Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-09-01
LOCAL. LAcoNlcs.

To-day is popularity supposed to open the
autumn season.
Madame Masurier is at the Merchants
hotel, room No. l, read advertisement
The oyster season commences to day and
bivalve signs ale already seen on Third
street.
Wheat sold for so cents a bushel in Yank-
ton yesterday. Local competition did the
business.
A. L. Cranes threshing machine was
burned on the farm of Mr.. Baker near Port
landville, Ia, last week.
Mayor Ziebach, now in the Hills, writes
that he had the pleasure of seeing DIR. Bur
leigh wash $1.25 from one shovel fall of
dirt.
The citizens Of Bon Homme county as
sembled at the Times office in Springfield
this afternoon for the purpose of consider
ing whether they would hold a county fair
this fall.
A council Of the Congregational churches
in the vicinity of Elk Point was held yes.
terday to advise the church there in refer
ence to disolying the relation existing be-
tween them and their pastor. We CLEAN
from the Courier.
To day is the fifteenth anniversary of the
battle of Chantilly, Va, where Gen. Pope's
army repulsed an attack upon its left flank
by Gen. 1ee's army. Gen. Phil. karney
and Gen. Stevens Of the union army were
killed in the engagement.
The sessions of the territorial and county
institute will be held at the Franklin school,
Cor former high school room,) except some
of the evening lectures, which will be given
in one of the churches if arrangements can
he made for their use.
The senior of III institution was in Sioux
City yesterday which gave occasion to the
Journal to remark that: "W. s. Bow IN, OF
the Yankton Daily Press is in the city and
will return home to morrow. The Journal
can ,conscientiously say that he publishes
one of the neatest papers on its exchange
list, and one that has a nose for news and an
ability to put in good shape whatever i, has
To say"
The temperance meeting last evening,
though not largely attended was interesting
in its general features. H. II. Smith called
the meeting TO order and after prayer by
Rev. Jos. Ward, and the singing OF select
hymns, remarks were mace by Rev. Jos
Ward, Phil. x. Faulk Esq. john Fogerty
Mr.. Stewart and Genl. Beadle. A reformed
mems temperance club is to be organized
after the plan suggested by Mr.. Stewart. A
committee was appointed to select the off.
GERS of such club, to report at next meet.
ing.
Mr.. Jacob Max has recently returned
from the eastern markets where he has beer
to purchase supplies for his mercantile
house, already one of the leading establish.
ments in Dakota. He is now receiving hi
goods which embrace every variety of fami
ly groceries, all the thousands of articles
known under the name Of dry goods, all
kinds of household wares, hats, caps, boot
and shoes. Mr.. Max occupies two large
store rooms in his block on Broadway and
Fourth, and has every facility for buying
and selling that any trst-class house enjoys.
He invites the people to come and see him
A letter received at the treasury depart
ment, Washington, from San Francisco
says that Special Agent John Morton, sol
of Senator Morton, at the time of the dc
parture Of the Alaska Commercial compa-
ny's steamer, was lying at the point o
death. The steamer delayed her departur,
from Sitka two days in the hope that NOR
favorable symptoms in Mr.. Morton's cas-,
might manifest themselves, but the physi-
clan at the last moment reported that Their
was no possibility of his recovery. Late
Information cannot be received until tn
end Of September. when the revenue steam
er Rush is expected. Mr.. Morton was
resident Of Yankton seven years ago, a
secretary for Gov. Burbank.