Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-29
MATTERS IN THE WEST.


has taken off a number of local passenger
trains in Illinois and Iowa and is reducing
its service sos niles day. 1t has been de-
cided to discontinue the running of Sunday
trains and between Chicago and Coun-
Gil Bluffs. These changes are made in the
interest of economy, the company having
adopted policy Of retrenchment with a
view to retrieving portion of the losses of
the past year.
Sioux City. Iowa. is again hopeful Of
becoming terminal point for Union Pacific
business. An Omaha dispatch Of the 18th
says: General Manager Winter and Gen
eral Superintendent Scott. of the st. Paul
& Omaha. are in the city to-day closing the
negotiations with Vice President Holcomb
and General Manager Kimball for Union
Pacific. trains into and out of Sioux City.
Columbus to Norfolk over their own tracks
and between Norfolk and Sioux City over
the St. Paul and Omaha tracks and the new
bridge. Under the terms of the contract
the Union Pacific trains can do no local
business, passenger or freight. while on
the ST. Paul and Omaha tracks between
Norfolk and Sioux City.
The united order OF bricklayers and
stone masons o. Chicago set an example to
the hundreds of trade organizations in the
country on the 18th. when its new building
on the West Side. built from .he funds Of
the organization at a cost, including the
purchase of the land. OF $4,000. was for
mally dedicated. This fund had been ac-
cumulated by the order as the result of q
pacific policy, and the exercise of the
principle that arbitration is preferable to
strikes. The new structure is Of an orna-
mental but substantial. character. three
stories in height, contains over one hum
drcd offices. lodge rooms and stores. and
an auditorium with a seating capacity Of
1000. The dedicatory exercises were on a
grand scale, including speeches and music,
banquet. and winding up with ball.
-McGarigle. the Chicago boodler. was
recently interviewed at Winnipeg. and de-
MED having any anxiety about being cast
out by Canadian legislation. He is soon to
go to Toronto. and contemplates an I'M
limited residence in Canada.
j. G. Sexas, we'll known business man
OF ST. Paul, is at the present time the Won
der of the medical fraternity Of the city.
Within the last four months his right leg
has grown from three to four inches longer
than the left one. and Mr.. Sexas is COM
PEELED to use crutches in order to move to
and from his place of business. Mr.. Sexas
was. previous to four months ago, hale
and hearty man. The physicians. after
long and careful inquiry. learned that there
had been only one similar case reported.
and that was somewhere in the east.
George C. Hayden. a man of IS years,
died few days since at cheap German
boarding house in St. Louis. where he had
lived many years. AS he was never known
to work. lived In squalid quarters and had
no associates he was supposed to be very
poor. All his Surroundings indicated this.
but the public administrator in examining
Hayden's trunk found note addressed to
that official and inclosing safe deposit
key. 1t also contained the name 3D. c.
Payne, of Winslow. Me- The administra-
tor yesterday visited the safe deposit COM
pany's vaults and on opening Hayden's box
discovered more than s6O.OUO in cash,
stocks and bonds and filed an inventory of
them in the probate court. Hayden had
lived in st. Louis nearly forty years and
was known to be miser. but no one knew
that he had any property.
One Of the queerest weddings that was
ever solemnized in St Louis took place on
the 10th. S. G. Wheelock. aged II years.
a produce dealer. married Mary Hancock.
beggar girl of IS years. though she
doesn't look 49, Wheelock is bachelor
handicapped by the inflrmities Of age. He
met the little girl while she was begging
and took fancy to her. The girl was an
orphan. and the old man. who is well-to-
do. placed her few months ago on a farm
at st. Clair Mo. He was refused a license
in st. Louis, but managed TO get one out in
the country. and q justice of the peace did
the rest.