Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-01-27
THF HERALD.
BY AN & BLANK.
wESSINGTON SPRINGS, DAM ''
,&,.,O Per Year if i'll Advance.
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FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
An Interesting Summary OF the
important Occurrences OF
the Week.
A Budget Of News Cleaned From the
Latest Dispatches From Far
and Near.
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
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CONGRESS-.

js me senate the II h Senator Dawes. trolsa
the committee q, 1ndian affairs, reported bills
nttLorizipa the appointment of !! supeliA-
tclt,le,,t OF Indian schools ami authorizing tins
euic ~. ,iwller lnnds Of the Henonjnee ln'ians
in NJscol:,ir. Placed ON the calender. Tho
resolution offered by Scint&t Gh'ndle., ',''i-
uury 10 instruct Ms the coin'nIt'eH"ii )'"lci ny
votes Of co1ored ci liens ut Jack
son Mississippi ut Inc recent 'a1 ,t n"n, the
alleged grticiput ion il, such suppression
of he U2llteG Suites istri t attorney. deputy
collccto q. internal revenue and deputy unifeu
States marshal, WAS taken up, M hltef nilHen
discussion .,as adopt Il by vote OF - TIA.
Sennt,y MStnhe calicdup his bin fr the re-
striction of Chinese immigration, which also
nsks tha. nii acts heretofore pass d, allowing
the Chinese TO come to America. be 7 penicd,
except ia rs hey do not pr"hi,,nl[[ ,.' the
In the house: ii bill MAS passed To nnni#h rob
berry burglary d larceny i'll TIL In ian Ter
ritory. 1t Il rs he lnhSi1nnm punishM NJ Tor
these o11enses ut el,9oo and fifteen wears inn
prisonment. 4 bill was presented providing
for the issue oi circulating notes to matt MAJ
banking nssoci,tt IONS. 1T WAS stat d that UNI
der his measure nutionmi banks, if they SAW
fit. might increase their circulation to the
extent of 10 per cent There WIS III ~, me
treasury rs security for circulation Slti,-
100000 in Gmts'i Stntfs bends u
this bill should become II law the circnlnt ion of
national bnnks would be increased in round
numbers 81. coo, ooo The house thcl, went into
committee Of the whole. for the 32nsis Iteration
of he serate bin hx1ng the salary of the COM
missioner of fish asad fisheries at $1,000 per
iln,luln
-lnis F.. Torres, ex-governor of Sonora,
a. r.. and party passed through Nosales re-
Gently in Il special ear on route TO Ensenada,
Lower California. The governor will at
once enter upon the duties Of the office OF
"Jcfe poli1ico' on his arrival there. Gov
ernor Torres confirms the reported killing
of Berna al the Nuestru Sonora mining
camp in Sinaloa, but couG give no partic
ularS.
Mrs Otis Fuller, of Mclford Ind, was
accidentally shot and killed by her husband
who was cleaning his revolver near by
According to Mr.. Fuller he was in the act
of laying the weapon on the take when it
discharged shooting her througis the chest
and instantly killing her. The deceased
was twenty-onc years of age.
THE dead body of David Miller a sub
stanial farmer living near Cuba Junction,
No, was found six miles from that place
lying in the doorway of an empty cabin.
His face was mashed i'll with Il blunt instru
mcnt and Il bullet hole was in the back OF
his head. Two hundred dollars. which had
been on his person when last seen, had dis
appeared. Lewis Davis, a ncighbor, was
arrested for the crime. He denies the
charge. but such is the belief i'm his guilt
that a party has been organized To lynch
him.
Capt. G. n. w. Sullivan. the wealthy
MERCHANT of Eagle Pass, Texas. who is en-
dcavoring to arrange It mill between Jake
kilrain ana John J.. Sullivan, To take place
at picdras Negras. Men. has received Il let
ter from Richard H.. Fox, saving that he
hardly thought that Sullivan would evel
want to meet Kilran in llc ring.
The house has received the annual re-
port Of the board of managers of the
national homes for disabled volunteer sol
dicrs. The average number Of inmates
present during the year was 9,71S. an in
crease offorty- four per cent. during the last
five years. The death rate for the yea
was siSty-onc per cent. more than the rate
OF men OF similar ages in ordinary health
During the past three years the number of
those admitted on accom-; of wounds re-
coivcd during action has materially faler
Off while those received owing to agt
infrma1ivcs greatly increased. The lomss
are nom filed to their utmost capucity