Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-09-28
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George =. Cannon has surrendered
himself and been sentenced to six months
in the penitehtiary and fined $3.50 on two
| indictments of unlawful cohubitution.
A company of 200 is being organized in
the region of Lamar Col. to go into the
neutral strip to retake stolen horses and
other property and capture the thieves.
The outlaws are believed to he fortified in
Squaw canon. which Is almost inaccessible
on account of its natural defcnses. A gen
eral feeling Of insecurity prevails all along
the border and several plundered villages
have united in this effort to suppress It,
The Union Pacific train known as the
overland flyer" was wrecked Il Gardner,
a small station sixty miles west of Omaha.
Wednesday afternoon. The wreck was
caused by a rail which it is supposed was
cut Intentionally. Further reports are
meagcr.
"A report is current at New Orleans to
the effect that the late United States Mar
shall r. B. Peasants was defaulter to tho
amount of $4,000. Gen. W. S. Behan. one
a deficiency existed. but that it was not as
large as has been rumored. and that what
ever it was as soon as ascertained Gen. A.
D. Meyer and himself, as bondsmen, would
make it good.
"Wednesday afternoon us John Smith
Stone. contractor OF the Nashville and
Knoxville railroad. and his bookkeeper.
Mr. Shreiner were between Gordonville
and Lancaster on their way TO pay Off the
hands. they were stopped by two men who
demanded $1,000, which they had in grip
sack They fired at the robbers. but Smith
was struck on the head and rendered in
sensible and Shreiner fed. The robbers
escaped with the money. but were soon
overtaken in the woods by a party Of rail-
road men, who had been notified by Smith
as soon as he recovered consciousness.
One OF the pursuers named Johnson NOR
tally wounded one Of the robbers and shot
the other so that he may die. The money
was recovered and the robbers taken into
custody. They were former employees of
the road and knew when Smith would pass
and the amount he would have with him.
A large new silver vault in the treasury
in the treasury department is so damp that
the canvass bags containing the silver
stored there are actually rotting away.
Measures are being taken to improve the
ventilation of the vault. and to substitute
small rough pine boxes for bugs. These
boxes will each hold 5000 silver dollars, and
it is proposed to store 10000 of them in the
vault The silver is still coming in at the
rate Of $4,000 IL day.
The commissioner of agriculture has
sent to the commercial boards of the pack
ing and canning centers an invitation to
send representatives of those interests to
meet them at the Grand Pacific hotel. Chi
cago, Oct. 8. 10 make arrangements for the
meat exhibit at the forthcoming Paris ex-
position.
-Advices received by the admiralty re-
port that terrible mortality is feared in the
Mediterranean squadron in consequence of
the terrible heat. In some of the vessels
the thermometers in the dynamo rooms al
most daily reach 40 degrees. and in the hv-
draulic pumping rooms from lGO to ITO de-
grees. Nearly the entire crew of the man
of-war lamar. which is at Eden en- route
/ from Su"z. are on the sick list, and several
have died.
The International Literary and Artistic
congress, now in session at Venice, has de-
!ded tn authors copyright should in
clude the right of translation. The con-
grcss expressed the wish that the Unite d
States would accept the Berne convention.
The body Of a German gendarme, with
bullet hole through the head has been
found on French territory. An inquiry is
being held. 1t is believed that the man
committed suicide.
The heavy rains which fell the fore part
of the week in New YORK have caused con-
siderable damage. The Delaware river is
high and still rising. sawmil, tannery
and two dwellings on Vandemark creek,
near Milford, were carried into the Della
ware river. Slides and washouts occurred
on the Delaware Division railroad at five
different points. but no accidents occurred.