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j' 4 Vol. 1. JLi-» 11 I I r"A General Ntfws. Minneapolis has got the streetcars. The Republicans have carried Helena, Montana. 1 Henry Dewitt & Co., Loudon, have tailed. Liabilities $400,000. It costs this government $15,500, 000 annually to run the mails. $10 counterfeits on the 1st National, Philadelphia, are in. circulation. General Sheridan reached Portland, Oregon, on the evening of the 31st ult. Joseph Bowman, an old resident near Minneapolis, died suddenly the other day. The mineral Springs at Faribault, Minnesota, will be the making of that town yet. qd Prof. Hayden denies that he has 'gone iuto the stock business at Gree ley, Colorado. The Meunonites at Cottonwood Falls, Minnesota, are buying up the farms from old settlers. Victoria Woodhull has resigned the Presidency of the universal associa tion of spiritualists in America. The steamer Faraday has recovered the eastern portion of the direct cable, and is in telegraphic communi cation with London. .j,- Four hundred Meitnonites, in Cot tonwood county, Minnesota, were _iiftiirnliyod lacf week. It was a har- vest time for the clerk of the court. The town of Albion, Wright coun ty, Minn., votes to-day on the ques tion of issuing bonds to build a nar row gauge railway to connect her with the grain markets. The heaviest yield of wheat that has been made public is that of J. K. Jay, of Lawrence, Scott county, Minn., who harvested, 456 bushels from twelve acres. •i A narrow escape from destruction is reported of the passenger train which left Sioux City for St. Paul Monday night. The engineer discov ered a washout just in time to stop his engine on the very verge of the chasm. ^Patrick Heardon went to His wife's' house in Saxonville, Mass., on Tues day, shot her twice, then attempted to kill E. J. fravis, who interfered, atid finally killed himself. The women is living, but in a precarious condi tion. Job Bailey, the oldest citizen of Klk River, Minnesota, died at the age of 93 last week. Five generations of his descendants were represented at the funeral. He was a veteran of the war of 1812. The severe rains have washed away the track on the river division of the Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad, be tween St. Peter Junetion and Red Wing, Minn., and no train has gone -1 hrough-siuce Sunday. There have been two women travel ing through Mills county, Iowa, sel ling corsets at ruinously low prices, .but they have made it a sine qua -non in selling, that their customers should remove all their clothing, even tf'iieir last garment, in order to obtain a better fit. It is painful to add that the two agents have just been ar rested for being men in women's clothes, and now there isn't a woman in that part of theState who wjll acknpwl edge having bought a corset for the last six months J1 A bold burglary and robbery occur? .red in Chicago on Tuesday afternoon. Four men drove up to General An son Stager's residence, and two of .them, under pretence of looking at .some gas meteis, entered the house. They then overpowered the servant and demanded the key to the closet containing the silver 'ware. They threatened to take her life if she ref used to deliver up the key. Upon being told that Mrs. Stager had the key in1 her possession in the East, they broke in the doors of the closet and aecured the silver ware, the value of ..which is not known, and left the prem ises. Northern Kebraika. Cedar county, wlll ho'd a fair this fall— or know the reason wby., Cedar county advocate says water was running two feet deep In the streets of St. Helena on Tuesday TELES HAP H. 4 o'clock, P. M. CALIFORNIA. Troubles Never Come Singly. DemoCrajlc Victory Reported In (lie Stale Kloeilon. The llroken and Suspended Banks will Kcsiinio. Improved Condition of Fman .._.cfal Affairs. CALIFORNIA. The Democrats Carry the State. Sax Fka.ncisco, It is believed the stock boards will open next week. All .checks of the Baok_ of California were discharged yesterday. The signs are that money will sooir be easier. In addition to disbursements by the U. S. treasury, the mint will be ready to issue about two millions in a few days. Piospects are brightening and feeling buoyant. A Suit Against the Broken Bank. New York, Sept. 2.