Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-20

YANkToN, DAKOTA
LOCAL LAC0NICs.

From Mr.. Joseph Allen, of Swan Lal
We learn that on Sunday the snow fell
Turner county to the depth Of two or thu
inches.
After . hard fight in Custer county, CT
ter City and Hayward tied on the quest,
Of removing the county seat. This vi
probably leave it At Hayward, where it VI
located by the commissioners last spring.
Last year the ice bridge across the Mi
souri, At Yankton was completed and team
crossed thereon on the Goth of Novembe
This year the farmers are still blowing an
The streets Of Yankton are mantled wit
mud.
The Dakota Central Stage Line has bee
sold BY Mr.. Seaman : FELTON, & King. Th
new proprietors will spare no pains to max
Il @ good a line as there is 10 the west, an
will pay especial attention 10 the comfol
Of travellers.
Before Justice Roberts yesterday job
Macklin was fined two dollars and costs 70
trespass. Oliver Shannon prosecuting, tn
district attorney being engaged in the dis
trict court. Gen. VIM. Trip appeared a
counsel for the defendant.
He leaned up against an awning post last
night, and exclaimed in the face of the full
moon: "Dos vos SO, you dond tole me.
Yah! der moon he wash fool, und dem odder
vellers vot thinks dot Wilmauky peer NIT
me vos fooler dan ter moon never vos. Vot
you tinksw -
George Winters, last week swore out a
search warrant before Ju tice Eldridge,
charging John Bruhler with the larceny Of
. valise containing clothing &c. With the
writ, Marshal Bauman succeeded in recover.
ing the stolen property, but failed to appre.
bend the thief
The weather indications" for this part
OF the country are, that the barometer is
hl'irg; that the winds will be east or south
warmer; that it will be cloudy weather
and rain areas. succeeded tonight or to-
morrow in the latter by rising barometer
and the wind shifting to the northwest.
Thomas Crotty was arrested yesterday,
charged with the larceny of an overcoat, six
dollars in money and promissory notes of
the value of four hundred dollars from NJ.
y. Lingo, about the first of October last. He
will have an examination before Justice
Roberts to morrow at ten o'clock.
Shipping lnmber from the Black Hills to
the settlements on the U. P. road is among
the most recent of Dakota enterprises. One
OF Pratt & Ferris trains reached Sidney a
few days since with $4,000 feet of Black
Hills lumber. This is the first consignment
to be followed by other installments.
In eur issue of yesterday appeared an
item concerning a Russian seven feet long.
Officer Hinman, who made the arrest of the
Importation from the cars dominions, con.
Quoted himself with oficer-like dignity and
courage, and instead of being "toted" along
by the prisoner, landed him securely in jail.
We are convinced that the item which
crept into our columns yesterday, was inten-
ded as q joke and not as a reflection what
ever upon Constable Human.
There were q few chsnges made in the
United States petit jury when it came to be
impanneled yesterday. Messrs. j. W. G.
Morrison and Byron Mcintyre, of Yank-
ton, were excused, having served in a like
capacity within two years. Mr.. Joseph
Pelr was excused, not having received his
full citizenship papers, and JOSIAH Baldwin
and A. B. Fockler failed to appear. The
list was completed by the substitution Of
Messrs. A. B. Anchor, ]. L. Kelly, A. s.
Dunning, w. NJ. Powers and - Water.
house.
1t may not be generally known that there
is one township organized in Yankton coun.
~ and that at the late election a full board
OF county officers were chosen. Sampson
township is the name of the new municipal
ity and includes Gayville and the rich agri.
cultural region surrounding, embracing one
OF the finest sections of the county. The
following comprises its list of officials:
supervison-L. Sampson, A. L. vanOs-
del, 7. I. Davenport.
Clerk-E. c. Walton,
Pound Master-Iver Iverson.
Justice of the Peace-E. c. Walton.
Constables-Knut Olson.
Hon. james s. Foster, former commits.
sioner of immigration of Dakota, is about
to re'embark in the real estate and immi.
grafton business and during the presen,
winter will visit eastern localities for the
purpose of directing attention to our fertile
plains. His extensive and successful expe
rience in former days when the inducement.
to home seekers were less apparent thar
now, warrants us in saying that with thu
favorable showing the territory has thil
year made, Mr.. Foster will be able not onl,
to awaken IN interest among eastern peopl,
but to send hither y class Of farmers VIII,
will secure the Thousands of acres Of privat
lands now lying vacant neal our large
towns and make them probably produc
tive