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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-04-26

thus forming panels, which may be
painted or pafered. as desired, and
produce a pleasing effect. The attic is
tioored. and provides good store-room.
BY finishing the attic, an additional
bedroom would be obtained. This plan
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-04-26
balconies form pretty feature OF this

BEAUTIFUL SCREENS.
In the "house beautiful" screens are
becoming more of necessity every
dav. Screens are extremely fashiona-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-04-26
THE HOUSE BEAUTIFUL.
PLANS FOR 1.UILDING AND HINTS
FOR DEAUTIFYING.

A Pretty Summer Cottage and a Handsome.
Town Residence - Useful Suggestions
About Furnishing ana Maintaining II
Hnuse.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-04-26

ARcHDEAcoN CoLLEY, preaching on
Satan recently at St. James Church,
Marylebone, London, replying to an
imaginary remonstrance from those who
believe in giving the devil his due, ex
claimed: "Ah, my friends, if we gave
the devil his due many of us would be
missing" The awkwardness of the
use of Gus" in such case occurred to
him afterward, and he seemed seriously
embarrassed, while the congregation
smiled
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-04-26

Col. d. R. ANTHONY has been nom
mated for Mayor of Leavenworth Has,
by the Republicans. Way back in the
wild days of the COS Anthony was
elected Mayor of that city. He was
another Long John" Wentworth. Dis
reputable resorts were suppressed by
burning down the buildings, the track
of railroad company which refused
to obey the ordinances was torn up, and
in other ways the "old man" proved
himself terror to wrongdoers.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-04-26

AN English visitor to this country
criticises the Americans for an I'M
willingness to say "thank you" for
small services. He rarely heard it
among equals, and never to interiors.
The question is asked whether it is be-
cause most Americans fancy that it
puts the thanker in position of in
feriority. Probably the real reason is
desire to do away with any appear
ance Of ceremony, leading to lack of
courtesy in this instance.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-04-26

A MAzAR1x Bible brought $4,000 at
recent auction sale in London.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-04-26

raised.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-04-26

THE HERALD. s. :,
BY b. AN & BLANK. ft
WASHINGTON SPRINGS. DAKOTA =
ns no, n ,n 4a # in xavA"e"
A MAzAR1x Bible brought $4,000 at
recent auction sale in London.
A. T. ROGERS, of Americas, Ca, p
has $50 bill of 1878, and an 1S-pence Il
shinplaster of 1776. "
CoNv1crs at Sing Sing, N. T., are ri
going insane over the system of idle m
ness in vogue there. 81
Roswell BEARDsLEY has held post r
Office in New York ever since 1928.
His salary is $50 a year. II
RUSSELL HARR1soN's paper, the He
lena Jour1aal-Record,h has captured the a. .,
Territorial printing contract. =,
FRED W1EBENs, of Hartwell, Ca, OIL
will start in May for bicycle trip IN
through Europe, Asia and Africa. al
The organizers of the Irvine trust, a
which the farmers are fighting in the
interest of cheaper harvesting, are !,
high-binders. -.
TIE New York World speaks of the r.
possible nomination of Chauncey NJ. ~
Depew as Minister Dinnerpotentiary 10
to England" ~ u
MINERAL paint of various hues has he
been discovered on the borders Of bs
Bayou Chico in Florida. It has the he
appearance Of clay.
R1LLA K1rTR1DGE, of Belfast, Me-, s.
has written one of ex-President Cleve- NJ
lands messages, containing $4,000 in
words on a postal card. be
WILLIAM K. CAvETT, workingman +l
in Pittsburg, has patented new sub NJ
marine ram that will pierce the side nc
of the heaviest ironclad. i;
The negro emigration from North %
Carolina is so extensive that many -
large plantations are almost deserted
and the farmers are greatly embar CT
rassed W
SECRETARY RusK has been a journey %
man cooper as we'll as farmer, stage a. a.,
driver, soldier, and politician. He is =
said to be especially expert in tight %
barrel" work. -
CAPTAIN INGALLS,, of the Pacific a
coast steamer Corona, recently married al
couple The genial skipper wound up &C
the ceremony by shouting, "Let go aft,
and make all fast ford"
ALMOST every day there are men at b
Castle Garden who assert that they W
are in search of and willing to marry ell
any bright and intelligent emigrant al
girl who pleases their fancy. re
A BRONZE statue of P. T. Barnum ri
has arrived from Munich, and is stored Il
in New York, where it will remain !,
until the death of the subject. There h
is touching fitness in the material.
The growing intimacy between the i,
German Emperor and his brother, +,
Prince Henry, has attracted comment. s
The latter is consulted about every E.
thing, and his allowance from the
Prussian royal fund has been largely +,
increased. :,
FASHION in beds is returning to the IL
four-poster with a rich canopy, and, as d
modern innovation, shelf between p
the upper posts for bottles, glasses, II
ETC. In the simple days of our grand "
parents the eye-opener was kept under /
the pillow in green bottle. a
PEOPLE who are fond of condolences
will find it interesting to note that
William Henry Harrison Miller, born t
in the year the first Harrison was b
elected President, and named for him, II
becomes, forty-eight years later, the r
Attorney General of the second Presi- c
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-25

