Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-05-20
NORTHERN NEBRASKA.

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-Four hundred breaking teams are at
work near ColeridRe.
st. Helena's business houses do
thriving trade on Sunday.
Niobrara has Indications Of boom in
the signs of the passing day.
Harrington has lodge of the ancient
order of United Workingmen.
The Knox county agricultural associa-
tion met at Bazile ON the 10th.
The st. James G.. A. Il. post will meet
at Harrington on decoration day.
Rev. Mr.. Travis has a church society
of twenty-five members at Harrington.
Unless the brakes are applied to inn
migration, Ponca will soon have 1000 in.
habitants.
Theodore Lorang has been appointed
overseer Of highways for precinct No. 8,
Cedar county.
Lathrop Walkley has been appointed
overseer of highways for precinct No. 10,
Cedar county.
VIM. II. Bromley broke his leg at the
skating rink in Harrington, while trying
to skate when intoxicated.
License to sell liquor for medicinal,
mechanical and chemical purposes, has
been granted to F. L. Hicks, Coleridge.
John Walsh has resigned the office of
justice of the peace of precinct No. 10,
and Samuel Windrew has been appoint
ed.
Dr.J. P. johnson, of Coleridge, Ills,
has opened fine farm on the Logan,
near Coleridge. He will plant 100 acres
to fax this season.
Judge VIM. Potter, lawyer who has
resided in Cedar county since 1880. died
near Harrington ON the 18th. He was
we'll known and generally esteemed.
Creighton Pioneer: The Baptist peo-
pie are taking steps to complete their
church editice. We understand several
hundred dollars have been subscribed.
Ponca Journal: TIE annual conven.
tion of the Dixon county Sunday school
association will be held at Wakefield. IN
the NJ. E. church, on May 2Sth and 29th.
! Dixon county has tiity-eight school
houses; 2260 children of school age; ll45
boys and Ills girls. Eight new school
Eouses have been built within the year
i A lady at West Point named Miss
Bertha Wichert, aged fortys6ve, recently
married, and was afterward SO over
whelmed with regret at the act that she
J was driven to suicide.
r Harrington Herald: The Catholi.
> church in the south part of town is rap
, idly going up. It is proposed to make
the building one of the finest structures
, in this part of the state.
} Ponsa Journal: The Catholic churct
\ has six fine lots in one of the most com
3 manding locations in town. We under
J stand that the erection of the churcl
will be Immediately commenced.
Bruning, who was recently taken from
Cedar county to the insane asylum a
Columbus, broke away from the re
straints of the latter place and Wake,
back home. All peaceable efforts to IN
duce him to return to the asylum hav
: failed.
Bazile News: The outlook for goo
: crop of small grain in Knox county ha
thus far beA very favorable. A compal
atlvely large acreage has been put il
and at the present time it is lookin
;. very promising, especially that whic
was early sown.
). On recent Sunday Judge Smith, Q
8 Ponca, performed double wedding 8
) his residence. The contracting partie
l. were Mr.. james Ireland and Miss Hal
!, nah McPherran, of Dakota county, an
n Mr.. Robert-McPh Pherran and Miss Emil
n Ireland of the same place.
. The Ponca Journal understands til.
y some farms between Ponca and Martini
# burg IRE held as high as thirty
r thirty.iive dollars per acre, an
y says the price is not higl
!. considering the excellence of locatio
: and the richness of the land.
;; few years ago those farms could ha,
y been bought for five dollars per acre.
q Pierre Free Press: Geo. A. Brooks,
e heavy produce dealer from Bazile Mill
y Nebraska, arrived in the city last n,gl
y to look after lot of several thousar
a. pounds OF butter which he had sent
Q the Hills, but had been returned by b
p agent. 1t looks as though Mr.. Brool
had been victinnzed by some person al
that his loss would extend we'll up in Il
70 thousands.
# Knox County News: Colonel s. :.
20 Hinman and Indy have returned fro
ia Washington to their Knox county. hon
,e Col. II. has done yoeman service +
in Knox county and northern Nebraska
he Washington for the past three montl
ve and has earned the gratitude and than
le of all classes for his indefatigable
y; ~ bors. We are pleased to say that
ss contemplates making Niobrara |
m future home. He aud his estimable "
as would be valuable addition to our eli
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ae ne SOUTHERN DAKOTA.
nS % DeSmet is organizing board of ira,
A The -four mill at Wolsey will be bu