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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-17
Peculiar Contest for Office.

A case of much importance to old SOL
diers is receiving consideration at Huron.
Section 2474 of the civil code of Dakota
provides that in every department and up
on public works of the TERRITORY and cities.
towns and villages. honorably discharged
union soldiers shall be preferred for APP
pointment, provided they possess the re-
quisite qualifications and business capacity
to discharge the duties of the position
involved. Another section makes it
obligatory upon all officers or other APP
pointing power to recognize the force of
section 2474.
E. NJ. Thomas, an old soldier, was
an applicant for the Office Of county audi
tor. but the board of county commission
ers saw fit to appoint c. o. Morgan. who
was not a soldier. Both gentlemen are
qualified to perform the duties of the
office. and have each been employed in the
offices OF treasurer and register of deeds
and are familiar with the work the audito,
must perform. In order to test the law
the Grand Army boys of the city persuad-
ed MIR. Thomas to institute mandamus
pro, eeding against the county commits
sioners to show cause why he should not
be appointed county auditor. On the re-
suit of this proceeding hinges other of a
similar character. hence the interest.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-17
MATTERS IN THE WEST

MAYOR John N. Edwards, editor of the
Kansas City Times. and one of the best
known newspaper men in the west. is
dead from hear disease Both houses of
the Missouri general assembly adjourned
in respect to his memory.
Furious fires are raging in the northern
Wisconsin forests, and unless a heavy rain
soon falls there will be more loss to prop
erty than has been already reported Rail-
road men report the forests from Ashland
to Clear Lake. $50 miles. ablaze, with many
thousand feet Of ties being destroyed, and
some towns are endangered.
F. s. and H. G. Loomis. managers of
the Century Book and Paper company.
which. it has been charged, has been
operated as a swindle in New York and
Chicago. have been held to the criminal
court in bonds of 500 each.
The tool house of the Washington Ice
company at Stone Lake. near La Porte.
Ind. burned. 1t it was a quantity of ex-
plosives. and when the fire reached them
hey exploded. causing the burning of six
teen ice houses. Twenty thousand tons of
ice and twenty freight cars were destroyed.
The loss is estimated at e63OOO. Charles
Ohles. SON Of the superintendent. is, it is
feared. fatally burned
"A bill has been filed In the circuit court
at Chicago. asking for the appointment of
areceiver for the Home of Incurables. and
for the removal of President Hieenbotham
and Mrs. Barlow. the matron. for gross
violations OF the trust reposed in them. It
is claimed that helpless inmates have been
frightfully abused and tortured. President
Higenbotham alleges that the charges are
malicious and will be refuted
The first section Of the Northern Paci-
fic west bound limited passenger train
collided with freight. thirty-six miles
west of Aberdeen. Oak. The firemen and
engineers of both trains jumped. Engineer
Bass. OF the passenger, broke his back and
died almost Immediately. postal car
jumped the track and was complete
wreck. Both clerks were badly injured.
The chief clerk. Slattery. of st. Cloud.
Mimi. had his leg broken. and he sustain.
cd internal injuries. from which he died
Tho other clerk. Lounsberry, had his arm
broken in two places and was badly scald-
ed. Baggage Master Nichols. of St. Paul.
had his arm broken in two places, The
Train bore the usual number o. passengers.
out none We're injured. A III sanderstaud-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-17
AT THE SOUTA.

William Gilmore, q prominent young
man of Albany. Ga. shot and killed his
seventeen-year- old wife and then killed
himself. Gilmore and wife had been mar
ried only q few months.
In the federal court at Fort Smith. Ark.
Judge Parker sentenced five convic.s to
hang Wensedday. July 18Th, 1889.
In saloon row at Louisville. Ky. q
young man named Sebastian Ebbingcr
| came to the aid Of The proprietor. Henry
Werner. and. being struck by n stone
thrown by one OF the attacking party. drew
revolver and began firing az the assail-
ants. Frank Burton. aged II. and W IL
Dietrich, IS. were shot through the bowels.
and Rudolph Gossman. aged 10. th:ou III
the neck. Dietrich is dead. Gossmun dy-
ing and Burton very low. Ebbnscr pleads
self defense.
AT Warsaw. N. c.. hail fell on the End
with such rapidity and violence as to lie
eight inches deep in thirtv-six seconds
1t was accompanied by a terrific wind
Many small houses were blown away al
most bodily. Large houses were torn up
80 they were not habitable. The Preshy-
VoAAoA SAoASA Was OcLlOlSNeu. NO
loss of life is reported. but the people were
seriously hurt by falling tlmners.
Jimmie Cook. at Newman. Ga. is The
latest boy preacher. He speaks to crowd
ed houses. He is twelve years old, weighs
fifty pounds. and is not over three and !.
half feet high. He is very illiterate. yet
his sermons are remark bic. He kccrs
close to his text and makes many quota
tions from the bible.
The jury in the Halves trial at Brming-
ham. Ala. returned verdict of guilty. fix
ing the penalty at death. Halves is ac-
cused OF numbering his wife and two child
rem. The verdict meets with popular an
proval and was expe tied.
Louis Morton and Miss Lizzie HAYS at
tended ball at Darlington. Ky Morton
objected to Miss Hays dancing with lis
rival. but she ignored his protest Going
home Morton upbraided her. She was not
in repentent mood. and Morton. mad
with jealousy. shot her three times, and
fatally. He then suicided. Andrew Greg
orie and woman calling herself his wife
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-17
Dakota,s College Orators.

