Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-08-24
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canned corn fatally poisoned O
dan child last week.
Salem offers S $1,000 cash, 1000 bushels
OF wheat and 8 site, for grist mill.
The fall term OF the Brookings agri-
cultural college opens next Wednesday.
Arrangements have been made That the
price OF board will be cheaper than ever
before, which will be an inducement to
many to come.
Some villain exploded a dynamite
cartridge in front of the opera house ct
Bgookipgs Tuesday evening, but did no
damage aside from seriously frightening
q lady in the nelghborhood, who is in q
critical condition.
s xty-ive paving cutters in the
employ OF the Sioux Falls Granite COM
papy strnck Wednesday,. They went
out. 1T appears eimply to let the people
learn that they are members of the
pavement cutters union. The strike
can be attributed to no other cause.
Engineer Bergstrom, OF the Minne-
apolis water works, is in Grand Forks
with 3 divers parsphernslla to be used
for the purpose of cleaning ont the in
take pipe of the water works in the
Red river. It will be several days how.
ever, before the stones and ana mud are
fully removed.
By Wednesdays victory over Fargo
Wahpeton's base bail club hes Justly
earned the title OF champions of Dakota
having suffered only one defeat this sea-
son. and defeating representative clubs
OF north and south Dakota. The Wahps-
tons disband this week, their pitcher,
Oestreioher, returning to Wisconsin.
81. M. Horn, Of Plsnkinton, is
organizing a company for the
purpose of purchasing and furnishing
oxen to the settlers on she reservation
next spring. The plan is to secure
options on all the oxen in Aurora anG
adjoining counties for Six months, and
then contract them to settlers as they
come on the reservation.
Crotch citizens are making q vigorous
kick against the side track and elevator
system being put in near james rive,
tank, proposed by the Milwaukee folks
to avert competition by the North.
western. A petition inst sent to Ros.
we'll Miller, signed by tifty.four business
men, asks that the plan be not carried
out. Many Of thu signers say if it is
carried n they will withdraw their
patronage from the road entirely.
The Insurance. company of Dakota
located at Sioux Falls, has been reor-
Rsnized. All the old officers OF the com
pany were displaced by new ones, sew
eral OF whom are from Minnesota. The
following are the gentlemen composing
the new o gaIization: President, A. M.
Crosby; vice president, George E.
Wheeler; treasurer, Charles E. johnson;
secretary, O. Q. Crandall. A. Nj. Oros..
by. George E. Wheeler, Charles E John.
son, O. O. C~rsndall, e. Ct. Butts, Fred
w. Gail and j. N. SeMles constitute
tbs board OF directors.
The sheriff of Grant county has
served warrants upon James Gfroerer,
W. o. French, William Shaw, George
Skillman and James Martin, of Mnbaak,
charging them With selling intoxicating
liquor contrary to lev. Mat Powers OF
Rsvillo was also arrested upon a simiIar
charge. The complaining witness was
II. Il. johnson, q man who had been
around town about three weeks. ostens-
ably ceiling frnit trees, bat who has
turned out to be q Minneapolis detective
employed by prohibitionists OF Milbank.
The defendants were sfraigned separate
iy and all pleaded not guilty and waived
! examination and were bound oyer TO