Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-15
Dakota CONVERSATIONS.

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Alex. Mclean returned to Grafton
from Scotland the past week, bringing
with him some fine blooded stock, CON
sisting of five stations and one mare.
Citizens OF Redneld are making ar
engagements to royalty entertain the q.
A.. r. boys during the encampment
which will be held there the 9th. 2Sth
and 18th of March.
Willow Lake, a town in the south part
Of Clark county, on the line of the Mani
toba road to Huron, is being doomed
just at present. 1t is half way between
Watertown and Huron.
The Central City bank, at Central City
three miles from Deadwood. closed its
doors Monday. Lack of business was
the cause. The, assets greatly exceed
the liabilities and no loss will result.
Sylvanus Whitney a prominent and
wealthy citizen, dropped dead In the
post office at jamestown Monday morn
ing. He leaves a daughter at Newark,
N. j., and two Joni at Farmer Home,
Oornwalls, N. IS. He was seyenty.two
years old.
r. l.. Dawley died at De Smet al
nor II monday OF blood p~ei=pning aged
81. He was o veteran in the Mexican wal
under Winfield Scott, served through
the civil war in the second Minnesota
light artillery, and formerly resided in
st. Charles, Mimi, belonging to the q,
A. r. and Masons.
The Aberdeen city council has adopted
the system of Engineer Williams oil
Pullman as to the proposed system Of
sewers. The principal business and
residence streets will each have q branch
sewer. The System to be employed is
that used ct Pullman, know as the
pumping system" The approximate
cost is $40 900.
A large and enthusiastic meeting OF
business men and citizens generally OF
Milbank was held Saturday evening to
discuss matters of interest to the city,
resulting in q organization OF q board OF
trade, with o membership of about one
hundred. A very evident determination
was manifested by every person to make
a long pull, and q strong pail towards
advancing the business interests of Q
city.
A fire was discovered ct Hickson, neal
Fargo, Monday morning in the general
store OF HOMELAND & Askagaard, which
was consumed, together with the gener-
al store of 0. Steinrodgs and the saloon
of Thomas Daley. The postofioe wal
in the first store burned, and together
with nearly alfits contents was dss-
troyed. Loss, $4,000, with but little
insurance. About one-hali OF the town
| is in ashes.
The following is extracted from the
annual report OF Bishop Walker Of the
Protestant Episcopal church Of north
Dakota: 1.-THE parishes and missions
are forty-three in number; baptisms
infants, l31, adults, twenty three; con.
formations, eighty-one; communicates
6s3; marriages. twenty.seven; burials
thirty-three; Sundsy-school teachers
ffty-dve: Sunday-school scholars, about
1859; contributions, $l4 ,016.23."
At Fargo the storm OF Monday delay
ed sill trains. The Manitoba from the
north was three hours late; from sht
east q special came through from Barnes
vile, but the road east OF ihefe wat
blocked. The train on the Fargo South,
western was stalled at Sheldon. The
Northern Pacific had a freight train
stuck ahead of the eastern passenger
and the train from the west was toul
hours late. The Milwaukee trains wers
also several hours late.
The following is Q partial list of
manufacturing interests of the territory
Crenmeries, %; cigar factories, S5; tog
miles, Z; wagon and carriage factories
10; cheese factories, 10; book binderiea
Z; boiler works, foundries, 8; broom fac
tories. 10; -four Eills, 119; brick yards
%; packing houses; 8; electric iigh
plants, 81 railway machine shope, 10
street railways, 4; pillow factories, I
~breweries. l6: bottling works, IL; plan
ing mills, 8; cornice works, 8; saw millf
8; ore-reducing works, Z.
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