Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-06-21

-Criss Spears is sick, but We hcpe
hot seriously.
-Campmeeting closed at about IL
o'clock Wednesday evening.
MIR. T.. G. Wilson and family
visited the camp ground on Monday.
MIR. Bennett lost a valuable watch
dog last week, by its accidentally get
ting poison.
DIR. Melcher was at TIE Springs
Monday as witness in the final proof of
John Evans.
Miss Addie knieriem will spend
her vacation at the home Of Miss Berg
In Burlington, Iowa
-Mesdames Miles and Spears at
tended this district w G L U at ST.
Lawrence this week.
George Whitney won the last prize
medal in the Demorest temperance
contest at Alpena last week.
Dent forget to come to MIR. llllls
sale of horses and cattle at Messing
ton Springs one week from tomorrow.
We received an excellent commu-
nj cation from cherry township that is
crowded over until next week, when it
will appear.
-Editor Shatfer's wife has gone to
her old home in Iowa, in the hopes
that the change would bring back her
former health.
-Messrs Ed Dodd and Ed Campbell
departed Tuesday for Webster to at
tend the territorial encampment OF
the l. 0. G. L.
MIR. Beels and wife have taken
trip to Pierce county Nebraska, in the
hope that the trip may be a benefit TO
Mrs. Beels health.
". I. Converse made the HERALD
office pleasant call on Wednesday.
MIR. Converse will be Orator OF the
Day" at Waterbury, July Fourth.
Samuel MaTlenee of Jerauld coun-
ty is one of the carpenters working on
Ed Welch's store. This is his first
visit since we got the artesian we'll and
he is completely gone on it,'-lieteher
Blade,
Mr.. J. G. Tolliemire resident of
Mason City. Iowa, has been here on a
visit to his uncle y. L. Totllemire
Mir. j. G. Tofllelnire is travelling sales
man for G. f. Burgess cigar house,
Mason city, Iowa.
Maud Campbell is at home again
after years absence at Clark, Oak,
where she has been attending school,
staying with her father who breaches
FOR the Congregational Society at that
place.
MARR1ED-Tuesday, June 18th, at
kaukauna, WIS. Mr.. Henry Seward
Cooke and Miss Fanny lnogene Riddle.
The bride in well and favorably known
at Washington Springs, and host OF
friends here will wish her God-speed.
There will be a meeting of the
stockholders of the Jerauld county
Agrl. Society a. Washington Springs
Saturday June 80. There is some very
important business which needs i'm
mediate attention. Come and see. by
request of the Secretary, j w THOMAS
The number of students enrolled at
the Seminary during the last year was
ninety-nine. The calendar Tor 1885
and 1890 are as follows: Fall term
September, II to December 5th, winter
term December 10 to March Is. Spring
term March % to June IL with one
weeks vacation at the holidays.
"A decision has at last been
reached in the case of Brown vs. Bate
man. damages by prairie fire, in which
the referee, S A Ramsey found that
Brown was entitled to $4,000 damages
together with the costs of the action
We also learn that the cases of Phil
lips and Bennett VS. Bateman are dis
posed of in like manner.
!, We learn that seventeen counties
in South Dakota were represented at
the Free Methodist campmeeting last
week. and Iowa by three tents. The
encampment consisted OF thirty one
tents and few covered wagons. PEG.
pie here from a distance were well
pleased with Washington Springs and
the treatment they received at the
hands Of its people We were fur.
;nished with list of the ministers in
nttndance but space prevents its pub.
LEGATION.
We read that a Hand county boy
had received the appointment, on a
competitive examination, to the An
:napolls nayalischool. 1t now transpires
that it is Jerauld county hoy, George
Sickler, son of our commits
sioner Sickler who received the
commission from delegate Mathews
George, who is attending school at