Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-10-23
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YANkroN, DAKOTA
Tuesday Evening, October %, 1877
LOCAL LACoslcs.

other side OF the river.
Two civil cases occupied the attention OF
Justice Roberts this forenoon.
The first snow of the season in the Hills,
fell At Deadwood ON the 18th inst.
Wheat brought only 81 cts. to-day, but the
receipts have been very large.
About twenty Yanktonians will attend the
races At Sioux City on Thursday.
A. NJ. Emmons, Of Springfield, died of
asthma on Thursday last, age %.
The farmers say that not over half the
grain crop of this county has been threshed.
John Donnelly and Miss Catharine HARRY,
Of Springfield, were married last Thursday.
From present indications a new impetus
will be gwen to building early in the spring.
The sand.bars and snags are becoming
more numerous every day. The water is
very low.
A flat boat from Frankfort, loaded with
wood, was among the 'boat' arrivals this
forenoon.
There are four car loads of wagons at the
levee for Cheyenne and Lower Brule apen-
cies.
Considerable government freight is lying
ut the lower warehouse awaiting shipment
np the river.
There has been more grain brought to
town within the last l2 hours than on sny
previous day this season.
A petition is in circulation asking execu-
tive pardon for Cuthbcrt Ducharme, now in
The Detroit penitentiary.
Forty. one farmers wagons loaded with
grain and other produce were counted on
81 street at one time this morning.
Lewis Tyler has sold his residence on
Cedar street for $l,O5O. The purchaser de.
signs occupying 1t himself as q residence.
The horse Gold Dust was taken down on
this mornings train, and will be one of the
horses in the trotting race to come off at
Sioux City on Thursday.
The farmers are taking advantage of the
hne weather we are now having, and doing
their fall blowing and gathering in their DO.
tatoes, cabbage and turnips.
George Smith of this city is about to dis
pose of his property here preparatory to
moving his family to the Black Hills where
he has valuable mining interests.
These long chilly evenings the average
married man can accommodate himself to
the wa!m corner near the kitchen stove
aud thus avail himself of increased facilities
for the study of domestic economy.
Sioux City Journal: A number of rail.
road men, occupying a special car, hand
somely rugged up for their particular pur-
pose, will pass through Dubuque Monday
on a hunting expedition to Dakota terri
tory.
We shall endeavor to give a more extend.
ed notice of the deceased Tomorrow. The
remains will be escorted to the grave by the
Masonic fraternity Of which organization
Mr.. West was an honored member.
The roads are in good order and the
farmers are bringing in load after load of
wheat. A little after seven o'clock this
morning some six or eight loads Of wheat
came in over the hill from the north, and
the cry is. "Still they Come"
A singular fatality is noticeable among
home flies. They are found dead on the
shell, table and floor, and still the good
housewife mourneth not. Put up your
stoves at once and these relics of summer
will linger out many days yet.
The case of Stockwell & West against
Ole johnson for work and labor was tried
before Juitice Roberts to-day and judgment
!. given for plaintiffs. Gen. Trip appearing
for plaintiffs, and Mr.. Boyles for defendant.
The occasional cold rains and white frosts
We are now experiencing, should remind us
that the chilly winds of December will soon
be whistling around our coat tails. mourn.
fully asking what we have been doing all
GUNNER.
S. A. Gruber, Esq, yesterday made CON-
Dlaint before w. F. Eldridge, charging E.
Mueller with the misa%ppropriatlon and EN-.
bezzlement of q No. 6 McNeale & Nolan
safe. The defendant was arrested, and We
are informed proposes to arrange matters
satisfactorily.
VIM. Merchant conductor Of the D. S.
Pembina branch was struck with paralysis,
on Saturday last. The shock was severe
and affected his entire body, but from the
Sioux City Journal We find that his con.
dition was improving, and it is hoped that
his Affections will only be temporary.
Beautiful red and crimson leaves, with
brown edges and frozen stems, can now be
obtained to fill the demand for that kind oil
produce. Weave them artistically into q
rustic cluster, and lay them carefully away
within the leaves. Of your prayer book.
They will come to the surface again in forty
or fifty years.
Last night Mr.. w. Wright, of Omaha,
general agent for Mr.. Burdetts new book,
"The Rise and Fall Of the Mustache," gave
select readings in the court house. He read
the Lecture" with success and every demon
stra,ion of approval from the audience. Hi
method Of reading is natural, there being
enough of the dramatic treatment to make