Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-31
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The end of another year 10 Q fitting pc
iod for backward glsnces. that We may d,
termine whether the dead twelve.mon,
has brought to %: more ofweal than
woe, more ofprosperity than Of adversity-
whether this 8lst of December finds 20 !
an advanced or retrograded position, con
pared with the 3lst Of December q yes
seo. Since the advent of 1873 the world
large has moved. Important changes hav
occurred ln tho affairs Of nations which I
the aggregate tend to the betterment Of IL
condition of mi0kind. The body politia
has been pnrgedof mlnysevtls and. 10 stu
in The thross u socisl and commercial 70
%volution, the result Of which must fall to
the record of the year about to dawn.
Science has achieved trlumphs faught
with great results, and eyer busy genius
has SURPRISED itself with a~chisvements
which mark the epoch some Of gsSndac.
complishments. Disaster. too, has been q
portion ofthe worlds share, and famine and
pestilence have scourged fair portions of
Gods earthly domain. Vice has left its
ineffaceable blot upon the record and virtue
has found an abode in places which knew
1t not before. Tho balance sheet of the
twelve-month will show that elevating and
outstanding influences have more than
held their own and that the world is better
than 1t was q year ago.
Of our own little world tere within the
borders Of Dakota territory we are enabled
to note a progress which no previous
years record has contained. An exodus
from the east has peopleds our fertile prai-
rles with the bone and sinew of coming
prosperity, and the wilderness of centuries
gone is developing the fruits Of it's richness
"a latent quality until human labor came
to its aid. Close upon the heels Of the solid
line Of advancing civilization comes the
iron track which is to be the. thoroughfare
of commerce between the new west and
the old east. Various new industries have
planted themselves upon the soil Of Dakota
and embryo enterprises without number are
taking root in this new Mecca of the immi-
grants hopes. The year has been one Of
uaxampled prosperity in the history Of our
territory, yet all this Is but the beginning
of the achievements Of the immediate fu.
,ufe, which shall give us place and promi-
nence among The political and geographi-
cal divisions Of the nation. Dakota's star
has risen and is moving with quickening
pace towards the zenith of human progress.
Finally, of the capital city of this fair do
main we make the cheerful record Of ma.
terial advancement for the year nov draw
ing to a close. Though hard times has
teen the cry and financial troubles have
beset the business centres of the east, Yank.
ton has steadily progressed in population
and wealth and resources. and is to-day
richer and stronger and better prepared to
grapple with the problem of the future
than when the infant 1873 made its first
bow to mankind. In the face of a general
reign of adversely, which has reached to
the uttermost corners Of earth, our city has
to itself and Is in q condition to take
Of the promised return Of ma
tional prosperity.
With the good in view which the
year 1873 has brought to Dakota, We bid it
regretful farewelland anticipate the event
Of the morrow BY wishing all our readers
= Happy New Year.