Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-23
MATTERS IN THE WEST.

An event mas just occurred in NevarHO
county, Texas. that is attracting more ut
tention than the election. This is the fe3t
of Mrs. George Hirsh. who gave birth 10
six children at one fell swoop. The Dallas
reporters have just returned from the
scene. and their stories show the event to-
be without a parallel. The mother and
children are doing well. The children arc
healthy. perfectly formed, but small. There
are four boys and two girls. The mother
is a large woman 81 years OF age The
father is 3D. They have been married five
years. and had three children prior to the
accession OF this last procession. Hirsh is
German and lived eight years in Missouri
before going to Texas. They live near
Cosmal postofflce and are poor tillers of
the soil. The boys are tagged and named
r. .. Mills. Cleveland. Thurman. and Fred
erick Hirsh. The girls are Victoria and
Fannie.
"A horrible tale of brutality and sensu-
atty has been related by Mrs. Voorhees,. Of
New York, who has recently returned from
Alaska relative to the practices common
among the soldiers stationed there. In
dian girls. from IA years Of age. are cap
tured by the soldiers and compelled to be-
come the victims of their passions until
they become victims of a loathso1le dis
ease which is common among them, and
then they are returned to their peoples No
| medical treatment is furnished them and
| their condition becomes horrible in the cx-
IRENE. The Wisconsin pineries are Sun
day schools when comparedwith the atroc-
tiles committed in Alaska. so she saws
and no law is observed by the whites ,here
/ in connection with the Indian girls.
| The people OF Norton county. Kansas,
on the Indian territory line, are very much
excited over the attacks of a gang OF horse
thieves from No Mans Land. Twelve
desperadoes. headed by the notorious out
law. Bill Doty, came up from he territory
secured sixty head OF horses, and stnrtcd
for the Oklahoma country. At the farm OF
james L. Horton. he and his two sons
showed fight. and with three guns made it
very warm for the Doty crowd. Tho dcs-
| peradoes were too much for them, how
ever. and captured and tied them to a,
fence. weere they We're found fourhours
later by friends. The thieves were fol-
| A'"SN ~ d possc anu u desperate llslC cn-
sued. during which George Hill. ono of tho
thieves. was fatally wounded. Doty and
his crowd were compelled to take flight.
but managed to get away with about TWEEN
| ty-five head of horses.
| August Falk. German of Oshko sh.
Wis.,. aged so. was found dead in bed by his
wife. DIR. Corbett. who was called. said the
man died for lack of nouriShment Fall.
worked for so cents day in coffin factory,
and the family lived in oac room. Only Il
crust of bread was found in tho larder.
Capt. J. NJ. Sutterwnit is in Topeka,
Kun. in tho interest OF the big colony
which is forming TO enter the Oklahoma.
section, which will be done as soon after
election as possible A company with
strong financial backing is in formation
which will insure the protection of III
colony before the courts. SO far the matter
has been agitated in IL secret nlann,r. but
| from now on it will become more public in
/ its nature. Already COO men haze pledyed
themselves to enter the territory and en-
| dcavor to make II settlement 1t is intended
| toincrcase this force to 1000 men and to
make Il stand until force is brought against
/ them by the government. Attorneys will
| be retained and ii necessary fight will be
| made in the highest courts nf the ,n,ntrv