Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-08

A travelling man appeared q ono Of u
levee houses Saturday Night at . very ID,
hour and reported that he had bsen wy
laid on First street aud robbed Of twenty
dve dollars. Az his complaint vas no On
tered at the proper tribunal the authorIlle
have not investigated tho case.
The passenger train, on the road whicl
was formerly known as the Dakota Southern
now leaves Yankton at six o'clock in til,
morning and arrives at seven in the even
inz. the change going into effect this morn
ing. By this afransensnt . daily trair
between Yankton and Sioux Falls il se
cured. 8
sThe Sioux City Journal has Information
that ono Of the two companies now At Forl
Bennett will be ordsred.ts suly next week.
Four companies will winter ct the latter
tort. Col. Wood, the commander, is at Fl.
l4sede prssidins In The Reno trial. The
Indian police have ordered the WOOD chop
psrs 70 cease outing timber ON the reserve
ton. .'ssffs
The, weather indications for the upper
Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys are :
Rapidly falling, preceded in the former, BY
rising barometer, cold north winds, shifiug
to lsss cold east and south. partly cloudy
weather, and in the southern portions occa-
sional light snows during the day, followed
on Tuesday BY threatening weather with.
smow. y
Erick Erickson, residing neal Jim river,
has been missing since last Thursday morn
ing and though his friends have made faith.
full efforts in that direction no trace of his
whereabouts can b obtained. When b. left
home he went in the direction of the Mis-
souri, river, it was supposed for the purpose
procuring wood from the shore and bars.
He had with him . revolver and it is feared
that he has committed suicide or has been
killed. He has . wife but no
Judge West, attorney fol. the convicted
man, has received a full and unconditional
for Frank Ewes, found guilty, during
The late term Of the United States court, Of.
The crime Of cutting aud removing timber
from Wheaton's island, in Big Stone lake
Judgment had been suspended to await the
result Of an application for pardon and Mr..
Ewes goes free without any sentence having
been passed. His offense was technical
violstion Of m intricate Law. The pardon
came from President Hayes.
The district court for Yankton county
convened to-day for b%usiness, the petit jury
reporting At ten O'Clock. The following
arrangements we're the first order Of business.
Herman Edding, for shooting with intent to
kill, plead not guilty; Anthony Walsh, for
firing prairie, plead not guilty; William
Fahrenwald, for firing prairie, plead not
Joseph Gridell, for assault with in.
tent to kill, plead not guilty. The case Of
Edding, charged with shooting
and ~wounding Frank Schmoki and John
Gros,er, last June, at Turner hall, was first
called, and after ten jurors had been re.
jected, q jury was secured at halfpast three
this afternoon, and the cxse went to trial.
Sioux City Journal, 9Th: George E. Mer.
chant said yesterday In regard to the ferry
item In the Vermillion Republican Of Dec.
4 that the Sioux City and Dakota road had
for the past two years allowed one cent per
bushel to the ferries at Yankton and Yer.
million for oil wheat crossed to those towns
from Nebraska. The ferryboat at Vermil.
lien had been sunk in the storm of last Au.
gust, and he had told the citizens of that
town that his company would do what 1t
thought was its share towards securing ar
other ferryboat. He thought vermillion
could raise $500 bonus for Q boat, and that,
With what his company would help, it
would be q paying investment for some one
to put In Q good ferry there. Capt. Grant
Marsh offered to take 81. 1000 for the Yank-
ton ferryboat, which boat would carry five
teams and was large enough for vermillion.
The ferryboat ct this city, the DR.. BurleiRh,
u to DO sent to YaAkton another season If
that boat 10 sold.
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