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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-17
Fare Reckoned . New Way.

Sir Rowland Hills great discovery of
the value Of simplicity in vast undertak-
ings seems to have produced little inn
preston as yet upon those who have the
management of our railways. In Paris
the directors Of the queer little line
which runs right round the city inside
the Notifications, and forms means of
communication between all the great
termini, have just made considerable
advance in the right direction.
For the future the fares will be reck-
oned by the number of stations one
passes in travelling. For the first two
stations the fare will be twopence; be-
yond these it will be threepence. One
has only to remember that first class is
just double the price of the ordinary or
second class, and that return ticket are
issued for u fare and half, and one can
by looking at plan see at a glance what
one has to pay. Why not try some such
plan on the District railway in London.
London News.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-17
Lightning Pa. an Anr,, =.

-,sn'nins Put An Anre, o,
which ). 4 smith o1 III T.. late John
his store, attracts many ~ v; sS;.nloitioa|
sion. The portrait for, o aeal Of disc1
s 70 m Ma,, at Mr. Smiths xsas
heavy storm. ightnine s.s, during
ieet frame aa ne. was demolished, but s tba
picture Of an angel with ants. aehaI
wings overshadowing MI. Ta a'ts.setch \
the arms encircling his neck yl0s ssi beg
right hand holding a bunch , ., and a 4
The pose Of the angel suggests a VI ~ lowe
and benediction. The dsras ppfotecti'
ing the iightning's journey a aa'e ho y,
cardboard turns abruptly lust . aSa 7
face Of Mr.. Taylor, giving sI the ABOVE sa 4
me IDEA that the angel chanpe es'a y
lightning's course. 'nsed 4
SIperstitious people cons;ao,. :.
indication that Mr.. Taylor s IL =; II as
but Mr.. Smith explains the b ~ neaSs
BY saying that the picture Of an
exactly like that which amea,s ~ aag
Taylor portrait was on the hs.S ~
photograph near by. He beliavs ss o. d
some electrical freak the pictuns e !,
angel was photographed over err n VI !
trait. The affair. however. has .'' - p
a great deal of comment and ~ ssns
miles around come to see tho n.spet
Atlanta Constitution. 'S'Sse'
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-17
A Remarkable Old Man.

A remarkable feat by remarkable
man was lately achieved in this section.
1t is said that Stiles McMalon, "a years
of age. recently walked from Montpelier
to Elmore pond, a distance of twenty
miles. before $50 p. m. He refused
several offers to ride, intending to make
the journey on foot. He stopped at
George Movers. at Worcester, ate
breakfast and then pursued his journey.
He took dinner at Helen Woods, at Ell
more pond. after which he started. for
Morristown to visit some friends living
there. making twenty-four miles, if he
made these last four miles on foot. He
says he never had doctor in his life,
nor wore glasses, and that he can hear
as well as he ever could. His residence
is said to be in Barre.-Hyde Park Nt.)
Citizen
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-17
Western Intellectual rmps,.es.

Western Intellectual Impulses
One Of the results Of the Chautauq}
assemblies, which have tendency
awaken unnatural activity Of the bral
and an abnormal thirst for nowleds
was shown recently. The 4-year-oh Sd
Of one Of the officers of the Long Phi
assembly burned his fathers barn in d
der to see what sort Of q bonfire it woul
make. He also wished to see whether
setting hen would preserve her presen|
of mind when surrounded by flames, ad
his observations will doubtless be I'd
liable contribution to science, althoud
the experiment was necessarily expel
sive to the parent of the young Chauta|
guam. The setting hen deserted herprd
pectiNe family and saved her life, a fa|
which proves that in the disposition
the hen the instinct of self preservatid
overbalances maternal devotion. The
is no doubt Chautauqua assemblies ha1
given a great intellectual impulse to y
rising OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES WOrld-Hd
aid.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-17
THE SUNSET.

Red, tangled in with blue, purple and gold
It's thus, in colors the Days life is told.
As't nears its close, ere Twight's dusky bars
Are nailed in place by Nights close driven stars
The crimson tells its tale without my word
OF bleeding hearts, whose means the Day has
heard;
The blue of Hope. which from Grief's font doth
rise
In more transplendcnt life toward the skies:
The purple Earth's ambitious ones bespeaks
Asst proudly wraps from sight the mountain
peaks
Its tint has softly touched, and yet ascends
Till all the gathered glory with it blends.
Then, DER it all shining glory CLEANS;
Yea, In the red of suffering it streams,
And rims the blue; prophecy as well
OF bliss beyond as limit to Hopes spell.
And, yes the purple mingles with the gold,
And It's career the lips of light have told;
Aud then in conscious grandeur sinks away
At the approach of Night-another Day!
Philadelphia Ledger.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-17
He sIust Get Married.

