Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-24
LOCAL

Mercury for,y.six above zero to-day.
January is making good record.
The price of wheat in this market to day
vas 95 cents for No. l, and 80 cents for
No. 2.
The signal Offices report for to-day shows
the maximum temperature to have been
460 and the minimum 240 above zero.
The public supper to be given by the
ladies of Christ church will be a week from
Tuesday, instead Of a week from Thursday,
as announced yesterday.
Louis Sampson has his new steam engine
And feed mill in operation cn Douglas
avenue. He has put inan eight horse pow.
or engine and it works like a charm.
The weather indications :.for the upper
Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys are:
Winds generally from the south to west and
north, cloudy and slightly FARMER weather
and slight changes in pressure, followed by
falling barometer during the night.
The bottom has dropped out Of the cases
brought against Marshal Gemmill aud he
stands indicated. The testimony Of chroL-
ic Law breakers who have imaginary griey.
ances against police officials is not consid.
cred good in assaults upon character.
Manning Horton. whose leg was broken
on New Years day. by the falling of his
horse, is getting along well under the care
of Or. Miller. The injured limb wa taken
out of the box to-day and be will be able to
hobble around on crutches in two or three
weeks.
Eden Sun: We are in daily receipt Of
the Yankton Press aud Dakotaian as an
exchange. The pioueer.sdaily Of the territory,
it has attained its present excellence only
BY the untiring energy and labor of its pro-
prietors, 1t is always full of the latest tele-
graph news, market reports, &C., as well as
synopsis of territorial and northwestern
news.
A fire broke out this afternoon in a closet
adjoining the rooms of Robert Cox, at Mrs.
Dawson's boarding house. Mrs. Cox first
discovered the incipient confagration aud
summoned assistance which speedily sui.
dued the flames. Mr.. Cox lost all his Sun
day clothes and his wife's wardrobe was
partially damaged. The loss is fully cover
ed by insurance. Cause unknown.
A Fargo correspondent Of the St.. Paul
Globe mentions United States Attorney
Campbell as ga courteous gentleman of the
old school, and of unquestioned ability al
a lawyer" The ''unquestioned ability
part of it is all right, but when these news
paper guerrillas write down Judge Camp
bell as an sold school' relic they are OF
the wrong scent. A little experience would
teach. them that the school of to-day is EN-,
phatically his sphere.
The officers of the Chicago & Northwest.
ern railroad are making dilligent enquiries
regarding the Fort George crossing and the
lay Of the land westward from that point
Matters may yet go shape that Fort George
will be the Missouri river town above
Yankton. The Northwestern people are
also obtaining all information possible
about the movements and intentions Of
other railroad companies in southeastern
Dakots, and the outlook is that they are
figuring to get control of the situation. The
Milwaukee company will contest this in
%tention, and it will be a case wherein Greek
will meet Greek.
The talk now is that the Northwestern
company Is to absorb the Dakota Southern
within a few days. President Wicker is
determined TO sell and he sees that his OPP
portunity 10 now. when two powerful cor
porstions are seeking control of the railroad
business of this section. John l. Blair,
whose monied interests are with the Illinois
Central, the Sioux City u Pacific and the
Chicago & Northwestern owns a little more
than one-half the stock of the Dakota
southern. The Milwaukee company hav.
ing made q bid for this property. and Mr..
Blair beIcg unwilling to permit that com.
paDy;. to obtain coutrol of the northwest
ward outlet for his other roads, declines the
offer. Mr.. Wicker, rather than lose the
for q sale, insists that Mr.. Blair
shall either yield to his desires or purchase
all Q! his tW!cke,'s) Dakota Southern
stock. This is OUT understanding of the
situation. gathered from remarks dropped
here and there, hut entirely unofficial In
their nature.
Coroner Etter is at work investigating
the eau ,cs of the death Of Erick Erickson.
Thus far he il satisfied that it is q caee OF
suicide. The hole in the forehead Is very
much larger than the bullets which fit the
revolver found with the body, but this is
accounted for by the probable close prox-
unity Of the revolver 10 the head Of the
deceased ut the time the shot was fired.
The flesh about the wound Is burned and
blackened BY powder, an indication that
sustatns the theory of self
destruction. DR. E,ter summoned
7. Madsen, Mr.. Richards and T. Welby al
jurors and the preliminary inquest was