Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-09
LOCAL LACONICS.

Gen. Trip has sold his pony, and propo-
ses to hoof it hereafter.
The only Yankton banks affected by'these
trying times are the keno banks.
The Dakota County Mail spells 1T "Da
cot,." The editor forgot to add the III"
There was a gathering Of the old settlers
of Yankton at Gov. Edmupds' residence last
evening.
A shower this morning and spring
weather this afternoon accompanied by more
showers.
COUNSEL & Covell, grocers on lower Capt.
tai street, have moved their establishment
into the building directly opposite their old
place Of business.
p. c. has been instruct Ivy the council
10 open q hotel regi t.r and Il set Of books
a. the city jill. He is now waiting for Lis
friends to present lin WITH a gold pen and
a mahogany ipkstand.
The cNu.tT commissioners, s~ccorApSH!si
by Sheriff Baker, went down 10 tbs Jim
river bridge this afternoon and made 81
thorough inspection of that structure with
view to nsttuling needed repairs.
A county warrant was Cancelled to-day at
the treasurer's Office which was issued in
1866, ard numbered &C. 1t was an old
timer, and bore the appearance Of having
been manufactured in days when art was in
its infancy.
The indications of the weather forthe up
per Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys
rea, south winds, warmer, cloudy and possibly
rainy weather with falling barometer, cold,
brisk northwest winds, ligh.snows and clear
ing weather.
,To-dav's rain, warmth and wind has render
ed the ice in the river weak, rotten and wet.
Two or three teams crossed to-day but com :
munication with Nebraska is kept up main
" by pedestrians and they tread the frozen
bridge with peeled eyes and bated breath.
In the district court on Monday, twelve
or fifteen civil cases were disposed of. The
argument on the motion for a new trial in
the case Of the Territory VS.. Mari' snd
James TAYLOR, will come up on Saturday
morning next, to which time the court has
adjourned.
Sixty-three years ago yesterday. the battle
Of NV Orleans was fought. Gen. jackson,
with 5000 men) had entrenched himself in
front of the British army, under Gen. Peck
enham. This army assaulted Gen. Jack
sons position, and were repnlsed with the
loss of their general and 1000 men. Thu
American loss was but seven killed and six
wounded. ~
The following members Of the Yankton
bar, were soldiers during the war of the
rebellion, nearly all being officers from the
grade of ID lieuteant to brigadier general :
Gen. VIM. Trip, Gen. Wm. H. H. Beadle.
Col. G. c. Moody, Col. Hugh ]. Campbell,
Geo. H. Hand, Harry Mcnamara, c. ]. B.
Harris, John L. Taylor, VIM. F. Eldridge,
lie. West, Phil. X. Faulk, Al Carrier,
and S. A. Boyles.
There is a suspeeian afloat at Fl: Pierre
that two murders are mixed up with the
Borst killing affair, but all the indications
are SO vague that q solution of the difficulty
Is almost q hopeless task. 1t Is alleged
that there were three men in the Bcrst party
when it left the Hills, and the Whereabouts
OF the third man, about whom nothing was
said in the evidence at the inquest here, is
the problem which Is bothering the heads
of the people at Pierre. One dead man
and one live man came in from Frozen
Mans creek. Where is the third: is what
they want TO know.
A week or two ago a new keno house and
aaloon opened on Third street, in the room
formerly occupied by Allen and Cochrane
job. Mc1iebon. and Ed. Courtwright ver'
its p.oprielors and under their management
things were getting along swimmingly unit
this morning, when McGibbons Il Court
vrich, were arrested on charge of keepinl
a gambling house, the complaint being mad
by Ned Anderson, who is part proprietor o
smother keno house on Broadway. The ar
re-, ted parties waived examination and Jus
lice Roberts fixed their bail at two hundre'
dollars pending action Of the grand jury IL
IN. If case, The required bond- were giret