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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-06-08

WARRINGTON sp1ings, Dakota June
End 1883.
All prisons are notified that oh and
after June 18th, 1888 the Board OF
Health, will cause to be buried, all
dead animals found unburied on the
prairie in Jerauld county and that the
expense dc s1ch burial will be taxed
up to thepalties owning the land upon
which such animals are found.
/. II. Null Dist, Atty and
Pres. OF Board Of Health
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EEHz.'E|E:sRA III. AID.

Circular Letter No. 2.
Office ofCo. Supt, Jerauld Co. Dakota
TO Township School Oiicers
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|Nonoer Union of Wessingtom Springs meets
END ard 4th Wed. OF each hio. at the M. T..
|mlch.
Mrs. il. IT, Blank. Pres.
FS.lelmie II. Miles. ............. Vice Pres
Miss Ncttie Miles. ....................lse .lsec. See.
lrS. G. NJ. spears s....-............. Cor, Sec
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ihe principal place OF business CT the .Jerauld
Eanty Agricultural & Industrial Society, is
Fessingt0n Springs.
!. ". lilll l'resloeht,
J.W. Thomas. Secretary,
FB.G e. Cummings Treasurer.
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j, ,r-.c,2ya1. OFFICERS.

Delegate In Congress
!. Giit5i a. Governor
!. tAi'f t!M,.,,.s,ri; Secretary.
/. No 0I Il''''N'-'Tre Treasurer.
nv ~ ...........A Audstor.
!. N.J.'''' Surveyor General.
fa.i '''' Supt, Public instruction.
.Mt. 'ifrji,1 .........:., Chief Justice.
et! U. $. District Attorney.
NJ iiG,'''' i,I.,e United States Marshall
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iotice To The Pubic,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-06-08
ELECTIONS

Sec. 10 Of the School law provides
that the annual school election shall
be held upon the third Tuesday Of
June which occurs this year upon the
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which cover several acres OF ground, are
heated by steam, and afford not only com
mOdiOus but comfortable drilI-roOms for
large bodies Of troops. The ridin q school
at Moscow IS the largest ap0rtm ent in the
world, the iron roof being sup pOrted by
trusses, and furnishes plenty Of space for
a whole brigade Of cavalry to perform its
eYOIutIOns. The grand inspection, or
rasVOd, takes place every Sunday after
noon, and is attended usually by the En-
perOr, his family and officers of high rank,
many thousands of soldiers being paraded
by brigades, one entering the hall as the
other leaves it.
The ordinary garrison of the capital is
ten regiments of infantry, five regiments
of cavalry, and several batteries of artiI-
lery, besides the EmperOr's COssack body
guard, and the regiment of the Trans
hguratiOn, whose quarters are always in
the Winter Palace. There are several
large garIisOns near the city, and 100, COO
men could be assembled in the Champ de
Mars on a few hours notice.
The streets ard cafes and other places
Of popular resort, are always filed with
men in uniform; they are never out of
sight, wherever one may go OF look The
whole appearance of Petersburg is mill
taly and bureaucratic. Spurs and swords
are changing constantly upon the pave
ments and the floors of hotels, for officers
are required to wear their uniforms con
9IeL-1t4J5 anu never uDDGuE III C1l1Z6LlS
