Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-01-20
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The Noroc lrcmya, ST. Petersburg
newspaper. commenting upon the rumor
that war between Germany and Russia IS
impending, says if there is one thing Rus-
STA will rejoice to exhaust her last drop OF
blood upon, it is to uphold her independ-
ence against the Germans.
Princess BEATRICE, wife of Prince
Henry of Battcnbcrg, and youngest daush-
ter of Queen Victoria, has given birth to
son. Mother and son are doing we'll.
WILLIAM REED. Treasurer of the Boston
Street Railway Company, is found to be
an embezzler 10 the amount of S104, 900.
He has been arrested, and has confessed to
n misapplication of the funds in his charge.
His bail is placed at $4,000
L. D. COLLIER, son of Rev. Robert
Laird Collier, now of Kansas City, but for
merly Of Chicago, was shot and instantly
killed, last Monday night, at Emporia,
Kansas, by j. Fl. Marlborough, whom he
had employed to fill his place MS material
agent of the Santa Fe Road during his
temporary absence The men had cx-
changed blows short time before, and
were separated. Marlborough followed Col
lier to the residence of S. V. Bundrcn,
where the latter had gone, and calling him
to the door. shot him with revolver.
EX-JUDGE HENRY ALKEl died today at
his residence in this city. He had been Nh
conscious from IN appoplectic stroke since
Sunday morning. He served two terms as
Judge of the Maine court.
The sentence Of Buddensick. the New
York builder who was convicted of man
slaughter in that he was responsible for the
death of workmen in his employ caused by
a falling building, has been confirmed by
the court of appeals.
JUDGE LEWIS has overrulled the motion
to increase the bonds of Arensdorf, the al
legged murderer of Haddock, from S25, 600
to $4,000.
II. NJ. HOME, general manager of the
Gould southwestern system, died Tuesday
morning at the Broadway Hotel, New
York.
The bondsmen of Harry L. Leavitt, one
of the Witnesses in the Haddoci murder
case held for conspiracy, are Rev. Glass.
pastor of the NJ. E. church, Sioux City and
immediate successor to the murdered min
ister; Presiding Elder Whitfield, Of the
Sioux City district of the NJ. e. church,
and DR.. Bedford, an active prohibitonist
of Sioux City.
THE English speaking section of the
Socialistic Labor party Of Chicago, has
declared its opposition to the proposed CO.
operative packing house in the Town of
Lake.
TUESDAY morning in Cleveland. Judge
Hutchinson bound old man WHEELER over
to the common pleas court, without bail,
for the murder Of his wife. WHEELER is 81
yeals old and his WIFE was 81. They had
lived here half a century. and We're each
worth 100000. Mrs WHEELER WAS
strangled to death on the night of the Goth.
WHEELER claimed that three robbers were the
murderers.
1.-The official canvass of the vote of the
State of Virginia by counties. with the cx
ception Of Buchanan county, slows the
following result of the popular vote:
Democratic. 102, 221; opposition, consisting
OF Independent Democrats, Republicans.
ETC., l23oso; opposition majority. 2O,S59.
In the Gubernatoria election in 1855. the
vote stood: Lee, Democrat, 1854; Wise.
Republican, l3G.410; Democratic III sioriiy,
lG,G3l.