Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-12
LOCAL LAcoHlcs

story of COX's brick block.
The grand central saloon has passed in
its chips. 1t was closed yesterday.
A5large force of workmen are laying
brick to-day on Bruce's Capital street
block
Workmen are engaged In putting down
q new sidewalk on the Third street side of
the Jencks hotel.
The police court is closed to day. Chief
Justice White and his cane went to Vermil-
lion this morning.
A large amount of wheat was brought to
town to-day. Sixty to sixty-fve cents for
new and IS to 80 for old wheat were the rul.
ing prices.
A republican club will be organized at
Gayville Saturday night, accompanied by
speeches and other etceteras appropriate to
the occasion.
Both Of Dakota's candidates for congress
g to Vermillion this morning, to see the
vegetables, fast horses etc; not to talk poll.
tics, of course.
TIL order for the abandonment of Fort
Sully has been suspended, and its occupa.
ton will be continued during the coming
winter at any rate.
Indications Of the weather for the upper
Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys are:
warmer. clear OF partly cloudy weather
winds shifting to southeast.
The town has been remarkably quiet TO-.
day. No DRINKS, no fights, no political ar
guments, nothing stolen. A great many
people went to the fair to-day.
This was the boss day at the territorial
fair. If other sections of the territory fur
nished as many visitors as Yankton, the
crowd must have been immense.
Burleigh Bros. will ship one and one-half
tons of corn meal to Deadwood, by the
steamer Big Horn, consigned to Vaughn &
Decker. This firm has sold fifteen tons of
corn meal within the past month.
The Yankton band went to Vermillion
this morning to make music for the boys.
They played several pieces at the depo this
morning, and thereby contributed largely
IN keeping the waiting crowd in good hu.
NOR.
Work BIAS been commenced on the con-
struction of the military telegraph line
from Fort Sul]y to Deadwood and the mill.
tary post at Bear Butte. The completion
of this line will give Yankton direct tele-
graphic connection with Deadwood.
The examination of Carl Johan Hanson,
charged with the murder of his father, was
concluded before Justice White last night,
and resulted in the accused being held with
out bail for the hearing OF his case before
the next grand jury. on the charge of mur-
der. He was committed to Jail.
David Benjamin, A. B. Parker, VIM.
Hodges, M. B. Kent, Frank Patterson and
/. N. Flanagan are candidates for the re-
publican nomination for sheriff in Union
county, with several precincts 10 hear from.
We presume the present incumbent of the
Office, Alison Bovee, will also be in the field.
Z And still another. Yesterday we chron-
icled the starting of two newspapers in Da-
kota, and to-day we must add one more to
the list-the Interstate, printed at Gary
Deuel. county, by Fred J. Bowman. This
newest addition to Dakota journalism is a
handsomely printed sheet, and evinces good
editorial ability. 1t is republican in politics.
There was a big rush at the depot this
morning of persons going to the fair, and
the train was detained over half an hour to
enable the crowd to procure tickets. One
hundred and fifty tickets were sold. when
the supply was exhausted, leaving nearly an
equal number Of excursionists unsupplied
but no one that wanted to go stayed at home
on this account, and when the train finally
got away, it carried out the largest load of
passengers that ever left Yankton in one
day.
We believe we will be doing the travel.
ing public q genuine favor by calling at
tention to the superior accommodations fur.
by Cheney's depot hotel at Sioux
City. The proprietor and manager of this
house, Major Cheney, is peculiarly adapted
to the profession of q landlord, and possess.
es in an eminent degree that happy and
genial faculty which at once makes his
guests feel at home and at ease. Every
thing about the house Is managed in really
first class style, and altogether it is a pleas.
ant place to stop.
That sterling farmer, Mr.. A. F. Hayward
of Maplewood farm, who resides about one
and a half miles northwest o ftown, threshed
his wheat yesterday. From - and one-half
acres MI. Haywood received 302 bushels Of
No. 1 wheat. The ground was broken last
year, was sown in the spring with % BUSH
els Of wheat, and a half dozen Angora goats
p~astured on a large corner of the field for
several weeks. From 5 acres of rye MI. II.
gets 1873 bushels. The rye field furnished
six weeks pasturage to 100 head of Merino
and yet yields rye enough for several
barrels of bug juice. Maplewood farm is
controlled by a man of brains and muscle,
and it is to men Of this stamp that the fer