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shouldn't read that letter. He said he
would. told him he shouldn't. He held
the letter off from me in bis hand. started
to grab it and got up. He caught hold Of
my arm and made me sit down. I told him
that young man at the shoe-store seized my
arm in most ungentlemanly manner. No;
| don't think he said anything about horse
whipping Curtis till ] told him about the
squeezing OF my arm. Yes; think that
said at the former trial that Mr.. Poindex-
ter's taking me by the arm reminded me OF
what Curtis had done.
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OTHER WITNESSES,

Mr.. Horace Gill testified to the weight OF
prisoner Q32 or 134); George Fl. Poindex-
ter that accused was twenty-nine and deli
cate, and as to the clothes he wore that day.
and L. V. Winston that Curtis was about
his size.
Soon after P. NJ. court adjourned until
ii o'clock this morning.
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APPOINTED JUDGE.-The Governor has
appointed Thomts Jones, of Warsaw, Rich
mond county, judge OF The County Courts
Of WestmoreIand and Richmond counties,
TO fill vacancy created by the death ci
Judge George w. Lewis.
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MISS TUCK's CONCERT PosTPoNED.-Thc
Tuck concert, which was to have taken
place tonight at Mozart Hall, has been
postponed until next Monday night on ac-
count Of the indi>position Of Miss Tuck.
A good many tickets had been sold.
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EoBEERT-ARREsTS-S GOODS Re-
COVERED. six weeks ago Shelton Il Minors
store. Eighth and Main streets, was broken
open and two thousand cigars stolen, as wei
as a drcss-coat belonging to Mr.. Shelton.
The thieves entered from the skylight, and
this. hv the way, is the sixth time the store
has been broken opcu. Yesterday Officer
Wren arrested white man named Richard
Col!y, having in his possession the coat
stolen from Mr.. Shelton, and which was
identified by that gentleman. He said that
4 lady named Mrs. Darlington, corner
Bevidcre and Clay streets, had given him
the coat, hut, when asked, the lady denied
it. He proposed to Mr.. Shelton to confess
the whole thing ii he would let him off, but
the proposition was rejected. On his way
to the station-house he said two negroes en-
tered the store and took the twenty boxes
OF cigars while he watched, and gave him
one box and the coat as bis share. He was
lodged in the First police station-housc, and
will have Il hearing to-day.
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DON'T mako mistake for limitations are various
and numerous. When you want SC. KEY-WEsr
CIGAR see that You ret WHIrLOCK'S. with copy-
riGhted la5G! representing t0bdccG-iedf on every
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SUPREME Court OF APPEALS, TUESDAY,
Major, &C., against Majors administrator
and ais. Argued by Judge w. J. Robert
son for appellant and james W. Green for
appellee, and submitted.
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xnTEn DIVINE SAYS:

~ Ta,: Dear SrFor ten years i,nSe nnSe oeTn si
psyT DysGersi Cossilnn,lnd sHn 7" me- used
sr:,HE W." Min H.;,c :a,,h). am now wen man
@ SsS ' sS>on n rsisS forty Frs"aG po"aas s'sIs ssi
iah> F.rrry nm. worth !hc!r weight IL gold.
f>h' i"' Ecv. K. l.. SIMPSON, Louisville, nv.
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A Rip Yan Wtnkte.-festerday morning
an old man passed through tnis Guy 9"
route to Chesterfield having IN MS posses,
sion an old gun we'll worn with rust snd
noe. The old man was att!red In "soldier
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City School Board.-A meeting Of the
CITY school Board was held last night at tie
Baird School building. After ordering
several bills to be paid the Board aG-
journed.
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CIEDERgLLA.-Thc sale OF reserved sehts
Yesterday for the first performance OF Gin
derella indicates that there will he fine al.-
dicncc. On Monday morning next, at Q
o'clock, the sale Of seats commences for the
rcmaialng performances.
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WANDERED FROM HoME.-During the co,
lored peoples parade Monday eolored
boy, aged about eight years, who lives on
Webster street, wandered from home ala
has not since been heard from.
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MUSiCAI.-Thc Mozart chorus will re-
hcarsc this afternoon ut o'cl9ck al Mozart
Hall, with orchestra, preparatory to their
appearance ON Thursday evening.
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April 2l, April 20, april 12, April -,
lG77. 1878. 1879. 1873.
w. c. w. Z. W. c. W. e;
SIP 13 l3 II IS 26 70 IL

