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Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-11-21
the INTERIOR Of GREENLAND.

Successful Penetration by Two Danes In.
to tho Interior From tho West Coast.
Many attempts have been made, says the
London Times to penetrate into the inter-
rior of Greenland from the west coast, but,
until this summer, with little success.
Three Danish gentlemen, Messrs. Jensen,
Kornerup and 0rOth, under the dlrectioni
OF the commission for scientific exploration
in the Danish colony, started !. to explore
and survey the coast between Godhaab and
Frederikshaab. Lieutenant Jensen took
advantage of the opportunity to make an
excursion into the interior over the ice.
The aim was to reach several mountain
peaks rising out of the ice. The baggage
was placed In three small sledges OF the
travellers own, and the t0ilsome Journey
commenced on July IA. After two days
the loose snow accumulated on the surface
of the ice to such an extent that the jour.
ney became very dangerous, while they
continually sank In concealed crevasses and
and holes, saving themselves only by
adopting the Alpine expedient Of attaching
themselves to each other with q rope. The
surface Of the ice was generally undulating,
but there we're also many ragged parts and
chasms which : .ndered the journey a very
difficult one. II was foggy nearly the whole
time. and or July % a sno storm came on.
On the gath the expedition reached the foot
of the mountain referred to above.
Then came on another storm which
lasted for SIX days with contin.
uous sno ard fog; the travellers
were snow blind. The weather cleared on
the 3lst, when the ascent of the mountain
might be undertaken with some prospect of
succcese. The height Y as estimated at about
5 900 feet above the sea level, and on the
other side of the mountain, as far Is the eye
could reach, ice sheets and glaciers were
seen, and not the smallest speck of land free
from ice. After finishing their observations
the expedition returned, and reached their
starting point on August 5, having been
away for twenty-three days. The mountain
referred to was forty-ive miles from the
| coast. i
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-11-21
LAWRENCE COUNTY REPUBLICAN.
Deadwoad Times.

The Times months ago contended tina
the republican party was in a majority il
this county provided they should concen
trate and and the full and complete
vote of their adherents and partizans. An
examination of the vote polled last week
confirms and proves the correctness of this
opinion. The republicans elected their pros.
ecuting Attorney by a majority of 273; two
of the commissioners by an average MAORI
ty of 1888 and the judge of probate by a ma
jority Of 1923, while the aggregate vote on
sheriff leaves Manning in a minority of 81
though he has a majority Of 80 over Bullock
The democrats have a majority of 235 on
delegate; on councilman $40; on repreeenta-
tives 10Y; on one COMMISSIONS A; register
of deeds $50, and on treasurer 1872.
1t is a low estimate to say that the disaf-
fected republicans poll, d from 200 to $50
votes, which were thrown solid against Ben.
nett, Ledwich, Bullock, Moulton and Car
ney, and had they been cast for those
candidates would have elected every one Of
them with probably the single exception of
the register of deeds.
Moulton had to contend against other odds
besides the anti-Bennett republicans. The
lavish expenditure of money by his opponent
and the treachery of the Pioneer, were po-
tential elements that he could not counter
act or meet. The Pioneer made its fight
alone for the register, making an earnest AID
vigorous contest for him, and practically ig-
noring all the other candidates.
These facts conclusively demonstrate the
superiority and ascendancy of the republi.
can party in this county, and hereafter i'll
they can concentrate and unite their vote
hey can always elect their candidates.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-11-21
INTERESTING FACTS FROM THE CENSUS.
New York Sun.

1t will be a surprising bit OF news to
many of our readers that there are at this
moment no less than 1869 families in this
state who live in loy cabins. OF the more
modern dwelling houses. sos ,013 are of
wood, SO 29S are of brick, snd 1917 of
stone. Apparently the pet extravaganza of
the interior of New York is not costly
architecture over one half Of all of these
buildings are reported as worth less than
$4,000 eacr owe one-thtrd as worth less
than 81 1000, and 1874 as worth less than
$50 apiece Of the 67.126 dwellings in this
county, 5000 are valued at Sd, 900 and up
wards. Indeed, the dwellings of the me.
tropolis represent about as much outlay as
all the other dwellings In the state put to-
gether.
Here are some additional facts in the
statistical lile that are not without an in.
terest for serious-minded people. Ofl.637,-
726 producing industrious New Workers.
351, 62S are farmers or farm hands. One
half of the working women of the state are
house servants, and there are no fewer than
137,416 of them. Over 10000 men earn
their bread as day laborers the machinists
number 1896; the coopers, s,97l the iron
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-11-21
The Sioux City Journal, through it's

