Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-10-19


high license as against local option.
Pat White had scuffle with another
man in Pete McGuire's dive at Grand
Forks which ended BY White being pitched
through the saloon door windows. He
was dangerously cut by the glass.
Charles Hill was testing gun pre-
paratory to hunting at Mud lake. It had
too heavy load and burst, wounding his
face severely and it ls feared he will lose
the sight of one eye.
A new Presbyterian church at Pier
pont, q town north of Andover and within
the confines of the Aberdeen presbytery.
will be commenced next week. The money
is all subscribed.
A. NJ. White, of Fargo, while in M
apoplectic fit. fell upon some glass, and
seriously injured his right hand. The
doctors arrived Just in time to prevent his
bleeding to death.
The receiver of the Insurance Com
panv of Dakota thinks it will be fully six
weeks before he will be able to make re-
port to the court of the condition of the
concern.
In the Hagan robbery case at Oakes,
payment was stopped on the $2,250 check
stolen. but $3.50 cash was lost, also the
$3.50 taken from the pocket of patron of
the wheel.
Information has reached Fargo of the
death in Honduras of j. W. Milligan, a
prominent citizen of that city. and part
ner in an extensive gold mine i'll that
country.
The Whitewood Sentinel alleges that
some of the business houses of that town
pay out more money to outside papers for
advertising than they do to their home
paper.
The farmers of Cakes have realized
this year an averag' of 25 bushels per
acre of wheat. all grading No. hard and
bringing the biggest prices ever known
there.
The Salem Register suggests that the
clicking of gold and silver pieces in the
farmers pockets is a pertinent answer to
the question, What shall the harvest be-"
N. W.Vance has purchased the interest
of T. w. Burns in the Bank of Wolsey.
and is now sole proprietor. Mr.. Burns
will spend the winter on the Pacific coast.
The superintendent of the poor farm
in Lawrence county has deposited $135.3O
with the county treasurer, proceeds of the
sales of vegetables raised on the farm.
A candidate for treasurer in Lake
county announces that he will turn into
the treasury all fees received over 81. 200,
and asks support on those grounds.
A Lawrence county farmer has just
finished threshing some oats which yielded
fifty-6ye bushels per acre and weighed
forty -four pounds to the bushel.
The county commissioners of Brown
county have ordered artificial legs for Eli
Huested, the young man who lost both
legs during the January blizzard.
A stock company with capital of
$4,000 has been organized at Aberdeen
for the purpose of conducting general
transfer and warehouse business.
Ole Brostrum, all employee i'll Rob-
ertson's lumber yard at Grafton, was
nearly suffocated by coal gas while Sleep
ing i'll the Office at the yard.
Five tramps. who had been holding
up farmers, were arrested outside the city
limits Of Grand Forks. Some stolen
| property was recovered.
| e. Schwellenbach, of Frederick, has
been appointed steward of the North Da-
kota hospital for the insane. to succeed W.
d. Nickeus, resigned.
The influx of Russians to the Ger
man. Russ colony in Mcpherson county
and the northern part of Edmunds county
still continues to be large.
The dyke which is being built around
Mandan to protect the Northern Pacific
shops from floods is nearly completed. II
will cost nearly 81, 800.
Thomas Kleinegal. representing T.
Shipley & Co., wholesale grocers of Min
neapolis, was arrested at Wahpeton TO,
peddling without a license.
On account of the destruction of crops
great distress is reported among the Rus.
sian Jews who settled near Devils Lake
two years ago.
1t is announced that f. A. Gale has
been appointed by Gov. Church adjutant-
general to succeed the lately deceased
Jenkins.
"A building boom is on at Sturgs and
nearly everybody is putting up q house OF
adding to residences completed u year o.
more ago.
= The ladies' military company Mt the
Brookings college is fast developing. The
names of the officers will soon be an.
nounced.
The first shipment of wheat to eastern
markets which has been credited to the
Black Hills left Whitewood last week fol
Omaha.
Rev. E. f. Lyner. of the Des Moine.
conference, has been appointed by Bishol
Walden as pastor of the NJ. E. church al
Sturgis.
A Plumber in Fargo says he will no,
touch pipe or Il sewer in the city for an,
money because of an ordinance now il
force.
1t is estimated that Dakota will soor
furnish sufficient grain and stock to fill
over 5000 freight cars every day Of tn,
year.
The total expense to Clay county TO
| ifs clerk of the conrt dur;no tho ,.,rt tv,.