Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-04-08
NORTHERN NEBRASKA.

Niobrara /. slill booming.
Deer are very plentiful near Summit.
Ponca elected five town trustees April
9th.
There are sixt5-iive carpenters 10 Mo
biara.
Ponca is having q bonn on MONEY
orders.
House moving is the order of the day at
NinbIara.
A regiment Of railroad ties reach Popca
about every day.
The work OF seeding is nearly completed
in Dakota county.
Nearly all Of the available land 10 Knox
county has been taken.
There are seventy.four Catholic families
IN the vicinity of Summit.
The Methodist church b~uildinQ'4 N
brnra Is nearly completed.
The Logan valley il bound this season to
receive its share Of population.
A farm Of seventy acres adjoining Lin
coin recently sold for SIS 600.
During the recent temperance revival at
Beatrice, 1000 persons signed the pledge.
The republican state central committee
Ia called to meet at Lincoln on April 9Th.
One firm at Daniel C.ty sold 100 600
bushels OF corn in lots OF tif y bushels each
Plum Valley has a fine Sunday school
with al average membership of thirty schol.
ars.
mcrs are sowing small grain, and
emi9rants are daily arriving in Knox
county.
Ponca is in hopes. if their coal mines de-
veiop ~favorablv, to have another railroad
this season.
Several business buildings and dwelling
houaes will be built at Summit, Dixon coun.
", this season.
The ferry boat Bee Ia kept constantly
employed running between Niobrara and
Running Water.
The Last ball of the season under the aus
pieces Of the brasa band occurred at Niobrara
last Friday evening.
There il much feeling and discomfort in
Dakota oun,y over the decision in the late
Indian murder trial.
Alexanirn has q population Of about ak
HUNDRED, aud they say not one among them
bears the name Of Smith.
Toe house of W. w. Grain, postmaster
at Logan Grove. in Dixon county, was
burned TO nLd or, day recently.
Work has been commenced ballastinp
the road bed on the N,obrsrs end OF the
Chicago. Milwaukee and st. Paul railroad.
A larger acreage OF orr will be planted
10 the vicinity Of Wa u Grove this season
than ever before, ow ug Ia the scarcity OF
wheat.
The people Of Millerboro and vicinity in
dulged in spelling match last Monday
evening. l. B. Miller, Of Niobrara, spelled
the school down.
Dakota City is to have a Il new newspaper
edited by Father Martin. He will 6aiah
his continued atory, the publication of which
was interrupted one year ago.
Within one week FIVE hundred head Of ia,
steers were shipped from D.kota county
The average weight was l,5C0 pounds, ant
the price paid about four cents.
Residents a, WAluu, Grove, Knox county
are obliged to go from twelve TO fifteel
miles I" get their mail. A posloflce ut tina
point would be very acceptable.
1t is expected that three hundred Rus
SLAMS will settle 10 Hancock county, 10 ad-
d,tion to the two hundred who have alrea
dy taken up homes near Culbertson.
From MAY LIST TO June lat no regular
trains will be run between Ponca and Gov.
,nKton. AT that time workmen will be EN-
ployed widening the track and %remodeline
The grade.
The expense of boarding patients at The
insane asylum has been reduced from fou,
To three dollars Ter week, per pstient
The reduction commenced on the first o
December.
Dakota City has great expectations il
view of the railroad extensions, etc. There
are a good class of inhsbitants there, and i
any town deserves success and prosperit,
that does.
Chief Engineer Nash and assistants, com
menced at Jackson, March Goth, to run
preliminary survey to Oakland, to MIX
connection with the Omaha and Nor;her
Nebraska railroad line.
Claim jumping in the vicinity Of Miller
boro ha. been carried on to quite an exten
for the past few weeks. Aplotective societ
is about to be organized to prevent turtle
d~epredkiions Of this kind. %
Il" "A Jepptt tust tuc pdpcE ElIl ~ ives
Point, would be closed, seems I" have bee
without foundation. On the contrary
Dew machinery is 10 he added and wor
prosecuted on q larger scale ,hss evef.
Ponca Journal: 1t is rumored that tn
fcitisens Of the southern pr.cincts Of Ced,
county are beginning to see the importaue
Of having . railroad. and that the prosp'
for voting bonds grows better every day.
1t is reported that propositions will
made and elections ordered 10 seven pre-
%ciucts in Cedar county. on the quest,on
railroad bonds. If an expression il made
that county o. that subject it will be
May.
The Poncs Journal in speaking Of Il
closing Of the public schools at that pla
saws: We are informed that in this lor
and careful examination, The scholars acqui
ted themselves nobIy. During the time, "
I 5000 ques,ions were asked, and nine,y-s
per cent Of such questions were correctly .
swered.
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