Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-07
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The Dsadwood Nsws states the lo.s Of A,
Burnham in the late FIRE q $500.
\. =. Gardner intends "a put up q build.
ing g Marion Junction, and es.ablisA ,
branch agricultural implement house there
Saturday nights soldiers meeting I'd
journsd to meet again on the 18th inst. ant
perfect arrangements to attend the Eli
Point reunion.
The admiralty sale At auction Of til,
goods competing the cargo Of the stsams,
Psninah at the time Of her late accident
will take place tomorrow, commencing !.
9 o'clock .. N.
The weather indications for the uppe,
Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys are
Cloudy or partly cloudy weather With rain
southerly winds, becoming variable, station
sry Or lower barometer and temperature.
Herman Busrdorf brought down from til,
Yellowstone country . Fertilization in th,
shape Of . section Of q red cedar tree, which
is - handsome . specimen Is vas ever pick
ed up In that wonder producing region.
The total indebtedness Of the city Of
Yankton on the S0th Of septembes last VA
$3l1.7S. AZ the taxss for the current year
are just beginning to b paid this SMALL sun
on the wrong eide Of the ledger will soon be
wiped out, and be succeeded BY . respect
able cash balance in the treasury.
G. II. Wells. sheriff of Colfax county.
Nebraska, accompanied BY s. Miller of the
same county, arrived in Yankton last night
In pursuit of two men charged with running
of mortgaged property. the property con-
sisting of two span of horses and wagons.
The parties Of whom Sheriff Wells 10 In
search reached Yankson last Friday even.
log. and 1t is supposed they are striking for
the Black Hills. The pursuers started this
morning to look for the runaways in that
direction.
The Yankton Turn.vereln has decided to
build Q hall the present season, and will
bave . meeting on Thursday evening Of this
week to decide upon the selection Of q site
Several offers for the sale Of property have
been made to the society, AMI if there are
others who have eligible property which
they desire to dispose Of they should pre-
sent their propositions to Messrs. Krudwig.
Schoregge and Lang. the committee of the
society who have this matter In charge.
The proposed building Is to be Of brick. and
the part erected this fall ii is estimated will
cost s 1000
Andrew Faulk wa sitting in Phil. Faulk's
Office yesterday afternoon with an open knife
in his hand, and, IL leaning too far backward
the chair tipped over, throw ing him vio-
lently on the floor. The accident would
have been a harmless one had not the knife
blade penetrated his hand and severed an
artery. The blood spurted from the wound
in a stream and Mr.. Faulk gathered him.
self up and ran to DR.. Miller's Office, where
the artery was picked up and tied. After
the operation was completed Mr.. Faulk
tainted from loss of blood, but was speedily
restored and is all RICH. now.
Mrs. w. N. Sage, wife of Lieutenant
Sage, Of the llth infantry, has been occupy
ing room number seven at the Merchants
hotel since Saturday, waiting for a boat to
Fort Bennett. This morning while she was
making preparations to go on board the Far
West, both herself and her servant happen
ed to be abaent from the room for q few
moments. During their absence aome one
entered the room and took from Mrs. Sage's
trunk seventy dollars in money. Major
Wykof, acting in behalf of Mrr. Sage, inns
mediately notified the proprietor of the
hotel of the occurrence and in the course of
time a search was made for the missing
money. 1t was too late to expect to find
anything and the search was one of those
affairs which are gone through with more
as . matter Of form than ANYTHING else.
NJ. T. Woolley received . letter last night
from George Miner at Milltown. informing
him that two young men have been arrested
ct Rockport OF the charge of passing coun-
terfelt silver coin, and that they would a.
rive in Yankton under charge of an officer
1t appears that the young men.
who are represented - being nineteen or
twenty years Of age, and have . residence in
Hanson county, passed up the valley from
the direction of Yankton about
ten days ago, and scattered con-
siderable Of the "quser" along the road. At
Scotland they made some purchases At Stat.
ford's store, and paid for them in bogus coin.
At Milltown they entered Woelley's store
and called for quarters worth Of cigars,
throwing down . badly executed counterfeit
silver dollar in payment. Mr.. Woolley, Who
was behiad the counter, informed them that
he didn't deal in that kind of coin, where
upon the lads appeared to be greatly sur
prised, declaring that they had received the
money in change for their hotel bill at
Scotland. They paid for the cigars in good
money and left for the north. From the
fact that they have been arrested at Rock
port, it may b inferred that they continued
TO ply their vocation 1t that place. The
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