Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-11
NERAL PARAGRAPHS.

Freddy Gebhardt, the admirer Of the
Jersey Lily. is the latest addit on to the
breeders of thoroughbred stock in Cali
fornia. He has purchased aranch d. about
$500 acres in Lake county. and intends to at
once fit it up for breeding purposes and to
make it the finest of its kind in the United
States, The price paid for the lard was
S33,000. A large part of it is rich meadow
land, which remains green until late in
September and on which 300 tons Of hay
has been cut annually. Gebhard,'s cele-
brated stallion Eole will be shipped from
the east in a few days and will be sent to
the farm. Gebhardt has also purchased Il
$1,000 bull which will soon be sent to Cali
fornia. A fine residence is TO be built on
the place and all the latest Improvements
introduced. The owner. however. does
not intend TO permanently reside there
The firm of Baker 4 Crosse. wholesale
dealers in feed and stable supplies. have
filled Il voluntary assignment for he bene-
fit Of their creditors. Tho firm is located
in Kansas City and for the past two years
transacted q good business. The failure is
due TO bad collections. Alfred G. Heitz
was made assignee. The liabilities are
placed at S9,S15. So including their scales.
The assets are placed at a li,tleover $4,000.
A suit in equity was instituted against the
firm in the circuit court by Cecil Bros. for
$500 dollars for rental of the store room.
They aliege that the assignmentwas made
with intent to defraud them of the rent and
ask the court to set aside the assignment as
to their claim.
While the body OF the venerable Geo.
H. Potts lay in its coffin at New York await
ing burial rumor began to toy with the az
fairs of the National Park bank. of which
he was the president for the first time in
the history Of that institution, 1t is said
Charles l. DeBaun, assistant cashier of the
bank, is q defaulter to the amount of $780,
COO. He had been connected wit the in
stitution twenty years. TIL, bank is one of
the richest in the country and will not feel
the loss. The defauter's methods were to
manipulate the books. and it is thought
that the populations have extended over IL
long period.
The plucky young Detroit attorney,
Homer d. Cooley. is renewing the war on
the dance houses. Andy Hamilon's den
was raided by officers. Hamilton. six male
visitors and ten women were arrested. The
Barker den, west of Eau Claire, Wis, was
a 20 to have been raided, but has been
temporarily cleaned out by the flood. A
combination of c tizens. who have the mat
ter in hand, and have employed detectives
for three weeks past, have evidence
enough. and are determined TO land both
Barker and Hamilton in state prison.
Queenstown reports say an unusually
heavy storm visited that coast recently
with tremendous seas. The steamers City
of Chicago and Baltic had to take shelter in
the inner harbor The Cephaiona could
barely communicate with the tender. Sew.
eral small crafts were smamped.
Professor Herkomers picture Of the
late Mrs. Craik will be exhibited at the
next academy in London. The author Of
John Halifax" sat for the artist shortly
before her death.
Moscow advices state that the ear has
expressed antipathy to Gen. Bouanger.