Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-23
DAKOTA NEWS.

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Guided to refund the saloons $3.50, the
amount due them on licenses which would
not expire until April 1.
A. FAMILY named Matthews, living near
Dawson. came near meeting their death by
poison. Some meat that had been pre-
pared with poison for coyotes accidentally
got mixed in with nsince pies.
| FIRST SERG. GUNTHER, of Fort Yates,
has been sentenced to two months at hard
labor in the penitentiary and to pay fine
of $1,000 and costs for mayhem in kicking
out the eye of Private Kemble.
The fashion of dehorning cattle is tax
ing strong hold on the farmers and dairy
men of Minnehaha county, and the fashion
possesses many advantages. It econo-
miZes stable room, besides rendering the
animals more tractalAe.
The city council of Wahpeton has
granted Fl. w. Turner, of st. Paul, a
twenty-one year franchise to light the city
with electricity. Turner is to furnish ten
| 200 candle power lights for 81, 800 year.
The plant will be in operation June l.
THE Methodist people expect soon to
college at Hot springs.l
Tie soliciting committee has raised
nearly So 900 toward building new $15,-
900 Presbyterian church at Aberdeen.
F.. E.. BALDWIN has been appointed
postmaster at South Shore and NJ Young
atiHarrold.
The Milwaukee and ST. Paul and North
ern Pacific have agreed to erect a union
depot at Fargo.
ANEW bridge in process of erection over
the Teton river at Minot was demolished
| by a strong wind.
ASUMDER Of school children at James,
town have been temporarily suspended for
failure, to, vaccinate as required by the
school board:
The publisher of the Gary Interstate
has,commenced suit against some of his
delinquent subscribers to compel them to
pay their subscriptions.
PETER MCMAHON, swhitchman in the
Milwaukee yards at Aberdeen, was caught
beneath the wheels of locomotive and
injured SO that it is thought he cannot
live.
AGENT KEARNEY, of the Manitoba road,
at Aberdeen, was experimenting the other
day to determine whether he had forgotten .
how to couple cars, when his hand was
caught between the bumpers and he lost
finger.
PAT TRACE, an Aberdeen drayman, had
a'narrow escape from being killed while
loading some trunks in freight car near
the end of switch. An express train
came along, and he only got out of his
perilous situation with his team just in
time to avoid being crushed to death.
The expense of running Olivet county
last year was only $3.50.
FARGO has paid $3s, 192.7S in taxes to
the territory the past year.
The creamery building at Jamestown is
completed and the machinery on the way.
WARREN post office has changed its
name and will hereafter be known as
Talcott.
THREE Raymond protectionists have.
issued challenge for debate of the tariff
question
The supreme court at it's late session lat
Bismarck decided that a school teachers
wages cannot be attached for debt
The general merchandise firm of Rich
ards &, Thompson. of Dickinson, have
made an assignment for the benefit of their
creditors.
A WIDOW woman named Earhart, living
near Ghurch's Ferry, is charged with -inr
fanticile. Her husband was frozen to
death five years ago, and a few days ago
she gave birth to child which her neigh
bors allege she killed and secreted in
barn. The case is being investigated,
A COMPANY will soon be incorporated at,
Ashton with capital of 100000 to, de-.
velop the recent find of gas at that place.
The we'll continues to flow and it is be-
lieved will furnish sufficient gas to run the
city.
THE territorial department Of war will
advertise for and purchase all horses. for.
The use Of the department in Dakota and
Minnesota in the. respective territory and
: state, provided tlay can be purchased as
eheaply as elsewhere.
A s1x-oAREpsssawl is to be placed on the,
Missouri at Fact Lincoln the. coming
season and an ambulance kept on the Bis
marck side Of the river to connect there
, with. This Will facilitate travel between
the post and Bismarck, reducing the dis
lance to be. Travelled frcEa. twelve to FIVE.
miles.
REDUcptoN works wilD be built in Dead4,
wood an6 sane profit I'd 1913 peg ton on.
certain GEES that have heretofore Teen ship
ped to Omaha.
The La Moure Milling company expeoa
to buial;ths coming season large wave
house III which to store wheat.
LAST week in :Ae little town OF: Lfs