Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-13
Personal.

Hon. w. a. Burleigh wal = passenger on
the down tram this morning.
Special Agent Furay, oi the postofice
department. came up from Omaha last
night.
Judge Shannon returned last evening
from Vermillion where he has been holding
court.
Rev. St. George Young, of Yankton
agency, was . passenger down OF the Silver
Lake.
Hon. Alex. Hughes, of Elk Point. came
up on last nights train, and returned this
morning.
Jos. B. Sanborn returned from Deadwood
yesterday. He came down on the Rose
Bud from Pierre.
s. A. Boyles Esq, and Phil. K. Faulk Esq.
went to st. Helena, Nebraska, this morning
on legal business.
Cyrus Chenery, a prominent hotel keeper
of Deadwood, camedown on the Rose Bud
and went east this morning.
Gen. Hammond, superintendent of Indian
affairs for Dakota, left this morning for St.
Paul on official business.
Charles Maywald, of Bon Homme county,
was in this city yesterday. Mr.. Maywald
was q member of our last territorial legis-
lature.
Mayor Ziebach has returned from a sum-
mer's campaign among the auriferous gulch.
es of the Black Hills, somewhat bronzed
by his long exposure to the mountain
zephyrs and golden sands. HIS opinion of
the country and its mineral wealth was very
clearly given in a letter published In the
Press of a late date. He is fimly convinced
of the great wealth of the Black Hills re.
gicn, believing that as yet the development
has been but a skimming over the surface,
and that the ~inexhaustible bodies Of quartz
will yet require a hundred fold more labor
and mill D than is at present employed.
Gen. w. II. II. Beadle returned yesterday
afternoon from his survey.inspecting trip
in northern and central Dakota. He has
been absent 40 days. His route, after reach
ing Fargo, was down the Red river valley
to the Pembina neighborhood, thence back
to Fargo and across the country to Yankton.
In this across-,he. country trip the general
had an opportunity Of observing the char
ac,er of the country in central Dakota,
which he improved, and which he has
promised to write up for the benefit of the
readers of this paper. The general returns
in fine spirits and greatly elated with thu
prosperous condition of the portions Of Da
kota he has visited and the grand futur,
which he believes is in store for her.
The confirmation of Hon. P. C. Shannon
chiefjustice ofthe territory of Dakota wa
among the proceedings Of the U. S. senate
yesterday. The delay in this matter wa
owing to the absence of Judge Edmunds tn
chairman of the judiciary committee, bu
like his reappointment it was never ques
toned by anyone. This recognition of hi
high character and efficient labors meets
favorable response from all crafts, trades an
professions of our people without respect t
party. The record and services of Chic
Justice Shannon are most honorable an
useful. His industry and learning are ex
ceptionally fine and have had a great an
favorable effect toward shaping our leg
system into its present order and excellenc
With his able and learned associate Justice
Barnes and Bennett, Dakota is fortunate
its judiciary and may it be always so favo
ed.
I JENcKs HorEL.-J. B. Hussey, Cha
: Bluffs; ] H Stevenson, Chicago; J B F
ray, Omaha; 7 A Robinson, Vermilliol
]. Mrs Geo Brown and child, Sioux City;
Sawyer, Dubuque, Iowa; D Howard, ST
Rose Bud.
MERCHANTS HorEL-J. NJ. jacobs, S
Clair, Nc; A. P. French. U. S. A. Oman,
w. D. George, st. Paul; L. s. Penn
Chicago; L. N. Gonden, Cedar Rapids, l.
James Stott, Niobrara Theo. L. Cole, s
Louis, A. Hughes. Elk Point; NJ. Robin
Vermillion; J. Sharp, Omaha; H.
Chambers and wife, Chicago; ]. B. Ra
:. mond and family, returned; John Tod
+: Wellsville, Ia;