Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-10
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

THERE were 500, 1856 standard silver dol
lars issued from the minis during the last
week of November.
A BILL providing for trial by jury has
been presented in the Spanish Chamber of
Deputies.
TIE lntest rumor regarding the Turkish
mission is that VIM. Clifford, OF Milne, son
Of the late Chief Justice Clifford, has been
recommended by Secretary Bayard for the
position.
THE testimony at the inquest over the
victims of the Milwaukee railroad disaster
near Parker, Dakota, on the Both ult.,
showed that Conductor mccarthy, of the
passenger train, received orders at Canton
to meet the east- bound freight Mt Lennox
There is no night operator Mt Lennox or
Wortlnng, the stations between Canton and
Parker, and he forgot his orders and pulled
on toward Parker, expecting to meet the
freight there ns usual The jury returned
verdict holding McCn,ty and Blackwood,
the dead engineer, guilty of extreme negli-
gence, and censuring the railroad company
for running mixed trains on m important
division, thereby oveYworking the train
men, and for not keeping night operators
ut Important stations. It is more than
probable that McCalty will be arrested for
manslaughter.
AN ordinance is pending tcforc the City
Council of ST. Louis proposing to exact
license of $4,000 per year from pool sellers
and book makers doing business ii, the
city.
DURING the early portion of the week
President Cleveland was quite indisposcd
with rheumatism.
The public debt was decreased SO, OO5,-
249.57 during the month of November.
The jury rendered verdict in the third
district court at Salt Lake City last We'd
nesday, of 100000 in favor of w. C. Red
den against the Union Pacific Railroad
company on account of injuries sustained
by Redden while at work in the company's
coal mines i'll May, 1885.
OFFICIAL returns from the two disputed
counties in Washington territory have been
received. and these make the legislature re-
publican on joint ballot by two majority.
Tho official vote on delegate shows that
Chas. $. Voorhees,, democrat, is elected
THREE masked men went to the house of
Stephen Pierce. IN old aud feeble man,
residing near Huntsville, Ark, and hanged
IN till he was nearly dead, hoping to dis
cover The hiding place of little money he
possesses. Mrs. Pierce. his ngel wife.
recosn zed the robbors and told one of them
SO, VIXEN he mad, III her and received a blow
i'll the face from the old lady with n corn
knife. Mrs. Pierre" then escaped from the
house and aroused some neighhors, who
arrived in time to save the old mans life.
ABOUT $4,000 worth of opium wa.
.ound secrc,ed OH board the Rio Jalleiro.
Wh!rh arrived III San Francisco from China
last Tuesday. l. was seized for violation
81 custom laws.
AMONG Tie inr;:e number OF Amer can
registered packages los: in the recent Bel
Gian mail robbery We're packages from the
'''i'" IL Po 'oAiteH III IN northwest
Drs Moines. Iowa, registered pHclns., No.
3,11l; ST Paul. Mimi. No 2.64I; Bis
mack. Dakota. No. 1875; Saltwater. N ur..
No. us; What Cheer. Iowa. No. So; Rock
ford, Iowa. No. 60 There is vet some
question as 10 whe her the Belgium Gov
srnmen' is responsible 10 this Government
Tor the lost packages. The probabilities
are it is not.