Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-30
DAKOTA NEWS.

A BILL is now on the senate calendar
for bridge across the Missouri at Forest
City.
The ladies of the Aberdeen Baptist
church gave maple sugar sociable" the
other night, while the Methodist ladies en-
tertained with q carpet rag social.
| AN elevator burned at St. Thomas re-
Gently. The building contained about
10000 bushels of grain valued at $4,000,
which was we'll insured. The fire Yves
communicated from burning residence.
The Deadwood Pioneer thinks that one
of the pledges that should be exacted from
candidates for the territorial legislature to
be elected next November is. Will you do
all in your power to secure an insane asy-
luln for the Hills?'
/ COUNTY TREASURER SHURTs, of Dead
wood, has RENTED to the territorial treas
urer $G. 990.97. being the "a levied for ter
rtorial general fund, and 5 levied for the
stock indemnity fund, collected from No
vember last to February &.
A MAN named Thomas Houska, stone
mason, took his own life at Lesterville by
1 shooting himself with shotgun. When
found he was in an old stable and life was
quite extinct. He had an insatiate desire
for drink and was just getting over o
drunk. and it is thought i'll a fit of disgust
he killed himself.
A YOUNG dude in Lead City, who is
wonderfully cute, in a pleasant, familiar
manner threw handful of -four in q young
lady's face. She, with two young lady
friends, prepared for vengeance, and the
chance came lately for retributive justice.
They caught him. downed him, and plas-
tered his face and hands with pot-black.
At the conclusion of the ceremony they
fired him out into the street.
The articles of incorporation for the
filed in the Office of the secretary of the
territory. This road will be constructed
from Sioux City to Coal Harbor. and the
report that contracts for a part Of the
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couraging to the Mclean county boomers.
Bismarck will be the terminal for the bill
ing of goods, and will have all terminal
facilities, round-houses and machine
shops.
The Hot Springs Star says: Cattle are
said to be in splendid condition throughout
the entire Hills; the loss of cattle will not
exceed per cent, while there has been
absolutely no loss among horses and sheep
resulting from lack of feed or severe
weather. When it is known that thousands
of head of cattle and horses have not had a
/, spear of hay during the entire winter, and
been without shelter except that afforded
by the valleys and canyons, the mildness
of our climate can be readily imagined. "
A PARTY in Minnesota has Just COM
menced suit that will reopen the old
Douglas county bond scandals Of 1881 and
1882. One Brown and a syndicate of which
he was member if not the head,
VINO were running Douglas county
about that time, foated lot Of spurious
or fraudulent school bonds that caused q
stink that made many hearts ache, but the
matter was patched up and has not been
heard of until now for long time. This
suit may cause trouble to stuesy,en of both
parties in Dakota.
MISS CORA BELL FELLOWS, who was
to have married the Indian. Chaska, re-
Gently, finally consented to postponement
! of the wedding until May "a. This is only
truce out Of respect to her father and
Rev. Sunderland, of Washington. Chaska
consented to the postponement, and
seems sure of his white squaw at the ap-
pointed time.
THE difference between standard and
meridian time is likely to cut figure in
the courts. H. G. Sinclair, of Bismarck,
who was killed by falling off train be-
tween st. Paul and Brainard, had an acct
dent insurance policy which expired at
midnight. His death occurred five min
ntes after that hour, by standard time, and
forty minutes before, by meridian time
If the artificial time be taken, he has no
claim against the ompany-otherwise he
has. The policy was issued with refer
ence to the artificial time, and the period
it covered thereby had expired. A jury
may. however. be brought to see that the
law doesn't recognize standard time, and
that document expiring at particular
! hour is in force until that hour is
reached by the sun.
| THERE has been one death at TAYLOR.
Morton county, from small-p and the
disease has made it's appearance at one
house in Richardson. Morton county. So
far there have been no new cases in Man
dan since the disease first made its appear
ance nearly three weeks ago.
AN Indian school for Pierre is assured
with the passage Of the Sioux reservation
| bill. An expenditure of $4,000 will be
made toward building the institution. The
site has already been purchased by the
| government.
The United States grand iury at Bis