dress. Much Of the time Of the younger
officers is spent in saluting their superiOrs
for when a junior meets general he
must stop and face him, uncovered, till his
salute is returned. The number and
brilliancy Of the uniforms give brightness
to social scenes and public assemblies, and
make the streets look gay.
The two regiments of the Emperor's
bOdyguard are aristocratic institutions,
al d all assignments of officers to them
are spade by the Gar himself, with per
sonaI knowledge in eGjsh case. The Of
fcers aye al waiting upon
his Imperial Majesty, the autOcrat of all
the Russias. " anI are therefore members
of the court and entitled to attend official
ceremonies. A lieutenant in one of these
regiments may have been colonel in an
other and willing to sacrifice rank and
pay for the privilege of place at court.
All of the officers are rich, and many of
them wear high titles. They may be
counts, OF dukes, or even princes. The
EmperOr's brother IS the colonel of one
and his uncle the colonel Of the
other
The priyates of these regiments are all
picked men, selected from She rest OF the
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knowledge Of the world who admitted that
the peasants of his country We're the most
degraded of any IN Europe. But what
more can you eXpect?" he asked. They
are only animals.
I saw more drunken men in Petersburg
on the day Of my arrival than had seen
IN all the rest of Europe during a four
months stay. The peasants of Belgium
have poor reputation for temperance, but
1 saw more drunken men in Petersburg on
my way from the station to the hotel the
day of my arrival than L saw in all Bel
GUM.
Not only does the Russian religion fail
TO secure sobriety and chastity among the
peasants, but it is openly charged that the
priests encourage incompetence. They
are not accused of pouring liquor down
the mouths of their Practitioners, nor of
exhOrting them to get drunk on vodka,
but the charge IS made, openly and often
that the Russian priests advocate the use
of Intoxicating liquors as necessary, be
cause Of the severity Of the climate; that
they never reprove drunkenness among
the peasants; that they discourage the
organization of Temperance societies, and
that they multiply church feasts, which
are little more than drunken caIOusals
b The mujik viii get drunk whenever he
can; he may be depended upon for that
and needs no encouragement; but the
t-Fo u tHS PLiS9O9 1OL OPPOSlI5 aOoIIcIy
and resisting temperance work is that the
chief men of each parish are generally the
man 'tOcturers of spirits, who in many
dist cts allow the priests regular and
Often a liberal subsidy for permitting the
natural appetite of the peasant for stImu-
lants to go unrestrained. Then, again,
the chief revenue of the Government is
from the sale of liquor, amounting to over
4, 100000 900 in old Russia alone last year,
rfOt counting the sum filched bV the cOllec-
TORS, which annually is very large.
The head of the Russian Church is the
Gar He is the Lords nnOinted, the
Vicegerent of heaven on earth, as we'll as
the autOcrat of the empire. He does not,
however, assume the responsibility of di-
recting the affairs of the church, but
leaves them to the Holy Synod, a council
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-12-14
LATEST NEWS
Condensed for the Convenience
Of Hurried Readers.

