Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-05
LOCAL

Box is dispensing rich and enormous egg
plants, grown in his gardens.
Twelve tomatoes on one stem is a sample
OF the productiveness of H. H. Calhoon's
garden.
Wynn, Lavender and West brought in
forty-five Nebraska prairie chickens Satur-
day night. .
The supreme court convened this morn.
ing, Chief Justice Shannon on the bench,
and adjourned.
The ladies Of the Methodist church will
give an ice cream festival at the pavilion, on
Capital street, tomorrow evening.
Henry Hefner told us Saturday that it was
a bad case of heart disease, and to .day he is
around buying cigars because he is the uncle
of his brother Georges new boy.
The Bon Homme county republican con.
vention will be held at Springfield on the
22d inst, for the nomination Of delegates to
the territorial convention. Caucuses will
meet on the 10TH.
The Eclipse steam thresher sold to Keeter
Boyer & Diner by ]. L. ,Foskett agent, con-
tinues to perform excellent work and attract
a great many visitors. 1t can be seen to-
morrow at Capt. Brooks farm.
G. J. Kadish, having committed a technic-
al violation of the Law in not exhibiting his
poison book on demand, appeared before
Justice White this morning and plead guilty
and paid $ll.30 fine and costs.
The indications of the weather for the
upper Mississippi and lower Missouri val
leys, are, partly cloudy weather, occa-
sional rains, variable winds, nearly sta
tionary pressure and temperature.
j. The town of Bon Homme Center has been
t1ocated by d. w. Currier, some twelve miles
north from Springfield. Mr.. Currier is put
ting up a store there. and in his opinion this
point will be about the place for the county
seat.
A meeting of the Catholic temperance So
ciety will be held at half past reven to-mor-
row evening, at the Catholic. church. All
interested are invited to attend. The chap
lain, Father Lhiver, has matters Of import
ance to communicate to the members.
This morning, Benjamin Hardman, while
assisting in making up a train in the Da-
kota Southern yard, was caught between two
cars and the bones of his shoulder crushed.
He will recover. Mr.. H. came from Mis-
souri, Valley junction, and had been in town
only a week. He boards with Mrs. Whistler.
Two horses were stolen from D. P. Brad
ford, of Bon Homme county Saturday night.
One is a light bay horse and the other a
dark bay mare. Sheriff Baker, being mott
fed this morning, sent out his scouts and
has discovered that the horses passed near
Stars ranch yesterday, being ridden by two
men.
Sioux Falls Pantagraph: NJ. Grigsby
and R. F. Pettigrew have returned from
their business trip to Yankton. They re-
port that the chief topic of conversation at
the territorial capital is the delegate ques-
ton. The general judgment seems to be
that the winning horse in the race is at this
time somewhat Opaque.
Wilcox Brothers, Of Yankton, have com
menced tie lumber business at Niobrara and
will also purchase wheat at that point this
season. The Niobrara Pioneer Gays: E.P.
Wilcox, H. NJ. Wilcox, agent, will have
100000 feet Of pine lumber on the::ground by
the LIST of September, which they will offer
at the lowest market prices. In the estab-
lishment of their lumber yard at Niobrara
they will be enabled TO buy wheat from all
the adjoining country that is offered them
and pay the highest market price. y
The first monuments erected in the Sioux
Falls cemetery have been placed over the
graves OF Mrs. Alice g. Peck and Henry
w. Lewis.