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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-26
Dead Half
Lice Hail.

from NJ TO N; hence il is seen that the ball
will be influenced by this, and will be con-
stantly moving from a true line curving
toward X, and will describe It portion of IL
circle.
This was the explanation I offered to my
father, who still insisted that it was merely
a theory, and could not be demonstrated.
So one summer afternoon IL number of us
boys prevailed upon him to Join us in a.
game OF baseball. Now, Il great many
years before this, father had been a member
OF a local club, which chad downed every
club it ever played as he said, and so he
had made up his mind to show us young
sters a ching or two" When he stepped
up to the "home" plate ready to strike, it
was with determination to show us that
our so-called curves were simply optical
illusions which he would soon dispel. I
was The pitcher, and the first ball l threw
was q slow 'out-curve" {that is, it curved
away from the strikcr-curves are desig-
mated as outs, u 'fn-shoots." drops and
'sraise'). Father drew back the bat and
struck at the ball as though he would
knock the cover off. but he missed it. He
tried again and again, but could not even
make a foul tip; SO FINALLY he gave up
and consented to watch for a short time
from behind the catcher, and was soon con-
WINGED that IL curve ball wasnot an optical
illusion, but an accomplished fact. After "
short time he started slowly home, but, as
he. left us, he said: "Well, boys, you are
right; the game is getting too scientific for
me, and l guess my baseball days are
over" And, in truth, so they wcre.-J.
Edwin Taylor, in st. Nicholas.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-26
RoYCoITS LIFTED.

Shoe Manufacturers in Chicago Agree to
Discontinue the Employment of Convict
Labor in the Future-Stove-Makers In
Troy Will Not Discriminate Against the
knights.
CHICAGO, March 1O.-A meeting of con-
siderable Importance to commercial and
manufacturing interests was held at the
Gault House Monday evening, between the
boot and shoe firms OF Phelps, Dodge &
Palmer, Selz, Schwab g. Co., and c.. II.
Fargo g. Co. on the one side
and the executive board Of the
State assembly OF the Knights
OF Labor on the other. The object OF the
meeting was to discuss the employment al
convict labor by the manufacturers and
the recent boycott proclaimed against
them for SO doing. No ~ill-feel-
ing vas developed, but On the
contrary an amicah!o settlement
was arranged without much diG;-
Guilty. The several firms agreed, upon the
expiration OF existing obligations and con-
tracts, to dispense with the employment OF
convict labor, and in consideration OF that
agreement the boycott was terminated.
&C. M. Henderson & Co. did not sign the
eoatract. and the boycott remainsi in force
against them. The Knights OF Labor are
feeling very jubilant over the settlement of
she trouble, but are restraining any ten
dencv to celebrate the event.
Troy, N. Y, March 1O.-The boycott
which has been running for some eighteen
months on the stoves and ranges manu
factured by the Fuller & Warren Company
OF this city was lifted Tuesday. Articles Of
agreement were signed in which the firm
pledged itself not to discriminate against
the knights OF Labor in the future.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-26

Details of the Railway Disaster Near
Monte Carlo, France-Five Persons
Known to Have Been Killed and u Large
Number Wounded, Many of Whom Are
Americans.
LONDON, March ia collision occurred
Wednesday between two trains on the
railway between Monte Carlo and Men
tone. The train from Mentone was filed
with English visitors. "A number of car
riages were smashed and fell into the sea.
Three passengers, al engineer and q guard
were instantly Killed. Twenty-six of pas
sengtTs were injured, thirteen very danger
ously. The collision happened on a sharp
curve, which the two trains, both filled
with passengers, tried to round at the
same time on a single track. The trains
were badly telescoped and were thrown
from the track.
The point where the collision occurred is
situated on a cliff overlooking the sea, and
about 1925 feet above the beach. Two of
the carriages which were thrown from the
track and fell down the cliff rolled a con-
siderable distance in the shallow water at
the base and imbcdded themselves in the
sand. Both these coaches were full OF peo-
pie, and the wonder is that all were not
killed. The wounded have been conveyed
to hotels at Monte Carlo.
Many of the wounded are Americans and
Englishmen. None OF the killed were of
those na%tionalities. Every member of an
entire French family who were touring to-
gether had their legs broken. Thu accident
was due to the neglect OF the train dis
patchers at either end of the track, who
failed to inquire whether the track was
clear or not.
The London Daily News estimates the
number of deaths at forty, including seven
railway employees. No other reports con-
firm this estimate.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-26
$40 Hoos,ERs LyNcHEo.

