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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-18
THE CONCERNS OF SOUTH DAKOTA.

Decision in a Somewhat Peculiar Case.
The supreme court of South Dakota re-
Gently handed down a decision in the some
what peculiar case of Benedict d. Co. Va.
Ralya. The plaintiff in the case. a whole
sale clothing house, attached the goods of
the defendant, who was o retail dealer at
Willow Lake. The defendant, as a reason
for not being able to pay the plaintiff,
claimed that he had put 81, 500 in the waste
basket for safe keeping and that his wife
in kindling the fire had burned up the con-
tents of the waste basket, including the
$1,000. The motion to dissolve the attach
ment was tried before Judge j. O.Andrews,
at Brookings, being one of the first cases
before him. Counsel for the plaintiff
appeared and opposed the motion to dis
solve upon the grounds that the action
being II Clark county case the court sitting
in chambers at Bookings had no jurisdic-
ton to entertain the motion, and that on
the merits the attachment should be sus-
tanned. The circuit judge held hat it had
Jurisdiction, and that while there were
some features of defendants conduct
peculiar, particularly the claim that his
wife burned up his money, yet that strictly
under the statute no sufficient grounds for
an attachment had been shown to have e1-
listed at the time of the suing out of the
attachment. The supreme court sustains
Judge Andrews both as to the question OF
jurisdiction and on the merits of the case.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-18
IN FAVOR oFTHE ROADS.

Georgia's Supreme Court Renders a De-
cision in the Sleeping Car Tax Case.
The supreme court of Georgia has
rendered q decision which is of interest to
railroads and sleeping car companies. It
is in the famous sleeping car tax case, and
affirmed the decision of the superior court
in granting an injunction restraining the
comptroller general from collecting this
tax for this year. The late legislature, it
will be remembered, imposed a tax upon
every railroad company that pulled over it's
road sleeping cars upon which taxes
are not payed for pulling such cars in each
of the years of 1889 and 1890, and enacted
that if any railroad company should fail to
pay the license on or before the 1st of
October in each year, the comptroller gen.
eral should issue an execution against said
defaultlng company. This act, which i'm
posed the duty of paying the tax on or be-
fore the LIST Of October, did no become
law until Nov. -. 1889. The supreme
court holds that the judge of the superior
court does right in restraining the collec-
ton of the tax for 1889, holding that
whether the tax be valid or not it is not
colleatable by execution before October /
next after the passage of the act.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-18
IS THIS A RLuEE2
Two British: Vessels Armed t
Fight in Behring Sea.

Two British Columbia Vessels Armed to
Fight in Behring Sea.
The news telegraphed from Port Town
send that a special messenger had arrived
from Washington with instructions for the
commanders of the United States cutters
to proceed to Behring sea and seize all
vessels found with any evidence of having
been engaged in seal fishing, causes great
indignation. At the same time comes tho
story that the British squadron has been
ordered to rendezvous at Esquimault. The
latter story brings peace to the minds of
some, hut the majority of British Column
bans believe that no matter what acts of
piracy may be committed by the Yankees,
the British warships will not interfere.
1t is known that the crews of all vessels
proceeding to the sealing grounds are fully
armed with a view of resisting seizure, but
to-day q story leaked out that two clipper
schooners are being secretly fitted out in
Maple bay specially to meet the Yankees.
1t is said these vessels will each carry a
heavy swivel, besides two smaller guns,
nnd,d disguised as ~sealers, i !ltempt seizure
so rs to bring on an encounter. Regard
Ing the story Capt. Scott, thu veteran
%sealer, says the report no doubt was true.
but the matter had been kept secret. The
shippers OF two vessels in which he was
interested had armed their crews and had
sworn to go to the bottom rather than sub
NIT to seizure.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-18
Low Prices for ,1icri~,n ,y,oo,

The wool season is rapidly drawing to a
close and this week will probably see the
last marketed in Kalamazoo, Michigan's
wool center. Tho season has been a de.
pressing one, owing to the low prices paid.
those b have purchased heavily do not
feel at all easy or sure of q rise in the
market. At present the Boston market fo1
Michigan wool is falling below the thlrties.
The unusually low prices offered at Boston
are not at all encouraging to the buyers in
That state. Said one of the buyers: Il do
not know what wool is going to do, but We
ere going to hold on to it nevertheless.
The outlook is that it will be low, and If
the Boston market keeps on falling until it
reaches % cents then there will be more
sick wool men than you ever saw before. :"
The amount marketed ut Kalamazoo has
been 55O.00O pounds. and the price 26 cents
for washed and il for unwashed feeces.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-18
Shocked Nearly to Death.