The Sioux City Journal, through it's
Yankton correspondent, makes a broad
charge Of the worst sort of immortality
against the citizens of our city and tops of
by advising us to exhibit a less s%winishness
in the future than We have in the past. The
article is a dirty fling at a people who are
as good as any people, and too good to be
made the subject of such vile insinuations
as this great moral paper descends to. 1t
is about time for the Journal to repeat its
we'll worn statement that "by word, thought
or deed it has never attempted to injure
Yankton, but that its best efforts nave been
given to aid in the advancement of this
community" Some weeks have elapsed
since the Journal assured US that it loved
=,
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-11-21
II

CONNECTIONS.
1. At U. p. Transfer with Union Pacific Rail
roau Tor omaha.
2. A Council Bluffs. with Kansas City, st. Joe
and Council Bluffs Railroad for st. Louie and all
oointe south.
s. a Missouri Valley with Chicago 4 Nor h.
western Railway for Chicago and all points e; {.
T., Atsioux City with the Sioux City and {.
Paul, ulinoit Central and Dakota Southern Raj.
roads, Steamers for upper Missouri river, during
navigation, and with stages for all points in the
Northwest.
g.. At Blair with Omaha and Northwestern u
r. for Omaha and Southern Nebraska.
6. At Fremont, Mob, with the Union Pacific y
K: for all pointe west, and the Pacific coast.
z. At Wisncr, with stages for Norfolk, and al
POINTS in Northern Nebraska.
~ Be sure your tickets read via sc. 4 PR.
T. 6. FILLS, Genl Ticket Ag't.
I. vo1HSTT. Superintendent.
CD. UCoNNoR,
Western Passenger Agent.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-11-21

foundry operators. s,9ao; the blscksmi,hp.
l0. 603, ~ cabinet nskels. 9,76S the tAas
I1ers. Ago. thS n,llandfa cterv egeraltve4
:l9.8i1; Re Aprintess. le,39o; the cigar
makers, Il, 846;; the painters and gle1'ess
81. 845; the carpenters and joiners, 62.l92;
the boot and shoe makers. 22,l44;. There
are 5O,9O3 clerks 4O.407 tAilors and seam
stresses, and 3S,478 milliners aud dress
makers.
Passing to another classification, we learn
that 1.776,OlSjNew Workers. were married,
l.O72, Sl3 unmarried, l,349 divorced, while
of widows and widowers we have among
US 248.7 In the last census year only
one family in fbrty-dve had the pleasant
excitement of q wedding.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-11-21
PROPOSALS FOR TRANSPORTATION,
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Office of Indian Affairs,
Washington, November II, 1873.

DEPARTMENT OF H INTERIOR,
Office of Indian Affairs,
Washington, November II, 1873.
SEALED PROPOSALS. Endorsed Proposals
~ for Transporting Indian Supplies" aud adj
dressed to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs,
will be received at this office until IL m. of Fri
day.: the 29th instant, for transporting Indian
goods and supplies at such times and in such
quantities AS may be required, not to exceed FIVE
hundred thousand pounds, from Yankton to
Rosebud landing. on the Missouri river, Dakota.
Proposals should be made per 100 pounds per
100 miles.
Payment for any transportation that may be
performed under any contract awarded under
this advertisement to be made Upon the basis of
the most practicable route from the point of de-
to destination. after the distance to be
shall have been determined by officers
the government.
A certified check or draft upon some U. S. De-
payable to the order of the Commits
sloner of Indian Affairs, for an amount not less
than five per centum approximately OF the
amount of the proposal must accompany each
bid, and viii! be forfeited to the United States in
case any bidder receiving an award shall fail to
enter into contract, or to furnish a suf-
hcient bond Herewith, otherwise to be returned
to the bidder.
The right is reserved to reject any or all bids,
or any part Of any bid.
L. A. HAYT,
COMMISSIONS
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-11-21

