Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-05
In Sl,ort Meter.

A COMPLETE hosting works for the
Harvey Peak Tin Mining company has
been received.
DURING a recent storm the residence of
@. 9. Barr, in Brookings, was struck by
lightning and badly shattered. No one
was injured.
The Burlington. & Missouri railroad had
a fatal smash up near Newcastle recently.
A drilling rain made the rails sleek and
the coal train with heavy load, coming
down from the mines, became unmanage-
able and while running at fearful speed
it is calculated sixty-fve miles an hour
ran into the work train which was stand
ing about two miles above Newcastle. It
is thought that two men are under the
wreck.
w. H. HoEsE, of Sioux Center, Ia, has
finally made arrangements to open up
bank at Spencer, having purchased the
banking outfit formerly owned by the Bank
of Spencer. The bank will be run under
the same name.
P. ID. MCKENZIE, living two miles from
Darlington, lost his barn and contents by
an incendlary fire few days ago. Jim
McNulty, farm hand is under arrest as
the incendiary. 1t is supposed the pris-
oner is partly insane.
The Marion flax mill people are busy
experimenting with different kinds of fax
fiber and find our fax straw perfectly salts
factory. Next year they are going in on
big scale to work up fax fiber. They will
break land free of charge TOR the first crop
and pay $40 an acre thereafter yearly for
the use of the land. This year they pay
Sc an acre to pull fax.
AT Grafton team belonging to an un.
known farmer, becoming frightened,
dashed north on Hill avenue, throwing the
driver out and injuring him severely. Near
the Grafton hotel the team struck the II.
year old son of Jacob Knudson, proprietor
of the Norman house, killing him in.
stantly; also seriously injuring the To-
year-old boy Of Knut Olafson, q shoe
maker.
JOHN KRoAcH had the misfortune to
break his arm at the wrist while cutting
bands where they were thrashing on E. s.
Huuskaar's place, two miles north of
Spencer. The footboard on which he was
standing gave way and he was precipitated
to the ground, distance of four or five
feet.
The Rust Owen Lumber compsny.s of
Wisconsin, has decided to put in planning
mills at Pierre for the manufacture Of
doors, windows, etc. The company now
operates large lumber yards there.
JOHN CAMERON, living southeast of
Bookings, recently lost nine head of sat-
tie by lightning stroke. Lightning struck
the barb wire fence and followed it for
some distance until it came to where the
cattle were grouped, then shot into the
herd and killed all of them.
Mo1L1E NopENs recently died in Dead
wood OF congestion of the brain. A Dead.
wood paper says that relative of hers was
the cause of her downfall; she induced her
to come TO Rapid City, and one night she
was filed with liquor and a wealthy citizen
of Rapid seduced her. She then came to
Deadwood, and shortly after her arrival
gave birth to babe. Later Oh she was
taken sick and the child died. The little
one was laid to rest without mourner ex-
cept the mother. The deceased was only
IL years of age.
The contract has been let for the build.
Ing OF $1,000 stone Jail at Minnesota.