Lot Dennison, a farmer livingfourteen
miles from Westport, lies in a critical con-
dition at the Rowland house as the result
of an electric shock turned on at the Sher-
man house, Aberdeen, as he was about to
drink a cup of water from the hotel cooler.
For over a year past a battery strong
enough to give q severe electrical shock
has been attached to the water cooler at
this hotel, and has afforded the proprietor,
clerks and travelling men infinite amuse-
ment. The other day Dennison stepped
upon the zinc and lifted the
chained cup to his lips. The next moment
he fell, overcome by the shock, and was
restored to consciousness with difficulty.
During the night he suffered from several
severe sinking spells, a difficulty of the
heart and debility making his recovery for
q time doubtful. Great indignation is ex-
pressed, as the occurrence is but one of a
series of jokes Of this character perpe-
trated upon the old and weak. Dennison
declares that in the event of his recovery
he will prosecute the proprietor, and that
the city authorities will order the batteries
removed at once.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-18
1suI BACK AGAIN.
In Consequence There Is a Change Around
the Chinese Legation.

the Chinese Legation.
Minister Tsui is in the bosom of his
family and the Chinese legation has again
taken on its forbiddiug air. The minister's
wife and the other ladies of the legation
no longer exhibit themselves to the curious.
The minister came back from Spain re-
Gently, and the loungers about Dupont
circle noticed to-day that a change had
come over the spirit of the whole legation.
The queer looking little Chinese women
could not even be seen reering out of the
windows, while the attaches were not strut
ting around in their loose, flowing, silken
garments, which made their neighbors
envious this hot weather. Minister Tsui
rules his little colony with an iron hand.
His predecessor, Chong Yen Hoon, al
lowed his attaches who liked European
dress to follow their inclination, but Mr..
Tsui would have none of such notions.
The interview credited to the minister in
regard to China retaliating for the exclu-
sion of Chinese from the United States is
contrary to all diplomatic etiquette, and
will probably be disavowed or explained
away as the talk of unofficial persons.
Nevertheless, little reason exists to doubt
that the r%eactionary forces in the Chinese
empire are at work. and the exclusion of
Americans is not beyond the range of pos
slbility. The British interests in the en-
pire have become alarmed at the boldness
with which enterprising Americans were
invading their field, and they may be re-
lied upon to encourage a policy OF exclu-
sion.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-18
TIE MARKETS,
Sioux City Live Stock,

oSy Inv olOCAs
Aoga-Receipts, $500; official yesterday. s,1:o.
tMarNet opened 2!ed SC lower and closed 5MT sc
lower than yesterdays closing, selling at -. 90
@3.G5; bulk, 1856.
sh Gasslsnks zee 500; official Yesterday. So;
40; fsir to soo ody'' ,ss.sp t ns.7 c; Sec tee, /.
s sM choice to .oS 500 to 1000 pounds, s3.!Jy
ss.ooas.l5; iuir to good, s4.7 ssossAets; in engios'
s22og26o cows, extra choice, corn-fcd,
SO :75A3. rs: grasse,s, fair to good, Sis -:
1ni ~ to common. VI; rs :. LOO Gamers. 75c +.
common, 8l.7502.25: veal calves, poor To
choice. $2.0o53.75. :"
South Omaha Live Stock.
Hoes-.Recsipts, 10000; official yesterday, T..
~; shipments. 9 cars. Ma ket opened 1low
and sc lower, selling at Sd. 55g3 ~. law
Cattle-Receipts. 1870; official yesterday.
2.256; shipments. 40 cars. MarAet Very rl.w
and steady. quality fair. "
Chicago Live Stock.
Hogs-Recsipts. $1,000. Market fairly ec-
tive and steady: Light, ss95a4.o5; icavy
Cattle-keceipts. $4,000. Market veal,
besyes, s3.5ua4.75; siockers and feeders, 80,
@5;50. Texas steers, 81 1CW5.UU.
Sheep.itecelPts 1000. Mar ct steady: Hr:.
toms' S4'oo9o.lo; stocders and feeders, . ;.Cu"
Chicago Produce.
Wheat--Easy cash, ss2lc; Sep, o.nber. s9zc
Corn Firm; cash, 3bl2c; Sent :.Yur' \
Oats--Steady: cash, osc; sep.ep,ber o.,
Rye-Firm ut ssc.
~Barley-ntcady.
Prime Timothy-rism u: sl.s1 81.
~FIEH-Eirll. Sl.3j.
Whisky-Sl.O9.
P:ovisicns-POrs dull cash & , 81. vo.
Der, SLIGO. Lurd. nrm c,sh =. m
temIer. 500. ' 'tp-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-18
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES

