Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-09-13
Dakota CONVERSATIONS.

Grand Forks schools opened the Goth.
Chamberlain's next term of court will
open the 21st.
Typhoid fever is having o serious run
in Charles Mix county.
The fax crop in Hanson county is
decidedly short this year.
Scotland is entirely out of houses to
rent and the demand is large.
Hanson coGnty's tax sales occupy
only one column and a half of space.
The Hamlin County Times has less
than $4,000 arrears on it's subscription
list.
The Caledonia Times issued q daily
edition during the fair, called the Daily
Tiger.
Mrs. James Keegan died of Spring
field last Tuesday night after y long and
painful illness.
The ice supply in Pembina county is
exhausted. Car loads are shipped In
|fsom Winnipeg.
John L. Green has been appointed
post master at Bathgate, vice ia. Arm
strong, resigned.
The regular term of the Union county
district court will convene in Elk Point
September 21st.
The new hotel OF Armour will open
with a grand flourish also q ball. next
| Wednesday evening.
The chinch. bug has done considerable
damage in the eastern part of Bon
Homme county this fall.
Sioux Falls expects to save $15,0 900
per year on coal alone through the nd
vent of the Burlington railroad.
President Kellam denies the statement
that the Chamberlain insurance COM
pany is to be moved to Sioux Falls.
Daniel Van Sol was lately discharged
from the Sioux Falls penitentiary, hav-
ing served a sentence OF three years.
Augustus High, special agent for the
Aberdeen land district, has been trans
ferred to the Valentine, Neb., district,
"During six days recently" says the
Emmons County Record, "Mrs. 8. T.
Ooover shot six hawks-all on the
wing
A fifteen and o half pound boy, actual
weight, put in IN appearance at the
home of Dave Brazzill, of Tyndali, one
day last week.
The Northern Pacific will sell round
trip tickets to the republican territorial
convention, at Yankton, from Fargo, vie
ST. Paul. for $4,000.
Arthur O. Phillips, of Sioux Falls viii
represent The Odd Fellows Of that cit,
at the coming meeting of the .soverigr
grand lodge in Boston.
A matched game OF base ball which
was played by the newspaper men ane
the gun club of Grand Forks last weel
resulted in favor Of the press.
J.. +. Wallace, Of Bismarck, took hi
first ride upon the cars in ten years, las
week. He had never been oat of th,
county limits in oil mis- ten years resi-
dance.
There is a great demand for houses I,
rent at Mitchell. The Republican be
leives that almost any number of tene
ment houses would find Immediate oc
cupants.
Large quantities Of catawba ant
concord grapes are marketed in Spring
field by the Mennonites who grow frui
extensively at their ranch near Boz
Homme.
A new post office has been establishe'
in Brule township, Union county, ant
Halvor Knudson, chairman of th
county commissioners, was appointed
postmaster.
Two prisoners were taken to the Sion.
Falls ~penitentiary from CLAY county
last week. Samuel Washburn, ten years
for robbery and Martin Woeston, Hy
years. for forgery.
The failure OF the crops in Hamlii
county is attributed to the slack manne
in which the farmers have cultivated tn,
land. No better soil can be found thai
right there in Hamlin county.
The total rate of taxation for city pur
poses in Fargo itrltwelve mills on q val
uation of So 600,000. against fifteen mill
on q valuation Of S4,4G0,o0O last year
reduction in taxes this year of S43,C00.
Three Indians from Fort Berthoid
who were in waiting at Bismarck as wit
nesses for the United States court, yer,
urgently entreated Judge Francis Il
excuse them at once, as they mnst g.
home and go to work.
The Springfield Times says: Tn
bluffs along the Missouri river seem Il
be peculiarly adapted to the production
of grapes which are now raised in sucl
quantities that a market outside thi
county has to be sought each year ii
order to dispose of the crop.
Fargo Republican: One hundred an,
fifty oars, each loaiied with about So
hasheis of matchmaking a total of SO,
500 Ioushels-were shipped east over tn
Northern Pacific yesterday; and to.G.,
10 more cars, loaded with $1,000, ives
sent out. OF the latter SIXTY came ii
over the Fargo & Southwestern, ant
and sixty from points on the main lia,
between here and Jamestowa.