Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-09
TERRITORIAL TOPICS.
AN ALPENA MAN MEETS DEATH IN A
PECULIAR MANNER.
The Shortage of Minots Ex-Postmaster
Very SmalI-Serious Charge Against :,
BaiI, Saioonlccpcr-Death of ~ Huron
Lady-l.atest News from All Quarters.
DEATH IN A PECULIAR MANNER.

manner. He went down in we'll on the
inside of Il wooden tubing distance OF
sixty feet to remove a stone. He was
nearly overcome with gas and gave the sig
nal to be hauled up. Placing his foot in
a loop of the rope he was windlassed up to
within few feet Of the top when the rope
broke and he fell back into the we'll and
was wedged in so tight that it took thirty
Six hours 10 remove him.
HIS SHORTAGE VERY SMALL.
Ex-Postmaster Mcnamara was brought
before Justice Sullivan. ard in view of
recent developments in the case his bonds
were reduced to $500, which he readily
produced. The case has attracted consid-
cradle attention. MS the postmaster was in
jail on q warrant charging him with the
embezZlement of $4,000. The eXamina-
ton of the books was evidently made in a
very careless manner. and it is doubtful if.
after the books have been correctly audit
ed. the shortage will amount to very much
if anything.
ARRESTED FOR ATTEMPTED RAPE.
Warrants have been sworn out for the
arrest of A. l.. Knight. Bath saloon
keeper. charging him with an attempt to
rape Mrs. Hill. Knight formerly ran a
steam thresher and Mrs. Hill boarded the
hands. He is already under indictment
for selling liquor contrary to law.
DEATH OF A HURON LADY.
Mrs. Stoneman. wife of p c. Stoneman,
OF the trandispatchers' department of the
Chicago and Northwestern railway. died at
her home in Huron. he remains were
taken to Lake Benton for interment her
parents living in that city.
NEW TEMpLI: Or LEARNING.
Although the new school house at Brook
inss is being pushed as rapidly as possibi>
ii will not he ready for occupancy before
the middle of November. Already ar
ranSementS are being made to suitably
dedicate the building when completed
The Deadwood PIONEER is authority
for the following: "Yu Doc. one of the
solid old men of Chinatown, died yester-
day afternoon. II is said he died of Il
broken heart owing to the recent new anti
Chinese bill Nh Sing is authority for the
statement that he died ru1sing the officials
vino represent China in this country be-
cause instead Of learning the WAYS OF
American politicians they devote the.
time to exchanging photographs with
Washington girls.
The Rapid City HepuhHro" speaks 81,
follows: Failure to open the reservations
has not caused amy serious depression in
real estate in OF around this city. On
Thursday last Jacob Lampcrt sold twenty
seven acres on the north side of the rail
way west of the gap at $50 per acre. The
purchase was made by gentleman named
Haas. from st. Paul. for syndicate of
st. Paul capitalists. buying IN, real estate
III good western towns.
The depth of the Harold nrtesian vel
is l.A5G feet. temperature 80 degrees. ami
it will fill Il large barrel i'll forty five sec
onds. The water is soft and of splendid
drinking quality. the walmest artesian VIII
ter i'll Dakota. and is daily increasing il,
flow and pressure
Gate City lodge X. of p. at Rapiu
City. has taken stock i'll the American
Building and Loan association as an in
vest,nent 1t is possible lla, some time
i'll the future the lodge may secure a loan
for the purpose of building hall.
BY way of comparison the Mt. Vernon
Gazette remarks that while the schoo.
children OF south Dakota are gathering
sunfiowers. the children of southern Ne
braska are putting III their time SNOWFALL.
ing.
-Gettysbuly has more new implanted
biidings at present than ever before in its
history. Lumber is scarce at the yards
and real estate is rapidly changing owners
Fuel is more plenty this season than
ever before in the Black Hills country.
owing to the fact that native coal is taking
such prominent position in the markets
The secretary Of the Masonic Aid as
cociation claims that there have only beer,
three deaths among the l.S0O members
during the past two years.
Nearly every man ut Deadwood has
turned detective. The 81 900 reward of.
fered for Jack Daugherty is an explanation
of the fact.
The Rapid City journal says tha,
Speariish has placed the license for theat.
rical troupes SO high as to amount to pro.
hbition.
Mrs. Chaska was at Gettysbnrg last
week on shopping expedition. and en-
poets in the future to be IL frequent visitor
there.
Judge Trip has Just closed very
successful term of court in Jerand county.
having tried twenty-five jury cases in four
days.
Special gospel meetings We're held last
week at Deadwood under the leadership of
Rev. Merton Smith. the Chicago evange-
list.
An old hand at the fruit business re-
marks that he never before saw Il place the
SIZE OF Huron consume SO much fine fruit.
The Blunt bakery has closed and every
man in that town from this time on will
have to get married OF do his own baking.
Work will begin about the middle of
this month on the building of the Aber-
deen Transfer and Warehouse company
The blacksmith and paint shop of j.
y. Owens. Alpena. was destroyed by fire
Loss, 81 900: no insurance.
The attendance at court in Custer CITY
during the term just closed was larger
than ut any previous term.
a craze for photographs has suddenly
asserted itself al Deadwood. Local artists
have nll they cap do.