Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-04

of Its Disasters by Fire, Flood, War, an(
Disease-Rai road and Marine Cnsuaitie
summary Proceedings by Jack Ketcl
and Judge Lynch.
The Past Twelve Months.
JANUARY.
,-pontiAcal high mass was celebrated at st
Peters, Rome, by Pore Leo Kill on the occa
.s,on of his golden jubilee; $1,000 spectators wit
nessesl the imposing ceremonies.
g-Coliest day ever known in California
mercury in many places foil to freezing point.
at Brainsrd, Mimi, the mercury regis
tered So degrees below the zero mark. A
Thppewn Falls. Wis, spirit thermometer,
,.arnrll i t9 degrees below zero.
15-Great Suffering among people and whole
sale d struction OF cattle in Northern Texas
osused by severe cold weather; Colorado Rive
zen oyer--trst time on record.
l7-CCnmssion appointed by New York Leg
;s,o,pre to report on most humane method O
! syacutinG condemned criminals recommended
.holitjon OF hanging and substitution OF elec
s'a SNMrs Clarissa jackson tcolored). of Han
.o.k County, Ohio became a grandmother u
tha oee OF o years.
BIG &c FEBRUARY
1c-patrick J: Hart. who was hanged for muir
der at Hecna, Montana. claimed to have made
discovery for prolonging human lifeopne of the
INGREDIENTS being nshes. He was unable 1c
aaIoonstrate it's value, because tho officials re-
n1sed TO delay the execution of his death sen
"llNAlbert, tho pedestrian James Albert
csshc 4rtl, beat the record in a wal ing match
Immigration at Chicago OF remarkable
.trike o. the Brotherhood Of Locomotive En-
rineers aganst the c., b. g. Q. II. II. the cor
nnnra;ion IS one Of the greatest In mileage and
wealth III the country, and the b. l.. E. nun
J,ers about q. COO members
:A--John A. Beal. aged 1s. began his term o.
imprson.nent for lilo at the Columbus tOhio)
Peni,cntiary, his crime being the brutal muir.
der OF his mother.
For the third time i'll her married life OF
three years, the wife Of james McElmOre, of
I'eylrkana, Texas gave birth to triplets-1.ine
children NIL living and doing we'll.
l.-(ireat storm along the Atlantic coast
telegraph lines crippled, trains blocked, aud
| business generally naralyzed; New York was
buried in snow, and Washington. Baltimore and
Pm ladelihia almost completely isolated. The
financial loss to tho States involved exceeded
ems 90 49, New York's share of this sum being
s7WnlO, The metropolis had gone back 3
vcays in it's history, so far as travel was con-
cerned and the strange spectaclswas presented
Of young men starting rom the City Hall on
SHOWS oes to points within ten and twenty
miles of the city.
a7-Gen. Boulanger, disturbing element in
French political nnd army circles, placed on re-
tired list
Elizabeth Arnold (colored) died at Pitts
b,lrgh ut the nge of lls years
lS-New York Assembly passed bill substitut-
ing electricity for the halter i'll case OF criminals
sentenced TO death
old age andsexhaustion at the stable OF his own
ar Mr. Robert Bonner, New York. Dexter was
'foaletli in April 1853 and in August, 1867 a. Buff
is Ipoted at that time@when he Wss pnr.
chased by MIR. Bonner for $4,000, and withdrawn
from the turf.
rank Of living officers Of the Confederate array,
elected an honorary member Of q Grand Army
POS! III Philadelphia.
slack Of support compelled the suspension
9. the 4iarn. the aa,archstic sheet formerly ed
tied by Albert r. Parsons, of Chicago.
ae-rresident Cleveland sent to the Senate the
nomination OF Hon Melville Weston Fuller of
Illinois, 70 be Chief Justice of the United States
Supreme curt.
