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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-16

piled among Indians rs it Is everywhere
else. This will encourage the large mass
of them who are we'll disposed in their fidel-
ity, and discourage insubordination and
settle the Indian problem for all time in the
interest of humanity and JUSTICE
Other Topics Discussed.
Other subjects were mentioned by the
governor, such rs the commission OF adjust
ment between N Drth and South Dakota, the
school and pt blt lands, irrigation and ar
tesian wells, immigration, flax raising,
Sheep industry. the worlds fair. the public
| examiner Of banks, the inspector of mines,
the cement industry, veterinary surgeons
report. reports of attorneys board
of health oil inspector and executive COM
mittee on donations, the state militia, de-
| linquent taxes, the organization Of the
counties of Stanley and Sterling, pardons,
| extraditions, location Of permanent capital,
election of senatkrs, official corruption and
| legislative malfeasance.
In conclusion he said: "These sugges-
| tions, mainly repctitions made to the first
legislature OF the state, are presented as the
| honest convictions OF the executive, touch
| charged. In new or doubtful fields Of
Legislation, proceed with caution. Take
heed lest your zeal outstrip your judgment
| and so increase tho exits you would over
come. Weigh your opinions with your
opponents; hold fast what is good and
0lSCaru Wndo Is laulty, tn:tG ruin may
prevail. While civil government was
instituted to protect the weak
agoinst the strong; the shiftless and
simple-minded from the avaricious and
cunning. it was not intended to defeat
Gods first law. that man should live to
labor. The province OF legislation is not to
foster idleness. but to stimulate effort; not
to destroy ambition, but to elevate and d.
rect it, To preserve with Jealousy the
social institutions which ennoble human ma
ture; to foster religion, which furnishes di-
vine ideals, and to promote common edu-
cation, which is the preserver Of all.
''You are finally admonished that the
time for your multifarious labors is. brief
and not to put off till tomorrow your mos,
important duties. but to enter upon theil
discharge to-day"
; Respectfully submitted,
A G. MEIIE1xrE
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-16
Sign Of the Three Balls In Peru.

Pawnshops are incredibly numerous
and packed with treasures of every de-
scription, diamonds, pearls, emeralds,
splendid laces, articles of virtu, table
service, and toilet sets of solid gold and
silver Gncluding pieces for all the COM
mon uses of the bedroom, betokening
the extravaganza of an age when the
Andes poured out streams of precious
metal that were thought to be inexhaust-
ible); for since these latter days of pow
erty the wolf has been kept from many
doors by the surreptitious sale of house
hold treasures, heirlooms, keepsakcs,
and even rich. old-fashioned garments
which their dead grandmothers wore. 1t
is quite the fashion here to visit pawn
shops; and the tourist cannot do better
than 20 on tours of inspection and per-
haps convert some coined silver into
jewels in antique settings, which may
sometimes be bought for 1.-THE of their
real value.-Li1nG Letter.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-16
TIGHTENING THE GORDON.
Orders Issued tho, Army to Close In on tn
Indians from All Sides.

Orders Issued the Army to Close In on the
Indians from All Sides.
PINE RIDGE AGENCY, S. D., Jan. 10
Thursday afternoon all the commands in
tho field were ordered to march from
three to six miles nearer the hostiles.
Late Wednesday night the order was put
into effect. 1t of course attracted the
attention of the Indians. At the inter-
walls of two or three days the cordons
will be drawn more tightly around the
In peaceably or be whipped into submits
sion.
The opposition they display in accept
Ing the overtures of Gen. Miles is sus-
ceptible of but one interpretation, and
that is they propose to Surrender and re-
tain their arms or die in their defense.
This opinion is bolstered up by the fact
chat the majority of those who have
come in from the hostiles are so uaws and
children whom 1t was desired to get out
of the way. Some bucks come in occa.
sionally and domesticate with the alleged
friendlies, but at the same time they re.
tain the feeling of hostility which i'm
PEELED them to flee the agency.
The coming in of Red Cloud is var.
iously interpreted. His good faith is
doubted by many because it is well
known that he could not have stolen
away in the night from the hostiles had
the latter desired to retain him in their
midst.
No one can tell what th scover Of dark.
ness may impel the Indian toundertake.
That they have contemplated and do Still
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-16
WORD FROM RED CLOUD.
He Oners to Como In with All His Fol
lowers.

