Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-03-20
ST. PATRlcK'S DAY.
Anniversary Of the Apostle Of ireland.
Il Represents the Day OF the Meeting
of The First Dakota Legislature.

Tomorrow, March 18th, is St. Patrick
day, being th. anniversary Of a noted mis-
sionary of the 18th century. commonly
known as the apostle Of Ireland.
Aside from ,ts significance in this respect
the day marks an important epoch In tn,
carly history of Dakota. On the 17tl
day Of March, 1862 sixteen years ago to
morrow-the first Legislative assembly Of
Dakota convened in Yankton. While d
reference to the men and event of those
days may not be interesting to those OF
our readers who came here at a later day
vet q recurrence to then, at this time will
be appreciated and read with interest by
the 'old settlers " who are still with Us.
We lave q strong affection for the old
timers, aud we always take Pride and
pleasure in anything which will afford
them satisfaction aud pleasure.
The legislative council which met in
Yankton sixteen years ago tomorrow.
was composed Of Fl d Belts, Jacob Duel,
and j W Boyle, of Clay county; Enos
Stu tsman ald ID T Brnmble OF Yankton
county; w w Brookings of Minnehaha
county Austin Cole. Of Union county;
] 5 Gregory, of Charles Mix county and
] H Shober Of Bon Holnme county. The
officers were jill siober, president james
Tufts, secretary E NJ Bond, assistant sec.
rotary; w r Goodfeliow. engrossing and
enrolling clerk: s w Ingham, chaplain;
G r Picotte, sergeant ut arms: + b Wix.
son, messenger; w w Warford, fireman.
Of the members OF the council all are
alive, except Enos Stutsman, VINO died at
Pembina about three years ago. II -
Belts now resides in New jersey J w
Boyle in Iowa; d T Bramblc and w W
Bookings, in Yankton: Austin Cole, in
Kansas; jacob Duel, In New York; J s
Gregory, in Connecticut. and J II Shober,
in Montana. OF the officers, Judge Tufts
in Connecticut 4 ii Bond ut Vermillion;
w Il Goodfcllow, mt Pembina; 8 w Ihg.
ham is preaching somewhere in Iowa; q
+ Picotte is at Yankton agency: K Il
Wilson. at Elk Point; w w Warford is
dead, having died at Bon Homme in the
fall of 1872. OF the members of the
council, w W Brookings aud j w Boyle
were afterward judges Of the supreme
court Of the territory, and Enos Stutsman
special agent of the treasury department
in the Pembina custom house.
The following gentlemen composed the
first house Of representatives NJ. X. Arm
strong aud John Stanage. Yankton county;
l. Burgess. j. A. jacobson, A. w. Puett
and BLY, f. Wood, Clay county II. S. Don
aldson, PeInbina county; J. G. Mcbride
and G. Maloney, Union county G. NJ Pin
ney and II, Wallace, Bon Homme county
J. L Herman, Charles Mix county Geo.
p. Waldron, Minnehaha county. The
officers were Gorge NJ. Pinncy, speaker;
J. r. Hanson, chief clerk; J. NJ, Allen
assistant clerk; d. Clifford, enrolling
clerk B. NJ. Smith, cngrossii.g clerk NJ.
d Metcalf, chaplain; James Somers, ser
geant at arms; A B Smith, messenger,
and Ole Anderson fireman. The present
whereabouts Of the officers and members
Ut the first house are rs follows: NJ X
Armstrong, Washington, ID c; l. Burgess,
Cannon CITY, Colorado, II S Donaldson,
Fort Gary, Manltoba; J A Jacobson was
killed by indians in 1868 near the bridge
over the James river on the government
road J g Mcbride, Choteau Greek: &
Malouey resides on the same farm he oc-
cupled when he was first elected; A w
Puett is in Indiana; q NJ Pinney is in
California, and figured conspicuously in
transactions in the army paymaster's de-
partment OF that state, by which the gov |
eminent was minus to the tune of over a
million the last heard OF j l. Tiernan he
in the regular army and stationed
in California; Geo p Wuldron
continues to reside in Yankton; X Wa
ace left the territory in the fall Of 1862
a company with the wife of a man nam
ID Metcalf and her two blind children, |
which time 10 tidiugs have been
'cccived from him B L Wood resides in
Bon Homme county J r Hanson is IN
Yankton; j NJ Allen is in the Black
Hills u Clifford in Iowa; B NJ Smith in
Minnesota; M ID Metcalf retire tied from
he territory with all OK team at the time
# the Indian raid in 1862 James Somrrs
8 in Brute City the last heard of A B
smith he was in Chicago ;of tho wherca-
,outs Of Ole Anderson we have no in |
nrmation. Among the members Of the
who subsequently, held public DO
were NJ X Armstrong who repre-
cnted the territory in congress for four
ears; g N Pinncy U s marshal Of Dako
a aud Montana G P Waldron held the
of provost marshal of Dakota
the rebellion. j II Hanson was
or several years agent of the Brple In
The council met in the building on the
corner Of Broadway and Fourth street,
fterwSrds owned and occupied as a
lwelling by Gen Trip; and the house
net in the building occupied until recent
, as a dwelling by Rev. DR.. Hoyt.
The only hotel then in Yankton occu-
lied the site Of the present Merchants,
nd was kept by the pioneer landlord, II
J Ash.
The building now occupied by L d
corner of Broadway and Third
treet, was the Dakotaian office.
Sixteen years ago to morrow, George
". Kingsbury. of this paper arrived in
fankton. and has been a permanent resi-
Of the city ever since.
Among the present citizens Of Yankton
who were here sixteen years age, are
Mrs Fl G Ash, Mrs C H Bates nee Julia
Ash, Maj J N Stone and family, J s Pre-
sho, A NJ English and vile, Geo Falkin-
d T Bramblc. WIN Miner, J r
Hanson, W w BrooAings, Geo Pike, Jr.,
Charles Long, Newton Edmunds. Henry
and family, Geo w Kingsbury. +
N Zebach, A G Fuller, F J Dewitt, C F
Rev DR. Hoyt, Gen Trip,
and J E Witherspoon. The farmers then
and who still reside in the country |
are John Stanage. John Cloud, Henry
Henry strunk, J Solberge, Ole
Samson, John A Ais.th, Aai~.v J.t.~san
and a few others in the vicinity of Gay.
vile, whose names we cannot recall.
The buildings Of sixteen years ago
which still remain in Yankton are Trips
residence, corner Of Broadway and Fourth
street; Rev. DR.. Hoyt's house, corner Linn
and Fourth street; the Cottage Home,
Second and Linn; Todd's old
building, corner Broadway and Second
building on Broadway. lately occu-
pied by H A Shoregge; L d Farmers
store; Judge Congleton's residence;
Bramble & Miners building, corner Of