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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-09
mure air was worn with this gown
Chicago Ledger.
BRACES Of ribbon, finished with shout.

BRACES Of ribbon, finished with shout
der bows and knots of falling loops and
ends at the point where the braces
unite at the waist, are effective and
dressy garnitures for the corsage. An
upright band of ribbon formed of folds
may have staring from the sides two
twisted lengths of ribbon pointed at
the waist to simulate a narrow vest.
from which space rises billow of tulle
and lace ending in ripple of the latte,
round the sharp dart under which the
ribbon is made to terminate.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-09

she determined to continue it, contrary
to the advice of all her friends, who
wished her to take the 81 ZOO allowed
her by law and abandon the paper.
The business manager, Mr.. Nicholson,
alone counseled her to go on, and stood
by her with the staff. Within two years
her conduct of the paper not only put
it on paying basis, but wiped out the
$50, 1000 debt. She aftersard married
Mn Nicholson. who became widower
shortly after her husbands death. She
is fragile little woman.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-09

PHILADELPHIA claims to make and
cat more candy in proportion to popu-
letion than any other city in the coun-
cry. There are eighty-seven manufact-
urers and wholesalers and 1900 retail
CTS, and they use more than 100000
Of capital, and consume 100000 tons of
sugar every year. Caramels are a
great speciality of trade in that city.
For other places much chocolate and
walnut candy and many gum-drops are
made. Six tons Of gum-drops were
shipped from Philadelphia to Pittsburg
the week before Christmas. Brooklyn
makes the most chewing gum, it is
SAID, and Boston eats the most of it.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-09

aigs. LlvERMoRE was recently
showed up in New Hampshire, and the
heroic efforts made by party of gen
,tgesle1 in digging her out and taking
her to train lead her to say, and to
za7 it boldly, that American men are
fire best in the world" And she adds,
enphatically: "This I will persist in
declaring forever and forever, even if
they are tardy in giving us the ballot. :"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-09

HE largest passenger engine ever
constructed, says the Albany argus,
is now being built in the Schenectady
Locomotive Works, for the Michigan
Central Railroad, and is calculated for
express and passenger purposes. 1t is
ten-wheel engine, having three pairs
Of coupled driving-wheels and a four
wheel truck. The drivers are sixty
eight inches in diameter, with twenty
four-inch stroke. The boiler is fifty
eight inches in diameter, and has 147
two-inch semi-stee fues. The fire-box
is eight feet long by forty-two and
seven-eighths inches wide, and, like
many recently built, is placed above
the frames, which gives increased
width. The tank is carried on two
four-wheel channel iron trucks. The
capacity of the tank is 1900 gallons.
and the tender has capacity of eight
tons of coal.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-09

WHEN the first vessel completed the
passage of the then new Erie canal, in
1925 there being no such thing as a
telegraph in those. days, the news was
communicated to New York and to
Buffalo by cannon placed within hear
ssog Of each other all the way from Al
tsany to each OF the other cities. The
aignal was passed along in this way
ax1m Albany to New York City and
hack again to Albany in fifty eight min
utes. This is quicker than tele-
graph message can be sent over the
a1me route and answered nowadays,
considering the time usually consumed
LII the delivery at each end.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-09

KANSAS has more newspapers with
add names than any other State Here
axe few of them: The Wano R1stler,
>e;llesteryille Pa,'alyser, Cherokee Cy-
e1ossey Cinnamon Sod House, Lake
City Prairie Dog, South Centre Bazoo,
Valley Falls Lucifer, Garden City r.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-09

AMONG old Californians, traditions
of the penuriousness of Michael Reese
sxe frequently related. He was born
aeas Frankfort on-the- Main. He went
across the Atlantic to revisit his old
hom1e- The bones of some of his an
eessors, whose graves he desired to see,
rested in a cemetery to which admit
'sarsce was only permitted on payment
Of a, fee Rather than pay the fee, he
attempted to climb over high picket
fence and received serious injuries
from fall
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-09

