Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-03
in THE WEST.

Iowa floods are worse than the first
news. The number of people in distress
at Cherokee alone is between 1000 and
1.5Oo Every bridge across the Sioux
river, both wagon and railroad, between
Onawa and Cherokee, is gone. Those
houses that were not swept away in the
flat at Cherokee were left almost buried
in mud The destruction of property
alone in that pretty little city will
amount to 100000, besides almost all
the stock pasturcd along the Sioux. The
Illinois Central railroad has sustained
heavy losses, miles of track being swept
away and most of their bridges gone.
Sutherland reports that it's cyclone was
not one stor M, but four or five cyclones
of no small dimensions. The loss to
Sutherland and Waterman township, in
which it is located, is at least SIS. 600.
The Chicago q Northwestern loss in the
township is $685. 600. The delugc covered
at least portions of the counties of
Sioux, O'Brien, Clay, Plymouth, Chero-
kee, Buena Vista, Woodbury., Ida, Sac,
Monona. Crawford, Carroll, Harrison
and Shelby, covering a territory three
counties in width along the western
border of the state, and five counties in
length, beginning within the tier of
counties from the northern boundary of
the state and extending southwark. At
present it is impossible to estimate the
damage to railroad property in that ter
ritory, but enough is known to show
that it will be very heavy. The section
of the country where the flood was most
severe is traversed by numerous
branches of the Northwestern, the ILL
nois Central, the Chicago. Milwaukee q
st. Paul and the main line of the Chi
cago, ST. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha
roads. 1t is reported from Waterloo that
eight persons, met their death in the
country round about Correctionvillc.
The Iowa democratic state conven-
ton at Ottumwa was largely attended
and enthusiastic. Gov. Horace Boes
was renominated with whoop and a
| hurrah. The ticket was completed as
follows: For lieutenant governor, Samuel
l.. Bestow: supreme judge, l.. G. Kinne:
superintendent of public instruction. j.
| B. Knoepler: railroad commissioner
Peter A. Dey. The platform declared
for tariff reform. free coinage, a pro-
tected franchise and the repeal of the
prohibitory law. Upon the silver oues-
ton the plank of last years platform
was reaffirmed. 1t demands free coin
age of silver and that it be made d full
legal tender for all debts. public and
private" IN demanding the repeal of
the prohibitory law high license is pre-
sented as the correct substitute, with an
annual license of $500 to be paid into
the county treasury. and such addi.
tional tax as the town, township or
municipal corporations shall provide.
In the speech of the temporary chair
man of the convention, Hon. Walter II
Butler. congressman from the Fourth
district. the reference to Gov. BoieS as
worthy of presidential honors was re
ccved with marked favor.
PROF. WILDRoN. of the North Dakota
state agricultural faculty. who was dis
patched to Orr, Grand Forks county
that state, upon receipt of information
that locusts were matching out in great
quantities in that vicinity, pronounces
them genuine Rocky mountain locusts
These locusts visited portions of Mani
toba last season, and it is thought a few
must have drifted across the line into
North Dakota and deposited eggs. Prof
Wlldron reports that the hoppcrS arc
WlnglesS and practically harmless fol
the time being. and if they can be de
stroyed Immediately little damage can bt
done. He states that in one place the,
cover the ground for over a mile il
length. and from one to five rods wide
and from an inch inch to foot in depth
A deep ditch has been made arounc
them to prevent escape until they can bt
trapped and destroyed. which will prob
ably be by trapping and burning.
The supreme court of Indiana de
cided in favor of teaching the Germa,
language in the schools, holding tina,
the law is compulsory and that Tho
language must be taught wherever /;
sufficient number shall apply for the
same.
The iron workers of Chicago who have
been Oh a strike for d week report some
successes. Four firms employing foul
hundred men signed the union scale anC
their men will return to work.
THE supreme lodge of Ancient Order
of United Workmen has finished it's Ia
bors at Detroit and adjourned to NEE,
OH the second Tuesday in June, 1891, al
Helena, Mont.
| Gov. FIFER, of Illinois, has approved
the bill enabling women to vote n1
| school elections. Twenty-six states
have now given women some form OF
| suffrage.
The wheat harvest in Oklahoma is
| almost complete. The Weld is esti