Total deaths...l2 Is IS II IS 26 15 II
SIil-born..... U
Mean tenn permure for the week ending
April 12, 5l>'; Eean temperature lor Tue
week ending A prii 10, $50. .,
Amount OF rainfall for week ending April
u 100 inches; AMOUNT of rainfall for week
ending April 10, 1.30 inches. o
Formulation OF CITY estimated at 10000
white. 45,3O0; eolored, 33,700. Rate OF
mortality Of whole population was 17;77 per
! 900 per annum; rate o. mortality OF white
population was 1921 per ] 900 per annum;
rate of mortality OF colored population was
S.51 per 1000 per annum.
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A Missing MAN.-On Sunday last an old
colored man named Kingston Price, Ec-
tween ninety and hundred years of age,
left the home Of his daughter, on Twenty
ninth street between Leigh and NJ, and has
not since been heard from. His mind, 1t IS
believed, has been unbalanced, and it is
suuDoSrd lie left home while laborng under
a temporary mcntal alteration. lie had
on brown frock coat and 4 pair Of striped
pants when he left home, and when last
seen was near the corner OF Twentv-tifth
and Broad streets.
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VI. fLLY>nS co.. a.ivcrLlslug d{ents. III. 'r' AL
rscEncnls IA III Of the newspapers OF the UH':,a
S.Nes i. p.bI ,h.rs' raie. Orders l"It 4; III D.'
pufrh coail,N ,Nn--rsoIn wlii r,.-cIyr uramr. 49,
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SEEK so FuRTHER.-You will tird no beIt'r
The pIC-EIC L. the best Jc. CIGAR IN The mark.'.
Wholc.;,.r auI retail al +. WIrIILoCK's, l4i5 Main
-
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Az ESTABLISHED FACr.-!lEEM, 3OScHTS
& BROTHER keep Tie iar;:s,t and h..t-as>ort'i |
stock "f Boots. shoes. Tru"ks, Vaii,t, &C., In tna
ci v-:jU9 aui ell f;ruud street.
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PROCLAMATION 20 the lovers Of Tie weed and 20
all whom It may concern: II yn;, wan, good CT.
GAR. either 81. ~ Toe. IIuis IN &C.. FL at WHIT
LOCKS and have yuHr wants supplied.
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7."s NoSEY hy navi.r% yolr i,ftml;ns i""" A. ne
DISPATCH rRlHTISG-!lpuSh. GcGd We y, : =
r!cCs, Gun satiar;.ct!cn Guaranteed
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OSE-DoLLAR SrEp-LADpERs.

One-UO!Iar Fluting. Machlne:.
Brackrt-Saws, Feather-Dnsters, Hoes, R,k-l,
Garden Lines and Reefs. JOHN ". NoLTiNG,
'F..---.~ .--..-""-..-.- .-.-..a S25 Main street.
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WEATHER REPORT.

INDICATIONS FOE To.DAY.-For the Mid
die Atlantic States. stationary or falling ba-
rometer, southeast TO southwest winds, and
warmer, clear or hazy weather.
For the South Atlantic States, increasing
easterly winds, warmer and partly cloudy
weather, and stationary or falling barome-
ter. ''
THE WEATHER YESTERDAY was clear, mild,
and delightful.
THERMOMETER YESTERDAY :6 A. H., 4G ;
9 A. NJ, Sc; noon, G2; 2. NJ, II; 6 2.
a.. Ga; midnight. 53.
Mean temperature. 5Ss.
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have made further reduction, In the prices of many
articles We advise all III want "t hr>t-cl.sS goods
At The lowest prices tn call ut LEVY BROTHERS snI
mike ihcIr nMrc,Ia.cs.
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SWEET AS A cIIAPLET OF RIOS Es lsJ. & n. AZ
KrNSoN'S Extract Of White Roses for the hair At
once cleansing, invigorating, and Of delightful f~,-
GRANGE.
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0rR FLORIDA CIGARS compare favorabiy With
imported goods. and are Que half the price.
W. -. ELAIR z Co.
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49,, y ..yrEY WHERE. PRICE, 25 CENTS.
.r q MURRAY SrEET, NEW YORK.
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= u,yWu0D. OF NEW YORK. SAYS:
CIV, s,,clscs exist that cannot h" relieved by
"ff" f,,rto i,s normal funrio and for
rc>:"h. -. | ~, rr,ncGy has been invented that
thl- p"Ssa,,,, ,a eject as TUFTS PILLS.
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~, -, eject or TUFTS PILLS IS to increa,e
1al ",..,f.. and Cause the body TO take on hcsn'
fht Stt,.trrn i. roufi ishei and by their tome ac-
tbs 'r ~, Icrs,!ye organs regular stools arc p!o
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THOSE who have ried the PICNIC CIGARS pro-
noance them superior For sale at every place wcrs
good cigars arc sold
L. MuITInCK. Manufacturer
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clothes !" OF almost any nation. In passing
up Hull street be attracted the attention Of
many persons, who seemed to think that he
was Rip Van Winkle sure enough.
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AID FOR TIE sIFFE2ERS


