Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-05-31
Che gaity gress aud aakptaiau
yANkroN, DAKOTA
Friday Evening, May 81, 1873
LOCAL LAcoNlcs.

There was a lively electrical display Ia
night, accompanied by adeluge of rain, Ia,
ing over an hour.
Street Commissioner Gemmill is doing
good job on Third street by spreading a tc
dressing of gravel over the mud.
If Yankton is to indulge in a 18th Of Jul
celebration. It is about time to comment
agitating the subject. We feel as patriot
. usual this year, and would like to Sc
something done.
The street commissioner has ruined tn
Third street froggery by dumping in severa
loads Of gravel, just at = time when it prom
Used to become a source of delight to thu
neighborhood.
The indications of the weather for the
northwest are rising and stationary, followed
by falling barometer, stationary and rising
temperature, east to south wind, partly
cloudy weather and rain areas.
The boot and shoe r shop Of Felix
Cariveau, near the postofdce, was burglar
lied night before last and twenty-seven dol
lars worth of boots stolen. Entrance was
effected from the rear. The burglars have
not yet been discovered.
Rev. S. Wakefield, Universalist, will
preach at the Reform club room, next Sab
bath, at II o'clock a. m. and at 8 p. m.
Subject in the morning, "Becarious Atone
ment." In the afternoon "The Practical
use of Christian Doctrine"
Felix Cariveau's little girl was run over
on Broadway this afternoon by Doud's pump
wagon. One of the horses struck the little
one with its foot on the left side of her neck,
decorating the skin, but producing no seri-
GUS INJURY. DR.. Miller was called and at
tended to her hurts.
A search warrant was served to-day by
Marshal Bates on Wm. Herche, a Third
street tailor, on the complaint of T. H.
Mehring. Mr.. Mehring's property was
found and seized, and a miscellaneous lot of
old iron, pieces of machinery, and other
strange looking articles was brought to light.
The Dakota Southern will hereafter run a
refrigerator car from Yankton to Chicago,
leaving Yankton every Monday morning.
Farmers and dealers will thus be enabled to
reach Chicago with their Gelicacies in fine
condition in thirty hours. Mr.. Wncelock
agent Of the road in Yankton, will be glad
% supply any information concerning rates,
&c.
Numerous changes are about to occur in
.Prnnington's block. John o. Bates will
move his clothing store into the store oc-
:apied by H, I. Brown. The rear Of Bates
tore will then be psr;itioned off and used as
IN enlargement to the postoflice. Browns
will occupy the front portion Of what
8 now Bates store. These changes are
made for the purpose of giving Postmaster
Howard more room for handling the mails
md transacting the general business Of the
The lightning was guilty Of a few I'M
pranks last night, chief among
rhich was the excitement it caused in the
ity telegraph Office. Solomon Wenzlaff
7as near the instruments when a ball of cleo
rical fire roll~d into the room on a wire and
him down. He got up without as
and went off into a far corner of
he room a surprised but a wiser Solomon.
IN Fourth street a telegraph pole near the
rown school house was struck by lightning
It Oliver S!hannon's residence an Irish do.
,estic was Frustrated by an electrical shock
nd rendered unconscious for a time. AT
everal other houses in Town a great many
we're badly scared.
Afs1,~o,1,oo poo1r p,ou ~ Coo p,our,3, ~ |