Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-01

June, the governor, secretary, chief ju ,tice,
us. attorney. marshal and general
haltiDs at Yanktcn BY general consent and
securing comfortable, if not connections
quarters, in the few scattered structures that
then made up the sum Of municipal inn
provements.
The character Of business in Yankton in
June 1861. may be satisfactorily inferred
from . brief mention Of the names and avo-
cations as gathered from Yank,on's first
newspaper which was issued during that
month under the title of "The Weekly Da.
kotian" with F. NJ. Ziebach as sole editor
and proprietor. First on the liet We have
NJ. K. Armstrong. civil engineer and sur
veyor Enos ssutsman. lawyer and land
seent; D. T. Bramble, merchant; Frek 4
Arend, cottonwood single makers near the
upper ferry on Jim river ; w. Thompson 4
L. NJ, Griffith, carpenters and %joiners;
Ash's hotel, the palace hotel Of the north.
west Todd & Cnrrier, lawyers. U. s. mail
and express line leave. Sioux City Mondays
and Wednesdays Of each week for Yankton
and Fort Randall, Marsh & Rustin, propri.
etors.
The best route to Dakota from the east il
laid down as via. St. Joe. Missouri, thence
up the river BY stage or steamboat. Chase
Patterson kept for sale oak, walnut, cedar
and cottonwood. The ODD Fellows talked
Of starting = lodge. The boys and girls had
. grand dance At the Ash hotel, June 18th ;
while Rev. Dr.. Hoyt held divine service ON
the Both. DR.. Justus Townsend put up his
shingle this month and VIM. Miner succeed.
ed D. T. Bramble as postmaster. VIM.
Miner was also appointed BY the governor
register Of deeds, and William Bordeno.
sheriff and NJ. K. Armstrong, justice.
Rev. s. W. lngham, of the ME. church,
preached q sermon In Ysnkton Sunday.
July 7.h, 1861, and from that date became
the settled missionary for southern Dakots.
His residence here terminated the following
yesr. 90
The first building erected especially for
religious purposes was built on the corner
Of Fourth and Linn streets, where it is s,ill
standing and Is now used 40 q residence.
The earliest organization Of any kind in
Ysnkton was for the protection of the in
habitants against hostile Indians. 1t va.
called the Home Guard and perfected fs or
ssnization on the Goth Of July 1861. J. b.
8. Todd was chsirmsn Of the committee on
officers, which included q board Of civil
~fonctionar'es a. we'll ae the regular
military officials. james NJ. Stone was
president u. r. Henson, vic .president; J..
d. Morse secretary aud D. T. Bnmble.
treasurer, Maj. W. P. Lyman was selected az
captain; Wm. H. Sanders, 1st lieuteuast;J.
NJ. Allen. I'd lieuts aant; Geo. Pike, Let ser.
Reant; A. N. English, I'd sergeapt;y David
Fisher. Sd sereeant;H II. c. Ash, 4th ser-
giant; q. j. Austan. let corporal A. Fisher,
2d::;J.J., Thompson, Sd. and L. NJ. Grit
nth, eth. boil. I'D a..
: Or the Goth Of July following Gov. Jayne
issued his Arst Official proclamation divid.
ing the territory iuts coaacii asd represen-
tative = districts, aud calling On election
to be held Sept 1sth. 1851, for tue siectson
Of . delegate to congress and members Of
the legislative assembly, the legislature ~
convene iat Yankton, March ~, 1861 1T
defined that s~ectioasof the territory bsuud-
ed on the esst BY the range line divjdtuk
raDges IS aad' "a, sod on the west dividing
rapgcs.t 81 and IS, % the 4th councn sad
9th representative district with . representa-
ton OF two coancilnen. and two sspseseI-
tatlves- (Ihese lines MARI the sass nd
". 1ankten eoessy % day.
n poss..k pace lof-sos. district va
n4ee = = NC o. Fmsf Todd-& Co..
sno NJ judges esesfeftsu y.ass n. K. Arm.