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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-12-14
The FIRST Corner in Corn.

New York Telegram: Broker Russell,
of the produce exchange. is teacher in q
Sunday school, and his knowledge of his
tory, both commercial and profane. is
"equalled by few and excelled by none"
"My friends" said he to crowd of
brokers at the produce exchange, you
doubtless think that the corner old
Hutch has created in the wheat market is
pretty big thing-and SO it is; but let me
remind you that there is nothing new un-
der the SUM-. The few of you who have
read the bible know that in olden times
there was a tremendous shortage in the
corn crop.
The odd Hutch of that day was GER
tain ruler of Egypt, who somehow man.
aged to get the bulge on the other specu-
lators. He captured all the loose corn he
could find and had it stored in great cribs.
something like the big Erie. New York
Central and Pennsylvania elevators. Then
he watched his opportunity to sell out at
high figures. Among the shorts who came
to buy we're Jacob & Sons. They"
Hold ON RUSSELL" shouted u mob of
brokers'; 3that's a chestnut aud We won't
stand it."
Then the boys took Russell over to the
sample table and punished him by pouring
shelled corn and wheat down MS shirt coll
lar aud neck.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-12-14

stopped On sidetracks outside Of the city.
80 that receipts will probably be light for
some days. The difficulty arises from the
fact that 80 much of the receipts are low
grade wheat. zach car requiring special
bin. and AS these bins are now all O. cupied.
no more Gun be- TN oaded daily tn n is
shipped out. Dcmu,raga is being charged
in great many cases an the railroad
companies have ordered number OF cars
to the elevators to be unloaded on their
own account.
The general managers OF the east bound
railway lines agreed ut Il meeting Saturday
to restore the rates on NIL classes OF dead
freight. includi & grain and provisions. and
to advance dressed beef rates to basis Of
80 cents IL 100 pounds and live stock rates
to 221 cents. The session lasted all day.
The restoration o. ratios is delayed five
days longer than expac ed. tho time for the
change to take place being December II.
instead OF December IL.
The president elect and Mrs. Harrison
have inaugurated series OF w dnesday
receptions which will in all probability be
continued until late in February.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-12-14
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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-12-14
Al THE SOUTH.

The second fatal dynamite explosion on
the Kentucky Midland ilroad within ten
days occurred Thursday afternoon. Four
men were killed and several dangerou ly
woun led. The men Mt work at thu place
where the explosion occurred are convicts
leased from the state by the contractors on
the road. The men were bias ing rock in a
cut when dynamite charge was explo ed
while all were ut work. James McNairy.
the boss OF the gang. was among those
killed.
Last week Mrs. Emma Jackson. OF
Glasgow. Mo-. aged 20. was shot and in
stantly killed by her brother. Har sey Bal
lom. lad Of IA. The woman had asked
Harvey to get a bu:ket Of water and he
refused. She threatened to whip him. and
went after the water bcrsel.. As she was
entering the door Of the room her rother
showed the muzzle nf Il shot gun ut her fa: 20
and fired. tearing her left jaw and neck to
pices.
Near Glover HILL in East Tennessee. a
party Of hunters found in u clump of
bushes the corpse OF an unknown man.
which had been mutilated somewhat as
Jack the Ripper" carves his victims. The
head had been served from the trunk and
the left arm cut off. both operations having
been skilfuily performed. with no apparen
motive. The victim is supposed to be an
lrishman who was lately seen in tho vicin-
ity of n railroad contractors camp and who
suddenly disappeared.
1t is said by a friend OF the family that
Robert Garrett will soon be removed to
Clifton. one of his fine suburban no es in
Baltimore. This decision resu ted from the
announcement of his doctors tina he can
not live much longer and that he l. daily
becoming more violent and unmanageable.
Mrs. Garrett has gone to eli ton and will
remain there until her husband is brought
home. Her sister. Ms. Frinck. is wi ar.
Garrett experimenting the nurses. and
will. with the old friends of Mr.. Garrett.
manage the arrangements for his departure
from the secluded spot near Ringwood
where he now is.
The negroes Of Wilkes county. Ca. are
in arms over the tragedy Of last week. A
mob of 300 whites bound i i'm Smith and
John Coleman and threw them into river
alive and weighted with stones. Huldah
Smith and Jim Smith were severely dashed.
The affair grew out of an insult TO u white
woman
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-12-14
Do1NGs IN THE EAST.

