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, 1889-08-08
= Hard Fight Coming.

Thu talk is that the fight which was
waged for four hours against the veto
power given tO the governor is ended
and the article a.. the executive depart
ment and pardoIinl power will be adant
ed as amended aud without debate. Bot
there is another fight oD the taris aud
it will withDnt doubt he the hardest bal
tie wageI 80 far daring the eonventi' II.
The report OF Tie committee on state,
county aud municipal Indebtedness will
be considered in Il committee of the
whole.
This article, many mem GERS tbiuk, Is
that The majority of people will be uu-
able to understand its provisions. There
are many ideas in regard to Just how the
article should read, and it is evident
that there viii !;e much difficulty exre-
rienced IN securing it's passage. A prom
! inent delegate said iHat there was {, O
apparent an effort displayed in the
wording of the article.
of contention between two di tinct par
ties, aud both are well prepared for the
coming fray. In the majority report the
right is given COUNTIES To subsiGize cor
porations or associations upon two
thirds of the taxpayers voting therefor.
This report meets with the approval of
tue Waia Walla delegation and will be
a Walla Waila iigh right through. This
county desires 10 bond the county to the
amount OF $250,0G0 for the completion
of the Hunt railroad. The Hunt line
will be : n anBex to tie Northern Pacific
road and that corporation has an active
lobby in the field. Crowley of Walla
Walla will be the leader iD the fight to
secure the adoption OF this section.
A minority report sigued by Chairman
j. J. Brown, OF Spokane, absolutely pro-
hibits n county from loaning its cred
it or money TO any company or corpora
ton. This fight il being cked by a
number of outside delegates and the
Oregon Railway & Navigation company,
to whose lines this rev company will
run in opposition.
There are rumors OF doodle" in the
air. but il is hHFi To say whether this
comes ON an autheutic source or not.
The preamble and declaration OF rights
will not be considered Until the end of
the session. The preamble is thought
by many 10 be too indefinite in it's word
ing.
, 1889-08-08
Suicide.

While u party of gentlemen were
driving in from Discovery Thursday af-
ternoon they noticed a man lying on a
slab pile where the roads lead to Tib-
bals' Lake Park. Their first impression
was that the man was drunk, but one of
the gentlemen noticed a pistol in his
hand. The horses were stopped and the
men aligbted aud found that the man
Lad shot himself through the temple,
the ball entering the right side and
lodged under the skin op the opposite
side. The man was breathing when
found though his brains we're ooZiDg
out through the hole in his head. He
made one or two spasmOdic movements
OF the head. In his pockets we're found
papers which make it probable that he
is Jerry Lewis of Oregon. The weapon
used was British bull dog 45 caIibre.
Before the man shot himself be visited
Tibbals Lake PARK and met Hill, the
driver, and threatened him with death
if he did not pay him $50 which lie in
sisted Hill owed him. a young lad who
was present siezsd the mans arms and
Hill jumped on a horse aud rode in
town aud obtained a warrant for his ar
rest. Deputy. Sheriff Jones started for
the park but before reaching there
learned that the man had shot himself.
The coroner brought the body into
town and placed it in the court house,
where an inquest will be held at nine
o'clock this morning.
\ large number OF people viewed the
remains, and many OF them remembered
him as having worked at his trade, that
of carpenter, with B. y. Boone, the man
engaged in raising buildings. Mr.. Boone
states that the man did not use intoxi-
eating liquors TO excess. He had not
seen him for week, and was not aware
that he had been on spree.
, 1889-08-08
HIS ASSAILANT ARRESTED

