Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-30
HE,eHBoaHoop NEWS.

A brass band has been organized at Mo.
brara
Roscoe came nea: having firs,.class fire
last week.
A Swiss colony has settled at Lake
Badus, In Lake county
A new town named Ashton, is being
started upon the jim, west of Watertown.
Andrew Benson of Canton is slowly re-
covering from the injuries sustained in the
recent prairie fires.
The money order business at the Nlobra-
ra postoff1ce for the week ending April 10Th,
amounted to 1,29S.5l.
The Madison Sentinel has been issued.
1t is published at Madison, Lake county,
by j, II. Zane and F. l.. Fifeld.
The new addition to Canton is named
"Rudolph's Addition" II is surveyed and
plated and last week was led for record.
Last Sunday morning, Mr.. Andrew Jacob
SOD, who lives about eight miles southeast
of Roscoe. lost one yoke of cattle, three
cows and heifer by fire.
Mr. Hicks, living southwest of Lincoln
Center, lost every thing except his team by
prairie fire last Sunday. His house,
stables aud granary with all their contents
were destroyed not even change Of cloth.
ing being saved.
Madison Sentinel: The tide of emigra.
ton seems to have fairly set in from the
east, and daily additions to the actual popu
lation of Lake county attest the good judg
ment Of claim seekers passing through ,hi
portion of Dakota.
Rockport Pioneer: Riding through tb,
county, few days since, we noticed severa
fields Of winter wheat, all of them looking
superbly, and promising an abundant yield
The idea that winter wheat raising is no
adapted to this latitude, appears to be prett,
we'll exploded.
Sioux City Journal: Bob Knecbs star,
this morning for the Lincoln, Neb., race
and will make the circuit before returnin
to this place. He takes Dakota Maid, Lad
Tildon, Woodbury. Chief and Elmwoo
Chief. He will be in Lincoln on May 6,
and 8; Hastings, 13, IA and Is; Omaha. 81
% and 20, and DesMoines June 3, and 6
He does not propose to enter either Wood
bury Chief or Elmwood Chief for rae,
but simply takes them to work.
Madison Sentinel: On the evening {
Wednesday last, our citizens turned ou
collectively and burned an effective fir
guard around the village to secure it fro1
prairie fires, which have been dangerousl
prevalent of late. The following evenin
the wind rose and blowing strongly an
steadily, carried fire from the prairie
south OF town up to the limits of the guard
without which wholesale conf1agratio
of stacks and stables, if not dwellings an,
business houses would have occurred.
Canton News: Gen. Beadle, superinten
dent of public instruction arrived on Mon
days train. and on Tuesday morning tool
charge of the teachers institute that had
been organized by Prof. Jacobs the day
previous. We dropped in during the
afternoon session and found that the yer,
favorable impression We had entertained Of
his peculiar fitness for the position of super
intcndent of schools was increased rathe
than diminished. He seems perfectly 8
home in the school room. We believe tn,
interests of education will not suffer uude
his administration.
! Niobrars Pioneer: The service of ,h
Congregational society was cut short OF
Sunday morning, owing to the severe win,
storm. But in the evening, though th
storm did not materially cease, the schoo
room was packed. Rev. Stewart Sheldon
the general superintendent of missions 70
Dakota, preached very able sermon OF
The need of Christian influences on tn
frontier" He is we'll acquainted with III
good influences of christian work on th
frontier, and his ideas on such subject ar