Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-07-20
NElGHBORH00D NEWS.


The river has quit cntting into the bank
of Vcrmillion.
Several cattle died IN Turner coun'y from
the effects Of the heat.
The Turner county republican committee
met at Swan Lake to-day
There are 4l3 acres plaEtcd to melons IN
Bon Honimc county this year.
100 degrees III the shade at Roscoe,
Moody county, on Saturday last
The contract has been let for grading the
Pembina road from Calope TO Belot
Mrs. II, G. Burr is visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. DR.. Hoyt, at Swan Lake.
Mrs. Joseph Moulin, living near Vclml.
lion, fell and broke her arm last Saturday.
A new town is about to be born half
mile south of Finlay on the Vermil!ior, in
Turner county.
The republican county convention of
Grand Forks county will be held on the
10th of August.
The Fandreau and Brooklyn b 8. ball
clubs had q tussle, and the former won,
the score being II to 6.
Agricultural implement dealers in the
Sioux valley arc unable to supply the de-
msnd for machinery.
A livery horse and a yoke of oxen died Of
heat on the road between Flandrcau and
Dell Rapids on Monday
Charles Boerig, OF Springfield has a card
in the Citizen announcing himself as car
didate for register of deeds of Bon Homme
equity.
The people of Flandrcau and other points
Oh The upper Sioux valley are calling for
a daily mail They need it and should
have it,
Bon lIomme Citizen: w S. Cole has
corn seven fee. eleven inches high When
his corn has tasselcd it will not be less
than ten feet high
The following were installed as officers
of the Elk Point lodge of odd fellows or
the 10Th: j. a. Wallace, N. G.; John
Brown, " G. A. Strobe', treasurer; +. w
Miller sccrctary.
Rows. A. Lindholm, a recent graduate
from Aueu>tana college and theological
seminary, of Rock Island, Illinois, has To-
Gated at Bloominedalc, where he has beer
called as pastor of the Swedish Luthera,
church.
Courier: Sheriff Bovee just returned tc
this city from an extended trip up in th
northern part Of the county, and he report.
the crops ur that way as simply immense
Notwithstanding the severe rain and win.
storms we have had recently, he says tn
grain is standing up well and is but yer,
little damaged by falling down. lie ais
says that the grain has not been injured /.
rust, rs has been reported
The Baptist church Of Elk Point wa
struck by lightning Tuesday afternoon. l
struck the roof at the front gablc-end rur
ming down inside the siding until near til
: floor. tearing the siding loose The Who'll
distance, when it took Il shoot inside Of tn
building making n hole in. a stoye drur
like rifle bullet, aud down through III
floor tearing the corner stone out Of ,h
foundation, when it disappeared. No vel
; serious damage done.
J The local editor Of tie Journal says Siou
+ City is SO dull that is streets wouldn't max
4 a decent rival of a graycyard-that the cal
!, acombs Of Rome would be a circus con
a pared 10 the prevailing ,'ulness--,hat eve
y funeral would be IA source of eXcitemel
+ to tac people Sioux City has been wer
0 ing towards this condition for several year
y aud wha, ,hc Journal now so honestly a
IF mi.s has been frequently remarked ty ira
l. ci3fs.
:. One dealer at Sioux Falls sold 81 harv,
!, tcrs in two days.
Another eighty acre addition is about
10 ing made to Sioux Falls,
As AZ Elk Poin, this week the ,hcrmome
= ranged from 95 to los in the shade.
"a The license for the sale of Intoxicating
quors in Moody county is 500 year.