This city has excitements in spurts
for two weeks we may not have local
worth reporting, then for two or three
days there will be plenty to write about
Yesterday was one of the days when
events ii the criminal line were trying
to bull the market.
About 8 O'clock last night man
named Paysen, formerly mate on the
MoguI and Evangel was insulted by q
man in the bar room of the Cosmo,
politan hotel. Paysen demonstrated
with the man, who was a stranger to
him, and told him he must retract OF
fight. At this moment man named
Fitzgerald applied vile epithet to
Paysen, and the latter promptly knocked
him down. The man who first wran-
gled with him had not been struck, but
he drew an ordinary clasp knife from
his pocket, and, sneaking up behind
Payson, plunged the knife into his alb
domen, and Immediately closed the
knife and threw it behind the bar. Pay
sen walked to the street bleeding, and
meeting Fred Dyer said: q guess they
have fixed me-" He was bleeding ter
ribly, and his intestines were protruding
from the gaping wound. Marshal De
lany came up at the time and arrested
the man who did the cutting Payson
was taken to the Marine Hospital, and,
Dr. Glennan being away, he was brought
to DIR. Merkler's office, where, assisted
by DIR. Capron, the wound III his alb
domen was sewn up. The wound IN his
thigh was found to be about three and
one half inches deep, and about one
inch long. The man was suffering great
ly from loss of blood. but was made as
comfortable as possible. \ bed was ar
ranged in the Office and trends watched
through the night. While seriously in
jured, the doctors think that he will
live.
Alexander James, of Discovery, the
, 1889-08-08

because he uau SUrucK Il IrIenu OIL ms.
Another of the men implicated was
locked up by Officer Stone.
, 1889-08-08

New Stevens Steel Frame Adjustable Spring
Tooth Harrow, a Winona Steel Plow, any size,
aRnsselI & Co. Thresher, Engine, or Saw Mill,
sizes to suit, call on the undersigned for prices
and terms, and get the very best in the market
at the lowest figures.
Feb slwtf OLIVER WOOD, AGENT
t3stE ~ PoRF Townsend, W. T.
, 1889-08-08
How Doth the Busy Bee.
A Crank Advises the Delegates.
OIYNIPIA LnlX 81 1889.


The members of the convention were
b. til amused AID entertained this MORN
ing. 4 letter was received by Hon. John
T. Hoyt as president of the conventional
and which was rend to the convention.
1t was signed ''Shilo," but l am inform
ed that it was written by former in
mate of the asy lum at Steiiaco,'m.
As an indication that the writer means
business. the ielter begins as follows:
This Is no flash letter, you know the
writer and ne knows you" "Shilo" is
severe upon the newspapers of this ter
ritory. Doubtless he is like subscriber
who has been asked TO pay his subscrip-
tion, iudging from The following Ian
guage: "Tbe constitutional convention
, 1889-08-08
Man Overheard.

At about the time the tight was taking
place in the Cosmopolitan, Il man EN-
ployed on the Mogul fell overheard at
Quincy street dock. He was stepping
from the boat to the wharf when the
boat moved from the dock. and caused
him TO miss the wharf. The man was
smoking a clay pipe when he went
in the water, and had the pipe in
his mouth as he was pulled out by i com
panion, who was standing on the wharf.
, 1889-08-08
CcrGaer's Verdict.

We, tie jury empanelied TO inquire
into the facts concerning the death of
Jere Lewis, find that the deceased came
to death by Il pistol shot from his own
hand.
L. S. FOWLER, Foreman,
CHAs. IL. JOKES.
JAMES GILMoRE,
THOMAS BRACKEN,
+. IL, WooDLEY,
J.J. WYCKoFF, Coroner.
Aug. 3D., 1889.
, 1889-08-08

Mitchell, lac pue.!;s;, says he viii
never come To America agaiu. We
should be grateful 10 bim If he would
give ns some better seenriiy than mere
assertion, that he intends TO keep good
his promise. We VIII try to worry
along somehow without him.
, 1889-08-08

A man of war, mounted on aeavy
trucks aud drawn by long string ot
oxen. passed through Centralia the
other morning.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-08
Important Mai, Changes.

General Superintendent Bell, of the rail-
way mail service, has made public an inn
portant change in the transcontinental fast
mail service that will take effect Noyem-
Der IL, 1889. 1t is no less than reducing
the time from New York to San Francisco
to los hours, an | As miautes. q wing
of III hours. and the time from San
Francisco to New York has been reduced
to Ill hours and 80 minutes, that is, four
days aud fifteen and one-half hours
saving of nine and one-half hours, Ar
rival at both ends will be in the morning
instead OF evening. which means gain of
full day over the schedule which went
into effect May 4. In both directions the
service for all large cities will be adjusted
TO unite With the transcontincntal train at
either hicago, Council Bluffs or Omaha.
SO that the advantages will be reflected
throughout the entire east and west,
There will be no change in cars west of
Omaha. The new arrangement carries
with 1t some very important features, as
the general superintendent of railway mail
service will hereafter have the right to fix
the schedule from ocean to ocean, pro-
videl ii is not made faster than the quick
est limited passenger trains over the same
lines
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-08