The general managers Of the great lines
east of Chicago, before Adjournment OF
their conference, agreed to restore rates On
east bound dead 1reights, including gram
and provisions: and to advance dressed
beef rates to 80 cents Fer 100 pounds ana
live stock rates to 2255 cents. Tho advance
to take effect December II.
The striking swichmen at Indianapolis
have commenced mischief Freight trans
have been disabled when attempting 20
leave the yards by having coup1ng-plns
pulled and thrown away. One tram was
ditched by having a switch turned under lie
Railroad officials have offered 81, OOO reward
for the conviction OF the offender.
Joseph @. Mccoy has been appointed reg
lister Of the land Office at Wichita, KAN
President Cleveland was in the presidents
gallery of the house when his message was
read by the clerk.
Sophia Thomas of Elk county, Kansas,
has had her arm torn OF between the rollers
Of a sorghum mill
There were 234 representatives present on
the first roll call, there being lightweight
absentees. There was very full senate
The friends of the Oklahoma bill in con
gress will endeavOr to have it acted upon
before the struggle on the direct tax Dill
opens.
The Indianapolis Typographical i, Union
Endorsed William NJ. Merldeth, OF Chicago
for public printer. He was g captain IN
General HarrisOn's regiment.
New Bedford, Mass, has vagabond who
assaults women with blows, when alone on
the streets. a panic among the ladies' has
not helped the police to gain clue of the
mans identity.
Some mutual friend of General Harrison
and Senator Allison, Of Iowa, has given ont
that the latter has been offered place In
the cabinet of the former, at the head OF the
treasury department.
Train dispatchers and operators on the
Atlantic and Pacific notified the superin-
tendent of the California division that they
will not submit to the announced cut of 10
per cent of their wages.
The opponents of the ''direct tax biIl'' in
the lower house of congress by their con-
Yersation fOreshRdOW a continuation OF
their active opposition to the passage OF
that bill at this session.
Mr.. E. B. Fairfield, a travelling man for a
Boston tea house, and Miss Kittie Everest
of AtchisOn, were married at Kansas City
somewhat claudestinely. They immediate
ly went to AtchisOn, however.
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army, as a reward of gallantry or fidelity,
and they are nearly Of the same stature,
over six feet high. One regiment rides
large bay horses, and the other blacks.
Their barracks are near the Winter Pal
ace, the officers having elegant quarters,
fitted up at their own expense, in which
they reside with their families, and have
club-rOOms in common.
One IS always bedazzled by the decOrS-
tons worn by the officers, particularly
those of high rank--stars, crosses, and
medals OF various sizes and fashions,
being conferred for service in the field, or
for the state. There are seven orders of
knighthOOd in the military service, be-
sides an innumerable amount Of decOra-
uOns authorized to cOmmemOl ate victories
Of the Russian army. The highest order
is that of St. George, which I have re-
feued to elsewhere. Any Russian officer
would gladly risk his life to obtain the
little Gloss of white enamel, and none ever
gets it unless his service has been Of the
highest consequence. The number is linn
tied, and the name of each man who wears
the cross of St. George is recorded upon
the walls of the palace at Moscow.
The next order is that of st. Vladimir,
and is conferred for military, naval
and civil service, being a Greek cross of
brown enamel, with ribbon of black and
red. Then comes the order of St. Andrew,
conferred for civil service chiefly, whose
insignia is q collar OF russian eagles or
gold. The next Is that of Alexander
Nevski, indicated by a twelve-p pointed
star with diamond in the center. There
are several others of lesser Importance and
enough special decorations to furnish each
officer and private of the army at least one.
The COssOcks furnish the cavalry, and
the Russians think it is the finest in the
world, although there is a decided differ
ence of opinion on this subject among
military authorities Outside Of Russia
the COssack Is regarded as good scout
and an active guerrilla, but worthless for
regular warfare. He is a cowboy, the
gauchO Of Russia, was born in a saddle.
has contempt for agriculture (al the
food products among the COssacks are
raised by the women), q contempt for
schools would not learn to read or write
If he had an opportunity and is just about
half-ciVilized.
But the COssacks are race OF free men
/ They have never been serfss and have
never held them. nor have they ever paid
/ taxes to any authority. They own vast
/ tracts Of land IN eastern Russia, where
] they raise herds of cattle, sheep and
/ horses.
/ Al their land is held In common, and
[ the people live in cOmmunes. Their system
/ OF local government is the same as that Of
/ the BedOuins; the Same as that Of the
{ children of Israel In the time Of Moses
and Abraham
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has gift of 81, GOO, coo annually from
the publ treasury, besides the offerings
collected in the churches. Everything IS
done in the name of the Gar, and his tor
NAL approval Is necessary to make the acts
of the Holy synod lesaL
Russia is a vast military camp and has
been since the war with Turkey. One
million eight hundred thousand able-bOd-
led men compose the standing army, the
largest in Europe, supported at cost OF
nearly $500, COO coo Il year, while the work
in the wheat-felds and the gardens IS done
by womea and girls. / saw women carry
ing EOds. digging sewers, bitches, and do
inc all sorts Of manual labor, which IN
other counties is done only by the strong
est men, and when / asked why 1t was so,
was told that all the men were IN the
army A few days after took a trip to
KrasnOe Selo, about forty miles from
Petersburg, and saw 80, 600 idle men IN
camp.
Until the late war with Turkey, it was
the custom to recruit the army IN the ag-
ricultural districts, and IN the cities, re-
sorting to CONSUMPTION only whenever the
ranks needed to be filed; but the late
Gar reorganized the military establish
ment, and issued a ukase requiring every
male citizen of the empire to serve as a
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-12-14
Lrnd Grants.

