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Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-01
%aoofsnrLER's WEAKNESS

He Takes q Drink for his Health and Sew.
eEal More Be- auso he Likes Them.
Most Of the people Of Yankton will re-
member j. H. Hoofstitler, the sensational
orator who put in q week Of
work in our city last epring, and a great
many will regret to learn that he has yield
ed to his fondness for drink and has been
making a spectacle Of himself which does
not accord with the mission upon which he
has entered. The Sterling Gazette, pub
lished at his home, gives the following &C.
count of his temptation and fall:
A sad instance of the power of alcohol is
Hooftitler of this city. Mr.. Hoofstitler has
been q total abstainer for nearly five years.
He has in that time gained IN enviable re-
putation as . temperance worker and lectur-
er, and yet in the time o fphysical weakness
he was overcome BY the appetite and went
down. He left this city against the advice
of his physician to sttend the convention 1t
Fort Wayne. He had been sick for some
weeks, unable to fill his engagements. He
overworksd himself at Fort Wayne, and
coming to Chicago worn out, drank first to
gain strength to come home, and then be-
cause his appetite overcame him. He came
home and was here received by the temper
ance workers, who helped him by their sym.
patty, and he t. * . new resolution and
started again. He has met nothing but
sympathy and confidence from them. The
Good Templars passed . resolution of sym.
patty and confidence, and by hundreds Of
individuals he has been assured Of the SAM
thing. At the Temperance meetings he va,
received with great feeling. All regret it
and are aware how serious q matter it is fol
such . man to 60 down; but having acknowl
edged his fault he will have the respect o
every person in the city whose respect il
worth anything. His work is not yet fin,
ished, and he will do great good yet In fight
ing the traffic of whose power he has hac
this new evidence. Those who have beer
misled as 10 the way the people felt here by
any articles that have appeared should know
the facts. Hoofstitler was greeted by hall
packed with people, who, while they fee
strongly the fault he has committed. anc
which he does not attempt to palliate, hav,
confidence in him and sympathy for him.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-01
TO CASH BUYERS.

Come and get my prices and see the
Of my goods. weigh, measure and
count all that you buy and I can convince
you that it is to your interest to trade at
the only Grocery Store in Yankton where
none other but cash buyers can trade. ]
keep the best goods Of every kind that the
markets afford, and they cost no more: il
you buy for cash, than you are paying fol
inferior goods.
T. F. MARSHALL,
The Cash Grocer,
Jencks Hotel Block,
Capital street.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-01

The Young Ladies' Bazaar at the Acade
my of the Sacred Heart will continue open
during Monday, Tuesday aud Wednesday.
day and evening of this week. Season
tickets will be good for lacy and gentleman.
Admission at the door 25 cents, children 10
cents. Voting for the various prizes TO be
awarded continues exciting and the friends
Of the several competitors are respectfully
invited to attend.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-01
CARD.

The undersigned begs leave 70 tender bis
grateful thanks to the fremen and citizens
of Ysnkton for their arduous, unremitting
and successful exertions in preserving bis
stock Of goods and store building during
the destructive fire which occurred this
morning. He feels constrained to say that
no community in the whole country con-
tains more noble, unselfish and heroic men
who can be relied upon in case Of emer-
gency, than the city of Yankton.
Gratefully your,
HARRY KATE.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-01
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
For Week Ending November ~, 1879.
Reported from the Real Estato and Alb
straet once OF C.: J. b. Harris
8William Miner to LeOnhurdt Biermever and
John Becker warranty deed north 15,lOt IL block
Is, over anktOn. $500.
Bartlett Tripp to James johnson warranty
deed, west u of lots 10 and II, block IL, Yank.
ton. 500. 71 70
Edward d. Palmer to Rosa H. Palmer warran-
ty deed west Il northwest Il section 2 and
north II, northeast u section 8, 1886. $500
U. s. to Anthony Czkrwinski patent, northeast
4. section %, 95-57.
Frederick Schnauber county treasurer to Ber-
tina BrtnkMan tax deed,7 acres in southwest cor,
OF northeast =, southeast \. section II, s3-2s.
Frederick l.. Goewey, assignee in bankruptcy
Of Harris ID. BOOge James f. bOoge and JOiu I
Booge. bankrupts. to o. j. Taylor, assignee's
deed, northeast x, southwest 4. and northwest
4, southeast Il, section Q. N-59, with liens,
SlO6 60.
A. w. Hubbard to Rufus s. Brookinps. quit
claim deed, lot IA, block IL, ald lots Is, l6. IL and
Is, block 1S, W YanktOn. $500.
u. S. to Betscy Severson, fUal proof home,
stead northeast =. section 2 3.9l-5G.
Aleck j: Garness, to Ole j. Garness special
warranty deed, southwest \, section rs, 96 Sc.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-01
Oh, Daily gress aud 9akntaiau.
YANkroN, DAKOTA.
Monday Evening, Dec. ], 1879.
LOCAL

