Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-21

The kxcelsior mill has ground $4,000
sssss,s Of wheat ii he pas. .oash aud /,
nov running night aud day.
Psltin ffoa Bon Honmae scsssy ars d
tAs opintsn that Hanson, the nssderer, Id.
zone y ths Washington Hill.
There 10 . prospect that Tie freezs up
Will catch cone asdslivsssd freight here
whsehi win have tobe transported in wae-
ons..s
Mns Morrow has rugged ups show win
dow which attracts the attention of all
pa.sens b.. A female figure in full dses ID
the central attraction dfIthe group
Two d,unks in the police court this morn.
ing. The Victims bstng full Of wealth,
handed over the cost Of their fun without 4
murmer and vent out to try it again.
Wheat receipts have been large to-day.
Farmers living far away have found out
that Yankton buyers pay several cents moe
per bushel than the buyers Of any other
place.
TheSweather indications for the upper
Mississippi and love Missouri valleys are:
During the rest of Tuesday warmer south
to west winds,clear or partly cloudy wealth
er and falling followed by rising barometer.
The, convent building being erected BY
the sisters Ct charity has reached a height
Of two stories and still another story is to
be put on. II occupies the highest point in
this vicinity and is visible miles away in
any direction.
A pistol shot in the neighborhood Of the
Second and Walnut streets crossing, at an
early hour last evening, caused the people
living Whereabouts to prick up their ears.
The police Investigated but could not atcer.
tain Who did the cannonading.
A man named Dick Dobson was arrested
this morning and arraigned before Commits.
sioner Congleton charged with stealing
seven.y.f five dollars from Peter Abbott
while coming down from Pierre on the
steamer Meade. After examination he was
acquitted and discharged.
The Sioux City Journal says. "The
Yankton trainmen are puzzled how to die
pose of loaded cars. The yards Of Yankton
are full, all the side tracks along the road
and some forty loaded cars have accumu.
lated here" A good way to solve the
problem would be to build a warehouse.
The railroad committee had Il meeting
last evening at which was discussed q pro-
position 10 make an assessment on the sub
scribers to the railroad fund sufficient to
purchase the depot grounds and settle some
right of way differences. The full commit.
tee not being present no action was taken.
A 1.-THE meeting Of the City council last
night an ordinance was passed extending
the fire limits SO as to include block 25,
which is bounded on the east by Walnut
street, on the north by Fourth, on the west
by Cedar, and on the south by Third streets.
The balance of the business Of the council
vas Of little importance.
All the side tracks are crowde. sith load.
ed cars. Though nearly q thousand tons have
been loaded on the boats in the last two
days, the blockade still continues. Car
searcbers for the Illinois Central and
Northwestern roads have been trying to
sort out their property, but are getting dis
couraged. A warehouse would not be Q
bad institution.s
Sioux Falls Independent. We are in.
formed by Mr.. Pettigrew that the officers Of
the Worthington s. Sioux Falls railroad
have decided to Immediately extend their
line from this point, via Lennox to Yank-
ton. and will in a few days make . survey
of the route. There are two bridges to be
built across the Sioux river-one at this
place and the other near what is called the
Yankton crossing. These bridges will be
some three miles apart and are TO be bull,
this fall. The grading between the bridges
will also be done, and as much more
west as can be executed before the ground
The St. Paul folks apparently
don't propose to have the Milwaukee road
beat them by the latter putting . branch;
line through from Rock Rapids to Yank.
ton.
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