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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-04
HAPPENINGS IN IOWA.
The New Experimental Statioa-An I'm
natural Fatler-In the Original
Package, ETC., Etc.
He Did 1t Himself.

The dead body of man was found in
the ice house of the Franz brewery, Mt
Sioux City, the other morning. The body
was Immediately identified as that of
Albert Hielz, who for nearly two years &C.
casionally did bookkeeping or odd jobs
about the brewery, and who is said to have
suddenly disappeared the week after the
trial of John Arensdorf for the murder of
Rev. DIR. Haddock. The body lay in the
corner of the ice house, and by its side lay
a thirty -eight calibre self cooking revolver,
which is identified by employees of the
brewery as the property of John Arens-
derf. The body was in q sitting position
with the hands clinchcd at the side and the
wound was through the lead. It was i'll a
badly decomposed condition. The door
of the icehouse was not locked but could
be opened by any one. 1t was very dark
within and there had been no sawdust in
side since last fall. Pauley, q brewery
employe, was cleaning it out when he
found the body. Hielz was a German,
about forty-four years old, of good educa-
ton, but addicted to drink. He is said to
be we'll connected in the old country and
to have daughter in Kansas City. He
slept in the brewery and often helped
Iauiey, the hlgnt "atcnman VINO was III
the brewery the night of the Haddock
murder. Tn Sc were the principal facts
of the evidence before the coroner's jury,
although there is conflict in the state
ments as to whether Hielz disappeared
before or after the Arensdorf trial. The
coroner's jury rendared a verdict of suicide.
The first rumor that It was the body of
Penny Peters, the brewery driver who was
alleged to have been with Arensdorf at the
time of the Haddock murder, caused much
excitement
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-04

been arrested at Sioux City,. Ia. ON
charge of incest, the victim being H.
ffteen-year- old daughter. The othe, -; A''
the young lady complained Of fee.inna 'sst
and was taken to bed. A physicians "
called, and it was then that the star.r Sss
discovery was made that she was yerr IN. w
to become mother. Her mother w. soea
most frantic with grief and could N" hs,aMI a.
credit the doctors statement, but lat as'ay
vclopments proved beyond a doubt tba. oe'
was in the right. As soon as possibls a M as
Depuy questioned the girl, and it was ~, WIS
that the horrible revelation was made t ~
led to the arrest of her father. I p. mat
takes matters cool, but strongly nr mtpag
his innocence. saying that his dan"ssst
was not IN her right mind when th as
cusation was made. It is currently &C.
ported among the women in the neiobbsse'
hood wherein the Depuys reside, that ~
young mother has gay young loya,' us
budding, buoyant youth, who is now !, =
California with his parents, having wv "a
there early in the summer Of ~, With 1 us
understanding that he was soon to ratr ,us
and make Bella Depuy his wife, and t tSl
are strongly of the opinion that sbs uty
shielding her lover at the expense Of b.s
own father.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-04
Raped His own Daughter.

Lebanon was thrown into fever Of ex-
element the other morning by the intelli-
gence that John Got,leib, farmer, living
eight miles from that place, had com.
mitted rape upon the person of
his own daughter. Sheriff Fenis
was hastily summoned from Gettysburg
and went out to arrest the offender, bus he
had taken alarm ard-made good his escape.
It seems that Gottleib has been perpetrat-
ing the fendish crime at intervals since
last Christmas, when his wife died, and BY
threatening the life of the girl he kept the
matter secret until yesterday, when a
neighbor woman caught him attempting to
repeat his lustful purpose and gave the
alarm. John Gottleib is a Pennsylvania
dutchman, about five feet six inches, tall,
dark complexion. black hair. curly, short
beard when last seen. looks to be rather a
hard customer, very talkative. but smooth
and pleasant, claims to be a veterinary
surgeon from York state, blue eyes, first
finger of left hand partly cut off on end,
weighs about $50 pounds, talks loose and
inclined to Drag and lie considerable.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-04
Another Treasurer Short.

The recent session Of the board Of COM
missioners of Brookings county was most
ly spent in examining the accounts of
e1-Treasurer Nichols. According to the
report ep9a 81. Of Mr. Myeao, the ne expert who
claim of the cou, ty is s2.45O, but Mr..
Nichols was not satisfied with the exam
ination made, and refused to settle on that
basis, consequently the auditor was in
structed by the board to commence action
against the ex-treasurer and his bondsmen
10 recover the amount. The general opin-
ion seems to be that the shortage is the re-
suit of incompetent help and a failure to
attend personally to business.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-04
A General Investment Business,

