Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-08-26

!. and his chief j. ID, y. Young went t
: Sioux Falls this morning for the pul
pose of inspecting the government win
OF the ~penltentiary which is IN til
0 course of construction. They expect t.
t return this evening.
!, A man down from Scotland last nigh
who has recently visited the end of tn
Milwaukee Scotland Mitchell extension
track, says that the iron is laid within
ten miles of Mitchell and that not NOR
than nine DAYS will be required t,
finish it into Mitchell.
NJ. P. Bowling has purchased Georg,
Fishers stock of stationary and fame,
goods together with the stand fixture.
and hencetorth the postotfice lobby viii
be vacant as far as any Cigar stand i.
concerned. The government made il
necessary for Mr.. Fisher to move.
Psneighque stories are current. The
serpent was reported in a swamp on the
Missouri bottoms. A party armed and
visited the spot, we'll supplied with
IhabltotVs LILO u ploNSa ~ 10 q
small affair, SO they drank the antldote
and brought the psneIghque home ia
their boots.
The camp meeting which opens at
Vermlllion this evening promises to be
well attended, and a mum Der OF Yankto-
mans will swell the crowd. Rev. O. E.
Hager will conduct the services and
VIM. Ridall will have charge Of the
music. A pleasant time Is promised to
all who attend.
District camp meeting opens to-day at
Vermillien. This meeting will be led
by A. J. Bell, the evangelist, and will
continue n week. The Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul railroad will return
all who attend for one fifth fare. Yank-
ton has a strong invitation to help in
this great work.
From the feet that no orders for the
transportation of the militia have yet
been received by General Dennis, we
judge that the encampment has been
postponed although no orders to that
effect have yet been received. A change
in the programme would suit q large
number of Yankton people as the first
of the month is always a busy day.
E. L.. Culver, superintendent of the
Missouri river stage company is IN the
city. Mr.. Culver's company has estap-
lisbed q stage and freight line from
Grand View in Douglas county, by way
of Armour, the new railroad town, to
Yankton agency and Fort Randall. The
new enterprise will be fully equipped
and IN running order by October list.
The power which turned the press on
which this issue of the Press and Da-
kotaian was printed was furnished by
the Tuerk water motor which has been
placed in the Press and Dakotaian
building as an experiment. The water
was turned on this morning and the
little wheel began to r~evolye, moving
with its own power q Campbell and
two Gordon presses. 1t was found that
the additional attaching of the big
Potter press was too much for the wheel
and a larger motor will be necessary to
run all the machinery at once. The
guage registers fifty-two pounds pres
sure at the lowest point on the pipe.
The motor now in operation is No. II
and it will do the work until the arrival
OF O larger one.
The shrek OF q lady was heard in the
upper hall of the Morrison house yes.
terday afternoon which was soon joined
| by other cries. The women and men
i whom the cries called were pointed to a
window, from which they saw a child III
the rear of q house north of the Morrison
with its clothes on fire. The screams of
the child were piercing and wild. The
mother was fighting the flames with
| cloths. in her hand and managed 10 put
them out. An immediate visit by the
sympathetic lockers on found that the
child was considerably burned on one of
its limbs and on the hip, and was also
blistered on it's neck. Il was cared for
and the pain was allayed. The scene
was startling and thrilling for a few
minutee.
Assistant United States Attorney
Murphy returned last evening from the
Black Hills where he has been attending
court. He represents the Hills country
to be in a aourishing condition 80 far as
opportunity led him to Judge. AT
Rapid City Eeventy-six brick business
blocks are in course OF erection and the
town is filled with people. At Dead.
wood there has been increased activity
in all circles during the summer and
large numbers of new faces are daily
met with on the streets. The compile.
tion OF the railroad to Rapid City has
drawn thither Thousands who would
never have voluntarily endured the
fatigues OF the long stage journey, and
the result is a very prosperous season
for everybody there engaged in bust
ness.
The Rswley block, the upper story OIL
which the Yankton Insurance company
will occupy as an Office, is fast nearing
completion. and the attaches OF the
banner insurance company Of Dakott
are beginning to look forward witt
interest to the time when they will be
quartered in the new building. Not tina
the present office is not comfortable. bu'
there is always novelty connected with