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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-20
lnCOlnDatillility.

Have you decided on your winter
suit?" inquired an Austin tailor of a
sad-ey"l gentleman lounging in tho
doorw Of the store.
"Nc was the melancholy reply; "but
bell my wife has,
"1s, II wife has!' exclaimed the puz-
zled j. .berdasher.
'A :, believe she calls it divorce
suit '--1'eCas Siftings.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-20

JULES SIMON does most OF his writ
ing in bed. Many other fellows d"
Abe same, and nobody would object il.
when they get up. they used what they
Ind written to lit dc fires with.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-20

lr is proposed that the namcsakcs Of
Capt. John Smith contribute to tho
tsnd for restoring the tombstone OF
Capt. John Smith, founder of Virginia.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-20

HE HotchkiSs gun
has come into prom
inence of late by
the frequent men,
tion of its use in
dispatches from the
seat of war. That
it is unfamiliar to
III ost newspaper
readers is shown by
the number of in
quirics that have
been received ask
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-20

TIE following note lett by tramp
MAS found ON the kitchen table by Mrs.
Jacobs, of Youngstown. O.. the other
day: My dear good lady friend, l came
here stranger and found no one at
home. Twas hungry and took piece
nf pie. I will return some day and pay
.ou for it. Much obliged. This is all
4 haze got. Keep them until L return"
With the note was left deck Of play
ing cards.
GEN. Miles, accomplished q feat
which stands without parallel in the
1ndian history of this country, and is
untitled to all the credit there is in it.
Had he possessed less tact or firmness
VIE should have I'D q war costing mil
Hons Of dollars aud hundreds of lives.
PROF. TnuEsToN says: The asump-
lion seems fair that the locomotive en-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-20

TxxAs is said to have the largest va
Yiety OF woods of any of the States, the
list being given at about 900 species.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-20


the cost
SPECIFICATIONS.
Cellar: Build footings for all posts Of
good field or quarry stone. laid up in
lime mortar. and well pointed up
All walls to be built of good common
brick. laid in lime mortar. Chimneys to
be built OF good brick, topped out as in
dicated by elevations. The water-table,
window silIs and door stills to be of cut
stone
Plastering to be of two-coat work,
hard finished in plaster of Paris.
Painting to- be two-coat work. finished
in colOrs as shown by elevation, and two
colors on interior work.
All glass To be single thick, good quail
ity. "American."
Floor ioists, 2xlO inches; lG-inch cen
tiers, we'll bridged.
All partition studding 2x4. set l6-inch
centers and double adjacent to all open
2x6 inches. 16-inch ccnters; rafters, 2x4
inches. 16-inch centers.
Roof boards to be common fencing,
surfaced, we'll nailed.
Cover roof boards with the bes. quality
sawed pine shingles, 4 inches to the
weather: put on the ridge board, hip
molds, etc, of clear pine: gutter to be
! formed of ks inch pieces, planted Oh
shingles and timed in best manner.
| Build all steps, cornices, front porch
and balcony, etc, of clear, seasoned pine
| All window frames to be boxed for
weights: sash, ~ inches thick, of pine,
hung with cords and weights, etc.
Doors all to have good brass-face NOR
tise locks, and to be hung with good
| 4hX4 1@-inch loose joint butts, and good
nobs and roses.
Wainscot kitchen three feet high, with
5sx33s-inch beaded flooring. Sink to be
wood. All floors to be 1x6-inch &c" pine
stuff, matched and blind naileds
Put up shelves and hooks in closet.
Base to be inches high, nodded.
Plaster finish to be 41sx1 inches, mold
cd, with plnth and corner blocks, as
shown on detail sheet
Outside steps to be built of two-inch
pine. Front and rear gables to be fin
ished up in clear pine, as indicated by
elevations.
The figures given in the following es-
innate are based upon the prices of ma
terial and labor now prevailing in tho
Northwest The several items embrace
the first cost of the materials. together
with the labor necessary to complete the
particular work described, which will DO
the basis OF all estimates given.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-20
ing for information

ing for iNtOrmltlOn as 10 thE WHHpOh
that has done so much to keep the hos
tiles in check.
When tho capabilities of tho llotch-
kiss gum are known il is not to be won
dercd at that it's use has bean found
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-20

Az idol collector in San Francisco.
who has Just died, had collection OF
500 little gods.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-20

THE Rev. luns la's"r, m,ss,G:,arv to
the Indians. wrote letter in 1913
which was sold at auction few days ago
ios $500. At the same sale a letter OF
the Rev. Jonathan Edwards brought
,an1y $11.50.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-20
INSTRUMENTS OF WAR.
DEADLY MACHINE GUNS OF
THE ARMY.