,y,h of Determined Men Take the
Three Members of the Notorious .archef
Gang of Murderers aud Outlaws from
+bo .Iail ut Shoals, Ind, and Hang them
to Trees.
SHOALS, Ind, March 1O.-The members
OF the notorious Archer gang, who have
been confined in the county jail here for
several weeks past on q charge of having
been concerned in several brutal and UNI
provoked murders, but more especially Tor
the killing OF old man Bunch, eNplated
their crimes just before one O'Clock
this morning at the hands OF a mob
of determined men, all armed and thor
oughly prepared to carry out their pur-
pose. TIL mob was composed OF many OF
the farmers OF the surrounding country,
and was quiet and orderly. On reaching
the city the men passed rapidly along
through the streets until the Jail, situated
in West Shoals, was reached. The keys
were at once demanded OF the jailer, but
were refused. Without tarrying a moment
for a colloquy the spokesman OF the mob
pushed the jailer aside, and, crying QUITO
the men to follow him, led the way up to
the door. A few vigorous strokes against
it, and it fell in with q crash. In an
instant the excited men were before
the iron gratings of the cells.
These were speedily broken open by a
hammer, and the doomed prisoners led out
into the courtyard adjoining the Jail. The
mob was silent as death. From the court.
yard the prisoners were led 81 short dis
tance up the road to a place where three
trees had been extemporized into three
CHASTITY gallows. Here the prisoners were
given a few moments in which to exchange
parting greetings or to make a con-
fession of their crimes. But the men made
no sign, and as the three nooses We're slip
ped about their necks they stood composed
and resigned to their fate. The ends Of the
o were then thrown ovcrthe limbs OF the
trees, a strong pull was given by each ofths
little groups OF men which held the ropes,
and in an instant the three %lifeless
bodies OF John, Martin and Thomas Archer
were dangling in mid-air. In a moment
the lynching party was gone, leaving it's
victims still warm in death. Anxious citi-
zens are now thronging in to view the bod
les, and the people are wild with excite.
ment. The hanging is generally commend.
ed by the entire city.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-26
The broadway Surface Company De.
nounced by the Senate Committee.

ALBANY, N. Y, March 1O.-The Railroad
COMMITTEES, which has been Investigating
the methods by which the franchise of the
Broadway Surface railroad in New York
was obtained, yesterday made its pre-
llminary report to the Senate. The com.
mittee are unanimously OF the opinion that
the FRANCHISE WAS procured from the
Board OF Aldermen OF the city of New York
by bribery and corruption, and urge that
swift and summary justice be melted out to
the guilty parties, and also that the fruits
OF their c%riminality be taken from them.
The committee offer four bills designed to
restore this franchise and property to it's
rightful owners.
Judge Gildersleeve, OF the court OF gen.
eral sessions, resolved Il letter Yesterday
froha a member OF the late Board OF Alder
men offering to 20 before the grand irry
and reveal the inside history OF the Broad
way railway deal with the aldermen. The
letter was referred by the Judge to the fore
man OF the grand jury.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-26
EOrtifYiny Halifax.

