Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-11

Total. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES $50 O9l. $50
Debt on which interest has ceased ''1''9'
since maturity, principal and in
terest. ACKNOWLEDGMENT 1855, AIS
Debt bearing no interest. 731015,79O
Total debt, principal. ........... 81 674 1852, IA
Interest. ........................... 11,21l,l27
Total 81 .6s5, 1868 ,271
Total debt, less available cash
items. 81 ,194, 69s 500
Net cash in treasury ................ 6O,636 264
Debt, less cash in treasury jan
Debt, less cash in treasury De- -'-
ce1nber 1....................... LAS, 4s9s5s
Decrease of debt during the month 1927 j95
Decrease since June 80, 1883. .... 81, 500 1893
Total cash in treasury as shown by
treasurer's general account. 800. 615,591 075
At Columbus, Ohio. Mrs. Maggie
Church. wife of Col. S. H. Church. superin-
tendent of transportation Of the Pan-H
die road, filed petition for divorce.
Mrs. Church. who is the daughter of John
Joyce. a leading merchant of Columbus.
alleges that the defendant his committed
adultery with Thresa Schirzinger. Upon
learning of the alleged circumstances she
took her children and went to the home Of
her parents. where she now resides. She
also alleges neglect to provide as reason
why a decree of separation should be al
ant is earning q salary of $1,000 a year he
has neglected to furnish her with the nee
essaries oflife and she has been dependent
upon her father. These charges extend
over more than three years. Mrs. Church
says that for twenty months the defendant
has been guilty of extreme cruelty and that
he had repeatedly used violent profane
and threatening language toward her and
frequently ordered her away from the table
and out Of the room. She AYERS that she is
afraid to live in the same house with de-
PENDANT and cannot without making her
life constant dread and misery. Col.
Church has filed an answer denying all the
allegations.
Some New York doctors visited q man
whose body has been as stiff as a rail for
the last thrty-one years and who is as
hotel in Fourteenth street the other dav.
The man told his own history. He is J. B.
Bass, So years old. and he came from near
Niagara Falls. While in the lumber and
canal business he was much exposed and
often got wet. Whatappeared to be intlam-
matory rheumatism set in. for which he
was treated several years. 1t resulted in
rigid stiffening of the joints. His legs are
mostly bone, with but slight covering OF
flesh. The line from his head to his heels
along his back is nearly straight. The
arms are as rigid rs the legs. and the car
tilege between the vertebrate is ossiied.
I he mans heart was declared by the doc
tors TO be about normal and his appetite is
excellent, but as his jaws are rigid his food
is artiflcially masticated.
1t is the opinion of seafaring men in
New York that the steamship SANTANA.
which left there for the Haytien and San
Domingo ports on November % last, is
lost. November %. in the direct route OF
the SANTANA. terrible storm was expert
enced. Nothing has been heard Of the
vessel since she left New York. 1t will be
recalled that the Samana's departure was
signaled by a heated controversy between
the Haytien Consul and the Custom House
officials. Consul Bassett claimed that the
vessel carried arms and ammunition for
the insurgents, and made strenuous efforts
TO have the vessel delayed until her cargo
could be inspected. Collector Magone,
however, refused to interfere. and the
Samann cleared for destination. She car
ried a crew Of nineteen men. includin the
captain.