Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-09-27
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YANkToM, DAKOTA
Thursday Evening, September 81, n
LOCAL. LAcoNrcs.

LOCAL LACONICs.
Theodore Tilton will probably visi,
Yankton this fall,
The fence around the fair grounds is
nearly completed.
Several Sioux City horses will compete 70,
the purses at the territorial fair.
A train Of empty freight cars came ur
last night to carry of our wheat.
The directors and stockholders of The
Dakota Southern road meet tonight.
Capital street is thronged with farmers
teams every day. from morning till night.
Wheat receipts to-day were 5000 bushels
the price ranging from "a to so cents pei
bushel.
The usual services will be held at Chris,
church tomorrow evening, Rev. Dr. Hoy,
officiating.
Hefner's large boarding stable on Capital
street is completed. 1t contains room for
thirty horses, and is we'll finished through
out.
Maj. Hanson writes to Frank Washa.
baugh that the Captain Jack dry diggings,
just below Sheridan are panning out large
yields.
Mike Brennan was before Justice FL
bridge today, charged with disorderly con
duct. He was found guilty and taxed
$12.S5, which he paid.
The date of A. P. Burbank's appearance
in Yankton has been changed to next week
Wednesday. He is the best elocutionist be.
fore the people, and will give us brilliant
entertainment.
Morgan d Stone are running the Van
Tassel elevator, on the levee. They will
ship off ten car loads of wheat in the morn.
ing, which will considerably relieve their
warehouse of its surplus. They are both
cred to get cars to carry off their purchases
Judge West, secretary of the agricultural
society, will commence receiving articles
for exhibition on Saturday, at his Office in
Pennington's block. On Mondav, Tuesday
and Wednesday forenoon entries can be
made at the fair grounds.
Mrs. E. Morrow has received her fall and
winter stock of millinery and ladies' fancy
goods and is now able to. show we'll selected
assortment of the latest styles, direct from
the eastern market. She invites the ladies
of Yankton to call at her store on Broad
way and examine her goods.
Judge Brookings has sample of Dakota
peaches which will be exhibited at the fair.
They were raised by s. Hitchcock, of Bon
Homme county. He planted the seed in
1873. After the first years growth the
trees were cut down by frost, but came up
again the next year and this year yielded
their first fruit.
The Turkey creek hunting party started
out this morning with two wagons, half a
ton of ammunition, galvanized row boat.
and two days rations. They expected to
meet the advance guard of the hostile
forces about two o'clock this afternoon. I'll
our readers notice heavy cloud of duck
feathers rising from the eastern horizon,
they needn't be surprised.
Tom Leary the telegraph repairer, has
been having heap oftrouble lately. There
was break in the line reported somewhere
between here and Springfield and he has
been riding over the prairie for two or
three days past looking for it. Finally he
discovered the trouble in the neighborhood
of the Tarbox farm in Bon Homme county.
Some designing persons had run piece Of
fence wire from the ground up one Of the
poles and attached it to the telegraph wire,
thus cutting off all the up country Offices
from communication. The job was 80 we'll
done that Learry passed it three times be-
fore discovering it. 1t ia supposed that some
herders who frequent that spot are the Of
tenders and that they had no other motive
than mischief.