Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-05-26
SOUTHERN DAKOTA.

SOUTHERN DAKOTA.
There is little or no sickness in Yer.
| million.
Mrs. Rifenbark, of Lennox, is sick
with the measles.
Work on the new court house at Olivet
has commenced.
Corn in Clay county is being cultivated
for the frst time.
Faulkton will celebrate memorial day
and also the 4th Of July.
A grand Fourth OF July celebration is
in preparation at Blunt.
Brute county contains twenty school
townships and 120 pupils.
1900 school house will be built in
Olivet the coming summer.
The Dakota Star will be moved to
Bljou Hills in Bruie county.
Sixteen cars of immigration freight
were received at Blunt last week.
The postef1ice at LaFoon will be a
money order Office after July LIST.
The Vermillion creamery turns out
about 1000 pounds Of butter daily.
Levi Ketchum, OF Wolsey, is in Jail for
obtaining goods under false pretences.
The Forest City Press calls the Pierre
Journal the Police Gazette of Dakota,
Mrs. Butler Carr died at Wittenberg,
Hutchinson county, of consumption, the
18th.
Tho townsite of Roscoe, in Edmunds
countj, is very handsome and very de.
sirable.
During the first two weeks of May, the
freight receipts at Ipswich amounted to
s5.l2S59.
More freight was handled at Huron
last week than during any other week
this season.
! The White school house is said to be
the best one in Hanson county. 1t has
a cupalo and bell.
The Magnet, is the name of new
paper, published at Roscoe, Edmunds
county, by Bernard 6 Curtis.
Robert Mcbride, editor OF the Mitchell
Mail, has farm iu Aurora county, on
which are 100 acres Of wheat.
The board of county commissioners OF
Sphinx county consists of preacher, a
lawyer, two farmers and democrat.
The surveyors of the Milwaukee road
are at work on the government lands
lying in Campbell and Mcpherson coun.
ties.
Mr.. J. B. Parker, of Iowa, and Miss
Olive Shut, of Ola, Brule county, were
the first couple to be married at Puk.
wana.
| The Mitchell Republican states, on the
authority of experts, that there is moth
ing like foot and mouth disease in that
section.
George Duncan, OF McCook county
is said to wear boot; which measure
fourteen inches in length and five in
breadth. Poor George.
! A. Y. b. Carpenter, general passenge,
agent, and several other c., NJ. & St
| Paul railway officials, spent day fishing
in Lake county last week.
A freight train near the vermillion
other night, collided with six head O
cattle, killing three and manning tn
rest. The engine was dltched.
Miss Eta Mccormack, of Sioux Falls
has recently graduated at the Bosto,
school of oratory. Miss Eta was one g
four that received certificates.
The Mother Hubbard party at th
Watertown roller skating rink came of
on Tuesday night and was q grand affal
The band were also dressed la Mrs.
The Missouri river valley near Pierr.
on Wednesday, experienced one of th
heaviest rain storms known there fc
: years, four inches Of rain falling on th
level.
ID. A. W. Perkins has retired from til
!, control of the Vox Popull, at Highmor,
), , with charity for all, and malice towar
none" Messrs. Hadley & Van Camp as
sumed charge last week.
Olivet Record: A crank on infdelit
: has announced lecture at the schot
:. house at Dakota City. The people
that vicinity ought to tie stone to h
= neck and throw tim in we'll.
Gertrude Sapp came all the way frol
Germany to marry her lover, Andre
Fretchien, Union county farmer. Al
: drew met Gertrude III Sioux City la
" Thursday and the twain were made or
flesh.
A Mrs. Schrotke, of Hartford, Mi
nehaha county, was struck by lightnir
while sitting by window last Thursds
' evening and instantly killed. The
were eight other people IN the roor
but back from the window, who sustaine
= no injuries.
The postoiiice at Rec Heights has
new and fine delivery, quite as good {
:, is in use in Chicago, which the Fir,
= Press says is rather rich for that climat
The people are thinking Of setting apa
day and offering up thanks to the pos
!" master, Mr.. Clayton.
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