Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-14
LOCAL LACONICS.
Meeting Of the city council tonight.
Walter Carr is absent at Swan Lake.

Meeting of the city council tonight.
Walter Carr is absent at Swan Lake, on
business, of course.
There was a Temperance prayer meeting
in the Congregational church last evening.
Charles Eiseman is trying to make a short
month Of January. His family returns in
February.
The Liberal chu1ch ladies are to give an
other church sociable this week. Time and
place will be announced tomorrow.
There are oniyItwo large cities in the
west-Chicago and Bismarck. Bismarck
wants to be the capitol of a new territory
A Bohemian had three pair of blankets
stolen from his wagon last Saturday. Some
of these gentry will yet get their board paid
by the county.
Judge White took the contract last Sat.
urday to insure four of the Coulson boats
for $4,000, the policy to last until the open.
ing of navigation.
"A child of James Donahue of this CITY
died last night of diphtheria. This is the
second child Mr.. Donahue has lost within a
few weeks by this dreaded disease.
An escort of twenty soldiers came down
from Randall yesterday to escort the pay
master to the upper posts and protect his
iron box from invasion by road agents.
Maj. VOLTS experience with civil service
reform is Of the most agreeable nature. He
has just received notice from the interior
department that his salary has been ad-
vanced $500 per annum.
DR.. Daniels was the lowest bidder and has
been awarded the contract to furnish medi-
cal attendance and medicines to the county
poor and county prisoners for one year
from to-day. Compensation, $4,000.
The indications of the weather for the
upper Mississippi and lower Missouri val.
legs are stationary, followed by falling bar
ometer, cooler, northerly, shifting to warm.
er, southeast winds, with partly cloudy
weather.
The rumor circulated on the streets this
morning that al effort had been made q
night or two ago to lynch a well.known
river man. appears, on investigation, to be
without foundation. There appears to have
peeR q little difficulty at q house of ques-
tional repute, but beyond the kicking in of a
panel of a door, there was no damage done
and nobody hurt.
Hiram Hyer was before Justice Eldridpe
this forenoon charged with breaking in the
front door of Mrs. Beck's residence, near
the ways on the levee. Hyer alleges
that he called at Mrs. Beck's and presented
her with ten dollars in legal tender for
which he was to receive a recompense. He
afterwards demanded a return of the money
and she gave him back five dollars. He
wanted the rest and she bounced him. Here
his account ends and Mrs. Beck takes up
the narrative by alleging that he smashed
in her front door. Hyer was fined $3.50 and
costs, amounting to $3.50.
Although no one on this near side of
Jordan has any knowledge of hell or pur-
gatory except so far as mother-in-laws con.
tribute toward such experience, yet our
dlvines generally have turned their attention
to calculations of fire and birthstone. Rev
Carl Gerer, gave his views upon the sub.
ject last evening to a large congregation in
the coult house. For our part We are try
ing to be firm believers In q literal hell,
otherwise their would be no sufficient pun
ishment for defaulting bank presidents, in.
surance officers, corrupt politicians, and
delinquent subscribers.