The Lately Adopted Hotchkiss-The In
dian Trouble Gives Opportunity for tts
First Real Test-Nlechauism of Rapid
Firing Cannon--The Gatling. Etc.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-20

A SCHEME is under consideration in
Cheshise, England, by which it is
hoped much of the Fiction between fox
hunters and farmers will in future be
obvisted. The farmers having COM
planned that while the huntsmen rode
over the farmers laud for sport they
Invariably went to the large towns for
supplies. the hnntsmen replied that if
they knew where to obtain produce from
farmers they would be happy to deal
with them. Now, by arrangement be-
tween hunters and farmers, an agent
is being appointed, to whom the far
mers will take samples Of their oats.
etc. and he will see the huntsmen and
supply their requirements at market
prices.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-20

+be action OF crank Then the barrels
ceasc to revolye, and the primer OF the
cartridge is struck by the firing pin
and discharged. when the revolution be-
gins again, and the fired cartridge she'll
Is carried on until it comes to the eX-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-20

Az Ionia, Mich, concern is shipping
srncob pipes to England.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-20

THE world over the average of
weather conditions is maintained year
by year. Mild winters in America are
usually offset by extreme cold and
fierce storms iu Europe and Asia.
Ethereal mildness prevailed in Iowa
and other Western States during the
larger part of December. and the month
closed with period of exceptional
warmth. In December n cablegram
from London stated that the weather
prevailing throughout England was the
sevcrost that has been experienced in
that country since 1913. The river.
Humber was completely frozen over,
and the Tames partially so. On the
Continent the weather was equally Sc
we're. In Frankfort-o ont the Main seven
persons were found frozen to death in
the streets, In the exreme northeast
portion Of New England the month was
unusually cold.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-20

tractor. when the barrels cease to re-
vuve and the shell is withdrawn and
dropped. another cartridge ha fing been
exploded AT the same time AS during
every stoppagc of tho barrels the
Gun is supplied with a new cartridge,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-20

complete, together with an estimate Of
the cost.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-20

Alpine horn-Pine Top Whisky.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-07-18
Mr.. BLAINE'S HEALTH.

The Maine Statesp.e-, Denounces the
Stories Teiegraphed Abous uis Health
Being So Bad as Lies.
BAR HARBoR, Me-, July 14.-Secre-
t;ry Blaine said to United Press cor
respondent yesterday morning: II am
as well as usual to-day. The sensa-
tDnal reports about my health sent to
the press all over the country are lies.
lam not sick man. They have mag
rifed slight illness into something
very serious. am taking no medicine
whatever. I go out every day and
often twice day. l have good appe-
fite, eat what l desire. rise at 8 o'clock
and retire at 10 or II o'clock. In short,
live in my usual manner. There is
rothing more to say
Mr.. Blaine took long ride yesterday
morning in an open carriage and does
lot seem TO be in the least fatigued.
That Mr.. Blaine is mentally unsound,
as reported, is absurd. Mr.. Emmons
Blaine said yesterday: "We no longer
consider my father sick man. he Is
constantly improving"
His physician says that he is I'M
proving rapidly and within the last few
DAYS he has seemed to take fresh hole
on life and health.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-07-18
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