—An order of publication has been granted in the suit of Drexel, Morgan & Co. vs. The Calitornia Bank, to recover $25,000 gold, oiKaffidavit that defendant is a foreign corporation whose president is" dead, whose cashier lives in San Francisco, and which has no officer in this state on whom service could be made. The suit is on circular. Transfer of Gold to California-. WASHiNGTONy Sept. 2.—The Treas urer of the United States will to-day transfer (^00,000.in gold' from. New York to San Francisco on the applica tion of the National Gold Batik of San Francisco. Two War VeHela Collide. London,Sept. 2.—Intelligence waB received this noon of a collision in the channel between Hei, Majesty's war vessels, Iron Dukc_Jtud Vanguard,,re sulting in the sinking of the latter, ,No lives lost. Both are double screw iron ships, arujor plated and of 0034 tons each ...- Gold Sale. New Yoek, Sept. 2.—One million of government gold was awarded at from l.44-05 to 1.14-00. 11 1 Sept. 2.—Returns to date are meagreand indicate that the Democrats have their state 'elected '"t/ ticket by a large majority. Houghton and Luttrel are probably elected in their respective congressional dist ricts. -NO-retnrns from nitv premiums San Francisco, Sept. 2.—A few scattering returns from the city,. but not enough to furnish any indication of the vote. The Independents are very confident. they have elected a majority of officers but the mayor is doubtful. Nothing later from the ill: terior. THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA. It is Pronounced Solvent and Will Shortly Resume. ew York, Sept. 2.—The" Herald has a dispatch from San. Francisco which states that the investigation committee of the Bank of California is slowly reaching a better condition of things than the directors had any lopes of. -Within the last-2+ hours they have discovered a round million more assets. Two newspapers here, for political purposes it is charged, unite in declaring that the bank never will resume and there is nothing more morally certain than that the bank will re-open at the earliest mo ment that they can perfect the new machinery, probably next week. 1 am informed by the best authority that the .bank is perfectly solvent, and that on opening they wiil meet all their obligations abroad as well as at home. 1/ teleg raphic T|l(! Klr#1.t t0 Cons# i(latc the Two Groat Lines A President Orton Would Reduce the Price of Ordinary Messages p to One Dollar. lliii this Cannot he Done While His Company is InterlVred"'( With hyltial Cor pora ions. THE TELEGRAPHIC BUSINESS. Something from the President of the Western Union. New Oreat Fires. Siiaron Springs, N. Petkriioko, YANKTON DAILY PRESS AND DAIvOTAlAV okk, Sept. 2.—^President Orton, of the Western Union Tele graphy Co., speaking iii connection with the proposition for consolidating with the Atlantic it Pacific Telegraph Co. negotiation, for which' negotia tion to all appearances are entirely broken oil', says the statement that it was the intention of the managers of the Western Union Co. to advance rates to the West and elsewhere, is wholly incorrect. The rates for the whole country are based on air line distances, and gradually increase with distance until -they reach *2.50, which is the maximum price for ten word messages to any part of the United States that is reached by o.ur wires.. I have no desire to do a very large business between distant points at the same price for ..messages that is charged for short distances, but 1 have a groat- amhilimr tu id.!, send messages to any part of the United Stales at a cost in no case greater than one dollar. The Western Union Co. can reduce iis -rates--to-tliic price mentioned sooner, if it tan have the whole telegraph .business of the country under its control, than if its plans are obstructed by the interfer ancc of competing lines. Y., Sept. 2.— Congress Hall, owned by Fred. Bang and J. II. Gardner & Sou, together 7 with the sulphur battling houses, were burned last night. Loss, 100,000 insurance not known. WINTERMUTE. Names of Witnesses Exam inert To-(lay Prosecution-'Will Close Satur day E yeniiig. Special to the 1'reBB and Dukolaiaii. ~"VsiuiiiajoH, Sept. 2.