Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-07-25
nAKorA CONVERSATIONS,

j Two thousand people attended tb
camp meeting near Lake Byron Sunday
| Tho e'ehie of the Northwestern hote
at Parkes burned Sunday night involv
ina loss of $3.50, fully lnsured.
Numerous robberies have occurred a
Aberdeen during the past week and tn
thieves have been very successful i,
their operations.
General Freight and Traffic Manage
Alexander, OF the Manitoba, says hi
company will be running regular trains
into Huron by Aug. 10.
The temporary injunction ISSUED
against The saloons of Miller has beer
sustained by Judge Spencer, and ther.
is severe penalty for contempt.
Saturday was the warmest day of th,
summer in Watertown, the THERMOMETERS
registering los degrees. It is feared ths
continued hot weather will hurt crops
DR.. O. f. Alloway has received tele
gram from w. d. Sites, ofs Sioux Falls
to the effect t6at pleuro pneumonia had
broken out in herd of cattle there and
that they were dying fast.
Several OF Watertown's prominent
citizens have organized a town lot COM
pany and bought the town site of Daven
port, near Spokane Falla The town ii
near the mining regions and has two
railroads.
at an ice cream soeiable held in Estel
Inc last Tuesday night seventy fiv,
persons were poisoned, One youns
mans life is despaired of and others ar,
in critical condition. No one can as
aign the cause.
at meeting st Vermillion Saturday
night cavalry company was organized
Joseph Fisher, who was chief OF an In
dian cavalry company IN the late war
was chosen commander. The company
will for time remain independent. Il
has shirty members.
Dedication services at the CongregR
tional church of New England Oity
Hettinger county, were hold Sunday
The interesting ceremonies included al
address by Hon. David A. Waldron, O
Providence, r. I. The church cos
So 900, and is free from debt. There Ii
large congregation.
The ministerial association Of the
Fargo district, north Dakota conference
Methodist Episcopal church, met il
jamestown Tuesday, July "a, at 2 p. m
and will probably continue until Thurs
| day noon. Rev. a. T.. Collins OF Lisbor
delivered the annual sermon, and the
remainder OF the time will be occupied
in the discussion of various topics o
church nnd evangelical work.
Iu response to the request OF the spec
ial committee OF the board of trade the
Northern Pacific, through General Pes
senger Agent Fee, contributes $3.50 tc
the fund now being raised 10 defray the
expenses OF the Caes county exhibit a
the Minneapolis exposition. The othe,
roads leading into Fargo, the Chicago
Milwaukee IL st. Paul and the St. Paul
Minneapolis & Manitoba, were elso ask
ed to contribute but declined.
Last April q. II. Hunt, CT Pittsfield
shipped car load OF mules, twenty set
OF harness and two wagons from st
Louis, Mo-. to Drayton, Oak. in charge O
William Wallace, of Penn bine, to dispose
to best advantage and remit the proceeds
to Hunt. Wallace disposed of the outfit
tnsned over only 5000, gave his wife Sl0t
and is now in Manitoba. A telegram
from MIR. Hunt to the chief of police al
Winnipeg was too late to catch him
there.
The hailstorm which passsd over the
western halt OF Sioux Falls Saturday
evening covered only narrow belt oi
country. II did not extend beyond the
western limits of the city and was only
about quarter of mile wide. The
Baptist college, fcur-story building
happened to be situated in it's course
and suffe ed the destruction OF every
light of glass on the north side. Other
buildings in the track of the hail sus.
tanned similar losses.
AotinR Secretary Muldrow has revers.
| ed the decisions of Commissioner Stock
slayer in the following cases and con
frmed the titles OF the claimants;
Lundy vs. Hoebel, Watertown; Ole j.
Kennsvig's reieotel proof, Fargo, hat
been accepted; Annie J. SundvoId. in the
Sioux Falls district, whose proof wus
rejected by the commissioner, he's rs.
ceived hsi patent through Mr. Muldrow
Ruth Barber, OF the Mitchell district
also receives her patent over the COM
missioner's decision. e,t
A meeting of millers has just beer
held at Fargo to organize millers' as-
ISOLATION. The following cities and
towns were represented: Fargo, Grand
Forks, Devils Lake, Mimic, Mayville
Oriska, Valley City, Bismarck and Man.
dan, Dak., and Moorhesd and Fergus
Falls. MINI. Il was decided to organize
an association to be known as the NORTH