Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-03-26
SOUTHERN DAKOTA.
Roscoe has n temperance billiard hall
The Plankinton Jail is undergoing re

Roscoe hos temperance billiard hall.
The Plankinton Jail is undergoing re-.
pairs.
Prairie fires IN Beadle county are re-
ported.
White Lake has as many as five
saloons
Appomattox is having boom and is
rejoiced rhersat.
Twenty new residences are nearing
completion in Huron.
A creamery is an institation that
Waterbury is striving for.
The Planklnton artesian we'll has been
sunk to depth of 525 feet.
The Jerauld County Journal has been
awarded the county printing.
The next editorial association for
south Dakota will be held at Ksdfeld.
An egg party was recent novelty in
the line of evening entertainments at
Wentworth.
There are only 1856 sections of vacant
government land IN Walworth county,
comprising 1900 acres.
General Mellette, of Watertovn, will
lecture In Plankinton in the interest of
the academy, at an early day.
The Dakota Letter, published at
Wentworth, furnishes on excellent COL
umn of southern Dakota items.
MIR. and Mrs. L. d. Seward, of Scran-
ton, celebrated the twentieth anpiver.
sary of their wedding the 18th.
Brookings county claims the Oldest
inhabitant in the territory. His name
is Pat O'Leary. and his age is Ill years.
Hundreds of immigrants are passing
through Ipswich daily and many OF
them doubtless will locate in that town.
Five new school houses are to be
erected in Grand View township, Doug.
las county, Peter Hospers has the con.
tract.
Huron has ghost, full grown and
bona fide, which shows itself dark
nights and performs in the usual ghost
like manner.
The jury in the Barrett-Morgan hemi
eide case at Milbank rendered verdic
of not guilty. The verdict was received
with applause.
The Scranton Pioneer says: A chile
OF -the-Knife, living near the mis-
sion, died last week, aud was given q
christian burial.
The management of the South Dako
70 Tribune has been changed, Geo. Fl
| Woolman retiring and Homer III. John
son succeeding to his position.
Two Sphinx county doctors have beel
arrested and bound over for the May
term OF court on charge of prescrib
ing too much liquor for their patients
A child was born at Huron the othe
day with two extra fingers, q we'll form
ed supernumary being attached to eacl
normal little finger. The surplus finger
were amputated.
/ A man from Germany has written {
letter to the mayor of Mitchell asking
how much of family can be supported
on 100 acres of land. The mayor coul
not inform the, gentleman.
A bank and several business house
are being built few miles west of De
kota City, IN Hutchinson county, on th
J proposed Scotland branch. The ne
town has not been named.
Ut1,, r n pno,, r .o.,I - b,a oanoeJ n,,l,l
. cation and Mr.. Brown, the editor, h
: family and the printing outfit have gor
to Wells, Mimi, where he will again en-
park in the newspaper business.
A flow of fifty gallons OF cleer waite
was struck in the artesian well at =
iendals the 23rd inst, at depth of l,os
feet. This is the seventh artesian we
t in the Jim river valley and more al
under contract.
: William Nolan, native of Irslan
s and Mary Heintz Thoroughbred Ge
man girl were united ID marriage 1
White Lake, recently. a reception Wi
rendered the friends of the young coup
after the ceremony and over two hui
: dred guests responded in person. One
9 the features of the evening was the sin
$ ing of the popular national melodies I'll
9 Wearing of the Green "The Bing'
} on the Rhine" "The Star Spangle
, Banner and Bonnie Blue Flag" Th,
9 were rendered in five different la
u guages, German. Irish, French, Nc
= wegian and United States.