Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-20

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A. "A son of George Mathieson had his ar
broken day before Yesterday BY . stor
carelesslv thrown BY a plaJmste.s
A squad of insurance men are expecte
tonight, who will. endeavor TO see ho,
ss4tH otmpinies sssixdN aifYY PartN1s,,
.sss{A6avsst traiss5ettl eentinde sc,friv
and depart and every pilgrim We have tall
ed with says there are plenty more on th
way. sasrus bna IesfG 1900
The ,elegant, 6Fst national bank isddinI
10 its previous elegance. Painters are .
work putting rich 3ti6sSo Oh the walls, ant
their improvsmeatassaeh back into th'
Office of the Missouri River Transportation
Company. a3ag%aG saA~ -
It ,is still 40 open question Who will b
district attorney for the second judicial dis
trict. The governor indicates nothing
and tho spplicante srs stin on the ragged
edge. E. G. Smith and H. E. Dewey are
added "a yesterdays list Of aspfrsnts.
The weather indications. for the uppsr
Mississippi and lower Missouri Valleys are :
Rising barometer, cooler northwsst to north
east winds, partly cloudy weather and local
rains, followed in the upper portions Of the
latter by falling barometer and winds vssr-
ing to warm southeast.
The new texsn aof ccsti.n, located in
Turner county at the point where. the Nil
waukee road is to cross the Vermillion riv.
er, is attracting public attention just now.
]. d. Cameron, of Sioux Falls, who has
an interest in the town., Is advertising for
mechanics Of all kinds to locate there. and
offers to give away business and residence
lots there to ~locators will build upon them
It'is bound to be a stirring burg. .
A surveying party is in town and illleave
on the steamer Dakotafor the Indian cou6-
try on business. Daniel E. Major of Wash-
ington, has charge Of the party, and they are
going over to Red Cloud and Spotted Tail
agencies TO survey the Indial possessions of
into. eightyYacrs lots The Indians will be
delighted to know that their lands is to be
sirveyed and staked off. 1t will make it
seem Is though the two or three acres they
plant are growing moro under the auspices
of the United States government
Yesterday afternoon a stranger appeared
at the lumber yard, of shanard & Wynn and
offered to sell them cheap-a horse which
they had previously sold,to . Russian named
Conrad Barrett, and against which they held
a chattel mortgage as security for a balance
due them on the sale. Having suspicious
that all was not straight, they agreed to take
the shorse, and asked fora little time to 60
tolthesbankf for the money, butinstead start.
ed out in search Of Sheriff Baker. The man
who had the horse for sale became suspicious
at theshaps affairs were taking, and by the
time the sheriff was foundsh he was nining.
Last .eseninE'simnail brought to Sheriff Ba.
ker a postal card informing him that, on
Friday night, a mare and a pony were stolen
from NJ. T. Cruzan, Of Finlay. Thinking
there might, be some connection between
these tFosciscumstances, Sheriff Baker start
ed at daylight this morning for Barret,'s
place, and on his arrival there found the
mare and pony belonging to the Finlay man.
Barrett had traded his horse for the stolen
mare, and had paid ten dollars for the stolen
pohey. Baker brought them in with him,
and Mr.. Barrett will get his horse back. He
is out ten dollars and Baker is out one horse
thief. ass -