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

Seventy thousands evergreen trees
grown in Sioux Falls were sold to Sioux
City parties Saturday.
The Chicago fuel and light company
has purchased the gas works OF the Sioux
Falls gas company. paying $4,000
therefor.
James Bond, of Brown county, was
discharged from the penitentiary Satnr
day having served q term OF two years
for grand lsrcsny.
There are new employed in the Oass
county schools, outside OF Fargo 100
teachers. and that there are Ave graded
schools in operation.
An additional vein OF coal was struck
on a school section at Huron Tuesday
afternoon 45S feet below the surface,
which causes much rejoicing.
A change has been made in the co M
panies stationed at Fort Totten, the 9th
infantry going to Texas and the 22d, Col.
Conrad commander, coming to Fort
Totten.
Farmers in Hemlin couny are planting
suntiower seed this spring as an experi-
nent. The seeds are said to make K
good summer fuel.
On Saturday lightning struck Alex
Laduke's residence at Webster, ran
down his stove pipe and riddled the floor
OF the living room. Two children who
we're sleeping on the floor, escaped I'M
hurt. The building was badly wrecked.
The prohibitlonists heve declared war
against the temperance" saloons in
Trail county: Parties ct Caledonia
have been tried before five different jus.
tices at an expense of some $3.50, for
violation of the liquor law, but none
have yet been convicted.
Delegate Clifford has presented q petit
tion Of M, f. Cummings and 102 others
OF Wilmot that the Slsseton and Wahpe.
ton reservation be reduced, as the In
dams have all taken their land in sever
atty and are Civilized, end there is still
much rich surplus land left in the reser-
Walton.
Monday at 5 p. m. while Mrs. M
Larson, of Egeland, Day county, was
drawing water about 10 rods from the
house, it caught fire and the flames were
In full blast when she reached it. After
q desperate fight she got her baby out.
but 30 badly burned that it died in
about four hours. Mrs. Larson was
badly burned about the head and face
After five long years of anxious waiting
Pierre's fondest hopes are realized. A.
4 O'Clock Tuesday afternoon q Telegram
was received from Delegate Clifford say
ing that the Sioux bill had been signed
by the president. In five minutes time
the streets, were lined with people, flags
waving bands playing and cheer afte,
cheer rent the air. In the evening there
was o general iol~lifioation.
Particulars of the burning of the resi-
dence Of George Stillman, IS milet
northwest of Tower City. are just re-
ceived. Fire caught at 6 o'clock in ths
morning. Mrs. ssillman and a Today
babe were in bed only three feet from
the stove, and clothes hung on the parti.
tion burned off and dropped on then
from the hooks. They we're rescued but
co nsiderably burned. Two other chill
dren were asleep in beds upstairs, di-
rectly over the stove. A Miss Greene
aged 16 years, rushed up the burning
stairs, pulled the children out OF bed ant
started down stairs with them, but th,
stops were all ablaze. She came dowl
about half way, then tossed the children
through and beyond the flames, and
when they were saved, made a leaK
through the fire and was saved, though
considerably burned