Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-03-05
LOCAL LACONIcs.

LOCAL LACoNIcs. 4
To-day is pancake Tuesday.
st. Patricks day is coming.
Tomorrow i, ash Wednesday.
Mercury sixty-eight in the shade to-day.
Sunshine, clouds warm weather aud bal.
my spring breezes to-day.
Brother Poore, Of the Springfield Times,
is making preparations to build q brick resi-.
dence in this city.
Marsh & Kennard aye the lowest bidders
for daily mail service between Yankton aud
Springfield. Bid, $500.
John Cerulick is moving his building
from DR.. Niedelets lot on Cedar street, to q
residence lot in west Yankton.
Gen. Hammond's business ofics will 70
main In Yankton. He has the choice Of g
location and prefers cur city.
The creditors of Mark Farmer will vote
for assignee on Thursday, instead Of Wed.
nesday, as we announced yesterday.
Judge Bayles', who is generally the first
one to take down the spade and the hoe in
the spring, has begun gardening operations.
Several of our local scientists propose to
organize . geological society here in Yank-
ton. The field is one Of the best in the
world.
The Office Of the Sioux Falls stage line
has been moved to the Jencks hotel. where
orders for transportation will hereafter re-
ceive attention.
Sioux Falls Paragraphs: A little photo
graph war is casting shadows over our peace
full burg, waged between Morrow of Yank-
ton and Hamilton of Sioux City.
Bartlett Trip, Esq, has purchased the
old Lyman house which stood on the bluff
in west Yankton and removed it to . vacant
lot on Cedar street, between ID and Sd
streets.
The Ladies Temperance Union invite the
people of Yankton to another lecture to-
morrow evening at the Congregational
church. Charles Nc Kenzie, of Sioux CITY
will speak.
A Philadelphia man by the name Of Nc.
Dewitt is the lowest bidder for carrying the
mails between Springfield and Deadwood,
via Pierre. His bid is $4,000 for three
times q week.
1t is the decided opinion Of men who are
versed In congressional ways that eastern
Dakota should send influential men to
Washington to head off the scheme to
divide the territory on the Tooth meridian
james s. Foster who is now in Chicago in
the interest of immigration and real estate
has changed his Office to the Irving house,
No. 22O Washington street, where all letters
for him should be addressed.
The water vas drawn out of the Nebraska
slough, opposite Yankton, a few days ago
and duck hunters and fishermen will have
to go elsewhere for their plumber in the
future. Bushels of pickerel we're shoveled
up as the water subsided.
A committee of ladies from the Woman's
Temperance Union visited the council room
last evening and personally presented a Pc
tision asksng that the saloons Of the city be
closed on Sundays and at II O'Clock every
evening. The petition had 301 signatures.
The indications of the weather for the
lower Missouri valley are rising barometer,
except temporary fall in the southern Dor.
ton, warm, brisk and occasionally high
southerly winds, veering to colder northwest,
partly cloudy weather and possibly rain
areas. 49,.
Recorder McKinnis, Of Lawrence coun.
ty, has sent to the territorial auditor . state
ment of the assessment of bis county, &C.
companied by q letter explaining Why no
returns had before been made from that
fraction of the territory. The valuation.
amounts to $435, FOG, wholly personal pro.
perty.
Maj. Hanson, q short time ago, sent in his
resignation of the Office Of register of deeds
for Pennington county, but.the commission
ers unanimously refused to accept it and he
is still an official. Msj. Hanson took this
step because it was necessary from to remain
so long away from Rapid City. He will re-
turn in about q month.
R. Mcdonald, road master of the Dakota
Southern, was ditched the other side Of Elk
Point Saturday. He has a new hand.car,
one of that kind the power for which is pro-
duced bv turning . crank. While running
down towards Sioux City, the wind was in
The direction the car was going, and gave it
q strong impetus. Mr.. Mcdonald vas
BY y Of the swiftly revolving crank
handles and thrown offfrom the car to the
side of the track. He might have been SER
iously injured By the accident, but he ecap-
cd with only having his clothes torn