Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-10-26

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there to spend the winter. General
Christensen is one Of Brooklyn's PROM
inent men, and is general soliciting
agent for the well known banking
firm of DreNel, Morgen & 20. This is
the Generals first visit to Dakota and
he seems very much pleased with our
beautiful prairies and pure bracing air
You have never had n chance to vote
for better, more honest official than
J. NJ. Spears. The only argument we
have heard brought up against him
during the campaign is that he has had
the Office long enough. Now the
weakness and fallacy of this is very
apparent when we consider that ex-
perience is worth a great deal. A
single blunder on the part OF a sheriff
might cost the county hundreds of
dollars. Our sheriff has yet to make
blunder of this sort. Efficient, honest,
capable, worthy in every respect.
Give him your vote.
Opponents Of Judge Converse have
been circulating reports That he had
employed T. II. Null as assistant coun-
sci in the Williams defalcation suit.
The court records don't show it and
records don't lie" True, Mr.. Null did
help Judge Converse when the case
was before the referee. But why not ?
Mr.. Null has spent months Oh the case
and had information that would be of
value to the case. and was not the
Judge wise in getting all the light and
information on the case that was pos
sible? Besides 1T was the understand
ing that if the hoard should appoint
Converse that Nj. Null would give
him ali the information and aid con-
corning the case that he could. while
he would not do so if MI. Martin
should be appointed The relations
that Mr.. Null sustains TO the case will
in no sense deter Judge Converse
from doing hi, utmost for the recovery
of the lost funds.
Welearn that the True Republican
boasts that it has been the means of
securing to the county the payment of
S2S. 90 which Sheriff Spears held in the
Stellar case. We wish to know how
the Republican happens TO be the
means Of securing this amount to the
county when the Sheriff, himself, was
the first to mention the debt and offered
TO pay it. 1t was after Mr.. Spears
made mention Of the debt and signiliea
his willingness and desire to pay
that the Republican took up the
matter and became the means Of secur-
ing the payment of 2SO0 to the county.
He denied owing the county. Did he
Why? Because the records were in
complete and did not show that the
county bad ever paid those bills. Cree
oTds don't lie," but where were the
records? Where was the manliness of
the county clerk when he found the
misplaced ~ records2 "Records don't
lie," no? But how about the custo-
0ldA Va lllC iCSOIuS
General c. Z. Christensen came to
Dakota to see the sights and carry
back 20 New York as complete an
idea of Dakota's diversities of appear
ance as possible, and lest he should
not see a genuine Dakota prairie fire he
started one on has own account. But
not having had much experience the
day chosen was mild one and not
very favorable for the fire fend, so that
his lire Was not much of a success.
After trying to light a cigar the
General threw a match. which he sup.
posed cold and harmless by the road
side when a fire Immediately started
and spread in the finder like grass so
rapidly as to require prompt action on
the part OF volunteer fire company
The fire was in Harmony near C. S.
Richardson's and will long he rempm-
bered by General Christensen who
carries a scar on his over coat sleeve
as trophy. He does not care TO ex-
pertinent further with prairie fires and
regrets his thoughtlessness very much.
we could nothelp thinking when
seated IN our poorly ventilated.
crowded, shabby court room of the
$1,000 or $4,000 which has been sauan-
dered or stolen during ring rule. With
that sum We. could have had an ele-
CANT court house, one that would have
been an honor to the citizens Of our
county. and. could have owned the
ground on which it stood. AS it is
now, the county does not have clear
title to eithart the building, shabby as
1t Is, por the ground on which 1T
stands. And yet our farmers have
paid high taxes which were closely
collected. The only mystery is, what
has become Of the money? We do.
not doubt that there are men in this
county who could tell MS all ::bout it
But the law can't toucl, them and we
can; make them tell 1t maybe true