Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-04-05
vANkroN, DAKOTA.
Monday Evening, April 5. 1880.
LOCAL LAcoN,cs.

eCQQAN VI tAAo CASJy WOO VAOWu OVWu W ~
recent high wind.
Rev. w. H. Jewell preached q most ex.
cellent temperance discourse in the Univer-
salist chapel in this city last evening.
The city council will meet in special SEES
sion Thursday night to canvass the vote and
declare the result of to.day's election.
Thoe. OConner has been released from
the city Jail by the mayor, being unable to
pay q fne and agreeing to leave the city.
The spring term Of the public schools
will commence next Monday, except the
high school which will open on We'd
nesday.
Therecent rains have put the ground in
splendid condition to receive the spring
crops, and the farmers are as busy as bees
planting and sowing.
Oursmerchants are receiving their spring
goods, and the immense invoices which are
daily arriving indicate that a lively spring
trade ID anticipated.
An extensive prairie FIRE in the northwest
corner Of Yankton county occurred yester-
day. William Work lost about six tons Of
hay. No further damage is known to have
occurred in that vicinity.
1t isnow reported that instead Of build
Ing 70 the Missouri river the Chicago and
Northwestern road will strike northward
from Huron and build seventy-6ve miles up
the jim river the present season.
Major Grimes aud Scott came down from
Springfield yesterday behind the m.ior's
splendid span Of roadsters 10 two hours and
a hall. Twelve miles aud q half an hour ie
nearly as good as some western railroad
time.
A private letter received in this city to-
day states that Langdon has the contract for
grading five hundred miles for the Milwau-
kse company this GUNNER, but does not say
in what particular part of the territory the
work is to be done. 1t was intimated that 4
considerable portion Of the work would be
sub-let to-day.
The engineers Of the Milwaukee road,
who were recently recalled from the line
west of Mitchell, have been sent to the
Hastings 4 Dakota line. the western termi-
nus Of which is now at Ortonvllle at the
foot Of Big Stone lake. The road will pro
badly be extended to a connection with the
N. 2. at or near jamestown.
Work on the new government warehouses
under the direction Of Master Mechanic
Moulton, is being pushed with commenda.
bic energy. The one on the south side Of
the track, which is 35x10o feet in size, will
be completed in . few days, when the one
which is to occupy . position on the north
side Of the track will be commenced and
finished without delay.
Dakota Citizen: On the occasion of .
recent visit to Yankton we were gratif1ed
to see the indications Of steady advance
ment on the road to prosperity. The prob.
abilities are that Yankton will for many
years to come, maintain her position as the
first city in Dakota. Our town of Scot
land, soon to become the most popuious
city In this county, may give her q race
after awhile.
The thirty dollar suit of clothes which I
was wagered upon the result of the recent
Livingston trial will not adorn the manly
form of a certain military Indian agent,
whose zeal in behalf of the ring led him to
risk that amount that the jury would con.
vict. II he persists in this course he will
soon be in the anne condition as q certain
other Irishman, who, being advised to buy
. trunk to put his clothes in, retorted, "Phat
an go naked? I"
VIM. Walpole will leave tomorrow
morning for the scene Of his grading con.
tract on the Wor,hington & Sioux Falls!
railroad. His work lies near the west branch
Of the Vermillion river in McCook county
A couple Of dozen new ambulances for the
military posts on the Missouri and Yellow
stone rivers have arrived here and will be
taken up the river on one of the first con-
tract boats out. They are got up on anew
pattern and are said to be the best and most
convenient ambulances ever in use.
John O'Neal. who has charge of two
horses belonging to g. O. Seaman, Of this
city. wss badly Injured BY . kick from one
ot the horses, at Gsyville on last Thursday.
The injured msn was removed TO the resi-
dence of Nj. Seaman in this city on Sa,ur.
day evening last whore he now lies, attend
ed by DR.. Dietrich. The injury IL upon
left side near the heart, and quite pain
but not necessarily dangerous, though
he will be confined to his bed for some
time from ito effects.
A petition numerously signed bv citizens
Of Lawrence county, asking that the SEM
tence Of death against Martin I. Couk for
the murder Of Mrs. Csllison be COMMITTED
70 life imprisonment. has been forwarded to
% Acting Governor Hand. The 18th Of
April ID the day set for the execution Of
Cook. In speaking Of the doomed man
The DesdWO0d Pioneer says: Couk ~contin-