A DISEASE in cattle, supposed to bS
Texas fever, has broken out at Inde.
pendence, KY, and is creating alarm in
the neigh borhood.
DISPATCHES from North Texas and the
sou uthern part Of the Indian Territory
state that the prospects for crops, es-
pecially corn and cotton, have never
been better. N
THE last of the prisoners who escaped
from the convict pen at Gate City, Ca,
when several guards were killed, was
captured on the 14th. His name is John
Rutherford. He is black, and many
times murderer.
Mrs. Lucy PRATT, of San Francisco.
on the 14th sold As inches of her skin
for s1Oo. A strip of skin 9x5 inches was
cut from her body and grated on to the
| leg of William A. Daggett, who was
| frightfully injured in a recent railroad
accident. .f1-3
! REPORTS are conflicting as to Mr..
| Blaine's physical condition. One dis
patch says he is about to die; another
that he never felt better in his life.
In the suit by the State of Kentucky
:gainst defaulting Treasurer Tate's
6ondsmen decision adverse to the
State was rendered on the 18th. The
| amount involved is $50, 600.
Two colored men living in Kansas
City, No., were taken out on the night
of the 18th and severely horse-whipped
| by band of masked regulators on the
charge of stealing.
THE total value of exports of bread
stuffs from the United States for the
month Of June was s13, ,199, 494.
| A HORRIBLE and sickening accident
| occurred at Dallas, Texas, on the 18th.
A colored woman was run, over By. an
/ electric street car, and was so badly
mangled and entangled in the machinery
that it had to be taken apart to avoid
cutting her body to pieces.
The jury in the case of ex-Treasurer
holland, of Missouri, for embezzling
! $4,000 of the States money, on the
11th returned verdict of guilty and
sentenced the prisoner to two years in
the penitentiary. R
| Mrs. KATE WILLIAMS, of Houston,
Texas, has given birth to a boy baby
which has full set of teeth.
Mrs. JEFFERSON DAVIS has addressed
| a letter to the veterans and people OF
the Southern States saying that after
much anxious thought she has finally
decided to give ito Richmond Va, the
ssrs Of heF husbands mortal body,
Huntsville gazette., 1891-07-18

DsvoIut;o, Douglass Left His Post-A
in. ,y,,o 10 sanding, in which Legit-
nrav rraya 49,, -aing in Jamaica,
New YORK, July 14.-Thea. +ls I;no
steamer Athos, from port Limol, ~
rived here this afternoon. Late in j une
the Athos touched at Hayti, and accord
ing to her officers it was learned that
Fred Douglass, United States minister
to Hayti had left his post at Port au
Prince because the Haytian govern
ment did not care to recognize repre-
sentative of the United States, and
that it was rather the desire of the
"Black republic" to break all inter
coursewith this country The Haytian
government it was said, fears the
Unitess States, and in order to avoid in
references of any kind from this
government would sacrifice official
intercourse with it. There had been
no report of revolutions when the
Athos touched at Hayti, and no news
of that country was received on the
return trip, when she put into King
ston, Jamaica, except that Legitime
vas still there, and that he was grow
ng in favor. The Hay tians prefer him
% lIippolyte and only await his word
70 institute another revolt
The Athos also brought news of the
failure of the extensive fruit-importing
corporation known as the Baltimore
Fruit Co. This company has main
tanned a feet of ocean steamers which
pied between Philadelphia and these
fidds.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-07-18
@. Is1s--
PiTH. AND POINT.


"A Bad Shot. -He-e.I have never
yet met the woman I thought ! could
marry" She-..'No, they are very
hard to please, as a rule. ."-Life's Cal
endar.
-'.I'm going to the races tomorrow
and want ~toS come home in good
shape. What, sort, Of q mascot would
YOU advise me to carry ?'' "a RAILROAD
return ticket IN. Y. Recorder.
An Easy KFay.-Editor of the kazoo
I'VE must increase our circulation
somehow. What can we do to please
the public 'D-Assistant Editor "Sus-
pend Saturday Evening Herald.
-Bobby-.'Whatis is, "a nursery, Uncle
George? Sis says it is place where
they raise trees. !" Uncle George-"Sis
knows better than that. It's place
where they raise r.'-Boston
~~---I----rs vrs-,-sr ssszs7 ElsE4 = a.sh4aVaAO
II understand that he presented her
with one hundred thousand dollars on
their wedding day. ta1'm!" replied
Mrs Jackson-Parke, .'that's Ga new
scheme, isn't it; getting the alimony in
advance?"-Indianapo Journal
Not a Marriage for Money.LFather
(sternly) you expect my daughter
to be party to marriage for money,
SIR" Suitor (bashfullyl-,.N-no sir
but it can't be, sir. | really haven't a
t."--Daily Continent. HN~ 0+'
|pH-A Good Little Boy.-'I like Sunday
school better than. any other school, :"
said Willie. al am pleased to hear that,
my little man." said the minister.
Nov, will you tell me why?p h''Yes,
sir; it only comes once week."--N. Y.
Herald.
"A Wretch!-Wife frefective1y)A"
do wonder why men grow bald and wom-
en- do not. Husband ''Becauseof the
intense activity of mems brains" Wife
-'sAnd why is it women have no whis-
-kers2r Husband because of the in
tense activity of their chins. PITTS
burgh Bulletin.
why Knee-Brceches Didn't Suit
Them.--First Swell-'I say, old chap
pie, what do you thin k of this talk of
wearing knee-breeches?" Second Swell
-"I for one will neveh weah them"
First Swell-''I thuppose you lack the
courwage, old. fellah?" Second Swell
Its not question of courwage, but
legs, don't you know. Smith, Gray
& Co. S Monthly.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-07-18

