Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-09-01

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soldier and during nearly four years
service received three slight wounds and
was finally taken prisoner by Mosby's
guerillas.
Monday nights frost extended north
ward from the Missouri river through
all the Dakota counties and was par.
ticularly severe along the l.. & ID. dIvi.
sion of the Milwaukee road. In Yank.
ton. Bon Homme and Hutchinson coun,
ties no damage was done.
Ralph Ward has purchased Frank
Ziebach's coal black steed for the Ameri-
can express company. The horse has
imbibed Franks steady habits and will
not shy ct a locomotive.
The Scotland Mitchell cutoff of the
Milwaukee road will be completed this
week. The road is built in the best
possible manner and is laid with fifty
SIX pound steel.
A new tin roof has been placed on the
building occupied by Jacob Branch.
Last night during the rain the roof was
open and the rain moistened the interior
of the building. Henry Wagner was
caught in O like predicament.
Through the efforts of Phil. K. Faulk,
Vincent Young, who resides near Gay
vile, has had his pension raised from
twenty-four dollars to fifty dollars per
month. Mr.. Young was a soldier in the
18th Iowa regiment, during the war, in
which regiment Gen. Hugh j. Camp
bell was an Off ,er. De is suffering
from consumption of aggravated char
acter.
The premium list of the Yankton
fair Ind driving park association has
just been issued from the Herald job
office. 1t is an artistic piece of work and
tells all about the fair to be held in this
city on the 22d, 23d and Oath of this
month. The pamphlet Is made up Of
fifty pages OF printed matter relating to
a vsrietysof SUBJECTS and is as orna-
mental as it Is useful.
Charles Grimwood, q we'll known citi-
zen of Yanbton, met with @ painful accl-
dent early this morning. While laying
brick on Joseph Koenig's north Third
street block the %scaffolding broke, pre-
cipitatIng Mr.. Grimwood from the
second story to the ground. His right
arm was broken in two places and minor
bruises were sustained. The accident
will disable MIR. Grlmwood during the
rest of the bricklaying season.
The Yankton county republican com
mittee met at the Office of French &
Smith in this city at two O'Clock this
afternoon and formulated q call for a
county republican convention to choose
ten delegates to the territorial conyen-
ton to nominate q delegate to congress.
The county convention is called to NEE
at the court house in Yankton on Satur-
day, tho 18th of September. at two
O'Clock in the afternoon. The precinct
apportionment and places for holding
caucuses are the same as for the state
convention of 1885, excepting that the
Broadway precinct caucus Will be held
at the armory building. The caucuses
are to be held ct two O'Clock on the
afternoon of September 18th. The chair
man of the committee will furnish the
call IN full tomorrow.
NJ. A. Gallinger, the gentleman who
has been in Yankton for several weeks
past in the interest of the Emery shut.
ter worker manufacturing company. yes,
terday effected the sale of the right to
manufacture and sell the shutter worker
in Yankton to W. Fl. Munroe, w. f
Munroe, A. N. English and Byrcn Nc
shutter worker in this vicinity. The
shutter worker is q nent, substantial and
useful bit of mechanism, appropriate
to any shutter and is q guaranteed pro,
lection against damage to window glass
from any cause The gentlemen who
have taken hold of the matter will cal
on the residents of this section, and an
examination of the merits of the article
they propose to sell wonld be of inter
est to anyone. The right for Yanktor
county was purchased for $500 cash.
Maj. F. W. s. Brawley, who, with Mrs
Brawley, is now visiting Mrs. Strohec
ker, of this city, is among the earliest OF
western pioneers. Though now {
resident of Chicago where he has been
practiciag law for o number of years, he
was in Minnesota thirty years ago when
the present thriving city of Minneapolis
was being laid out. He was first in Chi
cago over forty years ago. and is still 6
comparatively young man, at least II
appearance. Since the great fire il
Chicago Major Brawley's law Office ha!
been located so near the Office of Hon
John Hutchinson, that the two have
become intimately acquainted. MI
Hutchinson will be remembered by tn,
early settlers of Dakota as the frs
territorial secretary, appointed by Mr.
Lincoln in 1861. He resided at Yank
ton until 1865 when he was appointe'
consul at Leghorn, Italy. With hi
family he resided abroad until 1859, the
, returned to his native land ara settles
in Chicago where he has p%rcspered an,
waved fat. He is enjoying a large ant
t lucrative practice and ranks among tn
best of Chicago lawyers. Major Draw
| ley will remain in Yankton two or tire