Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-11
IOWA ITEMS.
Fircmen's Tournament-High Water
End Of the Billings Trial-The Held
Murder, Etc.
Fire,nen's Tournament,


The State Firemen's Tournament occurs
at Clinton in June, and promises to be an
interesting meeting. This year the Iowa
championship belts for hose and hook and
ladder teams are to be defended by teams
that have held them two successive years,
and should they succeed in again winning
them they will become the property of the
companies. The hose belt is held by the
Smiths, of Clinton. and the hook belt by
the Rescues, of Wilton.
President Eaton has secured 1-cent "a
mile fare for the fremen in the state and
free transportation for all their apparatus,
and is negotiating for a one fare for the
round trip for visitors to the tournament
There will be a number of teams from out
side the state to enter the e-for-all
Among them are the j. NJ. Firms cele-
DRAFTED Natick, Mass. hose team. with a
record Of SO. a Sioux Falls. D. T.. hose
team. the celebrated "Dex lyle" hooks, of
Wooster, O.. with "Neni, vidi, vici" for a
motto, and a Spencer. Mass, hook COM
pany. Several other teams will probably
be present from abroad. In addition to
these, Iowa will furnish at least four
teams fit to contest against anything in the
world. Nebraska will be represented in
the hose race by the Fremont boys, who
have the best pair of coupers that ever fol-
lowed cart. There will be some strong
Iowa teams at the tournament also. A
Council Bluffs team of flyers will contest
for the $1,000 sweepstakes. This is the
cam, it will be remembered that won $500
at Dubuque, defeating the Pierre, D. r.,
and Waterloo teams. The Whitney hose
team of Atlantic, the city which used to
of %1o
will be dangerous team. They have a
good pair Of # conplers, and Capt. Kane
knows how to get the speed out of the
boys. The champions, Of Clinton, the A.
H. Smith hose team of that city, are in
training, and the members say that the
boys who defeat them will need to be very
fleet of foot. The couplers are hard at
work and propose to reduce their time.
The ALT Hurst hose team, of Maquoketa,
which is Considered by many faster than
even the champions, has gone into train
ing, and a host Of other teams in the state
are practicing. but ARE not sayin' word"
A squad of Wilton tiremen have COM
menced drilling for the prizes offered to
the best drilled company, but they will
have to hustle to beat lobe" Soule's Iowa
Falls team which created such enthusiasm
at Sioux City last year. The tournament
grounds are about one mile from central
Clinton and about the same distance from
Lyons. They are spacious and we'll laid
out and have the capacity for big crowd.
The Held Murder.
An awful double tragedy was recently
enacted in Marion township, near LeMars,
resulting in the death of Mrs. Fred Held.
widow, and her son Philip. The father,
Fred Held. died some time ago, and it ap-
pears that there has been some trouble be-
tween mother and son about the sale and
disposition of 60 me real estate left by him.
The mother and son were talking together,
and during the course of the conversation
it appears, from the evidence of three
younger children who were in the room at
the time, the subject was again brought
up. The son grew angry and used bad
Language end finally drew q revolver and
tired at his mother, the shot taking effect
in her side. She turned to go out the door
when he fred again, the bali striking the
unfortunate woman in the back. and she
fell dead on the doorstep without utterin1
a word. The sight of his dead mother
and realization of his terrible deed
brought the young man out of his state Of
anger and TO full understanding of what
he had done. He gazed moment, and