Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-17
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Wednesday Evening, Sept. n, 1879.
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LOCAL lAcoNncs.
All the hotels are crowded.
The days and nights arc NOW, nearly Of
the same duration. =
u. r. Ohlman 10 building a addition To-
his resideuce on Cedar street in this city.
The receipts Of wheat yesterday were
1900 bushels. The price remains the same,
75@76 for No !, and 65 for No 2.
Articles ofjswslry LEFT with p. A. Peter.
son for repairs and not delivered to their
owners can b found At the lewelry store Of
Van Cot, CLARK 4 %,
~ To-Day 10 the seventeenth anniversary of
the great battle Of Antietam. Maryland, In
which Less confederate army was defeated
By the army Of the Potomac. under com
msud Of Gen. Geo. B Mcclellan.
Manager Merrill, Chief Engineer KIM
ball and our local railroad committee went
down into lower Yankton this afternoon to
examine the proposed depot and side track
grounds for the Milwaukee road.
The weather indications for the upper
Missiaippi valley are: Clear OF partly
cloudy weather, Winds from southwest to
northwest, stationary or lower temperature
and rising barometer. For the lower Mis-.
souri, valley: Clear or partly cloudy wealth,
q, west winds becoming variable, nearly
stationary barometer and temperature.
Our editorial brethren scross the river In
Nebraska ore warming up over the contest
for the district judgeship. The Northern
Nebraska Eagle speaks Of Smith of the Nj
obrara Newsas . drunken, flannel mouthed
Mollie haguire," and of Hill of the Holt
county Record asa "bulletskulled ssuer
kraut destroyer" and being larger than
Smith. more hog-like and uglier." The
Holt COUNTY Record retorts BY recognizing
the editor Of the Eagle ss . /" three.ply ass
In spite Of the utmost exertions of the
immense trains on the Pierre route, freight
for the Black Hills ID. steadily accumulate
ing at Fort Pierre. Every up-eoing boat
adds to the amount, and it is certain that
all the teams on the route will have all
they can do until late, in the winter. Bran.
bic, Miner & Co., have now in Yankton
and in cars on the aide tracks in Sioux
City over three hundred tons of Black Hills
freight. which will 60 forward to Pierre ~
fast a boats will take it. and a. this firm
don't do any half way business it will not
be allowed to remain long at that place be.
fore it is put on ito way to the Hills.
Frank Ketchum, who came down from
Pierre on the Black Hills, informs us that
when he left the engineers Of the Chicago
4 Northwestern road were surveying q line
through the main street of Fort Pierre for
the proposed extension Of that road to the
Black Hills. The same engineers survey
ed a line to the river opposite Fort George
and made a brief examination of the coun.
try on the west side, and the fact that they
abandoned that point and commenced their
westward survey at Pierre, seems to indicate
thxt they prefer the latter route and will
adopt it for the use of their road. The few
semi-civilized Indians At Fort George we're
very much elated when the engineers arriv.
ed, and under the impression that they
were going to get the railroad "sure pop"
rushed off to Fort Pierre to convey the
news and crow over their supposed dissp-
pointed rival. What their views are of the
present situation is not known.