Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-11-07
Doinxs In Dakota.

THE Methodists have decided to build
a church at Hcrmosa.
Fort PIERRE parties have received in
formation that $500 Norwegians will
come over and settle in western South
Dakota next spring.
The contract for completing the hotel
Morrison at. Yankton, excepting the
plumbing, steam heating and the ele-
vators, has been awarded to w. B.
Valentine.
PROF. HAY and Col. Nettleton, of tho
United States geological survey. are en-
pectcd in Huron in Il few days as repre-
Scntatives OF the government in the in
tercsts of irrigation.
A MASS of rock. estimated at about
1900 yards, was broken up on the Bur-
lington & Missouri road near Deadwood,
last week. Eighteen kegs of block pow
der constituted the motive power.
The little Hendryx boy, at Aberdeen,
who recently lost his left arm by gun
shot wound. is getting along splcndidly,
and the physician says there is now no
question OF his speedy and permanent
recovery.
WITHIN the past week contracts have
been entered into for the construction OF
thirteen dwellings in Cold Springs, AN
addition to Hot Springs, and a num-
Der are already in the course of con-
struction.
c. b. THOMPSON, of Aberdeen. dealer
i'll groceries and crockery, has made an
assignment for the benefit of his cred
itors. The liabilities and assets are I'M
known. The crop failure and hard times
are the prime causes.
JACOB WRIGHT, Dcadwood- Terra
miner. had one arm broken and tho
other badly sprained and nearly dis
located Thursday night by being run
into from behind with /; car while push
ing another Car. His wounds were
dressed by DR.. Freeman.
SATURDAY afternoon. as men were
digging twelvc-foot ditch in front of
the Caledonia mill at Dcadwood, the
north side of the ditch caved in and
buried one of the men cars deep and an
other waist deep. Willing hands soon
had the men ont Of their uncomfortabl BILE
positions. Their injuries were slight.
EVERY wheel of the machinery in the
Yankton cement works is in place and
has been moved by the engine. Super
intendent Yates says that it is as vet
impossible to say when cement will be
made, because of the thousand and one
little things which require alteration
and adjustment in such an enormous
mill.
A WELL has been completed on Frank
Malloy's farm near Madison. At tho
depth of 223 feet flow was cncoun-
tered and for several hours the water
gushed above the surface. Finally it
settled back, presumably on account of
sand and gravel filling into the casing
The pressure was not very great. This
we'll comes the nearest to being spoutcr
of anything that has been discovered in
Lake county.
AN unknown disease is causing tho
death of considerable number OF cattle
in the vicinity of Forest City.
A SOUTH DAKOTA man advertises
that he is a s.dealer in soft drinks and
CIGARS
THE Magner-Smith ten-round glove
contest between Patscy Wagner and Ed
Smith, at Yankton on Saturday night,
closed somewhat abruptly after the Sec
ond round. After Wagner had damned
Smith once. or twice the latter grapplcd
him for self-protection. Wagner eean
wrestle as we'll as fight, and Smith soon
measured ibis own length on the stage
He squared himself again, and Patsy in
serted two digs in the ribs, and then
Smith clinchcd again. Patsy slammed
him to the floor second time and with
force enough to mash one Of Smiths
knees. After that there was no fight in
Smith, and he refused to toe the scratch
for another round.