Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-04-24
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Springfield to-day. Ses moi WORK oov pQ
There was . fine showeA
Point Thunday night ram ~ Elk >.
.Jsnkinson's restaurant is IL IL,
fIous Improvements. Sene OF :.
their md .Longman paid the railroah
Tic sradI dues to-day. w.
be fnish.d in he Elk Point cut Of will
Trip 4 Boyles 2Fr two,
Office With frssh 'paiauutifying their law
walls. = azure tinted
The case Of George L.. SIN.
with selling liquor to Indians at Fenarged
il. on trial in the United States court fseau,
Mrs. Morrow's line Of spring and sunni.
millinery is pronounced complete and ele-
CANT by the ladies who have examined it.
The scenery for Turner hall is being
painted. The society expect to have the
building ready for occupancy BY the 18th
of May.
One of the large panes Of glass in the
front o f,the Lyons block broke last night,
probably from the setting of the walls,
which are now seasoning.
Jared Runyan, of Vermillion, has started
for the Hills with several wagon loads of
produce. He shipped his teams aud goods
TO- Pierre on the steamer Fontenelle.
This issue closes the fifth Year of the
Daily Press and Dskotaian. We shall
have more to say about it 10 our issue of
Monday. the beginning of volume six.
The Witnesses in the cases pending in the
United States court were notified this morn.
ing that they must stay in the court house
during session hours, if they expect to earn
their dollar and . halfa day.
rh. ,,,. If Edv .ra Brown, charged With
stealing . span Of horses from the Wyoming
,t,oe company near Fort Sully. terminated
last night in a verdict of not guilty. The
iury was out about three hours.
The Reilly case, brought under q charge
of robbing the mails, was called tn the Unit
cd States court this morning, but Mr.. sper
~. the chief witness was not present ane
The action was postponed. A bench wal
rent vas issued for Mr.. Sperry. Joe Cow
oil. Of Rosebud landing has also been sen
for. .here
Our local railroad officers sayAton than
ia more freight coming s~sss built. Es.
.,ar before since .~'th references. 10 our
ever ue1o.e '..s'ssr before have the ~.
peclalAs Yankton received so many goods
They are receiving this spring, and i,
naturally follows that they are selling more.
Yankton's star 10 in the ascendant.
A commercial traveller who has recently
made q trip in Nebraska, says the drought
in that state is very severe. In some locali-
ties the wind has carried away the soil 10
the depth it was piowed, and piled It in
large drifts against fences and other obstruc-
tons. The outlook for a crop was verv nm
favorable, bat to-day's rain has the appear
ance Of being general, and may help out our
unfortunate neighbors.
Heaven sent upon US to-day it's cboicest
blessing-rsin. There has been q steady
pour from early morning and the drouth
dried earth has received q generous soaking
This moisture comes just in time. The
growing crops were beginning to expres. a
Iesire for dampness and In response thereto
he flood gates have opened and the rain.
ave descended. We have much to he
thankful for.
There was . dance last night At the resi-
of Robert O'Neil, east Of Jim river.
'hich was participated in BY quite = num-.
er from Yankton. In returning home the
'am of John McNsmara, Of the Herald.
N away and upset the buggy, throwing ont |
II. and Mrs. McNamara, but fortunately
icy sustained only slight injuries. The
continued running, and before they
ere captured the buggy was badly wrecked.
Last evening the jury in the Brown case. Il
ter agreeing upen . verdict, we're detained ,
me time By the absence of the judge and r :
Eorneys. Who had gone to supper. While q
'iting their return the jury expressed their *
eference for president and delegate. There &
no four democrats on the jury, one Of IN
voted for David Davis, two for Sew. v
our and one for Hendricks. The renuhI;. o.
stood Two for Grant and six for Rl.;n. p
y delegate Trip. had three, Petigr.v
\, and the balance favored Bennett. II,
a business letter from Fort sully, dated til
18th, contains the following new. item:
'estsrday morning We were awakened 1,
crashes Of thunder and vivid A,.b. ~
htning about daylight, followed bv . ..l. A.
Wind from the northwest. The said ..l. Il,
ned into one Of the worst blixs,rda th.t 7 y.
: nv, accompanied By binding snow. !.
, = dour almost. Il lasted ell day, until