ACTING CONSUL HoRNsrEDT, of Mos
COW, has made report to the Depart
ment of State in regard to an important
invention recently patented by a Rus
sian subject, and now being success.
fully worked in Russia. He says:
OThe invention consists of method to pro-
duce iron and stee( direct from the ore. The
whole secret of the process is in the constitute
ton of the furnace, which is simple and in
expensive. 1t will DO difficult for our IRON
masters to believe thai under the new process
iron ore, after submitting it to the ordinary
smelling process, is taken direct from the
furnace to the rolling mill and turlfed into
sheet iron; yet such is the case, there being,
to my certain knowledge, three furnaces in
this country now in full operation and work
ing with great success There can he but
little doubt that this new inventor will Gre
ate a revolution in the manufacture of char
coal iron. Whether the process can be used
with equal advantage where coke is the fuel
l can not positively assert as the furnaces l
refer to are worked with charcoal l am,
however, assured that an experiment made
with coke was crowned with equal success
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-09

: ELEcrRiciTy is now being used in
Paris to enable persons of wealth at
select dinner parties to do without the
waiter or the maitre d'hote. A NINA
ts1re railway is laid down on the dinner
sable and continued on the same level
unto the kitchen through an aperture in
the wall and all intermediate pantry.
Dishes come in, and, after making the
round Of the table, go out in sort Of
email truck moved by electricity. The
truck at any moment, can be made to
stop. It does it's work admirably as a
dumb waiter, and any amount of art
may be layished ON it to give it artistic
beauty.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-09
~ RI ,ANK & BLANK.

MISS MARY W. WHITNEY, one OF the
graduates OF the Harvard Annex, has
been called 60 fill the vacancy at Vas
sar College caused by the resignation
at Prof. Maria Mitchell, who has long
:hesn director of the observatory.
Hiss Whitney was some years ago as
sIstant to Miss Mitchell.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-09

DECORATED celluloid letter-cases ano
portfolios are lovely pieces of new
fancy work.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-09

ATTENTION is drawn to the enormous
increase in the number of rats in the
cellars and sewers of Paris. The sewer
men readily catch them alive as they
crawl along the walls. and when the
zsen come up into the street after a
days work, each has rat with string
sled to it's tail marching along the
flags, followed by regiment OF volun-
teer dogs The gamins fish the rats
readily at the mouths of sewers, and,
by skinning them while warm, can
iuasle five sous per dozen skins, which
ara ultimately converted into kid
gloves for dolls and materials for TOYS.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-09

BROWN nutmegs from Penang, East
Indies, are the best They are in their
natural state. and are so full of oil
that it will ooze out if an incision be
made. The nutmegs kept by most
grocers are the lower grades that are
put through a sweating process to re-
move the oil, and are rolled in lime to
cover up all the defects. The best
cloves come from Penang, and are sun
dried. Cheaper grades come from Fan
zibar, and are Kindred, with much of
the oil extracted. Ground cloves are
adulterated by leaving in the stems.
Pimento, or allspice, comes from ia
maica. The best ginger comes from
the same place, and is bleached white.
Borneo ginger is often chalked to make
it look like the bleached article Afri-
can ginger is dark in color and poor in
quality, but as it is very much cheaper
than the other kind it is most used.
Ceylon cinnamon is worth 81 pound,
and is very little used. Cassia, the
outside bark of the tree, is the substance
in general use, and costs about one
tenth of the genuine article.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-09

Mrs. ELIZA J. NICHOLSON is the only
woman in this country-probably the
only woman in the worldwide is pro-
prietor and editor-in-chief OF daily
newspaper. Mrs. Nicholson was the
widow of Col. Holbrool, editor and
proprietor of the New Orleans Picn-
ya11ae, who at the time OF his death left
that paper with debt of $4,000. His
wife had done regular editorial work
on the paper during his lifetime, and
as she was devoted to journalistic work
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-09

rigatoy, Fargo Springs Prairie O1cl,
Garden City Bundle of Sticks, Dodge
City Co1u Boy, Greenfield Cap Shcay'.
In Iowa is town called Woodbine,
and when paper was started there the
editor naturally called it the Wood
bine Tmn1eth At Oakland in the
same State the only journal in the place
is called Oakland acorn. One in
Spearville is called the Spearville
Blade. Among the papers with ALTER
ative names in Kansas are: Lebo
Light, Lenora Leader. Levado Ledger,
kinkaid kna,chle, and Simpson 'Sit1-
i7egs.
The following are replies to ques-
tions Of written examination in geog-
raphy in the secondary grade Of a
public school in Pennsylvania: CUES
tion-Tell how many oceans there are
in the world, and name them" Answer
There are six oceans-the Atlantic,
Pacific, Arctic. Antarctic, Indian, and
adjacent ocean," Q. Give in your
own words the difference between a
cave and mountain" A. Gone is a
bump in and the other is a bump out. :"
q. "Tell in your own words how a
river is represented on the map, and
then give the definition of one." A.
when you see a black thing on the
map like lot of angle worms all to-
gether. that'a river, but real river,
of course, is water instead of angle
worms"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-09

