Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-07-13
LOCAL LAcoNICs.

AVOA ~ aN0
Albert zemlicka's year old son died last
night.
Mercury 9S above zero in the shade this
afternoon.
Springfield and Niobrara postoffices have
been made money order offices.
The trial of A. V. Corson, for killing
Vankirk, will occur at Sioux Falls next
week before Judge Bennett.
George e. Merchant has been examining
hoppers captured along the line of his rail
road and finds that they are all destined to
become victims of the red parasite.
A granger remarked yesterday that the
hoppers which come from the south never
do much damage to Dakota crops and his
assertion is being verified this season.
Wanted-Ar boy fourteen or fifteen years
old to learn the printers trade and make
himself generally useful about the office.
Must have.a fair education and possess a
willingness to work. Apply at the Press
and Dakotaian Office.
Finlay, Turner county, wants a grist
mill. The Vermillion river at that point
furnishes abundant power to move two run
Of stone and the man who builds a mill
there will have a large and productive grain
growing region from which to draw his raw
material.
Governor Pennington will offer a reward
for the apprehension of the men who
lynched Curry, Hall and Allen, alleged
horse thieves, at Rapid City on the 21st of
June. The Hills have courts which never
fall to punish criminals and mob law is I'M
necessary and inexcusable.
The following new postof1ices have been
established in Dakota: Lesterville, Yank-
ton county Worms, Bon Homme county /;
Antioch, Lincoln county Hooker, Turner
county Rapid City, Pennington county
Gay City, Crook City, Lawrence county
C%astlevillc, Custer county Chantier, FIT.
Pierre, Stanley county.
Superintendent Merchant invited the
Iowa editors to take a ride over the Dakota
Southern and visit Yankton, but they de.
clined last night for the reason that they
had not the time to spare. A few of them
will come up on to.night's train. 1t was
Mr.. Merchants desire to run a special train
for their accommodations,
Marshal Baumann and Dennty Noonan
were out early this morning diminishing
around among unlicensed dogs with theil
shot guns. By six o'clock they had sue
ceeded IN killing thirteen When Noonar
left his home this morning, about three
o'clock, he noticed that his own dog was
following him and he further noticed tina,
the canine had not upon his neck ono O
the brass checks which is a saving article
with Yankton dogs since the annual ia,
became due. Noonan saw here a flagran'
violation of the law and to make the thing
right he speedily put a charge of bucksho
into the animal, and went off in search O
more Of the same sort. &
Hank Long, who was committed to thu
United States Jail by Commissioner Con
gleton to await the action of the grand jur,
on a charge Of mule stealing, broke jai
last night and succeeded in making his es
cape. He sawed through the floor of hi
cell and dug his way cut under the jai
through the ground. His escape was NO
discovered until this morning and the ola
Gers have thus far failed to get any clue O
him. 1t is supposed that he was assisted
by outsiders. Long is the man who wa,
arrested at Sioux Falls by Deputy Edmund
for stealing mules from Antoine LIE Claire
at TT. Thompson.