Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-15
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Friday Evening, August IS, 1879.

Friday Evening, august 10, lUfs.
LOCAL LAcoslcs,
Sioux City 10 TO have series Of trolling
races next week. i
Our across the river neighbor, Cedar
county, ID out debt.
The maximum temperature to-day wss
74o; minimum, $40.
New wheat brings 20 cents for No. and
60 csns for No. 1.
g. T. Nalhhsn has resigned the position
Of CLERK Of the court Of Union county, end
b succeeded BY N. A. Kirk.
]. F. Cas-, Of Monmouth, Jackson county,
Iowa, advertises for information - to The
Whereabouts Of David @. Cas-
g. L. Richasdson's team took fright dur.
Ing yesterdays storm and ran down Cedar
street 70 Second, whore they were stopped.
Il 1t not about time for the Territorial
Agricultural society to make some an
nouncement of the plscs Of holding the
next annual fair, If there . to bs one held
this year.
J. F. Hayward returned last evening from
Elk Point, where he had gone to attend
the races.-Ptxss. And he will never bet
another IS on q pony. Bot then he had
the experience.-EM Point Courier.
The weather Indications for the upper
Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys and
upper lake regions are: Winds mostly from
north to east, partly cloudy weather, and in
southern portions rain, with stationary Or
slight risei in temperature.
This section was visited last evening BY
. succession of heavy showers Of rain,
which completely abolished the dust nuis-
ance, and placed plenty of moisture 10 the
ground to mature the late crops. Some
hail fell. but not enough to do any damage.
Deadwood Times D. T. Bramble says
that our streets will be choked up again
with Fort Pierre freight teams. There are
now several large outfits on the Centennial
prairie, which will begin to arrive to-day.
These trains alone will deliver between $50,
600 and 400, 900 pounds of freight.
Anew p~ostof1ce has been established in
the Russian settlement, FIVE miles east Of
Maxwell, in Hutchinson county. Martin
Schsmber 10 the postmaster. The new
postof1ce is called Prudential, which ID
the Russian language signifies "Pleasant
Valley" Mail service is ordered to COM
mence at once.
joaquin Miller says Sitting Bull received
his name in this way: When he was q
young warrior he was engaged in . battle,
during which he was wounded in both leg.
80 that he could not stand. Disabled "a hi
was, he Sat upon the ground and fought viii
great ferceness. His savage brothers liken
ed his pluck to that of a wounded buffalo
and SO he acquired his cognomen.
Some two months sgo George Baker had
q horse stolen from the northern part oi
the city, which has since been recovered
and~is now at Bismarck, where the THE
was arrested. Baker says j the horse is re
turned to Yankton he will not prosecute
the thief. The expense of bringing him here
for trial would amount to more than the
animal is worth, and he will content him
self BY having the horse returned and no
questions asked.
Here's news. A special from Ysnkton
to the Chicago Times, giving an account Of
the strike at the government warehouse the
other day, maenifies the tame affair into a
bloody riot. The dispatch says "the work.
menpaid no attention to them, (the s.rikers),
when they commenced throwing bricks
through the windows. The "roosters' had
not thrown nor than one or two bricks
before the workmen laid down their tools
and picked clubs, and In a short time TWEEN,
ty of the boosters" laid across the railroad
track In . crippled condition.. All o.
which is news in Yankton.
An ominous. quiet prevails in town to
day. the merchant has abandoned hi
store, the lawyer his Office, the editor bl,
tripod, the doctor his pills. the mechanic
his shop. the public official bis duties, and
fully armed and equipped have invaded the
rural districts to make war upon the Zero
cious chickens and convince them that on
and after the 18th Of August they
have no rights which q man with . gun and
q dog is bound to respect. In short, this il
field day for sportsmen, and almost every
body and . great many body's wives ant
children are in the country to-day shooting
chickens. The slaughter has doubtless beer
terrible.
J Choios sheet music arriving every day al
Shannon & Cos Music Store Third street
Orders BY mail. pronptly Attended to.