Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-09
W~EleHsoeHoop NEWS.
Southern Dakota is now in her glory.

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Southern Dakota is now in her glory.
Butter 10 . scarce article In Niobrara.
Flandreau will be an excellent point for
wheat buyers. a
Flandreau Is beginning 70 talk in earnest
about . library association.
The Dakota Southern people are enlarg-
ing their depot platform in Sioux City.
Moody county begins to feel the need Of a
bridge across the Sioux river At Elan.
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An Episcopalian Sunday school will be
organized In Springfield next Sunday after
noon. Ahi
Land Office business in Springfield was
the lightest 10 July 1t has been in . num-
of months. F.a5p
The grading on the new road between
Firesteel and Mitchell will be completed In
about two weeks.
Jackson, county has revoked the only
licensed saloon it had 6r the sale of intox-
icating beverages
The Times announces that the Spring
field depot for the Milwaukee road has been
located fright in town." one block weat Of
Bonesteel & Turner'S store.
Sioux City Journal: Pinafore Is the
most difficult opera yet attempted by our
home singers, but they presented it in a
most successful manner last night
The county commissioners of Duel
county have finally decided to have a court
house, to be % feet wide, 40 fee. long and
70 feet high. 1t is to be completed Sep.
TENDER Let.
Rockport Pioneer: MIR. Harvey, the ge-s
NAL landlord of the Merchants hotel at
Yankton, is In our town looking Immense,
He expects a rush at Yankton In conse.
qucnce Of the railroad coming.
R~ockport Pioneer: Capt. Lavender, Of
Yankton, came in 90 the stage Tuesday
evening. he is prospecting for . good. place
to sell groceries. He was offered some in.
ducements to build here. He wants to
look the ground oyer first and went on TO
Firesteel.
D. ]. spaulding, who has heavy interests
in Hamlin and Duel counties has failed
and made an assignment. He is said to
have been worth over 3 million dollars.
He has hosts of friends who truly sympa-
thize with him, and trust that his financial
embarrassment will be only temporary.
Young & Csdmsn, of Springfield, have
taken the contract for the wood work on
the new school building to be built o,
Springfield, off the hands of Mr.. Colby of
Yankton, who was the successful bidder for
the work, Mr.. G. not caring to do the work
after getting 1t.
Mr. George Cross was stacking grain
with Johnny Griffin IN the latter's farm
near Springfield last Friday when q severe
thunder storm came up, and while he was
on the top of a wagon in the field q bolt of
lightning struck bin, causing instant death.
The electric fluid. ran down his body, burn.
ing the hair from his head and scorchinp
the body, and passed on down by burning
q hole through his foot aud tearing off his
shoe. MI. Griffin. who Was on the ground
was so badly stunned as not to be able to
get up for some time. Both horses in the
team were knocked down and one of them
killed.
There is man in Gary, Duel county.
who slobbers like a home-sick BOBBY. He
writes to parties east that Sitting Bull Is his
nearest neighbor and very dangerous that
the winds blow and ruin the crops that
the grasshoppers put in an appearance
every year and take all4he winds leave, and
that he is in a starving condition, etc.
The fact of the matter is that the Indians
were never less numerous OF more peace.
able-that Sitting Bull is two Thousand
miles eway-that the wind does not blow
one whit harder there than elsewhere, and
that this selfsame man has a wheat field
that will average Is or 80 bushels of the
plumpest and heaviest kind of wheat to the
acre.