Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-05
LOCAL LAcoswu.

LOCAL lAC0NDcS,
The Vinton. Eldsidgs wedding will oce
II Christ church this evening. 70 b {
lowed BY . recepsion at Judge E!dridg
houDe.
Trscklsyers began wsrk TO day on d
Firesteel branch Of the Milwaukee roo
Mansgsr Merrill teleersphs that the tras
will b laid westward to within ten miles
Mitchell this fall and through to Niche
II the weather permits.
The weather indications for the upp.
Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys ar
Partly cloudy weather and arrears Of raj
and snow, falling followed BY rising baron
etsr, slight rise in temperature and wind
mostly from south to west.
The wonan's Temperance Union vii
meet IN the club room Friday afternoon, 4
3o'clock. Az this is the regular bushes
meeting, and there 10 business ofimportanc
to transact, the members Of the Union Ar
earnestly desired to be present.
Eastern papers announce the marriage o
A. w. HASTE, district attorney Of the Blacl
Hills district, to Mis- Hattie belong, O
Galesburg, Illinois. The marriage epidemic
seems to have struck the district attorney
fraternity telling blow within the past few
months. French, ofthe second district; Flsga
Of the fourth and nov HASTE, Of the first,
have gone the way Of ali desh, and ex.Dis.
trict Attorney Faulk falls into line to. COM
plds the quartette.
A telegram was to-day forwarded from
from the Indian department instrncting all
Indian agents at the Sioux agencies, other
wise than the agent At Spotted Tail, 10
arrest all Indians belonging to Spotted Tail
agency, found away from home, deprive
them Of their arms and ponies and require
them to labor for their living or 60 without
anything to eat This is an order which
should be vigorously enforced.
The district court convened for the fall
session this morning, Judge Shannon pre-.
siding. The territorial grand jury reported
and J.. r. Sanborn was appointed foreman.
Judge Shannon delivered his charge t the
Jury. He called particular sttention to the
escape of Hansen and directed the jury to
enquire into the circumstances. The action
of the county commissioners In refusing 10
allow the accounts of the sheriff for services
10 unorganizsd counties, was also severely
criticised by the court.
The Bismarck Tribune lately started . 70
port rejecting upon the integrity OF Fred
Edgar. which was copied by the Press and
Dakotaian. We are gratifed TO know ,ha,
1t contained no truth and we give Mr.. Ell.
ger the benefit Of the following explaua.
lion from the Central City Herald: "There
is q great hue aud CRY being made over Fred
Edgar. BY two or three small irresponsible
sheets in the territory. Mr.. E lxar is 10
Central City attending strictly to his own
business. His part Of this business, q sort of
special duty az 1t were. will be 10 interview
some ofthe sis's afore mentioned With q
three year old club"
The returns on the district attorney elcc.
ton. SO far as received, indicate the election
OF Mr.. Gamble, the republican candidate,
BY . large msiority. Yanktos county gives
him 279 majority and Bon Homme county
1s5 majority. In Hutchinson county the
Olivet p~recioct gives Gamble IS and Sphinx
8, and Aiter's precinct Gamble IL and
Sphinx 8. . majority for Gamble of SO in
those preclncts. It ID said By asgentem.n
from that locality that the whole 81 Hutch.
inson county will not give Sphinx more than
dftesn votes. Gamble's majority ID the dis.
trIct will be about six hundred.