SZEG r DI II Z = 4 TX
;, Ae UNDERSIGNED shall h pleased 20 receive nom
t: benevolent citizen. Of telmond sach cnniribu-
M'psauds and Iiouganis or aeoDic who by the late
t1sg.H, tssg iroshets and inuDda ions Of the city OF
H. SsSsGin, IN, IN tbe K1ngdnm Of Bnnsary, have lost
Usas noines, their properly. IT, eir an; GoniIlDa-
n, "lli be forwarded 10 the sze, eoip Kelitf Com
Gyen. az" 's1' q STERLOH
.ap2l.lw
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WE KEEP TEAS from 25c per pound 10 He
highest grades. ". ~. BLAIR Z GO.
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DID YOU EVER? H": never smoked 4 better o..
CIGAR than WIIITLoCK'S Picnic.
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OrR AMBER WnISKEY At - per gallon + : tr.Tt
med cinal article. ". ID. BLAIR 4 O..
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4irltmond DispattGr.


sG- TIE CIRCULATION OF THE DISPATCH
Is LARGER THAN THE COMBINED CIRcU-
LATIoS OF ALL THE OTHER DAILY NEWS
PAPERS OF THE CITY.
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sell irstcass Dry Goods \. The loves; prIcrs. 1h..y
show lsrgc stocH from which Won can make your
selections. New goods received by ever steamer.
LEVY BRnINEKS
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THESE WATERS ~ TIE SEQUELAE OF
>,AELEr-FEVEE AND MEASLES.
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as beforc-in neat walking-suit OF black.
She wore felt hat, caught up on the left
eyes at all she looked towards the Judge.
OF but small portion OF the great crowd
OF spectators.
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CURTIS'S WOUNDS.

Coroner W. II. Taylor testified that he
made the post mOrtcm on the 4th oi March.
Deceased had five wound$-onc in the fore
head, three in The breast, and one on The cl-
bow. These the Doctor clearly described
by references TO his own person and With
out using one single technical term. The
bullets taken from corpse nf deceased ana
one picked up on the Office loor were
shown.
The prisoner neither on the previous triai
nor Yesterday cared to look ut these missiles
OF death. He turned his head away when
ever they were held up to the view OF the
Jury.
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Policeman w. NJ Colgin made the arrest
very soon after the shooting, Monday, Aarch
81. 1t was either twenty five minutes past
II or twenty-five minutes tn II. Knows 1t
because be had just previously looked ut ms
watch. PoinGcNter admitted that he did the
shooting. He was at the time in the factory
office. He delivered up his pistol (which
was here shown to the iuryl. Poindcxtcr
asked il it was necessary for him to be az
rested; said lie had sent OFT for magistrate
and that hcthought the matter (of his arrcstl
could be settled there. Justice Cunning
hars turned over to witness the whip and
cane.
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people go 10 lie
LEVY BROTHERS,

DEY-GOODS STORE
10 make their purchases. IL Is IN established fac.
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Testimony Of the Young Lady

There was IuIl in the proceedi ngs TOT
some minutes. Then Miss Isabel Cottrell
came into court, and was duly sworn by
Mr. Jinkins, and escorted to the witness
chair by Mr.. w. L. Royal, Of counsel Iof
defence. She was closely yelled, but atter
being seated Mr.. J. S. Wise whispered to her,
md she removed her veil. She was dressea
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DICHMOND CITY BONDS WANTED
*, hy EDW ARD COitS.
am o3.,ot Main and Fourteenth strrtts
TINTED STATES BONDS BOCGHf
u Axn soIDb EDWARD COHEN.
apZ3-10t Min ana f"uft'eh'h s'ert+
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SPRING FLOWERS.

