Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-03-10
LOCAL. LAc0Nl1.s

LOCAL LACONlCs.
Foreman Dudley's hose COMPANY has
adopted name and will hereafter be
known Is Champion hose company, mum.
ber two.
The bridge across Choteau creek will
be completed this week and Lieutenant
Ritzius il OF the opinion that it will
stand this time.
Dudley. Richey / Gross havo added to
their hardware stock o supply of plumb.
ing material. engine fixtures and general
material for steam, gas aud water pipes.
Joseph g. Chandler, nominated as re.
ceiver of the Yankton land Office last
spring, was confirmed by the senate last
Thursday. As Mr.. Chandler has been
filling the position since his appoint.
ment he loses nothing by the delay.
Still he feels more solid than he did.
Saturday night brought decided indi.
cations Of change ir the weather, which
have been falfilled in the thaw Of yes.
terdsy aud to-day. Tho snow is going
OF slowly and il the south wind contin.
ues the traces Of winter will rapidly
disappear. During last night th,s sec.
ton was visited by . violent gale, lasting
couple OF hours.
Tourists from the north (there are
tourists Who go up there to see how it
seems to be 60 near the land of the mid.
night SUM- are generally of the opinion
that the breakup of the Red river will
be bad one this spring. The snow is
deep, the spring backward aud the ice is
heavy. This combination Of causes
usually produce moist results. In fact,
the testimony is that very many Dakota
streams will run bank full In the course
of few weeks.
Deputy o. 8. Surveyor Charles b.
Bates, who was recently ordered to the
Turtle Mountain country to do some
surveying. has returned to Yankton. firm
in the conclusion that he will wait until
the winter leaves that northern region
before he makes another attempt to in.
wade the neighborhood of the polar cir.
ole. Mr.. Bates got as far as Fargo and
out over the waste beyond. All he could
see. or hear about. was one continuous
blizzard. with no Indications of let up
80 he returned to the grass clad bills Of
the south to await change in the
weather.
Agentleman who has been travelling
over northern Dakota says he finds
outside Of Bismarck, . general senti.
ment in favor Of Judge Edgerton's de.
cision in the capital commission case
The best informed men assert their faith
in the justice and the constitutionality
OF his ruling. But. after expressing thi.
opinion, they wag their heads wisely and
assert that money is power and tina I
the commission hackers have plenty Of
it. They cite the case of Alex Hughes
who was not rich man when he Joined
the capital commission and betrayed thu
people Of the south, and point e the
fact that he is now building one of th,
finest residences in Bismarck. This SORT
OF sentiment prevails in the north. II
is the legitimate outcome Of the corrup
tion OF last winter. The impression thai
money conquers all difficulties pre-
dominates. On the contrary. the soutt
is solid in the conviction that after {
measure passes from the control of ,
Legislative lobby, the root Of all evil cut,
a very small figure in its final disposi
tion.
A singular and disastrous battle oc
curred last Saturday between two racing
mares belonging to William Meadows
They we're turned into q lot together an,
in short time became involved in
desperate conflict. They struck an,
kicked and tore each other with thei,
teeth, neither being willing to yield t,
the prowess Of the other. The battl,
ended with one mare lying on the grount
drenched in blood and the other standing
over her with numerous gaping wounds
1t was eight in earnest and lasted unit
both we're exhausted from the unusua
exertlon and loss Of blood. Both ami
mails are ruined for turf work and one Q
them will never be &c for the read agair
One was trotter and the other runne
and together they formed an importan
part Of Yankton's outfit for the sprin
races. They had never before manifesto,
any special hostility for each other. an
the cause OF this blood affair 10 beyon
any explanation on the part Of thei
owner.
A great reduction On all whit,
goodsat j. MAxsA.