| On Friday Ere was discovered at the
eighth level OF No. 3 shaft Of the Calumet
branch OF the Calumet and Hecla mine. A
large party OF mn were work ng at the
| time of the fire. which. when discovered.
| had made such Roadway that the smoke
! was terribly dense. All made rush foz
the surface. but eight men are missing and
1t is certain they are dead. The missing
men are: Joseph Masalcr. Antonio Kat
talerers. John Vanderbilt. Andrew Hanson
and two other. names unknown. Po-
lander and Finlander. The eight hour
shift men went through No. 8 at 10 o'clock
but saw no fire. That it is the villainous
| work Of an incendiary is believed by all.
The company is making most desperate
efforts to rescue the miners. but it looks as
II the case were hopeless. The men are all
married but two and oil but one are Cor
nishmen. The scene about the mine is
heartrending. Immense volumes OF smoke
are issuing from the burning snaft. The
fire will not prevent work at South Hecla.
and that part of the mine is in shape to
employ all the miners. and the product can
be kept up to the syndica e's limit. The
fire being SO near the surface 1t 10 believed
1t will burn out in a few days.
Mrs. Thompson. Of New York. dealer in
ladies' hair goods. has made an assign
ment. and gives as one OF the reasons for
her failure the fact that since Mrs. Langtry
set the fashion OF wearing the hair natural
~ tho business Of supplying waves. bangs.
ETC.. has fallen of. and the stock Of those
goods on hand has been made worthless.
Il All the coal mines on the Monon9ahela
river shut down Saturday for an Indefinite
period. TIC cause Is too much coal in
Cincinnati. Louisville and other lower river
markets. Over 60OO miners were thrown
out of employment thereby. The Connells-
vile coke operators notified the iron men
throughout the country that the predicted
advance in the price of coke would not
take place during the month Of December.
bur had been deferred until January.
Farmers in the ncighborhood OF Wes-
ton. Ohio. raise immense quantities of cab
hage for the Toledo. Cleveland and Chicago
markets. This year the growers organized
atrust and refused to sell any of their crop
fSr less than cents head in the field.
But the combine was failure. and buyers
west elsewhere for their supplies. As a
consequence the Weston growers have all
their cabbage yet on hand. and will be
compelled to bury it and carry it over to
spring. when they will realize about 2
cents head on their holdings.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-12-14

-Advices from Peru. received by "a Pam
ANA steamer. report terrible atrocities
committed in the Interior country by In
dnns. The curnte of Mayaro was shot and
beaten to death with sticks and stones, and
when his old mothe' interfered she was
shot and her head cut off, Another woman
who tried to save her was also killed.
The bodies of all three were wrapped IN
hides and thrown into the river. At Le-
Para street riot occurred owing to an at
tempt to head movement for Camacho,
the revolutionist leader, In tho indisorim-
mate firing by the government troops 1877
men. women and children were Killed and
sixty wounded.
In an interview Thomas 3. Barry saws
he Is about to commence legal proceedings
at Philadelphia against tho Knights Of
Labor, through its officers. for defamation
of character AMI alleged expulsion He
also placed tho case in the hands Of his at
torneys Saturday for criminal action in
the United States court against John w.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-12-14
THE PROHIBITION VOTE.

A special telegram from Bismarck of q
recent date has the following to say'con-
corning the prohibition vote cast. at the
recent election The complete official vote
of the counties on prohibition is interest,"
ing. as it shows the Roadway high license
has made, and the probable fate of the
prohibition clauses to the South Dakota
constitution when it is resubmitted.
Fory-one counties voted on Prohibition
twenty-six against and fifteen for. Six
teen of the counties lying in South Da-
kota gave total majority against prohi-
hition of 4,4l3, and seven counties in that
section gave 1922 majority for prohibit
ton. Twenty-six counties that voted
:g inst prohibition with majorities are as
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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-12-14
MATTERS IN THE WEST.