Attorney Arthur s. Fisher, Of Roc|
ford, is candidate for matrip,n3|
honors. he is a member Of the n
club, society of Ogle county bacheb1
and his doom was sealed at its picnic
Aug. IS. During the day came the ed
ton Of officers. Among the officers
one called 1.-THE $4,000 beauty Of B
club" and he who is elected 10 u
Office must marry within year al
withdraw from the society. The chan
has never failed to work yet, and eveI
man who has been elected to the OIL
has been married within the year. BveI
other officer is elected by acclamatio
but this one is elected by solemn al
sacred ballot. When the ballots We
counted it was found that Mr.. Fish
was the doomed man. The good natm
attorney made a pleasant speech, Al
tried in his clever way to turn it off a
joke. The sequel has never failed to
cur.-Chicago Herald.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-17
visiting the L,hr.,.,

A visit to the partially completed ..
gressional library is quite amusins mo- " y
that there is much that is interest,"; y
the shapeless tangle of brick and ~
but it is the instructions visitors e esv
the gate that are amusing. WhasS s'
goes in at the wide gate thronoh \ :
board fence on the East Cap;tol =,
side he is not apt to notice a Gtt,a /
man that sits in a little house inst ;n,;]
the gate. Hone doesn't notice him t ,,'s.|
Waterman will stop one with an imns]
tive "Hey, there!" One stops, IN,
the richest Bort Of an Irish broona
told: ''Now, yez can go in and h,
about as much as yez loike. But tb h..
is some things yez mustn't do. no1
talk to any of the men. Don't 90 m !.
of the walls. and don't go inside Il :,
building anywhere. An don't yez q
any Of the men questions. Moina IN,
now, and yez can see all We plase >
Washington Post.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-17
Douglas County Solid.

Every interest of the people of
Douglas county is to keep the capital
at Pierre That is where we will have
railroad connection in the near future
and it is along the lines of road ex-
tending IN that direction that our
business interests lie. The building
of the Black Hills road will prove an
immediate advantage to all this part
of Dakota, as it will open up an extern
siye market in the Hills for our farm
produce, as we'll as give us coal at
about half of the present price. The
capital at Pierre will be a big factor in
the development of the country west
of us, and the development of that
section means market for our Doug
las county products that will give us
better prices. The fact that Huron is
a few miles nearer Douglas county
than Pierre does not concern but a
small number of our citizens, and the
fact that we will be without railroad
connection with that ambitious city
Cor the next forty OF fifty years more
than offsets this argument. Huron
Doodle may cause you to forget for a
time where your interests are, but the
fact remains that it is to the interest
Of Douglas county people to have the
capital of the state to the west of us
on the Missouri river.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-17
Mr. Child. and Lord saclvllle.

Lord Sackville, who will be reinem-
bered as the late British minister to the
limited States, and also as an indiscreet
letter writer. and who eventually. not
being persona grata to this government,
was requested by it to accept his pass
mort. has made claim for rent for the
site at Stratford-on-Avon Of the mag
ni6cent fountain erected by Mr.. George
W. Childs, of this city, in memory OF
Shakespeare. Lord Sackville does not
display in this matter that generous or
even Just appreciation of the fine spirit
Of international fraternity which in
spired Mr.. Childs' gift which the British
press and public have so commonly ex-
hibited
A due regard for that spirit. a proper
reverence for the memory of Shake
speare, would have prevented his lord
shin making claim which seems, at the
best. selfish and sordid, and which is not
entirely free from the suspicion of hav-
ing been actuated by desire to retaliate
for his summary and humiliating dis
missal by this country. It is not at all
improbable that his lordship, regarding
MIR. Childs as a representative American,
makes his claim for rent for the site OF
the memorial fountain to the end that
he may thereby express his lack Of re-
gard for this country generally Whether
this be true or not, it is most gratifying
ly true that Englishmen Of the highest
estate in craftsmanship, literature, art
and society fully recognize the admir-
able spirit Of Mr.. Childs' gift, and with
unstrained generosity express their adj
miration of it and their indebtedness to
him for it.-Philadelphia Telegraph.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-17
why She Was Slow.

An examination of the hull of I
new steel cruiser Charleston, recent
returned from Honolulu, shows
markable growth Of weeds and barnacl
on her steel bottom, says Washingu
special accounting for the fact that s
made only about seven knots an hour
her trip across the Pacific. She has Dc
in commission just about four mont
and her speed has been reduced from
average of nineteen knots on her tt
run to the figure named, while her &
consumption has remained just as hi
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-17
A Volcano Serving as . Lighthouse.