Go to the Young Ladies' Bazaar.
The river closed last Friday at Fort
Lincoln.
The first day Of winter-mercury forty in
the shade.
Do not neglect the Fair and Festival at
the Academy Of the Sacred Heart.
The city council will meet in regular SEES
sion to night at the Office in the truck
house.
Henry Wagner has purchased Fred
Lerch's saloon and will not 60 to Fargo.
Lerch is going to Springfield.
No ice is running in the river at Yankton
to-day. The cause thereof is probably .
gorge above, which holds the ice.
United States Jurors aud witnesses having
fees due them are requested to call for the
sane Tomorrow. They cannot be collected
after the term closes.
The Dakota Southern and its eastern con.
nections have Issued q new tariff table,
giving reduced rates on wheat and merchan-
disc between Yankton and Chicago.
Several deer are wintering in the timber
on Jim river point. They extend q cordial
invitation to sportsmen to call and see
them.
The weather indications for the upper
Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys are
Rising barometer, winds shifting to cold
naftherly and increasing cloudiness, follow.
ed BY rain or snow, and falling barometer.
Telegraphic communication with Bis
marck, via the Fort sully line, was opened
to-day. The Black Hills branch Of thi,
line will be completed in about q week
The extension from Sully to Bismarck vii
be . great convenience to river men, ship
pers and military people.
b. W. White. Of this city, has constructed
the model ola .coal-heating stove, invented
~ him, which he will send to the paten
office in . few days. The new idea in tn,
construction of this stoye is the employment
Of an air cylinder which runs from the boi
tom. Of the stove to the top. The burnin,
fuel surrounds this cylinder, which is ope
at each end. A current of air passing int
the cylinder from the bottom become
heated and passes out At the top and di,
seminatss itself throughout the room. Thi
process going on constantly keeps . currel
Of cold air running in at the bottom an
heated air out at the top. Besides thi
improvement the stove has IL
usual outside radiating surface. MI. VIII
claims that one.half the fuel used in Il
ordinary stove car be saved in his and Il
same degree Of heat maintained in a roor
A damper at either end Of the cylind'
ssgulates the supply Of hot and cold air.
lself feeding magazine can be attached az
he Improvement can be attached to n
coal burning heater. Mr.. White has appl
I u for 4 patent.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-01

A petition will be presented to the soun.
Gil tonight askins thstthis nornias's burnt
district BE- included in the fire limits
We have been unable 10 procure the pres
ident's message BY telegraph this afternoon.
The associated press agent notified us last
Thursday that an advance copy had been
sent, but it has not yet been received.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-01
RAILROAD NOTICE.

Subscribers 10 the Chicago Milwaukee
and st Paul railway fund, Yankton divi-
sion. are requested to call At Yankton Bank
and pay twenty-five per cent Of their sub.
scriptions. NEWTON EDAuNDs,
Treasurer of Committee.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-01

' ENDURANCE.
August Mass had no insurance. His loss
il in tools and fifty dollars in money in the
pocket Of . coat hanging in the room.
Charles Rothe had $500 on stock and fix
lures, in the Springfield company, E. T.
White, agent.
A, Kleiser, $1,000 on buildings, in Ed.
munds & Wynn's agency, and $500 in E. T.
Whites agency.
Mrs. G. A. Lyons,-$l0OO in the Ham
berg Bremen and $1,000 in the Phoenix Of
New York, Up. Hayward, agent ; $1,000 in
the German-American, E. T. White-on
stock, fixtures and furniture.
P. A. Mayr, ON stock and fixtures, $500
In the North British, George w. Hall,
agent
IA. Danforth, fully insured.
John Fogerty, or building, $500 in the
Orient, Of Hartford, g. ". Roberts, agent.
No insurance on stock and not much loss.
Harry Katz was fully insured, but his loes
il sllsht, from water, and cannot be reduced
to figures.
John Forester has insurance TO cover hia
JlV0s
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-01
STILL ON DECK

