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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-01
Dakota IN BRIEF,

The Brookings county board Of health
has declared the Jail unfit for occupancy.
The bounty for wolf scalps in Clay
county has been raised, from 81 to %.
The Bank of Spencer has opened for
business.
Edwin Early, of Deadwood, has been
fined $50 for carrying slungshot.
A company is being formed for the pur-
pose OF erecting cold storage house in
Aberdeen.
Ths Oldest man in Brule. county is
Samuel Bailey, ST., who, was So years old
last week.
Of $182, 1000 taxes tc.be collected in Min
nehaha county this yaar Sioux Falls will.
pay $12O,0OO
There is talk in Lead City of organizing
ing company for the purpose of erecting
reduction works OLE. Squaw creek.
The board of trade at Rapid City is. dis
eussing an opportunity offered to secure
foundry and machine shops.
Mayville's seAool building has proyed
too small for present needs, and another
school has been opened in the city hall.
Scotland shipped over thirty cars of
stock during the first three seeks Of the
present month.
Mumps are going the rounds ut the
University of North Dakota jn Grand
Forks
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-01
In Brief.

Asn eastern syndicate. has purchased 200
acres Of land Immediately northeast Of
Eapid City.
Hutchinson county has debt of So, 1856
and cash in the treasury to the, amount of
$4,000.
The difference. between the. toll road
owners and the Deadwood Central rail-
road has been settled and The injunction;
dissolved. }
The Samaritan. hospital at Aberdeem
contains nine patients.
A petition asking for a free mail delivery
system has been forwarded to the post
master gensral by the business men Of
Aberdeen. :;
The Deadwoc,d reduction works hay, be-
gun operations. The machinery Works
splendlAy:
Speaking of the location of the pro-
posed insane asylum for the Black Hills,
the Chronicle asks: What's the matter
With Custer?"
Edward Crawford, carpenter, and an
old resident Of the Hills. is another one
added to the list of unfortunates who have
become insane. He haz been placed in the
Deadwood iail. J
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-01
GREAT Loss OF LIFE.
TWENTY MEN DROWNED ny THY
BREAKING OF a BRIDGE,

In Ende svoring TO Hinder ~ r,r.asa
company May Kentucky workmsn
ferish-Death OF Isaac Bell, Jr., Min.
ister to the Standardization News.
lspottsylie Ky.) special.l
i. A dreadful accident, which resn1+oa -.
the death of a number of men occurrad -
mere. For some time there has heen a
connlct between the officers of the Lonis-
vie, ht. Louis and Texas Road and the
contractors who erected the companv's
new bridge over Green River. The con-
tractors refused to deliver the bridge over
10 the company or to allow any trains to
pass over it. The railroad AUTHORITIES at
once appealed to the courts at Henderson.
and all injunction was granted against
further interference with the traffic of the
road until the case had been decided. This
decision, granting the temporary injunc-
tlon, caused the road to announce when
It's first train would eros, the bridge.
lorty men, acting under instructions from
the contractors, g..thered upon the draw
ana placed on each end of it a number of
heavy rails, intending to obstruct the train
in this way aud not violate the courts in
structlons by opening the draw.
Tho Bowling Green packet, General
Dawes, bound for Evansville, Ind, whis-
tied for the draw to re opened that it
might pass through. There was a prompt
response, and while all of the contractors
men were still standing upon it the pom
delous draw swung open and the steamer
passed into the opening, but as she got
through the draw broke in two Immediate
~ over the center Of the pier upon which
it rested, and both wings, with their
weight of iron and human beings. fell
forty feet, and in an instant sank beneath
the surface, amid wild shreks from the
doomed workmen. Many Of the unfortu-
mates had their limbs and necks broken be-
fore the draw reached the water, and all
were thrown downward upon the iron track
and beams: or, entangled in the debris,
were borne beneath the water.
The passengers Of the steamer saw
three men crushed by an immense beam
as it broke, one being transfxed upon an
iron spur. In falling the draw only MISS
ed the steamer few feet, and came near
capsizing it in the water. Where the
structure sank the water is thirty feet
deep. Boats We're at once lowered, and q
little steamer, the Corinne, put out from
the shore to rescue the drowning men.
Many came to the surface at once, some
swimming and others apparently lifeless,
who sank again. About eighteen were
taken out who were all that could be
found. 1t is thought that twenty persons
We're drowned
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-01
NOT WANTED IN CANADA.
The Catholic Order ofFOresters Denounced
by a Montreal Priest.

