Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-27

yANKroN. DAKOTA.
Wednesday Evening, August e, 1879
LOCAL LAcoslcs.

U040 GlO00oIs 0oOs ;A0V GVAs
Pierre passenger lioe d getting to b quite
extensively patFonised, ten passengersleavs
BY this route this morning.
Tommy Main, well-known In Yankton.
was tried and acquitted ct the present
term Of court at Rapid City on the charge
Of stealing . tsnt ~ at Fort Meade,
Postmaster Howard has fixed up the ves-
thule Of the post ONCE With new paint and
kalsomine, 90 that Il 10 now as much .
thing Of beauty as any other mans post
office.
The weather indication for the upper
Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys are
Warmer, partly cloudy weather. possibly
occasional rain, winds mostly southeast. and
stationary or falling barometer.
Lieut.. T. b. Cspron Of tho 9Th infantry
has been detailed to prospect for . route for
freightlne purposes from the Missouri river
to Fort Hartsuf. He has vtsited Niohrara,
his first reconnoisance being down the
Niobnra valley. Returning he will 60 BY
way of the O'Neill route to the Elk Horn
valley.
Deputy Sheriff Wallace. Of Sioux City
and F. J. Hitler Of Oto, lows, arrived in
Yankton last night in pursuit Of horse
thieves. Three Of these gentry recently
escaped from the Jail At Ponca, Neb, and
these are the fellows that the officers are af.
ter. They remained here but . short time,
and then pursued their search.
G. ]. Kadish has sold his stock of drugs
in this city to Eugene Weber Of Chicago.
MI. Weber left this morning for Chicago ia
settle up his business there and get ready ia
move his family to Yankton. He expects
to get back here by the middle Of Septem.
Der and take possession Of the store. Mr..
Kadish, We understand. intends to devote
his whole time to his stock ranch on the
Niobrara.
Superintendent Merchant, of the Dakota
Southern, who is Ia town to-day, says that
his company is ready to 60 ahead with the
grade of its extension % soon as Yankton
secures the right Of way through the city
and county. He says It will now be impos.
sible to procure iron before midwinter. as
the manufacturers are 80 driven that they
can I'll no new orders inside of six monthe
The rails for the Pembina extension were
purchased in Europe: Mr.. Merchant says
it is clearly the intention of the company to
build up the Jim river, q few miles back on
the table land west of that stream and to
ultimately make q connection with the
Northwestern road near the Weasingtou
Hills.
A gentleman at Fort Thompson writes
that he has recently visited the spot where
the Landphere murder occurred and there
found Landphere's clothing. the quilt in
which he was wrapped and the gun stock
with which It is supposed his skull was
shattered. together with the broken frag.
ments o fthe skull! which were missing. He
says that Captain Doueherty has notified
the authorities Of the discovery of these al.
ticles and has asked what disposition shall
Do made Of them. but had received no re.
ply. The gun stock Is Of peculiar pattern
and manufacture and Is considered by our
correspondent as . valuable item Of testi-
mony. He says further that the find" has
90 important bearing upon the theory pre-
vslent at Grow Greek that there wa more
than n man concerned 10 the murder.
There is q mystery about this affair which
will bear working up.
An enterprising travelling man for q
Yankton concern who attempted to get out
Of town yesterday morning, but was left BY
the stage, concluded TO take due precautions
against . recurrence of the performance. So
he laid down last night in the lower hall Of
his boarding house with his head against
the front door, his clothes all on and his
grip sack in one hand and gum coat in the
other, fully prepared to wake when the rat
tie Of the four o'clock Stage wheels sounded
and capture the vehicle before it got by
He had been asleep only about.ten minutes.
when an omnibus from a late arriving
steamboat drove up to the house 10 leave .
trunk for . boarder. The travelling man
heard the noise Of the wheels, sprang to his
feet, dashed open the hall door, rushed
down the walk and landed himself and
in the omnibus and was driven
down town before he began to gath.
er his confused faculties. As the omnibus
Rove into the Merchants hotel barn he