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Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-30
BEADLE COUNTY.

This county was entirely unoccupied at
the opening of the present season. One
thousand acres of corn we're planted on sod,
which will yield thirty bushels to the acre.
One hundred and twenty-five claims have
been taken this year.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-30

The gentleman sending Us the Burlsigh
county report states that TIE acreage Of
wheat this year was small, and the yield
thirty bushels per acre Of number one
quality.
One hundred and fifty claims have been
filed on this year and 5000 acres Of new
land broken.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-30
HUTCHINSON COUNTY.

The quality Of all grain ranks number
one, except barley, which will 60 number
two. The quality has been somewhat
diminished in places by grasshoppers.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-30

English, Scotch and American suitines II
HACKER & GREBE.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-30
MINNEHAHA COUNTY

Quality of wheat and rye number two and
Of barley number two and three. Grain
wa Injured in yield BY drouth and grass.
hoppers. Eight thousand acres in new
claims have been taken this year and r..
500 acres broken.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-30

A quarter consists Of ten weeks, two lessons
each week. Pupils desiring to take one lesson
effect. Fall term to commence Sept. 22d. NO
deduction for absence except In cases Of pro-
tracted illness. Those desiring to take lessons
will please promptly with opening OF
term.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-30

Monte cloth for suitings at Farmers, cor
3rd and Broadway.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-30

New dress buttons in plain aud inlaid
pearl Is we'll as other kinds, at Farmers,
cor. 3rd and Broadway.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-30

If you wish a nobby pair Of pants 60 to
HACKER & GREBE.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-30

Milwaukee lager beer and lusch at Frank
Cochrane's.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-30

no coaplaints about hopper. ] will say
IN conclusioe, with he sxcspsiops above
slated. crops Of all kinda. particularly corn
and potatoes never promised bsttsr.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-30

The American and Singer sewing ma
chimes for sale at schuaidt 4 Co.'S, Broad.
way.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-30

Two toned ribbons, also striped ribbons q
Farmers, cor. 3rd. and Broadway.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-30

Black Silks in plain, striped and brocade
at prices ranging from l 100 to So. 90 per yd.
at Farmers.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-30
BUFFALO COUNTY

Quality Of wheat medium. Excessive
drought and late sowing reduced the yield.
Seventy acres Of new land we're broken
this year.
Buffalo county is peopled mostly by
the Yanktonais band of Sioux Indians, and
the crop yield above given il the product
Of Indian fields at Grow Creek agency.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-30
CHARLES MIX COUNTY

The quality Of all small grain is first
class and corn could not be more promis-
ing. No causes of injury to report.
Charles Mix county was within the limits
Of the late Indian reservation and has
a sparse white population.
About 500 acres of new land broken this
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-30

The finest stock Of Woolens in the north.
west At HAcKER 4 GRRDE.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-30

New Linen Collars and Cuffs At Farmers,
cor. Ord and Broadway.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-30

For your worsted or cloth suits 20 to
HACKER & GREBE.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-30

Wheat grades one and two; rye, good ;
barley, fair.
Grain somewhat injured by early spring
drouth. Ground was lumpy and would not
cover small grain enough to eprout it
readily.
Ten thousand acres new land broken this
year.
Two hundred and n~inety-6ve claims filed
on this year.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-30

New s,ves. Potatoes At W. II. carr,..
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-30

Mills & Purdy have in stock . new lot 0
Oil curtains, fringe and taseels to match.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-30

Dr.. W. H. Fl. Brown, oenust, Union
block, Yankton.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-30
PENNINGTON N

Odessa and fife wheat are number q
and other varieties not, 20 good, being
slightly touched with rust. Rye, barley
and oats irst class, and corn good. All Of
this crop has been grown on sod broken
last May. 1t il believed that wheat will be
made 10 yield from thirty to fifty bushsls
per acre in the Rapid valley. Corn was
planted a. an experiment and has proved .
successful n . The acreage Of all crops
next year will be twenty times that planted
this year.
Two hundred and fifty claims have been
taken this year in the county.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-30