A FIGHT occurred between druukenl ne
froes and detectives near Charleston w.
Va. Nine negroes were hurt aud two de.
%ttctlves terribly beaten. A race wat is
feared.
HALIFAX and Bermuda newspapers ex-
changed messages c~ongratulating each
other on the completion of the cable con.
Meeting Bermuda with Canada and the rest
of the world.
IHE Globe tobacco warehouse in Gin.
c%lnnati, owned by the Brooks & Waterfeld
company, was destroyed by fire. One
thousand hogsheads of tobacco we're con
sumed. Loss, $3.50, DOC; partially in.
sured.
ALL the $4,000 600 of stock of the
American Gas Investment company, one
half of which was to have been placed il
England aud the remainder in this country
Will now be disposed Of in the Unite'
States.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-18
Puff for Porter.

The selection of Robert P. Porter as
superintendent of the national census has
proved to be a good one. He is a wonder
fully energetic man. He is now in the
prime of life, just passed the 40 mark. aud
at the height of his ability. He has already
demonstrated his ability to managea large
army of people. 1t is true that he ]; being
blamed for the manner in which thecensus
is being taken, but it does not fecn to be
his fault. Congress directed Jas 0 the
method of taking the census, and provided
for the niggardly compensate on shat is
being paid to supervisors and en- ume'ators.
When the census of 1890 is cPmpete in
every detail. Superintendent Porter gill no
doubt be given the proper credit fsr the
successful manner in which ha' been
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-18
Activity at the Tin Mines.

Machinery in large quantities is daily
arriving over the Fremont & Elkhorn road
and loaded On wagons for the tin districts.
The Harvey Peak company, at the same
time is pushing development upon q num-
Der of its old tin locations and is still buy
ing new ones. A considerable amount of
money has been paid out to prospectors
for such property during the past week or
two. The trade of this company and of
the railroad grade outfits now at work in
the hills makes a large addition to the
business of Black Hills merchants. One
dealer loaded out five car loads of
dynamite in forty eight hours for mining
camps and the rock work on the B. g. NJ.
grade. To indicate that work is being con-
Quoted at the tin mines on a large scale, it
may be stated that miners candles are or
dered in carload lots. The superintendent
of the Harvey Peak company recently
stated in public that inside of eighteen
months the company would be conducting
the greatest mining enterprise in the
world
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-18
Sparks from the Wires.

IT is reported that Mo%ntenesfan' MI
crossed the Turkish frontier IN lafSe =,
bers and have been victorious H. n
encounters with the Turks.
threaten the town of Ipek. 49,,
THE Berlin correspondent OF the h1 Uni
Neus says that Baron Wissman :"
that he has rendered his resiena1'oD' NJ,
The pope has confirmed Bishop I'D
gan's action in regard to DR.. bul.ssm
the latter will be transferred """
urban to q rural parish. ,A
WARN1E HA11ocK. 90 years old u o]
Arbor, Mich, was drowned nea ,,o,,
Mich, by the upsetting Of q s"''''
Rush lake. Ind
The new Spanish cabinet is ' =, '1,|
of extreme protectionists. II Nn' p|
an active colonial policy, but WIZ
neutral in European matters.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-18
Ieborers Wanted in the T,arsotas.