Quite a sensation was caused in St.
Patricks Catholic Church, at Montreal,
Quebec, when the venerable Father Dowd
said that acting under instructions from
Vicar General Mareshal he had an i'm
portant matter to bring before his congre-
cation. Some time ago an officer of the
Catholic Order of Foresters of 1llinols,
whose headquarters are IN Ill
cago, arrived there and established
court, but it now became ms
duty to condemn this society for three
reasons: It was foreign institution, it
did not allow any interference on the par part
of the clergy but only allowed a., elerisa,
end eoso Of Of its meetings and not to take
part in it's proceedings, and perhaps y os n 1na
strongest reason Of all was that !. I hsn a
wanted, as we had already enough enough ee .Sam
societies. He therefore warned tnen,
a and asked those who had already joined to
sever their connection with 1t.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-01

ton tenlers, with houses at Charles
ton, Savannah and New York.
This. business hourished until 1877,
when Mr. Bell retired. The next year he
married Miss Jeanette Bennett a sister
of the proprietor o. the New York Herald.
For two years Mr.. and Mrs. Bell travelled
in Europe and returned to live in New
port. and while there he became active in
Rhode Island politics. During the cam
paign of 1884 he worked industriously for
Cleveland's election. When Mr.. Cleve-
land became President one of his first Of
fetal acts was to appoint Mr.. Bell Minister
Resident TO the Netherlands. This post he
held until May of last year. when he re-
signed on account of ill-health. He had
been troubled for several years with chronic
Brights disease.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-01

nationality generally do, and certainly
much better than these same people live
in their own country. We found several
farmers whose stock of provisions was re-
duced to one sack of -four, but these We're
not in Immediate want. One man was out
of wood and had no team to go to the tim
Der. He was at once relieved by
the county commissioners. will
cite one case among others:
liver H. Holman, southeast quar-
ter of section III, ;o=gy.shin !1s:,, range
81, was reported by Mr.. Riches as desti
.ute. ne ca,isa on this man, went into
his house and found everything surpris-
ingly neat|a clean, and the wife and four
children sheerful and happy. Mr.. Hol-
man told us in fairly good English that he
was all right and would pull through. Be-
ing pressed with questions he SAID that he
had three oxen, four COWS and six head Of
cats,.r' one hundred bushels of wheat. f{tY
bushels o, - .otatoes; one COW giving milk
and one corning In w.. Nv soon; two pigs six
mouths old and eight sNeep. MIR. Holman
told us that he was wintering four ns-rse es
for another man for which he receiyed 81
month. The land and cattle were msert-
gagged, the grain and sheep We're free from
incumbrance. HI conclusion Mr.. Holman
said he didn't thanN anyone for meddling
with nj business, and that when he need
ed nell ne would let people know about it.
In conclusion may ssy that the*e is no
excuse Tor making the reports which read
IN the papers concerning the condition of
the farmers in the western part of Walsh
county, or at least such portions of II as
have personally visited.
LEON S. BouD1Ez.
Lieut.. 18th lift.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-01
Lost His Entire Family.

