Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-04

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1Asrsely Essaluo. April 4, 1873
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This = holy week With the Catholic..
Posters are out for the Cady Stanton
lecture next Tuesday.
Box has received an order from the Black
Hills for plants and vegetables. . Il
The people Of Bon Homme county are
building d Jail at the village Of Bon
Homme.
Nh. John Mines, OF Hagein's Bend. has
some of the largest aad thriftieest apple trees
in this section.
Lemuel Carlen. who died so suddenly,
worked twenty.four years usder a first
engineer's license. .
A. kleiser is erecting . neat looking
wooden awning i'll front of his three stores
on Third street.
J.E. Bruce, of Keokuk, has opened .
grocery store in Stones block. He starts
out with a big stock of goods.
Workmen are digging the cellar for
Leighton Wynn's new residence on the COR
ner Of Fifth and Walnut streets.
The funeral Of Mr.. L. E. Carlen will be
held from his late residence. Fuller's block,
on Cedar street. at q. m. TO morrow.
At the late school-nectine in Gayville it
was decided u have nine. months of school
in the ensuing year. This Is a good sign
of progress.
The Dakota Southern road is SO full of
business that Derickson has not vet had
time to prepare his report of las. months
transactions.
Wise Brothers have rented one of the
stores in Dewitt's block, are making over the
interior, and will o their stock of cloth
ing into it in about y week.
Burnham's millinery opening began t,
day under favorable auspices. There was
9 large attendance of ladies' and a iue dis.
play of new spring goods.
Regular meeting OF the Hook aud Ladder
company t.-nortoy evening. Important
business will be transacted, and all the
members are requested to attend.
The indications of the weather for the
upper Mississippi and lower Missouri
valleys are: Clear or partly cloudy weather,
cold moth, backing to warmer south winds,
stationary or falling barometer.
The Dakota Southern folks have borrowed
an extra passenger car from the Illinois Cen
trail road to use until their new coach ar
rives from the east. The rush OF travel
renders increased accommodations necessary,
The members of tue Womau's Temper
ance Union will hold a reguls. meeting
tomorrow tFridsy) afternoon at 3 O'Clock,
1T the Congregational chapel. Business
of importance will come before the meet.
ing.
DR.. DIETRICH performed a surgical opera.
ton yesterday, whereby a piece Of bone was
removed from a woman's foot without the
loss of a drop of blood. The operation was
made under a new process, in which com.
plete compression of all the veins and after.
iee is made by means of rubber bands.
Henry KOCH, . farmer living northwes,
Of town about fifteen miles, has put in &C
acres Of wheat BY his OWN labor, and it i,
already up three or four inches. Some o
the Russians also had over 100 acres eact
sown and growing green by April LIST. Sucl
workers bring prosperity to both city anc
country, and benefit themselves most of all
The following bit of fatherly advice
given by the Sioux City Journsl of vester
day was probably not needed: Young men
keep away from the depot to day. Just be
cause eight wicked girls will pass through
from st. Louis for .Yankton, is no. reascr
you should hang around there. A reporter
will be present to take down the names O
all those who have important business a
the depot to-day. who have not mad any fol
some time past.
There is a long row of fine large peacl
trees in the garden of S. C. Fargo, Is miles
east of Yankton. They are eight to twelv.
feet high and have survived the last few
winters in good condition without other
protection than a belt of timber. At pres
ent they are budding we'll for blossoms anc
fruit. In the same garden is a large Miner
plum tree which has borne some good crop.
of fine fruit. 1t is iron. clad against drought,
freezing and 'hoppers.