Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-04-06
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
An Interesting Summary of the
important Occurrences o!
the Week.
A Budget Of News Cleaned From the
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CONGRESS.

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message had been briefly discussed, considern-
ton OF bills was resumed and the following
passed To amend the NC. OF March 9, 1879,
rrovi ing additional regulations for homestead
and presumption entries on public lands Ap-
propriating S25o,00) for public building ~
Sioux City. For the relief OF purchasers and
other grantees Of the United States of certain
swamp and overlooked lands and to reimburse
and indemnify certain states. In the house
Mr.. Enloe, OF Tennessee. reported adversely
master-general for information as to
whether instructions had been given the
post office ct1iciuls prohibiting American citi-
Zcns from using the United States mails on the
same terms as Cnnedi ncitZens. This referred
10 the Buffalo and Rochester seedsmen sending
seeds over the border to tnke advantage OF the
cheaper Canadian postage Mr.. Enoe said the
resolution reflected upon the postmaster,gen;;
eral by drawing the inference that he violated
the law by iseuine certain orders He defended
the action of the postmaster general. lengthy
debate ensued and the matter was tabled Tne
house then went into committee of the ~hole
and consumed the day i'll discussing the tariff.
John Sessions. the colored drummer Of
the Houston Light Guards OF Kansas City.
and wife, were arrested recently charged
with an attempt to poison their five chill
drcn, the eldest of whom is II years old.
Both urEc each other with the crime
Sessions quite recently filed Il suit for di-
vorce against his wife. pending which the
court granted him the custody OF the chill
dren. He went to get them the other morn
ing. and claims to have found them suffer-
ing from poison placed in the coffee. Med
cal aid was summoned. and their lives will.
probably. be saved. The woman says John
dropped something in the coffee While in
the house FOR III" children.
The London Post, Telegraph and C7'roa-
icle cr tically review Mr.. Goschen's budget
and approve of it. The Daily Aens say
that the most questionable part of the
scheme is. AS it terms it, the local budget,
"Imposts upon loeomotion." says this pa
per. are bad in principle. Upon the whole,
however. Mr. Goschen's budget dif plays
great ability
Major General Terry has written a per-
sonal letter to the secretary of war saying
that he is in bad health and requesting to
t}e ordered before the army retiring board
An important de 'ision has been rem
dered in the supreme court at Madison,
Wis. \ few months ago Andrew Bremel. a
non union sailor, shot and killed a union
NOT. DC WIS tIieN loE luuECti, cOlNiCGcQ
and sent to the states prison. where he
now is. During the trial the sailors union
hired u lawyer to assist the prosecution.
Gen. Bragg. counse: for Bremel. objected,
and tho objection was sustained by the SUI
preme court which gives Bremcl a now
trial. The higher court ruled that private
parties had no right to secure counsel in
the prosecution. The decision is believed
to b. of considerable more than local in
tercst.
The Canadian capitalists who recently
visited Pittsburg. Pa. investigating gas
territory and considering the ACCESSIBILITY
ii developing the Canadian natural gas
fields. have returned home and will take
immediate steps toward the formation of q
syndicate. 1t is said that George Westing-
house will take an interest. The gentle
men VIII hold a meeting shortly at Ottawa.
Owing to the late depression in logging
work, an a1vanc of S1.50 to So per thousand
over last springs prices is reported in the
Chippewa and Black River districts indie
pendent loggers have refused offers of $40
per thousand for logs RATED and ready to
be run. The mill companies are about
ready to make a proportionate advance in
the price of lumber at the opening OF the
Sprincr trade