Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-04-23

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Friday Evening, April 20, 1880.
THE NEW NORTHWEST.

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This has been the roughesl winter aeen in
Utah for twenty years.
Burlington, Iowa, expects 10 put 10000.
600 brick in buildings this season.
Hay is becoming scarce in Salt Lake and
now commando twenty-five dollars q ton.
The prescn, has been the sevcrest winter
experienced In Oregon since its occupation
by Americans.
The Dubuque Times is one Of the ablest.
and, az recent evenls have proved, one Of
the most influential journals in Iowa.
Audubon, Iowa, children are battling
with the measles. One citizen, a Mr.. Finch.
lott five children within a weeks time.
About 100000 head of cattle will be
driven east from the ranges of eastern Ore.
gon and Washington territory this spring.
The Grant boys in Iowa came home from
Dee Moines on foot" says the Hawkeye.
They will return from Chicago in Pullman
cars"
One creamery in Fayette county, Iowa,
paid out $1,000 during the month Of
March for milk, at Sl.O9 per hundred
pounds.
During the past seven months Eve hotels
have burned between Mendocino CITY and
Bridgeport, Mendocino county, Califor.
MIA, a distance oftwenty miles,
An Omaha bartender was t~hourhtles.
enough to AJAX for pay for a drink and va.
knocked down with a chair. The Omaha
dead-beat will stand no nonsense.
NJ. D. Smith, a merchant of Pine CITY.
Mimi, while crossing the ice on Snake river
about a mile from that citv, broke through.
He was drowned, together with his horse.
Iowa City has probably given the world
more orators. statesmen, actors and men
and women of prominence in the various
occupations Of life, Than any other CITY OF
that state.
The mines on Skagit river in Washing
ton Ter, sre:.attracting very many although
the season has not yet really opened.
Great excitement prevails over . rich strike
on Sank river.
The growing of swamp Willows for
basket purposes has been experimental on
by an Olympia, Washington Ter, man and
found to pay well. The manufacture Of
baskets has been inaugurated and promises
we'll.
The survey for the narrow guage from
Smithheld TO Dallas In Utah has beer
completed, aud the work of grading viii
commence at once. Within sixty days The
engine will run through the streets Of
Dallas
Mr.. T. P. Root, whose husband commit,
ted suicide in Dubuque, Iowa, in January
has received from various societies with
which he was connected, and insurance com:
panies, $4,000 in payment of policies held
by him.
Albert Lea, (Minnesta.) Enterprise
About fifty German, arrived at this plac,
last Friday afternoon over the Southern
Minnesota railway, thirty.three of whom
were direct from the old country and the
balance from Wisconsin.
The postmaster general has ordered tn,
establishment of . postofice at Ulidia
Montana. 1t ia to be situated at Gibson't
ferry, on the Missouri river, between Sun
river and Chestnut, and will accommodate,
. large number of people.
Messrs. Samuel 7. Hauser, Andrew ]
Davis and others have secured from the
government a charter for a First Nationa
bank at Fort Benton with a capital stock o
100000. The new association will COM
mence business at an early day.
Breckenridge, an old mining camp, stu
ated just east Of Fairplav, Colorado, ane
well known to old Coloradians, which ha'
been deserted for several years, is ono,
more receiving considerable attention, ant
already has a population of over 1000 peo-
pie.
At Leadville, Colorado, April 18th, Law
renee Fitzgerald, a miner. was fatally sho
by Geo. Tattersall while quarreling over
claim owned by Fitzgerald, which latter
sail attempted 10 jump. A second murde
occurred in the Coliseum theatre, j. W
Overton, the proprietor, being fatally sho
by Thomas Unyeart, a bar tender, while en-
gagged in a quarrel.
The news from Leadville. COL, is, tina
there is a great rush from there to til
Gunnison country during this month. il
fact, if half the people go from there, tbs
are talking of going. there will scarcely b
men enough left to work the mines in AM
around Leadville. for almost every one 20,
meet, no matter whether he is a miner o
merchant, says he is off for the Guuni.o
country.
A Montana man, accompanied by his dot
went out r%abbit-hunting. He found a rabbi
shot at it and missed. The dog gave chas'
but, after a short run, stopped and the rab
bit escaped. The man vas so enraged tbs
he attempted to brain the pup with the but
end Of his gun. The dog lodged the blow
but the man struck the ground and knocke
off, piece of ore that assayed $4,000 to Ii
ton and is now a millionaire. We nevt
lie. Next
Alady named Tucker, assisted BY a sc
want girl was cleaning house at Pin Oal
Iowa, on Friday, when they came upon 4
old gun slowed away in q closet. Mr.
Tucker attempted to pull the gun out fro
behind a shoe box, having clutched Il
weapon by the muzzle. suddely there "
a d~eafening report and the lady stagger.
back and fell to the floor dead. Six buc
shot had entered her body making a fesrf
looking wound. Her heart vas literal
shot to pieces.
Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
REV. SYLvANus COBB thus writes