Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-29
The new brick school house a. Spring.
field is nearly completed, vsv -,

"S" 40 noesly competed. E
The republicans of Hanson county will
bold convention on the. .4th inst.
The first warrant issued on the treasury
OF Hanson county was redeemed lass week. |
]. A. PettiRrsw Of Vsrmtlllos lest week
sold 800 cords Of wood TO Sylvester q Bar
Der of Yankton.
The republican convention of Bon
Homme county will be held at Springfield
on October sth.
Tho Russian colony In Hanson county
haye this year made 500 gallons, Of syrup
from water melons.
Springfield Times: An Indian over on
the santee agency got hand mashed in q
.threshing machine Friday.
= J. D. Flick, Of Rockport, has let con-
tract for the erection Of stone dwelling
house 32x40 and two stories high.
Two hundred and aftv chattle mortgages
have been fled BY the recorder of Clay
county since the fir. tof January.
John Vlckers Of Hanson county has forty
acres enclosed with barbed wire fence
the largest enclosure in tho county.
The wagon bridge across the Vermilliou
at Vermillion has been examined by prac.
tical bridge builder and pronounced unsafe,
The Rockport Pioneer says that county
contains only four townships, and is con-
sequently the smallest county in the terri
tory.
T. G. Maxwell of Olivet, has purchased
Of Mr.. Basken the fremont house at
Springfield, and taken possession as land.
lord.
Frank Foster, Of Rock port. has sold two
domesticated antelope to be placed in: Lin.
coin park, Chicago. He received 800 fol
the pair.
The Springfield. Times says that "a
Zienert will soon remove his store from
BonHomme to the new town on the railroad
between Scotland and Springfield.
w. G. and ]. U. Bowers Of vermillio,
have completed the contract Of furnishing
the government with 500 cords of willow
for river protection at that place.
Rockport Pioneer: Gen. Dennis repre-.
senting the internal revenue office in th,
territory, called last week, and says tha
Collector Pennington is about to locate tn,
oa1ce at Mitchell. i s..
| John Kobes, Of Hutchinson county ha
been lodged 10 Jail IN default of $500. bai
to answer to the charge of cattle stealing
The next term of court in that county oc
ours in June, 1880,
| A. j. Parshall of Hanson county me
With painful accident few days ago. II
was hauling wood, when his horses becam
frightened and ran away, throwing him t
the ground, the wheels passing over his le
and hand. No bones were broken.
A fine haired travelling man from S,
Paul stopped at Marion Junction, and tn
hotel being full was compelled to sleep il
the stable with buffalo robe for bed an
a horse collar for q pillow. He left 70
home in the morning, for fear, he said ths
at the next place they would tie him in
stall and curry him. The Rockport Pic
neer is responsible for this story.
Rockport Pioneer. IS: Mr.. Maxwell 1
Son were here on Friday interviewing ou
millers as TO their intentions in regard I
the Sand Lake outrage. The Maxwells a,
going up to the lake and investigate th
matter, and see whether the river, as b.
been reported, is damned for the purpo,
Of overfowing the Sand Lake region. IN
It 20 they will procure authority to NOV
It. The millers along the river should joi
them In the enterprise. Tho Maxwell
have operated the mill at MaxwelEC City for
number of years, and there has never bee
an occurrence of this kind bsfore.