Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-11-21

case they are not interrupted by the
bridge builders.
The court room to-day is packed to
the doors. a large number of the stud
ents from Yankton college being in the
audience.
l. W. Seamen was arraigned in court
to-day under an Indictment charging
him with perjury in land matters. He
pleaded not guilty.
Assistant General Superintendent
Sanborn, of the Northwestern, says there
will probably be two daily passenger
trains out of Yankton and into Yankton
and a sleeper on the afternoon train.
which will leave here about six o'clock.
He says there will probably also be a
mixed train. MIR. Sanborn was surprised
and pleased at Yankton, this being his
first visit to u city.
Mr.. T. Moore, one of the carpenters
laboring in the Excelsior mill, was at
work in the second story of the building
when he lost his balance i'll walking
over the studding, (the floor having been
torn up,) and fell through to, the first
floor, striking IN his head and shoulders.
He was knocked completely unconscious
by the fall, but is not much worse this
afternoon for the tumble he took.
In the case of John Montgomery, on
trial in the United States court, charged
with sending an obscene letter through
the mail, an argument was made this
forenoon on a motion to throw ont the
letters introduced as evidence. The OBJ
lection of the defence to one of the let
tiers was sustained and to the others was
overruled and the trial is in progress
this afternoon.
The Press and Dakotalan proprietors
have purchased the book bindefy ma
terial used by j. G. Graham for a few
months past in m effort to establish
himself in the bindery business in Yank-
ton. The effort proved q losing n and
to save the material from q sheriff s sale
it was bought by Bowen & Kingsbury.
Some Of the machinery will be used in
the Press and Dakotaian bindery and
the balance will be sold.
The new roller process machinery for
Excelsior mill company has arrived, and
is being unloaded from the cars to-day.
A large force OF carpenters is at work in
mill getting ready for placing the new
outfit. 1t will be about six weeks be.
fore the mill will be in running order
again, but during that time the owners
will continue the buying of wheat. The
capacity of the mill by the old process
was 100 barrels of -four per day, but it
will be reduced twenty-five barrels un-
der the roller process.
Yesterday afternoon An accident &C.
Cured at the Excelsior mill of which
James E. Kelly was the victim, and
while the injuries sustained are not
serious they are very painful. One of
the large stones used in the mill had
been placed on a wagon to be hauled to
the warehouse and Kelly and another
man were standing on the wagon steady
ing the stone, when q train came up
and frightened the horses attached to
the wagon, o very spirited span, belong
ing to Captain McVay. They made a
Jump and in SO doing ~overbalanced the
stone, causing it to fall towards Kelly.
Some other truck was lying on the
wagon, which prevented Kelly from get
ting out of the way and the stone
caught him on the calf of the left leg.
cutting it terribly, but not breaking any
bones. He Is confined to his bed to-day
but will probably be around again in q
short time.