Mormons, free-lovers and others, but
this is the first time that proposition has
gravely come from the female sex itself
urging husbands into plural mar
riages with undesirable wives, and palli-
ating the offense by a citation of the
practices of the patrarchs who were ''as
good as we are - Hard as it is to go
without servants, we fancy the men Of
Australia will vigorously kick against
any remedy which proposes they shall
marry the servant girls in order to Sc
cure their services. Once begun there
would be no telling where the practice
would stop. If the wife happened to be
peculiarly indolent the victim
might be compelled to wed a
whole establishment of servants before
the work would be properly done, and if
the wife-servants caught the cOntagiOn of
laZiness, as they certainly would, there
is no telling how many the unfortunate
husband would have to marry. The as
sortment of wives also, ranging from
chambermaids to kitchen scullions, would
be appalling, and as the original wife
would reserve the selection OF welded
helpmates to herself, it may be well
imagined that the collection would be a
formidable one, so far as personal at
TdcJiFeHess Is CouCeIuSu' IHo only
compensation in the matter is the posi-
BILE solution of the problem, so far as
scarcity is concerned, for once it were
given out that servant girls could get a
permanent place by marrying the head
of the house they would be as thick in
Australia as jack rabbits, but the social
complications which might follow such
wholesale Mormonism would be appal-
ling to husbands, even if they were as
liberal in their conjugal views as the old
patriarchs themselves. The women of
Australia are in sorry plight, but re-
version of their husbands to the practice
Of David and Solomon will not help them.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-25
WE'LL, WELL, WELL!
A Brand New Phase Of SerYantgal-
ism 1t is COOllY Proposed
By Woman that Her Husband Shall Marry
His Cook, His WasherwOman and
His Chambermaid.
Chicago Tribune.

A singular domestic complication has
arisen in Australia, all growing out of
the mixed question Of 'servantgalism. -
The servant girl is almost a Iusus natur@
in that country. She is so rare that she
has things all her own way. She de-
mands any price she pleases. She never
contracts to stay permanently. She
leaves without warning or asking per-
mission, and annoys the household to
her hearts content. In large parts of
Australia servants are not to be found at
all, and married women with the means
pay for them, and pay literally, can
not get them. Thus they are obliged not
only to be ladies Of the house, but cooks,
rosherwomen and maids of all work as
we'll. The result is thus pathetically
stated by one of the victims in an Aus
taon paper.
A sad wear and tear-I may say
aas,ruction-is now taking place, owing
10 the wives of a number of WELT TODD
eo.onists not being able to get servant
girls to help them rear their children
and make home-life endurable for the
tread-wiuner of the family. This griev-
out Australia, and many d devoted wife
has worked herself into a premature
grave, and thousands are now doing so,
owing to being compelled to do house
hold work at all times and under all
Ucgumstances. There are times when
ali married women, l do not care what
,aeir position in life may be, require
help with their household duties, and it
laT Of
pen these lines. -
Pursuing her complaint still further,
he victim gravely suggests scheme of
relief which in itself Indicates the gFav-
If of the danger that threatens house,
wives in that country. She says:
There is an old saying to the effect
mat il is no use finding fault without
suggesting a remedy. [ have found
iault with one of the greatest factors for
home comfort or misery servantgalism
and my remedy is a simple one, and
one, too, that was familiar to the world
many hundreds of years ago, viz, the
Permitting of men to have two lawful
wives. 1 have thought well over this
subject of Fservantgalism for many
Years past, and the more L think of my
pan for preventing the present whole
@'e destruction of good wives now going
ou The more l am convinced Of the sound
ness Of the state of affairs, in this re-
SSpect, which existed in the days of Abra-
nam and his grandson jacob, both of
Nnom were quite as good as we are, and
5e'l0ced ina practical manner their be-
--st III women bearing one anOther's bur-
dens -
abraham and Jacob, as well as Solo,
N-Aou and several other scriptnral worthless
whose manners were somewhat loose
rom modern standpoint of view, have
more than once been used as cloaks TO
cover dangerous and immoral practices,
ana apologies have frequently been based
upon their examples, especially among
ofsanlzed bodies. such as shareholders
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-25
A Delicate Way OF Putting 1t.
Boston Courier.