He Offers to Como In With All His Fol-
lowers.
PINE RIDGE AGENCY, Jan. Slate
last evening Gen. Miles received word
from Red Cloud to the effect that he
would come in this morning and bring all
the Indians he could with him. The gen.
eral thinks that Two Strike will accom-
pany Red Cloud and that they may be
followed by all the other Indians.
Gen. Miles received from Washington
. telegram announcing the approval of
his suggestion of putting the agencies
where the trouble exists under military
control. This will give the officers in
charge authority to exercise police reg
ulations in any matter effecting the
peace, good order, conduct and comfort
of the Indians.
Gen. Miles is satisfied that this reform
will inure to the benefit and happiness
of the Indians. He bases his opinion
upon the record of the men whom he
has recommended for the several posi-
tions at the Tongue river, Standing
Rock, Rosebud, Cheyenne river and Pine
Ridge agencies.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-16
They Have Plenty of Money.

Some bankers who were talking about
the amounts of ready cash which some
men can control declared that probably
William FL. Vanderbilt had the largest
amount of cash subject to sight draft of
any individual of his time or since, UNI
less it was John d. Rockefeller. When
Mr.. Vanderbilt drew his famous check
for Sc, 900, 900 to pay for the West Shore
road, he looked at it for moment after
he had signed his name and said to a
bank president who was near, 81 could
duplicate that check this moment" And
this was the nearest to an exhibition of
vanity that these men had ever seen in
Mr.. Vanderbilt.
Russell Sage, who is regarded as the
largest individual loaner of money,
makes it a rule never to loan more than
$500, 900 on any given day. That indi-
Gates to some extent what his resources
are.-NelU York Letter.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-16
WILL CUBA BREAK IN TWO?
An Old Hermit's Prediction Apparently
About to He Fulfilled.

An Old Hefm1ts Prediction Apparently
About to he Fulfilled.
Readers of this department will re-
member the curious prophecy of the old
Bavarian hermit, which was given en-
tire in ''Notes for the Curious" in the
Republic of Feb. IA, 1890, in which the
startling prediction was made that Cuba
would break in two and sink beneath the
waves before the ending of the present
century. A recent letter to an eastern
paper, written perhaps by some one who
had never heard of the old mans effort
at uncovering the future, contains,
among other matters, the following:
1.-THE startling discovery has been
made that Cuba is cracking, not simply
cracking, but bursting wide open.
Numerous assures in the earth have sud-
denly appeared in many widely situated
localities, but particularly near Man
tanZas. One of these enormous cracks
Is nearly eleven English miles in length,
and has actually broken a mountain
chain asunder. leaving wide gap, which,
but for the fact that the assure seems
without bottom, would make splendid
roadway, making the rich plantations in
the valley beyond at least fifty miles
nearer Lathios, the nearest port, which
is now reached by rounding the spur OF the
mountain. Some of the cracks anl
openings within sight of this place Una
tanzas) are 600 to 1000 feet long, OAKS
feet wide, and of unknown depth. Thes
disturbances may be, and no doubt are
a continuation of those felt not long ag
along the south coast of the island, bu
the people are not inclined to view it i
that light, regarding all such manii..s
tations with a superstitious awe, many Q
them actually believing that some i'm
pending calamity is about to overwhelr
the country. Scientists explain it b
saying that the earth's crust thicken
from the sea inland, and that, therefore
the inland pressure is towards the near
est coast line; the crust there and in tn
ocean beyond being thinner is more sen
sitive to central disturbances. st. Loui
| 19ollosI1Sn
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-16
The Bishop Was Witty.

A certain witty bishop found himself,
few months ago, crossing the Bay Of
Fundy from Digby to St. John in COM
pany with certain Mr.. Caswell. The
Bay of Fundy has reputation for turb-
ulence only to be matched by the Eng
lish channel or the Bay of Biscay. Mr..
Caswell was struggling with violent
attack of seasickness; but the bishop,
who was above such weakness, was very
cheerful and inclined to conversation.
He had failed, however, to catch Mr..
Caswell's name correctly, and persisted
in calling him "Mr. Aswell." At last
the sufferer, in moment of ease, cor
rected him, saying: "Caswell, my lord;
my name is Caswell, not Aswell." cop
said the bishop, cycling him critically, as
a new spasm seized upon his unhappy
acquaintance. swell, Mr.. Caswell,
don't you think you would be Aswell
without the sea?"-Harper's Magazine.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-16
LIEUT.. CASEY KILLED.
A Promising Man In tho Service Brutal!
Murderetl-.Othe News.

