Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-23

teresting and enthusiastic meeting at
the court house last Saturday after
noon. On account of eastern blockades
speakers Conklin and Crosse were not
present, but members of local Alliances
made the room ring with eloquence
and demonstrated the fact that the
farmers are not working at old dead
issues bat are fully alive to-, the i'm
portance Of united and strenuous
9 fort in their own behalf. Down
\ with ring-rule and monopolies!
Conklin and Crosse are expected to be
with us at an early date.
| Through the kindness of friend we
are in receipt of a copy Of the Worces-
ter (lass.) Daily Spy. giving an ac-
count of the great storm of March 18th
1t was veritable blizzard, yet those
storms are known,as such only in Oak.
Three or four hundred passengers
4 were snow bound between Boston and
4 Worcester without fire. or food.
Horse and steam CAR travel was COM
pletely interrupted and lastly tele-
graphic communications were ;suspen-
ded. From the experience of those in
that storm, seeing the snow creep into
the crevices and everything covered
with coating OF ice and snow, some
idea can be gained Of a similar storm
on The treeless prairies of the west.
Thursday of last week was a red
| letter day in the history of the HERALD
We were making up the form, and
having unusually good luck, there
seemed to be a place for everything
aud everything slipped right into its
place, and we were congratulating our
selv es on the smoothness off, printers
lif e, when l.. N. Loomis strobe ma
jestically into our presence with his
Napolecnic features set in a look so
full OF cold whitening defiance, that
our spirit Thermometer Immediately
dropped to 40 degrees below. While we
stood meek and speechless before him,
he inquired how much back subscrip-
ton he owed. Wetold him 1925 would
settle to date. This he promptly paid
and said for us to stop sending the
paper, he did not want it. Oh, how
perfectly crushed we felt! But he
finally removed his frigid presence,
and we breathed more freely The
merry jingle Of coin soothed our
wounded feelings, and we were grad
ually recovering from the shock when
heriff Spears arrived and we received
the startling intelligence of the fright
full calamity that has SO suddenly
and without a moments warning over
taken one Of the brilliant beacons in
Jerauld county journalism. Alac-a-dayl
for "the silly twaddle of a poor de-
mented creature"
Obituary.
Thursday morning at o'clock L. III.
Tarble landlord and proprietor of the
Washington Springs House passed
quietly away. He leaves a wife and a
host of friends to mourn his departure.
He was native of Vermont and 50
years Of age last September.
He came to Washington Springs
early in 1883, and in company with Mr..
WOODBURY. built the hotel which was
opened to the public on July 4th of
that year. The hotel was the Sec
ond building OF the TOWNSHIP. In 1854
Messrs Woodburn and Tarble dissolved
partnership, Mr. Tarble continuing the
business.
He was live energetic bu siuess
man, and did more to boom the town
than any other citizen, the townsite
proprietors not excepted. He was
honored and respected by all who
knew him. Gave literally to all
worthy enterprises and possessed that
spirit of charity that covereth
multitude of sins.' Alvah Sturgis will
accompany the remains to Gudlow, VT
starting on Monday next.
What Am To Do2
Lie symptoms u DlllOuSneSS are I'M
happily but too well known. They
differ in different individuals to some
extent. A bilious man is seldom
breakfast eater. Too frequently, alas,
he has an excellent appetite for liquids
but none for solids Of morning. His
tongue will hardly bear inspection at
any time; if it is not white and furred,
it is rough, at all events.
The digestive system is wholly out
Of order and Diarrhea. Consumption
may be a symptom, or the two may al
ternate. Thereare often Hemorrhoids
or even loss Of blood There may be
giddlness anG often headache and acid
ETY. OF tlatulence and tenderness in the
pit Of the stomach. 70 correct all this
if not effect cure try Green's August
Flower, it costs but trlhe and thou
sands attest its efficacy. odd
Perhaps if Looms had spent as
much time in keeping the county
business straight when Treasurer