Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-10-18
NORTHERN


NORTHERN NEBRASKA.
Harrington is exceedingly annoyed by
petty theiving.
Cedar county has q new . the
Randolph News.
An arteaian we'll has been contracted
for at Harrington.
Dixon county is called the banner
county of the state.
Creighton's advantages as ashipping
point are excellent.
Wakefield viii in the near future have
three meat markets.
A Catholic church to cost S 1000 will
be built at Coleridge.
The Q town of Dorsey, in Holt
county, is having q boom.
A terrible, dust blizzard prevailed at
Harrington ell day Thursday.
Knox county farmers ere doing more
than the usual amount of fall blowing.
Dixon county was the first in the
state to become o prohibition county.
The Methodist Sunday school at
Creighton has q membership of sixty
three.
Prospectors for coal are sinking q
shaft in Holt county which is now down
forty feet.
James Perry. of Dakota City. has sold
$400 worth of oabbages, his own grow
ing, this fall.
Ten Thousand dollars worth OF lots
were sold at Randolph. Dixon county,
the other day.
Judge Fraser superintendent OF the
inuustriai HonooI Of Winnepago agency,
has been suspended.
The Harrington silver cornet band
gave q grand concert at st. Helena, the
night of the 10th inst.
Niobrara schools, under the manage
mont of MISS McCulla, are in q most
satisfactory condition.
Eight Rev. Bishop O'Connor, OF Oma-
he, held confirmation services at
Creighton, the 18th inst.
Union Pacific engineers have com.
pleted their preliminary survey to Mo-
brara by the Verdigris.
More fall plawing is being done in
Cedar county this fall than ever before
al this season of the year.
The quality OF the corn in Dixon
county was never better than this year
but the yield is below the average.
Mrs. Micheal Beacon, OF Summit
precinct, Dakota county. mother OF ten
small children, died very. suddenly last
week.
The Odd Fellows hall at Nlebrara is
one OF the h~andsomest enthusiastically
in northern Nebraska and is elegantly
furnished.
There were never better prospects for
an abundant yield Of all kinds Of grain
in Cedar county. for next year, than at
the present writing.
james Walton, OF Concord, has in his
employ o number OF Indian boys ont.
ting and preparing his crop OF broom
corn for the market.
Nc fair in northern Nebraska was as
we'll attended or as we'll worth attend
ing as Knox county's, and Creighton
takes great pride in that fact.
Sheriff Nels Anderson, OF Cedar coun.
ty, has bought 760 acres OF choice farm.
ing land adjoining the town of ST.
james, for which he paid fifteen dollars
per acre.
Creighton was entirely out Of kerosiRe
oil for q week and not having the
electric light quite ready FOR use the
community were in total darkness, bar.
ring q few tallow candles.
Catholic services were held in the
Bohemian church. at. Verdigris valley,
three days last week conducted by q
Bohemian priest OF Chicago. The arch
bishop was also in Attendance.
The Lutheran seminary at Homer,
Dakota county, opened the 18th inst
with Prof. W. 9. McCool and wife in
This is the only school of that /
denomination in northern Nebrn.xa.
Niobrara has doomed to the extent of
worth of building improvements
the summer. Three handsome
brick blocks have gone up and a fine
aew school house is nearing completion.
The Bohemians, Of Pishelville. conse-
rated their new cemetery last Sunday.
The procession was over mile long,
Two societies OF the Bohemian order
.ook part, led by 8 brass band in uni
,orm.
An undertaken at Ponoa mel with
lutte a serious accident at a funeral the
day. The horses attached to the
iearse became frightened and ran away
throwing out the coffin containing the
BODY OF o woman, and knocking down
he undertaken rendering him insensibIe.
The coffin was broken open and the
'earee badly smashed.
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