Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-02-14
c LACONICS.

A little snow AMI a little mud 10. day.
Otherwise the weather is correct.
The Yankton county Jail nov contains
prisoners from Clay ana Bon Homme couu-
ties.
Wheat ran up as high as Sl9 cents per
bushel to-day, IN increase of 81 cents on
yesterdays price.
A thin coating Of snow covered the
ground this morning, but before noon it
had all disappeared.
Gen. Beadl, lectured at Green Island on
Tuesday evening for the benefit Of the Con-
gregational church association of that place.
Cards are out for the marriagd of Walter
II. Carr, Of this city, and Miss Lizzie Allen.
of Swan Lake. The affair will occur next
Wednesday evening at Swan Lake.
a man crossing from the Nebraska side,
on foot, last night, got into the river, but
was fortunate enough to rescue himself.
The ice is very rotten, anC crossing is I'm
safe.
The case brought against Edward and
George Baker by H. w. White, yesterday
afternoon, for the purpose Of placing them
under bonds to keep the peace was dismiss.
cd at the instance of the plaintiff.
The genial sunshine of single blessed
ness which was wont to illuminate the
abode of the firm of Gene & Jack has been
obscured, and now a dreary Cloud-as chill
as a Minnesota blizzard is all that remains.
This is St. Valentines day, and ass con-
sequence the government will realize some
thing in the inceased sale of postage stamps,
used in sending perfumed billet doux and
comical caricatures through Uncle Sans
mails.
A hearing will be held before Probate
Judge Congleton on Saturday to inquire in
to the insanity Of Mrs. Mary E. J. Flye.
She will no doubt be sent to the St. Peters
insane asylum, She appears to be hope
lessly insane.
County Assessor Herman Ellerman is en-
gagged in making the annual assessment of
the property Of the county. He is taking a
complete census Of this city, and is Of
the opinion that the population will overrun
four thousand.
The indications of the weather for the
upper Mississippi and lower Missouri va
leys are, partly cloudy weather, areas of
rain or snow, and in Iowa and Missouri
colder, northeast to northwest winds, and
rising barometer.
Our dispatches to Cay announce the ap
pointment Of VIM. K. Pollock, Of Illinois,
to be Indian superintendent of tho Dakota
supe%rintendency. This does not affect Gen.
Hammond, who is now inspector Of Indian
affairs, and his field covers the entire In
dian country.
A horse suffering from q severe case Of
CHAMBERS, and which was roaming around
the lower end of town, has recently been
put out of the way. Horse owners should
be on the alert against the spread Of thic
very dangerous disease. 1t is contagious.
and is communicated 10 human beings as
we'll as to animals.
James j. Powers, chronic thief, has at
last '.jnmped the town" After his re.
lease from the county Jail, on his third
term, he was gobbled up by the city police
and incarcerated within the city cooler.
Here he was allowed to 60 into the yard in
company with twenty-five pounds of iron,
to saw wood. By means Of an az he effect
ed q severance of SO weighty a partnership
and skipped out for "fresh fields and pas
lures new"
Deputy Marshal Edmunds, on his recent
trip up the Niobrara river, was the recipient
of more attentions from Spotted Tails sub.
.jects than is pleasant to a man who has a
luxuriant crop of hair TO defend. They
stopped him several times on the lonely
road and went through his buggy throwing
out his blankets and robes, theirobject being
to rob him Of any provisions he might have.
As he carried no "chuck" with him the In
dians were nothing ahead.
An old citizen of Yankton, between the
top Of whose head and the ceiling OF the
church not a hair interviewed, was selected
to perform an important part Of the mar
riage ceremony at the Episcopal church last
evening. The duty was 80 gracefully and
handsomely discharged that upon his return.
home he drew this compliment from his
oldest born: "Pa, if it hadn't been for your
bald lead l should have thought you were
the bridegroom" He passed his hand over
The top of his head and mildly directed that
the observant youth be shown to his little
bed,