A Volcano Serving as q Lighthouse.
News brought down to Port Townsend
by officers and passengers on the steamer
Arago confirms the reports as to Mount
Bogoslov being in state of activity.
About two months ago there was vio-
lent earthquake on all the islands in the
Aleutian group. and soon after Bogos-
Low, which is on Oumnak Island, began
emitting steam and smoke and fire and
lava Bogoslov has been an active vol
cano since 1896. when the island upon
which it is situated is said to have risen
from the sea.
Although always marked on charts as
extinct several times in the past year
smoke and steam have been issuing from
the crater. and from its original height
Of 1860 feet the volcano has been eaten
down to 1854 feet above the sea level
Professor Elliot. Of the Smithsonian In
stitution. has visited the island upon
which the volcano is situated, and has
made important scientific investiga-
lions The fare Of fire thousands of
feet in height can be seen at night issu-
ing from the mountain.
Mount Shishaldin, which is $3.50 feet
high. on Analga Island, is emitting steam
and smoke. and, it is thought, will soon
be in state of eruption. This mount
ain can be seen at sea for nearly 100
miles. and will be Of great good to nav
igation it it should become active, rs
the pillar of fire can be seen for great
distance. and will serve as a guide
through the dangerous Oumnak Pass
San Francisco Chronicle.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-17
Cranberries Arc High

The years crop Of cranberries is es'
mated at 75O,O bushels. Prices RAM
from Sc at the beginning of the seas!
to s. or 81 at its close. Last year t
price ran up to $6. and this year, owing!
the scarcity of other fruits. cranberr1
will probably start at 81 per BART
The Cape Cod crop is later than usr
this year, while that Of New Jersey is
advance. Contrary to the usual custa.
New Jersey berries will probably be I
first in the market. Philadelpl
Press. 4
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-17
Not stuck ON Huron,

Not stuck on Huron,
Mitonnk Independent.
The Review asserts that Grant and
Roberts counties are practically solid
for Huron for permanent capital. If
Mr.. Volkmar be not better posted in
politics than he is on the capital stua
tion the independents may be woeful-
ly disappointed on election day. IN
doubtedly Huron will get about the
same number of votes she did last
year, 1873 in Grant and 80 in Roberts,
but her most enthusiastic supporters
do not expect any more. Add the Wa
tertown vote to that cast for Pierre
last year and the total (1,626) shows
just about the vote that will be cast
for Pierre this fall. The voters in this
part of South Dakota at least, are not
'tstuck" on Huron.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-17

"Pierre is in the midst of a barren
waste" say the advocates of hungry
Huron, and yet Hughes county took
third premium for agricultural pro-
ducts at the state fair at Aberdeen
and the average yield of wheat in the
county was consid erably greater than
that of Beadle county. Still the HUI
ronite will keep up the cry that be-
yond Huron the soil is all gumbo and
practically worthless for agricultural
purposes.-Turner County Democrat.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-17

Horse Car Conductors Going to College.
Mr.. Leslie P. Strong, who spent his
vacation as horse car conductor. re.
turned to the polytechnic school at Wor.
cester on Tuesday. Mr.. Arthur Jones,
who has been a conductor on the Worth
ington street line. has returned to COL
aege. and Mr.. Walter Ross, formerly Of
this city, who spent the vacation as q
horse car conductor here, is taking q
short rest in Hinsdale. He will return
to Amherst college.-SpringReld QMass.)
Homestead,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-17

Some working men digging on io
in Jersey City Heights, N. j., Thursdl
found at depth Of fourteen feet 8
containing over CID. 900 in old state %
currency. It had probably been mag
there years ago by some unknown mn
The notes have no value now.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-17

Among the veterans who attended !
recent Grand Army reunion at Bos9
was John f. Chase, Of Augusta, N
who received forty-eight wounds ~ \
explosion Of shell at Gettysburg. I
right arm was blown of, and his Y
eye torn from its socket, and he iayI
the field two days before it was dlscj
cred that he was alive. he is now
comfortable health, and receives p
sion Of $40 a month.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-17

The worlds stock Of diamonds has in.
creased enormously in the last. fifteen
years. In 1876 the output of the Afri-
can mines was about 1900, 900 carats:
last year it was over LOCO. 900, and the
great ''trust" which controls all the min.
clpal mines assert that they have 18. OOO.-
600 carats "in sight" at the present t;me
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-17
Across E,orid. by Water.

Capt. A. Cook, Of the Disston dredee
boat which is cutting canal from Hart
lake to the Econlockhatchie, expects to
complete the canal by Jan. 1, and then q
rowboat may be taken by inland water
from the mouth Of the st. Johns to the
mouth Of the Caloosahatchee.-Co Sa-
vannah News.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-17
From cakes to Plerre.

