Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-27
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A clustering day-a sort of an infau
blizzard.
Since the fall of Kars the Russians ar
making great preparations to eat turkey q
Thanksgiving.
The commissioners of Yankton count.
are in session to-day, and will make an ei
fort to. close up their proceedin gs this eve
ming.
The Illinois Central railroad sells rount
trip tickets from Sioux City to New Or
leans-good until the 18th of next Apri
for $50.
Black Hills Times, 22d: "Workmer
began sinking on Philadelphia bar, Rapie
creek, this morning. They are sanguine o
striking 1t rich"
Frank Wilson charged with killing Franz
Wilder, in Sioux City. has been held te
answer to the charge of granddaughter. Hls
bail is fixed at $1,000.
Two new and t~irst-ciass ground floor off
ces on Third street near Walnut, if contract
be promptly made. Gen. Beadle will take
one. See him about the lhero.
The Sioux Falls Independent of the 24th
says: "The head-gates Of the new dam will
be closed tonight, when the curious sp, eta.
Gle of a tails without any water may be
seen" We hope lib. Independent man i'm
proved the opportunity to see this curious
spectacle. and in the next issue Of his pa
per he should describe its appearance, illus
,rating the description with a few sppro-
pirate cuts.
Notwithstanding the boisterous and bo-
reatic character of the weather to-day,
about 1000 bushels of wheat had reached
the elevators by two O'Clock, and more
coming. The average price paid was Is
cents.
The Independent, Sioux Falls, states that
last last Thursday afternoon one Of tn.
horses on the Yankton stage line dropped
dead in the harness. As the horse had been
driven but a mile, no blame can be attached
10 the driver.
The legislature of Wyoming have brazen-
ly memorialized congress to annex the
Black Hills of Dakota to that territory. L,
there is n thing more than any other that
fills the average Black Hitler chuck full
Of supreme disgust it is this proposition.
Weather indications for the northwest up
to Z a. L.. tomorrow: Rising and higher
barometer, falling and low temperature
brisk and high northwest winds, partly
cloudy weather in the latter; and generally
cloudy weather.
According to the Black Hills Times the
United States signal station at Fort Sully,
Dakota, has been discontinued, and Sergeant
O'Leary ordered to Deadwood to open a sig
nal station at that point, to date from No
vember l, 1877, it being deemed of greater
importance to the service than Fl. Sully.
Childs Guentte r and A. Kaiser made
complaint yesterday morning before Judge
Roberts, charging Frank Van Ostrand With
obtaining money and property by false pre-
lenses. District Attorney Faux, after an
Investigation of the matter, concluded that
it would be impossible to convict the de-
fendant, and not wishing to infict an e1-
pense of 500 on the county, dismissed the
case.
The Minnesota railroad builders are very
anxious 10 know what Sioux Falls is goine
to do towards aiding in the building of tn,
iron track to that point. The railroad PEG
pie seem to be fully as anxious 10 build III
road as the Lowellites are to get it and look
ing at the situation from a foreign stand
point, the iron horse will be very apt Il
find q way INTO that prosperous burgh wheth
er a subsidy is voted or not.
The largest quantity OF sugar, tea an
coffee for 81. Il, at