Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-30

1881 he ran for the Legislature of Ken
lucky against Judge Bullock and bea
him by one vote. Judge Bullock, him
self SO years old, is also in the Morton
Infirmary. When Henry Clay died
leaving an unexpired term in the Sen
ate of the United States, Gov. Meri
wether was elected to his seat and filled
it with ability and honor Some time
afterward he was appointed Governor
of the Indian Territory, and from this
Office he gained his title.
! A BEAR visited the hog-pen of &
Michigan farmer three nights in sue
cession, each time carrying off a shoat
After the third theft the soil-tillel
moved large boar to the pen to well
come the bear on its fourth visit. The
boar possessed long tusks and pounced
upon bruin the moment he appeared.
The bear attempted to hug the enemy,
but the porker was too cute to allow
this. and after taking numerous blows
from the bears huge paws, as if with a
relish, ripped the intruder open with
his tusks. Presently the farmer came
up with lantern and an AK and
chopped bruins head open. .-
II is said that a sharp reaction has
set in against DIR. Sir Morrill, Macken-
zie's book in England. He has reck-
lessly revealed everything that occur
red in confidence between himself and
his colleagues. Many of his state
ments in regard to his relations to the
deceased Emperor are unsupported ex-
cept by his own word, and the great
German physicians have denied many
of his allegations, where his own We
racity stands alone against that of two
or three other witnesses. Under the
supposition that the book had the
countenance OF Queen Victoria and her
daughter, the widowed Empress, its
publication was liable to cause serious
complications with Germany, ana the
British people feared such result.
Altogether, DR.. Mackenzie had better
have "let it blow over" without print
ing book on the subject.
THERE is living in Cleveland, Ohio,
a lady afflicted with peculiar malady
which has puzzled and baffied the en-
tire medical fraternity of this section
of the country. Herself the sister of
well-known physician, she has been
unable to obtain any relief, and has
turned in despair from one form of
treatment to another without avail
Some years ago, when young girl,
the house in which she was stopping at
the time was struck by lightning. All
of the inmates were stunned, and more
or less seriously injured. The young
lady suffered more severely than the
other victims. The shock completely
paralyzed both her organs of speech
and motion, and she lay for days in
most precarious condition. Recovery,
although slow, was apparently COM
plete, however, and in few weeks the
effects of the stroke had entirely passed
away. One day she felt the dread
symptoms of paralysis stealing over her,
and before assistance could be sum-
moned the unfortunate woman was
again FRUSTRATED, speechless and.unable
to move muscle of her body. 1t was
noticed at the time that heavy thun-
der-storm was brewing, and that the
air was oyercharged with electricity.
When the storm was over the patient
rapidly recovered, and the next day
was as we'll as ever, save the nervous
shock which attended the relapse. The
next thunderstorm brought with it the
same alarming state of affairs, and
again was the young woman paralyzed,
recovering only when the atmosphere
was cleared of its overcharge of electric
ity. The fact that the victims system.
rendered sensitive to electrical changes
by the frightful shock it had received
when she was struck by lightning, was
now susceptible to the slightest pres
ence of the subtle fluid, was now ap-
parent, and medical science was called
into requisition to effect cure. All
remedies proved ineffective, and with
every recurring thunderstorm the un-
fortunate woman lapses into state of
partial or compile paralysis, according
TO the severity Of the storm. Her
health has, of course, suffered from the
constant strain put upon her both phys
cally and mentally, but there appears
70 be no relief from the malady. if it
can be termed such.
Gold and Gold Coins.
Gold is first mentioned in the
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