From Cakes to Pierre.
Faux County Times.
The corps eff engineers now at work
setting grade stakes on the p. & B. III.
R'y. line are camped at DIR. Went
worth's, to which place the stakes are
stuck and the grading contracts let.
Under the direction of Chief Engineer
Tilden, under whose supervision the
line from Cakes to Pierre is to be
built, tie line from Cresbard to
Faulkton has been Strengthened and is
an air line-the crossing of the Q. M.
& St. p. and G. &. n. w. is the same
aa hafora
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-17
That's what It Spelled.

A farmers man brought the village
doctor note the other day, and with
some difficulty Medicus spelt out. Please
send me bottle of fizzic."
"Hello!" exclaimed the doctor, "f-i-z-
z-i-c doesn't spell physic."
Don't it!' answered the rustic; what
do it spell, thenY'
The doctor gave it up.-Chatter.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-17

The income derived by French peo-
pie who rear fowls, according to official
returns, is 337, 100,O0O francs, Of which
1853, SOC, GOO francs represents the value Of
the flesh and 5000, 900 francs that Of
the eggs.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-17
To Get Themselves into Trouble.

To Get Themselves Into Trouble.
Cha n,berlain Tribune.
The Huron Times of recent date
has an article under the caption OF
''strike VS.. lockout" i'm which it shows
the futility of capital and labor fight
ing one another, and makes the fol-
lowing local applications:
The jug-handled policy of the
would-be leaders of Huron affairs is
we'll represented i'm the above: while
they may believe themselves exceed
ingly cunning i'm their attempts at
educating the people to believe their
methods, they ought not to lose
sight of the fact that records OF their
everyday doings will be interesting
reading for occupants of lonesome
prison cells in the not distant future.
What are those Huron fellows do
ing that they should he called down
by their home paper? 1t has made
statements like this before and the
people would like to know what it
means. Are they trying to bankrupt
the city and the people of the county
generally in making the capital fight,
or are they collecting 4 big lot of
Doodle to put in their own pockets I'M
der the guise of helping Huron?
This is a fair question and the Times
ought to answer it instead of dealing
in inuendoes. We have seen enough
of their methods to know that they
are INSCRIPTIONS, but we did not
know that they were committing acts
that would send them to the ''pena
when investigated.
Here's pretty mess" charged to
the leaders of the city. and they
should try to crawl out of it, or ack-
nowledge themselves unfit for Gre
dence or the confidence of the voters
of the state. for if they will do UNI
worthy acts in the ''green tree what
will they do i'm the dry" The best
thing the voters can do is to stay by
Pierre, as she has already got posses
sion, and has furnished suitable CAPT.
tol buildings free Of cost to the state.
Drawing the Life Blood.
Aberdeen Republican.
The desperation of the Huron capi-
tai boomers becomes every day more
plain.
1t is reported the Huron school
board refused to call an election for
the purpose of voting $4,000 school
bonds, presumably to be used for cam
paign purposes, but resigned their po-
sition rathe.' than prostitute the
school money for such a purpose. The
city has been redistricted, a new
school board chosen, less scrupulous
board has been elected, and the
bonds will be issued.
The capital committee is said to be
four weeks behind in their payments
to their workers all over thestate, and
the deluded friends for revenue only
are muttering their discomfort.
The committee had better listen to
the protests of their citizens against
this outrage. 1t is useless waste of
money; for the people of the state have
located the capital at Pierre, and,
aside from the hired workers for HUI
ron, show no disposition to change
the location. The permanent capital
will remain at Pierre in spite of the
expenditure of four times sixty thous-
and dollars, illegally obtained and cor
ruptly used Justice is perched upon
Pierre's banner. and it is beyond the
power of Huron's Doodle to pull it
down.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-17

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Crawford avalanche., 1890-11-20

DIED-At the residence of her son,
J. NJ. Jones, in this village, Sunday
Nov. 10Th, HARRIET l.. BURK, aged
So years and days.
Deceased came from Ohio to Michi-
gan, and settled in Saginaw county in
1852, where she resided, most of the
time in Chesaning. She came here
last spring, where her last days were
made comfortable and happy with her
only living son, the other having been
killed in the army.
Her faculties were retained in an ex-
traordlnary degree until within a few
days of her death, enjoying society,
books, and keeping track of the cur
rent topics of the times.
The funeral services were conducted
by Rev. Mr.. Taylor, of the NJ. L.
Church, and were largely attended.
Crawford avalanche., 1890-11-20

The store of Sailing, Hanson g. Co.
is headquarters for Lumbermen's
Mackinaws, Jackets, Jersey and Wool
Shirts, Heavy Wool Underwear. Also
tuffied and all grades of Wool Socks.