Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-19

Monday Evening, May 10, 1879
LOCAL LAcoMcs.

LOCAL LAco6scs.
R.sal.i meeting y y. city equneipl
q = skpeetsd that tho territoriA distr
court viii resume operations in about
week, On jury trials.
There was . lively shower early Il
morning. which Wa well received BY I
believers in water straight.
A1ct1srAmiliary family made happ
He kassabaldoaed the error Of hissway
and now rsposes in Murphy's bosom.
The calabooss has one occupant ca
of ccnmoa drunk. The victim having i
money to PAY the fne is sweating out Il
penalty.
A fellow Who swore OF the other nigh
said he did Il with charity towards non
and malice for oil, but he evidently mean
it the other way.
. The 9Th annual meeting Of the Yankto,
board of education will occur OF the 20tl
inst, at which a president and secretary o
of the board will b elected.
The team belonging to M. Hirshstein,
cigar manufacturer, ran away this afternoon.
Mr.. H, who was driving, was thrown out
and slightly injured in the face.
A. Wakefield, convicted in the
United States court Of horse stealing, wa
sentenced on Saturday to serve six months
in the Minnesota prison. at Saltwater.
Governor Howard ibis afternoon ap-
pointed A. F. Flagg as district attorney for
the fourth judicial district, and instructed
Secretary Hand to issue his commission.
A ride in the country-one of those rare
Injuries an editor seldom INDUCES in
convinces US that the Lord has done all
that could DO asked Of Him. If our FARM
ers fail, it's their own fault.
The work Of removing the manure piles,
and the winters accumulation Of other offal
10 progressing satisfactorily, and in . short
time the city will be- safe. from the danger
of sickness from these sources Il. bxgr
MI. Rifenburg, formerly of Wisconsin, has
purchased the Simmons farm of 400 acres,
three miles west of town. on the Boa
Homme road and will Immediately erect .
residence and otherwise improve the prop
erty. The price paid was 5000. /
District Attorney Flag has resigned his
position and it is about settled that he will
DO appointed district attorney Of the new
fourth district. He makes this change be-
cause it enables him to live at Sioux FALLS
where his business is located. The second
district loses N efficient officer.
Another old bachelor has been made hap.
py. This time it is Fayette Place, . former
Yanktonian, now the owner of valuable
mining interests in the Black Hills. He
was married this morning, by Rev. Jos.
Ward, to Miss Kate Espey, the very estims-
bic daughter Of 3 Yankton county farmer.
Judge Moody brought back with him from
Deadwood a sample chip from the Caledonia
lode, which is a mixture Of quartz and slate
and is s%prinkled all over with free gold. 1t
is BY far the richest specimen We ever saw.
Two or three tons of it would be equivalent
to . fortune.
Mr.. Hoofstitler closed up his two weeks'
lAbors in behalf Of Temperance last evening
and his closing night crowded the house
with listeners. About dfty new names
we're added to the pledge. If we have
kept accurate count nearly four huadred
persons have signed the pledge during Mr..
Hoofstitler's stay.
Phil 4. Faulk, who has been engaged for
two years past in acting As attorney for
Chas. 81. Putney, in prosecuting . claim
for pension, was notified on Saturday last
that the claim had been allowed, commenc.
ing on the 18th day Of September, 1858, at
$4-per month, which amounts to date to
the snug little sun Of $3.50. Mr.. Putney
was a sergeant in company G.. 9th Wiscon-
sin, and obtains this pension for partial par
alysis Of left shoulder contracted in the mi
litarv service ofEihe United States, while
in the line of duty.
The r~esieuation Of District Attorney
Flagg, occasioned by the recent division of
the second judicial district, has placed in
the field several applicants for the position
held BY him. Z. B. French, Phil. K. Faulk,
and s. A. Boyles are among the number
who have applied to Governor Howard 70,
the place. Mr.. French was first in the
field, and has secured the endorsement O
many leading business men Of Yankton.
The weather indications for the uppe,
Mississippi and lower Missouri Valley are
Falling barometer, generally warmer, partly
cloudy or cloudy weather, local rains, ani
increasing south winds, following in tn,
Missouri Valley by rising barometer.
Adlers& ohlm,.n have nov In store ,tb,
largest stock, greatest variety. and very bss
quality Of Cigars and LIQUORS ever brou,h