The Union Banking company, with q
capital stock of $5,OOO,OO has been Or
ganized at Aberdeen for the purpose of
carrying on general investment business.
There are large number of eastern CAPT.
talists interested with the Dakota organ
izers, and the major part of the capital
stock has already been subscribed. The
following are the incorporators: A. Mum
ger, F. II. Hagerty, F. w. Rodgers, H. Nj.
MARBLE, Charles H. Howard, NJ. H. Kelly
and G. NJ. Coe. The company have al
ready purchased valuable property and will
erect thereon building to cost about
S25. 900,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-04
They Propose to Ensorce tho Law.
The District Alliance at Keokuk th,.

its attorney, H. Scott Howell, has pi, ~
notice to permit dealers in that city otbs.
than registered pharmacists, that unl as
they proceed to obtain liquor permits
the next term of the district court, to i
held there commencing May IA, if they IN
tend to continue to sell Intoxicating liono ~,
thereafter, or failing to have their applica '
ton filed with the clerk of the said distr;ot
court at Keokuk by the 4th day of M slv'
1888, legal proceedings will be immediatsIv,
instituted, to secure and confiscate ali in
toxicating liquors illegally held BY them
and to enforce all the penalties of the law
against them.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-04
Tho Governor Says, No.


Gov. Larrabee's first veto, that of the
Dobson good time bill to increase the
amount of good time earned by long term
convicts, is quite generally approved. Rev.
5: 5. Hunting, president of the Prisoners
Aid association, when asked his opinion.
said that he most heartily approved of the
veto. He said it would, in his opinion.
have bad effect all around; old hardened
criminals in for the fourth or fifth time
would earn the mos. good time, they know
ing best how to go about it. The bill. as
proposed, would soon liberate a LARGE
number of convicts, though it did not an
ply, as seems to be generally supposed, to,
the present terms of prisoners prior to thn
taking effect of the law. 1t is the same 50
is in force in Illinois, which holds crimi1,al
IN for third term, until the prison au-
thorities and the governor aresatisfied that
he has reformed. The warGsens saw that
the bill has already had bad effect on the
prisoners, making them restless and more
troublesome. Without somethinn like N .
Illinois law it would be very daneerous n
enact such law as the governor has had
the good sense to veto. 1t would bring ms
many professional criminals from ofha,
states, and under the present laws We
are getting much more than our share oi
such. "a
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-04
Bea.,rics WEI Pave

At meeting of the Beatrice city cova'
Gil special election was called, at wE'cn
b bonds were voted for paving in distric5 No. Y,
q, which is the whole length of Fifth street.
aorth OF Court street, west of the rlvsnl
This will make near two miles which WI VI
be put down this season. There are a. ~.
ierences of opining as to the material !,
De used: Most, however, favor brick. -. >
committee of the council and taxpa!sssl;'
has been appointed to visit cities were a .;I
1erent kinds of paving are used, and WIN IN
report at once. Sewerage is being, puea )
AZ rapidly as possible ia stricts anu
and will be completed before August l.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-04
dubbed the Scab.

James NJ. Brown, a scab engineer az Ne
braska City, was recently attacked by thres
unknown men who beat him. with, clubs
fracturing: his, skull and jawbono Ii .
frlghtful manner. Brown was found in .
dazed' condition wandering. about the
streets and taken to. his hotel. lie aa'
always spoken bitterly against the, striking
to accept the position of engineer OH p, D.
injured as at first reported and will recover
1t is thoughtful assailants were. foespaad'
and We're frightened off before. succeeding
IN robbery. The brotherhood engineers
are. very Indignant that they shoald be s'ls'
plcloned of having hand, in the a1at;
superintendent Thompson offers reward
OF $500 .or the arrest of Browns assall"
ants.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-04
E;,,.,ncn.. Tournament.

J.F. MILAN, secretary of the South Da-
kota Firemen's association has been IN Ao-
erdeen making arrangements for the an
nuol t;remen's Tournament which is to take
place at Huron in June. There is more
than usual interest taken in the sport tins
year, twenty cities having already slsnihed
their intention of sending delegations.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-04
Death from Heart Disease.

S. S. Stark, of Amerest, Mimi, recently
fell dead while walking the streets of Red
field. He had been in Redfeld but a short
time, having brought a carload of horses
there to sell. At the coroners inquest a
verdict was rendered to the effect that he
came to his death by heart disease. He
leaves wife and six children.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-04

the agricultural interests of Dakota; pres
en nt appearances certainly do not indicate a
dro,1th. Both business men and farmers
look forward to prosperous year OF oonn m,
tiful crops, prosperous trade, with soou
demand for skilled labor.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-04
First Mortgages Take Back Seat.

Probably no awpassed by the last leeis-
lature helps the poorer class Of farmers
more than the one in regard to seed grain.
Where machine companies brothers hold
mortgages on crops for several years to
come, the farmer finds it hard to secure
furnishing the seed, BY filing within thirty
days from the time of delivery, an affidavit
stating the amount and kind of seed fur
nished, the price and the ground on which
it is to be sown, holds claim which takes
precedence over all other claims, including
ohattel mortgages. n II
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-04
Farmers Behind.

