Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-16
SOUTHERN DAKOTA.

The Rockport Pioneer will soon remove
to Alexandria.
Watertown is considering the feasibility
of building q Jail.
Flandreau has a night watch man aud a
new doctor from Iowa.
Hanson county farmers are organizing
against horse thieves.
The Episcopal church of Elk Point is in
a fourishing condition.
Wolves are quite numerous in the imme
date vicinity of Canton.
Sioux Falls has . whist club, reading
club and a dancing club.
Street lamps are being put up all over
the streets of Sioux Falls.
The Turner county teachers institute is
just concluded at Swan Lake.
Rev. DR.. Hoyt holds Episcopal services
in Parker every other Sunday.
There were seven divorce cases at Lincoln
cuunty's seat last term of court.
Tyndal is the name Of the new Town be-
tween Springfield and Scotland.
A Lennox store was robbed of twenty
five dollars one day last week.
Parties from Wisconsin are talking Of
improving the Canton water power.
The corn crop in Turner county is larger
this year than any season previous.
The latest indications are that Flandreau
will soon have its sixth lumber yard.
1t is estimated that coal can be delivered
at Scotland for from 81 to SIS per ton.
There we're two deaths from that dreaded
disease, dip,heria, in Turner, last week.
The Ulivet Chronicle is enlarged to an
eight page paper and otherwise improved.
1t is said that parties from Yaukton will
erect . large steam Touring mill at Scotland
soon.
A. B. Funk, the founder OF the Flandreau
Enterprise has been elected mayor Of Spirit
Lake.
The Roscoe mill runs night and day, and
then is unable to supply the great demand
for -four.
The iron horse on the Southern Mime
sofa road ran into the Town of Roscoe last
Thursday.
George Evans, hotel clerk at Rockport.
is reported to have married q German Girl
worth $4,000.
The water in the Vermillion river is go
I low that the grist mills depending upon it
are all closed.
The first child born 10 Parker was born
: to Mr.. and Mrs. Hutchins and christened
Parker Hutchins.
!, Parker is scarcely four months old and
contains several stores, a bank, photograph
gallery, newspaper, etc.
q built at Sioux Falls will be the finest build.
IL inn IF tho lind ~ Tho tor,;to,-
Lawyers and jurymen in attendance upon
! the last Lincoln county term of court near
" blushed themselves sick.
le Trains running east and west of Cantor
re we're all abandoned last Wednesday nigh
J. on account of the heavy fall of snow.
,e The business men of Parker are Justly in
~ dignant over the delay of postal authorize,
" in not giving them daily mail service.
McCook. county has only one schoo
ne house, and is unable to stand the ex
pense of keeping that in running order.
The disastrous fire at Canton last wee
has been . convincing argument ia favor
q fire organization to every resident of tn,
town.
e. The greatest society affair that has eve
IRE occurred in Flandreau will be the gran
ball given by the Masonic lodge on Chris
mas eve.
in Parker has a literary society. Gener,
Ill Beadle Was present at the first meeting
OF this society and delivered an eloquent, lite
Mr.. airy address.
Of. Two young babes, one belonging TO M,
~ N. Walsh, and one to Mrs. H. Cooley, DO
y, Of Gary, have been found dead in the
;e.I beds recently.
he. A man by the name of Schetzner Is mi,
ing from near Nation City, supposed
will have been lost in the binding storm Of i,
Tuesday night
ain. Mrs. Drew and daughter Of Sioux CT,