s'What makes you so thoughtful to-
night, George?" asked Nellie.
''wen, :" said George as he threw his
eyes up to the ceiling and took a fresh
hold upon her slender waist, 81 was
thinking that if your mother was willing
to become my mother-in-Iaw 1 would
like it very much
"You would?''
''I would, indeed. -
T. "Then, if it will afford you any salts
faction, can inform you that I am quite
willing that she should, and that she is
also quite willing to act in that capacity
III quiet and transformations manner. -
And thus, under the silent stars, the
arrangements were concluded by which
two lives hitherto running apart are to
be blended into enc, and q youth hither-
to his own master is to stoop under the
yoke of a mother-in-la
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-25
Inpronlptu Duel.

CHARLESTON, ". VA, Aug. %.
Trigg Penn, colored, of this city, and
George Young, white, of Coal Valley
met on the streets of that town
this morning The two men have
had several quarrels recently and on
catching sight Of each other today
each pulled a revolver and opened fire.
Five shots were fired by each of the i'm
promptu dueIists. Penn received two
balls in the breast and will die. Yelasgs
was unhurt.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-25

Professor Ito prospective pupiD 80 Ana
you unsteady incllned?'
Pupil-''I guess SO. Anyhow avs
have my shirt bosoms huted. New
York Post.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-25
lawmakers Artesiaa RafFl House,

Head of Houston street. shorthwest corner OF
square is the Leaning bath house of the city for
gentlemen and Iaafes. l have the best rooms
and finest water IN the city or state, acknowl-
edged tsy everybody. First-olass attendants and
frsf-efass rubber Iateof Hot Springs. Hot and
esd water at all hours, Also any person want
ing street sprinkling done will please call On w
R. Haymaker. -
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-11-21

JOHN j. MITCHELL, Blackstone.
Mcmillan and other prominent
officials of the e. h A. R. R. passed
through Mexico Thursday in their
special train on a tour of inspec-
ton and spent a few hours pleas
sntly in Mexico, attending the ex-
Inhibition at 'the Opera House last
night. The Alton Is now in better
shape than any road in the United
States. Its track is superb and its
rolling stock the very best. The
Missouri portion of this road is
Justly the especial pride of John
J. Mitchell, who pushed it to COM
pietion after a strong fight with
other directors who did not think
u would pay. 1t turns out that
Mitchell was right, as this part of
-tne road runs through the finest
country on earth and is the best
paying property which belongs to
the company. Mr.. Mitchell and
DINERS Of the officials expressed
themselves gratified at the steady
growth of Mexico, and said they
thought with good factory or two
Mexico could double it population
IN * months.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-11-21
qhe Dusenberry Case.
THE EVIDENCE IN FULL
ON BOTH SIDES.
The Question is, Was Bette
Sira Willing or Not.
TIE TESTIMONY THROUGH.
OUT VERY CONFLICT
ING INDEED.
The Defense Claims the Affair q
Case of Previous Consent
and Later Repentance.

