Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-06
N%EleasoRRoop NEWS.

The first frost Of the season fell at Swan
Lake on the Sd inst.
The democrats of Cedar county will meet
Ia convention at St. Helena on the 18th
inst.
Some old miners, says the Pioneer, are
prospecting for gold in the n%eighborhood of
Rockpott.
H. H. Davenport, formerly. of Yaukton
county, announces himself as q candidate
8 Rsherif of Cedar county.
Rockpert Pioneer: Mr.. Decker. of Arm.
strong county, threshed his wheat crop last
week which turned out the yield of 2Ssbush-
els per acre.
The election at Flandreau last Monday
for the purpose of voting $4,000 bonds in
aid of the Minnesota & Black Hills railroad
resulted In an unanimous vote therefor.
Rockport Pioneer: TIE assessors list
for 1879 shows 81 houses. 8 mules, 2sS cat
tie. 66 SWINE and not a single sheep in Han
son county. Mex year will make some
startling changes in this.
Swan Lake New Era:~The eieh.h-anni.
yersary of the Southern Dakota Baptist as.
soc,ation will be held with the FinlaY
church, commencing Friday. Sept. goth.
and continuing on till Sunday evening. The
gathering promises to be large.
John Wright, one OF the county commits
sioners Of Turner county. has sold his farm,
and intends to remove to California. "a new
commissioner will have to be appointed in
his place, and the New Era is informed
thatsJas. A. Childs will be the man. y
The old settlers of Cedar county met at
st. Helena Oh the 3Oth ult.. and organized
by elect,pg Henry Felber chairman, and P.
G. Nissen secretary. Another meeting was
to have been held Saturday, Sept. 9Th, for
the adoption of a constitution aud bylaws.
Cedar county Nonparcil, Sd: Sixteen
years ago to-day the battle of White Stone
Hills, D. T., WAS fought. The late Gen.
Alfred B. SILLY commanding the forces,
which consisted Of the G.h Iowa cavalry,
the 81 Nebraska cavalry and Que company
the 7th Iowa cavalry.
Engineer Kimball, Of the Milwaukee
road, In q letter to the Rockport Pioneer.
says a lumber yard will be established at
the present end OF the track. and that frs,
common lumber will be sold for $17 ano
second common at Sic per thousand feet.
Rockport Pioneer: Austin's surveying
party passed through town last week OBJ
their return from up the river where they
been engaged surveying out the sub
division Of fourteen townships. They rel
port the discovery Of two lakes one of which
is . genuine .alt lake, the water ofthe other
is strongly i%mpregnated with salts.
Rockport Pioneer: District Attorney
French called at the Office of the Pioneer
this week and gave US y friendly shake. In
fact he is just now engaged in the business
nf shaking hands with all his old friends
and making as many new ones as possible,
and we judge is succeeding quite we'll. he
is an aspirant for the republican nomination
for district attorney.
The Southern Minnesota company are
pushing on their work with vigor. They
expect to lay their track west to the Dakota
boundary this fall and if iron can be had
miles further to Flandreau, on the
Sioux. From Flandreau, where the road
turns south down the valley Of the Sioux,
10 Sioux Falls, q distance of forty miles,
most Of the grading will be fnished this
fall. The heavy cuts left will be completed
this winter. Ground vas broken Monday
and work commenced at the Sioux Falls