Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-25
DAKOTA
Tussday Eysains, Feb. rs. 1879
LocaL LAcoNln

The motion for . new trial in the case
Carl Johan Hanson, convicted Of murde
will b argued tomorrow bafsse Juds
Shannon. ,
The amended city charter provides thu
the city marshal shall b appointed BY th
mayor and council, instead Of being electe,
BY the people . heretofore.
Since the murder, ct the 18th, 1t til,
Cheyssne crossing, frsishtsrs and teanster'
have rsfassd to leave PIERS fsr the Hill
and transportation matters are At . stand
still.
The telegraph line 10 down somewhere
between Yaakton and Springfield and BE-
tween Springfield and Yankton agency.
We arc unable to obtain o information
from the Indian country above along the
Missouri. M
II. E. Bonesteel, merchant PRICE OF
Springfield and owner of,a fast team, drove
down Yesterday afternoon from Springfield,
thirty miles, in two hosrs and thirty minutes
and he 10 not . fast driver either, except.
when he is in q hurry. "a
Punygrew has given the Inhabitants warn.
ing that-hs will return 10 the legislature
Of Dakota just once mose, and that u year
thereafter lots in Yanktou will Be selling for
fifty cents. Great ~ he 4 Is a bsaegart, We
trembls. Who wants to buys printing
Office?
Since the departure Of the solons Yank-
ton has been . storm center. The wild winds
have ragged and dust aud rain and snow have
permeated the atnosphere. This may occur
in compliance with the Law that nature ab-
hon q vacuum aud is now filling il, and it
may be that while Puttsgrsw was here he
did 90 much individual blowing that the
elements hadn't = chance to get in their
work.
The masquerade at Stones hall last night,
given by the Yankton Turn Verein, xas o
grand success. There were about one hun
dred NAKED persons in the hall, represent.
ing characters from the most grotesque and
comical to the most dignifed and stately.
The music VA furnished BY the Bohemian
hand Of Niobrara, and was Of course excel
lent. The utmost good order was observed,
and the occa<ion va heartily enjoyed BY all
who attended.
Mr.. Miner 10 Of the opinion that it il La
Plsnt's section Of Brsmble, Miner. 4 Cos.
train which ia reported to Be surrounded BY
At the Cheyenne crossing. This
train was due at Deadwood some ten days
ago, but had not bses heard from. The
is that it arrived at the Cheyenne
about the time Hannah aud Brady
were killed and that it halted there on &C.
count Of the proximity Of hostile Indians.
Other trains might also have Joined these
the entire corrall have been b%.lesgnred
By the savages. La Plant had only about
men with him.
From the hour Of the adjournment of the
eEislature to the hour of his departure the
Iir around Pettigrew was blue with the
'urses and imprecations which the great
~AHRV Wv o10AeV OAISSSSy ~ LUG leOSE0A |
aud scatteringly at the people Of
generally. Sifted out Of an enor-
amount of three svllabled and com.
'ound explosives the determination of
oettigrew IL a%scertained to be that he will
'isit Yankton pace more, and that this
additional visit will be made two
hence during the session fine next
General ascend y At that visit he will blow
Als breath upon the capital, upon the in.
aus asylun, upon our steamboat traffic,
lpon our commercial, railroad and all in
.lustrial interests. and that when he quits
they will all be blownasway, or
and dried up, and that thereafter
will be goose pasture. As our
nal fate 10 thus foreshadowsd We are driven
, the conclusion that when Pettigrev
lskes his next visit be will bring his
with him and become . permanent
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