Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-08-20
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Monday Evening, August 20, 1877
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Ed. lvessons swni leave ID ,hs morning
for southern Nsbfaska. sss
IL. Fosketl Gayvinisa, Ia. been
visible in town To-Day.
John o. Bates starts for = stock of Goods
Tomorrow morning.
=. y. Ackley will have tomorrow morn.
ing for the east, N . purchasing trip.
Mn. H. A. Harvey and Mn 8. b. Coul.
son went down to Sioux City to-day.
Georss nattheson came down on the
Durfse. He il just in from The Hill. Z.
u. Grigsby, Of Sioux Falls, was in town
over Sunday. He returned home TO-DAY.
DR. Mile, Of the firm of Mills 4 pnrdv
leaves for-Ba,aboo, Wisconsin Tomorrow.
Charles Eiseman goes east tomorrow to
purchase goods and will take his family
along. :
Secretary Hand leavs for the east to.
morrow morning, and expects to be avay
about ten days. =
superintendent Merchant, Of the Dakota
Southern road, came up ON to-d.v's extr.
from Sioux City.
John Hornick and wife came down from
Pierre on the steamer Black Hills and rent
to Sioux City this morning.
Charley Bates, John Thompson Judoe
Brisbine, and Will Brisbine arrived ON the
steamer Black Hills from the Hills.
NM VIM. swaztz was passenger down
on the Durfee from Pierre. Mr.. Sv.rt. ia
comming overland with teams.
Oliver Shannon, o. E. Shannon. Frank
Washabaugh, Sheriff Ely and s. A. Bentley
will arrive from the Hills probably bv the
next boat.
10. Lawrence returned from CHICAGO
Saturday night, having disposed of his cat
Tie toa good advantage. Mr.. Lawrence
has gone east on = visit.
Robert w. Burns, chief clerk at the sur-
veyor generals Office, has gone to house.
keeping in the Marshall house, Mrs. Burns
having arrived from Lawrence, Kansas. to
take charge Of the establishment.
James c. Blancing arrived on the .team.
er Black Hills from the Hills, and will re.
turn tomorrow on the same boat. He is
interested In quartz mines on Rapid creek.
and goes back to attend to their devc,on.
ment.
The American express office is to be moyed
to the First National bank building, where
1t will occupy . room on Walnut street.
Marsh and Kennard's express Office will also
be IN this Q and Agent Kramer will have
charge of the whole business.
j. g. Handing ssys that Sheriff Elv :.
Whale" Tobe called . whale IS hi.
part Of the world Is . compliment th.t an
aspirsto and few attain. It does not mean
that man is a literal sea monster, but that
he does his work we'll and is liked BY the
people with whom he comes in contact.
Maj. Ofley and L~ieutenans Cslliman
md Scott had time to get supper It the
Merchants and shake hands with & few of
their friends between the arrival Of the
train and the departure Of the Nellie Peck.
Being fresh from the bloody battle fields
Of Chicago they attracted more or less .tten.
ton. e0' ~ssen-
The two companies Of the LIST infantry
which vent east from Fl. Randall. under
command Of Maj. oaey, to assist in quellipp
Incl NOT there, returned Saturday night and
were Immediately taken on board the steamer
Nellie Peck and transported to their mast.
The, had no opportunity to exhibit their
fighting capacities.
M
Chief Justice Shannon, having obtained
leave of absence from the department Of
justice, will be absent from his district for :.
couple Of weeks. In the mainline. and
Until his departure for the Black Hills.
Judge Bennett will attend At Yankton to the
granting OF orders, hearing Of motions, etc.
Judge Shannon goes to C~hicago::and Milwau.
kee,.. on private business and will be met in
Chicago BY his family in two or three DAVIS.
George W. Felt, trader al Cheyenne
agency, arrived Saturday night ID ! skiff.
from the agency. He received telegram
stating that his wife was very sick here In
Yankton. snd telling him to come imme.
dlately. He secured . skifE, employed a
crew OF eight men, and came through
without q halt, arriving here in thirty six
hours after leaving Pierre. Mrs. Eel, is
much better, and there are good prospects
Tor ner recovery. Mr.. and Mrs. Felt are
stopping with 7. N. Bray.
Gen. Hammond returned on the steamer
Black Hills from the new Red Cloud agency.
On landing there he went out to lool over
the ground and on returning q few hours
Afterwards found that Mr.. Thornton had
erected . building large enough to shelter
the whole working gang. A good location
for the buildings has been secured on a
bench . sl,ort distance back from the river,
which IL we'll shaded and protected from
winter storms. The buildings will be
erected without any loss Of time.
JExcKs HorEL-J. c. spperry, VIM.
Garsais, J.P. Cousin, Alden, Ind; Geo. L.
Walker. Deadwood, D. +, c. B. Thatcher,
Bangor. Main. Wm Conluor W. 1y