Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-16

LOCAL Aco.lcs.

The admiralty case before the district
court 10 drawing ito . close. Dr.. Bur.eiah
delivered his argument this afternoon.
The German club is preparing for
another private musical entertainment at
the club rooms next week Tuesday evening.
Postmaster Howard's valentine was .
black and yellow man.: with cardinal hair,
10 the act of depositing q button in the
contribution box
The new convean. was visited By q great
uSnylpeople yesterday and the sisters we're
kept busy showing up the establishment to
interested eight seers.
Another chunk OF summer to-day, fol:
lowed ahe slice given US yesterday. These
sunny chunks and %..slices make up the
sandwich Of our winter.
Travellers from up the river report that
Papinsaui Is on t~hesrampsge' again and that
his squaw has q busy time keeping out Of
the way Of his revolvers.
Purdy 10 constructing an improved stair
way from; his store to his living apartments
above. His health hasn't been very good Of
late which i probably his motive in seek
ing . more congenial climb.
A team Of horses was stolen from Frank
Flage, at Bon Homme, Sunday morning.
Half Of Bon Homme county was out all day
yesterday searching for the thieves aud if
caught 1t is not probable that they will run
off any more horses.
b. G. Dear says the reports of small pox
among Spotted Tails Indians have been
much exaggerated. One case had occurred
on White river which was not we'll defined
and might have been measles, though the
agency physician thought it was small pox.
The steamer Western is to be launched
from the wavs tonight. Captain Todd hav.
ing completed her repairs. The other two
boats on the ways will be taken off before
others are drawn out and the entire Coulaon
feet will be made ready for business by the
time the break up occurs
In pursuance Of the notice heretofore Civ.
en- in the columns Of this paper, the Laies'
Aid Society Of the Baptist church Of this
city will. open and hold an Art Loan Ex
hibition in Yankton, commencing on Tues
day the 30,h day Of March, 1880. Furthe,
details as 70 place, etc, will be given when
full arrangements are perfected.
Lieuteuaut O'Connelf. Of the Let infantry
10 out on the road with a squad of men re
pairing the military telegraph line between
Fort Randall aud Fort Sully. The pole.
along this line are destroyed for fuel about
% fast, %; they can be replaced and q per-
manent repair detail would hardly be adj,
to kept up uninterrupted telegraphic com.
municstion.
The supper at the club room will b,
ready tomorrow evening at $50 p. M, t.
accommodate the young me and other
doing business on the street. They ar,
invited to palronize the ladies instead o
going to their homes or their boarding
houses for their tea. Everything will b
4. provided in first rate style and in grea
abundance. &
Arrangements have been completed
whereby the Peck and Powers lines o
steamers will start from Yankton during til,
coming season. Under the programm,
adopted one of these boats will leave Yank
ton every Saturday for Fort Benton. Col
Akin, manager Of the Peck line, will move
his family to our city in about d month and
will once more become one of US.
Phil. X. Faulk authorizes US to say thai
he sent out no invitations to partie, to attend
and speak at al alleged pioneer supper a,
the Jencks hotel, originated by General
Hill. He was not secretary of a COMMITTEES
for the arrangement Of this supper and the
postal cards sent ont bearing his name were
not authorised by him. The party who
signed Mr.. Fau)k's name to those postal
cards did it without permission.
Fifteen hundred valentines passed through
the Yankton postofice during the reign of
the patron saint Of the day. The crush of
Juveniles and the presidency of their en-
quirles was overwhelming, and when night
cast its sable wing over the scene the post
Office clerks were lying around OF mail
sacks 10 the various stages Of exhaustion
which usually precede q collapse. Uncle
Sam is fifteen hundred cents ahead.
A Deadwood telegram of the 18th says :
"Curley, the man who was killed by Detec-
tive Lswellyn last week, has been left un.
buried for seven days, and it is currently re-
ported that instead of having q fast horee,
Curley had . weak little Indian pony, and
the three became engaged in dispute, which
the officers ended By pouring a volley from
their revolvers into him. Instead of the
bullet holes having entered his back, o.
would have been the case had he been fec,
ilng, they all pierced his body from the front.
fghe ease will prcbably be investigated"
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