Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-20
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Monday Evening, Jan. 90. 1879
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Sergeaat-a.-arms Dix has got that fs)
about right now, 81 4
District Attorney Flagg is attending
court at Elk Point.
The Netbodiei fhunhg 'choir, Is ENTITLED
to aSplacsF among ooafbe& husicsl etssni-
This mornings mercury was about thirty
above zero and all dav long mildness hes
prevailed. Sii R9E& ~ Ig8 +.
Rev. J. A. Potter preached q q able ser
mon to . large congregation in the N. p.
church lsst evening. w
Elmer J. welby, aged Eve years and
eight months, /. son of Timothy J. and q:
H. Welby, died yesterday, of Group. 4s.
The meeting of the scientific association
will be held on Tuesday evening Of this
week, instead Of Wednesday, as usual.
There was a crowded house at Can,pbelPs
opera show on Saturday night last. Five
female artists appeared in the performances.
John Coonce has corralled seven perform.
crs in Chicago for his. Sioux CRY theatre
and ia now about ready to open his fcstab-i
lishmcnt for the amusement of our neigh,
bors. .
One of our Yankton young men informed
a Third street merchant one day last week
that heswas t~wenty-one years Of age. The
dealer in. merchandise wanted to know how
he knew he was twenty because"
said the young man. "rv'e had the seven
years itch three times.p at
The Chicago and Northwestern railroad
company is casting longing eyes upon the
Dakota Southern line and it is not impro-
bible that it may acquire possession Of the
connecting link between Sioux City and
Yankton and make our city its western ter
minus.
Peter Burns, a boy Of - years, had an
examination on Saturday last before Justice
White charged with attempted larceny Of a
toy of the value Of twenty-five cents from
II. A. Schoregge's confectionery store. E.
G. Adams and Olivor Shannon appeared
for prosecationsand Phil Z. Faulk, for the
defence. =
The weather indications for the upper
Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys are
Increasing cloudiness and possibly areas Of
tnow, variable winds mostly from north to
west, falling following by rising barometer
in the southern and eastern portions. Du'
ring the rest Of Monday, rising tempera'
tnre.
Miss Susie Adams died this morning al
one o'clock at the residence of her parents
on the corner of Fifth and Cedar streets
The deceased was aged twenty-one years ant
the oldest daughter Of Thomas Adams. Sh'
fell a victim to that lingering disease con
sumption. The funeral services will Tbs
held at the Catholic church on Wednesday
morning 22d inst. at half past nine o'clock
The family of Mr.. Adams has many friends
who sympathjze with them in this bereave.
ment.
Articles of Incorporation of the Mime.
apo!is and Dakota Northern Narrow Guage
railroad were filed to-day in the Office Of the
secretary Of the territory. The proposed
road il pDSlcsommence 1t d point on the Rel
River Of the North =. Or near the north
line Of ~Tsaillscouuty, running thence int
northerly direction through the towns OF
Caledonia, Frog Point, and Grand Forkste
a point on the northern boundarysof the
territory. The offiicersSof the company are
Frank Vets president, and j. G. Hamilton
secretary.
40 ElkssPoint correspondent Of the Sioux
City Journal learns, BY . private lettefffrom
Yankton agency that Maj. Douglas, agent
of the Yankton Indians, was very seriously
injured last week. Nappears by this sor&
dependence that the psjorand Dr.. Daniels
were returning from q visit to Major Pol
locks father, at old Ponca agency, who is
lying verysick, when his horse fell and
Major Douglas leg was broken twice. He
was removed to his home and is as comfort
able as coald be expected, although at first
was thought he could not survive the
shock, he being quite an old man.
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