Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-02-12
SOUTHERN DAKOTA.

Lee IN the Jim at Mitchell is thirty
inches thick.
Hay can be bought for four dollars
per ton at Mitchell.
The Mitchell Capitol boasts of dozen
or more new subscribers weekly.
None of the dozen or SO cases of small
pox at Calliope have SO far proved fatal.
Union protracted meetings are being
held ut the Methodist church in Vermil-
lion.
Sophie Lowrie, eight years of age,
died in Vermillion last Wednesday of
pneumonia.
Geo. Hefner, of Springfield, is pre-
pairing to open q branch lumber busi-
ness at Tyndall.
About thirty car loads of freight are in
the yards at Mitchell awaiting Shipment
to the end of the track.
The young confscator of George Stu
arts horse at Mitchell was captured near
Huron short time ago.
NJ. B. Kent, Of Elk Point, saw seven
wolves playing around in the suburbs of
that town few nights ago.
The report that Russian, somewhere
on Emanuel creek, was down with the
small pox is not substantiated.
Not an overshoe of any description
could be found in Vermillion during the
last-before this storm.
All reports from the smallpox district
are encouraging. There are no new cases
and the old ones are doing we'll.
From the 2Sth of May, 1880, to the LIST
of January, 1881, 2.558 persons registered
at the Bradley house in Mitchell.
A free ferry is being talked of at Ver-
million, which would no doubt largely
increase the business of that town.
Andrew Ellison of Elk Point was kick
ed by holse last Monday cutting deep
and ugly cash Oh the lett side of the
chin.
The Elk Point Courier learns that G.
Il. Woolworth lost eight hundred head
of cattle in the Big Bend during the re.
cent snow storm.
The Springfield Times was compelled
to print on wrapping paper last week,
owing to tile delay of trains loaded with
their white paper.
A very pleasant surprise party occur.
red at the residence OF H. G. Greene of
Mitchell last Friday evening. Over one
hundred people were present.
Mitchell Capitol: James Baynes' rail
road bill recently introduced by him, has
| been defeated. Knowing the bill coulc
not pass, Jim went with the popular side
and voted against his own bill.
Sheriff Bovee of Elk Point was arrest.
ed by a special policeman for violating
one OF the quarantine ordinances of the
oity, Tuesday last. He was taken before
the mayor, tried, found guilty and ineC
ten dollars.
Some one belonging to the Mitchell
Capitol force must be an old friend o.
Major Martin, the editor of the Forest
burg Progress, as that paper states ht
has the reputation OF being the best
whisky-poker player in the James valley
Elk Point Courier: Sheriff Bovee in
| tervlewed Mike Byan and others at Jef
ferson, and they say that there is no cast
of smallpox in Jefferson, and they fee
very much aggrieved at the continuation
of the quarantine of Elk Point and Siou,
City against them. This item cost tn,
sheriff ten dollars, but he said we wer,
welcome to it.
| Vermillion Standard: There is OIL
opening III ermllilOn LOT gOOd nom
eopathic physician. Many of our bes
families send to Sioux City for homeo
path every time they need doctor, VIII,
would not do so if one was located here
and there is no doubt but good physi
clan of that school would establish
; lucrative Practice here in short time.
About twenty-five snow shovelers a
work in the vicinity OF Elk Point, clear
ing the railroad track, struck for lighe
wages few days ago. They were gel
: ting one dollar and quarter per da,
and they wanted the sam
! wages with board thrown in, whic
; was refused them-although the con
pany offered to raise them twenty-ti1
cents per day, but that they fatty d
, clined to accept.