ACCORDING to the bureau of statistics
The total value of our Imports during
the past eleven months was S71 1, 455,-
N? as compared with $713, ,s75, 467 for
the corresponding eleven months of
last year, an increase of S57, ,579, 735.
The merchandise admitted free Of duty
during the past eleven months amounted
to 1927 27,SS4s9a, $40 749, as compared with S243,
977,2Sl for the spending period of
last year, This is an increase of free
merchandise impe rted over last year Of
sS3&546S, while there was an increase
@Tdatlable merchandise during this
period of the value of SIS, 7S5, ,9a3.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-07-18


IHE summer months are prolific of
conventions, and without doubt they
are great factor in producing that
homogcnity of the American people so
ceSrable and so essential to the main
'enance and perpetuation of our great
social fabric. Perhaps the most notable
u all however, was that just held at
minneapolis Of the Young Peoples So
cety OF Christian Endeavor, whose in
'efdenominational work under the ban
ner inscribed: For Christ and the
world has become mighty power
iof good IN the land. Fifteen thousand
Srong they assembled, and the Flour
s'ty surrendered gracefully to the youth
Iul army OF enthusiastic soldiers of the
Cross.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-07-18
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

PHILLIP STEPHENS, 81 years old, was
run over by the Keystone express on
the Pennsylvania road at Fort Wayne,
Ind, on the 9th, and instantly killed.
He was hard OF hearing and stepped
from behind box-car right in front of
the express train. He was hurled fifty
feet Stephens leaves an aged widow
and several children.
On the 10th fire destroyed a hamlet
near Rourg dOysans, IS miles from
Grenoble, France. Fifty families were
rendered homeless.
ON the 10th, holding in one hand the
pictures of three young ladies and in the
other revolver, a well-dressed young
man, registering as w. G. Aldrich, OF
Chicago, killed himself at the Repub-
lican house, Milwaukee.
A FEUD between the Mcpherson and
Mckay families in Warwick county,
Va. resulted in the murder of Leon Nc
Pherson and his 6-year r-old daughter.
AT Corona, n ", Clifford Silver,
aged 10, fell into Flushing creek, on the
10th, and was drowned. His brother,
who is IL years. old, made an attempt to
rescue, but was held back by an un-
known man, who himself made no eff
fort to rescue the boy. The family has
lost three sons by drowning.
WIN. B. DUNCAN, the 17-year-old clerk
who stole a box containing $50, 0ot
worth of diamonds from Lewisohn &
Co.. the Maiden Lane New York; jew
elers, in January last, and left them al
the Astor house, expecting to return
and take them away, was sentenced, on
the 10th. to four years and five months
imprisonment.
A wEsT-BoUND train on the Northern
Pacific road was wrecked near Missou
la, Mont, on the night of the 18th, by
an immense landslide. None of the
passengers were hurt beyond few
bruises, but eight tramps. who were
riding on the brake beams, are reported
to have been crushed to death.
SEVEN persons were killed and mum
Der injured by the collision of an engine
with an excursion train at switch on
the Colorado Midland road at Aspen
junction, on the night of the 1lth'
The victims were cooked to death py
escaping steam. sTae
Huntsville gazette., 1891-07-18
URoPE'S HARVEST.

