Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-08-13
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Des Moines, Aug. II The reunion of
Crocker's Iowa brigade is set for Sep.
tember % and % at Muscatine.
Chicago, Aug. ll.-Peter Dahl, bitten
by dog last March, died of hydropho.
bia at the county hospital to-day.
Washington, Aug. 1l.-Christiana Iy-
that she killed o little boy and girl, sged
three and six years, near this city on
Saturday last.
st. Johns, N. F., Aug. ia bottle
picked up says the schooner Morning
Star foundered of Bird Rocks with .
crew of four.
Toledo, Aug. 11.-Suit has been begun
against the Williams Bros, who have
fed to Canada, to recover the amount
loaned by the bank on forged bills Of
lading.
Havana, Aug. 1l.-During July there
were ninety eight deaths from yellow
fever; for the week ending August s,
thirty six deaths. There are 200 cases
in the city. In June there were 235
deaths from yellow fever in the city of
Vera Cruz.
Des Moines, Aug. 11.-Charles Rel, .
bar-keeper who has been beating his
wife recently, and was arrested at her
instance few days ago, got drunk after
wards and at II o'clock at night shot
himself under the chin. He was forty
eight years of age and leaves two small
children.
Chicago, Aug. 1.-THE inspector from
here went to Indianapolis recently and
to-day arrested Edward s. Randall, q
letter carrier, who confesses that he has
systematically opened letters for months.
Over 500 complaints had been made to
the postoffice authorities.
Cairo, Aug. 11-With the exception of
light shower, insufficient to settle the
dust, there has been no rain for eight
weeks. Corn in this vicinity is expected
| to yield less than one-third of an average
crop. Tobacco is suffering terribly from
the drouth and the farmers outlook is
gloomy.
Quincy, Aug. n.-To-day was the hot
test in this city for the past fourteen
years. Hon. Jas. Stewart, ex-member oi
the legislature has thermometer that
has been kept in the same place four.
teen years. He has kept record to-day
and it reached 108, the highest it ever
attained.
Chicago, Aug. 1.-THE Theodore
Thomas orchestra tonight, in the expo
sition building, produced for the first
time in America the fifth symphony Of
Rubenstein before large audience. The
work has been carefully analyzed by the
city press and called out large audi
ence, in which were large proportion
of the best musical critics in the city
They unite in the opinion that the sym
phony, though not brilliant in style, is 6
most interesting work, and that undel
Mr.. Thomas skillful handling it will be
a noteworthy feature in his eastern sym
phony concerts.
st. LOUIS, Aug. 11.-An inquest wal
held this afternoon on the body of VIM
E. Lenderman, who was killed on the
street in the broad glare of an electric
light near the Laclcde hotel, on Tuesday
night. There is no certainty as yet te
the murderer, though Charles Wolf, the
policeman who was with him when ht
was killed, has been arrested and has
contradicted himself twice. He now says
a man suddenly appeared at the cornel
of the street and fred pistol shot after
afew words OF quarrel. The general the
ory is that Wolfe knows more than ht
will tell, and several persons saw enough
to contradict him on some points of hi
narratiye