Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1889-02-07
DAKOTA CONVERSATIONS

The Baptists OF Deadwood propose. to
erect q church building.
The Deadwood city counoit has pur-
chased a site for the city hail.
A packing house is one of the probable
additions to the business interests of
M;lbank.
The Union banking company has been
organized at Aberdeen with a capital
stock of $500, 900.
Ine A:.sEhis.1 siiso:ic light
has recently purchased o new 125 horse
power Russell engine.
The Beadle County Democrat he's
changed hands and hereafter will be
edited by Mr.. Price, OF Iroquois.
Monday morning OF Sioux Falls there
was a fire among q lot Of frame store
buildings on Philips avenue, in q very
dangerous locality, but it vas confined
to three stores.
Geo. l.. Farnham, O prominent young
attorney ct Aberdeen died suddenly
Sunday night Of pneumonia. His re-
mains will be taken to Bsloit, Wis. He
leaves q wife and two children.
Fargo's council has adopted a memorial
from Company B, IN. G., ~remonstrat-
ing agsinst the policy of Gov. Church
in reducing the military appropriation.
II was forwarded to Bismarck.
At Aberdeen the grand Jury found
sixty indictments, mostly against saloon
men aud b~lindpig keepers in violation vi
the local option law. 1t is understood
the indictments are mostly against
Aberdeen parties.
Last Sunday ct Highmore the Metho-
dist minister in his morning sermon
severely criticised the the Herald and
Bulletin, W local papers, for gross i'm.
purity, %obscenity and as most dangerous
to the community's morals.
At the Fargo land Off SO during
January there were % presumption FL
ings, % hom stead. 81 timber culture.
l6 presumption proofs. S homestead com
muted, 80 tiual homesteads. The new
filings cover 12,064 acres; final proofs
II, 2S0 acres.
The finish fight, Qaeensberry rules
with kid gloves in Sioux Falls Saturday
night between Jack Kesfe, OF Mime.
apolIs and o. q. Smith, of Sioux Fall
was won by Keefe In the third round
The first round wss 10 favor OF Smith
the second Keefe had decidedly the bes
OF 1t, and in the third he knocked Smitt
about ss he pleased and ont by q blow
under the ear.
Ground has been broken at Rapit
City for o new masonic temple. 1t viii
be three stories in height, of brick ant
stone, 50x125 in size and will cost abou
$4,000, It is expected that the entir
structure will be completed the comm
summer. The first story will be used 70
stores, the second for suites OF Offices
and the third Will be used by tn
masonic fraternity. All the materit
will be obtained from the Black Hill
woods and quarries:
The warm weather has SO honey
combed the ice in the Missouri river {
Bismarck that travel is beset with gref
danger. Saturday an entire famil,
consisting of MIR. and Mrs 1Onn Olso
and three children, are reported to hay
been drowned while attempting to cros
the river in a wagon fifteen miles mort
OF that CITY. The team broke throug
the Toe and pulled the wagon and oco,
parts with them. There was no on
present to rescue them, and the swi
current carried them away before o ma
who saw them from the shore coul
reach them.
at "a meeting of the Grand Forks bi
association the following officers w0,
elected: President. James a. Bosard
] secretary, Tracy Bangs; treasurer. &c
d. Lay; law committee, O. "a. Corlis
William r. Bierly, @. ]. Max. Burt 90
bett, George a. Walsh; executive cor
mittee, Joha M. Oonhrane, J.J. OKaef