Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-07-02
LOCAL LACONICs.

company to-nlght.
Hurrah for the 4th of July and the fire.
mems ball. Tickets 81.
Indian goods are arriving. and Col. Akin
expects 10 have q boat load this week.
A boatman was left by the ferry boat last
night and swan the river from Nebraska
to Dakota.
The 4th Of July cannon is to be fired by
the veteran artillerest, Geogre Pike. He
collected money for the ammunition last
week, and is prepared to make the gun talk
loudly.
Swarms of 'hoppers were flying over yes
terday in a northwesterly direction, and
to day there are rather too many to make
life in the west seem pleasant. Last nights
storm brought down a few northwest Of
town.
A heavy storm cloud passed north of US
yesterday afternoon, which looked as
though it contained wind and hail. Yank-
ton got a moderate drenching from the
edge Of the storm, but the worst of it evi-
IDENTIFY went around us.
Adam Forepaugh's circus and menagerie
will exhibit in Yankton on the Sd of Au-
gust. HIS advertising car, which is an ele-
CANT Specimen sf mech sa;eaii work, Will ar.
rive here the first of next week oyer the
Dakota Southern road.
A mail was received from Deadwood Sat
arday night, via Pierre, which was five
days old-the quickest mail time made be.
tween the Hills and Yankton over any
route. Yet the department closes the
route because it takes too long to transport
mails over it! 1t is q mighty thin excuse
No mail was sent out this morning on
the up river route. The Northwestern
Stage Company has failed, and the new
contract does not begin until the 10th inst.
Meantime, Postmaster Howard will do his
best to supply the upper country with mail
but he sees no way to employ regular ser.
vice.
The stage firm of Whetmore, Marsh &
Co, of Omaha, has secured the contract fol
CARRYING the mails between Yankton and
Ft. Randall, and the terms Of their contract
require them to begin on the 10Th inst
MI. Marsh, who was in town last week, ex.
pressed a willingness to put on service i'm
mediately provided he could secure a rea.
sonable guarantee that the government
would pay the company for the work. But
as he has not done it, we presume he was
not willing to take the risk.
A man named Charles Potts, Of Sac
county, Iswa, who came down on the ferry
boat DR.. Burleigh from the Hills, is in 6
bad fix. At the second battle of Jackson
Miss. he was struck in the leg by a ~canistcl
shot, inflicting q wound which was no
considered serious at the time. Since he
has been in the Hills the leg has swollen
badly, and gives indications not very flat
tering to the patient. He was taken to the
Jeneks hotel, where he is being attended
by Dr. Miller. He was a soldier in the 20tl
Illinois regiment, 10Th army corps, during
the war.
The opening Of Charles Parlors OF
Saturday night was on event which brought
q large and respectable attendance of PEG
pie. The audience was strictly masculine
of course, because Charles Parlors" il
q saloon. The name, however, indicates
its character, aslt is a parlor so far as riet
%ad0rnments entitle apartments to the name
Three rooms make up the establishment
all handsomely furnished and richly car
peted. The bar and fixtures are of massive
black walnut, backed by three large plate
mirrors, set In black walnut frames. The
proprietors, Messrs. Baxter 81 Houts, have
secured the services of Mr.. West, profes
sional ~compounder of beverages, from the
east. Saturday nights opening was a sue
cessful Inauguration of the business of this
new establishment.
A stranger by the name of w. T. Hughes
is lying, at the Smithsonian hotel seriously
give any account of himself. He is deliri
Gus at times aud is unable to speak. He
was asked to write his name upon a piect
Of paper and state where his friends coulo
be found, but all that could be obtained
from him was "W.T. Hughes, Liverpool
Q.C.N- s." The meaning of the initials
he could not explain, being probably in Sc
feeble a mental condition that he failed Il
comprehend what wal wanted OF him. Mr.
Hughes is direct from the Black Hills and
came to Yankton on the steamer Black
Hills last week. He is being provided fol
by the county authorities, as he seems I,
be destitute. Any information concerning
his relatives or his place of residence may
be sent to the Smithsonian hotel.
Grand Hail.
By the Yankton hook and lad der com
nanu at Sfnne,a hall July 4 A general