Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-25
THE HERALD.
BY BLANK & BLANK.
WASHINGTON SPRINGS. DAKOTA.
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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.
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
,ADvIcEs BY. TELEGRAM.

The committee on Indian affairs has
has ordered favorable report on the bill
granting to the Milwaukee. Lake Shore and
Western Railroad company the right-of-
way through the Lac de Flambeau Indian
reservations in the state of Wisconsin. The
bill provides. that all rights shall be for
feited by said company unless the road is
constructed through tho reservation within
FIVE years.
"A delegation OF leading Philadelphians
appeared before the senate commerce COM
mittee and urged the removal Of Smiths
Petty's and Windmill islands in the Dele
ware opposite Philadelphia.
Gen. Boulanger speaking at banquet
given in his honor at Feurmcs. department
ofthe North expressed himself Us aston
ished at the warm welcome he had every
where received. He did not. however, con-
slider that these manifestations were di-
;rected to him personally. but rather to Il
soldierwho had been unjustly driven from
the army.
twenty-five families OF crofsers. con-
sisting of lib persons. embarked from
Glasgow recently for Manitoba. They were
accompanied to the vessel by hosts Of
friends. preceded and followed by pipcrs
playin. dirges.
Judge Shepard, at Chicago. delivered
an opinion the o.her morning The case of
DanielK. Tenney. trustee, against Loyal
l.. Smith, Haiman Lowry and Louis Cole
which is Of mae interest to business men
in nearly every line OF trade. In 1856 Loyal
L. Smith. who ran a dry goods store in
Omaha sold out to Lowry and with several
thousands. skipped to Canada. A vast num-
Der OF attachments and judgments were
levied against the goods. which Lowy as
serted he had purchased in good faith.
After long litigation the federal court Or
dered the proceeds of the sale of stock.
which was in the hands af a receiver. to be
paid to Lowy. but in the meantime Smith
went to Chicago from Canada and gave in
formation upon which Judgment was
granted. tying up the moneys in the re-
ceiver's hands. Lawyer Tenney. as trustee
for the eastern creditors OF Smith. then be-
gan suit to make Lowry and his alleged con-
federates liable for the debts of the con
Germ. The trial has occupied nearly
month and the result is a decision in favor
OF the creditors. who are represented by
Tenney.
President Agassiz. General Manager
Whiting. Superintendent Wright and Cap
tain Wells. OF the Calumet and Hecla mine,
had an awful ride and miraculous escape
from horrible death in the south Hecla
mine at Marquette. Mich. They had been
down on a tour ofinspection and gotiinto Il
skip" on the thirteenth level to come to
the surface. They gave the signal indicat-
ing there were mon in the skip" but al
most at the same time some miners on
the upper level waiting to use the skip"
rang the signal which meant the
skip was loaded with freight. The en-
gineer at once turned on full speed and
the party were rushed toward the top. To
reach the top and thence over the dump.
which was their destiny as ore, meant GER
tain death on the crushers. There was no
way of stopping the skip until too late I'M
less they could be heard as they came to
the surface. ProNidentially the tender at
the top saw them in time and hearing the
cry succeeded in stopping the skip at the
very Drank of the fatal spot. Agassiz, the
president Of the mining company. is a
i:oninent itizen of Boston. and is son of
the late Pro essor Agassiz