When the Dusenberry case was
called at 1:30 Thursday, all of
the panel of forty were on hand on
time. Judge w. o. Forrist man.
aged to get to the court room on
his crutches with some assistance
and took his seat with the defense.
The Judge looks all right and if it
was not for the rheumatism would
be sound as dollar. Mrs. Dusen-
berry and little daughter, Sadie,
arrived before the the prisoner was
brought in and Sadie was inquir-
ing very affec,lonately: Where
is my papa?" The court room was
crowded with old and young-the
"bald heads" having front seats.
The appearance of the prisoner is
a surprise to the curious, as he is
not the hideous. fiendish looking
monster expected, but rather gen
teel looking fellow, with clever
manners.
The first move in the case was a
motion by the defense to strike
the names Of H. w. Brenton, Jas.
w. Smith and Josiah, Marshall
from the panel of forty, claiming
that they failed to qualify as shown
by the notes taken at the time they
were questioned. The motion was
overruled by the court, after ex-
amining the notes.
The panel of 40 from which the
II were selected, is as follows:
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-11-21
Mexico Troftera.

The Rural World, speaking Of
some of Mexico's trotters, says:
Robert Rysdyk will be wintered
at Mexico, and worked preparatory
to q trip over the Eastern circuit
next year.
J. r. Bakers two six-year-old
stations, by Happy Medium, are
wintering at Mexico, No., and will
be put in training next season.
One is out of q mare BY Bourbon
Chief, the other by Richelieu.
A. C. Bowman, Of Mexico, Mo-,
owns a very likely and promising
youngster by Rosenberg 2:t9 Ia.
dam Nellie B., pacing record at st.
Louis in 1888 OF 2:29 IA; Nellie B.
by Bald Hornet. He is large,
impact horse, and can shew a
hree-minute gait now, though
'ardly bride wise.
w. r. Carter will take Dick
smith South this winter, and
work him there preparatory to q
tour of the Eastern circuit next
summer. He has room for two or
three other horses on the winter
trip.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-11-21
Statement for the Defense.

Judge Robinson, for the defense,
stated that they expected to prove
that Dusenberry used no force IN
anything he might have done with
Bette Sira, and that the conductor
told her to 60 to the hotel at the
depot at Montgomery CITY. He
told her she could 60 on to Mexico
if she wanted to; and that the con-
ductor saw Dusenberry holding
Bette Sira's hand while sitting by
her on the train. He (the conductor)
told her not to go with Dusenberry
anywhere when she got off, but to
20 to the hotel at the depot. Judge
Robinson stated that ''we will also
prove that she said she wanted
some whisky for the toothache. :"
At this time Mrs. Dusenberry,
her child and Mrs. Geo. W. Hender-
son, Of Columbia, a sister of the
defendant, came into the court
room and touk seats by the prison-
er in the dock.
Continuing, Judge Robinson
said:
She asked him how far it was to
the saloon and she said she would
walk up there with him and get
some whiskey. After they went to
the saloon they sat down ana drank
whiskey and what happened in the
saloon after that was with her free
and full consent. After that he
took her to the hotel and left her
and that they exchanged cards and
agreed to write to each other; that
when told to 90 away the next day
by friend he refused to leave and
claimed that he was not guilty OF
rape, but finally did 60 for fear oil
trouble as the report got out that
he was guilty and that he only lef,
in order to let the report be cor
rected and the feeling die out.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-11-21

PRINCES and potenates have some
little social privileges which are
denied to the unanointed. For ex-
ample, the Sultan of Turkey has
presented the Empress of Germany
with a jeweled collar worth s225,-
GOO. If simple American citizen,
having but one wife of his own,
were to give another mans wife a
jeweled collar worth 1925 900, there
MOULD be row on both sides.
Yet here 20 this old Turk, with a
harem full OF wives, who gives
away collars without fear and does
|, not make the slightest efforts to
Keep the fac: out of the papers.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-11-21

THERE are 1,400,U 100000 people
on earth and all these, as some one
computes, could be gathered in a
field ten miles square or in 100
square miles of territory and every
last man of them reached from one
telephone. Who says the world is
over populated when one book agent
may addr ss such an audience?
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-11-21

