Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-11
LOCAL LAcoHlcs

LOCAL uc0hlcx.
A heavy fire is raging west of town to.
day.
Danforth has broken ground for a brick
block on the vacant lot between Mills &
Purdy's and Dewitt's block.
Andrew Miller, who came in last night
from the Marindahl neiehborhood, reports
extensive damage in that region from prai.
rie fires.
A subscription paper is being circulated
for the relief Of Mrs. Schenck, whose DWELL
ing and household effects were destroyed by
last nights fire.
The story Of the burning Of Spotted Tail
agency. given out by Major Pratt's guide, has
obtained wide circulation. A lie always
travels faster and farther than the truth.
Wallbaum & Becker are having the Ger
mania house veneered with brick, which
will render it nearly freproof. They are
also carrying out other extensive improve.
ments.
The weather indications are For the
upper Mississippi and lower Missouri val.
legs, stationary or rising barometer; north.
west to southwest winds; cooler, followed
by warmer, clear or partly cloudy weather.
Andreas Frank was Yesterday discharged
BY Justice White upon the charge Of setting
fire to the prairie. The complaint was
made by Julius Carl Rudolph, but the evil
dence was insufficient to hold the defendant.
This morning Justice White required
Patrick Sullivan to give bonds in the sum
Of SD to answer in the district court charges
Of larceny and assault and battery preferred
against him by Charles A. Bell. In default
Of bail Sullivan was committed to Jail.
The lovers Of a pleasant social dance will
he glad to learn that the music for the la.
dies sociable next Tuesday evening in Val
e%ntine's block, will be furnished by dis
tinguished and popular artist, Prof. Wins
terri. We are u horized to state that no
admission fee will be. charged, as announced
on the printed bills.
The Black Hills papers give an account
OF q fistic encounter betw en- Charley COL
Inns and the editor of the Black Hills Her
aid. Charley retreated. Papers of the
same date state that Dan Scott was backed
into a corner by the fist of a Daily Pioneer
man. The brethren Of the Black Hills
press do not dwell in harmony together.
A gentleman who has recently visited Spot
ted Tail's new agency on the Rosebud, in
forms the Sioux City Journal that the land
is the worst he ever saw, not
excepting the bad lands. He SAYS it lie a
sandy desert, with scarcely any vegetation.
This does not coincide with previous &C.
from sources which We deem wholly
reliable.
Mr.. Thos. Glenn, Of Bon Homme county,
is in town to-day. He reports much damage
his section from prairie fires. One Rus.
sian farmer lost 400 bushels of wheat and
another nine acres of grain in the stack.
Others lost nearly everything they possessed
If value, and apprehensions of considerable
'rivation and suffering during the approach
ng winter are felt for those whose property
las been destroyed.
The grand concert to be given at the
Methodist church tomorrow evening will
re one worth hearing. 1t is seldom that
ur people are offered an opportunity oil
to such artists as Messrs Borel and
They are professionals, having
large repertoire and ON this occasion will
i've some of their choicest selections.
tickets can be had at the postofice and no
xtra charge is made for reserved seats.
A small frame house on the south side of
bird street, between Broadway and Linn
treets, occupied by Mrs. schenck, took fire
'om a detective flue, just before dark, last
light, and burned to the ground, together
18th a portion of its contents. A etrong
orthwest wind was blowing, and it was
My by the energetic work of the FIRE COM
any and citizens that a disastrous confa-
ration was averted. Z~emllcka's two-story |,
OGDEN store m the east side Of the burned
and separated Gully by the width
f an alley, seemed doomed, and with it.
'ould have gone everything south of Blatt
Buerdorfs. But active work saved the
and Yankton is once more to be
congratulated over a fortunate escape. To
fire boys, as usual, especial praise is due.
ACARD.
The undersigned tenders his sincere