! att once charged the jury. Every pre-
! sumption" said the judge. SIS in favor OF
the prisoner. 1t the jury believe the dyna-
mite came into the possession of the pris-
oner prior to the passage of the law which
was passed July 1. 1887 and under which
he was indicted, it then must bring in a
verdict OF acquittal. They must be salts
flod that the prisoner procured the dyna-
mite since the above date. with felonious
intent to destroy human life in order to
convict" The judges charge was quite
lengthy. and its reading occupied fully half
an hour. At $40 the jury retired. At 9:48
the announcement was made that the jury
had agreed. Thu attorneys hurriedly re-
turned. the spectators seats quickly filled
up. the judge took his seat, the prisoner
was brought in and the jury filed in and
took their seats. The verdict was handed
to the clerk of the court. who opened the
paper and read: I'VE. the jury. find the
defendant guilty as charged in the indict-
ment and fix his punishment at twelve
years in the penitentiary." A friend leaned
looked up with pleasant smile and said:
"Ich verstehe." His face betrayed no evil
dence of disappointment or fear.
The switchmen's strike at indianapolis
seems dead. Traffic is resumed every
where and the strikers have lost their jobs
The tslk about the engineers aid flrrmen
striking to force asettlement of the switch
mems grievances grows less and less every
day. and even the strikers no longer claim
1ioo al of g. A.
behalf. Chief Sargent. of the flremen.
while passing through that city en- route 10
New Orleans. was interviewed and stated
| that there was nothing requiring his pres
ence there. He did not think that Chief
Arthur of the Brotherhood of Engineers
had any intention of coming to Indianapo-
lis or taking any part in the switchmen's
affairs. This announcement falls ! Ike II
wet blanket upon the strikers Chief Will
Of the switchmen were both at the depot
and saw Sargent. The committee appoint
ed by the Central Labor Union to investi-
gate the justice of the switchmen's de-
mands have formulated resolutions of SYM
pathy. calling on all workingmen to refrain
from taking the places vacated by the
str skers. but no resign atoms have yet cir
culated among the new switchmen.
Cincinnati Price Current. %: To-day's
Price Current says fourteen prominent
packing points in the west have handled
$50. 600 hogs during the week. against 1885,
600 for the corresponding week last year.
The places have packed since November
1.965. 600. against 1,4l5.OOo last year. Other
packing probably about equals the CORE
spending time last year. and the qualify of
hogs now being PACKED is generally fine
and the weight averages heavy. 1t ap-
pears unreasonable to expect much de-
preston in values from present figures. all
things considered. for with the increased
Strengthening later will come the enlarged
call from curers. who have been operating
sparingly as yet. or not at all.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-12-14
THE POsTOFFICE DEPARTMENT.
An Estimated Deficiency for the last
Fiscal Year of &4.19O,227.

Postmaster General Dickinsons an
nual report shows o remarkable ex-
pansion of business and a large increase in
expenditure. The gross revenue for the
year was $50, 695, 176. The total ex-
penditures, inclusive of liabilities for the
year unpaid and embracing the amount for
transportation of mails on Pacific railroads,
for which the government receives credit,
was $5t, $50, 403. The estimated deficiency
is 81, 1870, s27.
The total estimated gross receipts for the
year ending June 30, 1889, are $751;
392, 576. The amount appropriated for the
service of the year is SEQ, $50, 923.
The total number of postoffices is 81, 1915,
an increase over 1885 of 6,124. The num-
ber Of postmasters appointed during the,
designations and commissions expired,
1,244 upon removals, $50 to fill vacancies
by death, and 1854 on establishments of
new postof1ices. One thousand six hundred
and forty five postofices we're discontinued
during the year, and the names and sites Of
], 493 offices changed, retaining the incum-
bents. The adjustment Of July ], 1883, es-
tablished ninety-seven offices in the first.
c S., 497 in the second class, and 1905 in.
the third class, making q total of Presiden-
tial Offices at the date last named of 2,502.
The gross receipts which accrued at the
presidential Offices for the four quarters
end.d March 81, 1893, amounted to $38,
43S, 1857, an increase of -, 1926, 1876 as COM
pared with the adjustment of July 1, 1887.
There has been an increase of 1922, 800 in
the amount required for the salaries Of
Pres Dental postmasters over the amount,
required for 1897. The total volume Of
business in the money order division for the
year is upwards of $l43, 900. 900, and shows
a net profit to the government of about
$5O,00n.
The report recommends revision of the
law regulating the compensation of fourth
class Eostmasters SO as to provide for a re-
adjustment in harmony with the reductions
in postage rates; rcadjustment in the,
classification and salaries of clerks in the
larger postofiices, and the repeal Of the law
fix ng the minimum rent for third-class
officer at $500, with an allowance of $50 for
fuel and lights Tho lest interests Of the
service, the report says, require that the
last mentioned items should be left discre-
tionary with the department
The Postmaster General calls attention to
the abuses Of the franking privilege aud
recommends revision of the law with
penalties for its vi olation. 3
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-12-14
SECOND SESSION.
CONEENING OF THE LAST AfEe17Hc of
THE FIFzIE1H CONGRESS.

