Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-12
LOCAL LAcoNlcs,

Maximum temperature, 1872; minimum,
SO.
The brick work on Bruce's new house is
completed.
Adler & Gilman have the handscmest
delivery wagon in town.
Prairie chickens may be lawfully shot in
Dakota on and after next Friday.
Capt. Lavender has decided to start .
branch store at MAXWELL He will send out
the first load ofgoods tomorrow.
Baptist social meeting tomorrow (Wed-
nesday) evening at the residence of Judge
West Locust street, between Fifth and
Sixth. All are invited.
D. W. Shannon & Co., have secured the
services of Mr.. Felner, of Chicago. an <
pericnced piano tuner, to attend to the
wants of their Yankton and country custom.
ers.
The turn.verein festival at Kountz's beer
garden last evening was q success socially
and financially, Everything was quiet.
and the affair was we'll ra~tronized by many
leading citizens of the city.
The question which now naturally arises
is, does civil service order number one, pro-
hibiting federal officials from attending
political meetings, prevent them from going
to the beer garden IN big occasions.
Postmaster Howard has in his possession
the plans of a two thousand dollar outfit for
the Yankton postofice which he procured
last winter when it was thought the Mil.
waukee road was steering for Yankton
He may use it yet.
The atmosphere to-day is full Of smoke
and the general appearance is that of In
dian summer. If it was the 18th We would
attribute the haziness of the atmosphere to
the smoke from huntsmen's shot guns, but
the smoke is entirely too dense to be pro-
duced by snipe hunters.
Jenkinson was around last evening with
something large, round and green under
his arm. He remarked that we nigh
gladden. the hearts of our medicine mel
with the announcement that melons wer'
ready to cut. Some of them got away from
Jenkinson while he was in our Office.
The weather indications for the upper
Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys are
Local rains and partly cloudy weather, sta
tionary or a slight fall in temperature ane
variable winds, mostly from northwest t
southwest, and stationary or slowly rising
barometer. The Ohio river will fall
slowly.
Upon Hon. s. L. SPHINX devolves the du.
~ of providing provisions for General
Hills excurslonists from Yankton west.
ward up the Niobrara. Mr.. Sphinx feels the
responsibility Of his position and is making
great exertions TO establish q reputation as
a caterer. He has already ordered three or
four pounds of crackers and q barrel OF
Missouri river water snd is hesitating be-
tween q link Of bologna sausage and o
pound of jerked venison.
A Russian team, fatigued by the bewil-
dement's of a city visit, started for home
on their " responsibility and on q dead
run during the early dusk of last evening,
1t is presumed that they reached their des.
tination, as they were making good time
when last seen and were closely pursued
by their owner, who was stretching his
legs as wide apart as the baggy cut Of bis
pantaloons would permit and at every
jump calculating something in q foreign
language which sounded like w%hoadamyou.
For some years past Lake Andes, a body
of water three miles long and a mile and q
half wide, located about ten miles north o
White Swan, has been the favorite resort o
duck hunters from the Indian agencies AM
garrisons Whereabouts. About the time tina
young ducks were ripe it has been the habi
of sportsmen to rally round Lake Andes
and put in a few days of recreation, which
always brought big returns. In accordanc.
with this annual custom, Lieutenant Smith
and Lieutenant Darlington, of Fort Randall
Quilted themselves, . week OF two ago, ant
started for the lake, supplied with guns
ammunition, a boat and the necessary caml
equipaee. On their arrivala . the old stamp.
ing ground, they were bswildered with as
constituent to discover hat the lake hac
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