Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-13
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LOCAL nc0Nlcs.
The sky continues overcast with raj
clouds, and q dribbling rain has p~reyaile
all day.
Andrew Baker, the adulterer, was brougl
up from Vermillion yesterday, and lodge
In the Yankton county jail.
w underestimated the valuation of Cas-
county in VI item ofyesterday. The exae
figures are $2,5s7,1S2.
The sonorous voice of the bull frog j
heard in the ponds which abound in tn
highways and byvays Of this city.
The ten pin alley which has heretofor
had a abiding place in the basement o
Stones hall, was removed to-day to Kunze'
beer garden.
Frank shafer was proceeded against To
day undera charge of selling liquor to tn
minor son of Mrs. Morgan, a boy sever
years old. 1t is understood that the liouo,
was procured for his mother.
WE. Livingston, of Sioux City, wht
has recently travelled through portions o
Union, Clay, Lincoln and Turner counties
says that southern Dakota is more thickly
settled than northwestern Iowa.
L. Samson, formerly in the agricultural
implement business at Gayville, has COM
menced the erection of a warehouse on
Douglas avenue between Third and Fourth
streets, and will hereafter make Yankton his
business headquarters.
The examination of candidates for con-
frmation by Bishop ireland will occur on
Saturday, instead of Friday and Saturday,
as announced yesterday. Bishop ireland
will be the guest of Father Lhiver during
the week Of his stay in Yankton.
The territory paid 1898 for conveying
William Ray from Bismarck to the Detroit
prison, Deputy Auditor Purdy having just
drawn a warrant for that mount. Ray is
sentenced to one year and one month. Of
this expenditure 1888 was for mileage.
The city school treasury won S237.6 20
this morning at keno. That is, there was
that amount paid into the treasury this
morning as the proceeds of the fines i'm
posed upon persons indicted at the last term
of the district court for maintaining keno
games in this city.
The indications of the weather for the
upper Mississippi and lower Missouri val
legs, are rising, possibly followed by falling
barometer, winds mostly from east to south,
stationary or slightly lower temperature and
partly cloudy or cloudy weather, with rain
areas in the latter, and lower portion Of the
Instead Of the usual prayer meeting to.
morrow afternoon, there will be a temper
ance sewing society, to assist some destitute
The ladies have arranged to meet
as early as one o'clock at the Congregational
Come, everybody, and bring your
own needle, th;mble, scissors and thread.
The poor ye have always with you"
The Masonic lodge Of this city will install
its officers on the Oath inst. A committee
10 make arrangements for the event, con.
,isting of G. H. Hand, F. J. Dewitt, j. R.
sanborn, E. Miner, w. H. H. Beadle, F. L.
Charles Eiseman, L. NJ. Purdy,
3. NJ. Ziebach, John o. Bates, John Cum
2. T. Daniels, VIM. Blatt, H. E.
w. S. Goodwin, NJ. T. Woolley
md Geo. w. Kingsbury, will meet at Mills
: Purdy's drug store on Saturday evening
next at quarter before nine o'clock.
Governor Howard hes received notice
rom the St. Peter. insane asylum that after
he LIST of October Dakota's insane cannot
,e cared for by that institution. 1t will
therefore be nee -sary to move them to some
,ther place. A humane view of the subject
would prompt the suggestion that provision
or the care of these unfortunates be made
rithin the territory. There are now over
wenty insane people from Dakota in the st.
Peters ssylrm. Under the plan of hiring
tut their care t. outside institutions there
8 . constant liability TO just such changes
IS will occur next October, and by which
heir recovery il greatly retarded. Our
ext legislature should provide for the erec-
ion of a permanent asylum in Dakota.
NEW POTATOES.
Large ripe new potatoes c,n be procured