Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-03-24
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SOUTHERN DAgOTA.


Washington.
Fiandrau expects to get two more rail.
roads this year.
Lake Preston is putting les house in
order for . boom.
Pierre has suffered the loss Of two
saloon buildings by fire.
A number of travelling men were block.
aided at volgal last week.
The sons Of veteraps are preparing to
form . juniorFpost at Cavour.
Over 100 guests attended a recent
masonic banquet, at Howard.
The Odd Fellows OF Madison will cele-
brate April 2Bth, in grand style.
Big Stone City is q favorite wheat
market for Grant county farmers.
The Brown county attorneys will hold
. meeting at Aberdeen April 10Th.
Willow Lake is the name OF q proposed
new railway town in CLARK county.
Acreamery enterprise will help along
Madson's boom the coming summer.
The postotiice called Elmer is located
in the village Of Washington Springs.
The Masonic fraternity at Flandrau
propose to institute chapter at that
place.
Joseph B. Montgomery, OF Yankton,
was the first white settler in Codington
county.
Tue James river valley railroad from
LaMoure south is to be constructed this
season.
The citizens of Hlghmore ask the
county board to revoke all saloon license
in that town.
Public examination of teachers will be
held in Volga April 1st. and in Brook
,ngs, the 3rd.
Seventeen car ioads Of stone have been
shipped to Madison fol building the nor
NAL school building.
The grand amy at Watertown, Clark.
Worthwhile and st. Lawrence are getting
ready to establish posts.
Brookings county farmers and adjoln-
ing county farmers take their grists to
VIC vOAko AullA " UO 6&OuGus
The railway company is building 1900
feet of additional side track at Pierre as
q preparation for increasing business.
The Citizens bank at Madison has been
organized as o national with capital
stock of $4,000 and authority to increase
to 100000.
A teachers association has been organ
lied in Clark county. The Dakota Valley
Tribune has Just published an edition of
10000 copies.
Tho Sentinel says fifty cottages could
be rented in Madison this spring. A
four room dwelling readily rents for
$3.50, per year.
Madison people raised by subscription
last week in two hours .S2,500, to build
an opera house. The amount has since
been increased to $500.
A saloon man in Highmore has been
sued for $500 damages by the widow Of
the man to whom he sold liquor and who
died from the effects Of it.
Debating societies, literary clubs and
lyceums, which have formed the chief
entertainment in 30 many hopeful Da-
kota towns during the winter, are pub
fishing their valldictories. immigration
has set IN and business is the order of the
day and night.
The Madison Sentinel is very enthusi.
astic and with much reason, if the fol-
lowing, clipped from late issue of that
paper, proves reality: A state normal
school building, court honse. ON opera
house, two new churches, stone bank
building, several business houses, and ON
untold number of residences will be built
in Madison the coming season. Besides
the above there is strong talk of build
ing brick or stone business block to
cover Eve lots.
From the proceedings of the Hyde
county board of commissioners we clip
the following paragraph: Resolred, That
in the case now pending involving the
validity Of the Office of John Falde, COM
missioner, and J. T. Haieht, probate
judge, that Gamble Bros, OF Yapkton,
and Perkins & Greer, Of Highmore, be
employed as attorneys, with such other
counsel that said parties may require to
assist. And that one hundred and fifty
dollars be allowed said Gamble Bros. as
retainer, and that warrant be issued
for SAID amount for that purpose.