A Promising Man In tho Service Brutally
Murdered--Otler News.
PINE RIDGE AGENCY: S. D., (via Rush
vile, Neb.) Jan. Silent. E. w. Casey,
of the Twenty infantry, was
killed last night during skirmish within
two miles of Gen. Brooke's camp by a
Brule squaw.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Seen. Scho6eld
this morning received the following tele-
gram from Gen. Miles, dated Pine Ridge
agency, Jan. 8: 'sSeventy Indians have
came in from the hostile camp to-day,
and reports from them are that Red
Cloud, Little Wound, Two Strikes and
Big Road and others will come in to-
morrow"
telegram from Gen. Miles, detailing the
circumstances of the killing of Lieut..
Casey by Indians, as follows: Lieut..
the hostile camps, and with one Cheyenne
met two Indians, an Ogalalla and a
Brule. The Ogalalla warned Lieut..
Casey that the Brules were bad and
would shoot As Lieut.. Casey turned to
go away Brule fired, striking him in
the back of the head and killing him in
stantly. There is q report of heavy fir
ing in or near the hostile camp that may
be between two elements of the Indian
camp.
Secretary Proctor expressed his sorrow
at the death OF Lieut.. Casey, and said
81 regarded him as one of the mos
promising men in the service. He seem
h. have been brutally murdered, fe
there was no fighting going on when ht
was killed.
Idaho Indians in War Paint.
J:o1sE CITY, Idaho, Dec. s.--Advice:
FROM Pocatello state that the Indians
from Fort Hall reservation have beer
dancing. and that 200 in war paint have
taken to the mountains with arms, c:ls''
ing great excitement. Gov. Wiley has
asked for militia, and probably a com
panY of Unite, States cavalry will be
sent. The Pocatallo Indians on the res
ervation number about 800, more than
half of whom are Bannocks, who caused
the prolonged war twelve years ago.
PORTLAND, Ore, Jan. s.-Advices re
ceived here state that the citizens of
Pocatello, Idaho, fear the Indians near
that place.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-16

CHICAGO will officially "evict" the in
truders on the Lake Front Feb. 26 unless,
they vacate the premises before that
time.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-16
LATEST INDIAN NEWS
THE SITUATION UNCHANGED
AT PRESENT.
The Opinion Spreading, However, That
the Crisis OF tho Campaign 10 Now Near
at Hand-The situation Serious In OKLA
homa-NIany Requests for Firearms.

the Crisis OF tho Campaign 10 Now Near
at Hand-The situation Serious In OKLA
foma-Many Requests for Firearms.
kilograms from Gen. Miles at the war
department this morning, and the idea
prevailed that the situation was I'M
changed at Pine Ridge. The opinion is
spreading that the crisis of the campaign,
so often predicted and so long deferred,
is really near at hand. Secretary Pros
tor is constantly in receipt of acquisitions
from various sources, mostly from gov
ernors of states adjacent to the scene of
trouble, asking for arms with which to
provide local troops raised for defense.
The requests have not yet been complied
with.
Serious ln Oklahoma.
GUTHRIE, o. T.. Jan. 9.-Much excite
ment prevails here regarding the pres
ent Indian outlook. A militia company
Of 65 men has been organized at King
fisher and company of minute-men has
also been formed OF 112 members. 1t is
stated that Cheyenne and Arrapahoe
Indians had come into Kingfisher yester-
day and purchased every cartridge that
could be had. The aspect is serious, and
Judge sea, OF the supreme Dencn, Sal0
the inland towns should at once organize
company's to aid, if necessary, the set,
tiers along the borders.
Protecting the Employees.
SALT LAKE, Utah, Jan. 9.-In view o.
the threatened Indian troubles at Poca
tello, Acting Governor Sells has secured
from Fort Douglas 200 rifles and ammu
milton, to be sent up the railroad for tn,
protection of its employees there.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-16

