Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-08-13
THE RIVER,

IUc SVedIucI ItSU SROuNs Wm. maSsAcS
master, arrived this morning from above.
and is lying near the lower warehouse. She
has on board a number of ST. Louis passen.
gers.
The steamer Black Hills, T. b. Burleigh,
master. aud ]. q. A. Parr. clerk, will leave
Yanktou for Pierre this evening with q
cabin full of passengers, and one hundred
and seventy-ive tons of freight. She takes.
the lumber for the Yellow Medicine agency
buildings and seventy tons of Black BILLS
freight.
Benton Record: The engineers at work
on the river Improvements at Dauphin rap.
Ids have had their boat built and derrick
up. and have been experimenting with
their dynamite by blowing up the boiler Of
the Peter Balen, a steamer that was burned
near the rapids in 1869. The work of clear
ing away the boulders cannot be accom-.
plished until the river falls considerable
below its present stage. but the experiments
already made have satisfied the engineers
that there will be no difficulty In re-
moving all the rocks that obstruct the
channel at this point After the
rapids have been cleared the party will
work on down the river; and expect, before
the winter sets in to have the river above
Cow island sufficiently improved to enable
boats to come to Benton at least one mouth
later nthe season. When the steamer Ben
ton passed up, Lieut.. Mcguire of the engi.
neers was on the Yellowstone river, but was
expected at the rapid by the next steamer.
The steamboat trade on the Missouri and its
tributaries, above Bismarck, is becoming
simply enormous. The occupation of the
Yellowstone, the Big Horn, Powder and
other valleys-rich in mineral and agricul-
tural wealth-has . tendency to make 60
much business that steamboat stock must be
doubled in order that business may not suffer.
The steamer Key West, Nick Beusen
master and A. White clerk, arrived at three
o'clock this afternoon. The following is a
memorandum Of her operations since she lefl
Yankton, nearly four months ago:
We left Yankton April 10th, 1877.
LIST trip-Yankton to Fort Benton and re-
turn to Bismarck, May 22d.
I'd trip-Bismarck to Fit. Benton and re-
turn 10 Bismarck, June 18th.
Sd trip-Bismarck to Post No. l, Vel
lowstone river about four miles above
Tongue river and return to Fl. Buford, July
4th.
4th, 5th and 9Th trips-From Fl Buford
to Post No. !, Yellowstone river and return
to Fl. Buford, end of 9th trip, July 24th.
9TH trip-The present one, We left Fl.
Buford for Post No. ], and then loaded at
Tongue river for Big Horn depot N. T.,
about 4 miles above the Big Horn river
where We arrived Aug. 4th, 4 p. M, put out
our freight and left. Big Horn Depot NJ. T.,
which is called Terry's landing, and within
so miles Of the battle ground where Gen.
CUSTER fell, on Aug. 9Th. 1870 q. m . met
steamer Big Horn At Up. m. Met steamer
Rosebud 6:15. Aug. 9Th, started At 4 .. m.
and landed At Tongue river. Left Tongue
river at 9 a. m. Met steamer Alex.
Kendall II m, at Bakers rapids.
Met steamer Josephine at p. m.
below Bakers rapids. Met steamer Gen.
Custer above Powder river. Passed steam
er James H. Rankin aground on sand.bar,
high and dry, below Crosby's rapids, about
10 miles below Powder river. Lay above
Glendive creek all night.
7th. Passed steamer Savannah aground
10 miles below .Glendive creek. Passed
barge burning at Penlnsh chute at 8 a. M,
and passed another barge half loaded at
Leighton's bluffs at Fl. Buford; 3:45 p. M,
steamer Silver City lying at Fl. Butord
with load on board. having made one trial
TO get up the Yellowstone and Tongue riv-
ers, turned back, and is nov lying at Fl.
Buford. Left Fl. Buford at s as p. NJ, and
ay all night above Big Muddy. The steam
er Western arrived during the night.
9Th. Met steamer Far West at 8 80 above
Strawberry island, Landed at Fl. Berthold
at 8 p. N and lay all night.
9th. Started at $3.50 q. m. Arrived at
Bismarck At 2 p. m. The steamer Meade
was loading at the N. r. r Il. warehouse
for Benton. The steamers lying at Bis
marck were: Weaver, Dugan, Peuiuab.
Durfee and Fonteneile. Lay oil night al
Bismarck.
10th. Left Biemarck at 9 rs Q. m. Passed
the steamer Gen. Sherman aground below
Standing Rock at 2 p. m. Landed 1t the
head Of Blue Blanket Island at 8 .. m, and
lay all night.
l1th. Started at $50 q. m. Landed At
Fisherman's woodyaId, 2 miles below Old
Fort George, Of 8 p. m, and lay oil night.
12th. Started st 8 Q. N. Landed at Ham.
ilton's bottom, IS miles above Fl. Randall.
and lay all night.
18th. Started at 3 40 .. m, and arrived
at Yankton At 2 80 p. m. River falling an
the way down.
PASSENGERS.
Capt. N. Coulson and wife, daughter and
son. Miss Ella Jones, NJ. Duffy, Mr.. Cross,
Nj. LAughifn and brother. Mr.. Mathewsop,
lr. Pouton. Mary Leidy. Nj. NcCuse and
lkr. Kelso.
A. A. WaFrx
Clerk 81. Key West
Yasktop.,D. r, Aug. Is, 1871.