Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-11-04
LOCAL LAcoNlcs.

Prepare to cover your bets.
Tomorrow promises good weather, and
good weather brings out republican votes. :.
GRANVILLE G.. BENNETT is the re-
publican candidate for delegate to congress.
The ladies Of the Methodist church will
give 4 sociable at. the church Wednesday
evening.
The polls will be opened tomorrow at
nine o'clock a. M, and be closed at four
o'clock p. m.
Kadish has gone into the pottery business,
and has the first complete stock of those or
namenta1 wares ever brought to Yankton.
The front Of Cox's new block is to be
lighted through plate glass windows, each
Of the large plates to be six by twelve feet
in size.
We shall present to our subscribers the
earliest possible election returns from the
elections in Dakota and in the states. and
hope to be able to give something definite
by Wednesday.
At Springfield, on Saturday, an old FASH
Toned republican meeting was held and q
large popular gathering greeted the spsek-
ers, Capt. Hughes, Secretary Hand and r..
J. Gamble.
The indications for the upper lake region
and upper Mississippi valley are: Clear or
partly cloudy weather /; cold northwest
to warmer southeast, winds, followed by fall,
ing barometer.
Emissaries Of the democratic party have
been hobnobbing with Aunt Rhoda for the
purpose of securing the African vote. The
names Of the aforesaid emissaries are. kept
back BY the democratic committee.
The last grand republican campaign meet.
ing will be held at Stones hall this evening.
Gen. Beadle, Capt. Hughes, J. R. Gamble
and other popular speakers will address the
meeting. Everybody is invited, and this in.
cludes the ladies.
An interesting trial occurred in a Justice |
court Saturday night, if We may Judge from
the crowd in attendance. 1t wa all about
the possession of a female dog, the two
claimants being Peter SteA6n and E. T.
Melvin, and ended in a draw.
The voting places in the city tomorrow
will be: For the 9th precinct, Burleigh
Bros. building on Broadway, A. M. English,
Michael Reister and D. P. Wilcox, judges ;
for the 10th precinct, at the commissioner
office in the court house, J.. R. Hanson, Jas.
Grove and G. W. Delamater, judges.
The young mar who passed around the
baked mud hens at the Merchants hotel last
veek has sold his br%eech-loader and water
and is devoting himself assiduously
o the study of that branch of natural his
DRY which enables a man to distinguish be-
the different divisions Of the water
owl family.
Miss E. s. Willard, an inmate of the
halk stone domicile on the levee, lost a
old watch and chain, valued at $3.50, last :
aturday, the same being taken from under
pillow by some party Unknown. A
sarch warrant against a Chinaman was is.
led and served, but official investigation {
lied 10 discover the missing property. I
A petition is been circulated, and is re. d
ewing numerous signatures. asking the I
" authorities to purchase a steam fire en-. 6
and the equipments necessary to rem
It effective. The proposition is to buy
steamer, about q thousand feet of hose,
ose cart and q coal cart aud to build els.
rms In various portions Of the city from :
'hich water can be drawn as needed. The
of this much needed fire apparatus
i'll probably not exceed $1,000. No bet.
II investment could be made. Almost I
very fire wipes out nearly OF quite that d
mount Of property, besides endangering :
Bnaseds Of thousands Of dollars worth Of =
nf 9ssperty. !
NEWTON EDMUNDs and H. B.
INN are the republican candidates for
,e cSdncil.