Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-02-08

and Carl Witte, commissioners; l. b. Mil.
Ter, treasurer; Vac Randa, clerk; Charles
Cooley,county judge; DR.. b. Y. Shelley, cor
oner; and s. Fauver, sheriff The county
has no public buildings.
The United States land office for the north.
district of Nebraska is located here. James
Stott is receiver, and Il. Il. Chambers, re.
sister. Both the officers are old citizens of
northern. Nebraska, and are worthy and
competent men.
The Niobrars Pioneer, published by Fry
d Drsper, is a wide-awake, spicy and enter
prising newspaper, aud we'll deserves the
liberal patronage which it is receiving. The
paper is we'll filed with local news, and is
doing its full share toward bringing TO
the notice Of the public the advantages Of
Knox county and the Niobrara valley.
The tow contains three dealers in gen
eral merchandise, H. Westerman, Fred
Bruns and Wan. Lamont. Mr.. Westerman
located here in 1859, and has been engaged
in the mercantile business ever since. He
WINS and occupies the best building in the
town, and carries a large stock of general
merchandise. Mr.. Lamont has resided
here for 20 years, and has been for the
greater portion of the time engaged in
trade.
There are two notes.-the Hubbard house,
Kept by A. L. Towle, and the Niobrara
hotel, by I. N. Paxton & Mrs. sturgess.
G. E. Parker, H. Roster and Frank
Janousek deal in liquor and cigars. Mr..
Parker carries a large wholesale stock of
goods of the finest brands, and is doing an
extensive business. He will in the spring
erect a large building and add other facili-
ties for the accommodation of his increasing
trade.
Billings. & Reed carry on the black
smithing and wagon making business, and
Vac Randa devotes the time which he can
spare from his Office as county clerk, to the
sale of agricultural machinery.
Charles Cooley has recently assumed the
duties of county Judge, to which office he
was elected at the last general election.
Under the laws of Nebraska the county
judge has jurisdiction in civil cases where
the sum involved does not exceed $500, and
in criminal cases where the penalty is not
over 500. This makes the office an i'm
portant and profitable one. Judge Cooley
had his frs: trial the day before he arrived,
it being a case in which q young married
man residing in Dakota aud a married wo-
man residing in Nebraska were defendants,
and the crime charged adultery. The hear
ing in the case of the male defendant re-
suited in his being placed under bonds to
answer at the district court, but when the
time arrived for the hearing in the case of
the woman, the complaining witness and all
other witnesses were non est, and a
discharge necessarily followed. This
is regarded as somewhat mysterious, and is
made the subject of a great many promiscu-
ously directed winks and remarks. But the
decisions and bearing Of Judge Cooley in
the trying ordeal are very generally COM
mended, and he ranks high among the Mo
braraites as Il %iurist. On Sunday the Judge
had a call TO perform a marriage cermony,
in which Frank ITCHY snd Mary
Dyorak were the contracting parties,
and as this was to be his first effort
in that line, a number of his
friends accompanied him to participate in
the festivities. We received and accepted
an invitation to attend, and in company
with Messrs. Wcsterman. Miller, Parker and
the Judge, repaired to the home ofthe bride,
six miles south Of Niobrara, where We
found a large company Of Bohemians, the
parties to be married being Of that national
ity. After considerable delay, occasioned
BY the preparation of the wedding feast,
during which the entire company, includ-
ing the bride and grooms, remained out
Of doors in the warm sunshine,
a signal was given that all was in
readiness, and the guests crowded into the
The judge, with book IN hand, and
4 digniied frown upon his brow, command
I'd silence. and then went through with the
ceremony in an unhesit,tin manner as
hough it was an ordinary, every day task.
As soon as the ceremony was concluded the
company sat down to a well-prepared
nd %sumptuous dinner, after which dancing,
o the excellent music of the %well-known
Bohemian string band, was commenced, and
vas in full blast when our party left for
lome.
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