Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-02

Saturday.
Mr.. Reed has his new house near
the seminary nearly enclosed.
7 Nearly three inches CT water fell
during the month Of July, according
ito the rain gauge at 'Tip-top.
Mr.. Tommy Day was Il HERALD
caller on Tuesday Hehas his harvest
eng done and wheat in the stack.
Miss Kara Smart returned last
week from Miner county where she
finished successful term Of school.
BoRN-,ro Mt. and Mrs. Noah Nc
Caskey, on Thursday last boy, regu-
latlon weight, with all parties doing
well.
Choice strawberry plants for sale
1T j. w. Shultz's farm, four miles
south Of town. Now is a good time to
act them out
Lumber and brick have been ar
irving all the week at the seminary.
Work did not begin On Monday owing
to failure to get the lumber.
Ed Campbell is nursing sore
hand caused by an Intellectual effort
to stop a Irvine binder by getting his
hand in the binder attachment
-Handpainted articles OF all sorts,
done to order for the next three weeks.
Handkerchief cases, ribbons, china,
picture frames, hat-bands, scarfs, etc.
for birthday or wedding gifts. IN
auire OF Dr.. Matthias; at drug store.
We will pay $500 for copy of the
HERALD OF each of the following
dates; April 21st. Aug. 18th, Sept. 18th
and Sept. 22nd, 1853, IS cents for April
18th, 1884, and 5Ocents each tor a copy
of Feb. goth, March 9th, and Nov. goth,
1885.
L. w. Hazen was at the Springs
Tuesday on business. He was accom-
panied by his mother, wife, and two
children, who had come along for a
pleasure trip. They halted for few
moments at the HERALD office as they
were starting for home.
The A. f. & A. NJ, brothers gave
CIV. Mcdonald glorious surprise
last Thursday evening. Some dozen
or fifteen with their wives stole in on
his home while he was kept down town
to supper. He was royalty received
when he arrived at home.
We editor received the compll-
;nents of the season at the hands of
Mrs. o. j. Shryock, on Tuesday, in the
shape of some nice green corn. We
love to feast on roasting ears and these
came very timely in our bachelor
hood. Thanks, This is early for green
chrn in such a dry season. Who can
beat it?
The framing of new laws and the
Importance Of the enacting Of good
school laws should call forth the best
men of our county as candidates for
the legislature. We hope the farmers
will not select one Of their own num-
bers as candidate who possesses no
other qualification for the place ex-
cept that he is q farmer.
Mitchell is plainly in the capital
race and she is there to stay. Funds
are secured to enable the Committee
to make vigorous camgaign and
Mitchelps interests will be properly
looked after. Among her claims to
favor, are her unsurpassed railroad
facilities and a location nearest the
center of population of the new State.
The first state legislature will he
by all odds the most important one to
convene for many years if not for all
time. Under our constitution we are
allowed to make new laws upon every
subject, but upon some, legislation
must he had at the first session. One
of the most important subjects is that
of our common schools. TO frame our
school laws we should have men OF
ability and education in our legisla-
ture. Jerauld and Buffalo would have
in S. T. Huntley as senator, a noble
type OF scholarship; and now it be-
hooves Jerauld to select for the
lower house another as nearly equal
in scholarship to that Of Prof. Huntley.
After great many guesses and
conjectures it is at last known how
much higher Tip-top is than the town.
A few hours leyeling revealed the
fact that the window stills at the Semi
nary are the same height as the porch
in front of the post Office which is 20
feet above the water in the creek near
where the street running north from
the court house crosses. Mr.. Smart's
house is 10 feet higher than the Semi
nary, and stone near the liberty pole
on Tip-top is 26o feet higher. Our res
idence is about 290 feet higher than
DR.. Matthias and 300 feet higher than
the water in the creek just north of
the blacksmith shop. The highest