Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-11
LOCAL LAcoHlcs.

]. Ellen Foster tonight.
Wheat sold to-day for SO cents for No. l,
and IS cents for No. 2.
The ladies of Christ church promise .
feast to ticket purchasers at their Thursday
evening supper in %Pennington's block.
A special communication of St. Johns
lodge A. F. & A. NJ. will be held at the
lodge room this Tuesday evening, Nov. 18th.
Charles Conrad was brought before Jus.
tice White this afternoon charged with
making use of profane and obscene Ian
guage, and fined one dollar and costs.
The members o.! the Turner society are
making arrangements to give q ball at
Stones hall Thanksgiving night, the pro-
ceeds to be turned into their hall building
fund.
Unless We mistake the signs, there will
be an abundance to eat at Thursday nights
Episcopal festival. The ladies of the society
have had their sleeves rolled up for several
days.
Some of our exchanges put 1t this way:
flames Taylor has retired from the Yank-
ton Herald aud his brother Maria is run
ming it alene." How are you brother Ma.
ria?
The Paragraph states that the Rev. Will
mot Whitfield, presiaing elder, will make
Sioux Falls his headquarters. The Metho-
dist elders usually locate where there is the
greatest need for missionary labor.
The Turner society has invited the Ma
sonic organizations Of Yankton to lay the
corner stone Of their new hall and named
next Monday, the 18th inst, at three O'Clock
In the afternoon as the time for the ceremo.
ny.
The weather indications for the upper
Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys are
Rain. followed by clearing weather, SOUTH
west to northwest winds, slight changes Of
temperature and falling followed by rising
barometer.
When Postmaster Howard first began his
labors as q clerk in the Yankton postoface
there were but twenty.six postof1ces In Da..
kota. There are now 1926 established post.
offices in the territory and the number is 10.
creasing every month.
A heavy fog settled over the Landscape
this morning, lasting an hour or two. Such
an occurrence is 60 rare in Dakota as to
almost belong to the phenomenal class.
The balance Of the day has furnished
weather of the very best Dakota quality.
Ayoung and attractive Yankton milliuer
announces that she is about to take the
platform as a temperance orator. She saws
the ladies can better afford to 20 without
any trimming on their hats than to sit M
nights with rolling pins and mop sticks in
their hands waiting for their husbands to
roll in through the front door.
Mrs. Fosters lecture at the Conereo.-
uonai church last evening drew another
good audience and the speakers ,reu-
ments received the highest praise. A
humber OF names were signed to the pledge
Mrs. Foster will continued her worl
this evening and = general invitation IL az
tended to the public to listen 10 her re
marks.
Al aggravated case Of highway robber,
occurred on the levee at an early hour lasa
evening, which has kept the polica hus,
during most of the day. A man BY til,
name OF George Freeman had bean int,
eellnger's saloon taking q drink or two
ne lett the saloon alone and when ashor
distance outside he was attacked BY thre
ruttalns, knockned down, pounded 4 little
toooed o. his pocket book containing twer
ty-one dollars. his coat, cap and handkel
Chief and left to return to his senses Oil b
himself. As soon o he could get up tow
he notified Marshal Gemmill and in III
course of the night Thomas Cornell. jams
Armstrong and an unknown man were Z,
rested for the crime.