Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-12-28

killed at Summit, a small station west
Milbank.
L. 1t is the intention of Flandrau peop]
after January to post the names of a
habitual drunkarls in the yarious drink
!. ing places and strictly enforce the law
IN regard to selling such parties intoxi
cantS.
1T is understood that J. FL. Warren
Z formerly with the Rapid C1!y Republican
and Robert Warren, of the Algona. 10.
Upper Des Moines, will start n weekl,
newspaper at Spearfish i'll the near future
, A novel feature of the proceedings a
, the district court at Glendale was the ar
8 gument by the plaintiff, Mrs Landrisee
OF Fargo. on her replevn case under per
mission of the court. She won her suit.
Taking of evidence in the Winship
Walsh contest at Grand Forks for the ter
ritorial council is closed. a volumni OH,
mass of evidence will be laid before tho
election commission at Bismarck.
Dean Carpenter, of the Rapid Cit,
school OF mines. has been elected a men,
Der OF the Colorado scientific society and
proposed for fellowship in the geological
society of the same state.
CHARLES Post and Mrs. A. Smith. of
Canning, We're arrested in Aberdeen by the
sheriff of Hughes county. who took them
to Pierre, where they will be tried on a
charge of adultery.
john G. Ashmore. for the past four
years station agent for the Milwaukee road
at Bath. died of pneumonia. He was 80
years old and had been married but seven
weeks.
A. l.. Dickinson and Miss Nancy A.
Stoughton, both of Dickinson, were mar
ned on December l4th The groom
IS one OF the owners of the original town
site of Dickinson.
The annual session of the North Da-
kota Educational ASSOCIATION for the wear
1858. will be held in jamestown, COM
mencing December 81. at 10 a. M.
--Bismarckers are unhappy because it
is understood by them that Robert J. In
Sersoll has cancelled his engagement for a
proposed northwestern tour this winter
1.-Two hundred and fifty invitations
have been issued for a grand ball to be
given by the Masonic fraternity at Blunt
on the evening of December q.
Judge Crofoot has appointed G.. X.
Ledewick. of Aberdeen, clerk of the
seventh Judicial district and deputy clerk
of the United States court.
The town site proprietor of Rowena is
now i'll the east and will visit some of the
large cities and try to induce immigration
to that lively new town.
MIR. and Mrs. James Johns, of BRIDGE
water will soon remove to MINNEAPOLIS.
where Mr.. Johns will engage in business
at the corn exchange.
In their shirt sleeves. is the WAY the !
local papers all over the territory are re-
ferrlng to laboring men-and here it is the i
middle of winter
-Blsmarck's electric light wires are be-
ing extended to the capitol, and that struc-
ture will be Illuminated by electricity dur
ing the winter.
The bank of Rugby has been incorpo
rated with capital stock of SlOO.OOO.
T. A: Mears is president and j. w. Cor
don is cashier.
A. III. Adams. secretary and treasurer
OF the Diamond Point Mining and Milling
company, has skipped with thousands in
his pockets.
The inhabitants of DeSmet are re-
JolSlI1S iJtCittlSt llp GuDDlSn mas DeGO
cleared away from the streets of that
town.
The county commissioners of Brown
county have reduced the salary of the dis
trict attorney from $500 to S14OO per an
mum.
A new water supply scheme is being
agitated at Palisades. Water will be
forced all over town from q spring near
by.
A lady of Burlington, Ward county, !
has cured herself of being round shouldered
by pinning her back hair to her hustle.
Judge Crofoot has called a term of
n"nrt for Brown county for January s.
Ssarly forty cases are on the docket.
There are about $50 applications for
seats in the first street car that goes over
the newly built track in Deadwood.
-Deadwood Knights of Pythias are
making extensive preparations for their
ball on December IS.
A. H. Malone and family, who were
among the pioneer settlers of Holabird,
have removed to Anderson. Ind,
A few men with capital and nerve are
wanted at Valley Springs to develop the
natural resources of the town.
1t is estimated that the Black Hills
country contributed $4,000 to the Louisi
ma state lottery last month.
The Central City public school has
opened Ia a new school house and with
new teacher and new books
Nearly 800 tickets have beef sold for
she band benefit ball which occurs at
Bookings New Years eve.
-Wahpeton was visited by fire De-
'ember 18th which did 5000 damage to
TWO business buildings.
Hon. John H. King, Of Rapid City,
8 at Washington in the interest of the /
Sioux reservation bill.
The Deadwood Liederkranz club is a
'ecent organization composed of a score
# German vocalists.
The town of Memo has taken steps
0 incorporate at the january meeting of
he county board.
The elevator at Ashton belonoinp to