DEDDING-PLANTS
ID BEDDING PLANTS. BEDDlNG-p!.ASIS'
BEDDING.PLAST>.B BHDi!lNG,rLANls
TOLER & HOOPER. FLORISTS.
TOLER K HOOPER, FLORISTS.
TOLER & HOOPER, FLORISTS.
Cherry and Aibenarlc streets, adtol1ing io,iy
Cherry ard Abcmar streets, adjoining ii"iS "ooa.
Cherry and AIDemarlc 81 reel. .adJoinins h""!""""
(ap 9-,My1l
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-08

pal part Of thstown now stands. A. +. Shaw
kelteNl the northeast quarter OF the section
fN4ASeast Of the island, and subsequently,,
By act of congress the heins Of YIN: sse.
|SeEG were allowed to enters tn eouthee9
quSeter Of the section. IL having sglectadte
10 = before he disd, thu propsrtyb einklhsee
|SEAteS 10 nov In litieAlion q tht6ele6tet9e
case OF Murdock ". Gilbert. the suit grow.
ing out of circumstances connected =Hh
the entry. These several entries were Civ
en- precedence over any that might to made
BY other parties, BY virtue Of . faw OF CON
gress which gave TO snti.srrvey squatters
the fteht to ,either enter It 81, q whole and
acquire the title justly, or divide 1t into
[onsrterssnd esch stake = shan.
September 10. 1858. q patent for the prop
erty was issued 70 Judge Brookin9s from
the United States land Office which bad lust
been established at Vermillion. and that
Was the first patent ever Issued In the terrl-s
tory Gov. Newton Edmunds atathe time
Of entry acquired Al undivided ono fourth
hterest in Judge .Bvdokin4s'l quarter BEG
ttOn for ahfclt ,efe0.s Su8eq1eBtly the'
property was p%artitioned into the cast and
west halt, of the quarter section. The west
hall, lying along the bluff west OF the Is
land, Was 80 partti0ned, each paity III In
terest taking : due share. but the east halt.
containing the Island and the Falls, was
still held Jointly, Gov. Edmunds owning
an undivided oneloufth. This Dc We have
said, cost him $50. and now, after holding
1t less than seventeen years he sells 1t tor
$9.500-a very fair investment.
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MlppLE1oN N lAlL.

CheJepne, Wyoming. All. 4-since1 Is
MSpl aaetis8s assassasn ~
pbt ned ttor EhimsM @desi ni p Inns
qn NV IA: sot ~ ~ l.9
Ays thxts he d willing To- plead guilty to
theft Of government and private property ii
the charge Of murder is dropped. The feel
ing here among stockmen is intense against
him, and he need expect no mercy Il he
falls under their decision for pupishment.
A letter was feundson his psfpn when lcap-
tured dated At Maftinsbnrg, Gillespie conn.
:, Tex, Dec. a, 1877, signed 81 j. II.
Riley, in which occurs the following:
You snd Joseph have broken me up and
William together, and 20 none of you can
help me now, nor live with me to help mt
alon9s Joseph has got Into: troubls o our
and haia't 6otdutsystS but isckoa
he will come clear next court. II you can
make anything there you had better stay
there, and don't come here, fog the rangers
and police are hunting down all thieves and
t0oavicts, and youYhad hsstss stay awaysfrom
here until I write yot to come: As forsWil-
Ham, he can come and sec US, but can't stay
+lour ~ awhile. In afew years more he
can come and stay at home.
The larger portion of Middleton's band is
vet at large, and one reason for his removal
ifomsid1ey was doubtless the fear that he
might be rescued.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-08

s.a|x ESs l=.lL -. ErKFEEEg =. -. ~ EHEs
A public meeting was held in Boston on
the 9th inst. in behalf Of the Ponca Indians,
at which a committee was appointed to raise
$4,000 to b eexpended in securing justice to
the Poncas.s The meesing'was addressed BY
a number of gentlemen, among them, Wen
dali Phillip, who took advantage ofahe
opportunity to unload his mind after the
following style:
We stand before the world blacket with
crime than England, although she shot the
Sepoy from her cannon. 1t is almost i'm.
possible TO- give credence to the stories that
come ffom:the west to the senate. chamber,
yet they are true. The Indians are shot
down without mercy and without cause, aad
they are not brutal, hungry degraded saw
ages. They are two-thirds of the way ad-
vanced on the road, to civilization. They
only ask that the motive that We have fol
labor shall be secured. them BY law ; that
no colonel at his whim shall sign a receipt
that no greedy commission At Washington
shall grow rich on the theft ,ofatheir posses
eions that they may live as other men i'm
der the protection of the laws. ~
Phillips has been reading a dime novel.
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AhslEY CREWS WIFE.
Bismarck Tribune

