Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-09-24
DAKOTA COMBINATIONS

DAKOTA COMBINATIONS
The Brown county fair at Columbia
waB o floral success.
The Dakota press association is at
home from Yellowstone park.
The -four mill ct Springfield ie 10 he
supplied with the patent roller appa-
rstus.
The farmers new grain warehouse at
! Carthage opened for business on Wed
nesdsy.
The democrats OF Bon Homme county
will hold their county convention at
Scotland October 8.
Preparations for the territorial fair at
Mitchell hove been gong en- ell this
week, and the exhibit promises TO he
immense.
The Rapid City fair association has
decided to substitute o fall race meeting
on September 25th, instead of the regu-
lar annual fair.
The new Illinois central depot at
Sioux Falls will be warmed" by a
grand ball which all the elite of
Sioux Falls will attend.
Lavender & Spannsgel of Scotland
have bought q portion of 500 sheep in
Utah which they will ship to Scotland t O
be fattened for the Chicago market.
Scotland cltizsn: Bon Homme county
has Sc ex-soldiers on the pension lists,
who draw So, 740 every year. The total
number of pensioners in the territory is
4 ,106:
1t is claimed that the number of en-
tries made for the present years terri.
torlsi fair at Mitchell, over that re-
ceived at the last years fair, is about
double.
A parcel of untsmed Sioux Indians
are giving exhibitions of their native
dances for q pittsnce in Rapid City. The
citizens of Rapid consider it o bare leg
ged swlndle, and the %pittances are not
heavy,
The fourth annual fair given under
the direction OF the Sphinx county union
agricultural society, a held at Ashton
this week. It was character I'D by a
large attendance, pleasant weather and
much pleasure.
At a legislative democratic convention
held In Kimball s. O. Ryan, of Aurora
county, was nominated for the territorial
council and John K. johnson, OF David
son county, and Aaron Doty, at Brule
county, for the house.
Springfield Times: The first frost Of
the season in this section of Dakota was
noticeable Tuesday morning and was
quite heavy. It has held off well and we
are happy to say that most of the corr
in Bon Homme county was out OF the
way and that the yield will be large,
Spud Murphy and Charles Upton, two
Rapid City toughs empsied their six
shot revolvers at each other without in
hictiug a wound, in a saloon in Rapid
on Tuesday of this week. The row was
ell about q refusal on the part OF Options
who is q bartender to be stood off by
Murphy for drinks.
Companies A, B, G, D and K, of the
twelfth infantry, at Fs. Suliy, have
st arted on their annual outiog. Gen.
Penross will go in command. The
troops march three days oat and three
days back, taking along camp equipage,
putting out pockets at night and going
through the tactics pursued in a regular
campaign.
The Deadwood Central railroad com.
papy, capital stock ST. ,000, 900, filed its
articles of incorporation ct Deadwood
on Tuesday last. The officers OF the
company are ]. K. P. Miller, president
and treasurer; Edwin Van Oise. vice
president; A. w. Gee, secretary. The
officers with John R. Watson and Il. M
Dale compose the board of directors.
A Bon Homme writer to the Times al
Springfield says that the old Rounds
house has been torn down and removed
TO TSndeil to assist in building that
burg up. This town and Scotland has
been at this game several years but they
have got to the end of their string. None
of them own any more boards In Bor
Homme, and she has fourteen residences
and business houses left besides barns
granarles. corn cribs, etc., and fourteen
is n OF the lucky numbers being
multiple of seven.
w. T.. DOW.