The Dakota inter collegiate oratorical
contest took place III the opera house at
Sioux Falls, which was filled to its utmost
capacity with one of the finest audiences
ever assembled there. One committee
passed on the thought and style of the
orations and another on the delivery. The
two sets of judges compared their work
ings and announced their decisions accord
ingly. The contestants We're:
f. A. Chase, of YnnEton college, Yankton,
@The Pursuit of Wealth.
W.. - Shepherd OF Mitchell university,
Mitchell "A Martyred Hero"
Bert kayson, Ct the Sioux Falls university,
"Iuthcr and His Influence"
d. &. Emo OF the Dakota Agricultural college
Brookings, alexander Hamilton
T. l.. Ransom, of Redfield college, Redfield.
washington and Lee
The contestant from the Eermillion uni
yersity WAS ruled out because his Grafton
WAS not sent to the committee within the
time required bv the constitution SO that
judgment could be passed upon the
thought and style in advance of delivery.
Chase won first honors and Rayson sec
ond. The prize was polished slab of
chalcedony. valued ut $500, offered by the
Drake company. The slab was won by
Sioux Falls university last year. Follow
ing the contest the South Dakota Ora
torical association had a meeting. w. S.
Shepherd. of Mitchell, was elected pres-
dent; j. G. Cunningham. secretary and
treasurer Tor the ensuing Year. Yankton
was chosen as the place for holding the
next contest. The fixing of the time was
left with the executive committee. The
association then adjourned till next year.
In the athletic contests preceding the
orations. Nermillion won the base ball
prize against Sioux Falls and Brookings.
Nermillon won the tug of war; Brookings
won the foot hall throwing; base ball was
won by the I. A. Moores, of Sioux Falls;
the 1Ooyards dash was won by w. w.
Cheever, of Bookings, in 10 LIS seconds;
the hurdle race was won by j. Grafton,
who made 100 yaras in 23a seconds; the
quarter mile race was won by Frank B.
Dorr, of Sioux Falls; the throwing the
hammer contest vas won by Bert B. Ray
son of Sioux Falls.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-17
wASHINGToN BRIEFS.

The president has lssueo P1ociama-
ton reciting that Fort Sisseton, South Da-
kota, military reservation is no longer
needed for military purposes. and placing
it under the control Of the secretary OF the
interior for disposition under the law.
Chief Justice Fuller has purchased OF
Judge Andrew Wylie the latter's residence
property on Fourteenth street. Washing
ton. for 100000. The chief justice will
take possession of the property next au-
tumn.
Gov. Foster. Gen. VIM. Warner and
Secretary Miller. OF the Sioux commission.
called upon Secretary Noble at Washing
ton. and received their final instructions as
Sioux commissioners. Gen. Crook will
meet his associates in Chicago May 9th.
from which point they all proceed to the
Sioux reservation in Dakota.
The president has made the following
appointments: Frank W. Palmer. Of ILL
nois, to be public printer; Theodore Roose-
welt. of New York. and Hugh S. Thompson.
of South Carolina. to be civil service COM
missioners: Arthur L. Thomas. of Salt Lake
City. Utah, to be governor of Utah; Elijah
Utah; Ellsworth Daggett. of Utah. to be
surveyor general of Utah; Michael A.
Leahy. of Wisconsin. to be agent for the
Indians of La Pointe agency in Wisconsin.
Secretary Tracy has awarded to the
Union Iron works, of San Francisco. the
contract for constructing a great armored
coast defense vessel at cost Of ST 1928 600
The secretary Of the navy has approved
the sentence Of the court martial in the
case OF Lieut.. William G. Strong. Of the
steamer Tallapoosa. There were three
charges of drunkenness on duty. neglect Of
duty. and disobedience of orders. and to
these the accused pleaded guilty. The
court sentenced him to be suspended from
duty for five years on one-half OF his duty
pay. to keep his present number on the
list and to be publicly reprimanded by the
secretary.
-Postmaster-General Wanamaker has
received telegram from Postmaster
Flynn. at Guthrie, Oklahoma. in which he
says the daily sale OF postage stamps at his
office amounts to about $50; that eleven
clerks in the office are kept busy from s
O'Clock a. m. until 2 at night. and when the
mail is ready for delivery there is usually q
limo OF men half a mile long waiting for
their mail. About 5000 letters and 1000
newspapers are delivered daily. There are
five banks and six new spapers in operation
in the new town.
Gen. Black. late commissioner of pen
sions. has made answer TO the suit filed
against him for 100000 for the malicious
Withholding OF pension claim. The gem
eral says that the United States govern
ment IS bound to hold harmless all Its
officers for their official actions. even
though they maliciously construe or mis-
construc the law. The pension commits
sioner decides an average of 500 cases q
day. and if each applicant whose claim Is
rejected were 10 charge malicious intent.
it can easily be imagined what IL mass OF
litigation the government would have to
deal with. 1t is understood that Gen.
Black has consulted with prominent meme
bcrs of the government on the matter.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-17
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
>lOuS I,I,rY