Terrible Work Of a Crazy Anurcaise at In
dfa,. polls - Mrs. LanOfry Snwbbed by
Lady Stamt-y-TI.e Public Debt Statement
Terrible Aerocisirs Committed ~ I,ey..
Is,dians-Ita General. ~
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-12-14

Hayes. secretary and treasurer of the
Knights Of Labor for violation Of the postal
laws in sending Barry letter ON which
appeared. :"Expallcd-G. z. b."
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-12-14
Midnight Mysteries.

Paterfamil as (sternlY) Seems to me
you are becoming quite interested in
til It Mr.. Goodfellow.
Daughter (demurely)-Why,,pa, he is
homel en- ugh to stop clock.
All! I at, then, may account for
the, f. ct that when he is here in the
evenin YOU never know what time y
S.-PhiladelpAia Record.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-12-14

Nearly 20. QUO cars Of wheat are on side
track ut Minneapolis and at Minnesota
Transfer waiting to be unloaded. mostly
Manitoba cars. The glut is SO great that
this company has again ordered cars
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-12-14
DAKOTA DlGITS.
THE IINADWAY PROHIBITION Il
MAKING IN THE TERRITORY.

Happy Reunion of IL Family Separated for
Many Yrars-Dan Lam, mt Said to BE In
tcrrstcd In "a liills Is,ad-.A C:.sselton Far
sncrs Fatc--N1casics ut Lower HruIc
Agency, Etc.
The Portland daily press., 1888-05-11

demands that city Of this size should
furnish free the educational advantages
which large public library alone can give.
But 1t seems these are not the views enter
entertained by our representatives in the
City Council, or else they have misappre-
pretended the nature Of the proposition.
They not only by their actions say to all pub
lie spirited citizens that we have no need Of
any gifts from them, but they also declare
their want of faith in the utility and necessi-
ty of public libraries. For one / am not pre-
pared to accept this declaration Of the City
Council as the sentiment Of the citizens of
Portland upon this matter. L believe that
our citizens at large appreciate fully the char
acter and Importance of the precedent estap-
lished by Mr.. Baxter. believe that we all
wish that our wealthy citizens would take
similar pride in building up the public instr
tutions of the city in which we i've; that
sentiment could be fostered which should re-
gard wealth as trust rather than as means
Of enriching only the family Of him who has
Accumulated it; that we, as city are willing
to make some sacrifices, IL such are needed,
to establish reputation for our population
that is not wholly confined to the struggle
for wealth: that we realize that the charac-
ter of our city, its attraction as place OF re-
sidence, depend quite as much upon the Ia
cilities which it furnishes IN matters which
minister to the higher wants OF man as
we'll as to those which meet alone his daily
needs, and it is in this view that l protest
against the treatment which the City Coun-
ell has seen fit to give to this important mat
ter. | submit that this sum of seven thous-
and dollars could easily have been taken
from other appropriations and the public In
terests not have suffered, and that the credit
of our city must suffer in the minds Of all
right minded persons If this action is to
stand as voicing the sentiments OF our clti-
Zens, y.
The Portland daily press., 1888-05-11
MORNING, IL, 1885
temperance and legal prohibition; and on

