Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-03-05
DAseTA COMBINATIONS

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No msil has been, received at Bsook-
Jugs from the east for a week.
l. Bo.indsr, q farmer living six miles
south of Watertown, dropped dead
OF heart disease while trying to discover
O supposed fire in his house.
The Duluth, Wasertown aud Pacific
forfeited It's contract with Woonsocket
people by its failure t. grade III last
fall. 1t is noa anxious to make another.
Poker playing Is now the great gone
of the sports st Kimbsll and quite an
amount of hard money changes hands
every night One player a few evenings
since came out $500 ahead.
Will Moffa.s, the editor o; the Dakota
Settler. at Bismarck, who ives cruelty
assaulted by a seloonkeeper Q short time
ago, has been regaining his health under
the parental roof at Weonaocket.
A boz Car filled with mail from the
east arrived at Huron via Hawardep
Saturday afternoon, the accumulation
of eight days in the Minnesota snow
blockade. There we're over 400 sacks.
A little romance in the way OF an
elopment in Brule county was recently
nipped in the bud by the watchfulness
OF q father. the oommunicativeness of
the girl and the suspicion of @ wife. All
is now serene.
Attorney j, L. Kean has commenced
o $4,000 action OF libel against r.. W.
Probert, of Washington Syringe, for O.
g. Halenberg. o ieweler in Woonsocket.
The action grows out of a libel publish
ed by Probert, charging Halenberg as
being o fraud.
The grand jury returned four indict-
menss against Frank Blnme and wife,
proprietor of the Huron Illicit distillery,
for selling liquor without a license, and
six against Julius Bergwsrdt for the
same ofense md one against Frank
Look for grand larceny.
Agent Bath. of the p~oatoflce depart
ment, is at Faulktoa, investigating
the postofice muddle. Democrat a. p.
1 T- ~
Smith seeks the appointment and
Democrat Wallace, the present incum-
bent, wishes to be retained. 1t becomes
a presidential office April /.
A large and enthusiastic meeting OF
citizens WAS held at Flandrsu last week
to discuss matters relative to the interests
OF the town. A railroad committee is al
work &c recnre another rail connection
AND o creamery company with a paid up
capital of $4,000 has been organized.
Miss Cora Fellows, o recent Washing
ton society young lady, now o teacher oil
an Indian school near Pierre in an in.
serview reiterates her intention oil
marrying Chaska, q full blooded Sioux
Indian, on March l6. Her parents re.
fuse TO believe that she will be SO foolish
The Officers of the Bankers Mutual
association, of Aberdeen, announced
last week that they will surrender the
charter. The reason assigned is the
failure of members to pay assessments,
due to Examiner Harris's %unfayorable
report. There are 10 funds with which
TO pay losses.
Judge Spencer in chambers at Huron
Saturday afternoon heard argument or
u petition for the appointment of a re.
eeiver for the Pierre Signal, made b,
Ex-Governor Ordway. who is q stock.
holder in the concern. The petition wa
not granted, but on order was gisel
restraining Alsop & Kretsohmer, now j,
possession of the office, from dlsposinl
OF any OF the material.
The jury in the case of Arba Il
Stems against the Chicago and North
western railway company returned
verdict in favor of plaintiff Friday after
noon. Stearns lives in Volga, and is
lad about Is years of age, who tw,
years since fell from a car at Arlington
and lost o foot. Suit was instituted TO
$4,000; the case was brought befor,
Judge Spencer at the present term o
the Beadle county court and occupied
four days in trial. Nearly four hour
after it was given to the jury a verdio
was returned giving ths boy 1000.