Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-02

appointed 'roder at Spotted Tail agency.
Mr. Pratt is an affable and courteous GER
tleman and will doubtless make a fair and
popular trader. He is a resident of Omaha,
but intends to remove his family to the
agency as soon as the buildings which he
designs erecting are completed.
The town of Springfield is located on the
east bank Of the Missouri river, GU a high
and heau''fa plateau Of ground, and is sur
rounded by fertile. well settled and well
cultivated agricultural lands. The town
was laid out in 1870, and contains at the
present time a population of about four
hundred, and is we'll supplied with mercan
tile houses and the different branches of
trade. The leading mercantile house is
thot Of Fl E, Bonesteel. who occupies a
building "a feet front by so feet deep. His
st elk consists Of drv goods, groceries, hard
ware, stoves. %tinware, hoots and shoes, hats
and caps, clothinr, drugs and medicines,
liquors, cigars. tobaccns. crockery a%rricnl-
tural implements, machinery. and in fact
everything tn he found in a full stock If
general merchandise. Each department is
separate, and and the general arrangement
If the large store is convenient and attract
i've. The stock aggregates about S20,O0O
and the sales of the past vear amounted
to between S75 00O and Sln0, 900. The post
office, express and stage offices are also loca-
ted in the building and conducted hv the
firm Each of these offices is handsomely
aud conveniently arranged. In addition to
their store building the firm own Il large
warehouse, which il filled with goods from
top to bottom. This firm has Il store at
Santee Indian agency, and contemplates es-
tahlishing one at Spotted Tail agency. This
store was established in 1870, and from a
comparatively small beginning has grown
into an Importance almost second to no
other one in the territory, and fully attest
the enterprise and business tact of the firm.
NJ. H. Dav deals in dry goods, groceries,
provisions, liquors, &C., and has a large and
attractive stock Of goods. Mr.. Day has but
recently started in business at Spring6, Id,
but, has already built up large trade. He
adheres strictly to the cash system, which,
together with his good business qualities,
will certainly bring him success.
D. w Currier has Just opened q store, and
his stock consists Of groceries. boots and
shoes notions, &c. Mr.. Currier is an old
citizen of Springfield, is an afable and
- ~ -, ~ 1..1l
up a lucrative trade.
The furniture and saddle and harness
business of Springfield is represented
by j. II. Stephens, an energetic
and ~thorough-going business man,
He is now employed in filling a
contract for sixty sets Of harness for Major
Gassm, IN of the Yankton agency, and gives
employment to four harness ms kers.
Chas. Boehrig manufactures and deals in
boots and shoes. He is industrious, straight.
forward business man, and is successful in his
calm .
John Fry deals in stoves and manufac.
lures tinware; H. A. James sells lumber
makes wagons and buys grain; Mia. G. w
Snow conducts a millinery and dress making
establishment; J. G.. Hutton is a butcher, ant
furnishes the people with fresh and sal
meats; Fred Culver runs a livery stable; j
J. Van Curen is the village blacksmith; II
H. Vernon conducts a restaurant and con
dictionary; and the two billiard halls Of thu
town are managed by A. Wilcox and Messrs
Henderson & Russell. The ferry bushes!
between Springfield and The Nebraska shor
ia attended to by J. G. Thomas. Heretofore
lat-b pats and skihs have suficed for thi
business, but the increasing demands TO
transportation has made it necessary to pro
cure a steam ferry boat, which Mr.. Thoma
has done, and with the opening Of naviga
ton the ferry business at Springfield will b
done by steam.
Springfield is the seat of the U. s. LAM
office for the Springfield land district. Lu
man N. Judd is the register, which positio,
he has held since the establishment of tn
office in 1873, L. D. F. Poor is receiver
, During the past year there were entered a
j, the office 1874 homesteads, 60 timber claim
269 prescriptions, and II cash entries, max
, ing a total Of 476 entries Of 160 acres eacl
j a~ggregating 1850 acres. The business {
: the office is steadily increasing.
The legal business of the town is abb,
attended to by Col. R. T. Wood, Geo. W
Sterling, l.. D. F. Poore and E. s. Culver
while the ills that flesh is heir to are tack
led and dissipated by DR.. T. B. Eagle.
The church organizations are the Con
:, gregational, Rev. Robt. Kirk, pastor; tn
church Of Christ, Elders Judd and Herring
ton; and the Episcopal, which is supple
every alternate Sabbath by Rev. DIR. Ho,
, of Yankton. There are no church builf
ings erected, and services are held in tn
land Office, school house and Bushnell hal
The church Of Christ will erect 3 buildin
next spring.
The public school is taught by Miss Pc