BosroS. March ia special from Hall
lax to the advertiser states that on ac-
count OF The recent opening OF the Canadian
Pacific railroad and the early prospective
establishment OF highlands military route
to India via Canada, the British Govern
ment will create an arsenal . here
and make Halifax Britain's greatest naval
station III the new world. The most i'm
prcgnable circle OF Notifications nov
guarding the harhor will be supplemented
by several large forts. The dock-yard,
which occupies one-third of the water front
OF the city, liz to he rc-established on it's old
time basis, and a second British regiment
has been ordered to the garrison.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-26
Scores of

BOSTON, March 1o.-The photographic
office has just issued it's first pilot chart
Of the North Atlantic for March. A special
feature is the unusual number OF wrecks re.
ported on the coast of the United States
due to the last .nonth's gales. Between
key West and Cape Sable there are no less
than t"enty-cight reported to be floating
"ater-iogged while unknown numbers Of
vessels nave gone down. Spread over the
North atlantic generally, within the limits
OF the Gulf stream, about twenty o+ha.
wrecks are reported, floating in danoero,,s
proximity to the great ocean bighwan
The ice Emit is rapidly extending south.
ward. '""s"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-26
HEAVY KObhNYv.

New ORLEANS, March fa.-Efie H. Han
k'ns' a well-known Chicago character, has
been seeing the carnival here for two or
three days, and wearing in public a tine
display OF costly jewels. At three O'Clock
Wednesday morning her ROOM, in a house
kept by Mary Bunker, was entered by three
men, who with revolvcrs quoted her
and her companion, while the jewelry
vas gathered up. Efiie's companion,
named Carroll. also contributed $500 in
cash to the robbers. The jewels taken were
worth $1,000, but a lot OF equal value,
concealed in the ROOM, escaped the %tl,ieves'
notice. The jewelry stolen includes a
twcnty-calat diamond, valued at 81. 900.
three diamond bracelets, watches, pins, etc.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-26
Lucid m

A colored nan evidently a stranger in
Austin, was standing around, as if looking
for something which he could not find,
when he was accosted by Uncle Nose.
WHO is yer lookin' for, niggah?!"
II wants ter see kurnel Merger"
"Does yer know him when yer sees him?"
'Nc."
does yer NOW ledge Pcteyby when yey
sees him?'
mo-"
'Ef yer sees Kurnel Yerger yer ran tell
hits him right off by his not bein' so bald
headed as ledge Peterby, and by his not
wariap de same sort OF a ~hat."-Texas Sitt-
ingSs
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-26
"YOU CAN'T MOST ALWAYS
TELL"

The man you now pass by with bitter looks of
ScOrn.
Because he is so very poor, and so very lowly
Next spring you may be very glad to take him
by the hand.
For his praises may be sounded over every
inch of land.
A champion he may become, before the world
to shine.
As IL p tcher or u catcher of a Jolly baseball
nine;
Although you see him calmly sit a-smoking of
cherOOlS,
He may whip the great John Sullivan out OF
his biggest boots:
He may try a SiX-dayS' walking at some Ia
nous hall Or rink,
And beat the rest of fellows there, as quick rs
YOU can wink:
He may chance to be located within the win
ming boat.
Dr. you may run for Office, and may chance to
need his vote.
So of all the many queer words that are given
out to spell,
The queercst of the queer, arc-"You can't
most always tell"
-Gooddu's u
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-26
"A Dozen Children Tossed by a Mad Steer.

CINCINNATI, o., March IA mad steer
charged up Sycamore street yesterday just
as a great OF children was leaving a
school-house. AS it neared the school a
number of men made desperate effort to
turn 10 from discourse, butitplunged right
into Ii crowd OF little girls who had Just
stepped outsidet the gate, knocking couple
OF them down. The screams of over
fouE hundred frightened children in the
yard seemed to make the animal more
ierocious, and he wheeled anna dashed in
among them. The children crowded back
to the steps leading to the. school and
trampled over each other in their endeayor
to escape. A dozen children mere knocked
down and two were tossed in the air by the
anmals horns. Three of the children will
probably die OF their injuries. The police
killed the steer.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-26
Anxious for Comfort.

