Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1876-01-10
CLAY COUNTY.
vcrmillion Register, Jan. 7th.

CLAY COUNTY.
Ncrmillion Register Jan. Ith.
The week OF prayer is being. duly OBJ
served in Vermilion.
The revival at the Methodist church is 4
still progressing.
The famous Peak family has epgageatlssse.ss
hail in Nermillion for the evening OF the
Goth ina.
Therc.is some talk among the legal fra
ternity1 about udjnurning the ,distlic, court
to some time in March.
p. Il. Jewell has sold his fine farm on
the hill one mile north OF Vermsl!ion. TO
Prentice & Ncwtod. for 81 sou.
A farmer while crossing the river on THE
ice near En- Point. Que day this week,
broke through aud lost both his horses
He escaped himself with great difficulty. 4
The Dakota Southern Railroad Company
has shipped from the depot nthe town-ot
Vermillion during the month Of Decem
Der, 3,223,4s6 pounds Of grain; .G,5Oo1
pounds Of hides; $50 pounds of butter
aud q, 100 pounds Of merchandise.
The Sioux City Journals Ell Point cor
respondent has found a mare's nest" with
more candidates in it than Dakota eyer
heard of before Dear Journal, you had
better take "your own In out of the wet,
He can't stand Dakota politics; they give
him the nightmare.
In November, 1871, v. E. Prentice and
Henry Newton came to Vermillion with
limited means and without any backing
Whatever other than their own energy, ina
dustry and integrity, they opened bank
on limited scale IN little one. story wood
en- building, 1920, and went TO work. To-
day they do business in their own building,
one Of the best brick blocks In the territory
of Dakota. and own property in the town
of Vermillion TO the value of>&13.0O0, to,
gether with over thousand acres of land,
some of which is we'll improved and the
most valuable in the county. This unpEe.
ccdented success during the few past years,
when times have been extremely hard, dem
onstrates the fact that Dakota, as well as
other new countries, offers inducements tc
energy, pluck and financial ability.
UNION COUNTY.
Elk Point Courier, Jan. 9th:
4 A special session of Union county dis
trict court will be holden by Judge Bennett,
in March next
We understand that five indictments were
found by the grand jury during its late ses
sion, and every one of these against liquor
dealers. Three Of the saloon keepers o
our town arc among the number-and also
one at jefferson We learn that warrants
have been issued for their arrest
cAss COUNTY.
: Fargo Times, Jan. lst.
Louis N. Gadbois, telegraph operator a
this place, committed suicide about min,
o'clock last evening, by shooting hinsel
in the head.
\ j. j. Jackman, OF Bismarck, dropped il
to take look at our new Office on Wednes
day evening. Mr.. j. drove through from
Bismarck with his own team, making tn
trip in three days and half.
A pleasant interruption to the usual rou
tine Of matters in our town. was occasione,
last Wednesday morning by the marriage o
+ Miss Lottie G. Davie, eldest daughter o
T Mr.. end Mrs. f. H. Davie, Of Fargo, AM
Mr. George n. Willard, Of st. Pau.
A petition is in circulation for the pardon
Of Henry eager, sentenced last June {
three years In the penitentiary at Detroit
for transactions in government oats. Th'
petition was quite extensively signed a
Bismarck, but seems to meet with a coo
!, reception here.
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