Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-03

o u. Ftresteel has Q mo townstte whlcl
Mitchell hes not. IN fact the surrounding
Of the two places will not bear compari
son.
Among the buildings lately erected Is
chalk rock house belonging to s. Norton
1t Is . good substantial building and an or.
aamsat to the towp
Ned Calhoun treads his native heath on
claim touching the now townsite. He is u
irrepressible 40 ever aud looks like
U. 8. senator on an oflcial trip. He hal
COLLECTED . pile Of rock sufficient to build
penitentiary, with which he intends to erecI
q family mansion with all the modern i'm
provements. He 10 prospering, I am happy
to say. His family and himself are well
and happy and his programme for becoming
q millionaire, which he explained to me, Il
systematically laid out, but 10 too elaborate
to give in detail here.
Fred Myer had . pa.tner-not q female
and now Fred thinks co-partnership is q de.
fusion. His partner bore the name of B. F.
Edwards, which 10 good name enough,
but 1t is inferred here that he will bear that
name no more. as from some unexplained
cause dad health probably he quietly
skipped" the country and is 10 on his
way to join In the fall political campaign.
The simple fact Of his departure causes no
grief as he was not . great acquisition to
the town. but in the hurry of business and
owing to his numerous engagements 10 the
east, he forgot to pay his board bill and 9TH
or little trifes Of a similar nature. and now
the accommodating people who implicitly
trusted him, ardently wish for an iteryiew.
He may remit.
notice Mr.. Green has been compelled
to build an extension to his hotel to enable
him to accommodate his large number of
patrons. This is as it ought to be. as Mr..
G. knows how to keep a hotel.
Mitchell City can boast Of one good thing
and that is an unlimited supply Of chalk
rock, as there are several good quarries in
the vicinity from which it is to be presumed
the future city will in a great measure be
built.
Reporters now and then drop on a soft
thing" Here is an example: Mr.. Alter.
ton and family, accompanied by his two
nieces, Misses Blanche and Lu 4Alterton,
took advantage Of q fine day on Sunday
and with baskets and a. I'VE almost said
aasks) we'll filed started up the Jim for ,
good time. 1t was a mystery to me how
met them, but I did, nevertheless, at tn,
camp of Messrs. Cushman, Oliver Shannon
and Harris. An invitation vas extended
to the driver, MI. Hurds and my
self to join the festivities, which it is need
less to say was cheerfully accepted. Prairie
riding sharpens the appetite, and l suspec
Mr.. Alterton thought so too when he cav
the havoc made with the contents of tn,
baskets, &c. We had a pleasant time ane
l left the party with regret; in fact too full,
for ut,erance. Such is the luck Of re-
porters.
Messrs. Harris and Oliver Shannon wer,
absent 80 1 had not the pleasure Of seeing
them. The boys are furnished with a ten
and are putting up three hundred tons O
hay.
james Foster lives three miles above the
cl .ims of Cushman, Shannon and Harris
where he has opened a new stock farm. He
and his family we're we'll and seem we'll
conten,ed in their prairie home.
Geo. B. Weston and E. Corliss are located
five miles above Mr.. Foster. They have a
a fine stock ranch and a good range their
cattle-3N in number-are in splendid
condition, and the per centage Of increase
shows how successful stock raising must be
in this country. They also preside owe,
the postofice.
Twenty-Five miles from Firesteel, VIM
G. Santee 10 located. he has so head O
cattle and is we'll pleased with his success
There are thirty children in this neighbor
hood and strange to. say, they have nj
school.
VIM. Mcfarland and w. E. Tate are alst
located in this vicinity and are doing yer,
we'll on their farms
G. H. Sweetzer, ]. T. Nelson, s. S. Mel
son and D. E. Brook have just arrived t.
settle on their claims. These gentlemen
form a part of the Sweetzer party who hav,
located claims on the Jim. When III,
whole party arrives they will compoe'
quite . settlement. =
1t seems difficult now to secure a claim
fronting on Jim river, as it looks to me a.
if most of them we're taken, which cause,