Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-11

+. MINER, w. b.
Clerk Chairman.
THE RIVER.
The river is slowly falling.
Col. Akin has opened his steamboat Office
in Sioux City.
The G K Peck will leave Yankton for
Benton about the 18th.
The Peck boats have q few more loads ON
last years Indian contract.
The steamer Niobrara left Yank,ou for
Niohrara yesterday afternoon.
The steamer Far West will be the next
boat out for Benton after the Rosebud. She
will leave Yankton Monday or Tuesday.
The steamer Rosebud. .Jchn Todd mas.
ter aud Williams Perkins CLERK, will leave
tonight, or early tomorrow morning. for
Benton, with $50 tons If government and
private freight and q dozen passengers.
St. Louis Times-Journal, Sth: Capt. Nick
Buesea, Of the big Montana, was on Change
yesterday. and received the congratulations
Of his friends. His boat will he Of for
Benton to-day with a big trip, including 100
passengers. Jas. l. Earle is her chief clerk.
A ba. is forming at the lower warehouse
and the Rosebud was compelled to move
down stream several lengths this morning
to finish her load. 1t looks as though
the channel was going TO leave Ysnktou
entirely and compel a landing a mile or two
below town.
The steamer Bachelor has not vet ar
rived from Bismarck on her way to Sioux
City, and she may not come, though the
Bismarck Tribune announces her depar-
ture for st. Paul. 1t looks as though the
Powers line and It. satellites were playing q
game of bluff with the Northern Pacifc
railroad and at the same time holding out
empty inducements TO Sioux City. The N.
P. has cut its eye teeth and the game won't
win.
Bismarck Tribune, 9th: Tue ferry I'm.
ion is now running between the Fort and
the landing at Bismarck, it being ,npossi-
to get from the Point to this city. -. The
Eighteenth infantry is expected here next
Tuesday. The steamers Key West and
Josephine will take the regiment up the
river. Capt. Grant Marsh moved the
Bachelor to the landing on Wednesday and
left for St. Paul in the evening. -. The
boats which wintered at Burnt creek NOV
ed downawith the ice to the landing, and
are now undergoing repairs and loading for
their first trips this season. The river in
front Of the city was within eighteen inches
Of being at the top of the bank Yesterday,
and the bottom below the ways was over
flowed. Last night it had fallen eighteen
inches, 40 all danger Of an overflow is now
passed. The steamer Eclipse, Capt. Geo
, D. Moore, made q voyage to Fort Lincoln
aud return. transferring a number of the
Northern Pacific party, and some of the
freight of the North western stage company
} The Coulson line steamers Key West and
} Josephiae were dropped down to the ware,
} house, and are nov loading for Fort Benton.
} They will depart for Benton next week
} The Col. hcLeod aud Benton are also in
drst class order and are now On berth at the
landing.
George E. Cole and Herman Buerdorf,
who are passengers or the General Terry,
send us the following statement of the
progress of the voyage. from Springfield,
dated the 10th Inst: Steamer General Ter
~ has just reached Springfield. Consider,
ing the storm she had TO contest with che
has made good time. She left Yalkton on
the evening Of April 9Th. at 7:30 o'clock
with 204 tons of freight and AZ passengers,
crossed over 70 Green Island where che
took o. IL tons Of potatoes and laid up fol
the night. Got under way at s Q. M. or
the 9th. Passed the steamer Big Horn an
der way just below Loebor's wood yard and
took on 10 cords of cottonwood. Steame,
Big Horn was wooding there when We left
Was compelled TO tie up on account o.
wind and rain at 10 q. m. sboye Antelop>
point. Remained there the rest of the day
Got under way this morniog at $50
Landed st Hayes wood yard and took on 1
cords of cottonwood. Landed at the foo
of Bon Homme Island and took on 20.
sacks Of -four, 20 hogs and 6 barrels of eggs
also 1914 cords Of hard wood. Landed .
Bon Homme at 10 80 0. d. and put of Dl
W. A Burleigh asd wife. Landed At Spring
field at l rs p. N j. and pu, off J.. g. Mea'
and SON. and b. H. Wood. Took on 4 bar
rels Of eggs and 3 tons Of miscellaneou
!. freight.
] Two hundred shawls. comprising Thibe,
Paisley. Shetland. Isle thread. cashmer.
wool. and cotton, st eli prices, Just receive'
from New York City sno for ssie BY l.. D
Farmer.