temperance and legal prohibition; and ON
American Bible Society.
Rev. d. A. Stafford of Toronto was intro
duced, as fraternal delegate, representing the
Methodist Episcopal charch in Canada. He
was accorded a seat on the platform. BY a
vote. matters concerning the support OF su-
perannuated ministers were referred to the
committee on temporal economy: Rev; Dr.
J. III. Baylis introduced a resolution calling
on the committee on judiciary to define what
the constitution really is. Rev. Dr. L. u.
Fish, of Albion College, Michigan, dele
gate from Detroit, offered resolution pro-
testing against admitting Utah as a State
till conclusive evidence is shown that polyg-
amy has ceased to exist among the people
there. The motion was carried.
Siah Sex Ong, delegate from Foo Cho0,
presented a memorial, asking If converts
from heathenism, having more than one
wife, can still retain more than one wl1e,and ana
at the same time be good Methodists. The
matter was referred to the committee ON the
state of the church.
Rev Dr. Buckley's motion to change rule
20 of the law allowing Bishops TO appoint
ministers for fourth or fifth year, on the
recommendation of the majority OF the quar-
terly conferences or the unanimous recon-
mendation Of the presiding elders, was re-
ferred to the committee ON the state Oh the
church.
The lay delegates of the Pullman On. "
pointed on unacceptable preachers, and hear
objections. The motion was referred to the
committee on itinerancy
Rev. DR.. Wentworth, of the Genesee Con-
ference, presented resolutions. declaring un-
precedented, alarming and revolutionary the
action of the bishops in arrogating the au-
thority to prescribe and dictate to the Gener
al Conference prior to the completion of its
organization, the steps it shall take on reach
ing that result, including, among other
fba af,tb0rtfU m thQir mart IN hear
and decide upon the present effect Of chal-
lenges to the right of seats in the body. and
to say whose names on the roll Of members
shall be written and whose called. The res
olutions provide for the removal from the
Bishops Of such authority and the placing of
all power in the Conference itself. The res
olutions were referred to the committee on
episcopacy, which will probably act fayora-
bly, upon the resolutions.
1t was voted to go into the election of
Bishops and officers of the General Confer
ence on May II, at 10 a. m. The Conference
then adjourned
The Portland daily press., 1888-05-11
STATE POLITICS.
BLUE HILL DELEGATES INSTRUCTED FOR

BLUE HILL DELEGATES INSTRUCTED FOR
cLEAvEs.
An Associated Press despatch says: AT
the Republican caucus at Blue Hill last eve
ming five delegates were chosen to the State
convention at Portland They were all
Cleaves men but one. Before adjourning
the caucus instructed the whole delegation
to vote for Cleaves."
The Ellsworth delegation, which have
been already reported as instructed for
Cleaves, is composed of the following repre-
sentative men: A. P. Wiswell, G. @. Burrill,
F. B. Aiken, j. d. Hopkins, A. b. Saunders,
f. A. Macomber, A. r. Devereux, ID. l..
Fields, B. 7. Sowle, John w. Malone.
ALMA FOR MARBLE.
The Republicans of Alma have chosen A.
B. Erskine and George B. Mahoney for dele
gates. Our correspondent writes that they
are uninstructed, but are for Marble.
The names of the Jefferson delegates, who
are for Marble, are as follows: II. W.
Clery, j. III. Noyes, j. J. Bond and j. G.
Weeks.
MARBLE DELEGATES IN NEWCASTLE.
Newcastle has elected Capt. Addison Aus
tin, Hon. f. L. Carney, Capt. Frank Smith
wick and Isaac Dodge, delegates to the
Republican State convention and passed
strong resolutions indorsing Gov. Marble
and instructing the delegates for him.
TWO OF THREE FOR CLEAvEs.
The three delegates elected by Milo Repub-
cans, Wednesday night, are two for Cleaves
one for Marble.
oRoNo HEARD FROM.
The Republican caucus at Orono, last night
elected.Hon. Daniel Libby, A. f. Lewis, A.
j. Durgin, n. p. Haskell, Albert White. del
egates to the State convention. They favor
Burleigh's candidacy.
NOTES.
The Monson States says Hon. A. G. Lee
broke will not attend the Portland conven-
tion as a delegate and make a speech for
Marble. He is not the less friend OF Gov.
Marble he says, and would like to see him
nominated.
1t is learned that Hon. Hannibal Hamlin,
Of Bangor will be delegate to the Republi-
can convention in this city and probably
present Mr.. Marbles name.