Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-07-11

SOUTHERN DAKOTA.

SOUTHERN DAKOTA.
Columbia is talking up roller rink.
A fax mill at Plankinton is an assured
thing.
Day county is infested with horse
thieves.
White Lake is talking of organizing a
militia company.
Clark has cigar maker who averages
about 5000 week.
The DeSmet post Office has been made
a third class Office.
An old settlers reunion will be held at
Salem after harvest.
Iroquois is to have skating rink and
public hall combined.
The postmaster at Webster has the
finest residence in the town.
The Cascade mill at Sioux Falls is
being improved $4,000 worth.
Chamberlain is arranging musical
festival to be held in August.
The Brookinps Sentinel and Common.
wealth have been consolidated.
Over 1000 people assembled at Blunt
to celebrate the glorious Fourth. o
Scotland parties are thinking of
building $1,000 hotel at Olivet.
A G. A. R. post with eleven members,
has been organized at Forest City.
Gov. Ordway was expected to address
the people of Brookings on the 4th.
Sioux Falls celebration OF the Fourth
was credltable and enjoyable affair.
The Iroquois Herald thinks the editor
OF the Huron Leader is too old to bet.
Hon. Geo. B. Armstrong delivered the
Grafton at the st. Lawrence celebration
Lots of government land is being
taken up this year in Mcpherson county
Watertown has no vacant houses and
the demand for tenements is increasing
Mrs. Florence B. Southmayd has been
reappointed postmistress of Alexandria
Mrs. Chas. Flanders, of Columbia
gave birth to twins the 4th, boy and a
girl.
Columbia's baby show was an amusing
feature of the Fourth of July celebra
ton.
Diana passed through its first Fourth
of July celebration and lives to tell tn,
story.
Daniel Briggs Was run over and killed
by the cars at Milbank on Saturday
night.
The Alexandria mill has the reputa
tion of making first class quality o
-four.
John Reagan was struck by lightnin,
at Gettysburg last week, and instantl
killed.
The leans and the fats of Aberdeen
played match game of base ball on th
Fourth.
Aurora county farmers are doing cor
siderable in the way of building thi
season.
One hundred and twenty men are en-
ployed in the Dell Rapids jasper ston
quarries.
The Huron Leader issued an extra al
nouncing the appointment of ne
governor.
Pierre did not celebrate the Fourtl
not even to read the declaration of ind
: pendence.
Buffalo, Brule and Aurora count,
were visited by q heavy hail storm c
the Fourth.
Webster, Day county, has one of IL
9 finest equipped Masonic lodge rooms
: the territory.
Elkton, Aurora county, has voted
bond for $4,000, with which to build
, school house.
! Dawson county would like to have
member of the council and one of Il
lower house.
, The Ipswich Gazette has passed
t first mile post and is growing more al
3 more prosperous.
r Strawberries that measure five inch
;. in circumference, have been raised
/ McCook county.
D The Salem Pioneer Register also eel
!. brated the Fourth with red, white 81
+ blue publication.
Howard's fourth Fourth of July eel
j. bration was a success despite the uni
I, vorable weather.
There were SIS money orders issu
:, q by the st. Lawrence post Office duri,
. the year ending June 30th.
Col. and Mrs. Il. A. Murray, of Ma,
9 son, celebrated their silver wedding q
y niversary, a short time ago.
' A. E. Rising, late editor of the Auro
9 Times. has been appointed mail agent
the Running Water division.
. The postof1ice department refuses
' increase the service to daily mail |
? tween Forts Pierre and Yates.
y Woonsocket boasts of nm amate
= walker, who covered mile, square ht
y and toe, in less than ten minutes.
It The Centreville Index is our last n,
}; exchange. 1t is creditable sheet a,
y will no doubt fill long felt want.
d Miss Downy Lind, prize fancy skat
of Sioux City, has been giving an ex
bition of her fine skating at Mitchell.