Mrs. c. A. Lyons, burned out this morn.
ing, has opened her millinery and dress
making establishment again and can be
found at Coates drug store by all her old
customer and as many new ones as choose
to call. She will be ready to fill all orders
after 9 o'clock tomorrow morning.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-01

l Am opening in my store every day new
lines of Staple ard Fancy Groceries, nv
stock il complete, covering everything in
the Grocery line. Ny prices I guarantee
below oil competition. Remember that
mine is the only strictly Cash Grocery
Store in the city.
Ton. MARSHALL,
The Cash Grocer,
Jencks Hotel Block.
Sugar cured hams, sliced or whole, a,
Bray's Capitol market.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-01

IMPROVED HOWE SEWING MACHINE.
DEST MACHINE in the world attachments Of
WILL A. TURNER,
General Agent.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-01

have added 10 my stock the celebrated
Arrow brand Fresh Oysters. the very best
10 the market, sell them cheap.
+" r. F. MARSHALL,
The Cash Grocer, Capita S..
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-01

The old reliable CITY
Bakery will sell from
date 20 of.Bread
for on dollar. Remem-
Der the old Bakery, es-
tablished in s
u. A. S~choregge.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-01
TAKEN UP.

ny THE SUBSCRIBER ON HIS premises,
ID four miles northeast Of Yankton. on jim
river, Saturday Nov. 18th, one dark brown mare.
The owner Is requested TO call, prove property,
pay charges and take away the animal.
JAMES HENDERsHOT.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-01

1t is one thing to advertise to sell Groce.
ries for cash thus TO delude cash buyers, and
and another TO sell Groceries for strictly
cash and actually give cash buyers the
benefit. l sell Groceries for cash in hand
Of c. o. D., and nay customers get full bene.
ct of my Cash plan. If you will call at my
store. look over my stock, get my prices, l
can convince you that l can actually bsne6,
you.
T. F. MARsHALL,
The Cash Grocer,
Fresh smoked bacon at
J.. +. BRUCE 4 Cos.
Saner Krai,t n q. p U.~e,.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-01
10 RENT.

~ ROOFS over the Yankton Cigar Factory,
opposite the post ONCE. Enquire In the cl-
mr. store OF F. HIRSHSTEIN.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-01
4 COMPETENT NuRsE

yIIOULD INFORM the Ladies' Of Yankton
w that she can be found by addressing, box
l26. Terms favorable to the poor.
! MRS, 8. q. STONE.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-01

A silver mug win be awarded to tho IA
vorite baby at the Young Ladies' Bszaar,
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-01

Kings Self Raising Buck Wheat Flour
At o. r, Hage's. IL
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-01
SyefM ysthes.

IAYee.

n COOK AND CHAMBERMAID WANTED.
Gail ct the northeast c0rner Of Cedar and
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-01
EVENING SCHOOL,

DY LUMAN N. JUDD and at school rooms
ID ON Broadway between 3rd and 4th streets.
Commencing Monday evening Nov. a4th. Up. NJ.
Pcnmanship, Arithmetic. English Grammar
PhOnetics SC. taught. Tuition three dollars
per term of twelve lessons.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-01
SILVER GOODS.

A LARGE ASSORTMENT, just received a,
"A the New Jewelry, Store Of
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-01

Fresh Oysters at Lavender,s.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-01

s.uer Kraut at o. P. Hase's.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-01
THE LAyDPHERE r
Bebee on Trial for the Commission
Of the Bloody Deed.

