Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-24
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

The Dakota Legislature and q Terri
torial Constitutional Convention assembled
Mt Huron on the 18th inst, the former in
compliance with call Of Governor Mel
lette. The object of the gatherings is 20
deliberate upon measures looking toward
securing Statehood. Both bodies are
largely attended.
n DRoz, now Vice President, has been
elected President of Switzerland for 1877,
and F. W. Hertenslein, present Minister of
War, has been elected Vice. president.
Both are radicals.
VIM. SToRER. of New York, who had
been in the commission dry goods business
for many years, suddenly departed, leaving
creditors to the extent of 100000. Storer
is over 20 years old, and blind, and it is
! right.
The Calumet Hotel, at Pipestone, Mimi,
burned Tuesday, the 18th inst. David Me
Culoueh was fatally injured. Rev. A. S.
Oscult, Baptist minister, was killed, n
little co,ored boy has broken back and
Virgil Pendergast was seriously hurt, all
by falling walls. Loss, $4,000; partly in
sured. Nothing was saved. Lew Ellis
worth escaped by rope from second
story window.
THE President sent the following nomi-
atoms to the Senate fol- confirmation on the
10Th: Preston N. Leslie, of Ken lucky, to
be Governor of Montana Ter ritory; Henry
E. Hayden, of Minnesota, TO be Clerk Of
the District Court for the District of Alaska.
ostmasters-Iowa--G.J j. Rodman, Wash
ington; Richard Burl, What Cheer; Thos.
A. Massie, Logan; j. N. Davis, Knoxville;
w. H. Merritt, Des Moines; G. P. Neal,
Columbus Junction; james Frey, Sigour-
ney: Frank P. Morton, Odebolt; E. X. Pit
man, Leon; j. p. Carleton, Iowa Falls;
Geo. Paul, Iowa City; S. H. Harvey, Cen
tervillc; Alexander Charles, Cedar Rapids;
John Hornsten, Boone, A. H. Graves,
Alton; r. L. Gedley, Malvern; j. H.
james, Sac City; G. G. Scrimgeon, Belle
/, Plaine. Nebraska-W. F. Wolf, Friend;
Frank Campbell, O'Neill. Dakota-F. B.
Smith, Columbia; David Hammer, Mitch
ell
AT the opening of the session of the
Wisconsin State Grange Patrons Of Hus-
bandry, Grand Master Carr declared that
the union of the Grange and Knights of
Labor would be impossible. His reason
was that the Grange could not under any
circumstances adopt the eight hour system
and apply it to the farm.
In the Senate on the 18th inst. Mr.. Frye OF
Maine. presented n memorial against the adns-
sion of foreign-built ships to American entry.
Mr.. Vance introduced bill to repeal chapter 81
of the net Of so, relating to civil service. Mr..
Van Wyck offered n resolution calling for nm ac-
counting of the expenditures of the nppropria-
ton for improvements of the Missouri River Mt
Omaha and other points in Nebraska and Iowa.
The resolution gave rise to considerable discus
sion and will probably be again called up at an
early date. Mr.. Beck called up the bill prohibit
ing Senators and Representatives. from acting MS
attorneys for subsidized railroads. He opposed
the substitute reported from the judiciary COM
mittee. Mr.. Push, of the committee, defended
the substitute. He was opposed to such legsla-
Senate went into executive session.
The House, early in the morning went into
committee Of the whole on the bill for the allot-
mcnt of lands in severnlty to Indians, but pend
ing the consideration the morning hour expired.
On motion of MI Warner, of Missouri the bill
was passed bringing the cities of Atlanta, Gal
weston. St. Paul, Minneapolis, Indianapolis,
Kansas City and Omaha under the provisions OF
section 5l9l of the Revised Statutes, which re-
quires national banks in certain cities to keep
on hand in money OF the United States a sum
equal to 25 per cont. of their circulation and
deposit. A bill approprinting ss5,Ooo for public
printing and binding; $1,000 for distinctive pa
per for United States securities, and $4,000 Tor
recoinnse OF silver was referred.