Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-03-20
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SOUTHERN DAKOTA.

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" SOUTHERN DAKOTA.
The tree planting fever is quite
general.
a grand army post has been organizeil
at Mellette.
Tyndall is securing Il share utthe early
immigration.
Prairie fires arc getting i'll their rcga-
lar fall work.
Huron proposes to plant trees extern
sively this spring.
The population of Douglas county
January lat was Coz.
Bon Homme county will make an
Arbor day OF May LIST.
Sioux Falls has an unusual number Of
cases of typhoid fever.
Springfield needs more store buildings
and tenement buildings.
A grist mill is among the wants at
Worthwhile, Sphinx county.
The new Choteau creek bridge in Bon
Homme county is completed.
There Is about foot of snow on the
level all through Potter county.
There is good deal OF snow piled up
in drifts up in Sphinx county.
Lincoln county gave fifty-six majority
against the "poor farm" question.
Sioux Falls has secured machine
shop. foundry and wagon factory.
Over 100000 worth of pork has been
marketed at Sioux Falls this season.
Tue teachers Of Lincsln county will
hold a convention at Lennox. March Goth.
In tour days recently, forty cars Of i'm.
migrant goods were delivered at Blunt
John Coborn, of Charles Mix county,
has been appointed deputy U. s. mar
shal.
A ST. Patrick's day party was given by
Fitzpatrick post. Ct. A. r.. of Huron, last
Monday evening.
A relinqnishu,ent to II tree claim, nine
miles from blunt, without M ucre broken,
lately sold for $500.
The citizeus OF Canton recently pre-
sented to Gen. Lyon G. A. r. pest, at that
place, a beautiful flag.
A gambler named Circhuff. Of Pierre,
deserted his wife and ekipped after six
weeks of married life.
Miss Minnie Todd sang in a concert in
Huron short time ago, and was greeted
with rounds OF applause.
The hardware merchants Of Huron
have agreed among themselves to sell no
more goods except for cash.
Gen. Stes;'man post at Springfield will
give on entertainment April 9th-the an.
niversary of Lees surrender.
"a grist mill is to be built at Castalis,
by Sheldon Smith. Mr.. Smith wisely
bought his mill machinery In Yankton.
Rogers s Atwood. of Ashton, who were
disbarred from land cfics practice last
winter, have been restored to practice.
A number Of parties of Charles. Mix
county, have been arrested for cutting
timber on the Fort Randall military res.
ervation.
Mrs. A. w. Fairbanks, wife of the edl-
tor of the Appomatox Herald, is editing
the paper during her husbands absence
in Chicago.
Settlers are going into Potter county
at marvellous rate, and the chances arc
that there will be little valuable land left
by another fall.
The Sphinx county commissioners have
refused to support paupers in towns
where the municipal authorities have
granted license.
The LIE Beau Pioneer has changed it
name to the Scranton Pioneer, the towr
having chs nged its name from South Ii
Beau to Scranton.
| The Miller Press force contains q,
artist. A caricature OF the meeting o
the governor and Miss Cleveland is hi
subject in this weeks paper.
The Springfield Times understand
that the eleventh infantry will reliev
the fifteenth now doing duty in Dakott
in the spring. The regimental headqual
. ters will be at Fort Randall.
A man named Anton Jameisch, va
found dead at his home at Cavour, las
Friday. The indications are that b
had been dead for several days, probabl
having frozen to death while under th
influence of liquor.
The editor of the Mellette Tribune ha
been requested to surrender his annus
pass over the Chicago, Milwaukee 4 81
Paul railroad on account of certain art
Icles he has published censuring the CON
pany for extortionate charges in freigh
rates.
The Blunt Times says: Fairbank
boom seems to be promoted by what n
tards the growth of other towns. Bot
the townsite companies are pushing ad
vertising and building to the utmost, il
stead of wasting their energies trying t
crush each other.
Ephraim Bonner, OF Frederick, fol
merly sheriff of Brown county. is unde
arrest at Aberdeen for kidnapping Elizs