WASHINGTON, December 6-The secretary
Of the interior, heard argument in the matter
of the adjustment Of the grant of the St.
Paul, Minneapolis q Manitoba Railway
company. The case came before the secre-
tary on a reference from the commissioner
of the general land Office for instruction
The investigation involved Is whether, in
the adjustment of the grant to the state Of
Minnesota to aid in the construction of this
road and its branches, the grant should be
treated as an entirety, so as to permit the
selection of the surplus lands along the
main line to make up deficiency along the
line of the st. Vincent extension. S. U.
Kinney, counsel for the railroad, commended
that the act of March 3, 1865, authorized the
the company to make its selections within
the twenty mile limits throughout the entire
length Of the road and its branches.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-12-14
Long-pfstance Courtship.

ST. JOSEPH, No, November 29.-An in
teresting case OfIong- distance courtship Cul-
minated in this city a day or two since. The
parties to the affair are Miss g. r. Rice. Of
Gentry county, Missouri, and Mr.. James
Shepherd, Santa Clara county, California.
The groom has relatives in Gentry county
and the bride lived a short distance north
west of Albany. They had never met before
last Sunday. Through the solicitation Of
friends the California gentleman, who is As
or so years Of age, commenced Correspond
ing with Miss Rice. Photographs were ex-
changed, a matrimonial proposition was
made and accepted with the pFOvisO thas
each was as represented. The California
gentleman came to Missouri with matriEPo-
NAL intent, and drove out to gaze upon the
prospective bride. The latter also had
reserved the right to gaze and decide
whether to be or not to be Mrs. Shepherd.
Both were suited and the wedding was SGT at
once. Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd left yester-
day for California. The groom is a million
ARE and the bride belongs to one Of the be St
families IN northwestern Missouri.
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1901 81 statement.

WASHINGTON, D. c., December 5.-The
tWenty-sizth annual report of the comp
trOlIer of currency contains a summary Of
the state and condition of the national banks
during the year. The number reported on
October 4 was 314, of which the capital
stock exceeds $59, PIT on surplus fund; on
other undivided profits, $50, 900, 900, and the
outstanding circulation against bonds,
S151, 7O2, 600. The individual deposits to
S1.25O, Co., COO and government deposits 20
S56, 100000. The total number of nav ma
tional banks organized during the year was
132. FOrty-tWO banks went out of the sys-
TEN during the year, of which thirty-four
weLt into voluntary liquidation, and eight
failed, making a net increase of ninety
banks. The net increase of capital in the
year has been over $14, 100000, and the nst
decrease of circulation nearly $17,O00OOO.
Reports have been received from 3, 527 in
situations not national banks, namely:
State banks 4O3, loan and trust companies
70, savings banks SO7, and private banks
1 ,2Q3. The whole body Of these Institutions
report: Capital stock, $265, 000, 900; surplus
Jund and other undivided profits, S240, OO0,-
600, and individual deposits 81, 10, 900, 900.
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soldier for fifteen Years. five Years to be
spent IN actual service, and ten as q mem~
Der of the militia or imperial reserves. At
the age Of eighteen every young man.
therefore, must enter the service or fur
nish n substitute, who can be obtained,
usually, by the payment of a small bounty
to some professional soldier who has
served his own time. But whoever offers
a substitute must serve in the militia re-
serves, and is liable to be called into the
field ut any time. The substitute is merely
a hostage, and does not relieve his prin-
cipal from service if the Car needs his
arms.
After five years of active service, the
young men, we'll drilled and having q
knowledge of military duty, are sent home
to serve in the reserves till they are 33
years Of age, being called upon each year
to spend few weeks in camp so as to
keep their hands in.
The army is garrisoned at different
strategic points about the empire, chiefly
upon the German and Austrian boundaries,
and along the Black Sea. There are large
bodies of soldiers constantly at Peters
burg and Moscow, the railway conters of
the empire, ready to be dispatched to any
point at n moments notice. IN Poland
the garrisOns are also very large, to keep
down revolutionary movements as we'll as
to protect the frontier.
1 went twice to visit the summer camp
Mt krasnO SelO, where the garrisOns of
the capital and the towns around it are an
nually taken for fresh air, exercise and
grand maneuvers. One day I saw 80, 600
soldiers reviewed by the Gar and again
witnessed a sham battle under the direc-
ton of the Grand Duke Vladimir, the
brother of the Emperor, who is Com
mander-in-chi of the land forces as
Alexis IS chief Of those at
sea.
The Gear sat upon a white charger,
dressed in the uniform of a 1ield-marshal,
with the CzarOvitch, or Prince Imperial
at his side, boy of seventeen years or so,
dressed as a colonel of cavalry. A bril-
liant staff was around him, the air was res
Onant with the music of hundreds of fine
bands, and the soldiers, uniformed in
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composed OF the three Ietropohtans (Of
Petersburg, Moscow, and Kief, who Oc-
cupy q relation similar TO that of Cardinal
in the Roman Church, the four Arch
bishops subordinate to them, and twelve
Bishops who are selected for the duty by
the Car.
The Holy Synod has the direction of
ecclesiastical affairs, the decision of theo-
logical questions, the Disbursements Of
the church funds, the assignments of
bishops, jurisdiction over cases of dis
cipline, etc The church is organized,
like everything else in Russia, on the
bureaucratic plan, of which the Metro
politan Of Petersburg is really the head
1ae occupies q large and handsome pal
see, employs q vast MURDER of clerks, and
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-12-14
THE VERY LATEST.