Farmers at e lendale, N. d., and
throughout both North and South Dakota,
are becoming agitatei over the scarcity OF
labor. Hundreds of men are needed i'll
every county to save the big wheat crop
which is now coming forward. Wages will
be from 50 to So per day from the opening
of haying till the end of the thrashing sea-
son-July 10 to December l. Owing to
the partial failure of the crop last season
the laboripg men have been seeking en-
ployment elsewhere during the past eight
months, thousands having gone to Wash
ington, the West Superior region and the
who have hitherto hired one or two men
are doing all their own work this season.
They have been able to get to the present
stage without the usual force of laboring
men, but will be stuck when harvest time
comes unless there is n large immigration.
1t is probable that the railroads will be Pc
titioned to give q special rate to harvest
hands and thrashers for ninety days, in
order that the surplus labor of Minnesota,
Wisconsin and Illinois may be induced to
90 that wav
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-18
CEN. JUBAL EARLY lNsyLTE
Maj. Lacey Calls Him p Drunken III
guard-A Fight Probable.

guard-A Fight Probable.
Trouble is rapidly brewing between "a
Juoal Early and Maj. J. Horace Lace VI
was one of Gen. Holmes staff otli.e E'
the confederate army. The trouble Is u
outcome of the bitter Malone canpa'1
last fail. Gen. Early took occasion
contradict q statement OF Maj. LacsysI
the effect that Gen. Robert o. Lee Y
once said that il he were to select o ~
cessor to himself at the head Of the e1
federate army he would have clos1
Malone. Each Of the gentlemen w
since denounced each other tlEV"1
the newspapers, and at the unveiii.s
the Lee statue in Richmond, Early re'"1
to recognize Lacey when the lat'ss !,
costed him. The Lance published a s''l
ment from Maj. Lacey referring the w
of his statements as to Gen. Lees 1a NJ.
ration of Malone and denounclne Aa,,l
as a drunken blackguard. Ihe maJo.
that he will not permit a man OF L'',
character to insult me without sucn
sentiment as a gentleman should Su.s
He also promises to furnish the LaNee"
a history of Gen. Early's war recoI"
show how utterly useless he was IL
confederate army. This arralsnnsn.
Gen. Early will probably aFps1n
next Fridays edition of the Lance
thought a personal conflict be1"e,1
two K .confederates Will be the resu'"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-18
Cruelties and surcrlngs from Hunger.

Cruelties and Suflcrlngs from Hunger.
Shanghai papers just received say in
credible cruelties have been practiced on
Chinese soldiers in Formosa. The men
were mainly opium smokers, recruited
from the dregs of the big cities, After tie
war ended. most of the soldiers were given
passage back from Formosa, but were not
supplied with food, and the result was
starvation and disease. Many Of the sick
were crowded into collins and buried alive.
A European witnessed one case where the
victim struggled to prevent the coffin lid
being nailed down.
A great fire at kiren destroyed one-ffth
of the CITY and caused q loss of between
1000, 900 and $1,000, 00O.
In Toxic there is great suffering for lack
of food. Thousands are living on bran
mash and food of oxen and hogs; others
live on garbage.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-18
Items in Brief.

THE'new creamery at Beresford is near
ing completion.
A PosToFFICE has been establis he'd nj
Evelyn, a town between Chamberlain and
Gam Valley.
THREE of the original package houses at
Aberdeen have been closed by the sheriff
OF injunctions issued by Judge Campbell,
of the circnit court.
The Hjghmore Herald says more women
voted at the late school election in South
Dakota than there were men who voted at
the school election in 1883.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-18
Miss Winnie Davis Retulns.

Attired in a dress Of the deepest m3urn-
ing, which was unrelieved either It the
throat or wrists, Miss Winnie iDayi, eld-
est and f%avorite daughter of the late .etfer-
son Davis, president of the c~onfearacy,
landed from the French steamer IBre.
tagne, Sunday. Miss Davis, who was
appropriately called "The daughter pf sthe
Confederacy' for she was born during that
memorable struggle, has been in Estope
since her fathers death, recruitipS he,
shattered health, and she returns, ny te
become the bride of Alfred WilhI sNb3, Of
Svracnsa N Y q
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-18
Has He Been FoulIy Dealt With?

Several days ago D. w. spalding, CLERK
ofthe courts for Brule county, accompanied
by an Indian named Nogay, left for the
interior of the reservation for the purpose
of prospecting for coal. Intense excite.
ment has been caused by the report brought
by Indians that Mr.. Spalding and his com
panion have been killed by Indians. Agen,
Anderson at once sent out a strong posse
OF Indian police for the purpose of investi.
eating the matter. Mr.. Spaldlng intended
TO go west eighty or ninety miles and it is
believed he may have ran across a party OF
C%heyennes from Pine Ridge which NAV
nave been going to join their brethren IN
Montana. He has been in the reservation
country over twenty years and is probably
better acquainted with the Indians than
any other white man. Further intelligence
from the reservation is awaited with the
utmost anxiety.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-18
He Was Patriotic.