cnttle--Tiio market remains firm and active.
ners, sl"@a Law; bulls, s1.OOA1.75; stockars.
s2'o3 ~ cnrnfed COWS. $2.25a2. so; feeders.
2"ei..s' tax steers. *295W3.5o; veal calves
*. 'teL".M. 'o''
Hogs- s"iply is plentiful and prices slightly
lover thou#'. tirin. Quotations: Light ana
m,s'.i 81 32''cia.S1'"; l!envy. 1896 $40
I"tter Prices something better Creamery
1S"2.c GARY ICY Sc fresh roll, lo<al7c.
Fgcs-Frcsl. ca,:dl..'i 9Ghloc
- o,.ifr live turkeys So Zoe chickens, live,
SOUS 80 l"r ao2., live per pound, 6Gf7c
Hides-F;reen. &c: cured, $3.50, SC; flint. 7c.
uiy fnltra; lWGc; green relts. G,c0Sl.UO; dry
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-17
Effect of Climate. on Morals.

A Wisconsin man stole pair of socks
from store and Immediately hied himself
to Dakota. Time wore on an the socks
wore out, and then the thief's con cience
began to prick. He discarded the stolen
goods, but could not get rid of the
thoughts that they had never been paid
for, and at last he sent q letter containing
IN order for fifty cents, to the merchant
from whom the socks were taken. He ex-
planned that he had joined the salvation
army and had repented his sins, but it is
doubtful if this Is the true reason for the
change of heart A thief feels lonesome
in Dakota, and either leads new life or
goes to Missouri,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-17

severalty and now have no more rights
upon the reservation. The war depart
ment has ordered the fort to be abandoned
June l. and the soldiers are already pre-
pairing to leave 1t seems but just that
the million of fertile acres upon the ex-
treme eastern side of Dakota should now
be thrown open to settlement. The low
er point of this reservation is only four
miles from WATERFOWL.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-17

cotinto row at Marquette. Mich. Greeorie
eho, Nov daad He then sho. himself IN
the head, but may live. John e""eh' WIZ
has been living with Sarah Gardener rs hel
husband, at Albany. N. y. shot ana k'''ea
the woman because she refused 10 stay
with him He then killed himself
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-17
Some More Appointments.

Gov. Mellette has completed the ap-
pointments of trustees for the several
public institutions by naming the follow
ing board:
Brookings Agricultural College-O. T.
Grattan, Of Elkton; George Morehouse, of
Brookings; A. B. Smedley, of Milbank;
Joseph Holt, of Esmond; John NJ. Roger,
of Parker.
Reform School of Plankinton-H. D.
Walrath, of Watertown; j. NJ. R. Hanson,
of Plankinton; Thomas E. Camburn, of
Aberdeen; c. c. Moultop, of Faulkton;
7. d. Powers, of Mount Vernon.
Madison Normal School-A. E. Clough,
Of Madison; John Norton, of Webster; j..
A. Trow, of Madison; G. L. Pinkham, of
Miller: G. w. Evarts. of Onida.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-17

"AND so you are one of the ealia
four hundred?" II have that homo
1T must have been awful as you 10, 10,
into that valley of death" Beg :. ~,
pardon, but Tn not one OF the Wv ~
hundred of Balaklava, but OF New ~
society."-Bost07a transcript.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-17
CHICAGO.