FOR what thou can'st do thyself TO-
DOT On another.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-09

PROFESSOR AUSTIN PHELPS recalls in
the Congregdtio1list the fact that the
late DIR. Ray Palmer originally wrote
his most famous hymn on the leaf of a
pocket diary. There it remained for a
year and half. Its author then met
DIR. Mason in the street in Boston.
The existence Of the hymn was discov-
cred by DIR. Mason's inquiry for new
materials for hymn and tune book he
was then compiling. He took the
hymn and in few days returned it
with the tune "Olivet," which he had
composed for it. His sagacious judg-
ment of it was expressed in saying to
the author: "You may live many years
and do many good things, but I think
you will be best known to posterity as
the anthor of MY Faith Looks Up to
Thee" It was one of those feeting
conjunctions Of circumstances and OF
men by which God often sets forward
to their fulflment His eternal DEGREES.
The doctor OF music and the future
doctor Of theology are thrown together
in the roaring thoroughfare of COM
merce for brief interview, scarcely
more than enough for morning salu-
tation. and the sequence is the publica.
ton OF a Christian lyric which is to be
sung around the world.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-09

IN the city OF Louisville, Ky, lives
William Hancock, who spent eight
days of his life nailed up in coffin in
a burial vault. Tie horrible expert
ence unsettled the mans reason and he
seldom leaves the room in which he
sleeps and eats. Sixteen years ago
Hancock was a man of some means,
living then in Kansas City. He was
taken ill one day and gradually grew
worse until apparently he died. An
undertaken was called in and the usual
CHASTITY preparations for all interment
were gone through with. Two DAYS
after his death the funeral took place
and the man was followed to the burial
ground by his Borrowing friends. The
body, instead Of being put in grave
at once, was placed in receiving
vault. Eight days afterward the sex
ton took his men and started to re-
move the coffin to the grave that had
been prepared, when he was Mortified
to feel something move and hear a
slight groan from the supposed dead
man. The lid was removed and it was
found that the man was breathing
slightly. Physicians were summoned
J and galyanic battery applied. After
some time the man was resuscitated
and he was then removed to his home,
He has never recovered from the effects
of his awful experience, mentally, but
is still fairly strong and healthy man
for his age.
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The Press., 1888-05-31

THE action of the Massachusetts legisla- ture in rejecting the petition of the Conn. Western railroad for leave to extend it's track from the state line to Springfield, as part of the connection to be made from TariHVille, IS good for Connecticut in turning back this valuable connection with the Poughkeepsie bridge and the railroads to center there, to Hartford as the sole outlet, but is very dwarfish sort of action to come from the great state of Massachusetts. The reason for the refusal is, it is asserted that another road char tered some time ago in the west part of the state, and which has never availed of its char ter, will never be built if the Tarifville and Springfield connection be made. That is no new road must be chartered to compete with one already bullion paper. This principle certainly then ought all the more to prevent the chartering of new roads to compete with those existing in reality, and the result of such theory made practice is quite definite. It will, if fully carried out, prevent the build ing of any more railroads in Massachusetts, since it is impossible to plan one that will not be competitor of some other existing or planned road. This action of the legislature will delay, but will not prevent the building of the road.
The Press., 1888-05-31
Connecticut Patents.

