Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-13
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DEDICATED TO B~AsE-BALLIsTs
"Ball to the bat,'' the vampire said,
AS face to face the fOeman stood
i. And III the batter batter But B%t: as i he oa aas sa's s&eai sI''N'
AdOwn the slope where the fielder fold
A liner hot as the hornet wung,
And atween the optics it bunged a bang,
AS bounteous as a hogshead's bung.
.Republican caucuses Thursday afternoon
About twenty Russian emigrants arrived
on last nights train.
The plasterers lave commenced work on
Sanborn's new block on Third street.
cold Uninstructed" is running pretty
we'll in county conventions. He i. q good
one.
Twenty-eight yoke Of steers wanted, by
the government. See special notice coium.
Last nights eclipse of the moon was
was visible only a few minutes, a cloud shut
ting out the view.
DR.. Irwin received to-day the expected
order for the removal of the Red Cloud
Indians. He will proceed to the agency
and make arrangements for Immediately
carrying out the order.
AwO CdseS Vi COHAuuu OEuuA WeIe UeIOEs
the police court this morning, each of whom
plead guilty to the charge. One Of them
paid the damages assessed against him, but
the other went back to the lookup.
Secretary Hand, being interviewed as to
the probability of his coming in as the dark
horse in the congressional race, completely
exhausted the subject by remarking that
the only question was in regard to his being
a horse-he was dark enough for all practical
purposes.
The indications of the weather for the
upper Mississippi and lower Missouri val
leys, are warmer and partly cloudy weather,
with occasional rain, southerly winds, fall
ing barometer, followed in the north and
west by rising barometer and colder north.
west winds.
Arrangements are to be made for a camp
meeting at Olivet, to commence Auguet 10Th
and continue one week under the direction
of ]. W. Sharp. The pastor asks us to an
nounce that this meeting is to be held "for
the promotion of real scriptural holiness,
under the control of the Free Methodist"
Earnest, christian, old fashioned Methodist
Bible lovers, and everybody else, invited.
The meeting will be held in a grove on the
Jim.
The Bismarck Tribune is beginning to
comprehend the man. 1t says "Indian
agents on the brain is probably what ails
Gen. Hammond. He rushes around over
the country like one in trouble. refusing to
talk to decent newspaper men. His return
from Standing Rock and departure for the
eastis noted elsewhere but he returned to-day
and is now off for up river. Gone for an
other agents scalp. His leggings are now
trimmed with the scalps Of slaughtered
Yesterday being the tenth anniversary of
the marriage of Rev. and Mrs. Joseph
Ward, . number of their friends arranged
and carried out q surprise party In the even.
ing. They assembled At the pavilion to the
Of about d hundred and made q
upon the residence Of the Wards,
armed with oil sorts of tin things. The
castle surrendered without any RESISTANCE
and a merry evening was had over the ~
wedding Of the host and hostess. Oliver
Shannon made the speech of the evening
and Maj. Elderkin acted as musical direc-
tor.
TRY IT! TRY IT.! TRY lT!!
s. Venables & Co.'s Red Tag Chewing
Tobacco, the best in the world. M. H.
Jenkinson, Sole Agent.
Baths this evening and At all times here
after at Martin Watson's barber shop on
Third street. Hot and cold baths ready
nov, shower baths next week: All arrange
ments are convenient asd ksst-clan.
Old papers for sais q thh olBce.