Cass County has received large accsssions
to its population this year ana the extensive
railroad farms along the Northern Pacific
road have been largely increased in dinen-
sions. In the absence Of any report from
this county We are unable to give the details
Of its improvement.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-30
YANKrON COUNTY

Grain was badly injured in yield By early
spring dronth. but the quality is excellent.
Wheat grades one and two and rye and bar
ley one Corn and vegetables unusually
prolific. Yankton county, t~hough::one ofthe
Of the Oldest in the territory, has received
. considerable accession to its farming pop
ulatioosthis year. One hundred and ten
claims have been taken. Twnty.slshth hun
dred acres Of land have been broken.
Isl CAss COUNTY.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-30
srursxAN COUNTY.

Wheat aud oats are reported excellent
and barley good.
Four hundred claims have been taken
this year and $4,000 acres Of new land
broken.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-30

i & BuKapoRr's.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-30

BRooKINGs COUNTY
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-30

A rT;ART,Y To- invest e5oo in cattle growing
lho advertiser to grow them on shares, Ad
dress. Z. r. JeWCtt, Madison House. Yankton,
The New York herald., 1879-03-07

ing OF two low areas into one. that the eastern
centre seems to be pushed backward toward the
west Storms are also often held nearly stationary
in position from day to day by reason ot the
abundant warm vapor rising from the Gulf Stream,
close by the cold air from the neighborng coast of
North America. Thus, when American storms are
predicted 10 appear on the European coast and it is
assumed that they VIII the ocean at the same
rate Us they have crossed the United States such
predictions are seldom verified. About halt of the
tthirty-si storms traced the Atlantic in
those two years seem to have originated in the
region OF the Rocky Mountains. and four can be
distinctly traced to the Pacific coast; the others
originated from regions TO the east. Professor
Loons' observations on West Indian cyclones seem
to prove that these phenomena, however violent i'll
the tropics expand and lose uch OF their violence
when they reach the middle latitudes. and after
few days usually merged in of the larger
depressions which generally prevail i'll parts
of the North Atlantic. From observations on Mount
Washington, Pixies Peak. &c., the same author
cludes that tue United States both the ndrisd
and naiaaa of ATMOSPHERIC pressure generally
first near the surface of the earth. aud they
later rise above the surface, the retardstion
amounting 10 hour for elevation OF from 800
feet tn feet
The New York herald., 1879-03-07
WAS HE GUlLTYa

In the Queens County Court of Sessions yesters
day Thomas Maguirk was convicted of burglary in
the first degree. and after solemnly asseveraing his
innocence sentenced to the State Prison for If
teen years. The crime committed on New Years
night 1873 in the house Of Charles Perry in jamaica
by two masked men. aud trunk containing $50 and
somo silver spoons was stolen. One of the thieves
held pistol at Mr.. perry's head aud threatened to
shoot him II he testified against them pistol
belonging 10 of them was found tho
floor the next morning. Yesterday Mr.. Perry
failed to identify the prisoner. Barney Daley
who is Ii is alleged. q sclf-confesscd thef the
principal witness tor the prosecution. He identified
the pistol usually carried by Joseph Crawford
Tie in Mag gurk's house ON the night OF the rob-
berry and him and Crawford making masks.
They were going to rob Perry and wanted him to
help them. but he refused. Maguirk's mother and
two sisters contradctcd Daley statements and other
witnesses completely destroyed his credibility. The
only weakness in the testimony for the defence
the discrepancy between IL and the record of the pre-
liminary examination. Alter impartial charge
from the Judge the Jury retired and at fifteen min
utes after four returned with verdict OF guilty.
motion tor arrest OF Judgment was. denied. Ma
guirk is but twenty-five years old.
The New York herald., 1879-03-07

THE LEGAL TENDER ACT.

WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLER ON ITS CONSTITUTION
ALrrY-THE QUESTION AT ISSUE TO BE SET
TIED BY THE SUPREME COURT.
A HERALD reporter called upon Mr.. William Allen
Butler. at his Office this city. yesterday. for the
purpose of obtaining his views regarding the latest
phase of the question involving the constutionalty
Of the Legal Tender act set forth in the HERALD
OF yesterday. Mr.. Butler said
81 think the statement in the HERALD is very full
and very accurate 1t states clearly the points that
will be involved. The question will ultimately have
to be settled by the Supreme Court of the
United States, whether. under the constitution,
it is within the power Of Congress in time OF
peace to give to Treasury notes the quality of legal
tenders for the payment OF debts between citizens.
and whether it competent for Congress to give
to legal tenders. which were issued during the
and RETIRED the quality of legal tenders by reissue
after the had terminated and during time Of
peace. This is necessarily question depending
upon the construction to be given to the provisions
of the constitution applicable to the subject and it
Is the province OF the Supreme Court to construe
the constitution and declare it's effect"
kEPoRrER-lieneral Butler and yourself hold differ
ent views on the subject.
Mr.. BUTLER-General Butler, as appears by his let
ter to Mr.. Chittenden, is prepared to advocate the
power OF the government. without restriction. to
coin money out of any material in time OF peace.
well as in time of warin other words to authorize
whatever is embraced In the designation of 'iat
has made himself representative and think very
acceptable one. OF the opposite view. and is firm in
his conviction that the power of Congress to
troll the creation of legal tenders
hausted by the issue of the grcenbacks
during the war, and that the emergency justifying
their creation having ceased the power of Congress
ceased with the emergency. The question is
tainly open one before the Supreme Court and it
is OF much Importance in every aspect that il is
very desirable it should be determined by the ribu
nal whose decision will be authoritative and final.
REroRrER-What do you think Of the present
movement?
Mr.. BUILER-I think it is one solely for the pur-
pose OF reaching such q decision and with reference
to the general interests OF the public to have this
vexed question taken out of the sphere of political
discussion and disposed OF in the way provided by
tional questions.
The New York herald., 1879-03-07
TAMMANY GENERAL COMMITTEE.

AssEMBLYMAN GRADY DENIES THAT THE DEMO-
CRATIC ORGANIZATION IS UNDER ZONE MAN
RuLE"-MAYoR COOPER AND ANDREW H.
GREEN.
meeting Of the Tammany Hall General Com.
mittee was held last evening in the Wigwam III
Fourteenth street All the prominent members,
including Comptroller Kelly, Henry L. Clinton.
Police Commissioner Nichols and others. were pres
ent. During the meeting Assemblyman Grady de-
livered eloquent and effective address on the
issues of the day. He spoke of the fact that just
spportionment bill had as yet been passed In tho
Legislature, and referred in general terms
to the cry Of the zone man power" He
proved to the satisfaction Of his hearers that
such power existed in Tsmmany Hall. He claimed
that the parties opposed to the regular organization
offered many examples of "one man power" aud re-
ferred instance Ito the fact that Mayor Cooper
but the puppet Of ex-Comptroller Andrew H.
Green" This Zone man power Of Mr.. Green might
the workingmen were then dwelt upon by the
speaker, who recounted tha efforts made by Tam
many to aaneliorate their condition. Tammany
the only organization that opposed
the DISTINGUISHING scheme. by which 1t was. pro-
posed that only men owning property should vote.
Mr.. Grady then considered the great reduction of
the city debt This had been reduced over $4,000
since Comptroller Kelly assumed Office. Inime
diately. however Mayor Cooper came into power
the debt was increased only little. it true. but
yet 1t will 20 on increasing until the end
of his term When the Comptroller went
among the fnanciers q short time since and
offered to sell bonds OF the city he
found purchasers who bought thom ut high pre-
MUM. The people had confidence in the adminis-
tation Of Mr. Kelly but he venured to suggest that
two years hence the city's bonds could not be sold
easily. The speaker i'll conclusion made o strong
appeal to support only democratic journals.
At the conclusion of the speech . vote of thanks
rendered to Mr.. Grady after which General
Spinola moved that special committee OF twenty
two be appointed to petition Congress at the extra
session to promptly pass the bill for the repeal of
the Election law by which United States Supervisor
Davenport acts the bill open the jury box TO all
men in the South. and the provision Of the Army
bill providing that military be allowed at cleo
tions. The motion was carried The committee
rnad
The New York herald., 1879-03-07
NEW YORK oPaTHALMIC HOSPITAL.

