Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-28
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Friday Evening, Feb. "a, 1879
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LOCAL Ac0Mlcx
The last day Of February.
Tomorrow March will come in like
lion or . lamb, OF probably both.
The Turn ereiu received q new SEQ
last night. The motto is-"Gut He'll"
Assessor Ellerman is engaged IN Assess
ing Yankton city property.
Byron McIntyre 10 taking the schoo
census Of Yankton for the board Of educa-
ton.
The calico apron aud necktie services
will be held At the Universalist chapel on
Cedar street tonight.
A sqad Of Yankton Indians are On their
way down from the agency, en- route to the
Omaha agency to eat dog.
Unity church people expect to hold their
regular services at the court house again
next Sunday morning and evening.
There was = large quantity Of wheat in
market to-day. The price has not varied
for several days, and remains the came as
given in Y quotations.
Don't fail to attend the apron and neck
tie party at the Universalist parish this
evening" Refreshments served. Admission,
ladies 10 cents, gents Is cents.
The city had the appearance to day Of
doing = lively business. The streets were
full of wagons, laden with all sorts Of pro-
duce, and . lively demand brought about
quick sales at good figures.
Agricultural implement dealers are be-
ginning to exhibit their spring goods-such
ss seeders, plows, harrows and cornplanters.
Now 10 the time for these gentlemen to
plant their spring advertisements.
Gov. Bulls, according to the latest infor-
nation, had arrived at Rosebud agency, but
refused to take charge. He does not desire
to remain at the agency, and is we'll salts.
fed to leave Major Pollock in charge.
For obvious reasons the announcement
that Hon. Asa W. Howard. LII. D.. will
lecture on woman's rights At Stones hall
on the first of April, does not appear in this
paper. Most to early in the reason for thai
kind Of game.
An eastern capitalist is negotiating with
Yankton property owners for a site upon
which to build a block of business houses
and a irst-class public hall. An enterprise
of this character is much needed aud vii,
be we'll patronized here.
To-day 10 the last day of winter, conse'
Yuen,ly tomorrow will be the 6rst day Of
spring. This announcement il not intended
to induce people TO put on premature straw
hats aud linea busters OF to counence
taking ice in their beverages.
The law creating u board of education fol
Sioux Falls gives permission for 3 two pc,
cent. school tax and names T. H. Brown
Cyrus Waltz. c. w. Mcdonald, A. F. shaw,
O. P. Weston. E. A. Sherman, Edwin
Sharpe and r. F. Campbell ~ members OF
the first board.
Who are going TO be the coming mayor
and aldermen of Yankt,n is u questions h,ch
is beginning TO be discussed. The dear
people" need not be worried. When the
proper time arrives. there will be no scar
city Of persons willing to sacrifice them
selves for the public good, and $50 a year.
The weather indications for the upper
Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys are
Generally cloudy weather and snow or
rain, followed by rising barometer aud ris-
ing temperature during the day; variable
winds, m,stly from the south to west in
Missouri aud Iowa during the day, proba.
bly, shifting to west aud noItb west, with
slight falling Temperature dur,Dx Saturday
morning.
Some of the denizens Of the upper Jim
have it in their hearts to get up a testimon. al
to Be presented to Consolidation Brown az 4
token Of their appreciation of his services
in direct disregard Of their wants and wish
Is. 1t is probable that the voice Of his con.
situents will find expression in a gorgeous
medal constructed from the toe Of .
boot which should have been applied to his
scheme.
The Russian woman, of whose mysterious
mention was made in these
a day or two ego, has been found.
She started from Yankton with the inten.
ion Of going to Swan Lake, but got on the
wrong road, taking the one on the west side
1t Jim river. After travelling for some time
he stopped at 4 house several miles north Of
where she remained until her
riends as~certained her Whereabouts and
ook her away.
Our yesterdays account of Gene Cut
fall and injuries WAS all right, ex.
he didn't hurt himself much.
hat the cords Of bis leg we're not growing
o the bone and did not need 10 be loosen
>, and that no surgical operation was con.
emplated CT necessary. Otherwise the
tenn was in the main correct, with the
urther exception that Gene did not exactly
fall, but stumbled = little and put his core
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