Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-30
NORTHERN NEBRASKA.

The Ponca Courier is a frat class weekly
journal.
The Niobrara hotels are all doing a rush
ing business.
District court was in session in Dakota
county last week.
District court convenes in St. Helena on
the Srd day of June.
The Indians near Niobrara commenced
sowing wheat last week.
The ferry boat at Niobrara commenced
running one week ago.
It is prophesied that in five years Mo.
Ibrara will be as large as Omaha now is.
Diphtheria and measles are raging in the
vicinity of St. James to an alarming extent.
The public circulating library at Ponca ia
proving . grand success in every particular.
The COW boys are having high old times
in the new towns along the Elkhorn valley.
Immigrants in large numbers are arriv.
ing at Walnut Grove, Knox county, every
day.
The Dixon County Courier has recently
been presented with q cory of the new tesla.
ment.
1t requires but two hours 10 make a
change Of sixty degrees in the weather at
Niobrara.
An immense drove of large, fat deer, are
frequently seen in the timber between Ionia
and Ponca.
Eight years ago just now was witnessed
one Of the worst SNOW storms ever known in
northern Nebraska.
The north Nebraska representative of
Nebraska journalism, is what the Dakota
City Eagle is called.
A grand ball occurs at the academy Of
music at Niobrara April End, which will be
the last ball of the season..
The Bohemian dramatic society of Mo
brara gave an entertainment in their own
language last Saturday evening.
A proposition will soon be submitted to
Wayne county BY the 81. Paul company, for
aid in building a road through that county.
There will be two hotels opened in Mo.
brara in addition to the restaurants and
boarding houses o in operation, which
are filled to Overlooking.
kee d St. Paul railroad to Niobrara affords
advantages to the new corners over any.
thing else that has ever transpired in north
CIu ANCOI 86Nds
Seven young men of West Point, Cunning
county rose in the majesty of their strength
one day last week aud persuaded" the edi-
tor of the Republican to publicly acknowl-
edge through his own paper that he was a
liar.
A memorial sermon was preached last
Sunday afternoon at Running Water in
memory of the late Mastin F. Gilbert, agent
Of the Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul rail-
road, who was drowned in the Missouri on
the 18th ult.
AT . teachers association meeting at St.
Helena, the question who is the p~rettiest
young lady in the house." was found in the
query box. 1t aroused q great deal of indig-
nation, and by vote was declared an insult
to The society.
From reliable sources the Niobrara
Pioneer understands that about $4,000 head
cattle from the upper Niobrara cattle
will be shipped east and to up-river
points during the coming season, BY way Of
Niobrara. and the cattle kings are very de-
Of securing stock yards at Niobrara.
Dakota City Eagle: "The two Indians
on trial here for the supposed murder of .
white man on the reservation aome time last
were last night, March 18th, con-
victed of murder in the frat degree. the jnrv
eleven to one on the first ballot.
And. yet the jury vas composed Of %intelli-
gent men. The verdict was a surprise to
nearly everybody, not more so, however,
than the action Of the court in refusing q
new trial. The prisoners were sentenced to
BE- hung on the 18th day of July next. The
case will 60 tn the supreme court"