Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-02-25
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The name Of the Pierre and LeBeau
stage line has been changed to that Of
the Northeastern, and o daily line Of
coaches will soon be put on the road to
accommodate travel between Pierre.
Okoboio, Fairbank, Forest City, Scran.
ton and LeBeau.
Roberts county has an organization
called the MILESTONE farmers union, its
main object being mutual protection Of
each others rights to hold their land and
prove up on the same. It is composed
Of the best farmers and citizens of the
county.
Wheeler Record: Several localities
in this country have petitioned the
board Of commissioners for township
organization. As it will not be long be.
fore the entire country should be organ
lied into townships il would be we'll for
the people to see to it now and decide
whether they want township govern
ment atspresent or not.
st. Lawrence Tribune: The frat post
Office in Hand county was established IN
October, 1881. There are now thirteen
Offices. as follows: Burdette, Dean,
Eagle, Florence, Hand, Howell, Mel
bourne. Miller, Odessa, Rec Heights, st.
Lawrence. Slick and Sweetland. Peti.
tions have been sent in for the establish.
ment Of others, which will be done soon,
The Egan Express of the 14th says
that it is in receipt of information to the
effect that wandering swindlers are oper.
ating extensively among the grangera Of
that county; that their mode Of opera
ton is to take secured notes, which by
the numerous tricks known to their pro
fession, are raised from ten dollars te
800. and so forth. The Express adviser
ito farmer friends to turn the bulldoe
loose on these merchant tramps, Of
empty the contents Of q shot gun into
their stomachs. ....,-..
Huronite; On Tuesday there wsr,
two engines in the shops. seventeen il
the roundhouae, and eight on the sid,
tracks-a total Of twenty seven here o.
one time, representing q money valu,
of $25o,O0O in engines alone. On Jan
uary 3lst, 1888, there were thirty.twe
engines on the shop books. On January
Slst, 1884, there were fifty.nine engine,
recorded-a gain during the year O.
twenty.seven, or: nearly one hundred
per cent. This speaks volumes for tn,
development of the country and thu
business Of, the Northwestern road.
Mellette Tribune: The railroad com
pany has about two hundred tons O
coal in their sheds at this place which
has been there since early last fall, anG
is liable to remain for several falls, unless
the company assumes different policy
toward the natives. Hunter & Cole and
Q. NJ. Howe & Son supply the trade
Our farmers will rot buy of the railroad
company when they can buy of any
other dealer. Notwithstanding the fact
that the railroad company have been I'D.
vertising coal at twenty-five cents les,
per ton than the other dealers.
Centreville Chronicle: It is rumored
that man called at one of our lumber
merchants Office, and expressed to be in
somewhat of hurry to get home. He
told the merchant that he wanted to get
few rough boards to make coffin for
his little child which had just died day
or 30 ago. The merchant asked him il
he had not better take better class OF
lumber and the man replied that he did
not need it; he also stated that lie ex.
pected another one of his children to die
before reaching home and that be would
take as many more boards along. The
man said that his wife and three more of
his ten children were sick with diph.
liberia and were not expected to live.
What a sad case 1t 1s when man has to
bury his own dead in civilized world
like ours.