Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-10-18
Fast Shooting.


of the proposition bya majority of 16s. A
small vote was poled.
Fast Shooting.
Tom Malone, in n match against time at
for 500, accomplished the I'M
precedented feat of breaking 100 glass balls
in minutes and IL seconds. The balls
were thrown by hand. with eighteen yards
rise, using repeating shotguns.
one OF his legs injured, making amputation
necessary to save his life. DR.. Daniel Of
the agency, urged him to have the opera
tion performed. but the noble red man
thought he would cut but sorry figure
with one leg and said he would rather die.
Arguments were unavailing. The doctor
then thought of good scheme to gain his
consent. He hied himself to Pierre, where
he secured the services of friend who
journeys through life on onclcg of flesh and
another manufactured from the bark of a
cork tree. Together they started to tho
reservation. and after the doctors friend
had given the brave an exhibition of how
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the Indian was satisfied and even anxious
to submit to the operation, and told the
doctor that he might cut Off both legs, as he
was habitually troubled with cold feet every
winter
The Russell & Miller Milling company has
sold and transferred to the Mandan Roller
Mill company the Bismarck roller mill, in
Guiding warehouses, elevator. brands and
the good will of the firm. This gives the
Mandan mill exclusive control of the Mis-
souri, valley grain and flour trade.
IHE Aberdeen state fair was a financial
success and all premiums will be paid in
full.
twenty-five white ministers and dozen
Indian lay delegates attended the Episcopal
convocation at Sioux Falls.
WHILE Alderman Ellison, OF Fargo, was
chasing a thief who had stolen plush
sacque from his store. another thief appro-
prlated another sacque and made good his
escape.
FRANK MOORE, former resident Of HUI
ron was killed by a runaway horse at
Spring Valley, Mimi
TIMELY rainstorm stopped what might
have been a disastrous prairie fire lust west
OF Rec the other day.
THEODORE WILKINSON, of Onida. has
ehristencd his boy baby Pierre, in hopes
That he will have capital when he grows uD.
HURON can console itself for the loss of
the capital in the fact that twelve weddings
are published to take place there this month.
A PARTY OF Indians set fire to the prairie
near Bigstone lakebed, but fortunately it
was extlngnished before doing any damage.
=. McCABE, who was shot in the eve at
Scatterwood and sent to Chicago for treat
ment, had the injured eye removed in orde.
TO save the other one.
The farmers of Suly county are largely
investing in sheep this fall. Several of then,
took the first step two years ago and have
succeeded SO we'll others arc buyinc,
-. e. STEVENSON is engaged in writing q
two-volume history of South Dakota Of 75t
pages each, and expects to complete his
work by June, 1890,
WHILE driving into Bismarck the team al
Ole Johnson. living north of the city, be-
came unmanagable and dashed over an en-
bankment fifty feet high, dragging Johnson
who had become cntangled in the rcius.
with them. He was terribly bruised. but
may recover.
j DAKoTAs exhibits at the Paris exposition
are made up of tin ores and manufactured
'tln' building and ornamental stone, gold
and silver ores, wheat. corn, oats, etc,
DURING the absence of her parents the
of little Katie Hirsch, of Holabjrd.
accidentally caught fire and she was Sc
verely burned before neighbors extin-
guished the flames.
LARGE quantities of cattle are heinz
bought up in Jerauld county to ship west of
Pierre to the bad lands for the winter.
Ihere are plenty of nutritious grasses there
and stock thrives without grain
cap" DorsoN, of Deadwood, together
with his horse and wagon, rolled down a
steep hill into the ravine below, the horse
rolling on top of Dotson. Strange to saw
both horse and driver escaped injury. while
the wagon only suffered a broken tongue.
EASTERN capitalists talk of establishing
starch factory at Bismarck.
REPORTS from Washburn, MCLEAN county.
say that destructive prairie fires are raging
III that county, houses, barns, quarrics and
hay-rlcks being burned, and many peop],
rendered homeless.
DAKoTA's Indians prophesy that the lake
oeds VIII all be filed with water next year,
as That occurs at least once in seven wears.
ana scientific men assert the truth of the
statement.
iASk1oN is again agitating pontoon
bridge connection with the Nebraska side
If the river.
A RUNAWAY horse in Aberdeen dashed
MO store. but was quoted before he did
nueh damage,