Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-27
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Flandreau, Moody county, supports two
hotels.
Canton's liquor license is fixed 70. this
year at $50.
The Big Sioux river is lower than It has
been in years.
Fish are very numerous in the Sioux riv.
er at Rapids. fssss.,
The valentine epidemic has broken out
in Sioux Falls. e.. i .
Phil. Clark has been made deputy sheriff
of Moody county.
There is good opening for livery sta
BILE at Bon Homme.
the schools at Vermillion are in very
prosperous condition.
A number of cases of diptheria have oc-
CURED in Springfield.
Eighteen cars Of grain were shipped from
Vermillion in one day.
CDngreg ational sociables are held every
week or two in Vermillion. ri
A mail route between Oakwood aud
Gary will soon be established
Business houses and dwelling houses are
much needed in Bon Homme.
Canton and Beloit are feeling wonderfully
frisky over their new railroad.
A telephone to communicate between
Canton and Beloit is talked of. tt5t
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than any other town in the northwest, of its
size.
Trouble about claims in Grand Forks
county are settled with double-barreled shot.
guns. sss .s..s.g., !
Several from Vermillion attended the
dance at Ponca, Nebraska, on Friday eve
ming. S,ss
Finley & Morrison of Vermillion are put.
ting In drive we'll back of their hardware
store.
4 The postof1ce at, Red Lake has been
closed, by order of the postefilce depart
ment
Roscoe has grown. in less than one year,
from single farm house, to a village val.
ued at.$20000.
The sum total Of all Investments made in
the little town of Flandreau since April 1st
1878. is $4,000.
The temperance people of Vermillion are
holding monthly meetings, addressed by
very able speakers.
Ice cut from the Big Sioux river at Elan.
dreau, Moody county, measures nineteen
inches in thickness.
People in Sioux Falls are burning corn
alleging that it makes cheaper fuel than,
either wood or coal.
Thomas H. Davis, county commissioner
of Moody county, who died on the twentieth,
was buried by the Masons.
Fred Culver has been appointed deputy
sheriff for Springfeld.and the western pos
ton of Bon Homme county.
Miss Isabella Harrington was united in
marriage to Mr.. Scott Wright, both Of Clay
county on the 23d of January.
G. Hayes, living two miles north of
Flandreau, lost his house and household
effects by fire one day week ago.
The Methodist mite society of Vermillion,
were entertained at the residence of Mrs.
Geo. w. Pratt on Tuesday evening.
Bon Homme Citizen: 1t is to be hoped
that the present legislature will provide
some protection for laborers' wages.
A party Of married people were pleassn Mt
ly entertained at the residence Of J. A. Pet
tigrew, of Vermillion, os Saturday evening.
A revival Of religion is in progress at
Springfield. number have turned from the
error OF their ways and become converted.
A party of four from Ponca caught a
thousand pounds of fish in Smiths lake,
Dakota county, Nebraska, in about three
days.
The Dakota Citizen, of Bon Homme conn
ty, is now in the second year Of its exist..
ence, and prospecting and growing in public
favor.
The location of the U. s. land Office. at
Springfield has been changed and both the
register and the receivers offices are in the
Times building
Arrangements are being made by Yer
million club for a grand masquerade ball to
be given on the l4th Of February. Itprom-
ises to be great success.
The North Nebraska ministerial associa-
tion will be held at the NJ. E. church, at
Ponca, Dixon county, Nebraska. on the 18th,
18th and 10th of February. ~
The D. S. railroad company is making
every effort in its power to protect its road
bed near the washout on the bank of The
Missouri, east of Vermillion.
The female teachers of Bon Homme
county stand higher in scholastic attain
ments than the male teachers. one lady hold
ing certificate of the first grade.
The Y. P. L., club of Vermillion met on
Saturday evening. Essays, debates, recita-
tione, and readings were the order, and
the programme was well carried out.
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