Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-17
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
An Interesting Summary Of the
important Occurrences OF
the Week.
A. Budget of News Cleaned From the
Latest Dispatches From Far
and Near.
AnV1cES BY TELEGRAM.
ADv1cEs BY TELEGRAM.
CONGRESS.

IN the senate the Cd Senator Spooner presented
n petition from the president of the johnson d
Fuller Manufacturing company, of Madison,
Wis, for the abolition of nll import duties on
agricultural machinery such as plows. harrows
and hay and harvesting machinery, on the
ground that such duties We're superf1uous ana
useless. and that no agricultural machinery
would be imported if the duties We're wholly
discontinued. Among the bills reported from
the committees and placed on the calendar was
one from the house etc, to fac s!ate the the
the improvement of rivers and harbors,
and one authorizing the construction OF
u bridge across the Red river of the north.
Among the bills introduced and referred was
one Senator Butler to provide Tor justices OF
the supreme court for New Mexico to be au-
talorized to determine the validity OF Spanish
and Mexican land grants The senate adjourned
until Monday. In the house, B!ount called up
the bill to prevent the transmission through the
mails as second-clnss matter of cheap literu-
ture. and requiring it to be transmitted rs
third-class mat .er. After considerable debate
the bill passed. The contested election
eoed Of Lowry as Barv " Of fpea
argued in support of the majority
resolution declaring the seat vacant; and Mr..
Cooper, of Ohio sustained the claims OF the con.
testee. The matter went over. Mr.. Grain, OF
Texas, from the committee on presidential cleo
tions. etc, reported Joint resolution proposing
constitutional amendment providing that con-
gress shall Old annual meetings on the hfst
Monday in January. Calendar. Mr.. Ford, of
Michigan introduced bill for the organization
OF the territory of Alaska.
A London special states that two mer-
chants of Longford have been sentenced to
three months Imprisonment each, and nine
farmers TO one month each. for taking part
in an unlawful assemblage on the occasion
of the release from prison of Father Egan.
Hon. David Merriwether of Kentucky
who succeeded Mr.. Clay in the senate by
appointment in 1852. and was afterward
governor of New Mexico under President
Pierce. was on the floor of the house lately.
He is now 50 years Of age and of venerable
appearance, with long gray hair and white
beard. Mr.. Merriwcthcr has for thirty
years presided over the democratic state
conventions at Frankfort.
The comptroller of the currency has ap-
provcdth National bank of the Republic.
New York. and the First National bank of
Chicago as reserve agents for the Citizens
National hank, of Fort Scott. and the First
Natiohal,ba Of Kansas City as reserve
agent for the Strong City National bank. OF
Strong City. Kan.
A novel wedding occurred at Fulton,
Mo. Miss Betty Langley had two lovers
one a wealthy Texan and the other Jesse
Bull. a poor resident Of Fulton. The Texan
offered Miss Langleys father $4,000 for his
consent. The girl decided TO marry the
poor lover and told him to secure the Ii
cense. He was negligent and the Texan
secured Il license and a few minutes later
Build the same. A foot race for the girls
home occurred in which the Texan won and
was married while Bull was standing on
the door step. The Texan and his $4,000
bride have gone to their home in the Lone
Star state.
: Gov, Gordon, of Georgia, has commut-
ed the sentence of Eliza Randall, who was
to have been hanged in Clay county tho
other day. to Imprisonment for life. She
murdered her father with an axe.
Miss Terry. sister of Gen. Terry, Of st
Augustine. Fla, says: My brother is not
nor has he been, sick enough to cause any
serious apprehension, and he is SO much
improved of late that the state of his health
occasions US no concern"
Baroness Athea Salvador, writing tc
the New;York World from Paris, announces
that the second daughter of Isaac Singer
thesewing machine man, is to become the
DucheS De CaZes.