Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-03
EVENTS IN DAKOTA.
The News Condensed, Into Few Short
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which he claims he found under the
bed occupied by Gov. Mclle.le when he
stopped at his house during his memoir
able trip over the 'barrcn WASTE Tha
Old gentleman said: s'What did 20 gov
trlor expect to do with Zat ting out in
our country? Even re flies up dare
would laugh ut it. J" and thea the old
Frcnchuan would laugh heartily. He
intends to Keep 1T as IL mcnent0 of tie
governors visit---unless the governor
asks for it.
GREAT interest is manifested in the re-
suit O! the application i'll the supreme
|eonrt for :. writ of certiorari asking the
|county commissioners OF Hughes county
to show their authority for establishing
election precincts ana appointing clerks
in the unorganiZed counties of Ncwlin
and. Sterling. This application is for
the p"rpose Of testing the legality of the
vote IN ali ltaorgtniz:d counties, and the
action OF the court is awaited With ILL
tercst.
TI1E order OF the supreme court in the
matter of the application for IL writ OF
lcertiorari, calling upon the county COM
misSioners OF Hughes county to show the
authority for establishing voting pre-
cinats and appointing clerks in the uno,'-
ganizcd counties OF Nowiin and Sterling,
is that the petitioners serve notice upon
the board Of county commissioners of
Hughes county to show cause why the
writ should not issue. Thursday, Oct. .,
was set for the day of hearing.
RAILROAD graders on the Burlington
& Missouri recently cut through lodge
of carbonate ore in the Hills. They
don't pay any particular. attention to it,
however, not having been educated as
biologists or mineralogists. and not know
ing what it was. Harry Damon. of
Deadwood, came along. saw the ore,
I tumbled there was good thing in sight
and made 6 location.
In reply to the statement made by the
press that Rev. Anna Shaw is not ali or
| daineG minister, Miss Shaw says she was
ordained in the Methodist Protestant
church; that she studied theology in q
class OF thirty-two young zen in a Meth
odist-Episcopal seminary, and though
her standing in examination was as high
as any of them was not ordained by that
denomination because she was o woman.
TIE officers OF the state W. c. 7. U.
for the coming Year are: President.
Mrs. II. Baker, Of Huron: vice-prcsident,
Mrs. Emma Cramner, Aberdeen: corrc-
spending secretary. Mrs. +. NJ. Swift.
Yankton; recording secretary, Mrs. d.
Nj. Myers, Vermi1lion; treasurer, Mrs.
Steer, Pierre: state organizer. DR.. Nettic
Hall, of Washington Springs.
SHERIFF HOFFMAN, of Beadle county,
has taken three boarders to the peni-
Tertiary at Sioux Falls. all having Il sen
tence of one year for burglary. Thcil
names are Charles Miller. john kell,
and John Moore. The two former are s'OlG
offenders, and have not spent u Christ
mas out of prison in the last clever
years.
fiiHt: remains OF j. III. Hopkins wcr,
found Sunday morning in Il cabin at Gay
willie. in u dccaying condition. Th
coroner's verdict was to the effect tina
he died q natural death. The deceasc
was an old veteran and the G. A. X. com
r;ldes buried his remains.
COMPANY c from Fort Bennett. under
command of Capt. Vivian. took the trai,
at Pierre Monday morning for the lowel
Brule camp. IL was an escort for Pay
master Arthur. Mr. Arthur is i. brother
of the lamented president.
JOHN WALL. son of Patrick Wall. o
Potter county. who was sent to the in
sane asylum some months ago OH account
OF some mental alterations. has beel
discharged from that institution as en-
tirely cured.
THE board of agriculture presented
i Secretary DoMney. of the state agricul
tural society. with 500 in addition to his
salary. This was in. recognition of his
services in connection with the recent
fair.
The South Dakota board OF irrigation
has been in session in Ii uron for tw,
days. Their deliberations have resulted
in concluding to receive bids for putting
down ten artesian wells in Beadlc. Brown
A NEGRO and a: white woman near
Nledary. in Brookings county. secured Il
license and were married last week.
| The woman was u widow. and several
years older than the man.
i JOHN BEoMAss, of Butler. Trail county
has just children enough Tor ball team
He has been married ten years and has
nine children. aged respectively l. >. 3
4. 5, q. 3, s, and Q.
ANDREAs DIRks, of Marion junction,
was thrown in front of his wagon from a
load of grain and both legs crushed II,
the thigh. 1t is thought he will not sur
vive the shock.
T.. l.. Whttbeck. city editor of the
Deadwood Times for the past six Years
has severed his connection with thai
paper and gone to Chicago.
A RUNAWAY occurred on the pontooll
bridge at Pierre. and resulted i'll break.
ing one Of the horses legs. The team
belonged to Frank Keys.
The South Dakota w. e. Il. L.. chose
the national flower. .'the golden rod" as
their emblem, the language Of which il
faith and courage.
THE Yankton county exhibit at thu
state fair al iankton. recently closed al
Aberdeen, took first prize.
THE engine and machinery at the
Yankton cement works Was in motion
for the first time OH saturday.
AT the recent school election in Huron
the women suffragists cast 2lO of the ia
votes polled.
and Sphinx counties. The wells must bt
siX-inch wells and furnish loo pounds
pressure.