Cet:lc-An active market with bette, nr;ca.
Cows niia nLi ;, Sl55Gi3 so; stockcrs ana
feeders. . ;'1ci''G5; beeves and steers, So. 4ua.
Hoss--a little lower. Light s4.Goa4s5.
sheep Westerns. coln-fed saaOa4eo lumbs
s.. -. . 50. to"
irr:,c..Wl.eut cash. sc; july. 7s.o
Cora, cash 34'ac; July. 3ac. Oats, cash. 22s:c :.
July. 23c. Prime timothy. sl.35. Flax seed
ProviEiors-Pori. cash. Sill 271.; July. s11 %
Lard, cash, Sc 80 July. sGs7la. But ter.Crenm.
cry. l5@-lc; d"iry. i3al9c. Eggs. llmlli.c
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-17
TEN WERE KILLED.
FATALITT IN A PENNSYL
V4NIA COAL NINE.

Banker Fish Again Free Man-ByOone
Financial Rottenness Recalled bU HIS Re
lease-Youthfnh Depracity im New Ham1,-
shire-Other Tayi0.s Nc,cs.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-17

AGRICULTURAL editor Ito forenan 10.
BY the way, Sluggins, are cao, S1sIs
raised from seed or grated? :,
glns-"I dunno: 1 don't smoke. a. ,,nI
AL right. I'll make paras'''
for our notes and queries.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-17
A Railroad Smashup.

A freight train from the north was
wrecked at Dell Rapids. There was an
empty box car set in at the brickyard to
load and it is supposed that the hard wind
overturned this car across the track, which
the freight collided with. Five box cars
were thrown from the track and the engine
was badly smashed UP. Brakeman Smith,
living at Egan, was killed, and leaves a
wife and child. The other trainmen were
somewhat injured. but not dangerously
Trains were all DELAYED,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-17
NEW YORK.

Prodrce-Wheat: No. 9. red. ss,4c; No. 2
red, nc: Germ, 40. 2, 42i1@43c No. g. 4oa.c
Oats. ,mixed western 2s@ sec. - - ao
Fro>isi"Es-FgGs. western. l21.Ml3c Bnt.
ter. western dairy. 10 L 24c; western creamorv
l692S,.c. o'y
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-17
MINNEAPOLIS

Produce Wheat. No. |, hard, aic: No !,
northern. Size: No. .. northern, 7ssac. o'
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-17
Dakota's Phenomenal Growth

anOtA CHRONOLOGICAL UrOWtn
The phenomenal growth and wealth of
Dakota in the last decade excites the ad-
miration of the country. The total valua-
ton OF property in Dakota as shown by
S16l 800, 900. -Four thousand three hun
dred miles of railroad and other property
in the territory belonging to the railroads
with valuation of over $40, 000, 900 are
not assessed and are not included in the
property valuation, since all roads are
taxed upon their gross earnings. But
taking the property valuation as returned
in the assessors books, which is about
two-thirds of its true value, it would be no
eXa9geratlon to estimate the wealth of
Dakota round 1926, 600, O00.-O Omaha
Bee.
Efforts to Open the Sisseton Reservation
A convention of counties contiguous to
the Sisseton and Wahpeton Sioux Indian
reservation has been held at Watertown.
The counties of Codington, Day. Marshall,
Grant, Roberts, Sargent and Richland, in
Dakota, and Traverse, in Minnesota. were
represented. Committees were appoint
ed to confer with the interior department
and also with the Indians. There is con-
siderable prospect that the reservation
will be opened this summer without furth-
er action of congress. The reservation in
question is occupied by population of
1880 Indians, who were removed from
Minnesota soon after the Minnesota mas
sacre of 1862. 1t contains abou 1920, 900
acres of excee tingly fertile land in the
midst of the we'll settled counties above
mentioned. 1t is about the size an / more
fertile than Oklahoma. Under an act of
congress the 800 Indians, who are heads
of families, have taken their allotments
in severalty, and the surplus, which ex-
ceeds 1,0'O,O0o acres, it is desired to open
to settlement. The Indians, however, led
by Chief Renville. lain that there is due
them from the government about 5000,
0. Their annulties were for a while
contiscated on account of the alleged COM
pliclty in the Minnesota massacre. This
they deny and want the contiscated annui
ties poid them before consenting to the
surplus lands being thrown open to settle
ment. Some are inclined to take 81 ,es
with the Indians. while others maintain
that they have taken their aliotments in
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-17
DAKOTA DOINGS.
CONTESTS OF OKATOKY AND OTHER
CONVENTIONS.