Seeding in Central Dakota is not in that
advanced state it was one year ago, owing
to the saturated condition of the ground.
Whatever evil may be in future store for
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-04

EVERY mans heart and conscience
doth in good or evil, even secretly
committed, and known to none but
ITSELF either like or disallow ITSELF
Hooker.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-04
Changing the Name of a Station.

The Iowa railroad commission has lust
decided the first case under the act of the
late general assembly empowering the
commissioners to change the name of rail-
way stations in certain cases. LuVerne is
the name of town of 500 inhabitants in
Kossuth county. and is the junction of the
Chicago and Northwestern and Minneap
oils and st. Louis railroads. The Mime
apolis and st. Louis road was built first
and named its ststion in conformity with
the name of the town. The Chicago and
Northwestern named its station Whitman.
A petition of the citizens was presented to
the commissioners March ~ asking that
the name of the station be changed to Lu
Verne on the grounds that it was the name
of the incorporated town and postoffice and
much annoyance was caused by the mis-
carriage of letters addressed to Whitman.
General Manager Whitman opposed the
change to LuVerne for the reason that it
would cause mistakes and annoyance in
traffic, there being town named Luverne
in Minnesota and one named Luzerne in
this state. He suggested that both Lu
Verne and Whitman be dropped and new
name selected, but the commissioners de-
cided that the Northwestern must change
the name of the station from Whitman to
I4uVerne.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-04
Tota1

To the above is to.be added the cost Of
printing files and laws and other printing
expenses, which will increase it quite ma.
terially. The records show the last lesis
lature as the most expensive that ever as,
sembled to make laws in Iowa.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-04
NEBRASKA CONDENSED,
A Disastrous COMflagratiOn-W In
creased Their Capacity-Will
Pave, ETC., Etc.
Quite Il Blaze.

Fremont was recently the scene of a dis.
astrous conhagration. The fire originated
in the base of a large brick block in which
was stored several barrels of kerosene,
which, when ignited. caused an explosion
that scattered the fire ,eyond the control
of the fire department. The supply Of
water gave out shortly after the fire go.
under way, so that nothing was left forth
citizens to do but turn their attention to
the saving of goods, leaving the buildings
to the mercy of the flames. The lossesar
heavy and insurance light, as the following
will show:
j. Cubbison e. Co., loss on building and goods,
S25GD; insurance. Sl3.OO0.
National bank, loss 81 COO no insurance.
A. w. Neihart, loss SO, 0O0 insurance $4OO.
George Bennett; loss 500; no Insurance.
w. +. Reynolds, 5000; no insurance
II. Wilson, $500 no insurance.
g. w. Johnson, $500: insurance $500.
ID. Lewis, 81, 900 mo insurance.
Jacob Sarey, 900; no Insurance.
Millen g. McNenl, 81 900 insurance $1,000.
Solomon & Nathan $4,000; insurance $1,000
J. =. Lewis, 81, 500 insurance $780,
H. NJ McNiel, 81, 0O) /: insurance 81, 500
4. u. Sawyer, $1,000; no insurance.
Fred kryst. 500; no insurance.
5. J. Horn goods, $3.50; insurance $500; build
ing 1.OOO; insurance $500.
I. T. Dawson, $3.50; insurance $500.
d. W: Oberholtzer. 800; A. Noragon, $500:
Mrs. Woodward, $500 insurance $780,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-04
The Experimental Station.

The work of the United States expert
mental station will begin at Ames in a few
days in earnest. 1t is supported by the
United States government to the amount
of 5000 per year, and out of this sum
the board of trustees of the Agricultural
College, under whose control the station
is, have decided to use $500 the first
year for a large new building, including
house. The director of the station,
r. p. Spear, of Cedar Falls. has been on
the ground for several weeks and will re-
main permanently in charge. There will
also be three full professorships and one
assistant. The professors selected are:
G. c. Patrick, of the State Agricultural
college of New York, chemistry; C. p.
Gillette, of the State Agricultural college
of Michigan, etymology; A. A. Cozier, Of
the United States department of agricul-
turo at Washington, botany. The work of
the station will be very practical line of
agricultural and horticultural experiments.
Bulletins are required to be issued at least
quarterly and supplied free to each news
paper in the state and to every person ac-
tually engaged in farming who may re-
quest them. The bulletins are transmitted
through the mails free, as other govern
ment reports are. There is no limit placed
upon the number of reports to be printed.
The director may print as many as he has
funds to pay for.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-04
Natural Gas.

