Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-15
LOCAL LAcoN,cs
This is good wheat weather.

LOCAL lAcoMicS
This is good wheat weather.
Next Sunday will be Easter.
The city council meets 10 regular sess,or
tonight.
Chamber Of Commerce meeting tomorrow
evening.
Wise Brothers are moving into Dewitt,
block to day.
The Excelsior mill will probably resume
operations tomorrow.
The Reform club meets at Irish's hall
on Cedar street, this evening.
A heavy fall Of snow Saturday night has
left the .roads in a muddy condition.
Seven', i've head of government mules
landed from Saturday nights train for the
military posts.
Anderson & Try have closed their Broad.
way saloon, and abandoned the business
In Yankton at least.
In the district court on Saturday last the
case of James NJ. Stone VS.. d. r. Sylvester
was compromised after it had gone to the
jury. *
NJ. I. Woolley was the successful bidder
for furnishing seeds for Red Cloud agency,
instead of Mills and Purdy, as stated in Sat.
urday's paper.
Wheat receipts have been next thing to
nothing to-day. owing to the almost i'm.
passable condition of the roads, and no QUO
tations are given.
Oats are worth twenty. eigh, cents In
Yankton and about eighteen cents down
in Iowa. The home production will not
supply the up river demand.
Commodore Coulson is going to build
himse,fa fine residence in the fourth ward
this spring. He also contemplates erecting
. grain elevator on the levee.
The coronor's jury in the case Of Dan
Harnett returned a verdict that his death
was caused by an overdose of morphine,
taken to induce sleep, and not with suicidal
intent.
The case of Joseph LaBarge against the
Contract Transportation Co. Is before the
district court to-day. 1t is an action to re
cover damages for an alleged violation of
contract.
DR.. Livingston was siezed just when it
was time to make out his quarterly reports
and settle With the government the last
three months transactions. This he is not
now permitted to do by his military
captors.
General J. Z. Smith, late chief grain in
spector IN Chicago, has recently commenced
business as a commission merchant, and
opened an office a, rom 10, 156 Washing.
ton street, Chicago. The attention of Da-
kota shippers is directed to Gen. Smiths
establishment.
The indications Of the weather for the
upper Mississippi and lower Missouri VAL
leys are, partly cloudy and cloudy weather,
with rain or snow, northeast veering to
southeast winds, stationary or higher tenn
perature and falling preceded in the east
portion by rising barometea.
Maj, Cla!kson is getting ready to move
bis Iankton agency stock of goods to
Trumbo's ranch, at Choteau creek, just out
side the reservation, where he will open
out and dispose Of his goods. His White
Swan stock has been purchased by Nate
Reynolds who will take it to his farm
above Swan and open q store there.
Owing to the inclemency ofthe weather las,
evening there was not the usual large atten-
nance at the Union Temperance meeting in
the Congregational church. Interesting re-
marks were made by DR.. j. B. Van Velsor,
Jonn NJ. Fogerty, president of the reform
club; Thomas Stewart, L. NJ. Kee, Lemuel
Karr and Phil. X. Faulk. Eight or ten
persons signed the pledge.
The Medicine creek cattle ranch, located
at Paxton, between Fl. Thompson and Fl.
Sully, has been siezed by the military in &C.
cordance with a, proclamation issued by
Lieut.. Dougheity. The cattle at this ranch
belong to DR.. Livingston, Msj. II. W.
Bingham and VIM. Reed. This ranch is
outside the Crow creek reservation, but is
included in the extension made by Grants
order. When the matter is brought into
court it will be clearly shown that these
cattle are the legitimate property of their
owners.
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