Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-11-13
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SOUTHERN DAKOTA.

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Pakwana polled eiehty.nine votes.
The normal school, at Madison, 10 we'll
attended.
Leola won the county seat Of McPher-
sou county.
McPheraon county gave Clifford PSI
votes. all it had.
Jerauld county elected q republican
ticket save two officers.
Washington Syringe remains the coun.
tS seat Of Jerauld county.
Madison has made comnendable adj
vance in building this season.
Norman Winter, of Madison, died sud.
denly OF heart disease last week.
Lake county republicans we're de.
feated except the sheriff and commits.
sioner.
Hon. A. NJ. Bovdle has purchased .
controlling interest in the First National
bank, at Mitchell.
The proprietor of the Csstaiia Re.
publican advertises for ten tons Of hay
to be used for fuel.
The American Home, of Duncan,
Buffalo county, has moved its head.
quarters to Waterbury.
| Allerson and Bracket have sold half
interest in their ranch near Frederick,
to st. Paul men, for $25,OO
4. q. Mcbride, formerly Of the Mitch
ell Mail, is editing the Ackley. Iowa.
Enterprise. a democratic paper.
Mrs. Douglass Caldwell, OF Alexandra,
was hooked BY a COW, last week. cutting
cash III her side four inches long.
The Parker grain buyers bought Is, 600
bushels of tlax during the month of Oc-
tober. The price averaged $l.05 per
bushel.
Mitchell has new daily newspaper,
"The Daily Capital and MAIL" being .
consolidation OF the two weekly papers
of the same names.
Kimball Graphic: The indications are
that the county seat will remain at
Chamberlain for two years more. Kim
ball has good majority but not the
necessary two.thirds.
A disastrous prairie fire has been
devastating the rural districts tributary
to Tyndall. A large quantity ofhay and
some small grain was destroyed and Mrs.
John Thum was badly burned while
fighting the fire.
Pukwana Press: Mr.. Mills, living
south of B,jou Hills, who had the mis-
fortune to lose his life by fire, lost his
stable, four horses, two sets of harness,
and seventy five to 100 tons of hay. He
leaves wife and seven children.
A neighborhood quarrel, near Kimball,
has resulted in the arrest, trial and &C.
quittal of all the participants. Thirty
Eve witnesses were examined, five days
we're consumed in the legal proceedings
and the county will have to foot the bill.
Parker feels very comfortable over
the election. The Era says: Parker
gets the sheriff, clerk of court and coun-
ty attorney; Centreville gets q member
of the legislature and superintendent of
schools; Middleton the register OF deeds;
Swan Lake the treasurer and probate
judge, and Marion member of the leg
islatnre, and Spring Valley gets the as
SCISSOR. Besides, Parker has about $50
majority over Hurley, and eventually
the county seat.
Pierre Recorder: Reports reach US of
q destructive prairie fire yesterday in
Potter county. near Gettysburg, in which
an old man. named Pierce, was so severely
burned that bis life is despaired Of.
Great aud serious loss was also suffered
BY many farmers in that vicinity, the
flames devourinR houses, barns, grain
and everything in. its path. Among the
losers are Charles Olivet, who lost self
binder and oil his farming implements;
John Hulsizer. Smith Bros, and several
others whose names We are unable to
learn. ....-
Th. editors of the Aurora, at Plankin.
ton, and the Elroy comedy company
have had . quarrel. The Aurora made
some disrespectful alluslons to the lady
members of the company. which was
resented by two of the gentlemen at
tachees. The editors refused to retract,
whereupon the person OF Mr.. Miracle, one
of the editors, was kidnapped, with the
intention of taking him before the ladies
and compelling him to apologize. On
the way. the sheriff interrupted the
party, arrested the kidnappers and re-
leased the editor. The next scene was
the justices court, where the Elroy peo-
pie we're arraigned for committing q
riot, and held to bail in the sum of $500.
Two hundred of the elite of Plank.
inton, headed by brass band, accom-
panied the offending Thespians to the
depot when they left town, and assured
them Of the sympsthies Of the commu-
nifty. The next will be the trial scene.
NORTHERN DAKOTA.