Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-31
Foot races are all the rago

fore. The prospects are good for :
large attendance.
B. +. Swatman. postmaster at Tenn
pleton. wishes us to state that the post
Office will he discontinued after sept
LIST until further orders from the Pest
Office Department.
1t is rumoTed that l.. n. Loomis
VIII appoint a deputy clerk and enter
: at once upon the banking business III
Alpena. I. II. Null is spoken of as
the probable deputy.
Little Miss Mamie, who has been
visiting Papa" Adair. expects to re-
turn this week to Mason City, iowa
where she lives with her aunt, Mrs. d.
w. Shrycck, and attends school.
DIR. IIollingsworth, who lives just
over the line in Sanborn county, made
lis Il call Tuesday. lie was plotting q
+; friend from Iowa, Mr.. l5allou. who has
come to Dakota with the intention OF
locating.
The matter under litigation be-
| tween Albert and Mcdonald seems to
be virtually settled by Albert taking
the safe off McDonald's hands and sell
ing 1T to L. n. LOOMS who will start a
bank in Alpena
The manager OF the I'rue() Re
publican has reached the acme of his
arguments and calls the HERALD folks
liars. His declarations, however, dc
not make us such nor prove the truth
OF his statements.
Frequent letters from NJ. ID. Crow
tell his family he is we'll and doing
we'll in Iowa. He has been transformed
into a book agent and says he drives a
colt (twenty} two years old, in his
canvassing expeditions.
Carlton Hall appears on our streets
regularly, dispostng of choice vegeta
b)es Of his own production. He works
in the garden when resting from his
harness making, and. along with all the
rest, we guess he makes it pay.
Mrs Gladly is visiting friends IN this
locality. the HERALD family enjoyed |
Il visit With her this week. She has for
over . year been living at Fargo with
her nephew Chas. Poilack, who is Il
brilliant young lawyer Of that place.
Al. Harbert, whose father is a
banker of Shellsburg, Iowa, is expect
ed here this week. He is travelling
fct his health and will be the guest of
Mr.. Charlie Ford while here. We well |
remember his brother Dick" as one of |
our old SchoOlmateS.
%. Z, Gaflin was a Herald caller
" ednesSiay. He has been for some
time at Atchison. Kansas. but returned |
in time to help thresh out Dakota's
golden harvest. He is running a ma
chine which he says does about as
we'll as any OF Them
Geo. y. Mathews OF Brookings.
received the nomination for delegate
in Congress last week. at the Water
town convention. What we can't I'M
derstand is why South Dakota men
would support man connected With |
the capital removal commission.
MI. and Mrs. L. W Castleman Of |
Alpena township are the proud parents
of twin glr1s born Thursday morning
the 23rd inst. This completes their
quartette OF girls, and we advise 'Ren"
to set out a good many trees as in
about fifteen years he will Probably !
need several hltching posts.
Quarterly meeting services will be
held at the NJ. Il. church, Sabbath, Sep
TENDER 10. Love feast at 10 A. M. E.
preaching at IL o'clock. Sacrament at
ter preaching. Elder Bradford Will
preach on Monday evening at O'Clock.
Quarterly conference after preaching.
Charles Wesley, Pastor.
Mrs. 4. II. Null returned from
Iowa the first of the week in response
to telegram from L. II. HIS sister
and brotAer-ln-law, Mrs. and Mr.. c. w.
Holderman Of Gratis, Ohio, having sur
prised him by an unannounced visit, ne
sent fer Mrs. Null to come, enjoy their
visit ana help him to entertain them.
The 1rue(D Republicans expose Of
Sheriff Spears dishonesty" has accom-
plished at least one thing. It has led
to still more thorough knowledge OF
the inefficient manner in which the
county records are kept. We have
said from the first that the county
clerks books should be a complete
check on the treasurer's accounts and
that if the county records We're cor
rectly kept, and the. commission had
the accurate knowledge Of the county's |
fiscal affairs that the law intends and
requires them to have, no defaIcation
could ever have taken place without
their knowledge. 1t would lee an utter
l'Dnosslblllty to defraui us CT one cent
OF our hard earned money L the books
and accounts were kent in the rrcnar