Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-14
CONDENSED INFORMATION.

Ihe Delaware aud Maryland peach grow
ers are afraid that their crop will be too
large for profit this year, as it was in 1875.
A ball. at which all the guests were CON-
PEELED to wear the costumes of working.
men and worklugwomen, was recently given
in Paris.
The unthinking impulse which drives
the negro to Kansas, says the The London
Times is q part of the weakness which rem
| ders him miserable in Louisiana.
South Carolina Is making some progress
in cotton manufacturing. A small mill has
just been started in Westminster, in that
state, bv an association of farmers.
Philadelphia Bulletin: when Fred
Douglass advised the colored people not to
leave the south they might ask him why he
did not stay there. His condition was not
much worse than theirs"
Fourteen years ago there was only one
Bessemer steel establishment in the country.
Now there are eleven, with an annual pro-
duction of more than five hundred thousand
tons.
At No. 70 Morrell street, Brook Ign. is a
male child two years of age with a head
having a circumference of 81 inches by &C
tual measurement. In all other respects
the infant is perfectly formed, and appears
remarkably intelligent.
The Memphis Avalanche believes that
the bourbon leaders in congress would bit
the nail on the head if they would adopt a
resolution to this effect: Resolved, That
we are mostly FOOLS" This comes from a
democratic paper.
A correspondent of the Charleston News
and Courier says an exodus of negroes from
the other South Carolina counties has begun
into the county of Beaufort, some fifteen
hundred having already arrived. They
talk OF concentrating on the coast and form.
ing a sort of negro republic.
John Rafferty, was on his knees in a from,
room OF his residence, In Boston, Mass.
saving his morning prayer, and the noist
OF children playing in the streets disturbed
his devotions. He arose, got q revolver
opened q window. and fred i've shots into
the juvenile gathering. Maggie Murphy
life.
The treasury department is in receipt Of
information that the Norwegian government
mas Issued a regulation prohibiting the i'm.
portatlon into that country from the United
States Of live cattle, sheep and goats. This
actlon was taken on account of the reports
OF .pleuro-pneumonia and other diseases ex.
t lstlng among American cattle.
The CincinnatiGa zette publishes detail.
ed reports of growing crops from a large
number Of points in Ohio and Indiana, me
showing IL a favorable one. The acreage Of
: wheat Is from ten to twenty-five per cent
greater than last year, and the crop ia IN
8 good condition. Oats are looking we'll
, There will be the usual amount Of corn
planted. In all spring crops the season +,
: backward. ~ a
Mrs. Charles Dickens, the widow Of III,
eminent novelist, is considered BY her med
.cai anendant to be in great danger. Littl,
! rcpe y entertained Of her recovery. Mra
i has suffered severly from. illnes
enl1ng the winter, the immediate Cause -
I eenesin4 being the effects, now greatly 40
3avatsd, Of a accident sustained sevar.
: Islssa1o the Prince Of Wales' thsnk,
49, aAel:nt Romans paid what were the
- pe5ees II Greek pictures. Incn
9as seeey.softhe celebrated The "Snir
H~estensius paid S5.423 4
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