Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-06-27
TERRITORIAL NEWS.

TERRITORIAL NEWS.
The next session Of the Masonic grand
lodge will be held at WATERFOWL.
Turner county will hold an agricultur-
al fair September 2lst, 22d and Odd.
Alexandria will have school house
two stories high, "a 81 feet on the
ground.
VIM. easy, of Hanson county, claims
to have the best five acres of corn in the
territory.
The tax levy for Sioux Falls for school
purposes is fifteen mills on the dollar.
Last year it was eighteen.
Parker has doubled her assessment
during tho past year. She leaves every
other town in southern Dakota way back
under the bush.
The question of private subscription
to secure the location Of Touring mill
at Parker, is agitating the people Of that
beautiful village.
Who would not live at Alexandra,
where according to the Herald, every
breeze is freighted with the sweet frag-
rance that is constantly escaping from
the full blown roses that adorn the
prairies. :
A camp convention of the Baptist
church of Dakota will be held at Lake
Madison on the LIST, I'd, Sd and 4th of
July. A number of distinguished dlvines
from the east will be present.
Sioux Falls Pantagraph: r. F. Petit
grew and associates are making arrange
ments for the improvement of the water
power one mile and o half west of town.
If the matter of howage can be settled o
dam will be put in shortly, and an eight
foot head thus secured.
The directors OF theCross mining COM
pany have elected the following officers
for the ensuing year: President, r. F.
Pettigrew; vice president, j. L. Phillips;
treasurer, II. L. Hollister; secretary, p.
w. Coughran; superintendent, N. e.
Phillips; attorney, T. B. McMartin.
A week ago Sunday the Sioux Falls
region was visited by thunder storm,
which in the amount of rainfall lays over
any previous performance in that direc-
tion. The amount of rainfall is various
ly stated at from 4 4 to " and II inches.
Considerable damage was done at Sioux
Falls.
The Pantagraph calls the attention
Of its readers to the fact that law was
prerequisite to marriage. and all persons
passed by the legislature last
winter requiring license as a
desirous Of entering into matrimonial re.
lations will now find it necessary to in.
terview the county clerk to the extent oi
two dollars.
| Alexandria Herald, 23d: Judge J. F.
Norton, of Salem, was baptized without
ceremony last week. In attempting to
cross Skunk creek, which was greatly
swollen from recent rains. he drowned 8
pair of ponies, and lost his buffalo robes
but saved his carriage and himself. II
was the team purchased of Colborne
last spring. Loss. about 5000.
Vermlllion Standard: The Vermillior
river has at last been put to good use
Mr.. Eye. of Centerville, bought lot o
goods and lumber, transported them tt
the river near Lennox, built raft o
lumber, put the goods on it, and raftee
them to Centerville. To Mr.. Eye be
longs the credit of having put the Yer
million river to its first good use.
Pantagraph: T. r. Kershaw's littl'
baby has been very close to deaths doc
for several days. being afflicted will
, what is called imagination of the bow
Gle, IN WnlCl one pOtClOn OF an lnCe9tln'
, slides down on the inside of another ik
the joints of a telescope. For time n
hopes we're entertained of the babes re
q covery, but it is now reported as improv
ing. Out of fifty-two cases of such kin,
: noted in medical works only two recov
q cries are reported.
= The officers of the Dakota Sunda,
( school convention are: President, Rev
: Edward Ellis of Sioux Falls; vice presi
!, dents, j. Kimball of Bookings, Rev.
u B. Smart of Washington Hills, Rev. N
!, Fulcomer of Parker; secretary and treas
q urer, d. P. Ward of Sioux Falls; record
ing secretary, ]. B. Currens of Parke,
executive committee, Rev. H. P. Carso
f Of Scotland, Rev. w. s. Bell of Portland
vile. Rev. J. P. Coffman Of Parke
> Willis Benedict of Canton. r. s. Alexar
= der Of Dell Rapids, Mrs. L. G. Hunt 9
8 Sioux Falls, Rev. ]. B. Taylor of Mitcl
4 ell, E. G. Wheeler of Huron, Rev. Ur
dyke of Watertown, Mrs. ID. G. Thoma
" of Watertown, J. w. Diggs OF Big Ston
q City.