Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-04-06
DAKUTA NEWS.

been appointed.
THERE is certain young man III Dead
wood who. acco ding to his friends. is
likely to prove u dangerous rival CT the
Wandering Jew. il his tenaci,y of life.
They say that in him the sin Of proeras-
tination is so strongly marked that he will
keep putting off the death hour so FREE
ouentlv that it will tire Gods patience and
wear out the DEVILS memory; who. forget
ting all about him. will never call him.
AT Lideewood a Manitoba passenger
train ran over man. killing him instantly
and hanging him beyond recognition.
Papers ON his body proved h'm TO be II. T.
Holing. Hanlinson blacksmith. He was
The farm residence of j. f. Montague.
about five niles from Huron. was destroyed
by fire. The origin of the fire is supposed
to have been Il match Icing dropped and
stepped on il an outer room i'll which was
stored hay and straw used by the family as
fuel.
FARMERS around Gladstone are busy
getting ready for spring work. The prob
ability is that there will G no increase lii
the quantity of wheat sowE this wear over
that sown last year. A creamery and
cheese factory are among the new projects
in that vicinity for the coming season.
The former enterprise especially is being
1ushed with much NioOr
A SPECIAL meeting Of the Fargo board
of trade was held recently to consider the
local freight question. There We're quite a
number Of business men besides board
members present. 1t was urged that a
committee be appointed 10 present the
question Of local shipments ont OF Fargo
to the various companies before summary
action should be taken. This WAS agreed
point the committee.
The county commissioners at Clark
have adopted plans for q So, COO court
house.
J. BAPTlE. ag II of the Northwestern
Elevator company a: Bathsa:e, is short in
his accounts and cannot be found.
THos. ARD1NAI., residing near Bijon
Hills. was Instant killed by kick in the
breast from vicious horse.
The following pensions have hccn
granted Dahotans: lncreas. - William
Austin Pembroke: James y. kna,D. Lead
City
THERE is some excitement; in court cir
clcs at Bismarck over the tria! OF ". III.
Winchester for refusing. as Griffin alleges.
to pay his liquor bill As Winchester has
been one of the leading champions of pro-
hihition. the charge that he purchased the
liquor for election purposes has caused IL
furry among his friends.
WAHPEToN comes TO the front nearly
every week with Il sensation. The last
was an Indignation meeting held TO de-
noHnce the action Of the city council in
granting a lifetime franchise to a lighting
company and the publication in local pa
per charging the mayor and several mem
bers of the council With being silent part
ners in the deal.
The younger democrats of Aberdeen
have dubbed.
The Fort Mckinney engine house, ell
zine and water works burned ately.
In Brule county a little grain has been
sown. but most farmers are waiting 70,
warmer weat .er.
EDDY COUNTY will have a lady candidate
for sup .rintendent of schools Foster
county also has laay's name suggested
for tn position. Foster county already
has Il lady in the position.
JACK Ross. a Sturgis blacksmith. has
been arrested forcounterfeiting The dies
he used were found buried in the ground
III his shop. The spurious coins were OF
the denominations of %. 50 cents and 81.
\ RASCAL at s;tulpis has Leen amusing
himself by shooting and killing horses and
cattle that ha been running at large.
Several va liable thoroughbred horses that
were turn q out for exercise arc among the
Ellled, also some valuable mich COWS be-
onging to citizens.
4 PARTY OF surveyors has passed oven
10 the Sioux reservation and canned on
Bad river. A new line will be run from
Fort Pierre to Deadwood as the Chicago
and Northwestern. but the line SURVEYED
over the Sioux reservation is supposed to
he by the Illinois Central corps.
AN interesting court scene w;is witnessed
by spectators at NIilbank recently. Two
men We're tried for dispensing ccltiorari
nnlawfully, and the justice coul rot see
why they should be held to the grand iury
and dismissed the case Two loca! minis
tiers OF the gospel who We're present opened
up on the Justice and the ATTORNEYS for the
defendants wish fusilade OF words. and
for u few minutes the scene presented 81
lively appearance.
THUGS and footpads have been p1vipg
their trade at Aberdeen.
THERE has been one death at TAYLOR
Morton county. from small -pox, and the
disease has made its appearance at one