Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1889-03-20
DAKOTA CONVERSATIONS

for aggregate about 50. 200.
DAKOTA CONVERSATIONS
The Milwaukee road unloaded thirty.
nine cars OF immigrants and their move.
ables ct Roscoe last week.
John j. Mellette, j 1uior partner in the
Law firm OF Mellette & M~ellette, and q
cousin of Gov. MelIeste, is dead, at
Watertown.
The Northwestern town lot company
which is controlled by the Northwestern
road, has closed out all the property it
owns in Pierre.
Post Chaplain George w. Collier, OF
F.. Tottsen, has. upon his own applics-
tioD, been ordered to his home in Ohio
10 await retirement from active service.
Private Edward Streamer. of company
K, 18th infantry. ut Ft. Bennett, having
completed over thirty years VI .1tive
! service in the UD;.ed States army, was
placed upon the retired list a..s!ew days
ago.
Jerauld county has had q spelling
contest. Each township had q previous
one for selection of delegates. The
prize for the best delegation was thirty
volumes Of 3 cyclopedie. Alpenn town.
ship won, missing ibnt two words in a
hundred.
Cnrran, the convicted opium smugeIer,
whose sentence was suspended, has left
Bismarck without making a confession
as was expected. Tie rumor that Gen.
A. B. Ward, the scholarly all around
fraud. is one of the smuggling workers,
is not generally believed.
An Important sale OF real estate took
place at Huron Saturday evening last
Emerson Esar sold to w. 81. Rolph, oil
Reid, Murdoch u Co.. OF Chicago, and
George E. MoEsthron, OF Carson, Pierre,
Scott & Co., of Chicago, 100 acres OF in
side property for $15, 600, net cash.
Forest City is having quite a boom
over the reported building OF a bridge
there by the Northwestern railway. II
is also reported that coal has been dis.
coveredja the hills ear there by partiei
who are anxious to ges title TO the lane
under the pre-em ption Law and sre keep,
ing the discovery quiet.
Fire broke out in the extensive dry
goods and clothing house OF L. Norris Z
90. at Rapid City Sunday. The thre,
fire companies OF the town promptly
responded and inside of q half hon
frCca the time the alarm was sounded
the fire was under control. though th,
stock OF goods is damaged by smoke 1,
the amount Of $4,000.
AT q recent meeting OF che Tyndal
city council il was decided TO advertis,
for bids for putting in a complete eys
sem Of water works and thereby mskiDl
uae of come Of the artesian water that j
now flooding lowlands between Tyndal
and the Missouri river. 1t is absolutel.
necessary 10 take some steps towar,
checking the flow OF this powerful
stream.
At Grand. Forks Saturday q French
man named B. Braugh arrived with ST..
600 cash. He was immediately sur
rounded by friends and began q ton
OF the saloons. Chief Hennesy foliowe,
the crowd 90 q house Of i'll fame an,
secured Braugh5as he vas being drugge,
preparatory to being robbed. "Leisnr'
Billy" one OF the men, fred six shots ct th'
officers before She arrest was made. On,
OF the bails grazsd the skin Of Ofice
Murray.
Hyde county is 70 come forward as
great coal district. Veins from three l,
seven feet in Thickness are reported. ant
steps will be taken to develop them
These deposits will form drift mines
and . number OF groupings of coal Rr,
reported in sight. II is said that Their,
Will be enough coal to supply q grea
population. This is the new and unde
yeloped portion Of Hyde county.
An election was held in Chamberlain
for the purpose OF setting q possofic,
fight. A total OF 343 votes we're cast, o
which John A. Stroubs received $50. ]
+. Sisaon 1at, and e A. Glenn 70. Al
parties interested have declared shei
intention to stand by the result OF Ii,
vote and Mr.. Stroube will receive th,
unanimous endorsement OF the republi
cans Of Chamberlain for postmaster.
Thespring immigration 20 she Aber
deem region is setting in early end prom,
ises to be the heaviest for years. TIL,
west bound passenger trains from Aber
deem aFs ell we'll filled and hundreds o
oars Of stock. household goods and othe!
property Of s~stslers coming to Brown
county are being received by the VIZ
sious railroads al ell points. Over forty
cars OF emiRrant ousft passed shrpugi