Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-05-21
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1vlAsnday Evening, May -, 1878
LOCAL LAcoxlcs.

LOCAL lAcOMlcS.
Brick yards are beginning to turn ou
brick and long delayed building alton,
will soon be resumed.
The brick for Leighton Wsnn's house 4,
being delivered and the buildine will b.
completed without any more delay.
Strawberry festival for the benefit of tn,
Baptist church, Wednesday night, opposite
poatofice. Bring you big pocket books.
A squad ofsoldiels who came from Forl
Keogh to Yankton in fiat boat left or
this mornings train for Leavenworth
where they are to receive their discharges
The indications Of the weather for the
upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys
are, rising barometer, slightly cooler, north.
west to northeast winds, clear or partly
cloudy weather.
An ordinance was introduced in the
council last night requiring the city mar
ehai TO report the names of all women en-.
gagged in this" kind of business. Marshal
Barshal Bates has been scratching his head
all day and he can't remember that he has
seen any woman Of that kind arouEd town.
Gen. Hammond, 10 confidential mood,
yesterday, called military man out around
the corner of building and in husky
whisper asked him-what he thought of
his new pants. The military man might
not have been mad. but as he turned on his
heel he replied that he guessed they were
good enough for carpet baggef
The council last night, upon tue recon-.
mendation OF the committee on grads,
streets and alleys, ordered the city engineer
to survey and establish grade for the city
of Yankton, provided the expense shall no,
exceed $3.50. The proposition provides
that the grade shall be established from the
north side of Sixth street to the river, and
from Locust street to Burleigh street
The city council last night fixed the sala-
ries of certain officials as follows: City
treasurer, $3.50 year; city marshal, $50
per month; clerk, $50 per month street
commissioner, 50 per day, when actually
employed in the discharge Of his duty.
The only changes are increasing the treas.
urer's salary $50 year, and reducing the
per diem Of the street commissioner from
SO to So.
-. Cheyenne Sun, 18th: Luke VOORHEES,,
superintendent of the Cheyenne and Black
Hills stage line, returned yesterday from
his trip to Yankton, Dakota. He started
across the country 10 Fort Pierre, but owing
to the unsettled state Of the weather conclu.
ded to return to Cheyenne. While absent,
however, he succeeded in arranging for q
ri.weekly mail from Fort Pierre to Dead
wood.
There was quite a fair attendance at the
regular meeting Of the Reform club last
evening. Several new members we're OBJ
tained. Interesting remarks were made by
DIR. J. B. VanVelsor, P. A. Peterson, VIM.
H. Dales, c. G. McCulloch, of Chicago,
Andrew Miller, Thos. Stewart, T. A. Kings
bury, Phil. K. Faulk, L. Congleton, Harry
and VIM. F. Pendergast. 1t
was decided to hold general meeting at
the hall, on Sunday evening 26th inst.
w. H. Clark is making arrangements to
ship on the next boat to Montana the six
head of blooded stock left here sick by the
steamer Rucker. They have recovered
sufficiently to be able to complete the jour-
ney. Mr.. Clark's loss from deaths in his
herd, between St. Louis and Yankton, is
about 5000. He attributes the sickness of
his cattle to the exposure they were sub
ected to on board the curiously constructed
Rucker, the stock yard" being on the hur-
ricane deck
We publish elsewhere the usual monthly
tatistics of the city schools. As this is the
ourth time we have printed the April
igures we have been moved to compare
hem for the years 1875, 1876, 1877, and
S7s. We find that in April, 1875, the
rhole number Of pupils enrolled was two
hundred and fifty-three, the succeeding
april, four hundred and eleven, April of I
ast year, four hundred and ninetv-seven,
nd, during last month, five hundred and
fty-one. There seems to be steady ad-
ance in the numbers
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