Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-17

LOCAL LAcoNlcs.

LOCAL LAcoMlcs.
Sickness seems to be on the increase in
this locality.
To,day's weather has been = little chilly
and fires have been . comfort
Farmers are beginning to get their ground
ready for seed. II has been demonstrated
that February sovinu produces the be
wheat crop.
Our readers have probably observed tina,
the Iowa legislature il in session. Wien
il winds up We hope to get some telegraphic
news Of interest.
A Fort Sully wind squall struck Yankton
tjua before dark last night aud for a time it
vas hard to tell which was dust aud which
vas striped stockings.
Nothing further has been heard regarding
the Somers tragedy at Brule City, but it is
probable that there will be some arrivals
from that locality tonight.
The examination Of Riley under charge
Of taking registered letters from the White
Swan p~ostof6ce, will occur tomorrow be-
fore Commissioner Consleton.
The steamers Dakota and Montana are
doing . big business between Pittsburg and
&. Louis this winter. They are the most
peliahle low water boats on the lower
rivers.
Fred Baechler, brother Of Alderman
Buechler, who has been sick for the past
four years, died yesterdsy at Marion
Junction. He came to Dakota from Odessa
about four yean ago.
The Yanh ton signal Office reports as fol-
lows: Maximum temperature Yesterday 81
at 2 P. N. The lowest to-day was l2o, at 6
A.N. AT F. N. last night the velocity of
wind reached 36 miles per hour.
.Zina Richey has hoisted the popular
.isn board legend Of cash hardware store
and b saysk BY pitchforks-and.boe-handles
those are his unalterable sentiments now
and henceforward forevermore. Richey
has been through the mill asl comes out q
man Of experience.
Postmaster McAuley says that mail ser
vice has been ordered on The Springfield
branch OF the Milwaukee road. to begin on
the lst of March, and that he has already
received proposals. for messenger service
between the Springfield p~ostof1ce and the
Running Water depot.
The infant son Of Adolph Schandien died
this morning at three o'clock, Of %diphtheria,
after IN illness of several days, and will Be
buried at two o'clock tomorrow afternoon
the services to take place at the Catholic
church. M. Schandien has the sympathy Of
the people in the affection which has come
upon his household.
The admiralty case of Blatt & Buerdor'
against the steamer General Terry, was
brought to = close in the district court this
afternoon, and the decision will come along
10 the course of time. There is one NOR,
admiralty case on the docket-that of Helen
A. Peck es al ys. cargo steamer Peninah.
The adjourned November term of the
Usi,ed States court will convene 10 this
city on Thursday. the 10Th inst, for the
trial Of the jury cases. The cases brough,
by the United States otherwise Hayt and
EHammond, deceasen) will be the first to
receive attention, unless. iu the meantime,
the government orders otherwise.
The Fargo Times his also been misled
BY the assertions Of the boss liar of the
northwest-the Sioux City Journal. 1t
anhouuces that Governor Howard has gone
to Michigan to return no more, that he is
suffering biz. last illness and bis resignation
may be daily expected. There is not q
particle Of truth in5these statements. Gov
ernor Howard had made all bis arrange
meuts to 60 o Michigan before be was
taken sick and delayedahis visit until he
had recovered sufficiently to travel. He
will be governor of Dakota for many years
ID, cpme and hss no intention of resignipg
Dakota never had q good thing that the
Sioux City Journal didn't either attempt. TO
belittle 1t or take 1t away entirely.
It has been remarked that women are not
good runners, but the fallacy Of this state
ment is demonstrated when a Dakota zepher
sp.s away with her best hat. We saw one
Of them going up an alley between Third
and Fourth street, the other night, in close
pursuit Of . seventy-6ve mile breeze which
was carrying off her twelve dollar head
gear. The speed which she developed
would have brought the blush of chagrin to
the cheek Of Goldsmith Maid, and If it
hadn't been for a COW which was lying
across the alley she would have surely over.
taken the hat. The COW got up at the crit.
cal moment and-well, the hat has never
been found, but the woman is slowly recov.
ering from her sudden rise and fall. it dis
counted the experience of the Roman en-
pirs.
TO THE CITIZENS OF YARkr0N, DIT.
OEing to the great advance in butchers
stock, l1e the undersigned butchers will. on
and .ftor tha 18th of Eoh 1890 oall f,o.h