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

The Hamlin county fair will DO held
at Esteiline next fall.
The Aurora Times received over sixty
subscribers in one day.
Tie next issue of the Elk Point Courier
will be boom edition.
There is splendid opening for
jeweler in Alexandria.
The Washington Springs News has
gone to Templeton to live.
Doland, Spink county, was without .
mail for twelve days, recently.
The Canton soiree club will give
masquerade ball next Tuesday evening.
Tue young ladies of Clark aud vicinity
gave leap year party last Tuesday even
ing.
The name OF Nordland is to be chang.
ed to Denver, April lst. SO says the
Gazette.
There is at present about 10000
bushels of grain in Madison awaiting
shipment.
Arrangements are being made to
open school at Koto as soon as the
weather will permit.
The Alexandria Herald is decidedly
opposed to the consolidation of Hanson
aud Dawson counties.
A fine young antelope was run down
and caught in. the town of Rosedale, in
Clark county, last Thursday.
The Elk Point Courier says: Sheafe's
Dakota mills, now have new wrinkle
that turns out the finest -four made.
Four locomotives were wrecked near
Aberdeen by collision, and Andrew
Burke, an engineer, was seriously in.
jured.
lnere never was a real estate mort
gage sale in Hamlin county. At the
last term OF court the county did not
have o case.
The Mitchell hook and ladder compa.
ny will render the drama 1.-Two Broth
ers" and the farce "Old Gooseberry," J"
March llth.
The Volga mill, Brookipgs county, was
started last Tuesday. 1t is roller mill
with capacity of fifty barrels every
twenty -four hours.
The Elk Point band, have organized
themselves into an amateur dramatic
company, and will givea play in the
course OF few weeks.
Two more cases of asphyxiation are
reported, this time from Sioax Falls.
neither of them proving fatal, but both
serious and arlarming enough.
Canton school bonds sold last week for
premium OF five per cent, the issue of
$4,000 having sold for $l0,5OO in cash.
the interest being seven per cent.
The Grand Army post ut Huron realiz-
ed 5000 from its campfire entertainment
on Washington's birthday. The post has
ninety members and is aourishing.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. W. Shannsrd, Of
Bridgewater, formerly of Yankton, gave
large and brilliant reception at the
latter place to their many friends, the
other evening.
The remains of Fred Schultz, who was
recently killed in Minnesota while en-
deavoring to board a freight train, were
taken to Reifeld last Tuesday morning
for lnterment.
Aurora County Standard: Spring work
has commenced. J. w. Harrison, March
3rd. sowed wheat. He says the ground
works we'll, and that other farmers in
the neighborhood will begin sowing at
once. -
A farmer remarked to the Sioux Falls
Argus the other day, that if the cold
weather would continue for a week or
ten days more, there would be the big.
gest crops in the Sioux valley the com.
ing season. ever known.
Two young men of Columbia have
signed an agreement to abstain from the
use of all kinds of Intoxicating liquors
for one year. A violation Of this agree
mentrequires the party violating it te
deed to the other 100 acres of land.
The Howard Advance says: 1t is th.
opinion Of voters in western Lake coun
ty that the proposition to bond the coun
ty for $4,000 to build court house ant
Jail at Madison will not carry. 1t Is sait
the proposition will also be voted dow1
by the voters Of the east side.
Redfield Sun: The board Of county
commissioners have delay ed the township
organization scheme, as it conflicts will
the school law. The scheme should b,
delayed until the people organize b,
congressional townships. The echoo
township business, as now constituted
in this county, is fraud.
The Russian Hebrews of Dawson
county, known as the "Cremieux" colony
desire to be distinguished from the Rus
sian refugee colony near Bismarck. Tn,
coloniets here have sustained themselvei
from the start and are proud Of their snc
cess. They have opened up good farm
and have raised good crops. and are OF
the road to permanent prosperity.
Aurora Times: On Friday evening a
the close Of the regular meeting Of The
g. A. R., in their rooms, an auxiliary o,
relief corps was organized. This is com
posed of the wives Of old soldiers, and il
No. 2. Tho officers chosen are: Mrs. j.
B. Seymour, president; Mrs. A. Foote
senior vice president; Mrs. E. @. Walton,
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