NOT far from 75,ooo,o 900 tons of corn
fodder are produced in the United States
annually.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-16

contemplate an attack Apnn this agency
is believed by all well Informed people.
That they are now awaiting the oppor-
tunity is almost an established fact. Rcd
Cloud is living in his own house in the
midst of the alleged fr;cndlies. At
a signal from the bostiles II
is believed he will commnnieate
the same to the fricndlies. .rhe agency
could then be attacked from all sides.
There are now fewer than o thousand
soldiers within mile of headquarters.
Before those stationed in the field could
reach here great damage could be done.
GIN. Miles. as if impressed with
this fact. extended the breastworks
around the school, which will command
larger extent of the friendiies' camp.
He also received word from Gen Brooke
that a number of hostiles last night tried
to break through his lines and escpe to
Rosebud. They found the line too
strong. however, and retired.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1O.---Gen. Schofield
to-day received a telegram from Gen.
Miles saying the Indians are still COM
ing in.
Want Gums and Ammunition.
PORTLAND. Ore. Jan. 1O.--A letter
received from the postmaster and bust
ness men at ChalIiS. Idaho, states that
| the Indians Of the Lemhi reservation
are dancing. Trouble is feared In Gus
ter and Lemhi counties. There are about
700 Indians in that reservation, we'll
armed. The citizens of Challis ask that
guns and ammunition. be shipped them.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-16

.,.cing the Cost Of Msint"-
ed Of INSTITUTIONS Dealt With at
ofs'".. .,..,,I,c school System-Con-
lh~i"e a,,on.-Other Subjects.
..onstc had adjourned it met
the s. and the message of Gov.
hou MeiIctte was presented by
G. ,crnor was in his best form
Ih' ;.h force and precision. the
oA' @'"a \ summary of the ad-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-16

In regard to the supervision OF corpora
lions he repeated his former recommended
ton for one commissioner OF railroads anu I.
warehouses in lieu of the present board OF
three; one commissioner of insurance and
corporations other than railroads and ware,
houses; that the commissioner OF labor and
statistics be charged with the additional
duties Of immigration commissioner ana
arbitrator OF questions between corpora
tons and their employees. Each commits
sioner should have original Jurisdiction In
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-16

ueouctlon leaves S415.452.TG as the
annual state expenditure. As we
iorc seen there is but S24D. 600 to
- aihonlt, hence it is necessary for
s ia to make retrenchmcnt OF
nv per annum, in order to bring the
ments within the receipts, the
aaIllcally, as before shown.
.hls END 1T is suggested, that all
"a. can be dispensed with. without
"a M 70 the public service, be abol-
~ others consosolidated. and sal
iilhished until the expense of adj
"oh is reduced to the minimum,
1 lily mad only to the public needs,
"ei1are OF individuals.
tovlde in the general appropriation
i've sums for the per diem. nileuge
,'nseht expenses OF each state Of
seate agent. and of each depart
pubic institution, including its
"n ara management, thus bringing
.roi these now uncertain amounts
MI, ~ IN class 'B' and fixing u maximum
"nich no responsibility can attach
" &C and supplement- this enactment
is'oh IN terms multiplying all terrific
~, n'es 50 1ar as they can possibly be
~ as appropriately public revenues.
iIihs any state officer, or agent, or
incur any Indebtedness or cxpend
ey on behalf OF the state except as
ny authorized by the state legisla-
mat the auditor shall not draw,
easurer pay, any warrant upon the
eacept In pursuance OF an apprO-
iur The specific purpose first made.
lung severe penalties for its VIOLA
.'.s stops the expenditures included
a. ana such of them as are desired
iaccd in the appropriation bill. The
trough you their representatives.
rlsht to say how their money shall
ued, and no self-constituted agent
w allowed to usnrp this supreme
'ne people without suffering severe
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1891-02-06
TAKEN UP.

By the undersigned, OH section T. town.
ship 1856, range 76, in Emmons county
North Dakota, on February g. 1891, the fo!-
lowing described horses:
l gelding about years old; weight
about 1,00O, pounds; steel grey in color:
leather head stall.
l mare in foal; steel grey in color; braEd
on left hip, $; white spot on forehead
weight about 900 pounds.
l black mare about years old; rope
around neck;hind fetlo,ks white; weight
about 700 pounds.
buckskin mare; white stripe in face;
rope around neck; age about 8; weight
about 500 pounds; fetl0cks white.
roam sucking colt; white spot in fore
head.
bay mare; white spot III forehead;
white legs; weight about $50 pounds.
l bay 6 .lding; bald face ed; both hind fet.
locks white; rope around neck; weight
| about $50 pounds.
Said stock are now in charge of r.. II.
Tnistlethwaite, at his place, on section TO-
| township 1876, range IS, in Emmons coun-
ty, n. D. P0stOffice address WilliamspOrt
y. G. Owner can lave same on paying
damages and charges and proving prop
erty. w. l.. CAssEI.AIAN,
Armstrong, N. ID.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1891-02-06