Tic Jail at Summit, n. j., must be a.
sight for sore eyes. A man named William
WALSH was arrested a few nights since for
being drunk and disorderly. 1t began to
grow colder during the night, and after en-
during the cold as long aus possible, he de-
Iiberately kicked a hole Through the side of
the building and walked out. Three tramps
ollewed his example, and together they
followed IL bed out in a snow-drift, and all
slept soundly till moHlmg-Peck's Sun.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-26
hr the meeting of the Washington

hr the meeting of the Washington
Monument Society Colonel Casey made
some very interesting statements. On
every bright day the apex of the monu-
rsncsst moves at least'one inch westward
l.e rsAs mofning when the suns rays first
s;iH npea it, and eastward again in the
afternoon when the sun reaches
the western side. The heat of the sun
has had an expansive effect upon the
masonry. and the plummet that is sus-
nnnded in the interior of the monument
registers this movement from day to
day.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-26

A WICKED exchange says there is one
streak of consolation in marrying a gi,l
with a squint. You never need to fear
her daring you to look her square in the
face when you are explaining how it
happcnsthat you are late from your
club,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-26

THE best way to stop the carrying OF
firearms is suggested blythe New Or
leans Christian Aduocatc. Everybody
is TO be allowed to carry arms, but
every pistol mustb be three feet long and
worn openly. Wearing short pistols is
to be punished by a fine of $1,000.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-26

THE statement is made that all the
varied machinery of Great Britain now
operated by steam power is capable of
performing mor work, and hence Of
creating more products than could be
e,roaiaccd by the labor of four hundred
million able-bodied men, a greater
imtn,i*:r chan all the ablc-bodicd men on
the Garth,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-26
She Had Married for Inv.

Husband-Do you think that our daurh-
ter Clara ought to marry for money alone?
Wife-Certainly.
H~usband-But you married for love. nv
dear.
Wife-I know I did, and that is the rea-
son why I think Clara ought to marry for
money.-Drake's Ira yelers' Magazine.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-26

The city Of Philadelphia has deter
'a'ncd to get rid of her gas works by
selling the entire plant to the highest
bidder. The ordinance for the sale pro-
s'idcs for a minimum bid of Sis, 600, 900.
II requires the purchasers to maintain
the works in an efficient condition and
to make such improvements and add.
%ions SIS may be reasonably required.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-26
The Hf1est Pun of the Year.

Bolger-I hear that Easy has cremated
his wife.
Bromlcy-fes. He was forced to do Il
out OF very shame.
II don'tunderstand."
You see he has been very shiftless, and
he could not allow such a chance to urn
something tc escape hun,">~PAila delphia
IuLi.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-26

THE late freeze in Florida has de-
~cloped chat the orange tree stands a
greater degree of cold than it has hither-
to been credited with. Although the
lcavcs were killed the trees themselves
slavc not been injured, and they are
preparing for a large crop of the deli
cious fyuit this coming fall.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-26

ia. largest plate-glass window in
fshs couatry was put UP recently in
Ise@a.say, New York. 1t is pure
French plate. manufactured at Vitry,
and was rolled to order. Its height is
'Ef'Atcca feet eleven inches. breadth
eight foot four inches and thickness one
,ah2.a half inch. 1t is insured for its
rIutt s,alt.e,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-26

lit is said that Governor Seymour set.
iEtcd tho question of a monument for
hi'nse'l ten years ago by selecting a
large boSlder in its natural state as the
only thing which he wished to mark his
grave The stone is of granite, nearly
six feet long. two feet wide and e little
one foot thick. 1t will be polished
on one side. and, when suitably in.
sctiaHd, it will be placed over his re-
.4na;nc
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-26

SEVERAL entcrprising citizens OF
Illinois have been doing a rushing bus
incss in the way of wolf scalps. The
State, in order to encourage hunting
aud discourage wolves, offers a reward
of ten dollars for the staying of each OF
these ayowed enemies of sheep-raising.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-26
LAWS.

