Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-11-24

10 Jail. The murdered man leaves ar
estate valued at $4,000.
Richard A. james died at Biiou Hill
QUE day last week of Inflammation of the
bowels, making the sixth young person
in that vicinity to die between the ages
of eighteen and twenty. eight, within 8
short time.
The Iron Hill mill shut down on Fri.
day, having been in operation eleven
months, turning out a quarter Of > nil
lion of dollars. The stock which siz
months ago sold at seven dollars, now
goes begging at forty cents.
There are grave fears expressed al
Canton OF suffering from a lack of water
before the winter is over. Many wells
are dry and the late cold snap has frozen
solid the creeks and rivers in that vicini.
ty which were already very low.
The first through train since the begin.
ming of the storm reached Brookings
Saturday and there were 80 many de-
layed passengers already aboard the
train that there was no room for those
waiting at Bookings, and they simply
had to wait on.
Hon. j. OtB. Scobey, one OF the
pioneer settlers of Brcokings county.
with his family, has gone to Chicago to
make q residence. Mr.. Scobey owns the
patent right to the McGrew ditching
machine, and goes there to superintend
their manufacture and sale.
A young man named Fox, brother-in.
law Of @. H.. Shaw, of the Alex. Mitchell
house, of Mitchell, disappeared mys.
teriously about Nov. 1st, since which
time although every effort has been
made to discover his retreat, nothing
can be learned of him.
Miss Rosa Hoagiin, of Springfield
fell heavily to the ground while attempt
ing to alight from a wagon IN front OF
her fathers dor one day recently, and
was picked up unconscious and for some
time it was feared that her neck was
broken. She soon revived, however,
and is 0 we'll along on the road to
recovery.
Cakes is the name of a new town
which is situated at the terminus OF the
Northwestern railroad north of Colum-
bia. 1t is expected that the Northern
Pacific will be completed to that point
inside of thirty days and Cakes will then
be the junction of the two roads. Nearly
all of the various lines OF trade are rep
resented there and the town is establish
ed on a solid and substantial basis whlcl
assures its future prosperity.
The body of j. W. Ross, postal CLERK
between Oalmar and Chamberlain, OF
the Milwaukee road, who was lately
discharged for drunkenness, the imme.
date caiss being his attempt to gel
into a sleeping car berth occupied by
lady, while intoxicated, was found hal
way between Alexandria and Mitchell
last Monday with three bullet holes In
it. It is thought that he committe
suicide. He vas a young man of goot
family, and of good. habits except when
drunk.
a short time ago a young, richly
dressed and beautiful young lady ar-
rived at Grafton from W~lnnepeg. Sh'
stopped ct q friends house, it is stated
and physician was called to attend
her. As the result of an operation sh,
was delivered prematurely of q chile
and died soon after. The names of al
parties are suppressed bus it has trans
PRED that the young lady belongs to
respectable family in Canada and wal
sent to Dakota to face death rather thar
shame in her own home.