The motion of the attorneys for the d..
fence, that the prisoner be discharged be-
cause the United States has no Jurisdiction
over the country in which tho murder was
argued at length BY the counsel,
was decided in the negative by Judge Shan.
non and the defendant excepted.
Monday Forenoon's Proceedings.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-01
WATCHEs AND
FOR SALE.

nNE FIRST CLASS LETTER PRESS, with
~ book. new size lOxl41S. Apply at the Press
and Dakotaian Office.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-01

New York barrel cider By the elas,, Quart
or sa!lon at .~JENKlNsoN's,
Third street.
Swiss cheese At O. r. Hayes.
For . good five or ten cent cigar, call at
A. 9cHANpE1A's
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-01

Fresh smoked bacon at
Il nov,,~ ~
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-01

EOR WEEK OR MONTH. for sale at the
i Press and Dakotaian counting room.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-12-27
CHRISTMAS.

How did they keep his birthday then.
The little fair Christ, so long ago.
Oh many there were TO be housed and fed.
And there was no place in the inn, they said
Go into the Manager the Christ must go,
To lodge with the cattle and not with men
The OK and the ass they munched their hay,
They munched and they slumbered, won
dcring not.
And out in the moonlight cold and blue
The shepherds slept, and the sheep slept, too
Til the angels song and the bright star ray
Guided the wise men to the spot.
But only the wise men knelt and praised.
And only the shepherds came to see;
And the rest of the world cared not ut all
For the little Christ in the oxen'- stall,
And we are angry and amazed
That such dull, hard thing should bel
How do we keep his birthday now?
We ring the bells and We raise the strain,
We hang up gnrlands everywhere
And bid the tapers twinkle fair,
And feast and frolc-and then We go
Back to the same Old lives again.
Are we so better then. than they
Who failed the new born Christ to see.
TO them a helpless babe-to Us
He shines Savior glorious.
our Lord and Friend anc all-yet We
Are half asleep this Christmas Day.
Susan Coolidge. ia the Christian Union.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-12-27
How Animals Play and Enjoy Them.
selves.

Small birds chase each other about in
play, but perhaps the conduct of the
crane and the trumpeter is most extra
ordinary. The latter stands on one leg,
hops about in the most eccentric manner,
and throws somersaults. The Ameri-
cans call it the mad-bird on account of
these singularities. Water-birds, such
as ducks and geese dive after each other,
and clear the surface of the water with
outstretched neck and Tapping wings,
throwing abundant sprays around.
Deer often engage in sham battle, or
trial of strength, by twisting their horns
together and pushing for the mastery.
Ali animals pretending violence in
their play stop short of exercising it;
the dog takes the greatest precautiOn
not to injure by his bite; and the orang-
outang, in wrestling with his keeper,
pretends to throw him, and makes feints
of biting him. Some animals carry out
in their play the semblance of catching
their prey. Young cats for instance, leap
after every small and moving object,
even the leaves strewed by the autumn
wind. They crouch and steal forward,
leady for the spring, the body qhivering
and the tail vibrating with emotion;
they bound on the moving leaf and again
spring forward to another. Bouger
saw young jaguars and cougars playing
with round substances, like kittens.
Birds of the magpie kind are the ano-
logues of monkeys, full of mischief, play,
and mimicry. There is story of a
tame maybe that was seen busily en-
plOyed in a garden gathering pebbles,
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-12-27

awakening the hearty spirit of old En-.
glish Christmas, which had fallen rather
into slumber and forgetfulness.
But in New York and this year no
slumber or forgetfulness has overtaken
the gracious season. The long ranges
Of Christmas trees, as if Birnam wood
of evergreens had garrisoned the town;
the bewildering piles and masses of
Christmas gifts in miles of window,
which by their infinite contrariety of
temptation are sure to hold the eager
youthful buyer in suspense; the markets
solid with beeves and poultry and game,
recalling the pictures in the old Illus
t,'ated Meas of the London markets at
Christmas, and the poulterers with three
or four stories of solid poultry covering
the entire front of the house; the
crowds of buyers with the happy
look of the mind bent upon
giving pleasure-all these things, and
the vast miscellany of sights that
can be ''betterimagined than described"
recall the generous old Christmas ira
ditions, the feeling with which, as boys,
we all read Irving's SSetch-BOok and
Bracebridge Hall, and then Dickens and
Thackeray, and the satisfaction with
which we passed from informing the SOL
emn music of Millions "Hymn on the
Nativity" and Wordsworth's poem,
The Ministries sang their Christmas tunes
Last night beneath my cottage caves,
to gazing upon pictures of the bringing
in of the boar's head, and the wassail,
and Kenny Meadows's blindman's-buff,
and dishing the Christmas pudding.
The Yule-logs, We are told, like half of
the Christmas observances, are heather
"reminiscences and traditions. But "be-
fore Abraham was, l am" There is
nothing in the deepest and best sense
human which in the truest and highest
sense is not also Christian. The char
acteristic feeling about Christmas, as it
is revealed in literature and tradition
and association, is the striking and beau
tiful tribute to the practicability of Chris
tianity.-Editor's Easy Chair, in Har-
per's Magazine for January.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-12-27

