Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-05-04
PERSONAL PERSONAL,

Gov. Pennington has gone cast.
Maj. Risley will leave for 81. Louie early
next week.
N. T. Woolley returned to-day from Red
Cloud agency.
Col. Akin returned last night from busi
ness trip 10 Sioux City.
J.G. Mead and wife, Of Springfield, ar.
rived in town last night.
II. c. Dear, military su,ler at Spotted Tail
agency, arrived to-day on the Far West. -
D. o. Lawrence, Of Yankton, contractor,
came down from Red Cloud on the Far
West. s'fils eaf
Maj. Robert Cox went over to Green
Island yesterday with the view Of buying a
farm. soea io
I. w. Seaman, of Yankton, has succeeded
E. G. Durfee a. clerk in charge Of Fort
Thompson.
E. E. Hudson, trader at Crow Greek agen-
cy, and wife, arrived to-day from the agency
on the Far West.
DR.. Otto A. Schultz, Indiin trader at
Spotted Tail agency, was passenger down
on the steamer Far West
James McGarry, postmaster at Pierre and
manager Of Felts trading store, was among
the Far Vests passengen. -
Lieut.. Hamilton and wife, Of Fl. Sully
and Miss Hamilton, were passengers on to.
days steamer from up river.
Capt. Kinney, of the steamer r. W.
Dugan, is lying sick of congestion o: the
bowels at the Jencks hotel.
Lieut.. George w. Baxter, Of the Sd cav.
airy, Spotted Tail agency, arrived from the
agency by to-day's steamer.
Maj. Pollock, Indian superintendent, left
this afternoon on the steamer Black Hill.
for several up river agencies ai
John E. Richards, engineer in ch arge O
the saw mill at Grow Greek agency, and fam.
lily, arrived to-day on the Far West.
Maj. J.C. Robb, military sutler at Chey
enne agency, was one of to-day's distinguish
ed arrivals from above, per steamer Fa,
West.
Maj ]. NJ. Lee, military agent at Spotted
Tail, reached Yankton by to-day's steame,
from above. He will remain in town few
days and then return to the agency. -.
Daniel Shearer, prominent citizen ol
Milltown, was in town to-day. He brings
good reports in regard 10 the condition Of
the crops in the Jim river valley.
Lieut.. George X. Hunter. of the Sd cav
airy, who took squad Of recruits to Spot
ted Tail week or SO ago, arrived to-day on
the Far West on his way to Fl. Laramie.
Will Lower, the Yankton operator, and
one of the finest young men in this or any
other city is about to take vacation and
will visit Sioux City and other rural dis.
tricts.
Capt Dougherty is at Fl. Randall, and is
in communication with headquarters for the
purpose of securing his release from the un.
pleasant duties of acting Indian agent q,
Grow Creek.
Maj. J. G. Gasmann, ex-Iudian agent a
Yankton agency, arrived last night from
the agency, but will go back tonight or to-
morrow to finish turning over the agenc,
effects to the new agent Maj. Douglass.
Geo. Gardanier, formerly connected will
the Press and Dakotaian as telegraph re
porter for the morning paper, and now oper
ator at Council Bluff, is in the city, visitin,
his many friends and reviewing the scene
of former joys and sorrowe. He is one o
the best operators in the west.
4 w. E. Varney. Of Milltown, was in towr
to-day. Mr.. V. informs US that large i'm
migration is pouring into the Jim river val
ley, and finding homes upon the excellen
land in Hutchinson, Armstrong, Hanson ane
Dawson counties. The land in these coun
ties is the best in the territory, and as a larR,
proportion of it is yet vacant, new conner
have no difficulty in securing choice loca
tions.