Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-30

LOCAL LAc0aNck

Ten pin alley at Fred Lerchs
Cold, clear and pleasant il to.day's weat
or record.
New Years day will DO more 'gensrall
observed in Yankton than ever.hefors.
A load Of venison exposed on the stree
for sale today, found ready purchasers.
WIN. u. Powers has the contract for tram
porting telegraph wire to Fort sully.
Good roads and solid weather hav
broushtin alsrss attendance of farmers e
day. j
schnauber IL filing his ics houses with
quality Of ice which could not be inproyes
upon.
Dressed hogs have been numerous or
farmers wagons to-day and have found
ready takers at $3.50 per cwt
MT. Woolley will close his grocery on the
lot of January and will give his entire build.
ing to the pork packing business.
Four thousand pounds Of Milltown fiour
was shipped to Fort Dodge last week and Ito
arrival was announced BY posters stuck up
all over town.
A four-horse.team u constantly BE-
tween Yankton and Milltown, conveying
groceries to Woolley's store and bringing
back -four from his mill.
DR.. Dietrich has moved into his residence
on Sixth street, between Walnut and Cedar.
His down town Office will remain at the old
location on Third street.
The Livingston cases have been put over
until the spring term of the United States
court, by an agreement between the attor-
neys interested on both sides.
The indications of the weather for the up
per Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys
are: Diminishing northwest backing to
southerly winds. falling barometer. warmer
clear or partly cloudy weather.
When Rev. ]. A. Potter reached home
Saturday evening, he found that some Of his
friends had, during his absence, left their
compliments, accompanied bya handsome
buffalo robe and q pair Of fur gloves.
Mr.. q. Kitchener who has been In charge
of Peavey d Bros. agricultural machinery
business In YAukton for the past wear, has
bought out the firm and will hereafter con-
duct the business in his own name. He has
located himself on Capital street above
Stones block.
Col. Jewett, of Deadwood, is evidently Z
poet. A torn envelope picked up this morn
ing has the following stanza in his "band
write" upon 1t:
To Yankton, Dakota, this letter must GO,
In spite of the Indians, road agents or snow;
The postmaster will find he's in a mighty bad fix
If lie don't deliver it to genial juno Dix.
Ten wagons, each laden With two toni Of
telegraph wire, left Yaukton to day for Fit
Sully, under directions from Maj. Hughes
depot quartermaster. Though nothing Il
known At military headquarters regarding
the object of this shipment of wire, it il
probable that it is intended for an extern
III of the military telegraph line from Fl.
sully to Camp Ruhlen, in the Black Hills.
The pork packing establishment of Wy
man and Woolley is now in full operation
and is receiving and ~disposing all the hogs
which farmers see 1T TO turn in to them.
They will soon occupy the entire Woolly
building and have in addition rented . base.
ment in Dewitt's block as a storage room
Alarge quantity of hams, shoulders and side
meat has already been cured and laid AWAY
aud their kettle refined lard, In large and
small pals, is finding its way into market.