The Press and Dakotaian returns from all
counties in Dakota, except Traill, give an
aggregate vote Of 1882 and a majority for
Judge Bennett of 1896. Trail county
should have cast 200 votes and returned 100
majority for Bennett.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-11-21
Congress meet. one week from mex. Mon


Was there or was there not an election in
Trail on the 9th inst? We have heard
not a word from there since election and
none of the newspapers of northern Dakota
have made mention Of the result in the
county,
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-11-21

The people Of the Hills seem to be build
ing genuine hopes Of cheaper freight rates
by means of the navigation of the Cheyenne
river to a point within about sixty miles Of
Deadwood. Hopes they are which will
never be realized until the bed of the Chey-
enne is changed into a canal and water
pumped into it from the Missouri.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-11-21
SIDEWALK NOTICE.

Be II Resolved by the Mayor and the Council OF
the CITY of Iaakt0n:
That it is hereby declared necessary. that a
sidewalk eight (0. feet wide be constructed on
the north side OF lots / So, block Is. TOda's
broadway. on the corner of Sd street. thence
along said 3rd street 100 feet long, and also COM
mcncing OH 3rd street, corner of Broadway, on
Tot 3. block Is. Todd's Yankton, as is necessary
That said walk shall be constructed Of wood,
and shall be s feet wide and be built In accord
ance with the ordinances Of the city Of Yank-
ton.
Passed November II, 1878.
Approved November IL. 1873.
Attest II Il. WYNN, Mayor
FRANK j. WAsHABAuGH. City Clerk,
BYE. T. WHITE, Deputy
The Hickman courier., 1878-06-28

California hopes to turn some of her
tule marshes to account in the cultiya-
tion of cranberries.
1t is reported that 300, 900 Texas cattle
are "hoofng it" toward the northern
markets, having started somewhat earlier
than usual. There are also nearly 100.
600 in southern Kansas, ready for move.
ment in June.
No farmer in the older states can
afford to sell wood ashes for any price
that the soap boiler would pay. Where
oats lodge, as they are apt to do upon
heavily-manured land, an application OF
ashes would save the crop.
There are now ,25O, 600 sheep in Col
orado, worth 1925 per head. The ma
jority of the sheep are now shorn hut
once year. 1t was formerly the custom
in the southern portion OF the state to
shear in April and October, but the
losses by the severe storms are doing
away with the October practice.
over 1,oOO neau oI cdLVle are salu 70
have been entered at the cattle show at
the French exposition. England sup
plies the principal part. Sheep and
hogs will also be fully represented. The
ent' les in the horse department show at
the Palais de PIndustrie consisted of
twenty eight three-year-old stations,
two hundred and thirty~nine animals of
four and one hundred and seventy-fve
of five and six years of age.
1t is common practice in England
for several farmers TO unite and set up a
bone mill, to which each sends as many
The Hickman courier., 1878-06-28
'.Spare the Rod. -

To spare the rod does not spoil the
child In the words Of Mrs. Malaprop,
" there is too much castigating with
malice before thought" There is not
one child in one hundred that needs the
application of the birch, while seventy
out Of every hundred are either boxed,
strapped or thumped every week they
live. Furnishing children is a relic OF
the barbarous ages which has been pre-
served and handed down from genera
ton TO generation without cause, and
greatly to the detriment of the moral
standard and physical development of
the human race. He who serves from
love serves with greater fidelity than he
who serves from fear. A child that bears
the rump of a harsh thimble thump in
TO his Sunday school class may repeat
with apparent enthusiasm the story of
Abel's sacrifice, but deep down in his
youthful heart beats impulses akin to
those of Cain. Human nature partakes
more Of the spirit of revenge than of
forgiveness, aud q child smarting un-
der the lash looks upon punishment as
a spiteful dealing rather than measure
of parental love A Pennsylvania
mother who is q member OF the Society
Tor the Prevention of Cruelty to Ami
mails, recently punished her daughter in
a most savage manner with horsewhip
because she persisted in keeping the
cOmpanionship of young woman friend
whom her mother disliked. a short
time afterward the body of the girl was
found floating in the river. A Missouri
father recently threw an unabridged
edition of Webster's dictionary at his
son, breaking his nose, because the boy
innocently broke pane of glass with
bean shooter. The boys Disagreement
viii be constant modification to him
and will tend to dwarf his moral nature
through life, as Byron's deformed foot
soured his disposition and made him an
ir4Ss = man. 1t does not pay to bruise
the body of a child any more than it
pays to bruise ripening fruit. Bury the
rod as the Indian buries the hatchet. It
means peace-peace to the conscience,
peace to the lOdy, peace to the hearth
stone. Reconciliation comes not by the
rod. nor pacification by hostile frowning.
The Hickman courier., 1878-06-28
The Postal Service.

