Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-20
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Thursday Evening, March 20, 1879
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Auburn, N. Y, March 18.-Burr &
Thorne's Touring :inill burned tonight.
Loss, $4,000 insurance $4,000.
Minneapolis, March ls.-The warehouse
of Wheaton, Reynolds Il Co.. sash, doors
fire last night. Loss, SlG,500; ingura1
$4,000.
New Orleans, March l8.-TI,e election Of
delegates 10 the constitutional convention
passed off quietly in this city. The regular
light.
Mauch Chunk, Pa, March 1.-THE K
animation of the sulphur which fell IN the
shower yesterday over the Lehigh valley
proves it to be the pollen from spires Of
pine caught up by the wind and carried from
the Jersey forests.
Louisville, KY, March ls.-Twelye per-
sons recently convicted of connterfeitiDg
were to-day sentenced to various terms in
the penitentiary at Joliet, i'll, by the Unit
ed States court Of this district.
New Iberia, La, March l7.-But little
interest was taken in the election to-day
which passed off quietly. The republicans
polled a heavy vote SO far as heard from,
elected Judge Fontelieu by a large majority
and gave Judge Simon, independent senate
rial candidate, a majority of about 800.
Westville, Ind, March l5.-Fifty years
ago to day the Grat settlement in La Porte
county was made by a Mrs. Benedict and
family and Henly Clyburne, a quarter of a
mile north Of this place. The anniversary
was celebrated here to day by erecting a
flag pole on the spot where the ~firsttent was
pitched, and by an Immense mass meeting
in Cattron hall.
San Francisco, March 1s.-The long con-
test between the Suttro Tunnel company
and the mining companies of the Comstock
lode was finally concluded this afternoon,
when all the parties interested gave their
adhesion to the articles OF compromise,
which were at once placed in the hands OF
the printer and will be ratified ss soon as
received from him. Until then the articles
will not be made public, but il is under
stood they involve a mutual concession.
New York, March 18.-The Times TO-
morrow will publish reports Of the actual
condition of trades, manufactures and other
Industries in fourteen states, and from busi'
ness centres in these states, showing tina,
the condition of the business interests oil
the. country AS compared with the outlook Il
year ago AT this time, gives promise of {
profitable seas IN, The beginning OF the TT,
turn of national prosperity and tse assur
ance of a general and apparently lasting re-
revival of business. The Times says ths
unanimity of expression as TO the favorable
outlook is the most trustworthy becaus,
each inquirer was parsuinn his investiga
ton entirely unbiased and Independent @
any other.
st. Paul, March 19.-The Pioneer Pres
will publish TO morrow an extensive serie
of interviews and dispatches upon the qucs
ton of the germinatisg qusii'ies OF las
years whest crop, raised by q widely Qucte'
paragraph from the Graphic that Minnesp
oils millers generally dlsproved of 10,
grade and sprou,ed wheat for seed. and rec
ommending the shipment of Northern p
cltic hard wheat for seed. Experiment
made by the state agricultural college ind,
dicate that the same percentage of low
grade as OF No. l wheat germina,es, tn,
former requiring a longer time, however
Nineteen out of twenty kilograms from va
rious farming regions in the state receive,
by the Pioneer Press says the farmers will
use last years crop, being satisfied Of it
terminating quality bv tests.