Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-03-07
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sOUTHERN DAKOTA.

SOUTHERN DAKOTA.
The average wages paid Dakota
school teachers is larger this year than
last.
st. Patrick's day will be celebrated in
Mitchell with parade, ball and ban.
quet.
The publishers Of Sanborn county are
about to print o list Of dead beat adver.
tiAers.
The Fairbank townsite company are
going to put q steamboat on the river
to ply between Pierre and their town.
Mitchell will soon add to her many
other attractions we'll uniformed and
thoroughly equipped military company.
Tho camp fire last Tuesday evening
at Hurley, which was the Grst given BY
the E. s. McCoek post, was complete
success.
The Aberdeen Republican favors q
county poor house and farm as a means
Of better aud more cheaply providing
for public paupers.
A petition has been sent to Washing
ton for the establishment of postoffice
teL miles south Of St. Lawrence, Hand
county, to be called Danforth.
A letter from a British syndicate to q
mortgage and investment company at
Pierre, offers t. purchase Dakota real
estate bonds to the amount of $4,000,
600.
A post of the Grand Army of the Re-
public was organized at Meilette. on
Tuesday, Feb. 26th, by Gen. Wolfe, grand
mastering officer for the department Of
Dakota.
The Plankinton Press mentions the ar.
rival at that place of u family of Holland
ers bound for Douglas county, that con.
sisted OF the father, mother and twelve
children.
A Greenyille, Michigan paper, con-
tains the following item: david Huff
is trying to get enough people to go to
Dakota about the llth of March. to run
a special train through with only one
change"
Pierre Signal: A most unusual spec
tacle, in the shape of funeral cortege
passed through our streets yesterday
It was the occasion of Sioux family
driving eastward with the body OF 8
dead savage who was being conveyed to
some lonely spot in reach of tie happy
hunting ground.
Blunt Times: Though it has been
declared by men Of wide observation
and experience that this part of Dakota
will never be corn growing country
We have in tho Times Office samples oi
abont ten different varieties of corn that
we're successfully raised within twenty
miles of Blunt, aud the yield was salts.
factory every time.
The Tribune says: Ipswich is Ger.
tainly going to be one of the best towns
in central Dakota. Right now in the
midst of cold. stormy weather many
buildings are going up, and no one waits
for spring. Three buildings were raised
on Fourth street to-day, William Browns
saloon, Winders 4 Berger's restaurant
and Ben Caryl's lumber Office.
Parker Era: A Loyal Ladies reliel
corps, auxiliary to Carlton post G. A. R.
was organized on Saturday afternoon
last. The corps is ofticered as follows
President, Mrs. VIM. Morton; s. v. p.
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Brooks; ]. v. P. Mrs. Jennie
King; chaplain, Mrs. Miner; secretary
Mrs. A. 7. Morton; treasurer, Mrs. L. o
Webster; conductor, Mrs. T. W. Gage
guard, Mrs. @ Van Ness.
Salem Register: At the grand masque
ball carnival, last Friday night. Chas
Forst. German carpenter here, "boozei
up with benzine," aud started racket
in the dance hall, when John Nauth, ths
manager of the dance, attempted to put
him out of the hall. In the melee Fors
stabbed Nauth three times in the side.
aud breast. Saturday he was arraignet
before Squire Corl, and fined only fif
teen dollars.
The Mellette Tribune says: Spinl
county has every reason to be proud o
her superintendent Of schools. His tire
less zeal has enlisted the cooperation o
the strongest men and women in til
county, and now he is able to announc
Q county institute, the instruction Q
which will be of the highest order, an
yet will not cost the county Dor territor.
cent for services. We believe this i
the 6rst county institute in the territor,
that has been projected independent o
territorial aid.