Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-11-12
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Hurley he's two artesian wells ], !.
\ a TOW mill a. Lake Preston is what is
wanted.
| Webster's akatius rink vas formally,
opened the 18th.
One hundred and sixty votes were cast
ct Volga the Alb.
Hutchinson county claims 1000 re-
publican majority.
The sioux Falls Argus printed nearly
00,O0O election tickets.
Diana received two votes for county
seat Of Sanborn county.
( Flandrau expects to get the Fargo :
Southern another spring.
Ducks were never 80 numerous in
Moody county as this fall.
Hanson county has voted to build q
court house at Alexandra.
The Hutchinson County News will be
issued on Saturday hereafter.
Harrison is coming to the front as one
of the best towns IN Douglas county.
Geo. r. Lanniug, of the Egan Express,
has been appointed postmaster Of Egan.
Seventy kinds of election tickets
were circulated III Hutchinson county.
A stock company has been formed at
Deli Rapids to bu,ld an opera house aud
rink.
Scotland is flooded with subscription
papers for the relief of prairie fire
sufferers.
The Alexandria Herald says the re-.
turns show only two democratic towns
IN Hanson county.
A third more votes were polled at
Dakota City, last Tuesday than were
ever polled before.
It is reported that there have been
thirty-six cases Of smallpox in Brook
lngs county and twelve deaths.
aden, Hutchinson county, polled
torty.s more votes at the recent cleo
ton than we're ever polled before.
Quite an extensive prairie fire ragged
on the hills east of sioux Falls, the other
day but did no particular damage.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Pettibone, of Chi.
cago, gave an exhibition of fancy skat-
ing at the Sioux Falls rink last Friday
evening.
Frankfort cast 5O6 votes and Doland
1874 last Tuesday, and the Record says
there is no material difference in the SIZE
of the two towns. -
The Sioux Falls Press reports that 6
vein of very superior Ignite, or soft coal
has been found near Hartford, towr
fourteen miles west of that place.
Mre. Emma Tracy, professional
nurse Of Brookings, died of smallpox
last week, contracted while attending az
entire family who we're stricken with the
disease.
The eight year old daughter Of Mr.
John Kennedy, of Forestburg, died last
Tuesday, from the effects OF q severe
shock, which she received during q
cyclone last summer.
Some fruit trees in Sioux Falls, are
giving evidence of blossoming out fol
the third time this year. A number
have already produced two crops ol
blossoms, according to the Press.
Memo News: Thirty immigrants
from Russia arrived Tuesday evening
Among them was soldier who had de.
serted the Russian army. He was IN full
uniform, and created quite sensation
Mrs. N. B. Wayvant, living in the
northwestern part of Miner county, left
home and her three small children to go
q short distance for pail Of water, few
days ago, and no trace of her has since
been obtained.
A couple Of convalescent smallpox
patients from Brookings, who went tc
Flandrau to take train, we're quaran
tined in barn until medical authority
had decided that they were fully recov
cred and thoroughly disintected.
A Hand county farmer went to hit
barn few nights ago, only to find the
interior all ablaze. While endeavorine
to get his horses out he made the dis
covery that some fend bad cut one
horses throat and nearly disembowlec
the other. The barn and horses were
totally consumed.
Dakota City Advance: A burglar
came to town last week, with the iuten
tion OF burglarizing our stores and carry
ing off their contents; but found goods
marked down 80 low that be concluded
it was cheaper to boy goods here thar
30 steal them. He now is thoroughly
converted and attends prayer meeting
four times week.
The Sioux Fails Press says: The
members of the Gross gold mining com
pany held meeting last evening and
decided their property to Fred J. Cross
who has succeeded in negotiating sale
for it. The Sioux Falls members of the
company have an interest Of about
$4,000 in the property, which is located
in Pennington county, Black Hills.
Thomas Vickers. q journalist of Aurora
county, formerly Unitarian minister
and librarian of the Cincinnati public
library, was quietly married at Oincin.
natl to Miss Leonora Oppenheimer,
Jewish lady. Owing to the strong op'
poaition of the brida'a parents the cere.