diamonds. The
groom's father gave a large block of
government bonds, also a complete library
OF standard works and a gtand piano.
Simon Wormser, the uncle ofthe bride, gave
complete dinner and tea services Of solid
silver, also three valuable silver fruit dish
es purchased atthe centennial. The brides
sister gave a $4,000 bronze statue OF
Hercules Achilles and Cerberus, and the
brothers OF the groom a fine rosewood
billiard table and a parlor pipe organ.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-03-11
MaJoR-G lsEaalH H;TtpM

The president has sent to the senate the
nomination OF Brig. Gen. Alfred H.. Terry
to be major general, vice Winfield Scott
Hancock, deceased.
Gen. Terry was born at Hartford Conn, in
1927 and is consequently 5S years ofage. He
was n lawyer before the civil war, but the
breaking out CT the rebellion found him a
colonel in the expedition against Port
Royal. in November, 1861. He became a
brigadier general in March, 1862, and
too a prominent part in the capture of
Fort Wagner, in September, 1863. Gen.
Terry commanded a division in the army
OF the James river, in Virginia, in 1864,
and was selected by Gen. Grant to
lead the expedition against Fort
Fisher with the cooperation OF Admiral
Porter. On the 15thday o~fJannary, 1885,
he assaulted the fort, and was met with OBJ
stinate defense, butcaptured the entire gar
rison and armament, thus securing one Of
the most important results Of the war
Gen. Terry assumed command OF the de-
partment OF Dakota Sept. Is, 1885. He
was relieved by Gen. Hancock, May II,
1853. From there he went as commander to
the department of the south, with head
quarters at Louisville, Ky. He returned
to the command of the department of Da
kota in January, 1878, and has been there
ever since. 1t is impossible at this time to
tell what the changes viii be at Fort SMELL
ing, us there will be an appointment OF an
other brigadier general, and matters there
win hang fire, waiting for further advices
ron Washington.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-03-11
The Criminal Calendar.

Bill Cummings, a noted horse thief, is ar
rested at Glendale, Oak.
Mrs. Fosuaugh is on trial at Huron, Oak,
charged with Incorporating 81, 700.
Frank Burgel, the man who shoth his wife,
Cynthia Burgel, at Massilon, Ohio, com.
mitted suicide.
is to be tried for immoral conauct with
female prisoners.
Van Fleet, the ~absconding treasurer oil
Huron county, Ohio, will be surrendered
by the dominion authorities.
Gov. MeEnsry OF La, signed the death
warrants OF Patrick Ford and John Muir
phy, who are to be hanged on Friday,
March IL.
T. w. Raltman, c wealthy citizen OF Ne
braska City, had Mrs. Danke arrested on
because he found a baby in a basket on his
door step.
William Wartenn was hanged at
Rensselaer, in the presence of l 900 people,
for the murder OF John Dreger. He made
a rambling speech on the g~silows protest.
ing his innocence. His neck was broken by
the fall.
William Makepiece, a lawyer from Dun
lap, Iowa, together with a woman and two
children, was arrested at St. Joseph, Mo.
The charges against him are embezzlement,
stealing a team Of horses and carrying on
morteaged property.
Detective A.. A. Chapman Of Montana ar
rived at Glendale. OAK, and arrested Bill
Cummings, a noted horse thief and desperl
ado, who came to Glendale a few weeks ago
with fifty or sixty horses and ponies, all of
which, it appears, were stolen. He has dis
- go II 49, A.. l. @l.A
city, and Indignation is very strongly ex-
prease1
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-03-11


A Washington dispatch says that
the Mormons are making a quiet at
tempt to obtain control of the state
of Nevada. There would be no insup-
ersble difficulty in the way of a Nor
mon conquest of Nevada. The entire
vote OF Nevada in 1884 was 12,77I.
The registered male vote OF Uteh is
1912. Already several thousand
Mormon families reside in Nevada
and vote in that state. They could
beeasiiy reinforced by a few thousand
additional settlers, who could move
into the portion OF the state lying
nearest to Utah, and the irruption
wouldnot be generally noticed or sus-
pected until their numbers should
have become such that they would be
enabled to seize without a serious con-
test, by the peaceful agency ofthe bal
lot box, the sovereign political power
in Nevada, with all the right that it
possesses as one of the states within
the Union.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-03-11
Unnecessary Work.

A lady who is convinced that at
east one-quarter of the work done by
women is unnecessary, says the world
would go on quite as well without it.
She likens it to an ottoman-cover she
once saw q lady work:
She was all bent up, and was putting
her eyes out counting stitches. Il
don't get any time for reading" SID
said plaintively, as she picked ID
some beads on a needle. "You mus
have a great deal of leisure"
And yet she had spent more timl
embroidering a ridiculous dog on 8
piece of b%roadcloth than would havz
suficed to read twenty good book
1t did not haveth poormerit of bein1
economical, for the price of the matd
rails would have bought enough hand
some damask for two covers.
A friend of mine tells OF seeing I
squaw seat herself by the town punt
unroll q bundle of calico, cut out
dress, make it, putt on, and walk q
all in about two hours. | have 4
ways regretted that he did not COD
tinue the story by telling me that II
squaw spent her abundant leisui
beautifully,
l would not have women redu2
their sewing to quite so simple a ID
formance, but a good deal would
gained if they thought more abo<
living and less about it's accidents.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-03-11

