Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-03-22
LOCAL LAcoNIo.

LOCAL LACONIC8.
Spring flowers are blooming on the hill |
sides.
Another squad of Mennonnites arrived
day before yesterday.
The petit jury for the territorial district
our will begin operations next Wednes.
day.
Dakota hard wheat sold to day in Yank-
ton for seven cents per bushel more than
the market quotation at the lake.shore.
Five Danish families arrived last night,
and it is intimated tbst one hundred more
families. ofthe same nationality are to follow
Passenger travel and freight t~ranspor,a.
tien over the Dako.a Southern railroad is
more than double what it was at this sea.
son last year.
The military Offices, after their removal
to Yankton from Sioux City. will be loca.
ted in Dewitt's, Savers aud the First Ma
tional blocks.
There is a prospect that the order for the
removal of the army psymaster, quarter.
master and commissary from Sioux City to
Yankton will he issued April LIST.
Last nights train was crowded with trav
elers. Superintendent Merchant i'll have
to hurry along that extra passenger coach
which is undergoing repairs at some eastern
shop.
J. &C. Bottsford, of Sioux Falls. informs
us that grading has been commenced on the
Sioux Falls railroad at Beaver Greek, q
point onlv twenty miles away. Sioux Falls
will soon be in the world.
The indications of the weather for the
upper Mississippi and lower Missouri val.
levs are, clear or partly cloudy. weather,
light, variable winds, mostly from the south,
stationary or higher temperature, and sta.
tionary or falling barometer.
The case of Cass Cougar, of Bon Homme
county, indicted for selling liquor to an In
dian, was on this afternoon. Cougar testi-
fed in his " behalf to the effect that The
didn't do it. The jury agreed with him and
brought in a verdict Of not guilty.
The United States petit jury last night
returned a verdict of not guilty In the case
of Patrick Cornwall, charged with selling
liquor without a government license. This
was the first case tried in Dakota wherein
the prisoner was permitted to testify.
Attentionsis directed to the advertisement
in this issue, giving a list of valuable books
offered for sale by the Press & Dakotsian.
The prices are given, and orders will be
promptly filled on application at this Office,
either by mail or in person. Read the list
over. 1t is a good one.
Wheat sold to-day at eighty.fve cents, q
rise of five cents since yesterday. The
cause of the rise was purely local, there be-
ing a hot strife among buyers to secure the
Dakota hard for milling purposes. Re.
ceipts were light, not more than q thousand
bushels changing hands.
At the meeting held last night to discuss
the board of trade project, the matter was
discussed at length, but 1t was deemed ad-
jourp until some time next week for the
purpose of obtaining the views of persons
not present. Notice will be given of the
next meeting.
What does it avail . man to hold a high
Office in a Daksta legislature, and in after
years to be hit under the left ear with an
uncooked soft she'll egg, and have the sub.
stance therefrom trickle down tue back of
his neck to his hip pockets? May be its
odor reminds him of the days of his candi.
dacy.
The Sioux Falls Paragraph remarks
THE proprietors of the Pres and Dakotaian
deserve the thanks and patronage of all
Dakotaians, especially of the people of this
county for the enterprise they have shown
in putting a first-class sensible man into the
field as a travelling agent and correspon.
dent"
Sioux City Journal: Yesterday We met
Nj. Grimes of Green Island, opposite Yank.
ton, who went out to the Black Hills in the
spring of rs. and returned last fall. On
January list Mr.. Grimes started for the Hills
again, but was overtsken by Q severe snow
storm, and had q pretty serious time of it,
and on account Of exposure during the
storm, was taken i'll and lay sick At Red
Cloud until recently. He came up from
Omaha yesterday on his way back to his
home, where he will remain until entirely
recovered.
WANTED FOR CASH.
Fifty head of beef cattle including oxen
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