Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-07-07
..,aaKssa- CONVERSATIONS.

@ Colonel a. p Pickett, one 'of Barnes
county progressive farmers. has started .
cattle ranrhe in she Mousefiver county.
! The base hsll game bet geen the II
'dians 81, Flandrap and Mitchell nine,
played at Mitchell, sesnltedIin aaviotory 4
for the latterp5 to,a"e9 ~ ient satdtsoI
Prof 70. ES5tnap retSEes from The
chair Of ancient languages at the Mitch
ell university to accept q similar posir
tiouin upper Iowa university at Fayette.
The Scotland council accepted o
proposition for another artesian we'll !,
abutthe' party has .failed TO i've up to
his proposition and ii is more than likely
win not.
Nearly every farmer IN Roberts county
has Uttered the loss of his entire corn
crop; and many atheg additional loss of !
their potato crop, through the energetic
Fsfforts ofthe out'worniesn ianmin ata~
+ 'hrnnmber'ofl German families from
Russia have this aprinR3 'jbintd thsir
friends in,FF in FFSosier,. AIRS sspSd a. Eddy counties
Almost every acre of IbrakenFland in the,
two countiesoiisip lerop,n,and large
amount OF new breaking i'd, now under
way. S.,,le III aItt,,i
The long talked of motor lins from
Watertown to Lake KsmpeskG hss'ct,la'
minated in proposition from Mcintyre
s. Joscelyne to build and equip the line
within sixty days. provided the citizens
would purchase sixty lots on the line at
$100 each.
The Yankton Agency Indians cele-
brated the Ash at their agency in grand
style. A committee OF indians was ap-
pointed and programme arranged and
carried ont. a large number of Indians
from other agencies were present and
took part in the celebration.
In the 800 yard hub-and-race at Dead
wood Wednesday for $500 prize, be.
tween the Independents, of Council
Bluffs, Iowa, and Desdwoods, of Dead
wood, the latter won by four feet in
twenty-nine seconds, which beats the
worlds record one second.
The farmers OF Hutchinson county will
hold picnic at LaMupyan's grove. one
mile north of Olivet, on Friday, July
18th. ]. W. Harden, of Woonsocket,
will be present and address, the assem-
blsge on the needs of the farmers. 9th,
er speakers will address the people.
The camp meeting now being held at
Whltewood under the auspices OF the Nj.
e. church is attended by great num-
Der of people. This is the first camp
meeting ever held in the Black Hills
and it meets with 50 much favor that
one will probably be held each yea,
after this.
| A slow torch was found by an en-
ployee of the Aberdeen News Wednes-
day under large kerosene tank in the
coal house adjoining the office. 1t had
been lighted and had gone out. The
incendiary device was ingeniously CON
trived, but failed of its purpose, Tht
motive and incendiary are unknown.
: Henry Lenth was firing q revolver il
3 Spencer on the 4th. The chamber of hi
revolver caught. In trying to fix it tn
weapon was discharged. The bulle
crossed the street and struck Mimi
, Book. aged 16, entering the abdome
I and lodged near the back bone. Medi
. cal aid was summoned but there is n
4 hope for her recovery.
The veteran soldiers OF the tenth leg
0 islative district held their secont
: annual epcampment at Pierre on th
!, 9TH and 5th. Two hundred were ther
! with their families. They had YER
d enjoyable camp fire and celebrating c
8 the Fourth. Hon. O. G. Williams, 6
!, Watertown, delivered particularly i'm
pressive oration in Riverside park.
/. The stone masons employed on th
|. Illinois Central depot at Sioux Fall
: struck Thursday for nine hours work 8
ten hours pay. They had been reeeiv
# ing 81 per day. Shortly after the me
}. walked out the masons employed
g James Ward and E. B. Polk also quit fo
n the same reasons. There are 150 mason
in the city belonging to the union, an
1t ls feared the strike will become geI
d eral.
,tl Custer county is having little coun,
h seat excitement, which, with politic
matter, will tend to make things livel
7, in that part of the Black Hills. Tt
l. people in the eastern part OF the cour
I. try want to move the county seat frol
!. Custer, and have petitioped for an ele
ton. But here the trouble commences
The agricultural part OF the county ht
three aspirants- Buffalo Gap, Hermot
! and Fairburn.