Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-10

been missing from his home for over q
month. and his parents are anxious to
know his WI ereabou.s.
-Watertown. on n small vote, carried,
the proposition to bond the city for Sl0.-
600 to build high school and ST.. 900 to
build city hall.
w. r. Bierly, of Grand Forks, is the
public printer this year. The laws of the
last legislature are printed by him il a
volume that costs So
-Minnehaha end Cass counties run a
close race on school age population: Cass
county has 1901 children of school age,
and Minnehaha county 4.os4.
Frank Chandler. near Washington
Springs, was killed by runaway team.
He was thrown from Loaded wagon and
the vehicle passed over his head.
| A quarter section of land adjoining
the town site of Wheeler. Charles Mix
county. was sold to n stranger supposed to
be railroad man, for SOL IN acre.
1t is reported that Gov. Mel1ette has
/, decided upon the banks of Lake kamres-
ka. near WATERFOWL. for location Of the
next territorial militia encampment.
%. r. Brooks. of Fulton. was seri-
ously injured by explosion Of pound
of powder that he had in paper under
his arm. 1t was ignited from his pipe.
Ed. S. Shannon. of Huron, has been
appointed mail route c'erk between
tor. but his father and brother are editors.
1t is locally ella med that the drum
used by Mr.. l.. Backus, in the G. A. r.
drum corps at the parade in Sioux Falls on
the 30th ult. passed through the war of
1912.
-Four carloads of immigrants have ar
rived ut Roscoe. all from Europe. Among
them we're five Scandinavi,ns who were
passengers on the Inflated steamer Dan
mark.
A herd of 12,G00 young cattle have
been taken across the river at Pierre, en-
route to the range on the headwaters OF
the Cheyenne. They were owned in Min
nesota.
An attempt was made to burn the Kid
der county court house at Steele. by plac-
ing dry grass, saturated with kerosene. iu
the hall and setting fire TO it. Little dam
age was done.
The steamer Helena, from Bismarck
and up river points. has reached Chamber
lain. the first boat of the season. She was
loaded with -four for the up river agencies
from the Chamberlain roller mills.
AT the Aberdeen land office lis pre-
emption. seventy-fve timber culture and
ffty-seven homestead filings were made in
April. Forty cash entry proofs and fifty
hnrnoc{ooI lea, do
"A workingman writes to the Fargo
Republican from Tacoma, Washington,
warning Dakota people against coming to
that country to find work. He says it
cannot be found. Everythingis overdone.
The Chicago and Northwestern rail-
Dad officials who are developing the coal
mines near Centerville. announce that
their work is highly satisfactory and that
they have found coal in unlimited quanti-
ties.
The farmers have appointed special
committee of two in each county to work
for the adoption of the Sioux Falls con-
stitution. No politician was ever hunger
for an Office that the farmers are for the
S. F. c..
The Fidelity Fire Insurance company
of Huron, has decided to increase the capt.
tai to 5000, 900. An Office will be opened
in jamestown for the accommodation of
the business of the company in North
Dakota.
Immigration Commissioner Hagerty
has removed his Office effects to Aberdeen
from Bismarck and will henceforth trans
act all the business of the department at
the former city. Mat Bass will be retain
ed as clerk.
The Lake county commissioners offer
prizes to the boys for the destruction of
gophers. The boy who kills the largest,
numberis to receive $40, the second prize
is $40, and the third $40. The othe>
prizes range from$1 to IS.
Among those injured in the Hamilton,
Ont. railroad wreck was Joseph Morris, OF
East Sioux Falls. who was on his way To-
Clarks Island, Me. He suffered scalp
wounds and bruised head legs and shoul-
ders, but was not seriously hurt.
Huron has placed among eastern capt.
italists bonds to the amount of $25,L0O,
ordered issued at the annual city election
in April. They were sold to w. j. HAYES
4 Sons, of Cleveland, O., for $25,31O.
The bonds draw per cent. interest and
run ten years.
While digging cellar at Mandan,
man named Reinkenburg found the skele-
ton of human being. The flesh had en-
tirely disappeared from the bones, which
were in very crumbling condition. 1t is
thought that it is the frame of an Indian
girl who existed long before that region
was civilized.
Some working men. while making ex-
cayations in the bluff at the head of Pierre
street in Pierre, unearthed, deep in the
hillside, the skeleton of man of unusual
size, with other ancient Indian relics.
Other marks have been found in times
past indicating that the spot was an an
Gent Indian sepu.cher.
Who wouldn't be citizen of big
town? asks Dakota correspondent.
Watertown has the governor Aberdeen the
commissioner Of immigration, Sioux Falls
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