Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-07-11

hight service, he secs better in the dark
han by daylight. About II miles from
White Swan, the bottom tosd has been
sashed out, so;ws had:to % ~ 81 rasine
lid l thought while passing shrcaehtne
gorge than an insurance company wouldn't
give ten cents fol, my life ; but we reached
the hill top all right. The driver here
took occasion to inform me that that road
was heavens path compared with one we
had to pass in q few minutes. II 1t had
been daylight I would; have asked thedriver
to stop SO I could write up my will. but not
being able to see I told him what TO- do
with what was left of me after the rocky
steep was passed. Arriving at the danger
GUS hill I grabbed the railing Of the seat
snd shut my eyes, gave myself up to fate
and went Through without . scratch.
We passed several other had spots. but I
began to get accustomed to them by this
time.
Wheeler post Office was reached by 1915
am. As there is no hotel at this point l
asked Mr.. Reynolds, postmaster and dealer
in general merchandise, to give me some
sort of accommodation and thanks to that
gentleman, at l a. M, l was sleeping on the
counter as comfortable as if l had been in
a feather bed.
In the morning l made an inspection Of
the place. Mr.. Reynolds is the only per.
son living in the heart of the city, the Other
inhabitants occupying domiciles in different
parts Of the suburbs. Mr.. Reynolds has 9
store 25x45 which is we'll stocked with gen
eral merchandise. He is doing "a extern
,ive business, his range of trade extending
over 2sO miles of country. Mr.. Reynolds
is . literary man and believes in newspapers.
By the following list of newspapers which
come regularly to him you can see that he
thinks it pays to subscribe:
.Press.& hikdesian, semi.Weekly Inter
Ocean, Detroit Free Press, Burlington
Haw'iteye, Danbury News, Toledo Blade,
Chicago Times, Marcelus (Mich.) News,
Springfield Times, Cincinnati Commercial,
Forest and Stream, Western Rnral, Procar'a
Criterion, sChieago Commerc Il Bulletin,
Farm, Field and Fifeside, I Door and
Out, Saturday Evening Post, Days Doings
Weekly Novelist and two or three othel
minor publications. A large table which
he has in one corner of his store, looks lik'
a table in a reading room.
After leaving Mr.. Reynolds store
walked to the Academy of st. Ann, three
miles east Of Wheeler. This beautiful
building is situated on the bank of the Mis-
souri, and commands a magnificent view o.
the Missouri and of that extended and leve
prairie called Papineau's Bottom. Thi'
bottom is about 8 miles long and an averag'
of q miles in width. It is bounded by tn
Missouri on the south, and on the north b.
= gentle sloping bluff, and from there b.
countless miles Of level prairie. Assoon a
this country is reepeaedl to settlement, thi
portion will be speedily taken, for there i
not a better place between st. joseph AM
Standing Rock for q large city. Fathe
Malo, with the help Of the settlers Of th
place, is working very hard to complete tn
academy. The buildine is 30x6o, tw
stories high, with . oallar. The foundations
are built Of hard rock and the other part
grout, a mortar made Of sand, gravel an
lime. The walls are completed and notl
ing but the carpenter and inside work r
mains to be done. Mr.. Cournoyer, an 81
settler Of this place, gave 4 acres of land
the mission, and as trees have bean plante
around the place, it presents q magni6cel
appearance, which will continue to impro,
with age. 81
The perils Of a travelling man in this r
gion are many. This morning ! had II
misfortune TO stumble int q deep,hole IN
fIcreek. eout>n noist, but refreshed.
plunge bath isn't bad with the mercul
at 1922 in the shade. In my travels
I hsltsd )at tho tarmF of Nj. Cook and =
! shown some splendid corn. Reaching N
Foster Wheelers farm I stopped 70 tai
dinner, and enjoyed liberal rations Of ne
sweet corn. After dinner We inspected b
potato and corn fields, and dug potato
vhich.measured in an average IL inches
I circumfereuce. His corn u between 81 q
. Z feet high. Mr.. Wheeler intends to
down 70 Yandton very soon, and a he ID
vidower he vill.poasib9y witt the digit
t ones Of that burg and tell them Of the bea
ties Of his plantation. 9.