Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-11-21
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1'o'' 3Sots' Sole cted Here an. 49,
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MEMO is to have a flonr;n
least S12, 900 back of it. ''g mill wi,
The net receipts of tho l..
fair at Deadwoed are an a GA aate Cath
The band boys at Sioux EaS w. 100
ing a series OF dances at Germ aI,s are
A Mrs. EVANS, at YANKEE 'n'a h
tied by number of Yanktounn,, was
bic ladies Thursday l last chart
found to be in destitute con.,! she
ing In one small room with huae1lon,
children, the eldest being on,l nve SIN
OIL ,',a ;, nhe was provided for in a "; yea
foad nr f and y, viii not suffer for wao os
IN canvassing the vote Of ~.
%aro at Sioux Falls it was d; Sne Fly
that on governor there wo,o ulscoVer,
recorded, while for clerk Of ~ oa s44 vot
states attorney there was f foui al
OF sixty votes in each Office. i M
missioners sent for the judges - dn 09 COZ
but they could not explain Tho =, eectid
the shortage. The ballots v wa reason
taken from the box and connt sdfe thd
numbered 442 in all, two sbou. The
number of names on tho no,l l OF
The citizens of Doland fclt 60
over the big vote E. B. Korns po ~ goa
over the county that on w pI,led
morning they procured an onan un S
and put a barber chair in il and ougg
it up in front of his Office. Rofopp ald
knew what was going on tbev v'o n,,
him up bodily and placed b;,, plcke
chair. About twenty men 1o .a1.n IN m IN
the rooe and pulled him up and down nu,u 10 .
street, amid the cheering of spect a IN
on the sidewalks. spectator
JAMESTOWN Alert: Farmers ~ -.
county are doing good deal ~ ,n.i
blowing and expect to get the limit lin IA n
land in crop next spring. The , nnns1 o
feeling that cycle of wet wears rs"1 III
been entered upon has revived o, Ma1
dence in the productivcness of oun .o sai,
and the farmers are getting in shan WI
receive the full benefit of these "p noa :.
crop years. From now until the fr nsyy]
up, which may be expected in ten dar]
or two weeks. there will be a arsd
amount of land turned over. -" "
A DEADwooD cook took an onnoo :,
laudannm Saturday night, then a doc,o y.
made him take an cmetic, and nov taa
would-bc-suicide will probably sury;vo
The cause of the suicide is said to y NJ
blighted and spurned Infection. The o Nv
jcct of his alteration is a woman KNOW
as Swedc Lena. According to Lena
story, Sprague was jealous of another
fellow, and insisted on an immedia,a
marriage. he told her that she mus,
either marry him or become his wife and
if She refused both of these alternatives
he would make blue, cold, clammv
corpse of himself. Lena stood nat, how
ever, and informed him that she would
not marry q man who smoked cigarettes
Sprague accordingly filled his freck|cG
hide full of laudanum.
MAYOR PECK and a band of notice
raided two gambling houses in Sion,
Falls the other night, capturing the IN
bles, poker chips, faro tables and all tn,
complicated devices known to the ..pro
fesh."
TRACY PRATT, of Pierre, makes the
statement that the capital campaign jus,
closed has been the most costly eve,
seen in the west. Both Huron and
Pierre went early into the field and
worked with all the latent power, phys.
ically and financially, in them to vii
the fight. Gin tho campaign" SAID Mr..
Pratt, ''of 1889, Pierre spent $50, 600.
This year our bills will foot up 5000, 900,
and | really believe that Huron's cam.
paign cost them more. There is one
consolation, the money was all spent ir
South Dakota"
"THE KNEES DAUGHTERS" of Yank
ton, are caring for Mrs. Evans and hcl
children. Mrs. Evans once lived hap
PLY with her husband in Lincoln county
Several months ago the man left he
ostensibly to find work, but she heart
not word from him until week since
when she discovered that he was at O
near Gayville, in this county. Sh
managed in some way to go to Gayvill
and there found him, but with anothe
wife and family. He had secured
divorce from his first wife and marrie
the divorced wife of another man. Mrs
Evans came back to her little ones an
her humble home. sadder but wiser.
SINCE Pierre secured the capital, plan
and specifications for several new build
ings have been drawn, among them bein
fine residences for G. Fl. Watson and
Il. Nye, work on which will begin a
once.
TIMBER AGENT SMITH has been calle
from Deadwood to Washington in con
nection with the recent examination
made by him of. Black Hills timber DEF
relations. 1t is evidently the intentio
OF the government to try and convic
those guilty of violating the timber law
in that section.
JOHN COGUL is wanted in Deadwoo
for stealing an overceat and watch an
for small sums Of money that he boz
rowed.
The Pullman car works has ordere
$12, 900 worth of.thc chain mortising ma
chimes which will soon be manufacture
in Sioux Falls.
A WORKMAN engaged in cutting off tn
piles on the Elkhorn grade in Chinatown
Deadwood, had his thumb nearly cut O
by slip of the saw.
GEORGE FINNERTY, q conductor on tn
keokuk electric street railway, met wit
q painful accident which resulted in tn
complete paralysis of his left leg. H
was adjusting the trolly rope when
passenger accidentally hit the motto
crank, turning on the current and Civ
ing the conductor frightful shock.
Rev. CHARLES POTTER visited Wolse
for the purpose of examining the arte
sian we'll at tbof r1ooo 1,,s<i, n 1,;oxu n