Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-07-12
LOCAL LacoN,cs.

q LOCAL LAcoHlcs.
g There are but two prisoners in our count,
jail-Hanson and Beebe, both charged viii
murder. ss1l 80! ee,s4l |
Mt. Morrison is having a new tin roo
! put on the brick part of the Jencks hotel
block. Il, .Ng,.4
A' The street commissioner IL taking q slice
off the west eide Of Capital street in front d
the Jencks hotel.
The stone foundation Of Bruce's new
house is completed, and brick layers will
commence on the walls next week.
Grain is ripening rapidly in Yankton
4 county and the yield will be excellent, both
in quantity and quality. Wheat is ripenink
rapidly.
A lively wind storm occurred about three
O'Clock this morning which kicked up a big
dust and scattered DR.: Dodge's house plants
all over the sidewalk under his Office win
dow. .ivie. *
Mr.. Currier says that crops in Ben HON.
me county are first class. Small grain hiss
filled we'll and will yield the best quality.
Corn and vegetables are up to the highest
standard. A
Commissioner Wilcox has Withdrawn
his resignation and will continue to perform
his official duties. This is as it should be.
The county cannot we'll dispense with Mr..
Willcox's excellent services. =,
Z Maximum temperature to-day at the sig
nal station, 920. At 2 p. NJ, 90; at noon.
9o' at 10 a. M, $50 at 7 a. M. 75o. Low.
est during the night, 640. Rainfall, / Of an
inch. Kadish's thermometer scored 92o at
8 p. m.
The weather indications Cor the upper
Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys are !:
Stationery, followed BY falling barometer ;
stationary or higher temperature ; south and
east winds, and clear or partly cloudy
weather.. 9..M.-sl.
George Miller, a nephew of E. E. Car.
penter,S.of Beloit, ayoung man about 20, was
drowned in the Big Sioux while bathing
Thursday night. Miller was recently from
West Virginia or. Maryland. Mr.. Car
penter was in Yankton, Thursday evening.
There we're four cases before the police
court this morning, all pleading guilty to
the charge of drunkenness. Three of the
victims made the hearts of the officers glad
by paying the amounts assessed agains,
them, while the fourth being without money
will discharge his fine and costs by twelve
days of labor on the streets. il
Our latest information from the branch
OF the Milwaukee road surveyers is that
they have fallen back on Scotland and are
there awaiting orders, a pastime much in.
dulged, in by surveyors of trunk lines. As
yet they have made no instrumental survey
west ofsthe Jim, but have gone oyer. the
country pretty thoroughly from the Vermil-
lion crossing to the mouth of the Niobrara.
Some Of the boys on Third street last
night treated the town to a small display of
fireworks, which at one time threatened to
be more extensive than was intended. A
balloon that was sent up, took fire and fell
in the rear Of Hayes store where it set fire
to some combustibla. material, but it was
discovered and extinglished before any
damage was done.
>~Ps@Cshas had %asstubborn customer in his
bastile, placed there to wofko q . fine for
The fellow wouldn't work,
and yesterday he was placed on . diet of
bread and water This morning upon re-
his meagre repast he declared he
would rather work than live in idleness on
that style of thin diet. Accordingly he
Vas ornsmented.vith asbsll and chain and
soon working and sweating upon the
A man from an adjoining county was in
Town yesterday and had his combativeness
unduly developed by an over dose of gum
mer beverages. He wanted somebody to
up and be .'chaHed," mashed and
otherwise ornamented, and as nobody vol.
anteered to accept his invitation he pounced
apon . passer BY and proceeded 10 demon.
'trate his ornamentine ability. Before he
had completed the job to his satisfaction, he
compelled to obey the mandate of P. c.,
come alohg.ssny dne man.. In the police
court this morning he was as peaceable as a
and u he paid his fine. he hoped
he DIN newspapers wouldn't print his
name. As there are no newspapers of that
in Yankton he will not see his
name in print for this ofFense.
AH11.FAr CHEMICALLY EXAMINED. II
The analytical chemist, w. B. Drake, of
Buffalo, n. Y. recently ansly zed Allan's