All Rerts Point to a Deficiency in tho
Cereal Crops of Europe which the
| United States VIII be Called Upon to
Suppl5The South American Nations
VIII lot be Able to Respond to the
| Demat. AA4@
WAsfNsToN, July IA report on
the harvest prospects in France and
Europe has been received at the state
department from Commercial Agent
Griffin of Limoges, France. The Ma
tional MIllers' association of France,
the report says. has just issued an
estimate founded on very carefully col
lected data of the probable wheat har-
vest of Fnnce and Europe for 1891. In
order to meet the demand of France until
the harvest is gathered in 1892, it is
estimated that 12S, 900, coo hectolitres
will be needed The estimated yield OF
heets for 1891. viii rhfssxlrn nl af7 d7a QQgQsS QQQsS
mate; it Will be 81 per cent less than
the harvest of 1890 A@iiA
Russia, Tunis, Egypt, Roumania and
some OF the Danubian provinces will
have fair harvest; in Hungary it will
be below the average this year. The
estimates given by the millers, the re
port says, are optimistic. The desire to
create an impression that there is
a better supply than really exists,
is all done with purpose:
then want to buy grain as cheaply as
possible in those fortunate countries
that have OF their abundance to export.
In conclusion the report saws, not only
France but all Europe is looking long
ingly to the wheat fields of the United
States. Last year many hoped that
South America would help supply the
deficit, especially the Argentine Repub-
lie, but to-day no mention is made OF
those countries; all hope is built upon
our United States) harvest. The fact,
as recently stated, is that the bread OF
Europe must come from America
Huntsville gazette., 1891-07-18
nl E-77T- : III - ~ @4 I'm
GOT HIS DOLLAR.

He Had His Man Marked and was Baand
t-t t to Make Trouble.
Il A strapping young man sat in the
Erie depot, across the Hudson, the other
day, waiting for his train. He had
twelve scythe-stones in a bundle on his
right hand and cuckoo clock in a box
on MS left. AS he ws.,, 1y,vi,ing around
the .waiting-room he gave a sudden
start. Then he started some more. Then
he rose up and walked over to flashily-
dressed man about forty years old,
whom anyone would have spotted as a
fakir, and asked: s
''Don't you travel around with a tooth
powder?'
mo, SIR" was the sharp reply
wasn't you up in Elizabeth last
fall?" A. 3t ~-tAA
mo, sirr'
''Yes you was, and III bet on it! You
are the same burned feller, and I know
it!'' "-' -ff
s'Sir! What does this meant" de-
manded the other.
sit means that was in Elizabeth
last fall and bought box of your
tooth powder. You changed five-dol-
lar bill, and darn my hide if you didn'a
hornswaggle me out Of a dollar!" WI
"Sirr'
mo use, old fellow! ] lnowed We
The tSRgsemmoRRd miRdit pin got ssEes on ye- Same big
nose, bumped up in the middle like q
circus camel, want that dollar"
| ssThis is outrageous! FL call po-
licemanr' shouted the fakir.
.sCall and be burned to ye, but I'll
| lick We first! You either come down
with that dollar or III wallop ye till ye
can't hollerr'
Look herer' replied the other in
much milder tones, you are mistaken.
| 1t was my cousin who was in Elizabeth
i He is dead now."A s4All .+s
.sThen I'll take it out of your
''He is dead, as I remarked. and
rather than have any blot resting on
his fair escutcheon will pay you the
dollar"
| "That's all right / don't know any
thing about 'scutcheons but I've got tc
have that dollar or pull hair! I've bin
loolin' for your hump-backed nose al
over the face Of the earth. And I've
laid awake nights thinkin' how I'd make
We holler like an Injun if ever got my
paws on yer' .rpsL8
He was given dollar, and the fakil
disappeared at once, and the young mai
| explained to those about him:
I'm almost sorry he give up 50 soon
Iwas just achin' clean down to my toe
to lick him all over forty-acre lot."-
NJ. Quad, in NY. World. i4I iii8