Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-07-24
LOCAL

Council meeting tonight.
Roasting ears are plenty ut fifteen cents a
dozen.
A canary bird was found in one of our
business houses this morning.
Two extra passenger cars, filled with Rus
sian immigrants, arrived over the Dakota
Southern last night. The party consisted
of over one hundred persons.
The indications of the weather for the nr-
per Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys
arc, warmer cloudy weather and frequent
rains, south: rly winds. and falling baron.
eter.
a petition is in circulation asking Gov.
Howard to pardon Mons Nelson, sentenced
to five years for committing a rape on a
small girl. Why should he be turned loose,
when he has been convicted Of the most
atrocious crime in the list?
The chap who became notorious during
the past week by his offensive conduct in
the presence Of ladies, has skipped out in
time to lose an entertainment which was
being prepared for his especial benefit. He.
has gone up country, where he can, without
molestation, lavish his Establishments upon
the "dusky maids of the forest"
En- our issue for the 18th inst, we gave a
list Of Dakota newspapers in which we mad
vertently omitted the Daily Enterprise Of
Deadwood. The Times is the oldest daily
in the Hills instead of the Pioneer, the daily
issue of the former being on the 9TH of April,
1877, and the latter on the 18th Of June,
1877. The total number of papers in the
territory is twenty-five, of which five are
dailies.
CHANGING into u store to-day we found
the proprietor lazily leaning back in a
chair with a newspaper OF his lap. He
stretched out his legs and rubbed his eyes,
and said, ave been reading till I don't
know nothing" Then we glanced at the
sheet and took in the situation at once. He
had been devoting his time to the local page
of the Sioux City Journal. 1t always has
that effect.
Alfred Brown, of Hutchinson county,
thirty-miles northwest of Yankton, came
to town this forenoon for some repairs for
his harvesting machinery, which broke
down at five o'clock this morning. He got
what he wanted, started back and expects to
have his machine running again by five
o'clock this evening. Under such circum-
stances, an energetic farmer like Mr.. Brown
allows nc grass to grow under his feet.
Dewey & Powers will break ground to.
morrow for the erection of a brick livery
building on the site of their former stable
on Third street. They have changed their
plans somewhat. Instead of making two
stores, as was the original intention, they
will put up a one.story brick, ssx40 feet in
size, and occupy it as a livery barn. twill
be SO arranged that it can be readily changed
into stores. MacNamara and Colby have
the contracts for mason and wood work.
Notwithstanding the u~nfavorable weather
and bad condition Of the ground, the work
of harvesting in this section of the territory
is being pushed forward with all possible
zeal, and the grain is being secured in good
condition. All kinds of small grain has
ripened very rapidly during the past week
which puts the farmers 10 the necessity Of
working without Observation-Disclosures being
no break, as is usual, between the rye, bar
ley, oats and wheat harvests. The weather
to-day is favorable for harvesting, and If it
should continue for a week longer the great
grain crop of Dakota will be generally &C.
cured.
A man by the name Of Barhart came
down from Pierre on the steamer Yellow.
stone, and long before his arrival here he
exhibited strong symptoms Of insanity. He
came from the Hilla, where he has been