Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-12-13
YANKToN, DAKOTA
,ursday Evening, December 1a. 1877
LOCAL LAcoNICs.

Tha weather to-day is warm, balmy and
spring like.
Freights from Yankton to the Hills are
six cents per pound, the same rate charged
from Cheyenne.
The Liberal christians and their friends
enjoyed social gathering and dance At the
Mercnants hotel last night.
The snow fall during the late storm was
much greater in Hutchinson, Armstrong
and Dawson counties than here.
The Excelsior mill company has over six
thousands sacks Of -four in its fire proof and
the mill is grinding night and day.
Jesse Stapleton. of steamboat renown, 10
Willing awav the winters days behind the
counter Of Shurtliff's billiard room.
Dealers pay fifteen cents per pound for
butter and eighteen cents per dozen for eggs
Tis better to be an egg than butter.
Two handsome and durable lumber wag-
ons, manufactured by Hudsmith, Tyler &
Co., are standing in front of their Cedar
street shop.
DIR. Burleigh, who has the contract for
the transportation of military as we'll as
Indian freight to the new agencies, is send
ing out ten or dozen loaded teams every
day.
Bishop Clarkson read before the Chicago
Historical Society, on Monday evening,
long and interesting sketch of the life and
services of the late VIM. B. Ogden.
The Coulson line managers have decided
to put q new and larger cabin on the steamer
Western. Ths Western will then be in
shape for profitable passenger business.
Bob Mathieson, Yankton's feet footed
champion, ran IS yards race at Lincoln,
Nebraska, to-day, with J. G. Landaker, who
said to be the swiftest 50 yard runner in
the United States.
The supreme court met this morning,
Chief Justice Shannon and Associate Just.
ice Bennett on the bench. and adjourned
until the 9th inst at which time opinions
vii! be given in the cases argued before Il
this week.
The report that Mat Welsh, II. soule, tn.
Lynch brothers and others, who left Red
Cloud agency in wagor the day of the bliz
zard, had been lost in the storm proves in.
correct. A telegram from up country say.
the missing men are all right, though it ii
inferred that they had a seriou. time of it
The Deadwood Times says that I" Bartle,
Campbell " is McK,nnis' counsel in the su
preme court case relative to the election
differences in Lawrence county. Such il
fame. Bartlett Tripp and Gamble Brother.
would probably never recognize themselves
under that boiled down cognomcn.
Seventy-three cents is the figure for mum.
Der one wheat to day, and at that price buy
ers are "out" if any portion of their pur
chases fails to grade number one on tn,
lake shore market. This is decline o
two cents since yesterday and five cents sine,
Tuesday. Buyers are not anxious to buy
on falling market and sellers are not anx
ious to sell. The consequence is that ex
trens dullness prevails in grain transac action
and this state of affairs will probably con
tinue until the bottom.i is reached.
A fastidious clerk who sells goods in tn,
neighborhood of the postofice mounted
step ladder yester with a pail of water ii
one hand, bar Of soap in the other and ,
wash rag gracefully flung over his shoulder
His avowed object was to clean the from
windows. Just as he got to the top of tn,
ladder he saw the girl with whom he il
keeping company walking along on tn,
other side of the street. To maintain dig
ni6ed and graceful poise on top Of wig
Cling step ladder, with his hands full O
domestic articles, is what he tried to do a.
the procession moved by, but there are seve.
raj reasons why he will never again make
the attempt. When he picked himself up
the step ladder was lying in a corner. tn,
pail had rolled into the gutter and the wash
rag and bar of soap had started on voyag,
Of discovery across that portion of the min
ature pond on the floor which hadn't beer
soaked up by his coat tails.
Personal.