Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-06-28
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BROUGHT By WIRE.
| Gov. Beaver and the flood committee
met the finance committee of the citizens
rolief committee at Johnstown few days
since end discussed the situation. The COM
| mittee presented list Of their wants and
after canvassing the demands the COM
mission authorized the immediate pur-
chase of 500 OF the Chicago ready made
houses on its account and also the erection
of all store buildings that may be asked for
by the local merchants. The executive
officers of the state board ofhealth have is
sued bulletin which reports a gradual
Improvement in the health of the Borough.
| There have been no cases of contagious
disease at the general hospital. but one
fatal case OF diphthcria ut the Red Cross
| hospital. and one other case.
| The Chinese dramatic company. of San
| Francisco. has engaged the Windsor thea
ter. New York. for a two ks'Icngage-
ment. and great flaming red posters are
| up everywhere in Mott street. The Chi
nese women who have been shut up in
their little homes away from the eyes Of
men hive determined to attend the per-
formanc in body. 1t is question which
will be the grca:er attraction. the gailv
dressed Chinese ladies in the bo-es or the
gorgeonsly attired .ctors upon he stage.
The company is to play their hadng ma
tional drama. called Hi Lon Tar Moo" or
The Royal Slave and Filial Love"
1t is learned a: Boston that the author
lied agent OF the English syndicate, re-
Gently made proposition to al the great
RoSbury brewers. which. If accepted. will
rive the Englishmen possession. The
6rewerics which it is proposed t. purchase
aggregate a valuation of from A.OOO,O0O to
S7.O0o0O0. Whether this purchase will be
made is as yet an open question
The returns from the recen; Pennsyl-
vania election show that tn. suffrage
amendment providing for the abolition OF
the 5o-cent poll tax qualification is defeat
ed by decided majority.
The second section of thu mail train
west-bound on the Pan Handle road was
wrecked while passing New Cumberland
junction. Penn. ]. H. Payne and L. H.
Rainhart. postal clerks. were killed out
right. Conductor Burris and Postal Clerk
Bolton were SO badly injured thft they will
die. seneral others received injuries. The
cause of the accident is not known.
"A Duluth special says the steamship
City of Cleveland and the schooner John
Martin are ashore at Two Har5ers, badly
damaged.
Gen. Lucian Fairchild. of Wisconsin,
has notified the president that he will ac-
cept the place on the Cherokee ,ommis-
sion. He will meet the other members of
the commission in a few days.
The secretary has received telegram
from the United States minister at Con
stantinople saying that the sultan donates
200 pounds Turkish money for the relief of
the flood sufferers.
The government officers have started a
series Of investigations Of the manyIcrimes
committed in the famous neutral strip,
during the past several months, which has
resulted in the arrest Of two men for muir
der. The action of the government is
watched with considerable curiosity by the
people. as it is likely more arrests of an
important character will shortly follow
Heretofore all crimes committed in the
neutrrl strip have gone unpublished.
Much interest is felt in the re ult of
eight cases arising out of the East Lee
Hood. which are come up in the superior
court at Pittsfeld. Mass. The cases are
especially interesting at this time. as they
involve the same question as the flood
damage cases ut Johnstown, Pa. viz: The
l nj fho
Gam which broke away and washed out
the village. Attorney General Waterman
and Senator Dawes are among the counsel
in the cases.
Hannah Hertland. q young woman of
Iloga, Ill. was found unconscious in a.
livery stable. recently. She had been
working for her brother in Quincy, and
walked thirty miles to Tioga. She showed
signs OF insanity and her parents. assisted
! by other Ignorant people. stuck pins all
over her body to drive away the spirits.
The girl was bound and gagged and carried
thirty miles to Carthage. She was taken to
Jail for medical attendance, where
hundreds OF pins were extracted from her
person.
-Four farmers.were drowned near Eldo-
RADIO. Kansas. by sudden flood.
Benjamin Foster and Robert Smiley
while rowing in a boat in New York harbor.
were capsized and drowned.
Fire originating in Cushing's machine
shops, Jersey City. N. j., destroyed build
ing to the value of 100000.
The schooner Warrior of Boston has
been seized by Canadian authorities for
having on board barrel of oil not on her
manifest.
The training ship Constellation. with
tho Annapolis cadets on board. went
aground one mile east OF Cape Henry. She
did not go to pieces as feared.
James Wait, a collector for a Kansas
City pork packer. who Disappeared with
saoo belonging TO his employer. issupposed
to have been murdered by negroes
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WESTERN P-lR1GR.1pHs
Tho marriage is just announced Of G..
f. Jestus, wool merchant OF Heplor Kan.