The international postal treaty has
been signed. All the changes adopted
lock towards uniformity of charges
throughout the world. Except in the
India and trans. United States the SER
vices are uniform. Separate proposals
concerning the use of exchange letter.
with declared value and Of international
money orders are adhered to only by the
group of countries composing the conti-
nent Of Europe. Book packets OF tive
kilogrammes can be sent throughout the
postal union. The right Of Japan to
control her own postal service entire il
admitted in principle. The British and
French pOstofices are 70 be shortly re-
moved from Japan. The postal union
treaty is to take effect in April, 1879
Switzerland continues administrator Of
the postal union with an internationa
bureau at Berne.
The Hickman courier., 1878-06-28
The Waste of War.

No dsubt war is a very dreadful thing,
but writer in the Popular Science
Monthly shows that its peculiar effects
are worse than the generality OF men
have any conception of. Here are the
arguments. We confess they are some
whst deep for us:
Gunpowder contains on an average
IS per cent. of saltpetre or nitrate OF
potash, equivalent to 1912 per cent. OF
combined or available nitrogen. OF the
1872 per cent, 9.98 per cent, or prscti-
eslly the whole, escapes in the form OF
free nitrogen, and is consequently rem
dered useless. Assuming the total pro-
duction Of gunpowder to be at least 100,-
| 100000 pounds annually, this is shown
to mean the destruction lin advance OF
/ 50O,OOO,0C0 pounds of bread a year.
Every ounce of powder used in war,
celebrations, etc, means the absolute
unrecoverable loss to the world of q GER
tain quantity OF food, diminishes the
/ fertility Of the earth, and makes the
/ struggle for existence steadily more diff.
cult. There is here furnished an addi~
tional argument against fourth of July
combustion Of gunpowder, and arbitra-
ton advocates may also fairly cite it
against war A great war not only ex~
tinguishes large numbers Of useful lives,
! but does so at the cost of potential life.
If people buried every year 500, 900
pounds Of bread in the earth, they would
be guilty of frightful Prodigality; but
then, the nitrogen would still be availa-
bic for the future. When they burn
100, 900, 600 pounds Of gunpowder, how
ever, they perform an infinitely more
wasteiul act, as they permanently dimin-
ish the amount of food the earth is cap
able of Yielding
The Hickman courier., 1878-06-28
Oatmeal.

In Great Baitain children are fire.
onently raised on oatmeal diet alone,
because it causes them to grow strong
and healthy, and no better food can pos
siblv he found for them. 1t is also quite
ss desirable for the students as for the
Iahorer. and for the delicate lady as for
the Woodworking sister; indeed, all class
es would be greatly benefited by its
use and dyspepsia, with all its manifold
annoyances, can be kept at distance.
Oatmeal is more substantial food, it is
ssid than veal, pork or lamb, and quite
eoual to beef and mutton, giving as
mncb or more mental vigor, while its
great desideratum consists in ones not
becoming weary of it, for it is as vel
come for breakfast or tea as is wheat or
graham bread. It can be eaten with
svrup and butter as hasty pudding, or
with cream and sugar like rice. 1t is
especially good for young mothers, upon
whose nervous forces too great demand
has been made, and they lose equilibrium
of the system and become depressed and
dispirited. Oatmeal requires to be
cooked slowly, and the water should be
boiling hot when it is stirred in.
The Hickman courier., 1878-06-28
Flight of Storks.

