Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-10-26

| Walks ana street crossings, It's uNclean
and weedy streets, together with weeds
and tumble down outhouses in the back
Eyards, make pitiable picture. There is
no sense in this.
Great hopes of boom have been in
spired at Blunt on account of the recent
coal find. The last ten feet of the shaft
was through slate, and owing to the
| presence of water above the slate it has
been impossible to determine the extent of
| the vein.
The Aberdeen street railway, which
was restrained last spring by injunction
proceedings from laying it's track on Main
for the purpose OF determining whether it's
franchise is worth anything in law.
H. C. Farmer entered the law Office of
r. G. Taber, at Grand Forks, and engaged
in discussion with him about some mort
gagged property. Words led to blows. and
I'aber inflicted several wounds on Farmers
head with a Ratchet.
The Fall River county commissioners.
in response to the prayer of the necessary
number of petitioners. have ordered an
election to vote upon the question of the
removal of the county seat from Hot
Springs to Oelrichs.
The milk dealers of Aberdeen have
raised the price of the tactical fluid to con-
sumers as follows: Wholesale. per quart.
D cents; retail. sixteen quart tickets for 81:
single quarts. z cents; cream. % and 30
cents per quart.
The work of moving the Arlington
hotel from Minnewaukon to Brainerd.
Mimi. has been commenced. The build
ing is being taken down by sections and
will be shipped by rail at once to
Bminerd.
A young man. 1, Swede. at work on
the Syndicate block i'll Deadwood, is the
champion hodcarrier of the Hills. He
carries at each load forty bricks, which ag-
gregate in weight $40 pounds.
Mayor Paulson, of Mayville, disguised
at the ineficiency of his police force.
raidcd gambling den last Tuesday night
in person. and seized the apparatus. in
Guiding chips and rake-otf
A farmer in Barnes county. while
moving. caught skunk on his sickle.
The machine was backed up to get rid of
the obstruction and distance only lent en-
The placing of the last of the heavy
timbers in the Deadwood reduction works
building furnished the occasion of general
rejoicing among those most directly in
terested.
AT Il city caucus held in Madison re-
Gently it was decided hereafter to hold
separate ward calcuses for the better ac-
commodation of the increased population.
Anna Burke, of Warner. Il young lady
about 10 years of age. has lost the use of
her mental faculties. aud i'll all probaloili-
ties will be speedily sent to the asylum.
The thrashing engine belonging to
Oleson n Peterson at Valley Springs ex-
ploded injurng the engineer. MIR. Henton.
and a farmer named Matthias Bloom.
1T is semi-officially stated that the
board of county commissioners of Law
renee county will scale all court certif-
Gates at a.rate of 6per cent.
The commissioners of Lawrence
county have increased the salary of the
county attorney from 81, 500 to $4,000 a
Year for the years 1889 and 1890.
The inhabitants OF Harold were jubi-
liant the other morning because the water
was flowing from their artcsian we'll. The
we'll is now ]. 435 feet deep.
The members of the Baptist church at
Aberdeen have concluded not to hold their
fair this year, but will have in the place of
1t a bazaar entertainment.
&C. III. Cunningham. for a long time
| clerk at the Wright house in Huron. has
leased the establishment from its proprie-
tor. M. L. Wright.
Isaac Datfer has resigned his Office as
sheriff Of Charles Mix county and Dan
Walters has been appointed TO fill the
vacancy.
! The Bismarck creamery company has
decided to increase the size OF it's cold stor-
age room and make other needed improve
/ nents.
-Ihe Continental Hose company at
! Fargo celebrated the eighth anniversary of
it's existence October 10 by giving grand
! ball.
| Complain: is made at Whitewood that
tobacco while i'll church and spits on the
| floor.
Several thousand trees are to be added
| to the already well-started grove in the
penitentiary grounds at Bismarck this fall
Last week the Iripp Roller Mills COM
pany started men and teams to work ex-
cavating for the basement of their mill
! The Clifton and Pierre stage line has
again changed hands. J. IL. Garrett has
sold the line to i. w. Edison, of Pierre
| -Highmore has become possessed of a
lot of fire extinguishers and citizens now
feel safe from attacks by the fire devil
f, 1T is claimed that smaller number OF
chattel mortgages have been filed in
Bookings county this year than last.
Another session of district court
is not likely to be held i'll Deadwood be-
fore the 18th or Goth of November
The South Dakota PRESBYTERIAN synod
will meet next October i'll the church ut
the Sisseton Indian agency.
The Rapid City journal is trying to
find ont what has become of the Deadwood
and Rapid City gun clubs.
The northwestern stages transported
eifr1f raon1n fro,,, Nyl,;%ou.,,.1