Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-04-29

NORTHERN NEBRASKA.

NORTHERN NEBRASKA.
Hartington's hotels are crowded with
guests.
Cedar county's new comers are largely
from Iowa.
The Baptlsts will build church al
Harrington.
Coleridge is coming to the front as q
business point.
Hons. G. Boyles is the Harrington
village attorney.
Wakeasld is about to build q large
Presbyterian church.
A mum sociable in Ponca the other
night afforded great amusement.
Prospecting for coal in: Cedar county
il pastime with the tenderfoot geoIo.
gist.
Some Chicago men are talking of
building $4,000 hotel IN Ponca this
season.
Mr.. Geo. Herb. of the Dakota CITY
Eagle, has purchased the Harrington
Herald.
A Bazille Mills business house has
recently sold 200 dozen eggs to Millet
of Fort sully.
A tubular we'll company is about to
commence operations in Cedar and
Wayne counties.
The Omaha Indian reserve will be
thrown open to settlement on Wednes.
day Of this week.
The grass widowers Of Harrington
propose to organize. 1t will be strong
society in Cedar county.
Cedar county can furnish 1000 prac.
tical farmers with excellent farms. It is
one of the best counties in Nebraska.
Preparations are already being made
in the NJ. E.chnrch at Ponca, for the OBJ.
servance of "children's day." June 9Th.
The thirteenth annual meeting of the
Dixon county bible society. will be held
In the NJ. q. church at Ponca. May 4th.
A Catholic church is to be built forth.
with at Hartington-the architecture Of
which will be the ancient European
style.
Mr.. Moshier has Just been elected
director of the Bazile Mills school dis.
trict, and Miss Carrie Houston employed
as teacher.
Twelve thousand dollars have been
appropriated by Uncle Sam to build
bridges across the streams running
through the Santee Sioux reservation.
Fourteen hundred dollars were sub.
scrined in Ponca, the other day, in an
hours time, toward building Catholic
church. Valuable lots have been donated
and an effort is being made to increase
the amount to $1,000.
The railroad depot at Emerson was
burned on Thursday morning of last
week. The cause of the fire is unknown.
but it is supposed to have been the work
OF an incendiary. This is the second
depot burned at Emerson.
The st. Helena Nonpariel says that
northwestern Nebraska is receiving a
heavy stream of immigration this spring
and improvement is going on every.
where, indicating that prosperity has
been the rule among the old settlers.
The coroner's jury at the inquest held
over the body of Mrs. Sturgess, of Kno,
county, brought IN the following verdict
We believe that Mrs. s. a. Sturgcs.
came to her death by shot from a pisto
fred by her own hand while in tempo
rary fit of insanity.
Northern Nebraska Journal: The M
q. camp meeting ASSOCIATION of north
Nebraska, met at Wakefield last week.
and located the annual camp meeting at
Scott's grove, three miles southwest ol
Wakefield, beginning August l4th, and
continuing over two Sabbaths, and .
special camp meeting will be held at the
old camp ground on Bow creek, six miles
south of st. James. Cedar county, com.
mencing August 2Sth, continuing over
two Sabbaths. Both will be conducted
by Rev. E. j. Woodward.
knox County Times: A Santee In
dian, named Thomas, was thrown out o
his wagon and killed while on his way
home from this place last Monday night
Owing to the rain he did not start TO,
home until late in the afternoon, an6
when he reached the reservation dark
ness came on and he lost his way, anc
his horses wandered into gully or wash
out, overturning the wagon and throw
ing Thomas and his little boy, who
accompanied him, out. In the fall th,
fathers neck was broken, and the bo,
was confined under the wagon box, wher,
he was found the next day by friend
who went out to search for them. th,
horses still standing attached to tn,
wagon.
SOUTHERN DAKOTA.
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