Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-27
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LOCAL nC0NlcS
Fresh celery at Jenkinson 4 Pixies.
Tomorrow is the first day of the Jewish
year.
Regular meeting of the Bennett club to-
night.
This is a beautiful day-all but the wind
and the dust.
High mass a: the Catholic church Sunday
morning at half past ten o'clock.
The scientific association is going to talk
about the bad lands at its next meeting.
DR.. Van Velsor and Oliver Shannon are
booked for democratic speeches at Jefferson
to. morrow night.
See advertisements inviting proposals for
constructing cisterns at the insane asylum
and sidewalks in the city.
The republican caucuses to elect delegates
to the county convention will be held to-
morrow afternoon at two O'Clock.
Commissioners Halt has finally agreed to
recognize Yankton as a Starting point" In
nexl seasons shipments of Indian goods.
w. e. Cation, Indian trader at CHEYENNE
agency, has bought the team which took the
first premium as roadsters at the territorial
fair.
johnson, the Hutchinson county horse
thief, has become so unruly that Sheriff
Baker is compelled to con6ne him in the
dark cell.
Special Indian agent Bulls has gone to old
Red Cloud agency for the purpose of super
intending the removal of the agency build
ings at that point to the new location,
The ladies are especially invited to attend
to morrow nights republican meeting at
Stones hall, which is to be addressed BY
Gov. Howard, Judge Bennett and Capt.
Hughes.
Judge Bennett spoke last night to the
scandinavians Of Clay county. Tonight
he will talk to the people of Lincoln Center
and will be home in time for tomorrow
nights Yankton meeting.
The weather indications for the upper
Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys and
upper lake region are, warmer southeast
winds, stationary and falling barometer,
clear and partly cloudy weather.
The committee in charge of the soldiers
reunion at Elk Point on the 9th Of next
month have arranged a sham battle and it
is expected that not less than FIVE hundred
cold soldiers" will be engaged. Soldiers
attending the reunion are requested to take
guns with them.
Walter Burleigh, jr, is filling a contract
for four hundred tons of hay at old Pouca
agency, for the use Of the military, and a
contract for twelve hundred cords of wood
at the Missouri river Red Cloud agency, al.
so for military use. Seaman & Coates have
the Red Cloud hay contract.
The military to which has been assigned
the care of Spotted Tails Indians will make
their winter headquarters at old Ponca
agency, where comfortable buildings and
stables are at their service. The Red
Cloud military guard will also remain on
the river during the winter.
The Elk Point Courier reflects thusly ::
The business men of Sioux Falls are 60 full
of life and goaheaditiveness that Yankton is
becoming frightened lest they gobble up
of the public institutions. That's bu-
take everything you can get if others
lack the spirit to take advantage of favor.1
able surroundings.
Sheriff Mcdonald, of Sioux City, tele-
last night to Gen. Dewey as follows
regarding the horse thief Powers is pursu-
ing: "Have trace of the man. Have sent
Powers and a deputy after him. Will have
before tomorrow night" If Powers
gets his right gripper entangled in the
hair Of that horse thiefs head he will come
back sure.
A. F. Chapman, formerly of Deadwood
and one Of the pioneer of the Black Hills,
8 in town for the purpose of procuring a
pardon for John Clair and Samuel F. May,
Who were sentenced at Deadwood q year ago
asst June by Judge Bennett, to five
ears in the penitentiary upon a conviction
If granddaughter. Blair and May had a
difficulty with some Swedes about a claim
eliminated in the shooting of n of
he swedes. The application for pardon is
based upon the ground that the men were
defending their own property when the
occurred and that they are Of good
character.
Something new and nobby in Smoking
Tobacco at Jenkinsnn & Pixies.
Siberian crab apples, grapes and pears
ust received at Nef's fruit commission
'ouse, on Broadway.
A splendid parlor heating coal stove for
ale at Neff's, on Broadway.
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