WARRENsBURG, No, March l.-Charies IL
Smith, who has been arrested here, defrauded
inhabitants of this and adjoining counties to
the amount of $4,000 He pretended tf
have been specially ordained by God to form
a new secret order, from which was to grow
a new and the only true religion. Accord.
ingly he began establishing the order of the
Star of Heaven He would grant a charte.
to any six persons who applied for it. pro.
vided each paid into the common fund 500.
Charter members pledged themselves not to
take any more than six members into a lodge,
thus allowing only twelve members of Il
lodge. Then he had prophetic visions, in
which great avenues of wealth We're opened
up to him. On the basis of these visions he
induced his dupes to mortgage their farms to
the order, and thus il became a sort of loan
association. The secretary had charge OF
the notes, deeds and mortgages of the lodge,
which ne turned over to the treasurer. whc
converted them into cash Smith was finan-
ctal agent of all the lodges When the lodge
was organized the first duty of the financial
agent was to purchase land near some town.
divide it into town lots, which were pur-
chased by members of the lodge from the
financial agent as follows: A member paid
$3.50 for Il lot, one-third cash, and q note
for the balance bearing 10 per cent interest,
and gave a mortgage on the lot. He then
got $50 of the treasurer, gave it and his note
for 500 to the financial agent, AMI gave the
treasurer a receipt for $50. The agent re-
turned 500 to the treasurer and had the
note for 500. In this way each member
got a lot and the agent many notes or from
800 to $500 each The agent sold tina
notes and got rich. His victims are num-,
bered by the hundreds
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-03-11

Professor Sanborn, of the Missouri
State Agricultural College, has so man
aged his institution IS that its pays a
profit to the State, and this fact has
called out, it seems, a good deal of un-
favorable criticism, the argument be-
ing that such institutions are not in
tended for money-making purposes
But it seems that Professor Sanborn
has succeeded, as he has, not by neg
Letting anything, but by a strict and
intelligent economy, to which the Mis-
sourians were utter strangers. He
put his farm tools under cover, he
housed his cattle in the winter, he
saved the manure, he economical his
corn fodder. In a word. he took care
of things, and the farmers OF Missouri
who had no idea Of saving, but lei
everything III to waste, We're as
founded. II Professor Sanborn, or
any body else, can teach the farmer
how much gain thereis in attentionto
small things, in saving tools and car
riages from the weather, cattle from
the cold, and in an economy which is
not stinginess. he or the other fellow
will do an immense amount of good,
and cause the addition to the country
OF {, great deal OF wealth.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-03-11
c.nairlon af,hs national Debt.

Wa iington special: For the first time
since September, 1855, the intercst-bearing
debt shows a reduction, the $40, 900, 900
Of , per cent. bonds called for redemption
on Feb. l having been deducted from the
interest bearing column. The reduction
Tor the month, as shown by the debt
statement, is less than 1900. 900,
and for eight months oil the current fiscal
year nearly xG3, 000, 600, against S44, 000,-
o for the corresponding eight months OF
the preceding year. Except the SIG, 000,-
0e0 Of 3 per cents paid last month this re-
duetion Of S63, 600, 900 was brought about
by the redemption of outstanding gold, sill.
yer and legal tender certificates. THERE'S a
marked increase IN the gold fund since Feb.
l.. The total amount OF gold now held is
over 81, 900, 900 below the figures OF Feb. /,
but the gold not covered by outstanding
certificates shows an increase OF over
SS,000.o00. This is a remarkable exhibit,
considering that $4,000. 600 in gold
were paid during the month for called
bonds. The net gold now held
amounts to over S144, 000, 900,
which is within $4,000, 600 OF
the amount held Jan. L. In silver dol
lars held there is an increase OF 2,722,5 3I,
the number OF these pieces now in the treas-
ury being III, sos, GIG. Silver certificates
to the amount of 81, 370.sS3 were redeem
ed during the month notwithstanding which
the net increase in standard dollars not
covered By certificates is over 81, 900 900.
The available balance is reported as
S72, POS, 203, n decrease OF about 81 ,2o0,-
300 since Feb. l.. Under til, Tormer meth
dds Of stating the liabilities and assets. the
available balance would be $40, 549, 304.
The receipts for the month were nearly
SIG, 900, 600, an increase Of 81, 900, 900
over February, 1885. From customs
alone the receipts exceeded SIG, 600, 900.
81, SOC, 900.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-03-11

Mr. Justin Mccarthy is a member of
the British Parliament; he is an intel
ligent and experienced Irishman who
is earnest in behalf of the liberties OF
his country. He has stated his views
as to the claim for home rule which
Ireland is entitled to make, the con-
cession of which, he thinks, would
satisfy her. .'Give," says he to Par
liament, ireland the right to manage
her own affairs within the line OF the
sea-foam that washes her shores; give
her the right to do what every State
in the American Union has a right to
do for itself, what every one OF the
British Colonies in Canada and Aus
traiia a do, give us this much and
We are willing to live in friendly part.
nership with you" This excludes all
idea of a repeal OF the Union. How
ever much difficulty there might be in
adjusting the details, the principle
enunciatedis broad, and as distinct as
it is broad. 1t is something to have
an i~ntelligently defined basis for ac.
ton; and, whether Mr.. Mccarthy
speaks for the Nationalists or not, he
doubtless does in this regard for Mr..
Parnell, who has not as yet spoken so
plainly.