Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-09
LOCAL LAcoNlcs.

LOCAL LAcoNlcs.
Maximum temperature S60, minimum 6O'.
Charlie Bates surveying party was caught
in the storm ct Bismarck which wrecked
the Montana.
The turn verin society will have their
entertainment at Kounts's summer garden
on Monday night 1870 la.
The usual Methodist ladies sewing soci-
ETY. was held at the residence OF Mrs. A. ..
Dunlap yesterday afternoon. gtN
Elk Point enjoyed q horse race yesterday.
The pony which ran here In the spring was
one Of the horses, and lost the race.
The name ofiC.sE. Brooks should have
been signed to the communication In yes.
terday's issue. relating to the condition Of
crops on his farm.
Fred schnauber had his arm severely
bruised yesterday morning BY being thrown
from his ice wagon He will carry his arm
in a sling for : few days yet.
Extensive Improvements are being made
to the Catholic church. An addition is
being made to the rear Of the present edi-
flee, and when the whole is completed will
be about one.third larger. sl7.
The weather Indications for the upper
Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys are
Clear or fair weather; slowly rising tenn
perature; winds shifting southerly and
easterly with stationary OF slowly falling
barometer.
Major Gardner. special agent Of the In
dian. service. who has been acting agent at
Yankton agency, pending the appointment
of Major Andrus, has been appointed In
dian agent at Fort Berthold and will leave
in a few days fol. that post.
Sioux City Journal: N. h. Briggs has
been appointed assistant superintendent of
the Dakota Southern and Pembina roads.
MI. Briggs has been practicing law at Bat
tie creek, Mich, for some years and has not
heretofore tried his hand at railroad man
agement. ~,
Before Police Justice Roberts this morn
ing, James Condor appeared. 1t seems
Jimmy had imbibed q little too freely of
intoxicating drinks, and his honor thought
q few days rest 10 the cooler would be ben
efcial to his health, and accordingly he
was transported to p. C's headquarters, to
remain there for a few days. james Kelley
also appeared before bis honor for disturb
ing the peace and quietness of the opera
house. He also, was given over to the care
of P. G.. G
Another Of those nefarious attempts to
get away without paying + board bill was
unearthed at the Merchants hotel this morn
ing. An up country man who had been
giving signs of uneasiness for some days
vas spotted by John, the ever watchful
guardian Of the premises, and this morning
while the up country mar was taking bis
usual hour and q half at the breakfast table,
John slipped into his DOL and "hefted"
his valise. It was suspiciously burdensome,
so John quietly unlocked the clasp and
found his presentiments verified. The valise
was filed with bricks, bags of sand and old
newspapers. The interview which ensued
is said to have been highly entertaining.
This is an old dodge. but this time it failed
to work.
A disturbance occurred atthe:opera house
in the early part Of last evening. end both
parties were arrested by Marshal Gemmi!l,
who conducted them down Third street
towards the cooler, but when he arrived at
the corner of Walnut and Third. his pris-
oners broke away from him, one running
down Third and the other down Walnut
street, closely pursued by the marshal, who
fired Q couple Of shots at the escaping pris.
oner, but even this was no inducement for
him to stop, and he ran all the 5faster till he
came to Second street when he turned to
the right and ran up Second, and wa lost
In the darkness. The men were John Fox
and . man calling himself "Jersey Bill"
but whose real name is James Kelley. The
marshall succeeded in re-capturine Kelley,
who was fined this morning by Justice
Robests,s Andi In default Of payment. Was re.
mabaed to JAIL Fox Is stiila { large, but
the officers are content with having secured
Kelley, and viii take time harvesting
Fox.
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