Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-14
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DAKOTA.
Wednesday Evening, May IA, 1879
LOCAL LAcoHlcs.

/ LOCAL uc0Nlcs.
Oats arc selling at from 20 to % cents
the streets.
The Gay murder case still holds the
tention of the supreme court.
Ono drunk, accompanied BY the usu
due. 10 the police court record for today.
Auditor Purdy issued to-day warrants f
$500. the cost Of conveying three convic
from Deadwood to the Detroit prison.
Tho weather indications for the uppt
Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys Art
Cooler northeast to northwest winds, risin
barometer, cloudy and rainy, followed b
clearing weather.
The military stores at old Red Clou'
landing arc to be moved by the steame
Western TO Fort Lincoln and The steame
Big Horn, on her down trip, will bring tn
buildings to Fort Randall.
Last nights temperance meeting drew
another crowded house, many leaving be-
cause of their inability to get into the
church, which was filed with people from
the pulpit to the front steps. A number
of new names were placed on the pledge.
Mr.. Hoofstetler continues bis work this
evening.
Noah Sievsr, one of Sheriff Manning's
Deadwood deputies, who is in town on his
way home from Chicago, had some ore from
the Aleck mine, located a little above Cen
trail and owned by him, assayed by G. E.
Mariner, Of 81 Clark street. Chicago. The
assay shows $500 in gold and 1894 in sill
yer to the ton.
A private confab between returned fish
ermea was overheard to-day. It ran about
like this: there's a cat fish and two
suckers. That's what We caught without
counting Caps rheumatism. The expedi-
ton cost seven dollars-that's two dol.
lars and thirty-three and one.tbird cents
apiece for the fish. You can buy EN- for
ten cents q pound. Let's keep mum about
this"
During the navigation season q great
many people are in Yankton who have bus.
mess and family interests at st. Louis. The
slowness of mail communication between
the two points has attracted their
attention and they want to know why it is
that it takes twenty four hours longer to
get a letter from ST. Louis than from Chi
csgo, when passengers can come through
On the same time as from Chicago. We
do not know the cause. 1t could probably
remedied. st. Louis papers are a day
older than Chicago papers when received
here. /,
Simon Gamble, who arrived from Pierre
asst night, says that heavy rains have fallen
the way to Pierre and the roads are
'ery muddy. Between Springfield and
agency there was two or three a
eet Of water on the bottoms yesterday and =
that it had been much deeper. ;
1t Pierre, Mr.. Gamble says. all is activity :
n the freightipg line. Eight hundred :
'oke of oxen were accumulated there ready =
o start for the Hills as soon as the freight :.
IAN be loaded on the wagons. Marsh s.
kennard have decided not to put on stage .
inc between Pierre and Rapid City. /.
Kirwin Wilson, who has been held en- a .
harge Of introducing liquor into the Indian =.
ountry, desires US to give his version of the +,
He says he was travelling across the
reservation with his family, en-
cute to his abandoned ranch near Fort
Pierre, to look after some loose property :
here, when he was arrested by order Of
Major Douglas, and placed in the guard
house at Fort Randall for four days. He
vas released under a promise that he would
.et out Of the Indisn country, and in COM
with that promise came back to
Yankton. Here, he alleges, he began an
lctisn against Major Douglas for false i'm
.prisonment, placing his damages At SIC. 900.
It was after this action had been instituted,
he says. that his arrest was made, and he in.
lists that be was doing nothing but trayel
along the public highway when the ofense
alleged to have been committed. This
seems to be the point for the court TO de-
We give Mr.. Wilson the benefit
Of his statement.
Fresh Strawberries and Ice Cream ,t