A passenger on the Wabash road was
partially derailed near Kellars, Ind. The
express messenger, engineer, fireman and
baggagemaster were severely but not dan
gerously injured. The passengers escaped
with shaking up There is heavy grade
where the accident occurred and the train
was running forty miles an hour, when the
engineer saw the switch was partly
thrown. He Immediately applied the air
brakes, but there was no time to check the
train. After the accident an investigation
showed that the switch lock had been bro
ken by train wreckers, the boulder with
which the lock was pounded being found
near by.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-08

issued in exchange FOR certain consolidated
bonds, and had been numbered to CORE
spond with the outstanding consols. In
many cases the fraudulent numbers were
duplicated and in one case the same num-
Der used three times. The grand jury
found fifteen ortwcntv indictments against
Burke, the state treasurer. including
breach of trust. cmbezzlement and forgery,
and five against other parties. including
two against w. A. Cockerton, formerly
Burkcs private secretary. The investlga-
ton is still going on.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-08
FOR ENFORCEMENT.
ADDRESS TO DaNoTANs BY THE
NEW LEAGUE.

fun Text of the Circular Letter just Is
,ued Col. King on the Reservation
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Pettigrew i'm WASH
furton-Othcr Dakota News.
The following circular letter has just
been issued by the Enforcement League:
To the People of South Dakota: The
South Dakota Enforcement League sends
greeting and congratulations to the people
of the commonwealth over the matchless
victory recently gained in putting prohibi-
ton into the organic law OF the state.
Than this no grander moral achievement
was ever witnessed. either i'll this or any
other land South Dakota leads the world
in this respect, and every citizen should be
proud of her. be his politics or religion
what they may. We say, she has done
magnificently. God bless her! The nom
partisan prohibition organization, having
served the purpose for which 1t was crea-
ted, has now ceased to exist, except for the
settlement of it's financial obligations, and
is succeeded by the South Dakota En-
forcement league, which was formed on
the 18th inst, and whose officers were
elected at Huron six days later. The OBJ
jects of the league are:
l. To promote and crystalize healthy
public sentiment which shall guarantee
to the state the highest possible achieve
ment of the prohlbitory principle.
2. 10 aid i'll the securement of the most
stringent AMI effective legislation touching
every phase OF the question, and
3. o lend to our civil officers. both
executive and judicial. such encourage
ment and assistance as the emergencies of
the times may demand.
We commend this new organization to
every loyal citizen and to every lover of
the home throughout the state. We ask
you to joint. We urge You to lend it
your influence, your time and your means
to IL limited extent. If the 39,5O9 men
who, at the late election. voted For con-
stitutiona prohibition, yes, together with
their wives and children, will now put
themselves squarely into line with the
present movement, not only will prohibi-
ton be a principle in our organic law. but.
what is even better. 1t will shortly become
an actual fact in our experiences as peo-
pie. "A strong pull, and long pull, and
a pull altogether cannot fail to give us q
complete victory. In the name OF the
home and in the name Of the church and
the commonwealth we demand this victory
at your hands. The eyes of the whole
country are upon you. BE true. BE brave.
Eeirresstible. And it shall again be said
of our state, Behold what South Dakota
has cone!" Yours for clean state,
WILLIAM FIELDER, President.
f. ENGTI.u Sanrotory
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-08
Was Milton the Robbers

Harry Milton, the night clerk in the Far
go postotice, is either playing deep-laid
game, or is the victim of bold burglars.
The other night the second act in the
drama occurred, and restless Harry is
nursing a;wounded left arm. He claims
that on being awakened by noise he in
vestigated with his revolver in hand, and
was confronted by a man who shot at him
four times at close range. The man
jumped through the window, five bullets
from Harry's pistol going after him. There
was belief that Harry was the real bur-
glar at the first attack several days ago,
and now many think that hearing of this
dlstrust he thought to create sympathy for
himself by inficting the wound. The
postot1ice inspector, S. p. Guilds, is inyes
tigating the case, and definite develop
ments are looked for soon.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-08
TO INTEREST DAKOTA READERS,
Dakota Railway Tax Cases.