Mrs. Ansley Gray has gone to her sis
ter's home in Wisconsin. She received
draft from her and was enabled to get GU
of town without falling back upon tn,
charity of the people. After Ansley's de
parture for the east Mrs. Gray kept within
doors and was seldom seen on the street
The proud and beautiful lady SO familiar
to our people suddenly ostracised herself
and became a total stranger to the public.
Not until the published reports of Ansley's
"checkered career came to her knowledge
did she realize that the young man was
going to the bad.
She had implicitly trusted him and &C.
cepted all his idle excuses for loss of money
and late hours, as sufficient. When the
papers exposed him she realized that
something must be done. She is desperately
in love with him, and that love
has turned her into a woman of. iron.
She left Bismarck determined to save
him from further ruin. 1t will not sur.
prise US to hear Of the most touching
scenes in her brave attempt 10 reform him.
A gentleman who saw him in Minneapolis
the other day reports him looking seedy
and altogether a wreck Of his former great
ness. Another said he acted Gloomy" as if
he was an opium eater, which he is. The
Windsor hotel, at St. Paul, is the latest
victim reported. As he does very little
check business 10 it is q question how he
lives. The Milwaukee Telegraph says Mrs
Gray has applied for a divorce but that is a
mistake. The other Milwaukee statement
that he had only received $4,000 of he,
money is also a mistake. He received
about sixteen thousand dollars and vent
thorough it.
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s7aE 1uRE

Saratoga, Aug. 7.-Weather good and
track dusty. Lady Middleton, the ~favorite,
won the three quarter mile dash; Hippo
,grif second, ObsefYanda third. Time,
81 :174..
Bonnie Carrie won the mile and an eight
race; Bonniewod. the favorite, second,
Pique third. Time / is.
Bill Dillon won the selling race; Glenn
ME G second, Dick Sasseen third. Time,
2:O51. Kenny was a big favorite.
The mile and a half dash was won BY
Mintzer; Danischef second, Skylsrk third.
Time . saoA.
Buffalo, Aug 6.-Thts, the second days
meelYRg, was CHARACTERIZED by those eatnres
that Dave done 80 much TO bring trotting
into dnfepute. ID the 2.:e7 class the gray
gelding. Chas. Hanson. . very speedy and
believed to be able to turn the track hand.
lily In 40 was beaten two heats in 2:27
apdf2 rs. When his driver has changed on
complaint of his backery, he won two heats
Ein 3 :23, although almost dead lame. His
owners claiming he was sent forsan he was
worth and strongly Directing 10 have the
driver changed, Hanson was drawn on &C
count Of lameness. The 2 :23 race was ar
exhibition of more shameful jockeying BY
the drivers Of Lew Scott, Grey Salem and
Deck Wright to beat the mare Emma Z
and assist the gelding Emmons to VIII
than has ever been witnessed on the track
Their efforts, however, were unsuccessful
owing to the time taken for these two races
The 2:25 class race was postponed unit
tomorrow. The following is summary Q
the 5:27 class race. Emulus won; E nv,
second. Hanson third. Time, 2:27.
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As is indicated, by the report of the citi-
zens' committee sent to Milwsukes to confer
with ManagerMerrill Yankton may be given
achoice Of two routes, over either Of which
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul compa-
ny may build q connecting link between our
city and its already projected line. Oneiof
these proposed lines will traverse a portion
of the valley Of the Dakota river and inter-
sect the southwestward extension near Max
we'll City. The other will take u strsisht
northeast course from our scity and haiti at
Lenox City, q station ON the line of the
Milwaukee road fifteen miles west of Canton.
Nj. Merrill gives a choice Of these two
lines, the consideration to be the same.
Here is point for our people to decide,
The advantages Of the Maxwell connection
are that it would give betha western aud an
eastern inlet to this market. While it would
afford uss anew ~railroad>to the east over
which our products and supplies would pass.
it would at the same time throw open
the gateway to all the up river country and
invite its people to come and trade with us.
The Lene1 City connection would give as
a more direct, though BY mo means cheap
er, connection with the eae4t, but would at
the same time turf, the tide Of western trade
far BY our: door. before giving it an,oppor-
tunity to low in our direction Should the
Dakota Southern build up the Dakota yals
ley this if6ealtyswo uld in q largedeeres be,
obviated and then our direct eastern connec-
ton, via the Milwaukee road, would possess
unimpaired advantages. But, y do not
know that the Dakota Southern is going up
the Dakots rivsf. Most Of US are inclined
70 believe that. IN this short lived world, q
bird in hand is worth two in the bush. The
design of the Milwaukee company in max
ing an offer Of this Lenox City connection il
undoubtedly the ultimate contamination of
. connection with Tho Minnesota sputhers,
via Sioux EalkanA'Flandreau This would
be aSmost desirable route on many accounts.
1t would give us easy access to not only
Milwaukee and Chicago, but to Minneapo-
lis, st. Paul, Duluth and the timber forests
Of, Wisconsin. These could also be reached,
ms mofe roundabout way, by the Maxwell
connection, and without sacrificing our up
country trade.