Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-07
TINE RIVER

The stcamcr N;obrars will arrive from
below this evening, on her way to Mo.
brara.
The Benton is advertised to leave for IT.
Pierre to morrow on the arrival Of the
train.
The C. X. Peck had her chimneys knock.
ed down while passing under the Union
Pacific bridge at Omaha.
The Meade has taken OH q load Of freight
for Mandan, the new town opposite Bis
marck, aud will be here from Sioux City ON
Friday evening.
The steamer Red Cloud will arrive from
above this evening. aud will leave for 81.
Louis tomorrow morning. She passed
Yankton agency at l 80 to-day.
The Sioux City Journal says: The Fon
tenelle will go down to Decatur on Monday
for some corn there. On her return to this
city she will load for Cheyenne.
The c. K. Peck reached Plattsmouth
ahead Of the Dacotah and took the bigg est
part Of the Dacotah's load Of grain-about
600 TONS but the Dacotah managed to secure
a good load, as there was more corn there
than the G. X. Peck could carry.
The Black Hills arrived at daylight this
morning, having transferred her load to the
Western. The Black Hills has a broken
shaft, and will have to remain here some
time waiting for a new one; in the mean.
time workmen have gone to work at her
and taken her wheel to pieces.
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil says: The
steamer G. X. Peck passed this point on
Saturday last on her way 10 St. Louis. Since
starting from St. Louis April 5 last, the G.
K. Peck has travelled 10000 miles and han
died 2,4o0 tons Of freight. She has a capa-
city Of 100 tons burden. She takes 600 tons
Of corn from Plattsmouth to St. Louis, and
took several hundred empty beer-barrels
from our neighboring city.
A Bismarck dispatch of August 4th says:
Edward McGuire's engineering Parties left
on the steamer Helena for the upper Mis-
souri, river. One of them will work on
Dauphin rapids, and complete that work
this fall another commences at Kipp's
rapids, and works down to Dauphin. The
third party will finish Grand Island, and
then 60 to Shankin, eight miles below Ben.
ton, and work down. Another liberal ap-
preparation will give unobstructed naviga-
ton until the river freezes over.
The river opposite the government ware
houses is in very bad shape. This morn
ing there was barely five feet of solid foot
ing between the buildings and the water.
Since day before yesterday over fifteen feet
of bank has caved in. Major Grimes has
telegraphed the railroad company at Sioux
City regarding the situation but nothing
has yet been done in regard to moving the
buildings. 1.-THE cutting continues all day,
the government warehouses will be in the
river inside of twenty-four hours. The
Benton has had to move further up the
river as she could not load where she was
on account Of the caving in OF the bank
Huge cakes Of earth weighing two or three
tons fell in with a splash this morning as
VIC were taking in the situation. Engineer
Wattles of the Dakota Southern, was here
Tuesday, and reported that there was no
immediate danger, but since then the
bank has been rapidly caving in and unless
the buildings are moved across the track
will certainly go into the river. The
Dakota Southern is not entirely out of
danger. There is a space of about forty or
fifty feet between the track and the river,
if the cutting continues, the distance
will be greatly lessened in a few days.
Early in the spring Sioux City made it a
special point to attempt to convince the
outside world that the landing at Yankton
had been destroyed by the forming Of sand
bars and the departure of the river channel
from our shore. Though there was no
truth in this, the enterprising people OF our
n%elghborlng town did not hesitate to give
out the fiction about the time the military
and Indian contracts we're pending. Asso
ciated press and special kilograms went
forth to the effect that Yankton's landing
was destroyed, with the hope that the bogus
information might affect the award. It
failed, however, and the Coulson line
gathcred.ln the contracts. Steamboats, con-.
tlnued to land. at our levee. take Oh their
loads and depart. without any diff ulty.
But it seems that retributive justice has
now got Sioux City where their hair is
short. The channel which was wont 10
flow along Its river front has gone over to
the Nebraska side and In its place an ex-
tensive bar has formed. The Sioux Civ
tans have built a bridge from the shore to
this bar over which steamboat freight il
carted to the outer edge of the bar and
placed on the boats. By another year they
may have to carry goods across to Coving-
ton in sklffs and there put them on the
steamers. If Sioux City puts off the day
OF repentance and reformation much longer
1t will surely become an inland town,