—The follow ing persons, appearedraud-testified for the prosecution: J. A. Kent, M. T. -Wooley, J, O.'Bates, Wm. M. Powers, H. Thwing, F. M. Ziebach, D,r. Bur lcigli, Dr. Miller, A .j F. Hay ward, C. F: l«os8teuch'er iuid C. L.' Bancroft. The prosecution will close its testi mony on Saturday. The defence com mences Monday, [. tr VANKTON, DAKOTA TERRITORY. TIIl'RSDAY ICYKNINO, SKI'TKMBKR 2, 18"). 7 A X.' ~J CHARLEY ROSS. _,. a r. Woman Throws Some Ltelit on the Miss- sinu, Hoy. tA Hundred Thousand Dollar Bank Robbery at Louisville. :!A (Jricvous Disappoint men! lie Freed men at nsh intjloii. to Kicked to Death by bis Wife. A iioII ut ltolK'ii l£ri«It:« CHARLIE ROSS. A Witness Who Declares He is Still Alive. New Y'oisk, Sept. :.'.—Mrs..Moslicr, wife of Hill Mosher, one of the ab ductors- of Charlie Ross, and sister of cstciift.lt, now undergoing trial in Philadelphia lor alleged participation in the abduction, says Wcsienfclt was not concerned in the kidnapping. When abruptly asked whether the child waS'Valive or not, she said he was living, and would turn up soon. When asked how she knew this she declined answering. When asked why she airso positive that he was alive she said: "I know tnyhusband would not harm a hair of his head." Then recovering herself added, "No! 1 mean if he.had anything to do with it." Bold Bank Robbery, l.orisvn.i.ic, Sept. 2.—The Planters 2?Lajjoiial Hank was robbed this morn ing about daybreak, ofa^large sum of money. The amount is supposed to lie nearly one hundred:thousand dol lars. The tel 1 cx,_LimisJUhcin. says he was taken from his bed during-the night bj-three men and. forced to 'de liver the keys by which they opened the safe. Rhein alleges he was ehlor formed and stabbed in the side, where there is a slight wound. The Hank ollicers arc reticent about the matter, but say that depositors will not lose the amount stolen. Railroad' Accident—Antither Rotten Bridge trap. N Ont., Sept. —The Woolen-mills-oHBrodKrpHitslc3-&-Co burned this morning. Loss heavy, and partially insured. Sixty persons are thrown out of employment. Detroit,Sept. 2.—A tire yesterday morning at Edgerton, Mich., destroy ed a million and-a half to two million feet of lumber and two car loads of shingles Loss about *10,000 insur ance about *35,000.— kw Bunou, Sept-J-2.—Last night a heav'ly loaded train from the Na .tionaj jnceUng at Western (irovc. near (ioshen, while on the way to Kingston, broke through a rotten bridge near Shawagunk station. Five cars went down. Twenty-live persons were injured, a few seriously. The passengers remained on the ground until this morning, when a reight train took away all except those unable to be removed. .WASHINGTON. KX(. ITHMKNT IN' Tllli l-KliliUAIA.v's SA VIN(, HANK—KICKED TO IMIATIi l!V 1IIS Wli'K. W asiiinoton, Sept, A~.—Miehael Keepcn, who was kicked in the abdo men by his wife, Tuesday last, died yesterday. Yesterday and to-day'a.large num ber of the depositors of the Frccd niau's- Savings Hank crowded the in stitution expecting a dividend of 35 per cent., having been misled by a statement that a dividend would be made by the first of September. Depositors, were informed that a divi dend will not be declared before Christinas. "~V Tlic Slew Governor ol I -i —',.4 I ,„•!.». Ls(J." and reconciliation, and 'nil looking to the ennstit'iilinn as a guarantee-ol our liberties and t'he safeguard of. ewry, citizen. In concluding his address iie earnestly invoked the blessing of Al--^ mighty Cod on the .government and people, and appealed to his fellow-cu izens, regardless ol political senti mcnts, to forget the past asperities and dead issues and to co-operate with linn in conducting an honest, im partial and economical administration, and in advancing the interests and maintaining the honor and integrity of the commonwealth of Kentucky, KrlgiiiuN in Arf/.oiia. San Francisco advices ol AnguM •j 1st state that a'dispatch from Tucson, Arizona, reports that, a heavy mer chant. ut that place named Carrillo, a liaiiualucd