Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-20
Late styles of Hats at !. Piles 4 Co.
THE RIVER.

Capt. John Massie Is managing the tiller
Of the Durfec this year.
The Gen. Rucker left St. Louis on the
18th for the Yellowstone river.
Boats will find plenty Of wood yards GU
the Yellowstone this season, and wood At
reasonable figures.
The steamer Mcade's improved shaft was
rolled into place to-day and she will soon
be ready for business.
The Katie Y. kountz cleared from St.
Louis on the 18th inst. for the mountains,
She belongs TO the kountz line.
Eight hundred tons of comnipsary stores
and building material were moved from
Terry's landing to Fort Custer last season.
The Yello xstone was free from ice March
80, but low. Mackinaws loaded With pro.
duce from Bozeman are away at Sherman
and Miles City.
Capt. Earle will take out the Far West
for Cheyenne agency Monday night. She
is number one for passenger and freight &C.
commodations.
The steamer +. II. Durfee, of the Coulson
line, Capt. w. w. Coulson in charge, left
st Louis on the 18th inst. for Yankton
She is bringing IS tons Of way freight and
SO passengers.
Calt. Sawyer is making such slow pro.
gress with his steamer Tiger tina, be is be.
ginning to get discouraged over prospects.
Water is low, winds are strong and his boat
is heavily loaded.
The point at which the government
freights for Fort Custer will be unloaded on
the Yellowstone, is not yet definitely settled
but it will be moved nearer to the mouth Of
the Big Horn than it was last year.
The Sioux City Journal says: "The Mel
lie Peck, Of the Baker line, will be here from
above in a few days and will take on 2lO
tons now awaiting here, and return TO the
mountains" The Nellie Peck belongs to
the Northwestern Transportation company (;
she will load at Yankton.
The steamer Red Cloud, commanded by
that veteran river:man, Capt. VIM. Massie,
With Al. Maynard in the Office, hauled up
at the iankton levee about daylight, this
morning from below. Barney Scarry and
Tom Boone are her pilots. She is the larger,
boat on the upper Missouri, being 227 feet
long by 35 feet wide. The Red Cloud car
ries $50 tons Of Benton freight and draws
80 inches of water, The following is a list Of
Ben'on passenger: J. d. Smith, VIM.
Bloom, James II. II. Hall, II. w. Gebaner,
Allison Parker, Charles Leppint, Herman
Greeman, Mr.. Pattern, Mrs. McDougal,
Mrs. l.. F. Bloom, Mrs. Treger, sister and
family, Mr.. Marshall, wife and family, Mrs.
o. Carroll and children, Mr.. and Mrs.
O'Connell, Miss LaCroix, Mrs. Trent and,
children, and Mrs. Goodrich from st. Louis
Misses Annie and Carrie Iochner from
Rocky Point Mr.. Wetzel and wife, Mrs.
Talborth, f. F. Lanplin, wife and two
children. James T. Lee and J. T. Lee from
Kansas City, J. b. Sturgeon and J T. Ben.
nett from Omaha. The Red Cloud LEFT for
the wilderness at nine o'clock this morn
ing.
The steamer Nellie Peck, Of the North.
west transportation line, VIM. Simms mas
ter and Frank ]. Dennis clerk. arrived ut
seven o'clock this morning. from Standing
Rock agency, the first boat Of the season
from above. The Nellie left Yankton on
the Goth Of March, making the rourd trip
OF eleven hundred miles 10 twenty tive
days. She encountered much had weather
and found very ..ow water. Going up shc
was caught in the two days blizzard Of
April's carly days and laid up against the
hank with her cabin aud upper works
lashcd TO The lower deck 10 keep them from
going into the water. Several minor blows
delayed hes psngscss and 10 the Aggregate
The Nellie laid up abou, ~ many houu -
abe ran. Toe trip from Standing Rack
was made Ia seven dsys, She brought
down between thirty sod forty csbia pa.
s.nxc;s saa - many oa deet. ssd - 10.
loaded 81 ~ Ysastos avsa 1vs tknanod
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