Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-08
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.5s.s LOCAL lAceAacs.
The up country stage was delayed several
hours Saturday BY . broken axle.
No. I wheat sold today for v5@7S can't.
Per bushel. The receipts ven moderate.
a desertef from the army vas picked up
IN own to-day and turned over to Major
Grimea.s $40 -
Work on the new building for thsScsde.
my OF tho Sacred Heart 10 progressing 4.
!. yoraably. the walls having reached Tho sec.
ond story. SIS I, +; ~, -
Tho steamer Western took o.. ! 10. 81
telegraph poles for the Standing Rock and
Black Hills extension, and two car loads
MORT arrived Saturday for shipas.s.s 8s3
b young mas who saysshs understands
Major Grimes has bssn granted . six
months "furlong'' il mistaken. The rsvi,-
ed army regulations specify that there a,
only forty rods in q farlons thu year.
The weather indications for the uppe,
Mississippi and lower Aiaaoariy.lsys s.s;
Clear or partly cloudy, weather, north winds,
generally shifting 70 southea,t ; stationary
q higher temperature followed By falling
barometer. Sv g@f
A probate judge for Yankton county IL 70
DO elected this fall. Judge Consleton neg.
lecting to qualify within tho required time,
on account Of Sickness, and being sppointed
. to fll the vacancy until the next general
election. Voc
VIM. Walpole. having finished his lob Of
grading on the Springfield branch and been
IN Yankton several days awaiting orders.
has received Instructions to "a to work
on the extension Of he.Milwaukee road
west Of Firesteel.
Mr.. Dunbar and his party. surveying .
line from Eden to Yaukton, reached the
vermti'ton river yesterday, and will proba-
ply get through to Yankton tomorrow.
Mr. Kimball went down from Lennex yes.
terday to join Dunbar's party.
Early risers aver that the ground "a. CIV.
cred this morning with something which
gave rise to the suspicion that Jack Frost
had passed this way last night. If it was his
intention to do injury to the crops. he didn't
come soon enough. Every thing Is ripe
aud safe. rxa q. Sgo5
The engineers Of the Dakota Southern
road on Saturday ran . line on Seventh
street, and also made two additional surveys
Westward on Main street from Douglas aven.
ue. Mr.. Wattles has not yet made Z report
on Seventh street, but when hs does, it will
doubtless be unfavorable. Is the street pre-
SCENTS some serious engineering difficulties.
In the English translation of Drifting
Goose's name the celebrated woman TERRIER
OF the Jim has lost the chief characteristic
which his title originally signifed. Maya
Obudo literally translated means Obudo
"stormy," Maya. 'goo.e"-sto,my Goose.
1t makes little difference, however. He is
IS sweet scenteda goose under one name as
the other. t&
Firesteel Mail: It seems that Gen. Es.
person, the surveyor general of the territory
has his eye upon MI. B. N. Smith, who is
endeavoring to grab the land at Sand Lake
in Sphinx Co.. and will defeat his nefarious
purpose. If al the government officers
were as vigilant as Gen. Esperson there
would be fewer swindlesN for the people to
endure, and the operations of rogues in gen.
eral would be less prominent.
A team of horses attached to . lumter
wagon. belonging I q farmer, ran away
this morning from one Of the ,elevat m 10
the lower part Of town. They ran up
Third street to Broadway, and up Broad way
to near the corner Of Fourth, where they
10 contact with . sign post, one Of the
horses striking ito head against the pos.
With such force ~ to knock one Of its eyes
entirely out. Beyond this and the breaking
Of the posi-. no damage was done.
Two big lubberly fellows ahiui morniue
undertook to make . few ~bystanders near
Broadway and Third street believe that
they were terrible shoulderlhitting pusiliss.
After 9 deal of brave talk they retired 10 the
rear Of Wynn & Buckwalter's store 70
smash each other, where they did . little
snide sparring, but seeing that no one was
going to interfere TO part them they shook
hsnds and went off to take q drink. Neither
Of them possessed courage enough to pull q
Getting hen of her nest.
Mr.. CIV. Blum. died YESTERDAY, morning.
after . brief illness, Of congestion Of the
brain. Her husband, Capt. G. w. Blunt, il
pilot on the teamer Benton, nov absent on
. trip to Fort Benton, and her son Charlie.
il pilot on the steamer Nellie Peck, abasnt
On tripto Fort Pierre: Th.is.sersbo.a ir
expected,hsrs thh evening, butssis sformsf
will probably be absent two or three weeks.
Mrs. Blunt was . very estimable lady,
and had many warm friends VITO sincerely
mourn her untimely death. The funeral
will not take place until The arrivals of rela.