Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-06-18
among them Judge John A. Owen, pres
ident of the Dakota league.

Yankton's militia men are smiling
over the prospect for an encampmenI
this year, IL spite of the lack of funds
They would like to know pretty soon
as they wish to get new uniforms. Can
any n give the required information Z!
Harry Wynn's aged pointer dog,
Sport, went off and died yesterday
Sport had loag been known as the best
chicken dog in Ya2kton, and though for
! many summers on the superannuated
list, he was kept for the good he had
done.
Judge White will deliver o 4th of July
address to the pickerel of Silver Lake,
Hutchinson county, and A. L. Human
will read them the declaration of indie
pendence. As the 4th lasts three days
this year, there is a large string in
prospect.
e. j. Porter, o former resident and
merchant of Yankton, and now q knight
of the road, while dong business in
Canton recently, purchased q trott1pg
horse aid he contemplates having it go
in the gentleman's race on the 3rd of
1aiy.
Rsv. B. b. Hangar, who, ct the Red
Wing seminary, graduated from the
theological department and was ordained
to the ministry at the yearly meeting of
the Ranges synod in Minneapolis, this
year, will preach in the Norwegian
Lutheran church Sunday evening next
at half past seven.
From a letter recently received from
DR.. John LaBarre, the California gentle.
man who invested in considerable real
estate in Yankton a while ago, we ez-
tract the information that he will be in
Yankton about July lst and will bring
with him some moneyed men who will
probably invest here.
The Pierre Press, in its notes or the
first days hose race at the tournament
says: $50 many OF the FIRE companies
were unused to running three hundred
yards, there was scarcely o team but
what one or more men dropped out.
Pierre hooks and Yankton hose team
showed the best wind and held together
best"
Mrs. Theodore Sohaefer, wife of n
of the most respected German citizens
of Cedar county, was in Yankton to-day
and to some of her friends related the
story of the drowning OF her
son John, aged nineteen years,
on Sunday last. The young man was
at work at Harrington and dnring the
afternoon of Sunday last was bathing in
Bow creek, when for some unknown
reason, he suddenly sank out of sight
and was seen no more. John Sohaefsr
was we'll known in Yankton.
st. Louis papers print an associated
press telegram dated of Yankton stating
that twenty-five head of cattle died of n.y.
drophobia in Yankton county during a
few days preceding the ~ inst. The i'm
agination of the author of this informa-
tion has given the hydrophobia business
a numerical boom not warranted by the
facts. There have not more than a half
a dozen cases in the county, SO far as
heard from. Yankton's associated press
kilograms are made up in st. Paul from
The specials sent there by the Yenkton
correspondents of the st. Paul news
papers. AS o long range guesser the
st. Paul news manager makes some bad
breaks.
j. IA. Foskett, who returned to Yank-
ton last evening from o visit to Douglas
county, spent some little time at Armour,
the new Douglas. county town, during
his absence and he reports things BOOM
ing in that burg just now. There seems
no question that Armour will be G first
class town for business. It has o
fine country around it, and all OF Doug
las and part of Charles Nil counties
for trade. It is but a short distance from
Grand View, and the buildings from
Grand View ere already being moved to
Armour. It will be the county seat as
soon SIS the people have q chance to vote
on the question. The Milwaukee COM
pany has promised to have the road
finished to Armour by the list of
September and the way the work is being
pushed strengthens that promise, Yank-
ton jobbers can strike it rich by being
on the alert just now.
Leave orders at Caya & Alder's store,
Third straat for Tca Graau A snIepdid