A CHANGE has been made in the
laws of Missouri relating to mar
ried women. A married woman
may, in her own name, sue and be
sued in any of the courts of the
State having jurisdiction, with the
same force and act as if she were
unmarried; and any judgment
obtained against her shall have the
same force and effect as if she
were unmarried
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-11-21

STANLEY, the African Explorer,
has again been heard from. He
is expected to reach the coast in
January or February, and then
the story of his travels will prob
ably be made public.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-11-21

SAYS the Kansas City Star:
"Mexico is trying for something
else now but she won't tell what It
is" Right. Mexico will have
the something else'' within a
month, if we are not very much
mistaken
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-11-21

TURKEY gobblers, ambitious of
future growth, should roost high in
the next few days. Thanksgiving
on the 2Sth inst.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-11-21

If any reader of the LEDGER is
discontented with English as she is
nov spelled, let him read Mr.
Pitman's objection to present
methods and learn resignation.
The stenographer and spelling re-
former expresses himself thusly:
"The prezent spelling disgeizez
our langwaje, hinderz edjukashon,
and sujests fols etimoiojiz."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-11-21

A MAN desery es credld tor being
too proud to beg, but when he gets
too proud to work, the sooner he
1leaves the world the better.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-11-21
PANEL OF FORTY.

bcttiC Ola, tuc PioSeSasihS WV
ness, and her relatives came into
the court room and took seats with
in the bar. Miss Sira is rather a
good looking young lady, about 5
feet, 5 inches tall, brunette, lit
tie cross-eyed, but with an intelli-
gent face. Her relatives live in
this county, near Benton City, and
are well to do people.
THE jury.
The jury to try the case is as fol-
lows
j. NJ. Culbertson, grain dealer,
Vandalia.
J. B. Stevens, farmer.
J. T. Hickman, Mexico.
J. II. Minor, merchant, Farber.
w. A. Showers, farmer, Sailing
township.
r. w. Kisor, farmer, Vandalia.
Warren Fowle, miller, Mexico.
w. P. CAN'T, farmer. Rowena.
L. Phillip, merchant, Mexico.
J. l.. Crissman, farmer, Sailing
township.
B s. Hite, Mexico.
Luther Barnes, farmer, Mexico.
A SCENE IN COURT.
Hang the s. of a b-n' shouted
the loud and distinct voice OF
Jerry Carter during the cross-ex-
animation of Bette Sira Thursday.
which brought every one of the
1000 persons in the Court House to
their feet and made the prisoner
turn a shade pale. Jerry tried to
get out of the court room, but by
order of the Court was promptly
brought to the bar by Acting Sheriff
Cave and asked by the Court
"what he meant by such demon
stration in court, and if he did not
know better?" Jerry answered ::
"Judge. that's my opinion and I
thought I had a right to express
it," The Judge then fined him
$40 and ordered him confined until
he paid it. Carter is laborer and
has worked for w. D. Harrison for
years, and is harmless and was, no
doubt, drinking or would not have
acted as he did and the reports
about there being any talk of mob
bing the prisoner is without any
foundation. Bette Sira, in testify
ing how Dusenberry pulled her
clothes all off while she was cry
ing and trying to get away, was
more than Jerry could stand, and
he had to express his sentiments,
for which he will have to keep
company with Dusenberry in Jail
for while or pay the fine of ten
dollars. While the prosecuting
witness, Bette sira, was on the
stand, the prisoners wife did not
remain in court. Bette Sira is a
remarkably intelligent witness and
stands the ordeal of a close cross
examination admirably. She be-
comes very nervous at times. but
never gets tangled up and never
loses her temper. For seventeen
year old girl" she is truly a won
der ~ q witness, considering how
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-11-21

BRAZIL is in state of revolution.
The army and the populace have
killed one member of the cabinet.
The ministry has resigned on ac-
count of the rebellion against the
empire. This is the fall of the
last monarchy on the face of the
western hemisphere. Telegraphic
advices state that Emperor Dom
Pedro has been deposed.