Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-18


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i. HI. Wallace returned from Mitchell
Wednesday,
Mrs. j. r. Woodruff OF Alpena diet
last Saturday, of consumption.
Ex-Brother NIcGlashan, OF Grow
Lake. was i'll town lest Monday.
J., Mrs. Catherine Richardson went tc
Mellette This week TO visit her son.
Uerm Miller came over from Alpena
last evening and chatted a While With
the boys.
The storm prevented DIST. Attorney
Converse from coming to the Springs
Wednesday.
The Pioneer w. G. I. U. meets at the
residence CT Mrs L. IL. Ford next
"Wednesday.
Judge Woodruff has been confined to
his room for several days with q very
severe cold.
We acknowledge a pleasant call from
Bro. Blosser of The True Republican,
last evening.
Mr.. Roth's little child is on the sick
list, and Grandma Roth has returned
from Alpena.
Rumor says that Miss Allie Daven-
port of Alpena will soon be deputy for
Treasurer Wallace.
Judge Uackett attended the l. O. O.
L. installation of officers at Alpena last
Saturday evening.
The warm, pleasant, weather prom
Uses to remove all traces of the recent
storm in q very few days.
Rob't Vesseys little son Harry has
been seriously i'll during the past few
days, but is now recovering.
We are assured that a commodious
hotel will be erected in Washington
Springs as soon as spring opens.
All the schools and teachers in the
county are on the qai 7i1 over the
spelling contest soon TO be held.
Judge Hackett received {. very fine
present from home enc day this week.
Call on him and he show you what it
was.
Atty Gunderson, after having been
knocked out" for a couple Of weeks
by rusty nail, is again in the business
arena.
Whist is the popular evening amuse-
ment at present, and Washington
Springs is said to have some excellent
players.
Sheriff Mcdonald was SO well pleased
with the success Of his first official I'M
dertaking that he forgot to charge his
own fees.
On account Of the storm this week,
the l. o. G. y. entertainment has been
postponed until Wednesday evening
of next week.
Everybody in town, excepting viii
Housed, is talking about a wedding
which the knowing ones say will occur
in the near future.
G. n. Hall, the harness-mal.er is the
busiest man in town. His rush Of
work keeps his awl and needle rcine
both day and night.
Register Whitney has discovered
that the speed he exercised IN the race
for office must now be duplicated to
keep up with the work.
On Wednesday all the stage lines 60
ing out from Washington Springs were
blocked with snow, and no mails eth
er came IN or went out.
Mr.. Chas. England, Of Harmony
township, was a guest at the Wood
burn House during the storm Of wind
and snow of Wednesday.
A new sign that approaches, in size
TO a quarter section OF land, now coy
ers part of Judge Hackett's "front''
and announces Real Estate Office"
Prof Cornwall's lecture at She NJ. e.
Church Tuesday evening was well at
tended, considering the heavy snow
storm which prevailed at the time.
This has been dry week for news
items and rye local" has been forced to
rustic about like Methodist coptribu-
ton box to make a respectable collec-
ton.
Several Of the Washington Springs
young people are making progress in
studying the German language under
the instruction of Miss Burg. Of the
seminary.
Miss Ellie Crow. was elected organist
OF the NJ. e.. Sunday School at this
place last Sabbath. Miss Crow is a
good musician and will lie credit to
the school. ;:
Orders for McGuffey's spoilers should
be sent to j. f.. Wicl1s, Washington
Springs, instead Of T.. K.Luke. The
announcement in last weeks HERALD
was an error.
At a meeting held in the office of @.
C, Woodruff last SATURDAY.. MesSrs n