Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-03-10
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SOUTHERN DAKOTA.
Olivet claims q Charlie Ross.
Washington Syringe needs g harness
shop.
Huron reporta a few cases of scarlet
fever.
There is . scarcity of houses to %fentin
Watertown.
Aedield is to have q new school house
to cost $1,000.
Canton wants to invest about $1,000
in water works.
Pierre is to have a new hotel three
stories in height.
Grand Views public school has forty
six names enrolled.
A Woman's Relief corps has been or
ganized at Redheld.
A cracker factory will be started at
Sioux Fails this spring.
Hyde county is receiving Its share OF
the early immigration.
A Sully county teachers institute was
held at Onida last week.
SullY county farmers were cultlvating
their tree claims last week.
The News believes Jerauld county Is
the garden spot OF Dakota.
A Hand county farmer sowed seyarl
acres of wheat in February.
LIE Sons of Veterans viii organize a
Washington Springs, the 18th.
a man and his wife and eleven chill
dren lately settled in Redfeld.
Scarlet fever has proved fatal in sew
! eral instances at Running Water.
| Both Sully and Hyde counties have
been visited by heavy prairie fires.
The Fuesland p~ostoffice, in Charles
Mix county, has been discontinued.
The New Era has paid nearly $1,000 to
it's help since Its establishment in Parker
A Kings9urs COMFY mar trapped
over 100000 mus irats Guring the. winter.
1t is probable that q number OF brick.
blocks will be built i'll Pierre this sum
M t.
Wakonda, the new railroad town in
Turner county, is to haye " hardware
stores.
A Hughes county man displays full
grown raspberry leaf which grew in
February.
Fairview township, in Suliy county,
wants to bond for 1900 TO build three
school houses.
The military telegraph line in the
western part of Sully county is bong
used for fencing.
RedGeld's military band will go to
Watertown to take part in the annual
Grand Army en%campment.I -
There are eight divorce cases on the
calendar of the Hughes county court,
which is in session this week.
Mise Lucy Sanderson has been APP
pointed postmistress at Armadale, Sphinx
county, vice Miss Churchill, resigned.
Union county claims the most cattle
and hogs in the territory, Sphinx the most
horses and Hutchinson leads in sheep.
There were seven cases OF the territory
against unlawful liquor selling during
the last term of court in Beadle county.
Arthur Black, who accidentally shot
himself while hunting muskrats IN
Hughes county. it is thought cannot re
cover.
John Pease, editor of the M ount Ver-
non Gazette. has decided to retire from
journalistic labors and take to the study
Of law.
Six congressional counties of Sanborn
county were granted civil township
organization at tho last session of the
county board.
Dog distemper seems to be prevalent
at Ipswich. The Tribune says seven
hundred and ninety-six Of them were
afflicted last week.
The families of Sheriff Petrie and A.
Sheridan Jones, Of 1yndall, have been
afflicted with scarlet fever. but all are
happily recovering.
A meeting of Watertown physicians
was held recently for the purpose of or
-ganizing a medical society for Codington
and adjoining counties.
The school officers of Dawson county
meet in convention some time this
month to discuss the sd visibility of
adopting q uniform system of school
books.
The psople of Watertown gre making
great preparations for the reception OF
the g. A. II boys on the occasion Of the
territorial gathering which will occur
March Oath and 18th.
A Waterbury, Jerauld county, young
man has fallen hopelessly in love with u
young squaw in that vicinity and an.
nounces his determination of marrying
her, much to the disgust of his lady
friends.
Hutchinson county claims o popula-
ton of 9,006, 1t also claims to have pro-
duced more fax last year than any ether
county in southern Dakota, and that it
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