Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-29
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Of the puritanical ideas of the people of
Bismarck. 1t is reported that Hon. q. w.
Benedict, Of Sank Rapids, will become the
proprietor in a few days......The past week
has been one Of thunder storms and high
water. West of the Missouri there have
been some remarkable overAows from the
the dry creeks and coolies. The piling of
the railroad bridge ON the Heart river Was
washed out and several fills on the extension
swept away. 1t pours in this country.
Mandan Correspondence Pioneer-Press
A weekly paper in Mandan will issue on
Saturday next. 1t will be named the Crit
erion, and will be published by Harry Rob-
inson, a acompositor...... The steamer Helena
took up a steam power press for the Fort
Benton Record. The Record il branching
out...... Miles City, on the Yellowstone, is
crying for newspaper. As evidence of the
trade in that vicinity, cite the stock car
ricd by Capt. O'Toole, post trader at Fort
Keogh. 1t inventories Sl25,000.
Lieut.. Col. Otis, of the Seventh cavalry,
will probably be in command at Fort Lin.
coin when Gen. Sturgis goes to Fort Meade.
Gen. w. T. Carlin, commanding officer at
Fort Yates was rendered the command at
Fort Lincoln, but he declined the change.
Gen. Miles and party arrived this evening
and took passage on the Gen. Sherman for
Fort Keogh.
Hon. Ansley Gray, Of the territorial
house of representatives. has returned from
his prolonged visit to the Hills.
1 Col. Benteen, and Lieut.. Grashaw, of the
Seventh cavalry, have returned from Fort
Vancouver, w. T., where they have been on
court martial as witnesses.
The railroad company have laid out 80
acres on the north side Of Bismarck. The
lots are selling too.
Charles H. Bates, of Yankton, and party
are on the steamer Western, due here on
Sunday. Mr.. Bates will survey several
, townships on the line Of the extension.
Mr.. BLY,, of Brainerd, and the proprietor
of our Sheridan house, is proving bene
factor to Bismarck. Besides fitting hi
house with steam heating apparatus ane
supplying it with gas, he has laid out parl
in front and planted it with trees. Th
Sheridan is Bismarcks pride and anchor.
/ There have been eighteen deser,ers iron
S Buford in the past few weeks. The boy
It don't like house-cleaning-beat carpet
: and white-washing.
Fort Lincoln has seen her palmy days
! The loss of the Seventh cavalry headquar
ters and three or four companies begins he
military fall.
,, Fifteen hundred men are waptad to wo1
! on the Northern Pacific extension.
A new post Office has been established :
Painted Woods and S. A Peterson hs
been appointed postmaster.
Col. Norris, superintendent of the Ye
lows,oue park, recently left Bismarck fc
20 that region.
,e Out of over four hundred head of horse
,. stolen in the Yellowstone valley this sprin
v all hut about fifty have been recovere,
Indian depreda,ors ana white thieves ha,
apparently taken timely warming and lei
the country.
T. G. Powers of Fort Benton, received
beef contract, at the recent letting of Ii
3, dian contracts in New York, amounting |
e :. 800 600 pounds.
II Seventy five ponies were stolen from
q camp Of Grow Indians in sight of Fol
Custer. 1t is thought white men and say
ages did it.
Four surveying parties are locatin, tn
J. the Yellowstone valley.
= CAPT. Thomas Button is now in con
- mand at Fort Buford. There arc but fiv
~ commissioned officers at the post. the r,
uainder being absent Oh various duties.
Eighteen assertions from Fort Bufor
have occurred during the nast few week
H. about one-half OF them from company
T. OF the 9th regiment.
Gen. Miles who lef, Bismarck on Ii
s. 25th for Fort Keosh. was advised by or
of his scouts directly from a tour ,hroug
the hostile camps that Sitting Bull himse
II bad passed north with five lodges and tn,
4 Long Dog. the coming warrior Of the ha
Ie element. had determined upon war lh
4. summer.
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