Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-10

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LOCAL LAceNIcs.
Blowing Goose's Indian name is Maya
bo-be-da.
Don't forget the candy pull at the Uni
v%ersalist chapel this eve.
Mrs. Ira Barnes died at FIVE o'clock this
morning, of heart disease.
Applicants for legislative positions are
beginning to show their hands.
Don't forget the sociable and candy pull
at the Universalist chapel this eve.
Andrew Burleigh, was yesterday admit
ted to practicein the courts of Dakota.
The Odd Fellows are moving today into
their new lodge :oom in Cox's block.
To-dsy's weather is warmer and cloudy, |
with prospects Of a genuine snow storm.
Who will be president of the council and
speaker Of the house is yet an uncertain
question.
There will be q meeting Of the members
Of the Society Of the Children of Mary, at
4. o'clock on Sunday next.
Several members of the legislature living
in adjoining counties will arrive tomorrow
and the aucuses will probably be held
Monday.
Marshal Bates and wife celebrated their
third wedding anniversary, last night, BY
calling in a few of their friends and giving
them . pleasant entertainment.
Rev. j. L. Whitney, a seventh day Adven.
tist minister, from Utica. New York, has
come to Dakota to put in a year of labor
and will make his headquarters at Swan
Lake.
The week of prayer is being generally
observed In Yankton and each nights SEES.
sion develops added interest in the cause.
Many new converts are announcing their
intentions:
The weather indications for the upper
Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys are:
Rising barometer. warmer southerly shift
ing to cooler north winds. partly cloudy
weather, and occasional rain and snow.
1t is remarked by people who live 10
Vermillion that whenever DR.. Burdlck
goes over to Nebraska on professional bus.
mess the land rises severa! feet on the Da-
kota side as o o as be gets off. 1t is also
told as a remarkable coincidence that q cor
responding depression occurs on the other
shore as soon as Burdick lands.
The photograph men who exhibited here
the other night jumped the own without
settling their hall rent with Valentine, and
to make the case still more aggravating, they
carried off the hall key and made it necessa-
~ for Valentine to break open the door and
then buy a new lock. He is not hankering
after any more photograph shows. |
An extensive sleigh ride and ball was
given last night, by Walter A. Burleigh, il.
and c. A. Dodge, to a party oftheir friends,
a six horse sleigh and a four horse sleigh
carried out the fret part of the programme,
and though the snow is thin and bare spots
numerous it was a pleasant sleigh ride.
followed at the Merchants hotel,
which lasted until nearly morning.
The collector of Internal Revenue deposi-
ted yesterday, in the First National Bank,
sl35. of which, $3.50, was gold. This was
paidin by Edmunds & Wynn, bankers, Of
his city. Gold and g~reenbacks are now on
. par, paper being preferred by most peo-
and large amounts Of gold that have I
'een boarded up in stockings for long years
will come forth andsbecome s part OF the
circulating medium ofthe country.
The parties who last summer attempted
% settle in the dirt. lodge region, on the
Jim, and we're compelled by the Blowing
Goose Indians to abandon their improve
nents and 90 to Wah Bay, have written to
Governor Howard to ascertain whether or
lot they are to be permitted to hold, peace. !
'ble possession of that country. They ex-
,ress a fear that the Indians will return In
be spring. This is one of the most desir.
'ble spots 10 Dakota and settlers should be
projected from mo lestation by this renegade
laed of government coffee coolers.
This nrhdaysss get apart by the evangeli-
alliance to be devoted to.prayer: for the
'enift Of editors and newspaper rpublishes.
7or fear the public may misconstrue the in
.entions Of the alliance in singing out as
objects of special concern this particular
class Of public benefactors, We desire to ex.
'lain that the ~dispensation was intended
o apply only to snch newspapers as the Bis
narck Tribune and the Vermillion Repub- I,
lean. The rest Of us are good enough. The
My mistake the alliance has made IL that
! didn't MAKE 1t q Whole week instead Of a
10y.
Alfred Burnhau1 and wife. Mas Alice
3urnhsm aud Miss Nettie HOWE, will start
morning for the Black Hills. By