A late Bismarck dispatch says: COM
Hlication OF considerable magnitude with
reference to what are known as the gross
earnings tax cases." is likely to arise out of
the transition from territorial existence to
statehood in North Dakota. The gross
earnings tax cases involve several hundred
thousand dollars of taxes alleged to be due
from the Northern Pacific Railroad company
to the counties along it's line of road. At
the test case at jamestown last spring AL
fred Wallin. one of the newly elected judges
OF the supreme court appeared for the rail-
road. and j. NJ. Bartholomew, also one of
the newly elected judges, appeared for the
counties. Judge Rose decided against the
railroad, and the cases were appealed to the
supreme court of the territory. At the re-
cent session of the supreme court, held at
Dcadwood, the judges concluded not to de-
eide the cases and to rallow them to stand
for adjudication by the incoming supreme
court OF North Dakota. AS Judges Barthol-
omew and Wallin are both incapacitated
from deciding the cases, the only remaing
Judge who can sit is Judge Corliss, of Grand
Forks, and he alone is not a majority of the
supreme bench.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-08
Collected for Quick Digestion.

ACTING SECRETARY BATcHE1LrR has
appointed Milton NJ. Holland, CT Wash
inston. chief OF a division in the auditors
office of the treasury department. Mr..
Holland is well known colored lawyer.
A LARGE proportion of the bushes
part of Port Leyden. N. Y, place of
1000 inhabitants, was burned. Loss,
100000; insurance, 100000
TEE Shortage OF Brown university funds
On account Of the operations of ex-Regis-
Ter G. P. Robinson, is found by an expert
accountant to be s1G,0 0n instead of So. 900
or $4,000, as at first reported.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-08
To p,aca,c the so,,a,v Men.

The latest from the Chickasaw Indian
nation says the convention of squaw men
called to memorlalize congress to allot the
Chickasrw lands in severalty and give the
NATION territorial government has been
postponed at ths request of Gov. Bird,
who promises to urge the Chickasaw legis-
lature to repeal the DISTINGUISHING amend
ment of the constitution and restore to
the squaw men all their former rights if
they will cease their agitation of the ques-
ton of allotment and territorial govern
ment
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-08
The Ncws Condensed.

HE Milwaukee !Scntinelis authority iol
the statement that the Milwaukee railroad
people ale busying themselves over the
preliminaries looking to the building OF
branch lines from Chamberlain to Sturgs
and Hot Springs in the Black Hilsl. SIM
infamous with the opening of the Sioux
reservation will come the active work OF
building west by this company. It's imm
grafton department will work hard this
winter to get up a boom upon the opening
OF the reservation.
GOV. MELLETTE has appointed the fol-
lowing persons, all members of the Farm
ers' alliance. as the legal representative
OF Dakota to the Farmers congress. to be
held at Montgomery. Ala: Hon. George
u. Crosse, OF Aberdeen; Hon. A. d. Chase.
OF Wstertown; Hon. G. II. Myers, of Red.
held; Hon. j. II. Patten, of Carthage. anc
Hon. H. H. Sheets, OF Esmond.
j. G. DUFFEY. of the Dakota ASrieu.-
tnral college, read paper on forestry il
Dakota, at the eighth annual convention
OF the American Forestry congress, re-
Gently IN session in Philadelphia.
IHE suit of clothes in which Gov. Mel
Ae''o was recently 1naugurated at fleiie
was made from cloth manufactured il
the Sioux Falls wooden mills from WOO
grown on the backs of South Dakota
sheep. The suit was manufactured by
Fred Hoyt, of Watertown.
LEVI RoNcHo got his foot caught in {.
frog in the Northern Pacific yards at Dick
lnson. and was thrown in such position
as to force one of his arms under the
wheels OF passing train. The membes
was fnghtfully mangled and had to he
taken OFT by a surgeon.
=. MUAiMERT, for years manager Of the
Waterloo Mattress and Parlor Goods CON-
pany at Waterloo, Iowa. has established Il
factory of that kind at Sioux Falls.
HE amount paid by the Methodist
Episcopal church, during the conference
year just closed for preachers salaries II
southeast Dakota is as follows: Water
town district, $15,O3S; Aberdeen district.
Sl3, 4S3; Huron district, $l3,l63; Slous
rails district, $12,SOO; Mitchell district
$40. 23O; total, $64,
UPON the recommendation of Congress
man Hall, Postmaster Coshun, of Brisblne'
resigns in favor of Charles Bartholomew.
W. 1. Elliott, postmaster at Tennis, h! "
county, resigns and recommends George =
Borch.
The Ethan cheese factory Las sha'
down.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-08
CHICAGO.

