Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-06-23
MEMS n NOTES.
Johnny Hope has been found guilty Of
participation in the Manhattan bank rob

johnny Hope has been found guilty Of
participation in the Manhattan bank rob
berry.
It Is reported that the president has with.
drawn Secretary McCrary's nomination as
Judge Dillon's successor.
There is now 700 miles Of telegraph wire
at Benton, waiting for the poles 10 be
placed from Assiniboine to Helena and otn-
er places.
A fire at Leadville. Colorado. on Satur.
day destroyed the coliseum building, en-.
failing . loss of $4,000. James Brown,
from Honesdale, Pa, persisted in the
flames.
Crops in Chippewa county. Wisconsin,
are in a flourishlng condition. The Chip.
pewa river for q mile above the Falls is
choked with logs, the water being too low
to float them over.
The st. P. s NJ. r. r. have decided to
push their branch line via St. Cloud, Sank
Centre, Alexandria, Fergus Falls and
Evansville to Moorhead before snow flies.
This will then make the most direct route
from Fargo to ST. Paul.
A brick.maklng machine has been receiy.
ed at Fort A%ssiniboine, for moulding brick
for the new post. and will be put in oper.
alton Immediately. A fine stone quarry has
also been found convenient to the post. and
saw logs in abundance are found in Bear
Paw.
n. w. Lind and James Ayers of Go, A,
seventeenth cavalry, have been bound over
for appearance at the United States court at
Fargo, upon q charge Of breaking into
Capt. Harmon's store at FIT. Lincoln and
stealing goods and money to the amount of
$3.50.
An enemy to the potatoe bug" says the
st. Peter Tribune, has appeared. He comes
In the shape Of a long Dug with green back,
has q pair of long pinchers in front, with
which he grasps the potatoe fend and dis.
embowels him. He is industrious, pursu.
ing his vocation Of destruction with con-
siderable zeal. We bid him welcome"
An account of the we'll damp fatality ten
miles south of Mankota. as published in the
Wlnnebago City Press. after telling Ct the
death of Mr.. Kelly and the speedy recovery
Of his body says: But Mr.. Adams hap
pened to fall straight and wentdown to the
auger. forty feet below (he bottom of
the well, twenty-five feet deep, and no
other means could be advised to take him
out only to draw the auger, which, being
fast in the earth, made it necessary 70 turn
the anger back and forth, which operation
mangled the corps considerably, especially
the, lower limbs. The body was thus
brought to the serface abou, eight hours
after falling into the WELL"
A later dispatch in regard to the boiler
explosion near Reading, Pa, on Saturday,
says that when the explosion took place
the men were just assembling to commence
work. The boiler was torn to atoms and
pieces of iron and splinters blown in every
direction. MIR. Ettinger, from Emas, had
his head completely blown from his body,
and it was picked up in a eulch about 80
yards from where the body was found,
James Smith was found a short distance
from Ettinger. He was terribly mangled
and dead, His face was black with fire and
sulphur. Frank Fegely, contractor sne
operator, was Instantly killed. His body
was frightfully torn and d%isdgured. Chas
Smoyer was also instantly killed. Smoye,
and Fegely leave families. Amos Dee
was picked up about so feet from the boile
house. He was insensible, mangled an
bleeding, and in q few minutes after tn
men reached him he died. The bodies wer
gathered up and placed side by side. Thei
appearance was shocking in th
extreme. Near by were lai,
the wounded men, Keck, th,
engineer, could not speak to give any az
count of the condition of the water IN tn
boiler. Two men named Cost and Herricl
we're picked up near the engineer badl
hurt. They were scalded and mangled b
splinters. One of them begged to be Kill
ed to be relieved of his terrible pain. Th
surroundings presented a shocking appea,
j. ance. -Four of the wounded cannot liv
= The wives and children of the victims {
the explosion soon gathered and their erie
J we're heart rendlng. LATER.-James KecI
/. engineer, has died, making the sixth vi
tim. He left q statement in which he ave
! that he notified Contractor Fegely thr
months ago that the boiler was unsafe.