Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-07-22
Gully gress ana 9akptaiap

Gully gress and 9akptaiau
The Huron fair is to be bald Septem
Der 6, Z, s, 8 and 10
Mitchell has issued it's premium list
announcing it's fall fair for August 40
and 81 and September /, 2 and s..
Edward q. @. Judson Ned BuntIipel
died of heart disease at Stamford. N
Friday in the sixty.fourtt year of his
age.
Argument was heard by the Pennsyl.
vania board of pardons Tuesday for
rehearing in the case of Milton Weston.
Chicago, now in the Nnitentiary. The
application was held over till September
O. w. Streeter, an old resident of Min.
nesota, now of Deadwood, Oak. is n
candidate for the ~recelvership of the
Deadwood land Office when Luce's term
expires. His prospects are said to be
excellent.
Marshal Maratta is said by the author.
itIes at Washington to have saved the
government $4,000 in court expendi.
lures over those of his predecessor for
the same number of courts, aince last
October.
Attention is directed by the Grand
Forks Herald to an omission of impor-
lance from the congressional bill pro.
hibiting special Legislation in the terri
tories. No provision Is made for the re-.
peal of special acts already passed and
they are liable to go on forever.
Lit is the intention Of the Northern
Pacific to extend its Fargo & South.
western line west from La Moure. Sur.
veys for a thirty mile extension, carry.
ing the line to the eastern limits of
Logan county, were made some DAYS
ago. The line will ultimately be con-
tiaued to Bismarck or some other point
on the Missouri. The original scheme
was to build to Fort Yates.
!. Tbs tournament of the north Nebraska
amateur sportsmen occurred at Norfolk
Tuesday and Wednesday, with an atten.
dance of fifty. The North Nebraska
district sportsmen's association was or
ganized. with the following officers:
President. j. b. Barnes, Ponca; secre-
tary and treasurer, Isaac Powers, Nor
folk; executive committee, J. w. Cook,
Wakefield; T.. T.. Alderman, Stanton and
b. F. Locke, Norfolk.
The old settlers of Clay county held a
picnic and reunion at Burgess grove,
three miles east of VermilIion Saturday
About 800 were present and ID good time
was had. Dol. John l.. Jolley delivered
the Grafton and Frank Taylor read a
historical paper. An old settlers organi-
cation was afteward effected, with Hon.
Frank Taylor president and L. A. Bur-
CESS secretary. They will have a similar
annual meeting IN the future.
: The contract for the extension of the
James River valley line from La Moure
to Hudson, has been awarded by Chief
Engineer Anderson to Winston Brothers
OF Minneapolis. The contract covers
fifteen miles OF grading, which is to be
finished by Oct. LIST. At Hudson connec
flon will be made with the Northwestern
extension from Columbia. This will
give southern Dakota direct connection
with the capital. The distance between
columbia and Hudson is thirty.four
miles.
r Adverse criticisms of the lecture deliv-
cred by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher Tues
day evening appears in several London
papers. The Pail Mall Gazette says
MIR. Beecher did not have a first class
send off. The hall was not filled and the
great platform was empty. The recep-
ten given to him did not realize the ex.
pectations. The applause was hearty,
but lacked fervency. This was partly
due to the character of the audience, the
high admission fees charged being {
bar to the presence OF the people
Beecher's magnificent presence, the
mobility of his face, the meditation o
his voice, his splendid d1ction and origi
. nal thought, combined to make the ma,
greater than the OCCASION
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