Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-02-13

Oleson living in Yankton county.
The ladies OF the order of Rebekah OF
Alexandria, will'give calico leap year
party, Thursday evening, Feb. l4th.
The young ladies who attend the
Pierre university are noted for their
beauty and for their debating ability.
DIR. w. E. Crane. of Woonsocket. is
contesting his claim to piece OF land.
The suit has already lasted nine days.
The Mitchell Republican reports o
case of sunstroke in Aurora county, dur.
ing the recent mild and pleasant spell.
Miss Alice Downs. type setter at
Mitchell, sold her claim in Jerauld coun-
ty the other day, for thousand dollars
Thomas Wise, carpenter at work on
the Sioux Falls penitentlsry, fell thirty
feet, receiving serious if not fatal in
juries.
A special election will be held in Lake
county, March 4th, to decide whether
that county shall be bonded for q $4,000
court house.
The wife of Hon. Herman @. Greene,
and John Head, of Mitchell, have fallen
heir to $2Oo.ooo by the death of George
Head of Fergus Falls.
A. P. Eamer died in Aurora county re-
Gently, leaving valuable clam and
come money. It is not known who his
friends are, if he has any.
The station agent at Blunt expects
about 500 cars of immigrant goods and
about 1900 people in the spring, pro
viding the Sioux reservation is not
opened.
The local freight receipts Of the agent
of the q. NJ. & st. Paul railroad at Yer
million for the gear 1888 was $5O.OOO.OO,
an increase of over S3,OOO.OO over the
year 1882.
Mitchell Republican: Mise Lucille
Coughlin, has just completed some fine
pieces of artistic needle work. Miss
Coughlin is prepared to fill orders in
hand embroidery.
Gary Advocate: Our Gary. Young
Amerlca. Misses Just-in- Their Teens not
to be outdone by their older sisters OF
the q. o. ID. B's have now organized a
society to be known as the g. B. 8. Rs.
Mr.. T. F. Rigg has purchased the
entire interest of Mr.. A. F. Andrews in
the Aurora County Standard. Mr.. Riggs
formerly owned half interest with Mr..
Ardrews and was the junior member OF
the firm.
Letcher has had railroad nearly two
years, but no depot. and is now going to
petition the company to build one.
Forestburg has had q railroad three
months and has an excellent two story
depot building.
The Chicago and Milwaukee company
have purchased nearly FIVE hundred
cords Of wood, which, after being cut
"once ia two" will be shipped to Sioux
Falls, Sioux City and Yankton to be used
as kindling wood IN starting fires in en-
gines.
The town of Ipswich was plated in
October last and in sixty days there were
more than fifty buildings. Now there
are three newspapers, public school.
two banks, several saloons. stores of all
kinds, two livery stables, five hotels, res.
taurants, etc.
Springfield Times: A surprise party,
of young people took the opportunity
the snow afforded Tuesday evening Of
taking double bob-sleigh and going
out to the residence of NJ. d. Gardner,
where they are always assured of
pleasant time.
A concert is in preparation at Huron
for the benefit of the poor of the city.
The Huronite says 1t originated with the
Baptist Sunday school, whose attention
was called to several cases Of distress,
and has been readily taken mp by the
principal musicians and other charitably
disposed people.
A petition asking that the name Of
South LIE Beau be changed to that of
Scranton has been fled with the clerk
of the district court in Pierre, to be acted
upon ct the next session of court. The
postoffice has already been 60 named by
the department and the change asked
for will prevent confusion.
Mrs. ~, II. Fosnsugh, milliner of
Huron, is under arrest at that place,
charged with the larceny of $1,000 from
the American Express company. The
case was continued till Friday and bail
was fixed at $1,000. Mrs. Fosnaugh's
father lives at Miller. Hand county, is IN
good circumstances and owns some prop
erty in Huron.
Centreville Chronicle: The Brooklyn
Of the New Era must
have forgotten himself little, when he
to the Centreville ministers adj
journing meetings on account OF dance.
We have been holding meetings for four
weeks now and two dances took place in
The ball, but the meetings we're not ad-
iourned on that account.
Letcher Blade: Last week We an
bounced that J. A. Palmer, ssloonist, had
been arrested for selling on sunday and
given thirty.six hours to get 5000 bonds.
BE vent to Mitchell for his bonds and
orgot to come back. Our merchants
,ave adopted the plan of keeping closed
N Sunday and, although the demand
or bees may be little more urgent than
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