Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-10
THE NORTHWEST.
KANs AS.

a lew Gays ago W0lle Mrs. EllZiOetn
Guthrie, OF Wellington. Sumter county,
was standing on the platform of a twenty.
five foot cistern, it gave way end she fell
in and che was buried with her mouth just
above the water level. Assistance was q,
hand, and she was rescued.
The Fort Scott Monitor says that the re-
cent advance in lead has just set business
booming in the lead mines south Of there,
and extensive arrangements are being made
for number OF new enterprised in that
section.
A typhe. nalsr al fever has be. n having q
very disastrous run at Newton, this fall and
a great many have ssccumbed TO 1t, but it 10
hoped that it will end, now that cold wealth.
er has set in.
The old Leavenwo,th, lawrence s. Gulf,
and Missouri River. Fort Scott s. Gulf lines
are COW crossed at twelve competing points
by other lines.
1t has already cost the government near.
ly $50 600 to try Gen. Davidson, and moth
Jog yet Of derogatory nature has been
brought out against him.
A woman in Mitchell county, who has
been quite successful as q cattle dealer, has
been arrested for stealth. COW aud driv-
ing 1t with her herd.
Some III advised parties in HutchIson ro.-
ten egged The agent of the drive we'll com.
panv, and ordered him cut OF town: ard
yet their liabilities are just the same.
A settlement Of the original inhabitants-
the mound buil6ers-is being dug up near
Junction City. There are human skeletons
and pieces of ancient pottery, implements
and beads in great plenty.
The "land leaguers." SO called of lola,
have determined that land titles given un-
der railroad land grants, 10 their section,
are good, and have taken it upon themselves
to enforce this View of popular sovereignty.
One man has been beaten With clubs so
that he will die; but the war will be short
lived. s
MONTANA.
The new mines of Bear Gulch, Clark g
Fork and other rich mines in the yellow.
stone country are on the Crow reservation.
The boundary survey also develops the fact
that several miles OF the Yellowstone Park
are in Montana territory. The reservation
and boundary survey was only completed a
few days ago. Mr.. Stevens, Of the survey,
will winter in the Park and take cbserva.
tions.
Buffalo and game Of sll kinds are very
abundant in the vicinity of Bear Paw, Lit
tie Rocky and Judith country.
A half dozen years ago there were prob
ably not over one thousand head of sheep
in Montana. Now there is a. the least cal.
culation 3OO, 900 head. The wool clip OF
pounds, yielded revenue of nearly one
million doilars.
The Black Feet and Bloods have dug up
aud taken possession Of all the vegetables
on military farm at Fort Macleod and also
robbed ID. E. Akers of his entire crop o.
vegetables at old Whoop Up, and are kill
ing cattle so rapidly north Of the line thai
all the cattle owners are moving their herd
south. @ .s-s -
There are fourteen lodges Of Good Tenn
plars and four hundred aud eighty.thre'
members Of the order in Montana. In Hele
,na there is one lodge composed entirely o
colored persons, being the only lodge o
that kind in the Rocky Mountains.
A telegraph line Is being cons,ruct.,
from Benton to Fort Assiniboine, Of
Milk river. Montana. and one to Helena
Tits proposed to extend this line 90 as I,
connect the Mounted Police HeadQusrter
in the southern distfict With the outsid
world. s''' 80 -
Il MINNESOTA.
young man named Seward, reported t.
be . nephew of the great New Yorker
, committed suicide in Houston county, som
days since. 10 = peculiarly disaareeabl
manner. Ina jocular conversation with
young lady at whose house he was visiting
he told her that he wss going to commi
'susanside," At the same time displaying
revolver. the muszls Of which he placed ,
) his head aud commenced counting, one
Two Al this the. young lady covered he
{ face with her hands aud requested Sewar
E to pu. the pistol away. Seward reptile
that he va, in earnest, and requested h,
to look a. him the next time he counte,
i. asd he procre,ied TO couni agaih-one--t
(. A loud report, heavy fall. and the youu
. man lay dead ., the young lady's feet.