Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-07-02
PERSONAL.
Durfee has skipped out.

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Durfee has skipped out.
IL. +. Jencks returned last night from
visit to Omaha.
James Stott, of the Niobrara land Office
was in town last night.
Judge West, will tackle the American
eagle at Lodi on the 4th.
Judge Ziebach was q passenger to Yer
million this morning.
Edward c. Kimble, of New York was con
tirmed June 18th as Indian agent at Grow
Creek.
Hon s. L. Sphinx is announced as orator o
the day for the Sioux City 4th of July cele
bration.
Commodore Coulson went down to Yer
million to-day to contemplate the break il
the railroad.
Mrs. A. G. Akin, will arrive tomorrow
from Leavenworth and will take rive
trip on the G. X. Peck.
G.. G. Beardsley, of Fargo, arrived las
night and represents E. B. Chambers or
the territorial republican committee.
DR.. Burdick, of the Vermillion Republi
can and w. K. Hollenback, internal rev
enue collector, were in town last night.
L. Quimby left for the east this morning
on visit. He may during his absence pro
vide for opening stocl1arm up the Jim.
J. Parker Hayward has gone down tc
Vermillion to study the new method of dis
poaing of real estate instituted there by the
Missouri river.
Miss Jennie Ihmsen, Of Plttsburg, Penn
sylvania, niece Of Judge and Mrs. Shan
non, is spending few weeks with her un.
cle's family in this city.
F.S Warren, manager of the Yankton
and Sioux Falls stage line, made us call
to-day. His line is now in operation and is
we'll stocked for business.
James McGarry, ex-trader at Fl. Pierre,
arrived last night from Pierre. He has
quit business in that locality and will re-
main in Yankton for time.
A. w. Clark, Chicago real estate man
who formerly resided in central New York,
arrived last night. He is stopping with his
friend, ,Hon. James s. Foster, and his mis-.
sion is to learn allahe can about Dakota.
Chevalier Gustavo NJ. Finotti, for twelve
years vice counsul Of Italy in Boston, is now
conducting farm on Clay creek, in Yank-
ton county. Financial reverses have robbed
him Of princely fortune and he is endeav-
oring to regain it by raising Dakota wheat
Lieut.. II. T. Reed, Of the 1st infantry,
was in town last night on his way TO Brule
agency, where his company is stationed
He will return in week or two and pro.
ceed to the headquarters of the signal
corps, into which service he has been de.
tailed.
The death Of the only daughter Of Senator
Hannibal Hamlin, nee Mrs Geo. A. Batchel.
der, is announced as having occurred at Ban.
gor, Maine, last Friday. Mrs. Batchelde,
was resident of Yankton from 1870 tc
1872 and was at that time the wife O
Secretary Batchelder.
Father Lhiver has returned from his triK
around Sioux Falls He is delighted will
it. He found over 800 homesteads taken il
the counties of Minnehaha, Moody, Lake
and McCook. The settlers are partly Irisl
and German Catholics from Minnesota and
Wisconsin. Obedient to the call made tc
them last winter through the reverend gen.
tleman's letters in the columns of the Pilot
of Boston, they came and settled there. Sc
the prospect for the establishment of Catho.
lie churches there is indeed very good, and
beyond anticipations.