Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-03
DAKOTA.
Monday Evening, March 2, 1879
LOCAL LAcoNlcx

Regular meeting A. F. and A. M. to-mol
row evening.
To-day concludes the FIRST half of Hayes
term Of Office.
Captain Lavender has . live owl in hi
store which looks ~ wise as . Legislator.
The session Of the present congress ex
pires BY limitation At ~ o'clock tonight.
There are five changes Of the moon il
March-on the let, 9Th, 18th, 22d and Goth
The Dakota Southern is stocking up will
new cars and otherwise giving indications
of prosperity.
Billy Powers is we'll established ip the
harness business, and is doing . s~atisfac.
tory business.
Two brick stores will probably be erected
on the lots west of Coates drug store during
the coming summer.
John Fogerty contemplates erecting two
BRICK stores on the northeast corner Of
Third and Cedar streets.
Us. Grsble will move his auction and
commission establishment into the building
now occupied by Fred Lerch in q month or
two.
There is no change in the price Of wheat
in this market since Saturday. On account
Of the bad weather to-day the receipts were
light.
A large flock of wild geese few over
Yankton Yesterday In . northerlv direction.
This may be regarded as q precursor Of
good weather,
Vim. NJ. Powers & Co., have disposed
of their livery stock, and will soon COM
mence to remodel their livery building asd
convert it into two storerooms.
The silver wedding Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Bader, at the Minnesota house Sat-
urdsy night, was celebrated by . large
assemblsge uf their friends and a highly en-
tsrtainipg affair 1t was.
The weather indications for the upper
Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys, are:
Warmer east to south winds, falling baron.
eter, partly cloudy weather in the northern
portions, and light snow.
They are down on the devil in Montana.
One of the rules of q recent masquerade
ball at Helena was-"No representative OF
his satanic majesty admitted" Wonder if
that would have excluded Puttygrew.
Our friend VIM. Box is supporting the
left eide o! his ar atomy by the aid Of a
crutch, while This left ankle is undergoing
repairs, all of which is the result of step.
ping upon a stone and seriously spraining
his ankle.
To-day's zephyrs have waited themselves
through the brick walls of our Office, laden
with dust, mud, grass roots, dry goods boxes,
sulky cultivators, horse rakes and cord
wood, which almost persuades us that March
is showing its lion end first.
New York Star: At the last Deadwood,
Black Hills, ball, the German was danced
and one real live banker passed the coffee
while a rival banker passed the cake. The
ladies wore ten-buttoned gloves and dia-
monds that would staager some Of ouI Fifth
avenue bellies.
Sheriff Dunn, of St. Helena, sent word to
Sheriff Baker to day that he had captured
Frank johnson, the Hutchinson county
horse thief who escaped from the Bon
Homme county Jail a few days ago. Word
was sent to the Bon Homme county sheriff,
and johnson will soon resume his pastime
of running up a bill against Hutchinson
A man named West, who resides on the
east side of Jim river in this county, had
his arm broken this morning on the road to
Yankson. He was leading an unruly steer
o market, and the rope With which he was
.eading the animal became wrapped around
lie arm, resulting in breaking the bones
'elow the elbow. DR.. VanVelsor attended
be injured man..
A Bismarck telegram of the 9th of Feb
uary says: The Big Horn aud Tongue
ivers are booming. At Glendiye. on the
the water has risen three feet
nd the ice is breaking up. A warm rain
prevailing 10 that region. Reports from
'utord speak of the Missouri river as low
nd the ice solid. The food ofthe Yellow
lone has evidently not reached the Big
luddy. The Northern Pacific track on
,e Missouri at bismarck will have to look
ut.
From Jimmie Hughes, who returned last
via the Pierre route, from the
ILLS, we learn that the Indians are numer.
is and active along that road west. He,
'gether with a companion, we're coming in
! charge of two teams, when they
me upon the dead body of Brady.
q making the discovery, they took to the
wines, remaining hid four days, and seeing
any Of the reds pass to and fro, but re.
aiming Themselves unseen. Making . break
last for Pierre. they got in safely. They
nnd the corn, as before stated in
'ese columns. scattered all over
ground, and the wagons
1t into good kindling wood. They brought
'e bodies Of the " murdered men, Brady
ID Hannah, down as far as Bon Homme,