Official list of patents issued to citizens of Connecticut from the United States patent office for the week ending May 15 1888, as reported from the office of Simonds & Burdett, solicitors of patents, No. Z Central Row, Hartford, Conn.
 William S. Rabbit and H. B. Beach, Meri den; lamp.
 George G. Blakeslee, Waterbury; wire drawing machine.
 Wareham s. Campbell, New Britain gov ernor for wind wheel shafts.
 James G. English, assignor to English & Mersick, New Haven; carriage curtain core holder.
 Richard H. Mather, Windsor switch, etc. for electric motors-two patents.
 Frank Rhind, assignor of one half to B Miller & Co.,, Meriden; lantern.
 Theodore s. Rust Meriden, assignor to Sec will Manufacturing Co.,, New York; photo graphic camera.
 Henry B. Sargent, assignor to Sargent Co.,. New Haven; manufacture of door keys.
 Ralph J. Shipley, Waterbury, assignor tc G. w. McGill, New York blank holder fo punching machines.
 Orrin W. Swift, New Haven; coach lamr and die for shaping sheet metal-Two patents
 John Tregoning, Hartford electrical indi cator.
 William W.Wilcox, Middletown sail grom met, etc.-four patents.
 Designs-Archibald Bannatyne, assignor t Waterbury Clock Co.,, Waterbury; clock dial
 Robert H. Klingel, Bridgeport, assignor t. Holmes & Edward Silver Co.,, West Stratford spoon, fork, etc.
 Trade Mark-Shelton Co.,, Birmingham bolts, screws, rivets, tacks and similar me taiic fastenings.
The Press., 1888-05-31
(Correspondence.)
 Avalon CktYo


 This new city, by the sea, is attracting universal attention. For beauty of situs- tion it is unexcelled. It is located upon an island upon the Atlantic coast, known as Seven Mile Beach. This island has re- gently fallen into the hands of capitalists, who recognized it's adaptation to the wants of the patrons of sea side resorts, and are expending large sums of money to render it, in all of it's appointments, attractive and commensurate with the demands made by fastidious public. It is less than two hours ride from Philadelphia, and twelve miles north of Cape May. Government officials, whose duties demanded careful and rainstaking examination of our coast in all of it's varying features, have pro- nounced this beach the finest between Maine and Florida, and it's surf bathing unexcelled by any in the world.
 On Monday, 21st inst, meeting of the stockholders of the Seven Mile Beach Go. was held at the Hotel Avalon, Avalon City N. J., for the purpose of electing directors for the ensuing year. The election result ed as follows H. R. Kibbe, Connecticut Jos. l.. Wells, Pennsylvania Frank Sid dall, do i; Dr. H. Weston, do i; H. H. Bal ton, do ;; John Olmsted, Massachusetts John E. Rockwell, New Jersey. The at tendance at the stockholders meeting wa' large. Among the many present were Hon. Julius Converse, Connecticut; Will liam Massey, Col. 0. B. Livingston, w. H. Keller, c. H. Bond, A. K. Thompson Philadelphia; Wm. A. Martin, Edward J Chaffee, New York. The stock of thil company is, even thus early, held by many capitalists abroad. H. $. Stokes, London England, Hon. Alfred Arnold, Halifax, N S., and others are holders. A fine hote has just been completed, and will be unde the management of one of whom it can b' said knows how to keep it. Some yer! attractive cottages have been completed and others are in process of ere ction. Th' season will open soon, under favorabl' auspices
The Press., 1888-05-31

WE give place this week to long com munication from an esteemed contributor, on Taxation" The majority of the readers of The Press are out of sympathy with many sentiments he utters, but will give him credit of being an honest advocate of free trade, and not ashamed to call himself such, and there fore better entitled to hearing than the man of like belief who disguises his sentiments under the term ''tariff reformer." We may say that the writer is business man of large experience-but not in the line of production. Therefore his views are not in accord with those of the operatives and mill owners of New England.
The Press., 1888-05-31

Was it Volapuk ?-"Why wancher tel school terday ?"
 {" Didn'thaftergo. Toofnerday terfooler way'nschool. Bener6shin'.''
 ''Thasso? Warjergo? Overter Pick'r flake ?'
 ''Naw. Olebrown's mil-pon'."
 ''Katchany p
 ''I'd snicker 'fIdidn't. I hauled 'emous 'sfast-syercooud countem. Gotallerecood lug" E'Jertakem 'ome?"
 ''Yougitrout Watcher givin'us? Betcher boots tooknothing 'ome butmyself wi the rest O the schoolkids. ButtersoldmerfsE fradime 'forerwent."
 ''Lemmegowithyer Sunday ?'
 "Gotermorrer'fyersays
 "Allrite. Pllmeecherhereattener They part.-Tid Bits.
The Press., 1888-05-31

