Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-01-02
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Maj. Eenteen, ninth cavalry, and Maj.
Merrill, seventh cavalry, have ex-
changed regiments, and Maj. Benteen
llus been ordered to report to Gen.
Terry for. assignment to q post for
duty with the seventh.
The Northwestern is rapidly pushing
Its way to Ogden. It has just let q con-
tract for the extension of its fremont,
Elkhorn & Missouri Valley branch to
Fort Fetterman, q distance OF ninety
miles. 1t ia believed that q road
through this section can be built
cheaply.
Scotland Citizen: Flowing and other
ordinary summer work was suspended
Tuesday by a slight cold wave, which Gull
minated Wednesday morning In sending
the mercury down to ten degrees above
zero, the coolest weather we have had in
three weeks. There is but a thin skim
Of frost on the ground, which, from
present indications will disappear in a
day or two, and blowing will again be
resumed.
Chief Examiner Lyman will start
west in o few days for the purpose OF
conducting civil service examinations
at Kansas city. The commission intend
to rigidly apply the rule of dropping all
applications that have been on file Elk
msnths. They say they are compelled
to do this in order to get through
with the examinations; that unless
some limit is fixed it would be impos-
sible for the commission TO examine all
applicants. Each person whose nam
ia dropped ia at once notified of the fact,
and can make application II desirable.
The Milwaukee and ST. Paul will
hereafter issue passes to the shippers
somewhat differently than they have in
the past. Heretofore the several lines
have had q prepared list Of Shippers at
junction points, who are furnished with
annual passes, and to them each road
sent passes, whether their business Yves
equally distributed or given all over to
one road. The policy of the Milwaukee
aud st. Paul hereafter will be to give
passes only to shippers whose business
with the company entities them to
passes. This policy will be pursued re-
gardless of what other roads may do
Before passes are issued a statement oil
the entire business OF each shipper viii
be made up. The rule will apply oye
the entire Milwaukee and st. Paul ays
tenn
"a The estimate of the statistican OF the
department OF agriculture for the prin
cipal cereal crops OF the year are com
puted end the aggregate bushels are al
follows, in Eonnd millions: Corn, 1886
wheat, 357; oats, 629. The area OF corr
is 5000, 600 acres, Of wheat 34,000.0 600
oats % 0fa aaaaea Til value of corn az
erages nearly thirty-three cents pc
-
bushel, and makes an aggregate 0
$500. 0oo, 1000, 5 100000 less than th,
value Of the last crop. The decrease il
the product OF wheat is thirty per cent
and only seventeen per cent in valua
ton, which is 1915. 000, 1000. The valua
ton Of oats is $780, O,00G. The reduc
tion Of wheat is mostly in the valleys o
Ohio and in California. The states o
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri ant
Kansas last year produced 100000
bushels. This year so,0oo,0O0, q reduc
ton Of 9o,000,o00 bushels. The pro.
duction of all cereals is tifty-thre,
bushels to each inhabitant, and the ag
gregate volume is larger than any forme
year.
The Northfield, Kasota & Western
railway company have filed articles o
incorporation with the secretary OF th,
state OF Minnesota. The company viii
construct and operate railway and tele
grab lire from Northfield to Kasota
and from thence in a s%outnernly ant
westernly course to o point on tn,
western boundary of Minnesota. The
capital of stock is $1,000, 900, divided in
to 10000 shares of $50 each. The high
est amount of Indebtedness is placed a
100000. The principal place of bust
ness is at Mortified. The first officer
are: President, J. T. Heatwah, of North.
field; vice president, N. B. Lampmanr
OF Cleveland, Lie Sueur county; score
tary, Philip Plaisance of Wheatland
Rice county; general manages, +. d
Woodbury. of Anawank, LIE Sueur coun
ty. These gentlemen IN connection will
y. s. WhIpple of LIE Sueur; A. r
Eokert Of LIE Sueur; r. Buffers o
Kasota, and y. s. Cherdle of Cleveiand
LIE Sueur county, constitute the incor
po%ration. The new road, 1t is said, viii
be a branch Of the Milwaukee & st
Paul.
Some Foolish People
Allow a cough 10 run until it gets be
yond the reach of medicine. They otter
say, Oh it will wear away, but in mos