Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-03

u. A. Ms3ee, Of Sioux Civ 10 In town.
M. w. Sheafe Of Ell Point 80 In tovn
last night.
E.x. Dad h. ssu,a.d from hi. jim
river trip.
9. E. Parker and wife. Of Niobrara, were
to town last night.
G. D. Woolworth wss q passenger down
on the Nellie Peck.
w. H. Livingston, of Sioux City, spen,
last night in Yankton.
Charles Hill, Of Santee agency, pas sed
through town last night.
H. 7. Hobart. government DUR inspector.
left this morning for Minneapolis.
N. =. Hill aud 4. ID. Farrell, Of Spring.
deld. are registered ct the Merchants.
N. II. Young. trader al Fort Sully. and
daughter. came Gown on the Nellie Peck.
Commodore Charles lie in town to-day
looking after the interests Of his steamboat
line.
G. L. BittinRer, q merchant Of Dead
wood, Is In town having arrived last evea.
ing.
Col. H. G. Akin, Of the Northwest steam.
boat line, will arrive tonight from Sioux
City.
Mrs: DR.: Owen and son came dswn from
Rosebud Landing on the steamer Nellie
Peck.
James 8. Foster 10 in town, from his
stock ranch on the Jim river above Fire
stel.
Charles Burdick and wife arrived from
Grow Creek to-day on the steamer Nellie
Peck.
q. J.. Campbell, United States attorney.
reached Yankton LAST evening from north.
ern Dakota.
Mrs. w. A. Elderkin and daughter arriv-
ed last night from the east aud VII remain
during the winter.
+. Hammond has arrived in this city, to
open = branch Office for The Singer manu-.
featuring company Of Chicago, Ills.
Peter Shearer, register Of Deeds and clerk
OF Armstrong county is IN town to-day
He reports prosperous times in the Jim riv-
Or valley.
Gov. Pennington returned iust night from
9 trip on railroad business to Clay county.
he reports no difficulty in regard TO RICH,
OF way 10 that county.
j. ". Butler, the founder and head Of the
]. W. Butler Paper Co, of Chicago, ono Of
the Oldest and most extensive who lessle
firms in that city, arrived last nigh, and
will remain q few days.
Dana Todd, Nelson Smith, Will Branch,
Zach sut!ey and Fred Mathews. of G. q.
Bates surveying party, came down on The
Nellie Peck this morning from the wilds Of
their summer campaign in Northern Do.
kota.
Walter Carr returned to-day from 8 trim
along the line of the Milwaukee road. he
met Engineer Dunbar at the mouth of Tur.
key creek and Mr.. Dunbar told him that be
expected TO finish the survey through 10
Ysnkton by Tomorrow night. Mr.. Carr
saw many Of the Clay County property own.
ers along the line Of the road and they told
him they were willing to do all they could
TO secure the road.
We Inadvertently omitted mention Of the
return Of Herman Buerdorf, of the firm OF
BIatt & Buerdorf, which occurred on Tues
day evening. Mr.. Buerdorf spent the sum.
mer at Miles CITY, on the Yellowstone. in
the sale Of s'stock Of goods shipped by bis
firm to that place on the steamer Gen. Ter.
ry on her first trip from Ysnktonlast spring.
He succeeded in selling the goods to fair
advantage. but hiss no desire To repeat the
experiment. He 10 Of the opinion that the
Yellowstone valley is very much overrs,ed,
and that since the cessation of active militia.
ry operations In the VALLEY, business has
settled down to . humdrum, s~low.goipg
pace.