A we'll known citizen of Halifax, N. S.,
who hoisted the stars and strlpespver his
house in honor of the glorious Fourth, re-
celved a letter threatening that ID he did
not remove the flag it would be torn down
and intimating that personal violence to-
ward himself might follow. The note was
headed Salvation army" and purported
to be signed by q member of the army
with the words "brigadier general after
his name. The letter has been handed to
the nnlicn
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-18

Millions of Dollars Lost Annually to the
Grain Trade by tho Elevator Shortage
The Shortage Ranges From Five to Fifty
Bushels Per Acknowledgement News.
millions of dollars are lost annually to
the grain trade by this elevator shortage,
said Edward S. Richards, of Chicago, IN
speaking of the controversy now gong on
between the board of trade and the elevator
men concerning elevator charges. line
elevator system" he continued, as it Is
now conducted, is not only defective, but,
in my opinion, it is to alarge degree Grim
inal in character. Its usel in many cases
as a means of peculation and fraud. Gran
of a high grade that is shipped from an
initial point to a consuming market is so
adulterated and changed while in transit,
by reason of the present shortage system,
as to destroy all confidence in the type
samples of property upon which sales are
predlcated. In addition to this, the aver.
age shortage in grain shipments may be
safely placed at 81 bushels per car load.
During a certain period of two years
that 1 was actively engaged in shipping
grain l handled nearly 100000 car loads,
and on shipments to certain elevators l
found that the shortage range from five to
fifty bushels per car load"
VIVA. is the expense of handling grain
by the present elevator SYSTEM"
That depends largely upon the ele-
ments that are considered. The managers
of the elevators find the mixing of grades
one of the most profitable features of their
business. For example, let an elevator
take two car loads of No. 2 wheat. or 1920
bushels, at 80 cents, and three car loads of
No. 3 wheat, or l 800 bushels, at IS cents,
which together would cost $2,43o. By
mixing these he gets five car loads of No.
2 wheat, or 5000 bushels at 80 cents, worth
50, 700, giving them q net gain OF 1910.
But to eliminate this element, which is
more of o lost advantage to the owner of
the property than an expense, there enters
the transaction affecting its purchase, sale
and transportation the other expenses,
which. with shortages, make a total Of
over $l1 per Car on oats and of over So on
wheat. All of the grain arriving in Chi
cagois subject TO this charge, except which
is sold by sample; at present the greatest
part goes to the elevator. In selling by
sample the protection to the producer is
much more ample and the expenses less"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-18
Chinese MilIionaires Coming.i

The steamer Gaelic has arrived d San
francisco from Hong Kong, bringing two
Chinese ~millionaires, who have cohe to
order machinery for their rich mides in
shantung. They cannot get machinery
there because of the union molders' 1trike,
sothey will probably go to Chicago. They
have thousands of tons in sight (which
assay S26 in gold and silver, while III costs
only about So to work the ore.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-18
Hard Times in Oklaboma.

A dispatch from Topeka, Kan, says:
Fourteen families Of colored people just
from Oklahoma to Topeka say
everything is drying up there and the set
tiers nre leaving as fast as they can get
away. Crops will be almost q total failure.
a dispatch trom Kingisher says there was
a heavy rain this afternoon. SUCCEEDING
nearly a month of dry weather andtoo late
to do good in o great MANY localities.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-18
Western Pork Packing.

The Cincinnati Price Current says:
The weeks packing in the west has been
255, 900 hogs, or 10000 less than the pre-
ceding week and 10000 in excess of the
corresponding time last year, when the
to al was 225.0 900 from March l. The ag-
gregate is 4,75o,00o against 4.125, 900 last
year. The leading places compare as fol-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-18

Atlantic some months ago for that purpose.
The syndicate has posted q forfeit of
So. 900 through a New York bank. Mem
beers of the syndicate are now en- route here
to perfect the preliminar;es for taking
charge of the property. The EnglisN-
Dutch syndicate proposes colonizing the
land and also to erect on it refrigerators
for bees-exportlng purposes. The price
paid was so cents an acre for the land and
$40 n head for the cattle.