CHRISTMAS PUDDING.-One and a
half pounds muscatel raisins, one
and three-quarter pounds currants, one
pound suitana raisins, two pounds moist
sugar, two pounds bread-crumbs, six
teen eggs, two pounds finely chopped
suet, six ounces mixed candied peel, the
rind of two lemons, one ounce of ground
nutmeg. one ounce ground cinnamon,
one-half ounce pounded bitter almonds,
one-quarter pint brandy; stone and cut
up the raisins, wash and dry the cur
rants, and cut the candied peel into thin
slices; mix all the dry ingredients, and
moisten with the eggs, which should be
well beaten into the pudding; stir in the
brandy, and when all is thoroughly
mixed, butter and -four a stout new
pudding-cloth; put in the pudding, tie
it down very tightly and closely; boil
from six TO eight hours, and serve with
brandy sauce. Stick some sweet al
monds, blanched and cut into strips, in
it. This pudding will be sufficient for
- or II persons. This can be cooked a
day or two before it is wanted for the
table, in which case, when the pudding
is taken out of the water, hang it up i'm
mediately and put plate underneath to
catch the water that may drain from it.
The day it is to be eaten, plunge it into
boiling water. and keep it boiling for at
least two hours; then turn ii out of the
cloth or mold and serve.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-12-27
Alligator-Hunting in Florida.

One afternoon, two of us started from
the Arlington House, Gainesville,
Florida, TO what is known as Noonan's
Lake, to hunt alligators. We had Sc
cured the service of darby with his
boat. and embarked at the sink in
Paine's Prairie. This sink is simply
hole in the ground where the waters of
Noonan's Lake disappear, or rather
used to, as for some reason it has become
partly stopped up, so that the water has
set back and overiiows thousands of
acres. Consequently, We had so far to
row that, before we got into the stream
or regular outlet of the lake, it began to
grow dark. After lots of hard work
and trouble we became fairly bewildered,
and finally struck in the midst OF ham,
mock about u O'Clock at night, and
still a mile or two to 90. We tied up
the boat and struck out for higher
ground; but, rs il didn't seem 10 dry up
much, we rolled up some logs TO make a
foundation above water. After piling
on lots of dry weeds and grass, it made
a seat, but didn't suit us for a camp; so
climbing the stub of tree that had
great amount of Spanish moss hanging
on it, we pulled down several armfuls,
and hung the festoons thick on sticks
stuck in the ground aronnd our camp
bed, leaving one side open next to the
fire our darky had kindled When all
was done, we had camp, or hut,
tina. was both original and comfortable.
Some time in the night our hre began
to burn low; so | tramped off in the
outer darkness after wood. Looking
back at our moss-covered hut, lit up by
the fire in front, i. looked like an i'm
mense bunch of wool In hole in one
side sat Phinncy, my comrade, with his
elbows on his knees. in deep study
thinking perhaps Of the probable time ii
would take To build the Gainesville and
Charlotte Harbor Railroad. On the OPP
posi-: side of the fire from where Phin-
ney sat, | found our darky jackson,
sound asleep-a small log of wood I'M
der his neck. head thrown back, mouth
wide open, and the prospect for ivory
first-rate.
We would have slept pretty well, but
for the night-noises peculiar TO Florida
swamp. The roaring of tine alligators,
and the hootings, howlings and fiendish
laughter of night-birds and animals, are
very apt TO give character to a mans
dreams according to what denomination
of Sunday-school he was brcnght up
under.
Next morning we pushed on up into
the lake, the shores of which, as far as
we could see, were lined with tall