Work on the natural gas wells in Sphinx
county are progressing finely, and at the
dept of 100 feet pressure of thirty pounds
to the square inch was obtained. But
little excitement occurred over the find, as
the people of that section expected all that
they realized. Already the product is be-
used for cooking and heating purposes, the
stoves, or burners used in heating being
similar to those used for gasoline, about
six inches in diameter, while the apparatus
used in the cook stove is an inch gas pipe
full length of fl 9 box with ends securely
plugged, but two rows of holes, three
quarters of an inch apart opening on the
top of the pipe. The amount of gas is
regulated by stop cock, and of course the
heat is in proportion to amount used.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-04
Enforcing Local Option.

War under the new local option law has
been commenced at Fargo by the district
attorney serving injunctions on twenty
i've of the saloon-keepcrs to show to the
court within thirty days why said injunc-
tion should not be made perpetual. This
is the first effort of the Law and Order
League, and the result is looked for with
much interest by all parties. The saloon
keepers will employ the best legal talent to
be procured, while the league, will be no
sist the district attorney. Saloons. will
run, for the next thirty days at least, as
heretofore, aud the spies of the league will
continue to procure evidence. The bust
ness men and best citizens are largely OPP
posed to the attempt of the officials to en-
force the law, and much bad blood will be
engendered before the struggle is over.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-04

EVEN Solomon in all his glory was not
arrayed like Berry Wall.-Lite.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-04
Legislative Exnens..s.

From the books of Mr.. Rehkopf, Of thu
state auditors Office, the following table Of
expenses of the late legislature is comni,,s.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-04

Members salaries. ...................sss2 ,5Do.o
Members mllenSe .............--...... o,G9lsD
ONO RS and emploAe s pay............. 33.S7iN
NisltinE celnmlltees'. Observation-Disclosures. eS9I
Lieut.. Governor. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. l,lnlN
speaker ......--..-..---...-.. $500
chaplain ......;.-..;............. 5000
Millers and McIainos codes. ...... lOsam
Trnns riding and distributing house
and senate Journals. ................ 10000
IT, Harn supplies. ................ 32ON
iowa rae Co. hie covers :......--,.... 24jg
r. u McGrew shipping ds'culnents... 234N
Is. r. Stodnard shlpplns documents e25D
Redhead, Norton, Lathrop d Co. sup
plies ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 2OsO
state lltA. d Eng. Co supptles,...... i2lE
oundry Items supplies. 2Sl.i
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-04
Increasing Thcir. Capacitv

At meeting. of the directors of the
Fremont Stock Yard and Land. company,
recently held at Fremont, the executive
committee was ordered to proceed at once
to the construction Of another packing
house. 1t is expected that the institution
will be all completed. in time for active
work at the opening of,the packing season
this fall. The capacity Of the building
will be from 1000 to 1900 hogs per day.
This quiet decision of the company to
double the capacity. of. their plant is looked
upon with great f,vor- by the people Of
Fremont. The packing house now in op.
Grafton has proved beyond all, question
that the business can be carried on with
great success. When houses at Sioux
City, Nebraska City and Lincoln have shus
down for the want Of hogs tbs. one las
continued right along. with. more than It
could handle. It has demonstrated that
pork packing here is not experimental
is certain success. The unlimited sup
ply of hogs places Fremont, on, o. sue
footing.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-04

An Unnatural Father.
A street car driver named Depuy, has
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-04

orders Tor your funeral In order to make
the occasion respectable, will be filed with
twice as many dry, fearless eyes as there
are persons occupying them. The clumsy
pail bearers may make the gates of your
sepulcher quake by striking your silver
handled coffin against them, but the world
will feel no jar as you go out Of it.
There is an erroneous idea abroad that
there are only few geniuses. There are
millions of them; that is, men and women
who have especial adaptation and quick
ness for some one thing. It may be great,
it may be small. The circle may be like
the circumference of the earth or no larger
than thimble. There are thousands of
geniuses here this morning and in some
one thing you are star. What kind of a
star are you? You will be in this world
but few minutes. AS compared with eter-
nifty the stay of the longest life on earth is
not more than a minute. What are we do
ing with that minute? Are We embittering
the domestic or social or political foun-
tains, or are we like Moses, who, when the
Israelites in the wilderness complained
that the waters of Lake Marah were bitter
and they could not drink them, their leader
cut off the branch of a certain tree and
tire W that branch into the water and it be-
came sweet and slaked the thirst OF the
suffering host? Are We with a branch of
the Tree of Life sweetening all the brack-
ish fountains that We can touch? Dear
Lord, send US all out on thy mission. All
around US embittered lives, embittered by
persecution. embittered by hypecriticisms,
embittered by poverty, embittered by
pain, embittered by injustice. en-
Uttered by sin. Why not go forth and
sweeten them by smile, by inspiring
words, by benefactions, by hearty counsel,
by prayer, by gospelized behavior. Let