Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-04-19
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DAKOTA CONCENTRATIONS

DAKOTA COMBINATIONS
A tsachers' territorial institute will be
held IN Watertown beginning May Z.
John Foster has been appointed
marshal OF chamberlain by the city
council.
All over south Dakota armers are at
work Putting in small grain and the
soil is said to be in the best possible con-
dition for seeding and growing,
The Union county poor house contains
two insane men, n womao and three
children, six inmates, with Ave members
of the superintendent family, eleven
persons.
O. IL. Fisk died at Jamestown Mon
day from the effects of injuries sustain
ed in q runaway OF his team Saturday.
The remains were taken to Duluth,
where his wife lives.
A little child Of a Mrs. Pattee, o
widow. who lives Just north OF Kimball
died on the 7th and q subscription paper
collected about $40 before the child was
buried. The family were very destitute.
Carl Rein committed suicide Saturday
at Grafton by shooting himself in the
head with . revolver. He a fifty years
old. His family lives in Norway. Des-
pondency through lack Of funds was the
canse OF the suicide.
Nrmefpns citizens OF Hughes county
have joined In a petition asking the Rev.
DIR. Blackburn, to become q candidate
Tor superintendent OF schools and il is
believed that the gentleman will decide
TO make the canvass.
J.W. Whorry, who bought the Mime
haha County Mail printing outfit from
Postal Inspector Bath last fall, was ar
rested Saturday, charged with forging q
mortgage on property in Missouri.
This mortage was given to Mr.. Bath as
security for the purchase money on the
Mail office.
The Aberdeen Presbytery met last
week at Aberdeen. The moss impor,
tant business was the hearing of the re-
porta OF the different committees, which
show q rapid and substantial growth In
the Presbyterian church for tho past
year. F. n. Hagarty was elected dele
gate to the general assembly to v
at Philadelphia May IA.
The following Is o list Of parties who
are returning TO Chamberlain since the
glad news OF the opening OF the reser-
walton has been made known: w. FL,
Minar and family, Hal stevens and
family, Truman French, Doc Matt,son.
w. II. Beal and wife, Mrs. I. p. Wilson,
Samuel Penweil, j. D. Farrell and many
others.
BY a prairie fire Friday night Walter
Marsten, living twelve miles north Of
Huron, lost his barn, sheds, o quantity
OF hay and grain in his barn which were
destroyed: Charles Morse and another
neighhor lost his 1Arn. and q lot OF hay.
All this was caused by one Coombs
burning grass around his property in q
high wind, and the FIRE got away from
him.
Otto Larsoni o carpenter. has been
missed from Jamestown since last CO.
tober. when be left for Grand Fsrks.
His family knew no reason Why he has
not returned II alive, but think they
have found an ~expianstion in d recent
Telegram stating that the body OF an un-
known mar had been found near
Donnelly, Mimi, the description OF
which nearly conforms 20 thatof Larson.
The Methodist society at Elk Point
has secured the quarter block, known as
the Hughes lots. Of q. w. Begga, OF
Chicago, for $500 and MI. Beggs donet-
ing $50 and will very soon begin the
erection Of a $500 church. Rev. Nj.
Rifenbask took pledges for over 81 900 in
ak houra recently. The auditorium will
have 300 chairs and all modern Improve.
ments, including hot ais furnaces.
Damascus commanaery, knights tenn.
piar Of Aberdeen, gave sheir second an
nuai public Installation OF officers al
their hall Thursday evening. The in
stallation was followed BY a grand ball
and banquet, in which about ffty
oouples participated. The following
toasts were responded 10: Free
masonry Dol. w. q. Plnmmer;
christian Knigh.hood," Rev. j. nj. Mo.
Bride; The Ladies'" Hon. M. 4.
Gordon.
Merchants throughout Dakota are
beginning TO have suspicio ns that
the organization of She Da.
kotA Farmers alliance VIII
be detrimental TO their. business to a con.
siderable degree. II the purchases OF the
alliance continue TO be as large as their
recent order IN which they purchased
twenty oars of binding Irvine, paying
$4,000 for the same, there is no question
that they will bs abis.to underbuy and
consequently will be able to underseil
nine-tenths OF the Dakota dealers,
A farmer by the name Of Matthews,
living in the north part Of Miner county,
tells the following story, which is
vouchsd for by oil his neighbors; Duv-
ing the blizzard Of January 18th last he
lost o hog weighing . little over 200
pounds. Nothing had been seem or heard