Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-09-24
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LOCAL LAcoN1cs.

Local. LACoNICs.
Hefnsr has pulled in 1000 bushels Of
grain to-day.
Wheat receipts to-day have reached 6,OO0
bushels, the price ranging from IS to 50
cents per b.lshel.
Eleven car loads Of grain per day il
about the average out of Yankton for the
eastern market.
The grain on exhibition yesterday At
Christ church will be exhibited at the fair
and the vegetables were given to the rector.
Thomas Stewart was arrested to-day
charged with an assault and battery COM
mitted upon John Westfallen in the melon
patch of Westfallen.
The sengerbund property il to be sold
At auction tomorrow and the proceeds dis
tribnted among the members With this
act the society closes its existence.
Bramble. Miner & Co. shipped eighty
tons of goods to up river posts on the G
4. Peck. aad now have an order for eighty
tons of oats for the upper country.
Complaint il made that the Indians camp
ed near the eastern city limits are disorderly
and frequently drunk. They evidently
belong to the band of ''Young Man not
Afraid Of His Whiskey."
Niobrara Pioneer: We have received the
premium list of the second annual fair Of
the Dakota territorial agricultural society.
The work is done by the Yankton Press s
Dakotaian and is magnifcently executed.
Fifteen years ago to-day convention Of
fourteen loyal governors and three proxies
was held At Altoona Pensylvania, who en-
dorsed the emancipation proclamation. and
advised the president to organize reserve
force of 100000 men.
Capt. Grant Marsh has bought out the
blue line and viii run its wagons for the
benefit of everybody in need of water. The
ferry boat pumps in fresh water every night.
He will commence delivering in the morn
ing.
Mrs. Linda Slaughter, of Bismarck, has
shipped number of her finest pictures for
exhibition at the territorial fair, and has
written letter to the secretary expressing
her interest In the exhibition and her hopes
for its complete success.
frank Hefner desires us to inform the
ladies and children of Yankton that he has
forty-.even we'll behaved cats to give away
They have been accumulatipg on his
premises for some time past and he wants to
find good homes for them all.
TOu,hnr "a ha:ur bo,,1o1 H. e.. ~.
fence to be built about the fair grounds and
for the construction of buildings, cattle and
horse stalls and pens for sheep and hogs
This work will cost the society four hundred
dollars, the contractor retaining the lumber
Capt. Lavender is filling contract with
the government for $500 bushels of pota-
toes. He has already on hand nearly
enough to complete the contract. This is
one-half of the Bramble, Miner & Co., con-
tract mentioned last week, those gentlemen
supplying an equal quantity.
A gentleman connected with leading
Illinois mill says that the best milling whea,
which can be procured comes from Dakots
fields. 1t is much sought after and is used
exclusively in the manufacture Of fancy
brands of -four for fastidious easterners. Al
he expressed it, our wheat makes stronger
flour than any that grows and in this respect
is superior to Minnesota wheat.
A lanktcn typo who went on an excur-
sion up the Jim river yesterday IN q skiff
was met by a large snake in the course O
his travels. He drew his revolver and free
twenty shots, every one Of which, he AYERS
hit the snake on the head and glanced of
After the battle was over his snakeshiI
gracefully retired, without bruise, to al
adjoining weed patch. and laid down to rest
Gen. Tnpp started for Clay creek yester
day morning, but had gone only shor
distance when bolt fell out and the shafts
dropped upon the horses legs. His lively
twelve year old lifted her hind feet over tn,
dashboard, one of them striking the gener
al on his left shin and inflicting seriou.
bruise. No other damage was done, bu
the general has postponed his trip until th.
blacksmith can do a job Of repairing.
The harvest home festival was celebrated
at. Christ church yesterday. in accordance
with the published instructions of Bishop
Clarkson. The interior walls of the church
were decorated with specimens of the pro-
ducts of the field and garden and piled up
on the floor in front of the chancel was an
artistically arranged pile Of vegetables. Tht
occasion was one of thanksgiving for tht
generous gifts of the season and the hearty
manner in which pastor and people partici
pated showed that they meant every wore