The Twcnty seventh annual commencement and
reception of the New York Ophthalmic Hospital was
held last evening in the large hall of that insttu
ton. of Twentythird street and Third
President Thomas c. Smith gave some account OF
the work performed during the year 1878. Over Ave
thousand hundred patients treated. each
averaging seven more calls. The work of the in
stitution would continue to increase so long the
present tenement house ystem existed and the
called French flats, which not much better. Light
aud ventilation the great in both. and the
sleeping apartments in the latter often such
that the walls became permeated with noxious
halatons and little better than tcnemcnts. DR..
George S. Norton made statement in behalf of the
faculty after which the president gave diplomas to
the following graduGtcs:--F. Dc Witt Bates. M. D.,
Hamilton. Ontario Hayes G. French. NJ. D.. Cleve-
land Ohio; Edward Ii. LinneI. M. d.. Norwich,
Conn; N. L. MacBride. M. d., Chicago. Ill. and
Mrs. Phoebe J. Il. Wait, NJ. d. Rev. q. II. Tiffany,
D. D., delivered address to the graduates, and
Rev. DIR. Rogers prayed. The venerable Peter Cooper
was introduced and made few remarks. recep-
ton followed.
The New York herald., 1879-03-07
STORMS ON THE ATLANTIC.
From the London Weekly Times. Feb. Z

From the London Weekly Times. Feb. 81
With the aid of complete series of Hofimeyer's
daily charts for two years Qs74-55). Professor
LOOMS. of Yale College. has lately made careful
examination of Atlantic storms fAmercan Jo,wai Of
and Arts. lie finds that in year there
average only eighteen different storms which be
traced by of those charts from the coasts of
the United States the Atlantic. Nearly all these
storms pursued course north of cast, and passed
considerably to tho north of Scotland In only four
out OF thirtysix did the low centre the
Paris meridian in latitude low the northern
boundary OF England. Since the centres geuer
ally passed 800 miles north Of London most OF them
did not exhibit much violence on the English coast
Professor Loonis concludes that when centre of
low pressure below 1915 inchcs leaves the coast OF
the United states the probability that ii will pass
any part OF England is only in nine; the
probability that 1t will give rise to gale anywhere
near the English coast is only in six, and the
probability that it will very fresh breeze Is
one In two. notable point connected with Atlantic
storms rs their slow rate OF progress This is due
partly to the crratic course VI the centre
of low arcas partly to the treQuent blend
The New York herald., 1879-03-07
LOOMS REDIvIvUS.

from tho London Sunday Observer. Feb. l6l
Some interesting information has been recently
made public with regard TO the 'storm warnings"
with which this country is often favored from tho
farther side of the Atlantic that in far goes
would seem to justify the scepticism which Is
sonay expressed to the real value of these prog
nostications. From Investigations made by Pro-
fessor Loomis. Of Yalo College, United States it
has been found that the great majority Of storms
from America pass in northcasery direction, clear
OF these islands, and that the chances against 'ow
pressure centre travcrsing any part OF England
nine to one. aud against its causing gale fresh
breeze near the English coast ak and two to one re-
spectivcly The conclusion to be formed from these
facts that the warnings far from wholly reliable.
is Indirectly strengthened BY British authority.
In lecture ON storms, delivered short time
since. Mr. Scott. of the Meteorological Department.
stated in reference to predictions sent us during tho
past two years. that the percentage of partially
fully successful propheciesstood ut "A against SO
of moro or less absolute failures IL may be de-
batable point whether complete accuracy Is is not
essential condition OF the utility of the warnings
but that they not always to be depended on Is
pretty evident from the facts we have cited
The New York herald., 1879-03-07
ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL.

