Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-24
NORTHERN NEBRASKA

Niobrara has string band consisting of
six pieces.
The Niobrara brass band are building
Music Hall.
Deer are quite numerous on the L ogan
river this fall.
Some very fine chestnuts have been raised
in Antelope county.
Dakota City is headquarters for profess
sional chicken thieves.
Neigh is the second largest town in the
Elk Horn river valley.
The Niobrara brass band give an opening
hop ON Thanksgiving night.
The st. Helena Nonpareil says Yank-
ton barber has located there.
There are over hundred pupils in al.
tendance at the public schools of Dakota
City.
Several members of the Masonic frater.
nifty are about TO organize lodge in Mo.
brara.
The Red Ribbon club at Havkeye is q
decided success. There are eighty sisners
and room for more.
The Literary Notes, Nebraska's excellent
educational newspaper, has been enlarged
auu generally improved.
The Fremont Herald has little faith in
the proposed Union Pacific branch from
that town to Sioux City.
The Ponca Courier says: The Pierce
County Call comes to this Office, but ia 90
poorly printed we don't know what it con.
tains.
A jack rabbit. with pack of dogs and
men in full pursuit, through the main street
of Neigh, Antelope county, caused ripple
OF excitement one morning last week.
Dakota City is rejoicing in genuine
haunted house in its neighborhood. Dim
lights, mysterious footballs, hazy forms and
walls of anguish are about the ghostly prem
Uses.
Geo. L. Boals, jr., one Of the industrious
young farmers of Dakota county, has within
the past four weeks husked and cribbed
over 1000 bushels of corn without any
assistance.
The building of the new ferry boat at
Dakota City is being rapidly pushed for.
ward. The hull is about finished, and as
soon as the river freezes up the machinery
Of the CDR. Burleieh" will be transferred.
Herman Dannert, in going from Bazile
Mills to his home at Kemma, November
18th, was instantly killed BY the upsettine
of his wagon into q ravine. Herman was
well.known by all the old settlers as kind
hearted man, and as good and congenial
citizen, friendly to all. He leaves q wife
and one child very comfortably provided
for.
Niobrara Pioneer The Hinman church
trial has been the topic of Santee agency
n n ri ho r ~.
ecclesiastical court were in Niobrars on
Monday for evid ence, but the whole affair
has become SO sickenine, and all through
been 40 childishiy dealt with BY Bishop
Hare and his assistants, that those who have
clined 10 let the church fight it out on its
own line hereafter.
Preparations are being made to put IN
business opposite Niobrara, at the terminus
Of the Milwaukee road. II. NJ. Wilcox Of
Niobrara, is going to start branch of his
lumber yard and grain-buying depot there
at once, and it is reported the. st. Cpsix
Lumber company are going to do likewise.
Mr.. E. p. Wilcox of Yankton, has gone to
Milwaukee to procure a good location for
the new yard.
Niobrara Pioneer !: The incorporators Of
the Bank of Nionrara have Withdrawn from
the corporation, and this week Mrs. Sher.
mau, who was to furnish considerable capi.
tai, and, il is said, had taken several thous-
and dollars worth of stock and paid for it,
has had Doctor Holmes up for obtaining
money under false pretenees. The doctor
was to be the cashier, but it appears his gen.
tlemanly demeanor was all the capital be
had, "a he ia unable 10 pay back something
like $3.50 advanced by Mrs. Sherman. *