Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-01-27
DAKOTA NEWS.

THE brewery at Morehead shipped th,.s
carloads of beer to Winnipeg recently.
THE great depth of the snow in map.
nortions OF Dakota enables tho rabbits IL,
denude the apple trees Of their twigs.
BEING out of business, an ex-saloon.
keepcr at Huron is disposedto have li,to
fun. and has placardel his closed door with.
! "Drnk as You Voted. Town Pump
Block East. OTIS Dry Too.)"
SIOUX FALLS enjoys the distinction Of
being the birthplace of the Dakota press
The first paper in the territory, the DaGota
Democrat. was published at that point n
1858 aud had thirty two subscribers.
REV. r. c. WALTON, of Highmore. has
| filed a large claim for damages on arcouu
of nervous prostitution caused by tis
Hawarden railroad accident. He viii
bring action if the matter is not settled
without.
THE senate committee on territories held
a meeting recently, and practically decide!
upon bill which shall DO laid before The
senate for it's action. The Harrison hill
was taken us IL basis for consideration. and
| new bill modelled upon that. 1t will pro
vide for the submission of the state con
stitut;on to the people of South Dako,
on August ID, next, and upon It's
ratification. the south half Of the territory,
as far north rs the seventh standard palal
lei. will become full fcaged state, able to
vote ut the next presidential election
for state offices, congressman and prcs
dent The north half is organized into
a te,ritoryito be called North Dakota
The details of the bill are not entirely
completed. and another meeting will be-
held to complete it. The committee voted
that Dakota's admission should be the frs
business brought by it before the senate
The democrats of the committee made no
opposition to the bill, but simply smiled at
the project of admitting Dakota before
next presidential election.
4 PROMINENT lawyer OF Aberdeen has
given an opinion on the local option hw.
which amounts to about this: l. The act
does not deprive saloonkeepers from sell
ing under their licenses until the same ts-
pire. 9. The commissioners have 10
power to revoke licenses issued by city
! councils.
DONOVAN, who was shot in the leg inthe
Hccla saloon row recently, was in Aberdeen
the other day. He reports Reynolds, who
was shot in the hip, as doing we'll, while
one of the Head boys, who was badly hurt
by Il billiard cue, is still confined to his
bed. The probabilities are that the affray
will be smoothed over and kept out Of the
| courts.
1r was an Aberdeen genius who con
ceivcd the idea of keeping his we'll under
lock and key. and renting the privilege of
obtaining water. Price so cents per month.
LAckwANNA is the name given to the
new coal fields in the Black Hills. They
are ten miles southwest Of Hot Spring.
and cover an area of twelve square miles.
The coal is of bituminous character but
there are thin stratas Of q hard, briyh.
and extremely black coal which is believed
to be anthracite. If struck with a hamlne'
it breaks up into cubes and is remarkably
clean. To the south and between the coal
fields and the Cheyenne river is a wide ami
beautiful stretch Of valley comprising
about 5000 acres. The b. e. nj. survey
crosses the Cheyenne river from the south
coming down Cottonwood creek, and al
~,
iT is reported that Dakota saloonkeepcrs
have assurance from the breweres that if
they keep right on and soil in spite of the
law they. the brewers, will see them
through.
DAKOTA is having much trouble over The
liquor question. The Letter, published 1T
Wentworth. expresses itself in this wist:
Whisky. the offspring of the Devil, is the
consort of Anarchy Murder, Rapine aud
Arson are full sons and daughters. In
morality and All Uncleanlincss are blood
relations.
CERTAIN druggists Of the territory have
! published notice that they will not sell
Intoxicating liquors of any kind except
upon the written prescription of a pbysl-
cian. and agree mutually with each other
that any one who shall violate the agree
ment shall be prosecuted by the Others
They do this voluntarily, for the purpose
of maintaining the dignity of their pro-
fession.
TIE Vermont City Jour,sol has been re-
moved to Eureka
, 'tNIGHT-CAr SUFFERS" is the way the!
express it in Ellhorm
'THE Tower of Babel" is what Col
: Plnmmcr is talking to Dakotans about.
l Al the recent term of the district conr
at Aberdeen 1879 civil cases were disposed
+ of. 81 indictments We're found and 80 erin
3 mai cases We're determined.
HE saloons at Huron arc refused IL
censcs from either the county commission
t crs or the city council The talismanl'
word is, the saloon must go.
5 YOUNG man at North Weaver had hl