Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-15

oago. last Wednesday, amounted to $4,000
odlcs.
II 10 estimated that there are 3 1000, OOO
feet Of logs in the booms at aud above Min,
neap0lis. Iftho weather sof.ens sun1cient-
u at hast half the logs will b. sawed GU,
this fall.
The propagation to divide Lac qui Parle
county. for the purpose OF aiding in the fol-.
nation OF q new county. With CAVITY as the
county seat, was voted down In thai COUNT
BY nearly 800 majority.
No trace has yet been found of the little
Spencer girl lost IN Albion township,
Wright county, last summer. The .dissp-
pearance of. this little girl is as mysterious az
the famous Charlie Ross case only It attracts
less attention.
One OF the queer features OF the Scott
county election 70 the choice of Renis, the
detaulttng treasurer, for another term. He
defaulted By reporting ss paid, taxes that
were not paid; and having carried bis con-
stttuents. they, 10 return, propose to carry
him.
a young man, filed with g%ood-natured
whisky. was looking around the Pacific Ell
evator, In Minneapolis, the other day, with
q view of purchasing l, when he accidental
" stepped into one of the chutes. and 10 the
twtnkltng of an eye .'chuted himself fifteen
or twenty feet into q wheat bin. Employees
Glanced to see him. aud elevated him to
terra firms. but no ooner had they done so
than he stumbled into and disappeared
down another chute. For a second time
they saved bis life by snalling him out Of a
wheat bin. He wasn't filled with a Stacy
hller. tut without running him into a brass
kettle they graded MIN rejected, and turned
him over 10 an officer.
The ferry boat at Sioux CITY crossed 3.O2S
teams In October.
Marshalltown is undecided as to whether
it has 10000 or 1880 population.
The Des Moines city marshal has killed
fonr hundred and itty.three dogs since his
election 10 office.
"A woman who has resided in Lyons for
nineteen years. the other day visited Clinton
for the first time.
There are more potatoes being shipped
from Iowa to points east and south, than for
several years before.
AT the last election Dubuque county
pelled the most votes, 7,l72, and Polk comes
In second With 6,90l.
The Congregational church. at Davenport,
had a deot-liftiDg matinee on Sunday, and
raised S7.3S3 to apply on u debt of 10000.
A scheme is on foot to have the legisla-
ture, next winter, amend the law of emi.
nent domain so that cities may run mo.
tors.
AT the Grant leYee at the Barrett house in
Burlington, a count was kept of those who
passed In. There were five thousand and
seventy-four people.
Real estate in and around Council Bluffs
is feeling the effects of the business "boom,'
as more is changing hands the present sea-
son than ever before.
The recent cold weather has damaged the
winter wheat In central Iowa to a consider.
able extent, and the drouth, high winds and
frosts have combined to spoil the prospects
of the very large crop sown.
One DR.. Wright, of Rochester, Cedar
county, has deserted a good practice, q wife
and five children, and eloped with Miss
Anna Horn. IS years old, daughter of the
largest merchant in the village.
Red Oak papers give particulars Of the
mysterious death at Sciola of Mr.. w. Nc
Gully, who was found in his stable. He
had returned from Red Oak with about
$500, and was doubtless murdered for his
money.
The amount of lumber f1oated down the
Mississippi river this season is simply i'm
mense. In the month of October alone
100000 feet Of lumber and 5000, 900 feet
Of logs passed through the government ca.
nal at Keokuk.
The new capitol at Des Moines has al
ready had $780, 900 expended Upon IL, and
will cost $2,5OO.OOO when completed. An
endeavor will be made to secure n appro-
priation of 100000 at the next session Of
the Legislature.
A stranger Of forlorn appearance rescued
q boy from drowning at Davenport, the
other day. and when asked his name, re-
piled: mo matter what my name is, I,
isn't the name I 60 by" and walked up the
levee. his clothes dripping.
Miss Mamie F. Smith was admitted to
the bar, at Keokuk, q few days since. i'm
medlately after being sworn in, Judge Dray.
er come down from the bench and shook
hands with her and congratulated her. The
members of the bar then Joined in and gave
her q welcome.
Two days rain puts a "damper" on the
we'll diggers "boom." The first of las,
week every we'll digger in Iowa was in de-
mand for digging new wells and deepening
old ones that had dried up, and now comes
. food and sweeps away their business.
The city marshal of Council Bluffs is on
a roundup of the gamblers, as indicated BY
the following: "All gambling houses within
the limits Of the city of Council Bluffs will
be closed after this date, and all persons
found lettering about without any visible
means OF support, and having the reputation
and character of gamblers. will be arrested
as Migrants, as per ordinance.
! The cats of Davenport and neighborinp
towns have sn 'epizoot" that is novel and
peculiar. They baYe q cough, a frothy liquid
oozes from the mouth, they have fever and
8 congestion of the stomach, and die. II
most cases they wander off and get under 6
barn or shed, or in some lonely place, t.
suffer. Farmers in the townships are pav
ing more for cats than for calves Just now