citizen, who went to Son ora to collect-some lulls, was arrested on Thursday on a char«re of furnishinir arms to insurgents and given no trial, lint ordered'to pay *20,000 or be shot Sunday. A otii icr rode oUO miles to Tucson, raised the money and return ed and ransoiiK'd Can illoYwliose ^rravc had already been dug. lie' arrived at Tucson yesterday. Creat excite ment prevails over the outrage. The roads are lined with refugee's fleeing frotn (lie impending revolution M.AISliV.TS I1Y -TKLKMHAril. \V or li .it 11 and Slorli .lliirkcl an—Nominal. S 1'orU. Wiikat— Wiik a IjAKii—Quiet Kciiluc- James B. McCrary, goveriior-elcet ot Kentucky, was inaugurated oil Tuesday, August 31st.' In his re marks the new governor said he wish ed to see the records of'secession, co ercion and reconstruction filed a way forever and the people of the whole country earnestly advocating peace i—i*-jgst S N KW UltK, Sl'|lt. Money, :i per cent. Gold I',:. Goverinnunts dull lint 1o\m f. s. i. |»:i uiiu. Immln. i.l iff *. I rrr-'l I7. S. bouilK M:iy U. S, ,V^0 liomitM)!' IWil, Mny. t]»* I'. S. IhiihIh U. S. A ol" .Inly..'..1ITH 'U.S. 5-40 ho'mlH or U. S. .V'Jn Imnds, new l[. S. ^0 bond* of 1HiW. .July.,... S O ii 1 \wt ceut. 10- tu bmuli* I". S. enrrttney liV... Stocks thill but belter fuelirt'i. \V. lT. T. ..7S-V St. Paul Pari lie Mnil S(. Paul. pM... N. Y. Central in 57* o. ,tM I'-rio l.akc Slioro... n. \y X. p!«i M'4. I.'iilou I'acillf. Uock l.-liliul ..AUtli l(7'/»-: S(, ..'ill?.,' .r»T»4 li ..7:M4 liiMiln. S r. IAI:IS, hept. 2. \VIIHAT—1 holier No. 3 lull, ijl.-l.! for cash No. ilo, $1.20 bid. CoiiN:—Firmer lo liitl lVu- ciisli sales, (il.c for Sept". -fitAT.s—11: In-r ."ic for' casli i'(i') :i|i\l'or Sept. itvic—Drooping. iiiskv—.Steady, at ••jl.^1. '-.S' lion k—Quiet small lots. l.T'i: dry salt noininal lmcon, fii I. a Ni'.w Voiov. Sept,. 2. U" '^c lower No. '.I Chiiuijjo, :Jl.-21fel.:!0 Wo. 2 Milwa'uUeeTfl^tKiTnrJJ' Not spring, !?l.-i:!C'/jl.l") winicrreii west ern, ?l.-l-k".'l.•!.". Hvk—Nominal. Cohn—Unclinn^ed stciim, wc.-lrni mix ed, TliCiToc saildo, "iTOn'tic lii^h njixed and yellow, 7!l@«S()c. Baiii.ry—(Jirti't and unchanged.' Oats—Firim-r old mixed wcKtorn, .rioc. 1'oiiK—Quiet, at 1 OtV I.Aiti)—Heavy, at 1!) 'J llic niluiiuki'i' .Mii.wackui Scj)l. 2. lc liij lipr and linn No. .2 *1.1 "'.I for cash for .Sept. $l.l-l*i for Oct. Oonx—Dull No..2, (We.' Oats—Quiet,at •Hyk—F-tntf-r_N' 1 I'.aim.ky—Steady No. 2, $1,011 *li Coun—Firm C'nicAoo, Sept. 2. •Wiikat—Finn, and uljont lc higher •t.l-l-lia.fur Sej)t. iil.l.'J",, for Oct. and a sliade hlRlier n2".,'e for Sept. CDJ^c for Oct. Oats—Firm and higher :15c for cash 3-J,38@SMJ£c for Sept. ':!|I.tefor Oct. llvii—Quiet, at SOc. IJaulky—Dull and nominal, at 1 .OS for Sept $1.05 for Oct. I'.oiiK—Quiet and steady ^0.-l."K'/20.50 for Sept. or Oct. and a shade higher 12/a for Sept. l.'i(g/i:ji^c for Oct. Whisky—Quiet and a shade lowe'r, lit $l.l«'^1.1i). I in' Sloolt illurketx. 1 CIIICAOO. ClllCAdO, Sept. 2 lloi.s—Uecelpts, T.-lOO^ moderately active and a »hnde eiisier common to choice heavy $7.G0@7.5M) common Yorkers to choice se lected bacon, .$'7.7.j 1'hilaUclphia. about $8.G0@8.Go. CatTi e—Jiuceiptd, .'i.OOO good grades wanted common) dull shipping, sold chievy at 2S one. lot averaf inK 1,000 sold at .$7.10 stock-cattlcr-f2.7i'i@ u.75j_l)utehers $2.00^100 Texans, .$3.00 -K4U—J.OU1S. St. Lo'UISJ Sept. 2. lfoufl—Receipts, 220 firm and un .changcd. T. WOOLLBT, AVholetfulu AND RETAIL Dealer in STAPLE AND FANCY GrqcerieS niJU-tf Capital Street,— YANKTON, ^,\1SAHAU ALLS SAFE -ftfe-a4 4-Bu^glai^Prnnf safpf I I W S a a BIQ-F0RD PASSMOBE, Agts._ Minnesota Dakota, and British Possessions' Office tfc Warerootus 40 Jackson St: ST. PAUL, MINX. 2:1 STAPLE Blatt & finerdorf, Wholesale and AND It tr S H,£PJt& i' IS No 112. Safrjs mid Unfits. v® V. 1 SAFES. mmm ff'jk VAULT DOORS BANK LOCKS Aluay^ (i ^rr! FANCY -GROCERIES. ni-if C. J. B. HARRIS, Attorney-at-Law and Rtal Estate Ag«nt, YANKTON, DAKOTA, 'ilag Ilia duly complete Abstracts of Title .j! ',,k V|i DKiLERS IN '"--V 1 cs In Yank tou Coanty. Orfico Cornel,* Third dc Capital Streets, Oppoxite'Sl. Charles llotel,.-i-»- r, tfOi V-