Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-13

incseasing cloudiness, probably followed b
snow or 10 the south portion By rain. asEfs
The iron has been laid on the main line Q
the Milwaukee road to Nation City, which j
~sixteen miles west of Marion Junction
Tha track 10 still going down, but it i
thought there will not be enough iron avail
able to complete it to Mitchell this winter
A storm of snow and wind, Of unusual
severity, is prevailing at Fort Sully thil
afternoon. The operator there says it is the
boss blizzard. The wind blows from the
northeast. In the whirl of the elements
caused by this commotlon, We may get q
touch of the storm before morning.
The multitude Of boys upon the streets
with their hand sleds are doubtless having
the biggest kind of fun hitching to passing
wagons. but the reeklessness which some. I
them exhibit is suggestive of serious acct
dents which are liable to occur at any
time.
Three new feed mills are to be put In OPP
Grafton immediately-one by the Excelsior
Mill Co., n by Mr.. Wright on Third
street, and one by L. Sampson on Douglas
avenue. Mr.. Sampson has just set up new
engine aud boiler and will attach a lathe
and other wood working machinery to the
engine, which will also be used to run his
feed mill.
The Milwaukee road is putting up an
extensive warehouse opposite Niobrara and
is making other preparations for a steam
boat landing. 1t would seem like a stroke
of business policy for the Dakota Southern
to reconstruct it's demolished warehouses at
this point. The president Of the road has
repeatedly promised this and his interests
as we'll as the interests of the community
demand that the work should be pushed
forward without any delay.
Secretary Hand has finally awarded the
Fort Pierre ferry lease to E. NJ. Coates. Of
Yankton, for the sum Of four hundred dol
lars. Bies for this franchise was made BY
parties who offered much higher figures,
and the lease was first awarded at $500 90,
but the party bidding would not close the
contract. 1t was then awarded at 5000 90
aud this bidder also declined TO take it; MI.
Coates bid was the third highest and has
proved to be the only one that meant bust
ness. The franchise is good until the Fort
Pierre country is organized as q county.
The vestry Of Christ church have extend-
ed a call to Rev. J. w. Trimble, of New
York, and it is expected he will accept and
come Immediately. Bishop Clarkson, who
is now in New York, gives him an unqual-
flied endorsement and recommends him in
the highest terms to the vestry, and advised
them to make the call. He is a young man
Of character and reputation and now has
before him = call to a parish in Pennsylva.
mia, but it is believed he will accept the one
made him here and come to Yankton.
John Maxwell is having his examination
this afternoon before Justice Roberts under
q charge Of highway robbery. He is
charged with knocking down T. j. Smith,
on or near the levee, a week or two ago,
and taking from his pockets about one hun
bred and thirty dollars. Smith, it will be
remembered, was badly used up on thai
occasion, and was unable to give any intel
ligent account of the affair. Marshal
Gemmil has since been working up the cast
and his suspicious rest upon the prisoner.
A. Kleiser has decided to build, as soon a:
he can procure the brick, upon the lots rem
dered vacant by the last FIRE, which de
stroyed his wooden row. He will put up
brick block fifty by eighty feet on tn
gronud and two stories high, which viii
give him two comm odious stores, and tn
upper rooms are to be used as offices. Othe
building plans havebeen consummated whicl
will close up many gaps on the Broadway
end of Third street. Wagner and Babe
have nearly closed arrangements for tn
erection Of a two story brick block with fit
feet front, on Third street, next to Seibert'
barber shop, and Joseph Pier has decide
to put up a two story brick on the site
his old store. John Fogerty's plans for
brick block on the corner of Third an
!, Cedar streets will be contaminated early i
the spring.
ICE BY THE LOAD