Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-11-01

ing at Lakeport to, night.
The long agony is nearly over. Only
two more working days before election.
The Germania Ro6se front presents as
fine an appearance as sny-edifce in town.
A new frame. building is being erected on
the. corner of Second street and Douglas
avenue.
: Dave Campbell has aassumssa the .supervi.s-
orship Of his new place Of entertainment o
Broadway. So
November comes in like a lamb. To-day
has been a; pleasant and balmiy as q May.
morning. : .iAI
The crossings of Cspitaland Third street
are receiving the attention Of the street
commissioners. 10, .hpss
Bartlett Trip and Judge Brooki6gswi
talk politics to the people of Springfield
tomorrow afternoon. !se;Fs 27Ss
The walls of Danforth's; .new.:brick on
Third street gre going up with q, rush. Nc
Namsra is doing the work.
The lecturecommistp has engaged Col.
!, Sanford for. the 18th -inat. This popular
lecturer will open the course..s--
chas: Eisems9p, BlaaaFay, is giving e4-
ceeding low prices onailk finds of dry goods
ladies furnishing goods cloaks etc etc.
China ware, Crockery,. Cutlery Scr in
great variety, from the plaincst to the finest,
at very low prices at A. Schandein.s.
There have been %heavy-snow storms in
the country between THE Missttur river and
the Black Hills.during the past two weeks.
A large prairie fire swept through the
country east of the McCabe settlement yes
terday afternoon. No damage is reported.
Patrick Deneen, living east Of the Jim
river in this county, threshed 254 bushels Of
wheat per acre from this years crop. The
wheat grades No. 1.
A letter from Kampeska says: We have
had very cold weather here for the last few
days. The Sioux river is frozen over, and
it has beishsssnowinsss every night for tn. last
three nights. -~
Work on the. new. insane, asylum has so
far progressed that icold Weather cannot
materially interfere with its completion.
The building promises to be all that can be
demanded for the purpose.- =
-Cohsiderable'wlea has. been marketed
to-day-estimated at over 5000 bushels.
Nearly all Of it however has been No. 8, or
rejected. The price has. ranged. from 35 to
43 CITE. Receipts for the week thus far are
estimated at 20, 600 bushels.
The indications of the weather for the
upper Mississippi and lower Missouri val.
legs, are: CIGAR weather, followed by ~increas-
ing cloudiness, probably by rain or snow,
warm s~outherly winds, falling, generally fol.
lowed by rising, barometer and colder north
west Winds
The Excelsior mill has delivered 100000
p unds of flour IN its one million pound
contract, and will have the balance ready as
fast as it is wanted. Prompt ful6llmeent Of
contracts is a high ree;csommehdadtioo1i Il head
quarters 'aspd the E:1ee1sios has sarpusd4 big
Sphinx has c55nGstfuetsd-as horrible piictule
from his vivid iilh,agi,atioon shith le' never I've
fails to place before his audieaacss.- HeRave
it at Sioux Falls in its most vivid ,coloring.
It is the p;cture. Of corruption among repub-
lican officials which he alleges existed SOME
years ago: Petition after. petition, he says,
was sent to the president asking for the ap..I
pointment of better of6cialss and finally the
administration became SO disguised oyerAhe
condition of affairs In Dakota that no at.
tention was paid to the petitions and coun-
ter petitions which flowed in from Yankton.,
1t was a good steryi add hight have had
some effect if Gen. Bead!e had not taken up
the subject the next night and shown to the
audience that Sphinx wa, a federal. official
about that time and that the reason the peo-
pie of Dakota could obtain 10 redress was
because they were represented in congress
by a democratic delegate.
!: All kinds of.gsuts furniehpg goods.
Ready made clothing, Hats Caps etc etc
At bottom prices at Chas. Eiseman's. Broad
way.
Fresh MAckinaA trout. and whje fish,
this and every Thursday evening untff- fur.