Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-20
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Thursday Evening, March 20. 1879
LOCAL

The 18th of April will be the last day Of
lent.
This is the seventy-ninth day of the
year.
The sum rises at six and sets at . quarter
past six.
Prairie fires were burning agaan last
night in all directions.
A cold northwest wind without any
moisture in it prevails today.
Box will have pie plant for sale week,
grown in his new forcing house.
Refreshments at the Universalist hall
Friday evening. Admission at the door as
usual.
George E. Hawley has been awarded the
contract to supply the insane hospital with
furniture.
Every incoming train on the Dakota
Southern road is crowded with passengers
from the east, most Of whom are looking
for homes in Dakota.
A deputy marshal came up from Omaha
last night 10 summon George Brown a. .
witness in the Creighton postof6ce robbery
case, which is to be tried at Lincoln next
week. Brown will respond on Tuesday.
The weather indications for the upper
Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys are:
Cloudy weather, with snow or rain, follow
ed BY clearing weather; variable winds,
generally shifting to colder northwest. In
southern portions higher pressure.
George Pratt, who was convicted Of the
ofense Of dumping manure within the city
limits and incarcerated in P. C.'s bastile be-
cause he couldn't pay the fine attached to
his misdemeanor, has been pardoned by
Mayor Wynn and released.
In the case of Webster vs.. Webster, which
was heard In open court this morning before
Judge Shannon, the case.was dismissed on
the ground that the plaintiff had MT resid-
ed in the territory a sufficient time to en-
title her TO the privileges of the law gov
erning divorce matters.
Red Jacket was led before his honor this
afternoon bv the attentive P. G.. and depuE-
TIED In the prisoners chair. She had been
MASKING nine lights Of glass in the win
dows of Mrs. Broulette aud p. G. had re.
strained her by placing her in the most lux.
urious dungeon Of his erring women's re-
fuse. The crime was proved and Red
Jacket pleaded ia %cxtenuation that a fel-
low Of hers was inside and she commenced
removing the glass to get him out The
court suspended judgment for one day to
give the prisoner an opportunity to raise the
wherewith TO replace the shattered glass,
and the interested audience rolled out OF
court to wait for the next case.
Peter Cavalier, a Yankton inventor who
has given the world a great many useful
articles, has just perfected and patented a
system of relectors for hanging chandeliers
which are bound to come into general use
as soon as their merits are known. 1t can
be adapted to any number of lights and
each reflector occupies q position between
the light and the perpendicular rod which
supports the chandelier. They are SO
arranged that by simple movement they can
be placed in any position and the light
from a lamp or gas get thrown into dis
tant parts of a room, or concentrated upon
any near object. Mr.. Cavalier estimates
that half the expense of lighting a room
can be saved by the use of his apparatus.
He is making arrangements to place them
on the market and already has numerous
applications from eastern dealers.