Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-07
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YANkToN, DAKOTA
Friday Evening, June I, 1873
LOCAL LAcoHlcs.

The mail was four hours late last mig
Cause, a circus in Sioux City.
1t turns out finally that Hammond We
to Sioux City to attend the circus-if
could achieve a deadhead ticket.
The prospectus Of the Moody County E
terprise is out. It is to be published
FIandreau by A. B. Funk and J. A. Smit
the former to be editor.
John o. Bates Confessed" last night.
isa girl and kicks the beam at eight poune
John hopes that when he Is compelled
confess again it will be a boy.
The masonic grand lodge of the %territol
will meet at Sioux Falls on Tuesday, MI
18th. A considerable number of the frate
nifty of this city will attend.
The present is good growing weather, an
some of the tenderer crops whose growt
was retarded by the late wet and cot
weather, are now coming on finely.
1t is reported from up country that sine
Durfee has retired from the pursuit of agri
culture he has made application to Bishop
Hare for a position in the missionary ser
vice.
Unity church-Rev. w. H. Thorne, pas
tor. Services at the court house, Sunday al
II a. m. and 8 p. m. The public is cordial
~ invited. Sunday school after morning
service.
Jack Cloudas is practicing on the trick OF
running a knitting needle in his nose and
taking it out of the back Of his neck. He
will instruct a limited number of pupils in
the mystery of the art. Terms made known
on application.
Maj. Pollock, who has just returned from
up river, says there is no truth in the re-
ports that the Yankton Indians are becom.
ing rebellious. They are conducting them
selves as we'll as could be expected at this
time of the year.
The indications of the weather for the up
per Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys
are, falling followed by rising barometer,
stationary or slightly lower temperatures,
variable winds, temporarily shifting north,
partly cloudy weather, rain areas and local
storms.
Rev. Mr.. Potter received u telegram at
half past four this afternoon, which informed
him that Mr.. Paige could not arrive in time
to lecture in Yankton to night. The lecture
at the Methodist church for this evening is
postponed.
The Dakota Southern company has is-
sued n new advertising circular which shows
up Dakota in good shape for the information
Of immigrants. II is in the form Of a fold.
one side Of which shows a map Of Da-
and the other is devoted to a descrip-
lion of the country and advertisements for
The road.
The first public entertainment of the
Yankton Turn-Verein will be given at
Stones hall on Monday evening next, and
will consist of ball, in which all are invi-
ed to participate. The music will be fur
nished by the popular Niobrara string band
md the tickets have been placed at one dol
The proceeds of this gathering are to
be turned into the fund being raised for the
Of a public hall for the use of
The Turn-Verein society.
The lourth annual convention of the Da-
kota Sunday school association, will be held
It Vermillion, Dakota, June 25th, Goth and
9TH. The executive committee are in cor
with prominent Sunday school
in neighboring states, whose pres
,nce they expect to secure, to add to the in
crest of the meeting. 1t will be the aim Of
he committee to make this convention more
interesting and profitable than any which
las preceded it. Every Sunday school work
r in the territory is cordially invited to be
Vermillion Republican: The Plunkett
heatre troupe have just closed three even
nes entertainment here, playing Fanchon.
lady Audly's secret, and lost in London.
his il a superior company and their per-
ormances excelled anything of the kind
before given in the city. The hall was
each evening and the audience was
lore than satisfied. This is indeed = COM
any of delightful artists, and it gives us
leasure to say that we have never seen them
xcellsd outside the largest cities, and not
lways there.
The large amount Of new breaking now
cling done on the prairies necessitates nu-
'erous changes in the roads, which in most
Uses do not follow established lines, but
Ike the most direct course ~"across lots.',
I a point on the Sioux Falls road, where
,e of these changes has been made, a sign
as been put up on which is painted the
CURE Of a man running in the direction Of
new road, and his apparent haste is e1-
aimed by the following inscription on the
BARD: II. am. going. to the New Bridg.
500. Falls. Rode" The fellow does
we'll to point travellers to the right
nd, but he would not be a success as the
acher of a spelling school.
The finest assortment of cigars in the
r MI