Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-04-23

ness blocks the coming season to the
value of S350,0OO.
Roberts county's first term of court
convened at Wilmot, April 14tb, Judge
Church presiding.
The Tyndall Register says large area
will be planted to corn in Bon Homme
county this spring.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Barham, of
Huron, celebrated their forty-fifth we'd
ding anniversary last week.
Mrs. McIlvsin, OF Pukwana, gave
four O'Clock coffee not long ago to a
large number of her friends.
A pledge fund of nearly $1,000 has
been raised as guarantee fund by the
citizens league OF Elk Point.
j. @. Armstrong, special Indian in
spector, is at Yankton agency for the
purpose of investigating its workings.
Mr., and Mrs. Rist, of Hope Center,
Faux county, celebrated their fiftieth
wedding anniversary short time ago.
The citizens of Centreville are con-
sidering the advisability of bonding the
town for the purpose of securing grist
mill.
The twin babies Of Mr.. and Mrs. L.
Peterson, of Union county, died last
week from the effects of the whooping
cough.
A Klmball attorney was burned in
etfigy the other night. He had leased
a building for Immoral purposes the
day before.
Seven buildings are in process OF con-
struction at Tyndall that the Register
believes are to be occupied by newly
married people.
The buildings. machinery and 1900
bushels of grain belonging to f. G..
Brock living near Aberdeen were totally
destroyed by fire the 2lst.
An effort is being made to make a five
commissioner county Of Clay instead of
of three to which the Vermillion Re-
publican takes exceptions.
e. B. Foster is clerk of the court for
Dawson county, G. q. Foster is register
of deeds and John Foster is county at
torney. all of the same county.
! Canton's broom brigade with the
assistance of the Egan band, the ladies
drum corps and the Gate City band will
give an entertainment the 2Sth.
Doland Register: James Oliver in
trying to burn off the grass one windy
day, succeeded in burning up valuable
horse, yoke of oxeE and barn for
John Gramer.
The body of T. B. Lame who was
drowned in the Missouri at Pierre last
January, has been recovered. 1t was
found on the beach about ten miles
below Pierre.
Grand View Tribune: The acreage OF
wheat in this county will be more than
double this year what it was last. and q
Touring mill for the county must be Sc
cured this year.
| A friend of Judge Brookings proposes
to locate fax and tow mill in Sioux
Falls, providing the town will donate
him $1,000 and $1,000 worth of un.
| threshed straw.
Egan's Odd Fellows lodge is just one
year old. 1t was organized with seven
charter members while to-day it has 0
membership of forty-nine and between
\ 5000 and $500 in its treasury.
| The Sioux Falls Argus says: More
buildings will be putup this year thar
lever before in our history. Mose capi.
tai will be invested in new enterprises
here than in any preceding year.
i A FIVE year old son OF James Bouska
of Tyndall, who was allowed to play
with loaded gun, which of course wat
accidentally discharged, received such
! injuries to one of his limbs as to necessl
tate its ampuiation above the knee.
4 A Norwegian farmer living near Vol
ga. in Brookings county, escorted all o.
1 his family but two small children tc
divine service last Sunday morning, anc
4 when he reached home he found tn.
house, children and all, was burned tc
ashes.
| Dakota Uity Advance: The coming
season promises to far excel any seasol
in the past history OF Hutchinson count,
in the direction Of farm productions
| a largely increased acreage of all crop
| will be planted by the farmers and
glorious harvest is expected.
Scotland Citizen: Tuesday morning
large colony OF German. .Ruso farmer
lett this section for Campbell and Nc
Pherson counties. The train conslste'
of twenty-five car loads of goods an
s stock and was made up at Tyndall, SEQ
land ard Memo. The number OF th
! colony was over one hundred.
Pierre has new insurance compan
. viz: The Pierre Fire and Marine Insu
ance company. The company has
s paid up capitai of $4,000. The Office
are president, j. 81. Westover; viz
president, j g. Eager; secretary, Trae
! w. Pratt; treasurer, w. j. Wellman.
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