Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-11-29
LOCAL LAcoNtcs.

The mercury stood at -6Aeen-xNeve zero
this morning. : G0G
Several more witnesse. living in the IL
dian country have been sent for.
The river was filled with light float ice
this morning. Last year the river closed
on the Both of November. =
There is q reward to be divided among
several parties from the result of the con.
viction Of Hanson for murder.
The elegant plate glass front Of Cox's
block was unveiled yesterday morning and
is the object of general admiration.
Major Carrier, while leading = horse last
night was thrown to the ground by 3 sudden
plunge of the animal and his arm broken.
Morrow's operator photographed the In
terror Of the Congregational church yester-
day Just after the Thanksgiving services
were ended. aet.
Jacob Medler, Frederick Medler and
Frederick Hof we're this afternoon fined
$50 each BY Justice White, for fast driving
in the streets of the city.
The Universalist Sabbath school will give
a concert at the chapel on Sunday evening
at 6 o'clock. 1t is expected to be quite in
teresting. All cordially invited. -
The council will probable soon issue a
call for a special election upon the PROPOSE.
lions to issue bonds for. the purchase Of q
fire extlneuishing apparatus for Yankton.
Seth Bullock puts the difference ia this
way: In Deadwood a man steals q horse
and then serves on the jury; in Ysnkton a
man serves on the Jury and then steals a
horse.
A party Of hunters brought in forty.two
Nebraska quail Wednesday night and an.
other party which xent over yesterday sue.
ceeded3in, bringing" home half as many
more.
There; was a big crowd at last nights Va.
riety performance. The room was 20 full
that some Of them had to3bs thrown out
The performance, however, gave general
satisfaction.
A petition is in circulation asking Gov
Howard TO issue a pardon to VIM. Dason
convicted a year or two ago Of burgsrlizinl
Whites gun shop TO procure tools will
which to enter, the vaults of the Is
National bank.
The agent Of the Silsby steam FIRE engini
was inttoWn yesterday tryingto sell Yank.
ton a machine. Four thousand dollars will
buy q good one from HIM, but tine city faith
ers deem il advisable to enquire further in.
to the merits OF this aud other fire engines
The indications for the upper Mississippi
valley are: Colder, clear,o or partly cloud
weather; winds mostly northwest general
higher pressure. The lower Missouri vale
clear or partly cloudy weather, fwindssmost
ly north east, stationary, or lower tempera
tnre. ~, r-@
A ladinamed Norris, about 10 years old
fell out of q wagon which was moving rap
idly on 3rd street'this morning and strucl
upon his head. He was for q few moment,
nearly insensible and was carried into
Schoregge's. He soon revived. however,
and DR.. Diedrich found no harm had bee,
done beyond the moment.
The statute of Limitation gives E. E. Hud
son an opportunity to quash all proceeding
against him, the alleged offence bearing
date of more than three years ago. But h
declines to take advantage of this law anc
insists that he be INDICATED be fore the
court of the charges preferred against him
by Hammond and Dougherty.
A half a dozen lumber wagons, driven
by Russians who had just sold their wheat,
INDUCED ina hippodrome race up Third
street this afternoon and disappeared
around the corner by the time the police
tumbled to the racket. They we're evident.
ly in a hurry to get out of town before they
spent any money. They were promptly
pursued by Pc. who gathered them all in
and marched them down to the police court.
The temperance meeting at the reform
club room on Wednesday evening, was fair
ly attended. The trustees had provided a
programme for songs, speaking, charades,
&C., all of which passed off pleasantly.
This, is the commencement of a series of
of meetings to be held at the club room
this winter, for the pleasure and profit Of all
interested in the cause of temperance.
There will be another meeting on Wednnes-
evening next, to which everybody is invited.
s. w. SWIFT, Secretary.
The masquerade party last night, under
the auspices of the Universalist society, was
attended by a large assemblage of people, |
many of whom were attired in fantastic cos.
tunes. We have not space for a list of the
characters SO successfully persouated, but
cannot pass the occasion without commend.
ing the able manner in which the Press &
aud Dakota Herald were repre-.
sented by Mrs. Will R. Ketchum and Mrs.,I
j. Morrow. They were attired in news-
suits Of novel construction. Miss Alice
Burnham, in the character offs Russian
woman, carried of the honors of the evening.
The masquerade was financially profitable
10 the society.