Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-07-27
Territorial Items.

pound fire bell.
EIGHTEEN boarders feed regularly three
times per day at the Deadwood Jail.
A LARGE area of sunken forest has re-
Gently been discovered in Devils lake.
THERE are said to be over 100 cases vet
piled up against the saloon men of Sioux
| Falls.
The Flandrau farmers alliance is trying
to organize warehouse elevator COM
pany.
1ANKToN brewers are shipping large
quantities of beer to Iowa and Dakota
towns.
MATERIAL is arriving for the round
house to be built at Yankton by the Mil
waukee company.
The people of Lead City are anxious for
some measure to taken to prohibit swine
from roaming the street.
OLDHAM expects to make quite spot
on the horizon when she gets the alliance
elevator and $4,000 school-house.
In a base ball game at Lennox last week
between the Worthing nine and the Len
nox Muffers. the score stood 81 to 2 in
favor of the Muffers.
The Grand Forks lodge of knights of
Pythias is perfecting arrangements to re-
ceive visiting brethren from Winnipeg, who
are expected there in August.
STAGE driver at Rapid City has re-
vealed the secret of successfully driving
six horses. He keeps hat full of stones
on the seat to throw at the leaders.
STURGIs CITY has finally made arrange
ments for a street car line. A great deal
of traffic is carried on between the CITY and
Fort Meade and the enterprise will I'M
doubtedly be a success.
PRISONER confined in the Hot Springs
Jail Is suffering from general debility.
He complains of the sanitary condi ton of
the Jail, and says that he must have more
fresh air or he will turn up his toes.
A1ARGELY attended camp-meeting is in
progress at Lake Byron. Rev. H. Brad
ford, presiding elderfor the Huron district,
is in charge. He is assisted by number
of Methodist ministers of the district.
A LITTLE boy nearly years old. belong
ing to S. NJ. johnson, While III the photo
graph gallery of Halter & Benjamin, at
Huron, got hold of bottle containing cy-
anide of potassium and drank small
quantity of it. Death resulted in few
minutes.
AN incendiary attempt was made the
other morning to burn the building occu-
pied by Baldwin's restaurant at Aberdeen.
but the fire was checked after several hun
dred dollars damage had been done. A
fire trap was set in an outbuilding contain
ing barrel partially filled with gasoline.
The gasoline exploded, and the she'd was
soon enveloped in flames. 1t was confined
to this building. however. by the efficient
work of the fire boys This is the third at
tempt to burn buildings in that city in as
many months.
JESSE HAsToN, of Miles City, M. T.,
and j. H. Jones, of Huron, started re-
Gently for the Indian reservation across
from Chamberlain. They have contract
with the government to supply tho Indians
on the reservations in Dakota and Mon
tana with 100000 pounds of beef cattle.
The first delivery will be made in the near
future and be continued at the rate OF $50
head per week to each agency until the 18th
of October, when a herd of 5000 will be
delivered to each. The latter will be the
winter supply. This is one of the largest
contracts that has been awarded to sin
gle company to be filled in so short time.
Mr.. Haston is interested in cattle ranches
in Montana and will experience no diff
Guilty in this contract.
NICHOLAS SELL, Of Everest, Ernest
Kellermar and Lewis Helm, of Casselton,
and John O'Neil, of Buffalo, the saloon
keepers arrested last week for contempt of
court in violating Judge McConnells in
junction order, were arraigned for trial in
the district court at Fargo and fined each
$500 and costs. In delivering the SEN
tence, Judge Mcconnell stated he had
made mistake in imposing a fine of 500
IN the CALEDONIA cases last week, inasmuch
as the minimum fine fixed by law in such
cases was 5000. They. however, We're not
such cases as these. He denied the insin-
uation that he had adjourned the June
term of court for the reason that he did not
care to try other Cass county liquor cases
until after election. The June term had
been adjourned because of the great pres
sure of work. Many ladies, members of
the w. Z. II. u. were present during the
trial. and when the judge declared that the
local option law was a good law; that he
would vote for it if he were here, and that.
as far as his power extended, it should be
enforced, he was loudly applauded.
The administration in Dakota will be
called upon very soon to explain a matter
that is fast getting to be notorious. 1t is
not known whether the executive OF the
treasurer is to blame, but more than likely
the combination is working it for all there
is in it. The matter referred to is the fail
ure of the territorial treasurer to remit to
county treasurers the railroad and telegraph
tax. These taxes were paid by the railroads
last February, and the treasurers of some
twenty counties i'll Dakota report that none
of this money has been received by them.
Il is asserted by parties supposed to know
that the territorial treasurer has loaned
this money to a bank in St. Paul and is
blufing those to whom it should have been
paid until he can get a fair interest on the
investment. 1t looks badly. and may be
the subject of legislative investigation 1t
should be, at least. The people are enti-
tied to this money when it is due, and the
treasurer is betraying sacred trust when
he withholds it. The highly moral gov
ernor is certainly cognizant of the fact, but
under the present condition Of things he