Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-21
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LOCAL LAcoHlcs.
Valentine says he will have the insane
hospital ready early next week.
A great many immigrant wagons are
drifting into this port every day.
William Stier, E. T. Griffith and Charles
Long placed their names to Mr.. Norman's
bond.
The district court adjourned last night to
April first, when the regular epring term
will begin.
An unpleasantaess exists between some
of our city officials, which is sub rosa so
far as newspapers are concerned.
Judge Leeper has sold his interest in the
Grand Central hotel at Fort Pierre and
will retire from business the first Of next
month.
The entire police force is taking a rest to-
day and will be ready for active business
tonight, only they don't want any more
false alarms.
Valentines men have spread fifteen hum
bred yards of plaster since the beginning
of March aud have twenty-six hundred
more to put on before the thirty-frst day.
Owen E. Carragher was brought in from
Moody county to-day and placed in the
Yankton Jail to await trial under a charge
of selling liquor at Flaudrcau, without a
license.
A plentiful fall of snow came upon this
portion of earth to-day. 1t has been a
steady, straight down storm-a farmers
snow fall. AS this is the day when the sun
Crosses the line'' we can call it the equin-
octial storm.
p. c. has become fatigued in his humane
endeavors to accompany Red Jacket in her
pursuit Of money to pay for the window she
broke and has locked her up in the cooler.
P. c. has five boarders now and the lunch
basket is heavy az he makes his three tramps
aday between the mess house and the bastile.
Gene Cuttings name has been mentioned
in connection with the position of city
clerk and one prominent aspirant for
the Office says that if Gene is on the track
he will draw of and do his level best in fa-
yor of the man who crippled himself while
laboring to save the city from destruction.
SC. +. Norman appeared before Justice
Roberts this afternoon, in response to a
bench warrant charging him with attempt.
ing to kill Lank Cain, the negro ravisher.
Mr.. Norman waived examination and gave
$500 bail for his appearance when wanted.
1t is probable that he will not he called for
very loudly.
The man who causes two blades Of grass
to grow where only one grew before is great
er than he who taketh a city, but the man
who prevails upon two persons to jump up
out of the dead weeds and run when he
supposed only one was there is the noblest
work of God. For further particulars en-
quire of Fred Hammond and the Yankton
police force.
The weather indications for the upper
Mississippi valley: Partly cloudy weather,
light variable winds mostly from the north
cast to southeast stationary or higher tenn
perature. For the lower Missouri valley:
Partly cloudy weather, areas of snow or
rain; southeast winds. falling barometer.
generally followed by rising barometer, and
colder northwest winds.
Sheriff Bovee, of Union county, came up
to Yankton for a requisition for 3 man
named Abeart who is charged with selling
liquor at Jefferson. in Union county, with
out a license. Abeart went to Sioux City,
where he was arrested, and it required a
requisition from the governor to legally get
him back into the territory. Sheriff Bovee
secured the required document from Acting
Governor Hand and started for Sioux City
this morning.
A quartette Of tramps have been making
q lodging house of the brown school house,
on Walnut street, for the past week or two,
and the circumstance being reported to the
authorities, Policeman. Mershon was last
night detailed to break up the nest. Short
" after midnight he proceeded to the
school house and found the door fastened
on the inside. Before he could force an en-
trance, one of the tramps had made his es-
cape through a window, but the other
three were taken by Mershon and escorted
to the cooler. The other one was subse-
quently arrested and this morning all four
arraigned before Justice White, convicted
of vagrancy and remanded to Jail in default
of the usual fine.
Refresh ments at the Universalist hall
Friday evening. Admission at the door a.