Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-04
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
An Interesting Summary Of the
important Occurrences OF
the Week.
4 Budget Of News Cleaned From the
Latest Dispatches From Far
and Near.
ApvlcEs BY TELEGRAM.

In the commons. London, Ferguson,
under foreign secretary, announced that
the French ambassador had protested
against the ILL for laying u tax on bottled
wines.
The Paris court of appeals has con-
flrmed the sentences of Gen. Caffarel and
Nm Lmonsin.
lit is officially announced at Berlin that
Count Herbert Bismarck has been ap.
pointed Prussian minister of state and
Prussan minister Of foreign affairs,
Central City. OAK. was recently de-
stroyed by fire. Not q store or shop was
left standing and 100 buildings we're burned.
Fifty families are left homeless. Deadwood
is sending them food. Loss. $250.OOO: in
surance. $25.OOO. Lead City and Deadwood
fremen assisted. The lack of water pre-
vented saving the town.
The first meeting Of the board of di-
rectors Of the Northwest Missouri Immi-
grafton society was recently held in St.
Joseph. The committee appointed to de-
wise ways ard means for raising money
and the plans for advertising made it's re-
port. There will be SIS 600 raised immedi-
ately. st. Joseph and Buchanan county to
raise $1,000. and the other eighteen coun-
ties the remaining $4,000. according to their
population. The directors of the several
counties will furnish descriptions Of their
respective counties but not to occupy more
than four pages in q book to be issued.
-Acommittee of five, appointed by the
anti admins! ration knights of Labor con-
vention held ut Chicago last October, have
issued a circular to the order declaring it
has dwindled In number from 7O2GD0 to
100000; that Powdcrly's special call for
funds for lectures is in reality to get funds
to keep the order out of bankruptcy until
the next convention. and cal ing on all true
knights to join the opposition and help re-
organize the order.
Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson is now in
San Francisco Cal, visiting her daughter
Miss Isabel Strong. the artist, who recently
returned from the Sandwich Islands. Mrs.
Stevenson is making arrangements for Il
cruise with her husband in the south seas.
She will probably charter the pleasure
yacht Aggie orthe purpose. The intention
of the Stevensons is to visit all South Sea
islands and Australia. The novelist is now
in Georgia. but will soon join his wife in
California.
Senior Murnaga. the Spanish minister
at Washington. some time ago presented a
Mexican opal to each of the following young
women: Miss Susanna Bancroft, Miss
Melbourne and Miss Flora West. The first
named is is now Mrs. Charles Carroll. Miss
Melbourne has become Mrs. Berry Wall
and Miss Flora West is soon to marry Mr.
Solanson. Spins:ers at the capital are
eagerly buying up all the Mexican opals
lin sight,
Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland will re-
main at Washington until early in the next
month.
Patrick Mackey of Atchison. Kan, has
obtained Il Judgment in the supreme court
OF the United States against the Missouri
Pacific Railway company for $4,000 for
personal injuries. He is an old resident of
Atchison. and was engaged in saving wood
at Is cents cord when he received the
news of his final triumph in the courts. He
was very cool and proceeded to finish his
contract. Under his arrangement with his
attorneys, John C. Tomlinson. of Atchison,
and Thomas p. Fenlon. Of Leavenworth,
they are to receive one-iourth Of the pro-
ceeds of the suit.