Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-09
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A choice lot of jersey sweet potatoes just
received at Neff's fruit commission house on
Broadway.
Ready made clothing, gents furnishing
goods, hats and caps are to be sold almost
regardless of cost, at Chas. Eiseman's for
thirty days only.
The immigrant buildings have been
moved to the school section. and the work
of erecting Dakota's temporary insane asy-
lum is progressing rapidly. 1t will be
ready for occupancy by the Let of January.
James Bowyer, formerly one of the Press
and Dakotaian carrier boys, died yesterday
morning, at the residence of his parents, and
will be buried tomorrow afternoon. He
had been sick for some time with a lingering
fever.
A postal from Milltown announces that
prairie fires have burned themselves out in
that region, without causing much loss. At
Rockport, Monday night, a pony, barn and
considerable hay belonging to Frank Foster
were burned.
The crowd which sat up last night to get
the election returns we're a completely dis
gusted lot Of fellows. Along about mid
night the party broke up, having succeeded
in learning that Cherokee, lows, had gone
republican. Merely that and nothing more.
The Odd Fellows reception, ball and ban
quet last evening was an exceedingly pleas.
ant gathering and was enjoyed by q large
number of Yankton people and visitors from
other localities. Like everything else un-
dertaken by this order, it was a complete sue
cess.
An oyster supper will be given by the
ladies of the Universalist church OF the
evening of Tuesday the 18th inst. Supper
may be had at any hour from six to ten
o'clock. Among the pleasases of the even
ming will be music, dancing. and ballottipg
for q SIS gold headed cane, to be given to
the successful candidate of the evening,
Mr.. Trip or Mr.. Bennett.
The weather indications for the upper
Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys are /:
colder northwest, back to warmer south,
winds; rising. followed by stationary or
falling, barometer; clear, partly cloudy
weather, and during Wednesday night frosty
or freezing temperature, with partly cloudy
weather and numerous rains, followed on
Thursday forenoon by cooler west winds
and rising barometer.
The Turner county republicans met in
convention Tuesday and nominated the fol-
lowing ticket: Register Of deeds, c. NJ
Pear; treasurer, John B. Bebee ; assessor,
B. F. Crunch sheriff, s. F. Andrews, jr.;
commissioner, T. s. Fessenden ; probate
Judge, T. B. Buchanan /; surveyor, Joseph
Allen; coroner, A. B. Sage school superin-
tendent, L. N. Albert. J. A. Childs and
L. B. Bridgeman we're the choice Of the con-
ventionc for council and house,
Joseph Gilman was found dead last even
ing in an out building on Third street At
tached to the premises where he was board
ing. Consumption was his disease and he
had been gradually wearing out since last
spring. The deceased was for years . pilot
on the Missouri river and is known from st.
Louis to Benton. He shipped last spring
for the seasons work but was compelled to
abandon it. He has n divorced wife andaa
child in St. Louis and two wealthy brothers
IN Missouri, both ex-steamboat men.
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