Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-29
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LOCAL Ac0Mlcs.
Abe Adler has commenced the erection /,
adwelling house on Linn street, veat I,
Fourth.
D. I. Brsmble sent = telegram toda
which says that two-thirds Of Deadwood
in ashes.
If you don't want your property sold pa
your taxes. The public sale will comment
October 9Th.
c. Beuchlsr, Of this city, il about ,tartiu
. branch store at Marion Junction on the
d. & 81. laul road.
Ahorss was stolsa Friday siiht itomth
stable Of Wm. q. Waterhouss, % the SEQ
land road, near Rudd's.
The prices paid today for wheat wsrs =
cents for No ], and 20 coats for No2. Th
receipts were moderately good.
A party of soldiers from Fort Hale cam
down on the Black Hills, having in charg
two deserters who they are taking % For
Smelling for trial.
Governor Pennington and Secretary HAM
are going out on the Yankton end Of III,
line Of the Milwaukee road 10 nsst The sur
v,eeyors and see about right Of wy
The new town on the Tracy branch Of tn.
Northwestern road, seven miles east of The
Jim river 10 called Sweetser City, in honor
of our old townsman A. ]. Swestser.
About five miles of track have been laid
on the Niobrara branch of the Milwaukee
road. On the Firesteel line the iron 10 laid
about twenty miles beyond Marion
Juntion.
The weather indications for the uppe,
Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys are
Cloudy or partly cloudy weather with rain,
southerly veering to colder northwest winds
and rising barometer.
Col. Vinton will address the people o.
Yankton upon the subject of temperance
this Monday evening at 1880 o'clock at tn,
Club Room on Cedar street. Col. Vinton i,
an able speaker. Let there be . full house.
Mrs. Lyons has adorned her show Window
with samples Of her fall millinery goods and
they look handsome enough to draw q crowd
all day long. Back of this display Mn.
Lyons has store full of things of rare beau
~ for the ladies Of Yankton.
A. W. Barber has in his possession a Jaw
bone from q prehistoric grave near James.
town which would excite the envy Of the
most vigorous curtain lecturer in town. It
was originally the property of . Jim river
giant.
The permanent survey for the proposed
extension of the Dakota Southern railroad
up the Jim river is completed some ten miles,
The line crosses Bea yer creek in section IS,
township 95, range 81, and from there the
line will follow . northwest course to Scot.
land.
Fred Donaldson has just completed . 6ns
frame dwelling house on his farm eight
miles northeast of Yankton, and has also
made other improvements. Fred is making
arrangements to become a granger and will
enter the service with q full and complete
General Merrill writes that grading will
bs commenced on the Yankton end Of the
Milwaukee extension q soon % the survey
10 completed and the contracts let-probs.
bly, some time this week. It 10 the iu,en.
ton to push the work along from each cad
the line 40 rapidly % possible.
A Touring mill, to be propelled BY water
power, 10 to be erected At GAINESVILLE in this
near the residence of Herman Ell.
erman. the enterprise being undertaken BY
Christian Wenzlaff of this city. The nee
essary ground has been purchased, and the
building Of the dam will be commenced
Without delay.
Fred Donaldson, wathman at the Excel.
mills. noticed . skif towering about a
mall sand bar about midnight last night
nd this morning he went over to the bar
o investigate the matter. He found the
kiff there. with q man lying in it. The
nan could give no explanation fhow he
anne into possession of the skiff and it j,
imposed that he stole it. It had the word,
United States Mail" painted on the side.
We have ascertained that tho principal
'ause of the tronble with the Yankton In.
is the new rule of the commissioner
'equ'rtng that oil permits for absence from
he agency must be approved BY himself.
Il amounts to this: II an Indian desires to
70 off the reservation he must apply to the
gent for . pass. The agent then forwards
he application to Washington and II Mr..
aayt deems the applicant Q worthy subject,
or favors. the pass Is Issued. In the course
II month or 20 the Indian may obtain the
lesired permission to wander. and hs may
lot. It oil depends noon the commission.
re estimate OF his character. That's whs,
he Yankton Indians are mad about.
Rev. ]. A. Potter preached his closing
'ermon ct tho Methodist church Yesterday.
de has served bis three years % pastor OIL
hts congregation. which is all the rules of
be conference permits. During his resi-.
lence in Yankton Nj. Potter hes given con-
ssnt evidence Of his ability Is preacher