Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-17
LOCAL LAcon,cs.

services.-Seats free.
LOCAL LAconlcs.
Seven more Catholic sisters Of mercy ar
rived on last nights train.
Sanborn's elegant store room on Third
street is rapidly approaching completion.
Tickets from Yankton to Vermillion and
return, during the territorial fair-One dol.
lar.
The demand for dwelling houses in Yank-
ton is far in excess of the supply. There is
not a vacant house in town.
Charles G. Brown was the name of the
steamboat hand drowned by falling off the
Western at Cheyenne agency.
Courier Journal: The Indians who read
the New York Sun style Hay es their Much
Swindle-C Cheat Dam-Father."
The usual Sunday night temperance meet.
ing will be held at the pavilion, under the
auspices of the reform club.
Frank Washabaugh killed his first prairie
chicken yesterday. Upon seeing it fall he
was almost as much surprised as the chick
en-.
Sheriff Baker received a telegram last
night from LeMars asking him to watch out
for horse thieves supposed to be coming this
way.
The star spangled banner was unfurled
from the cupola of Commodore Coulson's
new house this morning. Those are his
colors.
The stone foundation of Cox's brick
block on Third street will be finished in a
day or two. Mr.. FInnegan has charge of
the work.
Our ragged and dilapidated sidewalks are
getting worse and more dangerous every
day, yet no visible effort is made for their
improvement. Has the city no power in
this direction?
An infant child of Peter Huber, who re-
sides in the Jim river valley, 16 miles north
of Yankton, died yesterday. A Schandein,
Charles Wallbaum and Frank %Shepperhyn
went out to-day to attend the funeral.
A somewhat elderly lady in the Fourth
ward says she don't feel quite SO we'll since
the "Catawba" wave struck this region. She
doubtless means the "Manitoba" but it
makes no difference with her feelings.
Dur town furnishes a large number of
youthful nimrods. They do not aspire to
chickens, but are death on doves, meadow
larks and black birds. Before the season is
over a few dead or MANNED boys will pro-
bly, be added to the list of game.
Just as the chicken season opens, Yank-
tou's chief shootist is down with a sty on his
eye and his best dog is %stubbing around on
three legs. Worse misfortunes are recorded
in history, but they never have
upon the people of Dakota.
One ofthe the sisters of mercy who arrived
last night is a beautiful blonde about nine
teen years of age. She donned the black
robes of her profession for the first tsme this
morning, having just consecrated her life
to the holy work. She came from New
York, ishighly educated and is from a veal
Thy family.
The reform club festival at the pavilion
last night was a complete success in every
particular. The building was handsomely
arrayed, the music excellent and the repast
unexceptionable. The members of the club
labored hard to bring about this success
and are fully entitled to all the merit there
is in it.
The amateur sportsman who yesterday
borrowed his neighbours bull terrier and
off on a chicken hunt holds it as his
opinion that dogs are no account
on such occasions. He says that
headed purp had a dozen good
to catch chickens and let them go
" without stirring a leg. Next time he
.oes out it will be without any such useless
anime accompaniment.
The family of VIM. Box, while returning
lome last night from the festival, were halt
ID near the race course and rudely treated
y two wagon loads Of young nan They
inally were permitted to depart without
ui1ering an assault, but the conduct of the
nen was sufficiently exasperating to entitle
hem to exposure as soon as their names are
scertained. Mr.. Box was not with his
at the time of the occurrence.
Levi Hahn, of the Washington Hills, Gre
ted an epoch in his career this morning by
alling on US, and in as bulldozing a man.
er as could be oou9terfeited by a weak
acksd member of the human race, said
ed be damd if he was going to be called a
orse thief. Our sympathies were aroused
nd We endeavored to catch the eye of Levi,
oping thereby to ascertain the cause Of his
profane declaration. But the eye
t Levi was not to be caught. It was stead
.stly fixed N a pair of old arctic ovsrshoss
nd boot jack which protruded from BE-
cath = pile of exchanges, and could net be
alled off by its owner. We gathered, how
yer, from the Grafton he delivered during
is stay that a article Published in our
ally Of July LIST, regarding horse thieves in
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