,--Dw,er Brothers, OF Brooklyn, N. Y, paid
ss,at4 ior yearling colt at a sale Of thorough
bred near Paris, ky.-highest- priced yearling
ever sold at auction in the United States. Ihe
new purchase is full brother to the famous
Hanover. ! horse TINT won ,OG0 in cups and
stsSs ~, for Nh ,he Dwyer stable s1Le. during 1887
OF Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, as tho successor
OF Henay Ward Beecher
la-,Epdgc Speer in the United States District
Court at Atlanta, Ga. ruled that when dis
honest postal clerk opens decoy letter he
breaks no law and is not amenable to punish
inGlt.
49-The Supreme Court OF North Carolina de.
ai1el that woman who had murdered her hus-
band was entitled 10 widows share of his
property.
Queenstown to New York in less tllan six DAYS
Two honrs-astest trip across the ocean on rec
miles per hour
3-sAlrhalnt San francisco, from London, Of
.le nftlsh lnrk Balaklava, her voyage lasting
asa!or aboard who shipped Oh her In England
ten ten were washed overheard in storm of Cape
Horn! ana tho remainder deserted while ut
Valparaiso for repairs two more lost in q storm
inter leaving the lattor port.
~ Az the Pelmsyvenia Railroad locomotive
Won Motks Altoona, . locomotive weighing 10000
so ai was built in Ii hours IS minutes.
~; letters from London, England, were de-
heFed 81 Vancouver b. c. within twelve days.
-; ;;-i ; Ben on. Mimi. had severe frost
""'e1 padiy injured small fruits and grain folds.
.m!hspatehes from Eufnula, Indian Territory,
I na'n1, tho murder by horse thieves Of
penuiy N1rshhl Phillips and posse, making a
within two years.
The financial exhibit Of the c. B. e. O..
me lol the first five months OF 1888, compared
~ s.,n 'ne corresponding period Of 1887, showed
S sss OF 4,l94 7s-caused by short crops last
strike '' "'Ao ''Ao SAo"' "ie.Aloei'
Alter drawing pay and emolum ants of his
i iS,ras ssaaes III the army for thirty years,
Lheueh nj Colonel Leslie Smith, commanding
Sh I pc : u Fort Mag mis-, Montana. made All.
s snt;l 10 become citizen he had never been
sH ~ ni 10 the right OF suffrage
d. !aht City. Fla. ordered to be torn
fever 80 ~ W e'aAnP oue Sono"
,in ~ "a. huge waterspout passed over St Angus
in" IA. IA, upsettng boats in the river, nnd tear
m We oae me streets several drayloads OF fish
wig seeured OIL the streets after it had passed
", aAUGUsT.
Jin,.n... FINEST Wessenberger, Of Heidelberg
Wal,s , q, X who Ind been observing the gas
,;on ~ flnd1ay Ohio. predicted volcanic .erup-
- n-sE i.l mat vicinity in the near future.
oo, ~ iospectors brought in rich specimens of
iii rt-l I'm .he Boulder Country, Montana.
Of f, e. a'or Hill OF New York, disapproves
nall IT, custom so long in vogue OF having crimi-
aay instead "'1o uoeie"ales Aues-
JOIN t}y order Of the President Major General
.snr N, ~; sschohell was placed in command OF the
10 p S!tn Headquarters ut Washington
renon;r reslient Clevelnnd's letter accepting u
is1lnr!atlon made pubic
were Nv, Two men named Steele and Mockabee
wers R 9uu OIL Il train Mt Stepstone Ky thew
tran , us.nk aud had been fighting; when tho
Mr. u mas Stoi pei The duel was resumed, and
Nr iahanee was i!illcd by the fifth bullet from
veario w'. yes pistol after which tho latter
d, -I IN we lrt.n ulnl proceeded homsward
Il lowe 80 ns ete.tDrated calf case Zones County
verdict Eliminated BY jury at Waterloo finding
the css 'fl p'hntif, Robert Johnson for 81 900
inore IT,, la been pending in various courts for
persons wero hss Years and severnl do
ca vas were uae. banSruptet in paying costs; the
% Mssa worth about $45.
hall 5one. Eng startled by n series OF some
\ -hapl an mysterious murders in White
womer' az the victims we're dissoiute
Il ior:,,ns,o Inc INC poorest class, ana the un-
ssy,,Se "fetcHeS were fonn,l with tLair tbr,,.,