Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-06-25
THE NEWS BOILED DOWN.

The old Grant homestead, located fouy
miles from the st. Louis limits, On the
Grayois road, was sold by Cnauncey NJ.
Depew, to satisfy a mortgage held by W.
H. Vanderbilt. The farm consisted of
T50 acres, and was m%ortgaged to Wander
bilt at the time of the Grant & Ward
failure. 1t was bought by l., II, Conn
Of st. Louis, for $1,000. The farm oriei
nally belonged to the Dent family, and
it was here Gen. Grant did his conrtin9
and his wood %chopping, and experienced
his greatest adversely.
The Interstate commission
has been informed that the Chicago and
st. Paul railroad has adopted rates be-
tween Chicago and ST. Paul which are
less than the rates from those cities to
intermediate points along its line. After
investigating the matter the commission
reached the conclusion that this is prima
facie violation of the long and short haul
section, and has decided to Investigate
the matter in Dubuque, la. The session
will open in that city the 25th of next
month.
A body supposed to be that of Robert
H.. Pickford, a printer of st. Louis, who
jumped from the Fort Madison bridge
last Sunday on a wager, was found near
the bridge at Quincy, Ills.
The Southern Plaid Manufacturers
association held a harmonious meeting
at Atlanta, Ga, and reaffirmed the old
schedule of prices.
No material change in Gen. Sheridan's
condition has taken place,
The comptroller of the currency has
authorized the organization of the Amer
lean National bank of Waco, Tex.
capital $3.50, 900.
The Chicago and Eastern Illinois rail
road has given the Illinois Central and
the Indianapolis, Decatur and Western
railways notice that twill enter Tuscola.
Ills, on Central avenue at an early date,
and settle the damages afterward, The
ground over which it expects to enter is
claimed by the Illinois Central. I
A Paris dispatch says the report that
Count de Lesseps is dead is false. He Is
alive and well.
An immense meeting of Prohibitions
lists was held in the Metropolitan Opera
house at New York to ratify the .presi-
DENTAL nominations of their $parfy,
Speeches were made by Gen. Fisk .Rof
New York, the Prohibitioniss candidate
for PRESIDENT, Rev. Sam Shall, Mrs.
Frances L. Willard. and others.
I'm buhsea u II.
l., brought suit for S., 600 against Dr.,
Robert Whinnery, formally West
Springfield. Dunsea allegessth&t Win.
merry induced his 1~5-yeaFrold daughter,
Maggie Dunsea, to leave home, and thu,
he seduced her, and damage1sAclaime
for the loss of his daughteFss services.
At Jetfrson, Tex, the Jury in<the cass
of the State of Texas VS.. Bob Hiheess, col
ored, after thirty minutes absence, Re
turned into court with their verdict O
murder in the first degree and assessed
the death penalty. Hines killed n mai
named Bailey.
Natural gas was struck at Sparta, Ill
Ine band paraded the streets and the
citizens went almost Wild with Joy.
j. w. Winterstin, a St. Louis drum
mer, fell from a second story windop
of the Oak Leaf hotel, Little Rock, Ark
The clerk assigned him TO q front room
on the second floor, and he was not see,
until daylight, when he was fount
crushed and iDsensible on the pavemen
below. He got up in his slumber ant
fell out of the window. He received
fatal injuries.
Articles of incorporation were filed TO
record incorporating the Chicago Tunne
Railway company, to construct an under
ground road from a central point within
the city of Chicago to the limits of tn
city, and to various important suburbs
. The capital stock is stated at $27, 900, 00(
! The attorneys for Hugh M. Brooks
alias Maxwell, the murderer of Prellel
received a c%ablegram stating that tn
/ mother and sister of Maxwell sailed iror
Liverpool. They are expected to arriy
0 in st. Louis on the LIST day of July, an
! all further influences possible will b
4 brought to bear to save the life of tn
!, little chloroformer.
While bathing in a mill pond d
Augusta, Wis, John ]. Nygod, an en-
ploye at Ball & Culbertson's mill, wa
drowned. Il
AT Canton, o., Willie Roth, aged
! years, while hanging on to a beer WACO
. lost his hold and fell, breaking his mech
The accident was witnessed by hi
mother.
! al brakeman on the Little Miami road
: named Walter Lacy, fell from a train q
: the Fifth street crossing in Dayton, o
: and was instantly killed.
4 A small cyclone passed over Gran
8 Rapids, taking out one span of the Gree
2 Bay railway bridge spanning the Wi
! consin river, 1t also blew down fence,
trees, barns and sheds, and did othe
! slight damage. Nobody killed.
. There is a food at Silas, Mexico, Q
s the line of the Mexican Central. Owe
300 houses have fallen and manyIiyt
have been lost. There are serior
q freshets on the railways betwee
Queretaro and Leon. Two forty-fo,
spans were washed out near Trapmat.
and the branch from Silas to Guanajua1
g is cut in two places. There is hig
9 water on the branch to Guadalaja.
At Racine, Wis.,, a scaffold, twent
feet high, fell, by which o. Erickson WI
8 fatally injured. Frank Erickson W,
y badly hurt, and John Olson was injure
{ internally. u
A peculiar disease is epidemic amor
! the swine in NORTHERN lows, and mar
: are dying. The tongue starts to dry ar
: soon the entire head is Affected.
The great lawsuit which has been
the Michigan courts In various ways f
years, has again reached q decision
= chancery.E This case is one brougI
by the heirs of one Mariicesick, an Indil
chief. The decision favors the heirs, al
IL sustained by the supreme court "
\. compel the present, stockholders of Il
jackson Iron cofnpahystto disgorge certa
&c shares of stock and Divide the profits
Of the mine for the past seven years. r
id AMOUNT involved will probably rea,
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