THE ANNUAL REPoRT-wORK OF MEDICAL AND
SURGICAL RELIEF DURING THE YEAR 1878.
The seventh annual report Of Roosevelt Hospital
is an interesting exposition Of the work of noble
charity DR.. H. Paine, the superintendent, calls st-
tention to the increased number of patients the
most prominent feature of the year. This has been
confined almost entirely to the surgical wards and
due to the operation of the ambulance service.
which had hardly been begun in 1877 before the
port for that year written. The number of
cidents the victims OF which had been brought to
the hospital is 207 greater than it was during the
previous year. The number of of
accidental injury 4O7. The expenses
have thus been considerably Increased in
direction, but in others they have been more than
- much reduced The per capitd expense for each
year. while. in the language Of DR.. Paine, greater
amount of suffering has been relieved. Although
patients are sometimes brought to the hospital by
this means in dying condition our mortality has
been only $40 per cent. $40 less than the pre-
vous year. and death is only 910 per cent.
The number of patients admitted during 1873
l.522 and there remained on December 81. 1877.
l33. making the number of inmates 1.655. OF
deaths there 139 3S OF which resulted
from accident There were 1850 patients dis
charged. There were los general operations and &c
amputations performed. Seven hundred and hfty
four patients cured, BIT have improved since
their admission and 10 remain unimproved. The
was 145. One hundred and nineteen patients paid
for their board either in full in part. aud $50
cared for without charge.
> The maintenance of the hospital cost during 1878
$5063f 81. There were money donations Of only
$780, although many useful articles had been received
The New York herald., 1879-03-07
DIVIDED REPUBLICANS.
RIVAL ASSOCIATIONS HOLD MEETINGS IN THE
FIFTH ASSEMBLY DIsTRIcr-rHE sECKpERs

RIVAL ASSOCIATIONS HOLD MEETINGS IN THE
FIFTH ASSEMBLY DIsrRIcr-rHE sECRpERs
CHARGES.
Two meetings of republicans held last even
ing in the Fifth Assembly district. The regular
association met ut No. 123 West Houston street at
eight O'Clock. and at the hour the seceders who
seeking reorganization of the district at the
hands OF the County Central Committee. assembled
ut No. 130 Prince street. The Houston street meet
ing presided by Mr.. John II. Brady
and attended by about hundred aud
twenty men. Mr.. j. d. Centre moved that
the action OF the Senate in confirming the
appointment of General Merritt Collector Of this
port be ndorsed by the republicans of the Fifth dis
trct. This motion laid the table without dis
cussion. after which Mr.. Mann proposed resolu-
ton OF thanks to Zach Chandler for his opposition
placing JEFF Davis name on the pension list. This
resolution also expressed approval of the present
electoral laws and indignation against tho democratic
party for delaying the passage of the appropriation
Hill moved that q committee DO appointed to inves-
tigate certain Irregularities in the last report of the
Finance Committee. This motion unanimously
laid on the table. which the meeting adjourned
srcEDRRs MEETING.
Mr.. Wolfgang kufner presided over the seceders'
meeting in Prince street. About thirty members
were present. resolution proposed in refer
to General Mcrritts appointment precisely
III
unanimously adopted. Mr. Belts read lengthy
paper setting forth various charges and
against the regular organization and its president.
which, he said had becu advanced before the County
Central Committee. and ON the strength of which
reorganization of the district is demanded. These
charges, ho said, are at present rciorred
to the Executive Committee OF the county for
examination They alegc that the present manage
ment of the district preudcis to the interests of
the party that there q falling of of republican
votes the district went democratic until last
eection that the president refused to admit republi
to the association and erased the names of some
the rolls arbitrarily and that he offered to trade
away to the administration the representation OF tho
district to the State Convention. Among the speci-
ncations by which these charges were supported
were the following THAT list of tho members Of
the regular German Republican Association. sixty
nine in number. was duly proposed for MEM
bership in the district organization. but
was never presented tor action by the
president. Mr.. Brady, and that he persuaded the
rctary pro ten. TO erase the name of Mr. Belts from
the roll of the Committee Membership. and that
the names OF thirty persons were placed the roll
who not duly elected; that the colored rcpubi-
were i'll used: that democrats and
placed the roll that the finances OF the
citation were squandorcd and msappropriated, and
that democrats allowed at the primaries
and republicans excluded After the reading of this
paper the meeting adjourned