Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1880-06-14
SOUTHERN DAKOTA.

SOUTHERN DAKOTA.
The best corn in Hanson county is
knee high.
Hanson county had its hail storm
week before last
Marion Junction is getting ready to
celebrate the 4th.
,,Ninety-two country residences are visi-
BILE from Alexandria.
Montrose, McCook county, will observe
the 4th in the usual way.
Nearly week of solid rain is what the
Alexandria Herald boasts OF.
Parker will celebrate the 4th with
mass Sunday school reunion.
Hiram Bangham, of Hanson county,
has twenty-five acres of fax in bloom.
An abundance Of rain maketh glad the
hearts of the farmers of Turner county.
party of Marion Junction people are
ley. ~ ~
j. B. Foster located another detach-
ment of people last week near Alexan-
dria.
The Catholics of western Bon Homme
county are making preparations to erect
church.
One hundred and twenty-five head of
young cattle passed through Alexandria
last week to the Black Hills.
ID. Mulhair, of Parker, has three Colts
void sheep which produced fifteen dol
lars worth of wool this season.
The Scotland Citizen says the prospec
for magnificent yield of small grain in
Bon Homme county is not tiattering.
Parker grain merchants are paying 78
and ~ cents for wheat, and consider
able amount is being marketed daily.
Gardner Brothers storeroom ut Scot
land was struck by lightning week ago
Saturday and the chimney demolished.
The Sioux Falls Gun club at it's last
meeting elected L. L. Cochran president,
and awarded the badge to W. II. Nelson.
Henry Vogt living four miles south of
Marion junction, was killed by lightning
last Sunday. Deceased was twenty
seven years old leaves wife and four
children.
A severe wind, rain and hail storm
visited McCook county week ago last
Friday evening, and hail stones as large
go ~ hSAA q Ss5S3 "CAC AuIuSlouSs
The Citizen announces that Scotland
will outdo all previous efforts in Bon
Homme county, in the line of celebra-
tions, on the 4th of next month.
The Congregational society at SPRING
field have made the final arrangements
and procured possession of the former
Christian church building and will fit it
up for their use.
]. w. Sutley has discontinued his tri-
weekly stage line from Sioux Falls to
Rockport, which takes in Cameron.
Hereafter he will only run Il weekly stage
to carry the mail.
The Cameron Pioneer remarks that
the rains OF the past few days have put
the wheat fields of McCook county in
shape for Il heavier yield than great
many have been thinking of.
Marion Junction Gazette: The Mari
on house was struck by lightning, Tues
day afternoon, which passed down and
demolished the stovepipe knocking the
kitchen utensils around promiscuously
the boariers.
Parker New Era: The celestial elements
We're out in dress parade and artillery
practice Thursday afternoon. The grape
and canister fell in the form of hail, and
right lively too for time. A heavy rain
storm followed the hail. No damage
done hcreabouts.
Cameron Pioneer: A gentleman by
the name of L. NJ. Hartley, from Salem,
Iowa, passed through town Sunday with
1000 head OF cattle, going to Red Cloud
agency, south of the Black Hills. He
has II government contract for supplying
beef for the Indians.
A Milwaukee member Of the Temple
of Honor experimental on Marion juno
ton whiskey last week and in the course
of his subsequent operations succeeded
in getting his skull cracked by u mallet
in the hands of u JunctiOnite. He was
patched up and sent home.
Springfield Times: George Darling,
mail carrier between here and Milltown,
was caught in the storm last week and
his buggy upset. His horses took fright
and ran away, leaving George on the
prairie with his mail sack, to reach his
destination Mt Il go-as-you-please gait.
Alexandria Herald: The Milwaukee
on parallel roads north and south through
opAuh SOuuuSs "A p"iUy Ao1A OAlC otChC
of action says it is like two mad bulls
paving up the ground without any OBJ
ject except to throw dirt in each others
eyes.
The Marion Junction Gazette says
that G. o. and I. w. Seaman, of Yankton,
passed Just west of that town Friday
morning with drove of eight hundred
head of cattle and seven hundred sheep,
bound for stock rancho in Bon Homme
county. The entire drove was purchased
in Minnesota.
Parker New Era: An incipient cyclone
passed over the country q few miles east
of town about four o'clock Thursday
morning. The damage done is as fol.
lows: Gabe Maybee's house was taken
up by the gale, carried about twenty
rods and dropped, with some damage
Ben Hammers house was unroofed, and
Dawson's stable was wrecked.
The Running Water correspondent O
the Springfield Times writes: We hat
a nice little elopement case last week
james McKenna and Maggie Donnell.
being the parties. We have failed t
hear that there were any serious objec
!, tions to James having Maggie, but the,
nnnpnrei tn think that IL would he n