Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-03-29
SOUTHERN DAKOTA.

SOUTHERN DAKOTA.
Elk Point is enjoying mild boom.
The university at Pierre prospers.
Beresford claims population ofsS00.
Springfield expects prosperous sea.
son.
| Mitchell hotels are overrun with
guests.
A fax mill is going up at Miller, Hand
county.
Beresford is coming to the front as
thrifty burg.
Sioux Falls is discussing the feasibility
of water works.
| A large addition is being made to the
Springfield hotel.
Ducks and geese are unusually nu.
merous around Sioux Falls.
John Milton Jones, pioneer farmer
OF Bon Romme county, is dead.
Bon Homme county farmers com.
menced seeding over week ago.
The Jerauld County News has been
removed from Elmer to Templeton.
There is quite general talk OF making
the first day of May Arbor day in Da.
kota.
The "black leg" has shown itself
among John LsRoche's cattle, at his
ranch near Bijou Hills.
The Brush creek country, in Union
county, claims to be one Of the finest
stock ranges in the world.
The new reservation above Fort Hale
has been moved on by about sixty lodges
of the Lower Brule Indians.
A. T. Haiser, of Lake county, lost two
children the other day whose deaths were
caused by spinal meningites.
A writer in an eastern paper claims
that southern Dakota farming lands will
sell for fifty dollars an acre within ten
years.
John Keller, who was the first con.
ductor to run into Sioux Falls on the
Southern Minnesota road, died at Man.
kato last Tuesday.
Il Anton Jauish, living four miles from
Cavour, Beadle county, was found frozen
to death in his claim cabin the other day.
He had been dead week when discov.
cred.
\ White Lake Times: The remains OF
Mrs. N. Anderson we're brought. in on
the train from Yankton Sunday evening.
and taken on Monday to Bloomington
for lnterment.
i The Improved Live Stock and
Breeders association Of southeastern Da.
kota was organized at Mitchell the other
day, and E. T. Currens, of Brule county,
elected president.
| A leap year masquerade will occur at
Aberdeen next Monday night. The
ladies will have complete charge of every
thing and it is expected it will be the
grandest social event of the season.
i The largest county warrant ever cash.
ed in Brown county was paid last week.
1t was in payment for bridge material
used near Bath, was drawn in October,
and amounted. with interest, to 1857.
Lands east of the Sioux river ia
western Iowa are held at twenty dollars
per acre. On the Dakota side they are
sold at ten and twelve dollars, and
assessed ut about one fourth this sum.
I The Mitchell board of trade has taken
the entire management of the Dakota
university matter. The buildings will
cost $2O,0 and section of land will be
plated at once. Upwards of 1000 have
already been snbscribed.
The Sioux City Journals Huron cor
respondent Gays: "Friday man named
Glbbins died here of a pneumonia, leaving
very little to his family. The widow
brooded over her loss and apparent pen.
ury to such degree that she died of a
broken heart"
Aberdeen Republican,: The hook and
ladder truck purchased for the city will
arrive in day or two. The outfit is
very complete, and includes all the i'm
proved appliances in that line, the total
cost Of which is $3.50. Two hose carts
and 5000 feet OF hose, completes the out.
ft. and when the city we'll is finished,
We will. with our we'll trained sire lad
dies" have tolerably good protection
from the fire fiend.
The Ashton Herald, of recent date,
chronicles the sad and painful death of q
two year old child of J. r. Sheetz, last
week. The little one climbed from
chair upon bureau and from that ele.
vatei position reached q bottle Of car.
bolic acid standing on shelf above and
before it was known what the child was
about it had swallowed the contents of
the bottle. Medical aid was promptly
summoned but all efforts to save the
child were of no avail. After lingering
in intense pain for about sixteen hours
it passed away.
A Remarkable Escane.