Samuel Arthur, whose little daughter
was buried to-day, has been sorely Athlete ed
during the last two months. having lost
lis entire family. His little boy was the
first one to die of diphtheria in this town
last fall. Tie little girl who was buried
today was next taken down with thessame
disease, but apparently recovered. Then
the mother was taken down with ths,same
disease and died, and soon after the little
girl manifested symptoms of dropsy,
which soon became alarming and ended in
death.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-01
What They Think of the Omnibus Bill.
Mitchell specinl.l

L-ASAA
The passage of the omnibus bill is gen.
orally regarded as a favorable sign that the
democrats, having made some concessions,
will conceds more on the conference ccm-
mittee. The following are expressions. of
representative l4en:
+. F. Mentz4-"I consider it ouite.a
concession on Sbringer's part. Evidently
the November elaetion had it's effect. It
submits allth PROPOSITIONS, including the
capital location. tA new vote, which was
the undoubted sentiment of the late con-
ventlon at Huron, thether admission was
had under the Plattpill or some other"
B. n. Sullivan, Phnkinton-"If wa are
to take time to resubuit any of the propo-
sitions involved, it is no more than fair to
have new vote Of all. 1t looks as if
Springer was inclined 10 be more reasona.
bic, but my faith in him is still weak"
F. D. Gillespie, Black Hills-"The bill
IS fair in so far as it provides for new
vote on everything"
ID. .. Preston-"The senate will never
pass the omnibus bill. II means an extra
session if Dakota gets in this year" 5.
Geo. A. Silsby-"H the bill requires the
same conditions Of New Mexico or other
territories before admission the senate
ought not to object seriously. tits, how
ever, matter Of regret that Dakota's
prominent qualifications could net have
insured q separate BILL"
A. M. Bowdle-"It looks as if the dem
ocrats were determined on the omnibus bill
Or nothing"
bismarck special, 1871
There was considerable comment TO-DAY
on the result on the Dakota bill Yesterday.
The disposition at Bismark is to accept the
provisions of the bill, as the best time can
thus be made. although there is hope that
the senate may. through conference, Sc
cure. earlier dates.
Washington special, 1871
The delegations from both south anl
north Dakota and other prominent demo.
Gratis Of south Dakota who have been urg.
ing the passage of the senate bill for the
admission of south Dakota feel much dis
satisfied with the provisions Of the Sprin
ger omnibus bill, which passed the hous,
to-day. They all unite in saying that i
will merely serve to delay the admission o
south Dakota and render useless all tina
has been done since the organization O
the movement for admission five year:
ago..
They a e' asking the senate to reject il
and are willing to take their chances will
the new congress, hoping that an exsrs
session will be called by the president cleo
when he takes his Office.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-01
Dacorated by the Emperor

At the festival of the Order Of the hea q
Eagle at Berlin the Emperor eoRt fa1iaae
upon Count Arcovalley the Ge5m a.n1, Mn-
With With ribbons, upon Mr. Fsigel the G and
Hepr kpaesKe, the Administrator Of ,; Meow
Herren G aaa Peldram, and TX Rr aad
at sydney and Wellington respectively
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-01
Ex-M1N1srER BELL DEAD.

Tie Sufferer Passes Away at His Homo in
New York.
Isaac Bell. Jr., x-United States Min
lister to the Netherlands, died at st.
Luke's Hospital, in New York City, from
the illness with which he had suffered for
several months. Mr.. Bell was born in
that city in November, 1916 His father,
Isaac Bell ST., now lives in New York.
Young Bell was educated at Harvard, and
entered the banking house of Brown
Brothers Il Co. In 1870 he organized the
firm of Isaac Bell, Jr., & Co., cot
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-01

;nata. mas any desire to follow it. Wash.
'ns Nr iva was church member. too. "'A-
Nor ,. ~nN Mrs. Levi P. Morton are at the
and this would be considered s exc es iHe
Significant were it not reported from seem.
lngiv eood authority that Mrs. Blaine once
snubbed Mrs; Harrison. II this latter ruo
NOR m 10 true what wonder the President-elec
IS nolapiuseu ana out of humor with re-
the next administrator. M a"ans
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-01
What a Dakota Farmer Did,

Many eastern papers seem to take a
grim delight in publishing the alleged fact
that lastlyear Dakota's wheat crop was de-
stroyed3 BY early frost. In some sections
the crop was materially injured and no
Dakotan has yet ventured to deny this
fact, but on the other hand the high prices
received for the wheat made up for the
loss. Samuel Glover, of LaMoure, sends
to the Northwest Magazine the result Of
his last years operations. He farmed $50
acres, from which he received 1G,25O bush
els of wheat of various grades. This he
sold at from 81 to S4.15 per bushel, get
ting;in the aggregate $1S,276.66 for his
crop. His total expense was 81. 278, thus
leavinea net profit of $13,998.66. Mr..
Glover declares that some of his neigh
bors, can show better results than he. Can
any one assert that farming i'll Dakota does
not pay?
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-01

