Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-16
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"A ferry steamer was sunk in collision
and sixty persons drowned at Cschtta, In
dia. Wednesday. I
"A terrible collision occurred oathe line
OF railway in southern Russia neal Kouel.
Many persons were killed.
in 1884 Maxwell NJ. Fisher. agSd So, q
millionaire Of Detroit. and Frances !. Gar
rison. aged IS. were married. month
later. while in Santa Barbara. Mr.fisher
alleges that his wife yelled at him 4 long
and loud one night that half the peoAle in
the Arlington hotel awoke and lis4ned
They travelled around California for bout
two months. and at almost every hot( at
which they stopped Mr.. Fisher alleys (hat
his wife repeated the disturbance. Nh
they settled down in Detroit. Mr.. FiAer
charges that his wife circulated scanda4us
stories about him and an innocent ybang
woman living in the household. OneNen-
ing in November. 1885. Mr.. Fisher ttates,
his wife began to talk at him" and ontin-
ued until CLOCK the next mornin; with
out stopping. At that hour Mr.. Fis,er tim
idly ventured to attempt to talk batx. when
She sprang from bed, he says, ans hit him
in the face several times, knockinehim out
in the first round. May 80 last 10 filed q
bill for divorce. Mrs. Fisher did MT file an
answer and Judge Gardner has jut grant
ed the divorce. Mrs. Fisher is woth $780,
QUO in her own right and both partDs in the
suit are we'll known in Detroit.
Attorney General johnson has COM
menced suit in behalf Of the state of Cali
fornia against the American SugarFeflning
company. The complaint sets firth that
the company has disregarded he pur-
pose for which it was incorporated by sur
rendering the management of it's concerns
and the control of its business to the Sugar
Refneries company. which the complaint
alleges is an association of individuals re-
siding out of and not residents ofthe state
of California, formed and operateS for the
purpose of limiting the supply andthus adj
vancing the price of sugar. andtwhch is
not corporation. but is an unlawful COM
bination and monopoly acting forkestraint
of trade. 1t is asked that the charer Of the
American Sugar Refinery company be va
Z
Miss Hanna Letters suit tolrecover
$1,000 damages from Hirsh lobe I'd, breach
OF promise Of marriage was SUDDENLY ter
minated before Judge Erich in tae New
York city court. because the dGendant
offered to marry the plaintiff. Tlf Judge
performed the ceremony at once and the
couple left the court room arm il arm,
T ri 10 Of
lobe. who is her uncle. is about tel years
older. They are natives of Austria, and it
was in their native land that the uncle be-
gan to show his affection for his niece.
They came to this county together nearly a
year ago. She insisted that they had nnu-
tually entered into u marriage contract,
which was to terminate in n year, when
they were to be married. The uncle did
not deny this. but insisted that he had
three months more time in which to fulfill
his part OF the contract and was willing to
marry her when the time was up. Before
the trial was ended, however, he changed
his views, and thereupon they were mar
red.
Miss Susie B. Leach, the daughter OF
Lemuel Leach of Campbell, Mass, "a years
of age. an attractive young lady, has
brought suit, claiming $4,000 damages.
against Henry H. Litchfield of Boston and
Plymouth. for breach of promise of MARI
age. Mr.. Litchfield is 40 years of age. is in
the real estate business in Boston. and has
considerable property. Miss Leach and
Mr.. Litchficld met in the spring of 1887 at
Plymouth and in the fall the wedding was
fixed for December. Miss Leach gave up
her situation and prepared her frousseau.
but Litchfleld failed to appear.
-Adjutant General Drum. who COOS on
the retired list ut the end OF next May, has
already given up to a large extent the du-
ties of his office, and evidently does not in
tend labor very hard during the remainder
of his term of active service as an officer OF
the army. He has divided up the duties OF
his office between two OF his principal sub
ordinates. Gen. Kelton and Gen McKeever
giving Gen. Kelton control of all matters
relating to the regular army. and placing
the large amount of work relating to the
volunteer and pension matters in the hands
of Gen. Mckeever. who has just been or
dered here from the Pacific coast. Gen.
Kelton, who is the senior officer, will un-
doubtedly be the next adjutant general. but
Gen. McKeever is also u candidate for the
place. and has some political backing.
During the next six months. ut any rate,
Gen. kelton will be practically the adju,ant
general of the army. Gen. Drum has be-
come president of the Tennallytown street
railroad and will have plenty of business
to engage his attention when he goes on
the retired list.
AT Nashville. Tenn. at O'Clock Tncs-
day morning the dead bodies of AdeIine
Taylor and her husband, Allen Taylor. both
colorcd. were found in the basement OF
sEd.eiield Baptist church parsonage, where
!Adeline was employed as cook. The woman
lay on the floor and the man on the bed.
The throat Of each was cut and the wo-
mans head bore the mark of a severe blow
with Il Ratchet. which had been thrown in.
to the CRATE. A razor was lying at the foot
Of the bed. Taylor was Jealous of his wife,
and it is believed that he killed her and
then took his own life.
In answer to an inquiry from the
United States consul at Havre respecting
no ,.ipht Of nnrto;n Cbinso e,;lono !