Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-01

June Rain, hail, tAaadsr and light
ing.....P Preliminary survey for the jim
river extension Of the Dakota Southern.
June 3-Capt. Grant Marsh's new steam
er Bachelor arrives from below. !
June 6-Reformer Hammond skips out
to avoid arrest.
June 26-F. s. Warren takes possession
Of the Yankton and Sioux Falls stage line
$3.50. Examination of Hans Olson's remains
by medical experts.
June 2s-Coroner's jury find that Hans
Olson came to his death by . blow on the
head administered by some person unknown
Carl Johan Hanson, 9 his son, arrested,
charged with the murder.
June 29-Maj. Pollock, having been leg
islated out of the position, closes the Office
Of superintendent of. Dakota Indians.....
]. Brinkerhof assumes proprietorship Of
the Jim river stage line.....Smith and Nor
ris committed under charge Of stealing
horses.
July Hot weather and too much rain
damaging small grain.
July 2-Temperance tabernacle erected
for warm weather meetings.
July Fourth anniversary exercises
Yankton high school.
July 3-Carl Johan Hanson, after exam
iuation under charge of murder, is dis
charged from custody.
July 4-Public observance Of the day by
the various local sc cieties ......T The Stanley
Indian commission and Commissioner Hayt
arrive.
July 5-Stan,ey commission and Mr.
Hayt left Tor Red Cloud and Spotted Tail.
July l0-Two and one-tenth inches Of rain
fell in q few hours.
Jnly 12-Brother Haskell began his la.
bors in Yankton as IN evangelist. ..... Rob-
ert Cox began the erection of a brick block
on Third street.
July 16-City engineer establishing q
grade for the city.
July %ls-spring wheat harvest begun......
Morris, a horse thief, escaped from the
United States Jail.
July 24-Dewey 4 Powers broke ground
for a brick block.
July 25-Surveying contracts let.
July 2s-Eclipse Of the sun, nearly total
......Six hundred volumes of books added
to the Dakota law library.
Aug. 3-First new wheat shipment.
Aug. 6-Stanley commission returned
from up country.
Aug. 12-F. M. Ziebach resigned Office Of
police justice, and E. T.. White designated
as his successor.
Aug. l5-Half the population out on the
prairies shooting prairie chickens.
Aug. 17-Republican county convention
elected delegates to territorial convention.
Aug. 1S-Supreme court convened with
full bench.
Aug. 22-Republican territorial conven-
ton nominated Judge G. G. Bennett as can
didate for d~elegate,t to congress.
Aug. 2~3-Democratic caucuses held.
Aug. 24-Democratic county convention.
Aug. 29-The democratic territorial con.
vention nominated Bartlett Trip as candi-
date for delegate to congress.
Aug. 30-Money collected to send south
to yellow fever sufferers.
Aug. 3l-Carl Johan Hanson rearrested
charged with the murder of his fatber......
President Hayes invited to visit Yankton,
but he did. t come.
Sept. 2-Internal revenue Office moved
from Vermillion to Yankton, and Gov.
Pennington entered upon his duties AZ col.
lector.
Sept. County teachers institute being
held.
Sept. Especial term Of tie district
cour, begun.
Sept. 3-City council refused to grant
liquor licenses to houses Of prostitution.
Sept. democratic campaign club or
ganized.
Sept. 9-FAll term of city schools opened.
Sept. ll-Republican campaign club or
ganized.
Sept. l2-Everybody went to Vermillion
TO the terrific .ial fair......Carl Johan Han.
son committed, for trial for murder.
Sept. 17-Academy of the Sacred Heart
opened by Catholic sisters Of ercy......C Col.
G. c. Moody, of this city, appointed a.so-
ciate Justice Of the supreme court, and
Judge of the first judicial district. Frank
J.. Washabaugh, of this city. appointed clerk
of the frat judicial district court.
Sept. 20-School board decides that no !
more nonresident pupils are to be received
in the city schools, except by vote Of the
board. ej-.ss :ra r s-al
Sept. 25-Gov. Howard'located the tenn.
porary insane asylum on aschool section in
the suburbs.
Sept. 26-The 6fst frost occurred.
Oct. THE Wyoming Stage ICo. began
business between Yankton and Dead wood.
Oct. 3-Republican county nominating
convention held. Prairie fires all around. !
Oct. 5-Democrafic rountv nom;r.t;,c