Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1883-08-28

NORTHERN NEBRASKA,

NORTHERN NEBRASKA.
Three loads of gypsies were in Ponca
last week.
Niobrara hotels are doing rueaing
business.
Nlobrara claims the best post office of
its class in Nebraska.
The Dixon county fair will be held at
Ponca during September.
1t is not yet decided whether Cedar
county will have fair this fall.
After three weeks session the Cedar
county teachers institute has adjourned,
The Northwestern telegraph company
are fixing up their line between Ponca
and Martinsburg.
The Cedar county democrats held q
convention TT st. Helena Saturday to
elect delegates to the state convention.
The interior of the Catholic church
situated half way between Ponca and
Martinsbnrg is said to be furnished and
decorated in most elegant and appro-
pirate manner.
The old settlers of Dakota county had
a reunion Sunday in the grove of Cap
tain O'Conncr, near Homer. Judge
Pendleton of SiouxClty delivered the old
settlers address.
The fields of corn show that an i'm.
nense crop will be gathered this season.
If there is no hard frost within the next
three weeks. Dixon county will slow a
magnificent corn crop.
The Niobrara News says the Ponca's
have commenced threshing their small
grain. with their new threshing machine
which they have recently received from
the government, and are using their own
teams.
The Ponca Journal says: The cream.
cry of r. II. Knapp last Friday made
1900 pounds of butter. Mr.. Knapp in
forms us that he recently shipped 24,ooo
pounds of butter, the result of four
weeks Cummings.
Paragon, the future metropolis of
Cedar county, was surveyed on Thurs
day OF last week. The work on the rail-
road is now about two miles from Para
gon, and the cars will be running to that
place within ninety days.
Allie Leonard, of Ponca, aged thirteen
had his arm so badly broken and crushed
as to necessitate amputation, by being
tipped over i'll covered, crowded omni-
bus the other day while enroute to pic.
mic grounds near that town.
Cedar County Nonparell: Notwith.
standing the certainty of q decline in st.
Helena town property as soon as the
other towns in the county get in work.
ing order, J. N. Lemon sold his resi-.
dence few days ago for $500; G. W.
Mann being the purchaser.
The repainting, plastering and paper.
ing OF the Presbyterian church at Ponca
was completed last week and services
were held there on Sunday. The Jour.
nal says the church now presents very
attractive and inviting appearance.
The Knox County News is informed
that several men from Paris, France
were in the city, last week enroute for
the several Indian agencies to secure In.
dians to take to the Paris Exposition
They were endeavoring to get some Pom.
cas-. and will probably succeed.
Ponca Journal: On last Sabbath, Rev
Mr. Wheeler preached his seventh ami
versary sermon in the Presbyterian
church, and has now entered upon th.
eighth year of his labor at this place
During those seven years Mr.. Wheeler
has gained many friends for himself ano
has been the means of bringing great
number of proselytes to the faith fol
which he works.
Knox County News: Much dissatis
faction prevails among the enlisted mel
of tho Fort Randall post, on account O
the amount of work required of them, il
addition to their other duties. The,
have to work on new buildings, max.
brick, make hay, drill every day and at
tend dress parade every evening. Thi
dress parade every evening they conside
as anuisance.
| Knox County Times: Rodger McGil
met with quite serious and nearly fata
accident last Friday morning. He wa
at work under harvester on his farm
when the horses which were hitched t,
the machine started, and in doing so th,
harvester fell on to Mr.. McGill, seyerel,
wrenching his neck and COMPRISING th
spinal cord so as to produce partial par
alysis of one side of his body. DR.. A
l.. Clarke was summoned and found tina
there had been q dislocation of the up
per cervical vertebrae, but he thinks tha
his patient will recover.
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Fell Down.