Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-10-12
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large amount of thrashed wheat. Three
rcks of hay, three large stacks of millet,
the barn. cattle sheds. Il lot of farm ma
rhinery, etc. were also destroyed. Mr..
Botsfords loss will not be far from $4,000
and what is worse he had no insurance.
THE HIGHEST IN YEARS.
The price of No. hard wheat advanced
at Glendale to Sl.07 last week. This is
the highest quotation ever reached in the
territory except in a few special cases back
i'll the early days of the Dalrymples. Farm
ers are rushing i'll their wheat all over
Central Dakota. and the bulk of il grades
No. hard. The effects of high prices are
already apparent i'll the appearance of land
crop next season. Money is in free circu-
iatioE and times are lively.
SE1CIDED BY DROWNING.
Mrs. Sadie Stewart committed suicide
near Aberdeen by drowning in we'll.
About year ago she married n man en-
ployed in ticket Office at Wahpeton. and
about three months afterwards learned
that he had another wife. so She left him.
Abont two weeks ago she gave birth to a
Guild. She was lady of good education
and pleasing manners.
SOUTH DAKOTA BAR ASSOCIATION.
The So;;lh Dakota Bar association, in
session at Huron. chose J. a. Edgerton. of
Mitchell. president; 4. A. Owen, of De
Sn,et, first vice president: w. c. Arnold,
second vice presidents; @. W. Bar. of
Huron. secretary. and l.. c. Kemp. of
Huron. treasurer. They adopted a const-
tntion and bylaws. and fixed Huron Jan
nary 2. as the place and time of the next
meeting.
The Salvation army has decided to
make vigorous campaign in Bismarck
during the session of the legislature. The
officers of this army of reformers have
written to Bismarck stating that as their
finances would not warrant their sending
whole company they hoped that the local
reform talent would furnish singers and
eXhorters for two meetings each day i'll the
capitol building during the session.
II The Deadwood Pioneer makes this
statement: LAS an indication of the
changed condition Of business in Dead
wood. month ago only one man and u
boy We're employed in the Job printing de-
partment of the Pioneer. AT present it re-
quires five men and two boys to keep pace
with the orders"
Anton kessler. a german living near
Steele, has sworn out Il warrant for Joseph
Helmer, Of Logan county. charging him
with abducting his 15-year-od daughter.
Lizzie. The sheriff is pursuing the run
aways.
The Pioneer asks: Does anybody
know what has become of the Deadwood
board of trade? 1t fourished for a few
months about two Years ago aud then sud-
denly dropped out of sight"
"A five foot vein of coal has been dis
covered on the farm Of III. II. Brekke. liy-
ing ten miles from Pierre. The coal is
pronounced of quality similar to the
Hooking valley.
Charles Il. Armstrong, manager of the
Porter Milling company at Castlewood. has
disappeared. His books showed a short
age of 5000 bushels of wheat and he also
secured 5000 in cash.
AT !: meeting Of the board of trustees
of the Rapid City school of mines. Prof.
Carpenter was authorized to publish his
geological report of the Black Hills in
pamphlet form.
The dizziness inyounger society circles
ut Aberdeen is said to be due to the fact
that the present officers of the guild. who
are ''hold- overs, have fallen into 'nocuous
inactivity.
Ira NJ. jackson. who was convicted Mt
the January term of the district court Mt
Deadwood of the crime of manslauchter.
was sentenced to the penitentiary for ten
years.
The merchants of Aberdeen are de-
cldedly down on the wheat trust existing
Ill that city. and say that it should be held
up to the public gaze and abolished.
"A number of Aberdeen business men
are investing considerable money in CHI
cago wheat pools and with good success.
The Republican's word for it.
Willie Garman, while hunting geese
near Valley City. was shot by a companion
and seriously injured. The charge took
effect in his right thigh.
The Rapid City journal has been
awarded the contract for printing in book
form the minutes of the late NJ. 4, confer
ence held in Rapid City.
1t is understood that hardwood wants
paper bad enough to give $500 bonus.
4@0 subscribers besides. and erect n build
ing for the office.
Suit for an alleged debt of 81 has been
commenced in a court ut Deadwood. The
party suing states that it is for principle
and not principal.
The La Grace Courier hints that there
is a small fortune waiting for the man who
has sufficient enterprise to start lime-kiln
Ill that vicinity.
AT presentation of the Little Ty-
COON at Pierre by local talent, sos was
raised for the yellow fever sufferers of
Jacksonville.
p. W. McManus, of Rapid City, has a
contract for delivering at the sawmill $780,
600 feet of logs for the Lookout Mining
company.
Lake county took her share of premiums
at the Mitchell fair. The La Belle ranch
secured Twenty-Five ribbons on horses
alone.