The College Boys Declaim at Sioux Falls
Peculiar Proceeding in Court at Huron
Railroad Snash-Othcr News of Gen.
sAral Interest.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-17

stock-Aogs: s4.3oaA.S;;:. cattle, $3.50. m
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-17

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Morning journal and courier., 1889-05-14

w AN ELI.
 A FIRST-CLASS cook and laundress for service A in private family at Short Beach, Conn Apply Tuesday, May 14th, between the hours of one and three at 13 WALL STREET, ml4 lit
Morning journal and courier., 1889-05-14
Son. of Veterans, Encampmen..

MER1DEN, May 13.-The State encamp- ment of the Connecticut division, Sons af Veterans, wes held in this city to-day, with an attendance of about fifty delegates. The reports show $500 in the treasury invested in western loans; twenty-two camps and six hundred and fifty members in the order in the State, and a condition of general pro- fciency.
 Officers of the State of Connecticut Divis- ision were elected ss follows: Colonel, G.. Brainerd Smith, Hartford: lieutenant colonel, H. W. Vessels, Litchfeld; major, F. w. Ingraham, Waterbury; division council, O. Rosenberg, New Britain, ". G. Barber, Mer- iden; representative at large, Ed. Reisel, Hartford; alter nate at large, Captain 0. H. Ostrsnder, Meriden; representative of divis- ion, Captain s. P. Jones, Neriden. Alter nate, J. f. North, Ansonia.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-05-14
Oronin,s statementDen

NEW YORK, May i3.-The following in regard to Dr. Cronin was received in this city tonight from Luke Dillon, prominent member of the Clsn-ns- Gael in Philadelphia:
 Referring to the statement, said to have been made by Dr. Cronin in Toronto that he left Chicago because the Clan-na Gael soci- ety had decided that his life should be taken and appointed man to act as his executionsr, permit me to state that Dr. Cronin never made such as- sertion. The Clan na- Gael society is not murder society. 1t has never decided that any man should part with his life, and has never appointed anyone to act as an execu- tioner Of Dr. Cronin or anybody else. There and Dr. Cronin. On the contrary Dr. Cro- min was one of the most valued members of the societvn
Morning journal and courier., 1889-05-14
Nancy F. Warner.

Nancy Fenn Warner, nee Tomlinson, reliot of the late Wooster Warner, we'll known to the older residents of Waterbury, died at Holland Saturday, aged seventy-seven years. She was an active member of the First Con- gregational church there for many years, but left Waterbury to reside in New Haven soon after the death of her husband in 1873. In New Haven she joined the Dwight Place Congregational church Or. J. E. Twitchsll pastor), and was as active in the work of the ohurch as her failing years would permit. In September last. her health being very poor. she went to Holland in hopes that the change might be beneficial and remained there until her death. She had no children. The late Mary J. Darrow, wife of the late Calvin H. Carter, and Mrs. George Wells of Woon- socket, R. l., were adopted by her, being re- lated. She left no immediate relatives, and with her death the we'll known Beach family of Plymouth ended. Services will be held at the Hall Memorial chapel to-day at 2:3O
Morning journal and courier., 1889-05-14

WANTED.
 A SITUATION by respectable girl to do gen. A- eral housewcrk in a small private fausiIv: good reference. Address "K M14 1tf (iouriar 0f2co
Morning journal and courier., 1889-05-14
Murdered While Intoxicated.

GARDENER, Mass, May 1s.-Mrs. Cathar- inc Cronin, of Westminster, 55 years old was found dead in front of August McIntosh's house, South Gardener, Sunday morning. She bears internal and external marks of violence. John Tighe, of South Gardener, has been arrested for the murder and Mike Glennon, Mcintosh and his wife are held ss witnesses. Mrs. Mcintosh told State Detec- tive Emery and Medical Examiner Sawyer that Tighe dragged Mrs. Cronin down stairs by the throat. Mcintosh notified no one for twelve hours. Officers who watched the body and McIEtosh's house Sunday say that Mrs. Mcintosh appeared very nervous. Glen non, sTighe, Mcintosh and his wife were ar- rested to-day when Judge Fild held Tighe for murder and the others as witnesses for the grand jury at Worcester to morrow. Nothing can be learned from Medical Examiner Saw yer or the officers until after the grand jury hears the case. All were intoxicated, includ. } ing Mrs. Cronin.