Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-14

Entered ot the Post Office at Washington
ss,prings, i. L., as second Glass mali niatsSr. -.
FRIDAY MORNING FEB. Il 1890.
LOCALS
"A Gunderson legalized at Mitchell
Monday.
Harmon Ilinners was in town
yesterday,
pr. Nesmith is home this week
on visit.
-Ye Pharisee made "trip to Plank
inton Saturiasy.
A bill fixing a marriage license
for South Dakota has passed the house.
The winter term of school at the
Seminary closes three weeks from to-
day.
-Huntley's bill prohibiting the sale
of tobacco to children under l6 yea rs
has passed the senate.
Mr.. Palmer, Of the South Dakota
State Dindery Co. of Pierre, was here
Tuesd:.y in the interest OF the firm.
Register at the Chamberlain land
office, Herman Ill. Natwick; Receiver
VIM. T. LaFollette. at Pierre L. IL. Bat
ley register and i. w Eakin receiver:
-"Un.!e" Billy Taylor held the rib
bons on the Woonsocket route Tues
day: Frank Townsend being busy
moving his family into new quarters.
Late yesterday afternoon word
reached this onice Of the illness OF
Rev. John Plank of Waterbury. He
has 'la grippe and is not expected to
recover.
Representative Lavender offered a
resolution asking each member OF the
legislature to donate one-half of his
mileage to buy seed wheat since it is
unconstitutional fof the state to
furnish t.
A letter from Hon. S. T. Huntley
says; d committee of five of which he
is a member has been appointed to
draft a bill to provide for the purchase
of seed wheat. The bill is in the
hands Of the judiciary committee and
its main provisions are these; the far
mer must make atfidavits as to his
property ard debts, needs, and the
amount of ground he expects to seed.
He gives a lien on the crop and if it
Rev. A. r. Boggs, Of Redfield, will
give the third lecture in the course
next Tuesday evening, February 18th
at the Seminary; subject. World
Building. This lecture is on geology
and very highly spoken OF, by those
who have heard it. The people at
Huron and Gettysburg thought it was
above par. The fourth lecture will be
given by Judge Edgerton, Feb. Goth.
on the theme Public "reminiscences;
the fifth and last lecture by Rev. P. e
Holp OF WATERFOWL, the first week in
March on the Almighty Dollar.
is not paldfrom that, then the amount
is to be collected as Il tax upon the
land. This course became necessary
when the supreme court decided it
would be unconstitutional to bond the
counties to procure seed grain and the
Governor ina message to the leglsla-
turc stated that Il crisis was upon us,
and that relief must be furnished by
Legislature.
Every established local newspaper
receives subscriptions from large cities
which puzzle the publishers but which
the New York Times recently explains
as follows: A wholesale merchant OF
this city, who has become rich at the
business, says his rule is, that when.
ever ne sells bill Of goods on credit. tc
Immediately subscribe for the local
papero of his debtor. SO long as he adj.
vertises literally and vigorously, hs
rests, but as soon as he began to con.
tract his advertising space he took the
fact as evidence that there was trouble
ahead; and invariably went to the
debtor. He said "the mar who is toe
poor to make his business known is to
poor to do business. The withdrawal
OF advertising is evidence of weakness
that men are not slow to act upon.
The lecture Tuesday evening was
a great success. Although Hon. Il. &.
Horr did not deliver the lecture adver-
tised before hand, yet most all went
away pleased, and felt that he had dealt
with the Labor Problem in a mastery
way. There is no question but that
his position is acorrect one. and it is
a useless task to attempt to make a
law and try to enforce it in advance of
public sentiment. To illustrate; it
would be impossible to enforce the
observance of an S hour law unless the
people were certain that they could
earn a livingssin that length of time
His statement that the price of labor
ought to increase or decrease as the
price OF tho manufactured article