Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-03

He had just been visited BY his brother
John whom he had net sssa sos fifteen
years. The brothers have secured several
claims aud intsud devosing their time and
attention 70 farming and stock raising.
They calletheir place Turtleville.
l hays Just killed two antelope. This
makes fourteen on the trip.
The Chicago and Northwestern railroad
surveyors are camped within two miles of
US and share the general uneasiness of the
country with regard to Drilling Goose and
his Indians. There are twenty-five men In
the party aud they are armed to
the teeth. I counted eighteen
Winchester rifles and revolvers
BY the gros. Two of the party are kept
on guard every night and the Lord help
any strasagling Indian who ventures within
range. Chas. Deming accompanies the par.
~. They are geine up the west side Of the
Jim as far MS Maple river, 8 miles below
Swan Lake. with all their guns, revolvers.
and ammunition aud expect to slaughter.
game of all sorts. As yet they have not
done much execution although there is
plenty of game in the country.
Tuesday morning I left Turtleville for
Foster City and reached the Council Stone
hotel kept by L. Kniesel for dinner. This
Euphonious name Was suggested by the
Indians having q council stone on the spot
where the hotel is built. They call the
town Ashton which is an Improvement on
former name of Dirt Lodges. Mr.. Kniesel
is sheriff Of Sphinx county, and makes an
efficient officer. Mr.. Chas. Foster keeps q
stock Of general merchandise and is also
postmaster and county commissioner. He is
highly esteemed and has proven himself to
be an active and industrious business man
as we'll as a good officer. The other county
commissioners are Mr.. Geo. NJ. Bowman
chairman and Mr.. Churchill, the latter was
appointed to fill vacancy. Nj. Smart the
former appointed having declined to serve
Messrs. B. and G. will fill the bill.
EOSAEN ClIl1
is in Sphinx county and is surrounded on the
west and south by a magnificent body Of
timber estimated to be from 1875 to $50 acres
and on the east by a pretty running stream,
called for some mysterious reason, Mua
creek. 1t is a garden spot aud is claimed
BY the Indians, principally on account OF
the timber, but what earthly claim these ra.
ton eaters can have on such a place is q
problem not easily solved.
vAR1ous ITEMS. q
A marriage is on the tapis. Mr.. Ned
Maxwell of Maxwell City is about to resign
his liberty and lead TO the altar Miss Lu
Morris, the handsome and accomplished
daughter of the Rev. Morris of Firesteel
The happy couple have the good wishes Of
their friends and acquaintance, who wish
them a prosperous journey through the eea
of matrimony, where rocks and shoals are
likely to be encountered, and at the end oil
their voyage a good, safe hsrbor as a resting
place. e--..."
Our townsman A. w. Lavender has a
store at Maxwell under charge Of L. Spann.
agel. 1t is we'll stocked and is patronized
by all classes. Mr.. l.. is e%nterprising and
deserves his success.
June Dix is building a house at Lester.
vile. 1 expect he is going to start a store
or a bank, and will probably put some stock
on his farm.
Farm laborers are not scarce here. Now
ing machines and rakes are used by the
Russian women, who can handle the ribbons
and swear at the horses to perfection, but
being in a foreign language it cannot cor
rupt the teams.
Brinkerhoff & Jordan's stages on this
road are five comfortable coaches. we'll
equipped, and drawn by horses which never
let grass grow under their feet. These gen.
tlemen understand their business and de-
serve public patronage. c.