Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-03
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YANKTON, O
Monday Evening, Nov. 3, 1879.
LOCAL LAcoNlcs.

this afternoon that the Rev. Joseph Ward
is to remain as pastor ofthe Yankton church
The First National bank received Satur-
day night one thousand new silver dollars
fresh from the mint. Their weight is six.
ty two pounds.
John Ness, brooght before the police JUS.
tice charged with disorderly conduct, this
morning. was found guilty. He paid the
fine and costs and went his way.
During the month of October GS, 03O
acres Of land was taken BY settlers at the
Yankton land Office. This represents On
increase Of about 1000 in the Populate n
of this land district.
On Sunday next Mrs J. Ellen Foster, OF
Iowa, will begin a series of temperance lee.
lures in this city, under the auspices of the
woman's temperance society. She will re-
main here six DAYS.
The weather indications for the upper
Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys are
Cold north wind. shifting to warmer east to
south winds. clear or partly cloudy weather
and slowly falling barometer.
The Congregational association closed its
session in this city last night with an able
address from Rev. DR.. Coe, secretary of the
home missionary association, which va.
listened to BY a crowded house.
James NJ. Cooley who shot Christopher
Fenier dead upon the streets of Sioux CITY
last Friday, has been exonerated BY the coro.
ner's jury and discharged from custody. He
did the shooting in self defense.
Estelline, Hamlin county, was the tirs,
Dakota postofice established on the recon-.
mendation Of Judge Bennett. after he be-
came delegate to congress. In honor of the
event It was named Estelline, after Judge
Bennett's eldest daughter,
People who have letters to write or news.
papers to send should do it this week with.
out fail, and then they can take a rest
Postmaster Howard has been directed t.
count all letters, parcels. and papers passing
through his Office during the week, and upor
this count the business of the Office for til,
year will be estimated. All postmasters il
the country have received similar instruc
tions. and the result of the counts will b,
published in the newspapers of the land.
Parker, OF the surveyor-generals Office, ha
been trying for several days to ret some o
his friends to go out on a turkey hunt. I
now t%ranspires that he is the only man i,
the community who has lost q turkey,
fat spring gobbler he had been fattenine i,
his back yard for Thanksgiving. It va
just in q condition for the governors proc
lamation when it broke loose, and has eon
off over the prairies. Parker expects I
visit his brother-in-law on Thanks9iyin,
day.
Sioux City Journal: Red Jacket. o
Yankton, came to this city with . soldie
friend . few days ago and the two have h.
lots Of fun during their ~sojouru here. Ye
terday the twain turned up in the poll,
court where they claimed that some $50 b
longing to the woman, which the soldier b.
deposited with the proprietor Of their hot
was withheld from them. Later in the ev
ming abe was of the opinion that the soldi,
he'd spent the money in riotous living ~
wanted him arrested. 1t was necessary
Danish her from this town about a year a.
Since then she has been making il live,
for the Yankton peace officers, with occ
sional tours to Fort Randall.