Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-01-06
DAKOTA NEWS.

money uAueA iuA'0 PAoseASesS drought
J. T. Lanney and has sued Lanney +,
5000 damages, claiming that he w.,
prosecuted through spite.
The board of trustees for the JAM,
town asylum has decided to enlarge an,
extend the electric light plant now in on
Grafton to meet the requirements of race,,
bu ing operations. They have accor.
incly contracted with the Edison Electr,
Light company of New York city 70,
22O- ii hit plant.
.--Minot is taking steps towards securinp
United States land Office.
The thermometer stood 16 below ye,o
at Huron the other night.
Three railroads are surveyed to Dead.
wood and ask the right f-way throu,
the gulch.
--Tho barn OF j. y. Fitzgerald, d
Jamestown, with ten head OF cattle, burma
The loss is fully covered by insurance.
Tie supreme court of the Unt
States has affirmed q judgment for 5000
secured by Richard Marar aga INST the Nor!
thern Pacific for loss OF both legs in Fargo.
A convention of the anti-license party
of Brown county will be htll at Aberdeen, |
January 5, to take steps to enforcs thu
local option law throughout the county
The Office of tho Nelson County Ners
at Lakon. together with the stereotypinc
outfit and all tho Office material, Wa
burned. Loss, $1,000; insurance, 1920
Huron expects soon to have new
daily payer, to be called the Huron Duil
Neus. The proprietors are Heron !
Woods & Co., but the editorial chars
will be in the hands of W. Il. Clark.
-Teleg-aph,c dispatches from CaledoniI
state that the town is all broke up over !
ghostly appearance. which resembles tn
body of one of the departed pioneers
that place-Chet CLARKE. He died yea
ago, leaving considerable property, includ
ing mill ard saloon. The spirit is frsI
quantly seen around the mill. A sobe
respect bic citizen me: tho ghos
upon the bridge the other niel
and was SO frightened thu
he jumped thereform. Another has See
the specter four times in different places
The BARTENDER at Mr.. Clarke's old saloon
saw the sp ri, walk in the door the Other
night, pass dinoonally through the room,
turn and 60 along the bar, then disappeai|
through the wall where there was neither
door nor window. Everybody is badly
frightened and very few venture out
nights. Mr.. Clarke WIS one of Tra1
county's most respected and reputable Cit !
zens.
The First Baptist church OF Spence4
has been dedicated.
There WAS grand masquerade o1|
skates at the rink in Deadwood on Christ
mas eve.
The main business block in WaphetolI
was burned rec ntly. Loss, $751;, 0Oo|
Fargo sent a special train of fire apparatud
to the relief.
The board of trustees Of Black Hid
college M ct at Hot Springs to discuss tin
adoption OF plans and spec fcations of III,
college building.
The grand jury now in session at Eau
go has thus far returned thirty FIVE indie;
ments, many of them against liquor lM
violators. Several bill s were also foun
for burglary and larceny.
H. II. Hathaway, in jail at New Rock
forl charged with raping eight-year Of !
Nellie ole, attempted suicide the othe,j
day, but was prevented from c;rying oul
his purpose. He does not deny the crime
Aberdeen has social clab known aI
the Manhattan.
Dan G. Needham, rs secretary of tia
Territorial Farmers' alliance, VIII open a1
of1ics at Aberdeen.
j. c. Adams, OF the Day Count
farmer, WAS nj rried recently to Mrs
Irene White at Eau Claire, Wis.
Farmers abont Uar,oli save 1noney|
ON coal by ordering it through tho alliance
notwlthstand ng the increased freigb|
rates.
Harold asks bids on an artesian we'll
5000 feet deep, OF rs much deeper as ma.
be necessary to get good flow of water.
"A Huron man is BULL ng mniatu!sI
corn palace. jnshionel after the capital at
Washington. Twenty different varieties
of corn are used in its construction.
The Dakota wheat crop of 1887 bids
fair to overrun the 6o,o0O, GOO bushels, es-
timated by p. T. Mcclure. Already 25,-
O00,0O0 bushels have been marketed.
The Williams fros., editors of The
llutcI lnson HeralJ. have been threatened
by one G. ?. Har en- with prosecution III
in y use his name in their paper in AMI
conmul itation no. founded on fact. Har'
b has already brought suit against Mr.
True in the sum OF $40 600 for alleged
libel i'll q letter published in the Herald.
--Bismarc]i's water 81 stem is now com.
pletc.
Forest City wants daily mail and 81
telephone compan".
A grocery firm al Fargo has been boy