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

their employees voted. In this precinct
also the ballot box was removed by the
! judges of election distance of nine miles
! from the place regularly established. Role
is contesting the election on these grounds.
--Conside Indignation is felt
throughout Hyde County at the action of
| the Board of Commissioners in granting
! license to sell liquor at their session last
week. At the last election Ono license "
was carried by 81 majority.
Three Russians, near Roscoe, on
Thanksgiving evening, found bottle by
the roadside, which they supposed con-
tanned alcohol, but proved to be aconite.
Two of the parties died that night and the
other one the next morning.
p. G. Cooley, of Mnnewaukan has
assigned. Liabilities, $4,000; assets, about
the Same. Failure to realize upon some
portion of his assets is the immediate
be paid in full eventually.
Fire, caused by the explosion of some
combustibles in the news store of Frank
Mason, at Bismarck, extended TO the
editorial rooms Of the Tribune, but was
finally mastered The loss to Mason and
the Tribune aggregates 81, 500.
A complaint has been filed in the Dis
trict Court ut Sioux Falls, By Il. j. Wells,
an attorney of that city, against Irving
Bath, publisher of the Minnehaha Mail,
charging libel. The trouble grows out Of
alleged libellious charges made by the Nail
during the late campaign. Damages are
laid at $4,000.
Major Fonda and Michael L. O'Connor,
two temperance agitators of Bismarck,
moppcd the floor with ench other at the
regular monthly meeting of the Temper
ance Union Association on Saturday night
of last week. Major Fonda had written an
article for the press which touched the
cap on O'Connor's dynamite cartridge.
A new kind of fre-bug has been dis
covered in Sanborn County. Smoke was
seen issuing from the gable end of Joseph
Taylo1's barn. Taylor grabbed n coat, ran
to the barn and smothered the flames. In
vestigating the origin of the fire, a mouse
laid by the side Of half-burned match,
making its last kick. The little animal had
somehow exploded the match.
The assessment of taxation, while it
gives but q meagre indication of the real
increase of value in the territory, neverthe-
less show an increase of land and live
stock valuations the past year to the extent
Of 10 per cent, and m increase of total
valuation of some "a per cent. In very few
counties did the assessors approximate
cash valuation as the law contemplates.
Sioux Falls Argus: The Argus men
toned few days ago the case of disap-
pearance, but stated that the employers of
the party denied the charge. The case was
that of John Dcmuth, of the John Gund
Brewing Company. 1t has leaked out that
he has skipped, taking $500 Of the firms
cash TO keep him company. A vigorous
search is being made for him by detectives.
La Moure Progress: A herd of five
buffaloes have been seen by several per-
! sons in the hills in the western part of this
county, and numerous parties have come
| across their trail. We shall probably hear
| of the capture of some Of these rather
scare animals this winter, MS two or three
hunting parties arc already making prep
arations to that end.
"A sad accident occurred in the nor,h-
west part of Moody County, the other
evening, resulting in the death Of Lizzie
Krull. 10 years of age. The girl was rid
ing horse to the stable from watering it.
One end Of n strap was fastened to the
horses neck and the other end around the
girls waist She was brushed off the horse
in passing hay stack. The animal be-
came frightened and started on the run,
dragging the girl ut his heels. In passing
into the stable the girls body struck the
door on each side with such force MS to
break her back. The horse then kicked
her head into q shapeless mass. She died
Immediately.