% "a ,33J. q
The foregoing tables agree with the treasur-.
ers books and are correct, according to the
vouchers and receipts on file in his office Very
respectfully yours, E. S. TYLER,
Public Examiner.
Per VIM. G. Hayden, Deputy.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-01
THE ExAM1NER's REpoRr,

FARGO, Jan. 10, lSS9.-To Louis Z. Church,
Governor: have the honor to submit here
with the report of an examination Of the books
examination was commenced on the 10th day
of the present month. The books have been
carefully examined and all vouchers compared
with submit tabulated statement Of the re-
suit showing the receipts and disbursements
from March l, 1888, to and including the 9th day
of january, 1859:
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-01

committee reported it back for $4,000 and d
majority report raised it to SlO2. 900. This was
e 'opted and the bill 50 passed the house. Tho
council raised it to S153.0Q0, but the, house. he
claims never consented to this amendment. 1t
ated that he said after the Legislature ad-
turned that some Of the appropriation bills had
been tempered with and he believed that this
was in the list. The resolution was adopted, as
was another ceiling upon the governor
for q statement as to whether the Of
ticers of the jamestown asylum came be-
fore him and discussed this appropriation
before he signed! the bill. An. examination of
tn" record3>in toe office OF hesecretary shows
that the bill WAS introduced, reported and
passed. as stated by Mr.. Jones' 1t then went
to the mousse, and on motion OF Mr.. Dodge the
bill us originally introduced amended by
striking out sl94O 900 and inserting S153 900. and
it so passe,i.tae council. It was 80 returned to
the house and on motion Of MIR. Aikens the
house conquered in the council amendments
and the cosnei may have, supposed that, they
wera etlue4ng the appropriation Sil,0Oo, but, as
u matter OF fact, they nalsed the house bill
asst came to them S5l. GOO and the house con-
seuted to TT. Mr. Burnlaaa IS bill requiring real
estate taxes and nGte as to former. unre-
LEANED sales to be moved on the tax duplicates
passed. Among the Bills introduced, We're the.
following: By Whjoe. taxing teiegr Apn COM
pnpies 20 cents per mile on the first wire, 60
cents on the secontt and 40 cents or,ench adds
ceivssss grain for shipment public warehouses;
authorizing women over % years tn hold the Of
flee of notary psalic: by Trude, extending the
legendary limos of Butte county to take in
Hardins In ata council the following wore
among the bsjs introduced: Regulating prim-
arv meetings. TN call must beaiade by an au-
tilorized committee, five days notice being
given in thu, newspapers; the caucus must be
held from 4, TO Z H. The Judges -. must be
must be the usrsl place Cd ho!dinG election
challenges aso allowed: the penalties for lille
gal o,ans are the Same as ut the polls; also
allowiag tt.s original notes OF stero&raphers to
he usslf III evidence; also u bill embracing the
lnliy features of the Ne~k Yor election law and
tho Australian system. BY Cooper, authoriz-
arrange the districts on petition of five; by
Miller, regulating ehattel mortgage fore
closures; 1T reuuirea two weeks notice
cannot purchase IN attarney is allowed only
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-25
HAIL STORM AT BRACKET.