Any person who takes the paper regularly from tu
ypostoficc, whclhSr directed to his name or whether III
Is q subscriber or not, is responsible for the pay.
Tie cAurts have decided that refusing to take news
papcrs and periodicals from the postoticc. or rcmov
lug and leaving them uncalcd for, IL prtnnl Jacie cvi.
,HcNcc OF INTENTIONAL FRAUD.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-26

In Minneapolis the Ministers Associ-
alton concluded to withdraw their pat
gonagc from the journals that issue on
SUNDAY.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-26
TOPICS OF II DAY.

ALL The ship-owners at Sunderland,
England, except one, have agreed to
employ British in preference to foreign
sailors.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-26

"InE population of London now ex-
''eccds every other city, ancient or mod
~ in the world. New York and all
Its adjacent cities combined are not
ecquaa TO twothirds of it. Scotland,
) Switzerland and the Austrian colonies
naaeaa contain fewer souls. while Norway,
'sicrsia4: Greece and Denmark have
, scarcely half so many. Yet at the be-
ginning of the present century the pop
u!ation of all London did not reach one
imiliipD.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-26

HERE orc four thousand offices to be
4illcd by the President with the advice
and consent of the Senate. Out of this
'nuh11ece, tho President has suspended
SAB, and about 1900 offices have become
vacant by death, resignation OR expira-
zion of terms. In the States of Mary
land and Connecticut there have been
no removals, and in many OF the South
ern States very few. In Georgia there
have been but six.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-26

THERE is, or was recently, living in
Green County, Ga. man who. accord
ing to the Greensborough Herald, could
T,ssssse Himself heard distinctly at a dis
eancc of five miles. He might hire HIM
self out as a telephone exchange
IN Mdiataa now that the regular hello
companies are Withdrawing from the
State.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-26

p4Ht,ApELPHIANs have set on foot a
movement to mark the spot on the bat
tlc-ficld of Gettysburg where General
Hancock was wounded. The plan is to
erect q granite bowlder upon the spot
with & simple inscription recording the
fact Chat at this point Hancock was
wounded on che Sd day of July, 1868.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-26
SCrofu|a Of Lungs.

lam now 40 years old, and have suffered for the last
fifteen years with u lung trouble. l have spent thou.
sands OF dollars to arrest the march Of this disease;
but temporary relief was all that l obtained. l was
UNFIT for any manual labor for several years. Afriend
strongly the use of Swift's Specific Is.
8. So, claiming that he himself had been greatly
benefited by Its use In some lung troubles. resolved
totry it. The results are remarkable. My cough has
left me, my strength has returned. and l weigh sixty
three years since / stopped the use of the medicine,
but l have had no return of the disease, and there are
no pains or weakness felt in my lungs. i do the hard.
est kind of work. T.J. IIoLr.
Montgomery. Ala, June q, 1885.
Swifts Specific is entirely vegetable, Treatise on
Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free.
TIE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Drawers 5. Atlanta, Ca, or
17 w. 2d Street, N Y.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-26
Proof.

I was q sufferer
from catarrh for ff-
teen years, with dis
trcsslng pain over my
eyes. The disease
worked down upon my
lungs. I used Ely's
Cream Balm with graft
flying results. am appar
entity cured.-Z. G.
WARREN, Rutland, VT.
Ely's Cream Balm has
cured me of catarrh of
several years standing;
restored my senses OF
taste and smcll.-F. C,
02pEI,E Elizabeth NJ
A particle is applied II
use. Price 50 cents by
circular. ELY BROTI
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-26
THROWN INTO THE SEA.

Details of the Railway Disaster Near
Monte Carlo, France-Five Persons
Known to lave Been Killed and u Large
Numbe Wounded, Many of Whom Are
Americans.