John Bright, the noted British statesTv1ar,
is worse and his end is probably near.
Withereu, murderer, was taken from
the jail at Canon City, Col, by a mob and
hanged.
Helena, Ark, had short street car strike
which ended in one day by employment of
new men.
G. L. Scott, who opened a letter written
by mis- wife. has been held in tie sum of $500
bail at Springfield Ill., for doing so.
The great railroad clearing house echeme
is reported to have been abandoned, caused
by the opposition of certain western roads.
BerryvllIe, Ark, and surroundings to the
extent of 2O,OOO acres is claimed by Phila-
delphia parties under an old Spanish grant.
There were no new cases and but one
death in Jacksonville, Fla, at the last re-
port. The work of fumigation was begun
by seVenty-hve men.
There is a movement in progress to per
feet arrangements for a reunion of General
HaZen's old brigade on the top of Lookout
Mountain; next September.
The annual convention of the Nebraska
Woman's Suffrage association Is in session
at Omaha and was addressed by Elizabeth
Cady Stanton and Susan 3. Anthony.
Attorney General Watson, of Ohio, has
taken action towards proceeding against the
Ohio White Caps, being determined that
these self constructed regulators of law and
rider should be prosecuted.
A Chicago anarchist organ has this com
ment on the conviction of HrOneck: ''Ihey
think they have once more crushed us in
cOnVICtIng the Bohemian lumber labCrer,
HrOneck. They think they have scared and
lntlmldated US. The fact Is, however, that
they have strengthened our righteous
hatred. Do the bosses Of Mp. Bonfsld like
this result?'
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- - - IneenalaEg

IsHPumse, MIOH, December 5.-Detsc-
lives are working on the incendiary case of
the Calumet and Hecla copper mine. AS
bell rops was cut and tAe water pipe discon-
naetsa. there Is no doubt that the mine vas
era5 A short time before tbs IRE the com
Tany had adoDksd the plan OF giving a num-
Der to every miner and other persons enter
ing the nine aud requiring the surrender Of
the same on reapPearenS5 = ne tI saE tt e.; ~
- ord ~ some eEnpIoVs of the company.
me ere is sin burning fiercely and the
prosDeets are that It viii not be eEtinguished
this year
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Il - PanaI TEe.erInt

DUBLIN, November 29.-The report that
second papal rescript had been sent 20 the
irish bishops a fortnight ago, is now con
frmed- Il was intended that the rescript Of
the document should not bs made knoUns
bat that the bishops should proceed to en-
orce the commands contained in The first
rsseript without alluding to the exisfenCs Of
the second one. But this plan wga gDAflag7
through the 1ndIscrotion Of q servant 81 che
bishop Of Limerick who divulgsd part uf the
contents OF the Fescript. It IS probabIs 49,
ths publication Of part OF the document ~
force the pope TO Eea firm publicly his vsisi,.se
regarding Ireland