Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-05-03

have their ground already for corn
planting.
Huronite. The great Dakota building
boom is evidently to be inaugurated
this year. From almost every town In
the south part of the territory come
accounts OF plans for fine and costly
buildings.
The Dakota division of the Sons OF
Veterans will hold their annual meeting
at Huron on June 18th and 18th 1856.
The division has been organized only a
year or two but already has several hun
bred members.
If there is another city the size of
Canton in the union that is blessed with
two excellent brass bands, ladies' drum
corps, orchestra and girls broom brigade
the Advocate would like it to come to
the front if 1T can.
Miss e. E. Hackett, Of Warren, Ohio,
went to Salem McCook county, the
other day, for the express purpose of
marrying John b. Swlndler and they
were united in the whole bonds OF we'd
lock on the same day.
Complaint has been made to the
superintendent OF the board of health
of Union county, of q number of CLAN
dered horses a few miles from Elk Point.
They have been q|uarantined and the
board will investigate.
Arbor day was observed at this YER
million university by about ten of the
students who planted fifty trees. Tie
board of directors, the faculty and
ninety of the students failed to put in an
appearance on the occasion.
The observance of Arbor day at Srrin-
field was confined to the school house
grounds, and the scholars, who planted
about seventy.five trees Of different va
~iietles, each child present having some
particular tree named for them.
HuronIte: One Huron milliner
worked all of Saturday light to finish
the bonnets she had promised; then she
delivered them on Sunday morning; and
then 1t was q rainy day and the bonnets
couldn't go to church on Easter Sunday.
The Canton News is authority for the
following: One day last week Mr.. Levi
Wood, of the town of La Valley, killed
sixty-six snakes of the common striped
variety on his farm north of Worthing,
and he thinks about as many more got
away.
DE-. Small Of Douglas county recely-
ed injuries the other day while leading
an OK to water, which msy prove fatal.
The animal, becoming frightened, start
ed to run, entangeling Mr.. Small in the
rope and dragging him over q pile Of
stones.
About two hundred bushels of flax
seed in an elevator in BridgeWater the
other day, was discovered aln.est. or fire
It was probably damp when put in the
elevator and the warm weather caused
1t to heat. The Bridgewater Times be-
lieves hat in a short time it would have
ignited spontaneously.
Scotland Citizen: The building Of
the scotland extension Is going to be of
great benefit to this section of Dakota.
Already the tide OF immigration that
has been pouring into Central Dakota is
turning in this direction. and once here
the superior advantages possessed by
this section will induce a large proper
ton to locate....T The slight frost and
freeze last week did in nowlse any in
jury to growing grain. Prospects for
an immense crop was never better.
The pupils of the Vermillion public
schools observed Arbor day by setting
out forty-four box elders on the school
grounds. The trees were dedicated to
the following characters and events:
Washington, Lincoln, Grant, Lafayette
Sherman, Cleveland, Lonefellow, Whit.
tier, Bryant. Hawthorne, Dickens. Scott
Franklin. Gov. Pierce, GEO. B. Custer
Byron, Shakespeare, Barbara Frietchie
The Landing of Pilgrim Fathers. The
cause of Temperance, The Women of rs
The Ladies OF Vermillion, The Schoo
Board, Burdick, Jolley, Inman, Lind
Each School Room. NJ. Meehan, Eli
Buckingham, airs. Wilson.
The Springfield Times says: Ths
most severe o storm ever expert
enced in this section as late in the yea
as now, act in yesterday afternoon about
four o'clock. 1t had rained all day n.
to that time. About an hour before i
commenced to snow the wind changed
from the east to the northwest and til.
temperature dropped about twenty de
grees. In an hour after the change th,
snow commenced to fall very thick ant
continued until morning. Telegraph
lines are completely prostrated, in man,
places the wire being broken. The we
snow chung to the wires until the,
looked as large Ms an inch-and-a-hal
rope. The train from the east was de
layed two hours in consequence.
News About Town.
1t is the current report about town tina.