Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-06-10
NORTHERN NEBRASKA.

SOnaGe.
The st. Helena saloon was recently
burned.
A wagon mandatory is being built
at Creighton.
Norfolk l,as imposed 5000 license or
its skating rink.
Wakefield has new brass band Of
twelve members.
Dakota City has an archery club oi
eighteen members.
Children's day was observed by the
Presbyterians of Ponca.
The editor Of the Creighton Pioneer i,
said to be genuine masher.
Harrington proposes to have first
class celebration on the Fourth.
A large number of new buildings have
been erected at Homer this spring.
Creighton supports two of he largest
lumber yards in northern Nebraska.
Bonds have been voted ut Creighton
for the building of $4,000 school house
Rev. W. G. Bullinger, of Martinsburg,
was recently married to Sioux City
ady.
A large number of horses are dying in
Dakota county from some unknown
cause.
A number of the leading citizens of
Dakota City are about to remove to
Norfolk.
Dakota county has more schools in
successful operation this spring than
ever before.
There is lull in the county seat dis
cussion among the politicians and others
of Cedar county.
Hartington's boom still continues and
Cedar county is receiving its usual
amount of immigration.
About one hundred and fifty people
witnessed match game of base ball at
Knoxville the other day.
Stoneman post G. A. H., Of Pouca, are
making elaborate arrangements for a
grand Fourth OF July celebration.
The Knox county agricultural society
held meeting in Bazile Mills Saturday
to arrange for county fair this fall.
A. G. Reed is Hartington's champion
we'll digger and he was married last week
to Miss Maggie Esser Of Bow Valley.
The new church in Homer will be ded-
icated the l4th and 18th. The exercises
will be conducted by Bishop J. Weaver
Among the premiums to be offered at
the coming state fair is barrel of the
best Nebraska apples for the handsomest
baby op exhibition under two years old,
Miss Augell has been elected principal
OF the Ponca public schools, and Miss
Marion Rogers, Miss Fannie Boles, Miss
l., E. Wilson and Miss Florence Boles,
assistants.
Dixon county has twenty-three Sun
day schools, two hundred officers and
teachers and 1,1O0 scholars. The esti-
mated cost OF the several schools in the
county last year was $3.50.
North Nebraska Eagle: Considerable
corn has to be replanted throughout the
county, owing to the poorness of seed.
But then Dakota county will come to
the front this fall with larger crop
than ever before.
A teachers institute will be held in
Dakota City, commencing the seven
teenth day of July and continuing two
weeks, with Prof. Larabee, of Pennsyl.
vania, as chief director, assisted by the
county superintendent.
Harrington Herald: There is some
talk of the Union Pacific company ex.
tending their Norfolk branch either to
Yankton or Niobrara. In case they in
tend to go to Yankton it is highly prob
able that the road will touch Harting-
ton.
scrontz post, G. A. 4. No. 70, was re-
organized last Saturday evening,
at Creighton, with a member
ship of about eighty. The Pho
neer says this is one of the largest posts
in northern Nebraska, and should be kept
up.
Creighton Pioneer: Creighton, by the
enterprise of its lively business men, is
drawing trade from radius of thirty
miles, and in some directions great deal
farther. Even men from Neigh, great
deal larger town than Creighton. have
come to this townto do their trading,
simply because they can purchase
cheaper than at their own town.
Ponca Journal: The Ponca creamery
last Saturday made 5000 pounds of ex-
cellent butter. The most made in any
one day last year was 1,100 pounds.
Hence the business is increasing with
such great rapidity that it is not unlikely
that the creamery will soon have to run
day and night. The creamery is now
under the superlntendency of F. w.
Munson, an experienced butter maker.
who is attending to the. business in
the best possible shape. 1t now en-
ploys seventeen carriers who gather and
bring in every day the cream of 5000
COWS. On Tuesday, Mr.. Munson ship
ped 160 tubs. $500 pounds OF butter, to
New York City.
The subjoiped item will recall to the
minds of the old settlers of Yankton
county, an incident that created consid-
erable excitement here in 1867. We clip
from the Harrington Herald: Mr.. Hen
son Wiseman. the oldest settler in Cedar
county, was at Harrington Friday, to at.