Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-06-28

Gus. one OF lii. iarges. cuts ever made in
the west. As the case stands now. there
seems to be no alternative Tor the miners
but to accept the reduction or remain 'dle.
The reception OF twenty-eight novices
at the convent of Notre Dame. at Mllwau-
kee, was recently solemnized with impress
sve religious ceremonies. A very elo-
qnent English sermon was preached by
the Rev. Father Lalumiere. and the Rev.
Father Worst. of Wabasha, Mimi. deliv-
cred the German discourse. At the con-
clusion OF the services the archbiehop in
troduced the candidates into the novitiate
and made few appropriate remarks on
the life chosen by them. There was q large
attendance of spectators, principally rela-
tives OF the novices.
| August Swanson. 80 years old. COM
mittcd suicide in Chicago by taking poison.
While swallowing the drug he kept friend
away from him with revolver.
During the burning Of Bottoms mill,
Newaygo. Mich. Alonzo Delasey and Ole
McLenny persisted in the flames and an
other man leaned from a window, receiv-
ng fatal injuries.
The scaroldinS Of the power house OF
from overweight, badly injuring eight
bricklavcrs.
Ross Schoonover. wealthy farmer
living near Kewanee. H.. was swindied out
OF S3.00O.OOO by an old-fasLioned bunko
game.
During u heavy thunder storm a bolt OF
| lightning struck a large dynamo in the
Buffalo. Wyo.. electric light works and tore
the coils of the srmaiure into fragments.
A remarkable Circumstance in connection
| with the incident is the fact that nothing
about the building or appliances indicated
the passage of the electric fluid save the
armature. the wires and lightning arrester
being untouched.
Allen county, Kansas. has suffered Sc
vereiy from floods in tho Neosho river and
its principal tributaries. The streams
have been unusually high all the spring and
heavy recent rains brought them out OF
their banks. flooding the bottoms for
milo or more on either side. There will be
no loss Of life or live stock. as those living
on the low lands were warned in time. but
it is feared that hundreds Of acres OF wheat
which was just ripening and promised a
very large yield will be almost q total loss.
while the submerged corn and other crops
will be greatly damaged.
The upper valley Of Walnut river in
Kansas is flooded from excessive rains. A
family by the name Of Graham started from
their home to Highland. The mother and
babe were drowned. the father and one
child escaping. Grain fields are flooded
| property is also considerably damaged.
| The drowning OF o. Beaman in Cassidy is
| reported and it is thought several others
| lost their lives in the lower valley.
A single days reported fatalities in
cluded these: Sullivan, Ausner and Wood.
young men. while sailing on Salt Lake. in
Utah, were caught in a gale and capsized.
All were drowned. Isaac Watt and Will
liam Kangas were instantly killed by q
| cavc-in in the Cleveland iron mine at
Ishpeming, Mich. The residence of Rich
ard Wilson, at Manotick. Ont. caught fire
at night. and Mrs. Wilson and two young
Reyer. secretary of the Western Shooting
| AStSu o w Indianapolis, altelupLcO TO cllnD
q fence with his cooked double barreled
shotgun. when the fence gave away and
the gun was discharged, The entire charge
passing through his body. killing him in
stantly.
1T is reported that an understanding
has been arrived at and articles of confed-
GRAFTON signed by which the Brotherhoods
Of Engineers. Firemen aa6 Brakemen, and
the Knights Of Labor, hre fully pledged to
stand by each other o the last in the event
of strike on the Union Pacific. which
has been threatened. Everything is yet
running smoothly on that road, however.
| The action of the Chicago and Alton
railroad in giving notice of withdrawal
from the Inter- Commerce Railway
association is generally regarded in Chi
| cago and elsewhere as the beginning of the
end of the presidents agreement Chair
man Walker in letter to Vice. President
Mullen, of the Alton, acknowledging re-
ceipt Of his communication. says: II can
not refrain from expressing my regret that
before making your action final you did
not inquire as to the course taken by the
Chicago. Milwaukee and St. Pau! under the
recent recommendations Of the executive
board. Had you done so l believe that
your inference would to some extent at
least have been modified"
HAPPENINGS IN THE EAST
Tho deed has been recorded at Balti-