Died. Stafford, Beth, Dr. Wm. N. Clark, 81 years, 9 months.
 East Longmeadow, 26th, Kenneth McKen. zie, 36; Warren H. Ashly, 37. Columbia, 22d, Edgar E. Baldwin, 42 West Stafford, 18th, Wolcott Avery, 69. Stafford Springs, 29th, Sarah F., 45, widow of Monroe Willis Stafford Springs, 17th, of pneumonia, Horace Pease, 70 years, 8 months, 7 days, formerly of Ascot, P. Q.
 Father, thou hast one for ever,
 From a world of care and pain,
 Back to earth we would not call thee,
 For our loss is thy great gain.
 Father, we again shall meet thee
 On that bright and shining shore,
 There to live in radiant splendor With the Saviour ever more.
The Press., 1888-05-31

INTEREST in the coming democratic conven- ton is confined to the selection of candidate for the vice presidency. Morrison, Black, Villas, Carlisle, and others have led until now, when the name of Ex-Senator Thurman o1 Ohio is coming forward in the lead. It is said that he will accept: The convention meets at St. Louis June 9th.
The Press., 1888-05-31
Married

Holland, 26th, at the residence of l.. Han sen, by Rev. J. F. Hawley, Loust Christean Watson and Ane Christine Petersen, both of Holland.
 At the Congregational parsonage, Stafford Springs, 29th, by Rev. J. P. Hawley, s. Dwight Lamb and Mrs. Elvera c. Williams, both of Stafford.
 Stafford Springs, Both, by Rev. A. E.Drew, Fred Guyette and Minnie E. Lortscher, both of Stafford Springs
The Press., 1888-05-31

New York Sun: 'sYoung man" he said solemnly, s'what would you think if should put an enemy into my mouth to steal away my brains ?' 1T would (hic) think, sir, hic- coughed the young man, 'sthat you were go ing to an unnecessary expense"
The Press., 1888-05-31

DR. JOHN F. NEWMAN and Dr. D. A. Good sell were last Thursday elected to be bishops of the M. E. church by the New York confer ence, completing the list of ike new ones to he chosen.
The Press., 1888-05-31

Judge Pettingill of Maiden, Mass, has rendered a decision in the case of Mrs Abby Fl. Corner, christian scientist of West Medford. He found her probably guilty of manslaughter in causing the death of her daughter, Mrs. Lottie A. James, of West Medford, by neglecting to provide proper medical assistance at the time of her confinement on the 18th of last month. She was held in $5, 900 for trial in the superior court at Cambridge.
The Press., 1888-05-31

JAMES MCLAUGHLIN & SoN, PUBLISHERS. $1 50 per year. .25 when paid strictly in advance
The Press., 1888-05-31
NEEDHAM.

SALE AND EXCHANGE STABLE. HORSES SUITED TO ALL NEEDS, for Work or Pleasure Single, and in Pairs, kept constantly on hand. New supplies constantly coming from Iowa.
 Stafford Springs, Conn.
 NEW FIRST-CLASS LAUNDRY on East IN Main-st. Good work at low prices. Liberal discount for family washngs. Shirts 1Oc. collars, 2c.; cuffs, 4c. undersmrts, sc. GEORGE SING.
 Stafford Springs. 22mar3m
The Press., 1888-05-31

F. MAITLAND PRESTON. ..::AUCTIONEER A UCTION of the Personal Property be- A longing to the estate of the late Danl F. Fairman deceased, at Stafford Hollow, Thursday, at | o'clock P. m.s June sth, consisting of the Range nearly new Wood Stove, Parlor Coal Stove, Black Walnut Writing Desk, Black Walnut Ward robe, Parlor Set Hanging Lamps, Bedroom Suits and Bedding, Safe, medium size, Agricultural Tools 1 Carriage nearly new, made to order and of the best Set Kettle and many other articles too numerous to mention, Sale rain or shine.
 MRS. MARCIA A. WEST, Adm
The Press., 1888-05-31

GALLANT PHI. SHERIDAN has been so sick this week that news of his death was hourly expected. He is now improving again, and strong hope is felt of a recovery.
 P. S.-Latest news is less favorable, and the worst result is feared.
The Press., 1888-05-31

OIMONDS & BURDETT, Solici- 0 tat0r of Patents, Hartford Trust Co.'s Block. Wm. E. 5imonds, Chas. L. Burdett.
The Press., 1888-05-31

POARDERS WANTED. Pleasant rooms AD and good accommodations at reasonable prices. Also few table boarders desired.
 MRS. R. s. HICKS.
The Press., 1888-05-31

ENOR SALE-A few tons of good Hay. M 2w DANFORD KNOWLTON, Rockwell Hill.