nsoHsa y qa a. steady choice to extra
ers ard feeders, sls5@2.9o; cows, bulls aud
mixed, sl.25sS2. 50; Texas cattle, sl.5Oaa. 80 /;
~ Aogs- N .s strong; mixed, ss.s5@4.15;
s3.OON3.9O.
sheep-M,srket unchanged; natives s2.75a
lambs, S4..5a5.75.
Produce-Flour quiet and steady; winter
wheat, S2oOa4.40 spring, 1915 500; rye, $40
gg2.75. Wheat, October, 79c; December $3.50 !;
May, Sc Corn. steady; October and Decem.
ber 1880; May, 2lslc. Rye, 414c. Barley,
S1.373e. N'''
Proyisions-pork, steady October, s1o75
January. $3.50 Shoulders, $3.50 4.6211 short
clear, s5.5o.45.G2la short ribs, October. $500
Butter 70 q shade stronger;, creamery, l5@25c /;
dairy ie zoe Cheese, dull; full cream ched-
95aM10c GEgss, steady; fresh, 17GJ1Bltc.
Hldes,Stesdy. 1ighS and green heavy sailed
SC seted bull, 4:.c ;'groen salted calf, 5lac dry
cons. each. zoe
Tallow-Stendy No. /, solid packed, 4c No.
g. 315c cake, Axe.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-08
Trouble in tho Neutral str,n.

A special from Wichita. Kan, says: S.
NJ. Forenoon arrived here day from Bea-
yer City, No Mans Land. He reports a
bad state OF affairs in the neutral strip.
Trouble has been brewing between the
settlers and the Scotch cattle syndicate.
Last week the settlers set fire to the syn
dicates range which destroyed every YES
tige of food for cattle. Forenoon says the
cattle have already begun to die of starva-
ton, ana he anticipates an enormous loss.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-08
Prayed 1t Fine on Edwin Booth.

Edwin Booth has been once more i'm
posed upon, and the postotfice authorities
are searching for swindler who by means
OF q forged letter duped the actor
out OF $1,000. Emanuel Lederer was
manager for Booth during the actors tour
IN Germany and has ever since kept up q
correspondence with him. During Booths
San Francisco engagement last spring he
received letter which purported to be
written by Mr.. Lederer, claiming that the
writer was laid up with fever in Stockton.
CAL, unable to move on account of money
troubles. Mr.. Booth immediat Ell , sent
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-08
Railway Extension prospccts.

Messrs. Whitman. Hallenbeck, McCul-
Tough. Burke, and other high officials of the
Northwestern road, have arrived in Pierre
They are supposeat to be abot to close up the
contract by which the Northwestern turns
over in fee simple their reserve situated on
Capitol hill as gift TO the city for the erec-
ton of capitol buildings. There are twenty
acres. valued at Sl50.O0O, in the heart of the
city. on the most convenient site, on which
the city has never assessed taxes under an
agreement had for years with the company,
should the capital be located at Pierre. The
officers also inspected their other property.
and are said to have picked out locations for
new depot and grounds for division head
quarters near the boat landing and bridge
approach, upon which work will be COM
menced. preparatory to bridging and extend
ing the road through to the Black Hills in
the spring. They seem to mean business
now.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-08
Disposition of Military Supple.

Brigadier- General Carpenter, OF Waite,
town, who is chief of supplies for sou,
Dakota's militia, has received the last nor
ton of the division of the supplies be
longing to North and South Dako,a
They consist of $40 Enfield breech loaders
$4,000 cartridges and 5000 bullets. O
these the cadet rifles We're sent to the COL
lege at Brookings. also ITO with full ae.
coutlements were shipped to the college a,
Vermillion. These rifles are indepenisp,
of those now in the hands of the rpsala
militia.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-08
LYucl,c-s .ir,.estcd

About two weeks ago a man named Ber-
ries killed his mother-in- law at Lexington,
n. c., and on being captured was lynched.
Solicitor Long Las made affidavit before
Judge Phillip on which twenty of the
lynchers have been arrested. Some of the
ringleaders have fed.