A Novel Way Of Fishing--Some
Cattle and Sheep Notes.
BRACKETTvILLE. Tex, March q, 49,.
Daily LIGHT:
This place was visited by very Sc
we're hail storm on Friday night,
about 10 o'clock. 1t only lasted a
short time. but long enough to pile
the ice up as much as three inches on
a dead level. The storm was local.
not extending far enough to do any
damage to the fiocks. The water in
the Los Moras was turned to ice in a
few minutes and the fish were SO stu
pified as to make it an easy matter to
catch them. This morning hundreds
were taken, so that fish are now plen-
tiful. There is a stiff norther blowing
and OvercOats are in demand.
Some 1000 head of cattle passed a
few days ago from Goliad county.
Yesterday evening quite large
herd was seen out on the prairie,
heading for Wyoming.
TINS place is about as IL was year
and half ago when last saw it.
The shearing season is at hand and
soon the clip of wool will be getting
into market, and then the jingle of
the dollar will be heard in the land.
Business is good and the people seem
to be contented and happy. West
Texas is getting into good line and
with good seasons will soon come to
the front.
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exercise of municipal power and the
levying and expenditure of public
money.
There is not doubt as to the safety
of the action proposed by the commit
tee and there is every reason to be-
lieve that the feeling of the present
legislature is largely in favor of in
creasing rather than diminishing the
powers of the people against the pow
ers of the official class. Dallas has
had an experience in charter amend
ing which Enthusiastically shows the
drift of legislative opinion, and it is
very fortunate for San Antonio at this
time, that such drift of opinion is not
in favor of enlarged powers in the
hands of municipal bodies, much less
in the hands of mayors alone. The
committee has done its work care
fully, conservatIvely and judiciously,
and have commended themselves to
the people in so doing.
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MONDAY, MARCH. rs. 1899.

THOSE CHARTER AMENDMENTS.
The Board of Trade committee on
charter, of which H. f. Barnard is
chairman, is at work, and good re-
suits may be expected. A careful ex-
animation of the whole ground
present charter, proposed amend
ments and necessary changes-has
been made, and as result, the COM
mittee will present for the inspection,
consideration and action of the legis-
lature a substitute for the mayors
charter, now before the legislature.
This action as will be noted, is con-
siderably in advance of the work of
the protest petitioners which did not
deal with the amendments necessary
to be made in the presen instrument.
The amendment of the committee, to
the section designating elective Of
ficers, is in direct antagonism to the
proposition of the mayors charter,
which would reduce the elective of
fees to three. The committees
amendment adds to those already
elective, the offices of assessor, attor-
ney and marshal. In this the
committee have done wisely and
jndging from the spirit Of the legisla-
ture, in considering other charters of
a like ktnd, this increase of power in
the peoples hands will be strongly
endorsed. This whole matter of in
creased power in the hands of his
mayorship is fully dealt with in the
reasons assigned for their amend
ments by the committee and cannot
but have weight. The mayors
amendments would give him absolute
power over the city officials, with
three exceptions, would enable him to
dismiss from all 1 appoint to the police
force Of the city at his personal pleas
ure, gives him power to fine at his
desire any member of the city
council who might prove OBJ
noxious to the mayors shcemes or
arbitrariness and in every way would
increase a power already too large
for the interest of the city and the
assurance of good government. The
as to the ground covered by the char
ter amendments as submitted to the
legislature some time since. 1t deals
with the attemp5 to increase the
power of spending the Taxpayers
money and decreasing the safeguards
thrown around such expenditures, as
made in the mayors amendments
The work of the committee is conserv-
alive. It's recommendations are on the
side of increased concern and care fol-
the rights of the people as against the
increased power of the mayor. In
fact the difference between the two
amendments lies directly in this. The
mayors amendments would increase
his power, decrease the power of the
people and make him more irrespOnsi-
BILE than at present. The cOmmittee's
amendment would enlarge the power
oil the people, Curtail those of the
mayor and preserve any safeguard
which the wisdom of the past has
seen necessary to throw around the
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Announcements for State and County officers
Ten Dollars in advance.
Gan contracts or bills must be approved by
the Secretary and Manager.
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Their Business Booming.

Probably no one thing has caused such a
general revival of trade at Dreiss, Thompson
Il Co.'s drug store as their giving away to
their customers of so many free bottles of DR..
Their trade is simply enormous ia this very
valuable article from the fact that it always
cures and never disapponts. Coughs, Colds,
Asthma, Bronchitis, Group. and all throat
diseases quickly cured. You can test it be-
fore buying by getting a trial bottle free,
large size 81. Every bottle warranted.