Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-07
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YANkToN, DAKOTA
"Wednesday Evening, November 7. 1877
LOCAL LAcoNIo,

Wheat 1904 cts.
Thermometer at z O'Clock this a. nat
freezing point.
w. w. Brooking's disposed of $8.62 worth
Of real estate last week.
Susan B. Anthony on Friday evening
at the Congregational church.
A Congregational social will be held
at the residence of Rev. Jos. Ward, this
evening.
The ladies Of the Methodist church will
give . social this evening in the basement
Of the church.
From 1900 to 10000 bushels of wheat
was marketed in Yankton yesterday. 1t
nearly all came from the Russian settle.
ment.
John Gleish yesterday made complaint
before Justice Roberts, charging Louis
Michael with an aggravated assault and
battery.
Jealous politicians in this city have put
up considerable wealth" in bets on the re-
suit of the state elections back in the United
States, which took place yesterday.
The mates of the Nellie and G. &. Peck
had hard work recruiting deck hands yes
'crday at 500 per month. The average
roustabout has an idea that the atm osphere
is q little too cold for comfort.
The prairie fire last night in Nebraska,
Ivy its illumination, dispensed with the ne.
cessity of lighting the street lamps in Yank-
ton. A clear saving to the city Of at least a
half a gallon of oil.
The complaint made against Alex. Reed,
tcolored) charging him with slashing a man
named Miller with a knife or razor, has
been dismissed. Miller says Reed is not the
individual who did the carving.
Two Russians, last evening, "~clinging
closer than big brothers to each other, mo.
nopolized all Of Third street, in their search
after some quiet and peaceful nook or corner
i'll which to sleep off the effects of evident
liberal rotations Of the cereal commonly
called rye.
Sioux City Journal, Nov. 6,h.-The
through Black Hills freight business Of the
Dakota Southern, during the month of Octo.
Der was 353 tons. There were probably
1000 tons shipped over the line altogether,
but the above figures show what was for
warded clear through to the Hills by the
Dakota Southern.
The tendency, among liz, to continue the
education of our girls beyond that of our
boys is to be seen by noting the d%ispropor-
tion between the sexes in the higher grades.
We believe this to be q mistake 50 far ~
in our poverty, there is any help for it. Our
boys, as we'll as our girls, need all that our
schools can do for them, and even more, to
enable them TO meet the responsibilities of
their time as intelligent citizens.
The board of education at their last meet
ing, lowered the rates of tuition in the
public schools, for pupils from outside the
city, to so, 40 and so cents per week, in the
primary. grammar and high schools, re-
spectively. The superintendent was in
structed to collect tuition impartially, under
the rules, Of all children whose parents are
not city tax payers or bona yfde residents
and to admit such children only in case
there are vacant seats.
Elsewhere we publish the usual monthly
statistics of our city schools. Comparing
these statistics with those of the correspond.
ing month of last year, we find gratifying
evidence of growth in the fact that the
schools have increased in number by two,
the total enrolment, average enrolment
and average attendance swelled, respectively,
from 452, Ss3 and 1868 10 563, 5O7 and
1872.
The entertainment at Col. Moody's resi-
dence last evening for the Liberal church
Sunday school was decidedly q nice af.
fair. The children numbering upwards
of thirty gathered at Z O'Clock and after
refreshments, games and music until near.
ly, 10, they dispersed. TIE school is steadi-
ly increasing and we understand arrange
ments are in progress for an entertainment
with exercises by the children on Christ
mas evening.
The Bismarck correspondent of the
Chicago Times says that many of the bold
est cracksmen and highwavmen Of the
country are congregsting here. in a%nticipa-
ton of the visit of the army psymsster, who
is expected in Bismarck as soon as the ap.
preparation is made by congress. With
fur months pay for the army in this Sec
ton, which is about one.third of the whole
force, he will have an immense sun t
disburse, and the haul may be an astonish.
er.
Travel on the outgoing train this morning
was very heavy, nearly sixty passengers
going down.
When the cold wind blows,
Sending the drifting SHOWS,
Into your ears and nose,
Wrap up your toes,
In warm wooden hose ;
For any fool knows,
Enough not to get froze;