Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-31

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Union will meet for the Transaction Of busi
ness, Friday. January 9nd. a 8 O'Clock r
N In the Congregational Chapel. All an
earnestly deslred to DO present.
The Milwaukee railroad company faSol
Schurz's bill for the allotment Of lands L
Indians and through it provisions they ex
pect to secure an opening through The
Sioux reservation.
The Springfield line was cleared of snow
last Frlday. so there will be no further in
%tsrruplion of trains. At Freeman snow
fences srs being constructed the entire
length of the side track.
The weather indications for the upper
Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys are
Variable, followed by west winds, stationary
Temperature, partly cloudy weather. fol-
lowed by rising barometer.
There is one Q year In which to build
railroads, castles In the air, and swear at re
turning boards, for according I old Mother
Fritchie,
1.-THE would 10 an end shall come
In eighteen hundred elghty-one,"
As required BY ordinance a special meet
of the city council will be held At 8 o'clock
Friday evening, for the purpose Of
canvassing the vote cast at yester.
days special election and declaring the re-
suit.
Yesterdays vote showed that there are
nine persons in Yankton who are willing to
see the city prosper provided their neigh
bors bear all the burdens. Over ak hund.
red of their neighbora, by their ballots, ex-
pressed q different opinion.
The Yankton band organization is broken
up, and an effort is being made by q number
Of our best musicians to get up a new band
with a new leader. Yankton has the ne
cessary musical talent, if properly organized,
to give US q first class band.
Since the breaking of The Sand lake dam.
the mills on the lower James river have
water enough to run q portion Of the time,
but they can do no more than to supply the
local demand for flour, and it is nip and
tuck" with them to do that.
The Milwaukee company has put in a
we'll at Freeman, on the Springfield line,
which is ono hundred and five feet deep and
contains ,hirty-nve feet Of water, with Z
prospect for q still greater depth of water.
The company will erect q tank over the well
and put in Q steam engine for elevatine pow.
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Sioux City Journal: The brakeman
Vim. Barrett, killed on the North western
road east of Missouri Valley last week, wal
formerly in the employ of the Dakota South.
ern road. He was frat brakeman, and a.
terward fireman, on the Yankton train, and
left the service Of the company about q yeal
and q half ago. His remains were buried q
Winona, Ill, where his parents reside.
The recent cold and blizz.rdy weather
has made freighting in the upper country
tedious and hazardous work. Judge Leeper
who left here some three weeks ago with
train for Deadweod, has not yet reached
Pierre. and is making very slow progress
But the Judge possesses the necessary
amount of patience and perseverance,, and
will triumph over the elements in the swesl
by end by.
John q. Fitzpatrick, arrested on the com
plant of R. j. Mershon for intoxication,
was found gully and fined ten dollars.
Being unable to pay the fine he was sent to
Jail. This action was brought under a Law,
the provisions of which are not generally
known. Under it intoxication in q public
place is q crime for which justices of the
peace are instructed to impose a fine Of ten
dollars for each offense. The penalty is
more severe than for ordinary cases of as.
sault and battery.