In their preparations for migration
storks are very interesting. They are
never heard to utter any sound until the
time of their departure has arrived.
They then begin to make very singular
kind of clatter, communicating with
every member of their flock. They never
start until each individual is collected
together. Night is the time chosen.
Strict silence is then preserved, and they
rise Immediately high up in the air,
forming themselves into a triangle, and
one bird takes the apex. The duties OF
this position are too laborious to be long
sustained, and therefore when fatigue il
elt the leading bird retires and another
takes its place. We could not manage
better ourselves.
The Hickman courier., 1878-06-28

So-'9s - eillo as he sees fit to purchase
I..I-1,, ~ "a wv use, and thereby gets an un>
Suui'1I@leu article finely ground at first
ooS'' l a iiiels might erect bone mill in
I'i'i,eSseo ana grind not only bones, but
South Carolina phosphate, buying the
mineral at the lowest wholesale price.
Coal for making staor, ia cheaper in
heiineSSee 'nan In Charleston, 3. G.
valuable mixture to keep on hand
st this season is one of coal ashes, sui
Phur and hellebore. The ashes should
be very fine. It is best after passing
them through the ordinary coal-aah
sleVe. 10 one pailful of -four thus
sitted, add quart each Of -four of sui
phur and hellebore, and mix together.
For currant worms, plant lice, cabbage
deas, slugs on pear trees and melon bugs,
we found this so efee,uaI last season that
we confidently recommend it to our
readers. 1t is always best to use it in
the cool of the morning. while the dew
is upon the leaf
a German farmer insists upon the
great value of swine as exterminators of
field mice and other vermin. He be-
lieves that the terrible plague of mice
now so prevalent in many parts of Ger
many is in a great measure due to the
present system Of keeping swine Penned
up instead of allowing them the range OF
the field as was formerly the custom. He
states that careful observer may often
detect pigs in the act Of swapping up and
devouring q good-sized mouse besides
which they have an extraordinary keen
scent tor the nests, gnbbing them up in
search of young mice. .,.Aich they eagerly
devour..
The Hickman courier., 1878-06-28
Words of Wisdom.

Many people find their only happiness
In fencing themselves to be unhappy.
In order to enjoy the present, it is
necessary to be intent on the present.
To be doing one thing and thinking OF
another ia very unsatisfactory mode Of
spending lie.
Would you be exempt from uneasi-
ness, do nothing that you know or sus-
pect to be wreng. Would you enjoy the
purest pleasure, do everything in your
power which you are convinced is right.
We rise ourselves by adoring tLat
which is better than we are. 1t is the
one virtue of the soul which is ALWAYS
tending upward by its proper motion -
upward to something higher, purer,
better James Freeman Clarke.
The rainbow is beautiful, but without
q storm. without passing cloud, without
descending raindrops, it does not appear.
1t comes after darkness and gloom, and
the contrast makes its light the more
charming and attractive. Patterson,
Men talk too much about the world.
Each one of us here, let the world 60 as
il will, and be victorious or not victori-
ous. has he not a life of his own to lead
One life, little CLEAN OF time between
two eternities; no second chance 10 us
forevermore.
The wind is unseen, but it cools the
brow of the fevered one, sweetens the
summer atmosphere, and rippies the
surface of the lake into silver spangles
of beauty. So goodness OF heart, though
invisible to the material eye, makes Its
presence felt; and from Its effect upon
surrounding things we are assured OF It's
existence.
The Hickman courier., 1878-06-28
FARM AND HOME.
Rub Low


Few men who handle horses give
proper attention, to the feet and legs.
Especially is this the case on farms
Much time is spent of morning in rub
bing, brushing and smoothing the hair
on the sides and hips but at no time are
the feet examined and properly cared for
Now, be it known that the feet of horse
require more care than the body. They
need ten times as much, for in one re-
spect they are slmest the entire horse.
All the grooming that can be done won [
avail anything il the horse is forced to
stand where his feet will be fithy.s>fh
this case the feet will become disordered,
and, then the legs viii get badly out OF
fix; and with bad feet and bad legs,
there is not much else of the horse fit for
anything.