House bill ia, by Mr.. GRADER, locates a
state blind asylum in the county of Penn
bina, and orders That the question of place
of location in said county be settled by
vote of the Pembina county electors in '92
MIR. Williams house bill lit appropriate 3
$4,000 for two years maintenance of the
state university.
House bill 125, by Mr.. Oliver, requires
that any officer. before serving a criminal
warrant, shall have a certificate of author
ity from the states attorney.
House bill ll9, by Mr. Deardsley, pro-
mortgages with township clerks. such
statements to be forwarded by register Of
deeds.
House bill 11S, by Mr.. Peabody, author
ICES townships to sink artesian wells and
specifies the manner of locating the same.
House bill 1877 is designed by Mr.. Fay as
a means OF compromise on the veXed ques-
ton of repeal Of the law governing state
banks. 1t provides that any bank, banker,
etc, except state and national banks, shall
make quarterly reports of their standing
to the state auditor. Such reports to con-
tain statement of total amount due dep0s-
itors, amount of funds on hand, ETC., the
names Of the persons interested in, Or car
rying on the business, total amount of cap
ital stock, etc, same to be covered by affi.
davit. For failure to comply with the
above and other provisions Of the act, q
penalty of $500 fine is inflicted. One quar-
terly report is on the 1st of April, which
allows assessment to be made on the basis
of that report.
House bill 1928, by Mr.. Strom, makes it
unlawful for any register Of deeds to re-
ceive for record or filing, or both. any
mortgage encumbering both chattel and
real property, and any such mortgage is
| declared illegal and void.
House bill 13O. by Mr.. Oliver, extends
! provisions of the laws prescribing penal.
| ties for cruelty to animals.
| House bill 100, by MIR. Oliver, fixes the
maximum rate to be charged by railroads
| for carrying passengers within the state
! Three cents per mile is the rat fixed, and
| 500 fine is provided for the violation
OF the act, to be recovered in any court OF
competent jurisdiction by the person over
charged. The board of railroad commits
sioners are to enforce the provisions OF the
act.
House bill 1872, by Mr.. Lamb, is intended
! to change the law governing the salaries
F; of registers of deeds and county treasurers
Such salaries are fixed as follows: For tlt
first 100000 on the total assessment valua
tion, as fixed by the state board of equal
ization for the preceding year, four mills
| on the dollar; for the next 100000, ont
mill Oh each dollar: over $5000OO and up II
50, 600, 900, one fifth of one mill; and one
filth of one mill on all sums in excess 0
$2,000000. No more than $4,000 IL yea
shall be received by either officer. Fee
for making and certifying to abstracts all,
for sending tax receipts to nonresident
need not be turned into the county treas
ury.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1891-02-06
That Printing Matter.

The commissioners of EmmonS county
have designated the Winona Times as the
official paper and left the EmmOnS County
Record entirely unrewarded for the good
work it has done for that county, Owing
to the Strengthened circumstances in which
many of Mr.. Streeter's subscribers found
themselves last fall, they were unable to
pay up and he had to seek work i'll Bis
marck during the winter, though his paper
has not missed an issue and part Of his
family remains at Williamsport. The Rec
ord has hOwled long and loud for En-
mons county and the Missouri Slope
Steele Ozone.
1t now appears that, so far as two men,
bers Of the board are concerned, it was a
misunderstanding. According to the letter
of the law part of the paper had to be
printed at Williamsport. II the publisher
had been given a chance by the board
however, he would have rectified lns mis-
take without any trouble about the mat.
ter. This rectifcation was at once made
part of the paper is printed at home, and
not one issue has been otherwise issued
In five weeks the whole outfit will again
| be at home and no one has been hurt-eX-
ccpt-the Record; and that, not much. We
have been able to give the people of the
county better paper-with more legis'a'
| tive news-eXplanation Of bills being a
feature; and, as getting out u good paper
as good as circumstances will allow-has
been our aim for seven years, and is now.
we are satisfied. 1t is only just to say
also, that we cannot and do not believe
that Messrs. Campbell and NIcI4ain of the
board had any desire TO iniure the Record
Nor had anybody else, for that matter, but
Van Beck