Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-26
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DAKOTA.
Wednesday Evening, Feb. 2e. 1879
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Weonoeoay Evening, Zen. 70, 1878
LOCAL uc0MsC&
The first day Of lent.
To-day il Ash "Wednesday.
Mercury sixten below zero this morning
Sioux City's municipal election occur
next Monday.
Melvin il building an addition to BIZ
livery barn ON Capital street.
Nj. and Mn. Joseph Bader will celebrate
their silver wedding Saturday evening.
judge White has concluded to hang ur
his new sign in the back room Of his ofdce
during dog days.
Buford Farris' stock auction will occur
next week Thursday, March 9Th, instead OF
this week Thursday.
Remember tho calico apron and necktie
party Friday evening. February sStb, at
the Universalist chapel.
Capt. G. A. Wetter has commenced the
work of building . residence on Douglas
ayenu between Fourth and Fifth streets.
The cold Of Yesterday and last night
changed the minds Of those or our farmers
Who had in view the immediate seeding OF
wheat.
Forty days of legislative indulgence fol-
lowed BY forty days of modification Of the
Aesh should restore the equilibrium Of
forces.
The young man who can acquire q hard
cold considers himself In luck, since 1t has
been demonstrated that run and gum il
the medicine for the malody.
r. D. Newton, who was sent to Jail for
failing to give bonds to keep the peace. has
seen released, al the solicitation Of his wife,
who made the complaint which placed him
in confinement.
The argument for q new trial iu the Carl
Johsn Hanson murder case was opened
this morning by Hon. 8. L. SPHINX and at
Que o'clock was adjourned to half past nine
O'Clock tomorrow morning,
Under the pension arrears bill John II.
Colen of the Herald Office of this city, is
entitled to about $4,000. Johnny was =
member Of the First Delaware infantry,
and was wounded at Front Royal, Virginia,
In 1862.
Capital street is no longer the exclusive
wheat market Of Yankton. Latterly a con-
siderable portion Of the transactions in that
line occur on First street, and in their
neighborhood Of the several elevators on
the levee.
A good lime Is anticipated at the Univer.
saltst calico apron and necktie party, Friday
evening, February 2sth. Coffee, sand
witches and cake. will be served. Admis-
sion as ususl. Gents can purchase necktles
at the door for lOc.
For breaking in the front door Of the
Ir.h queens domicile, Johnny Smoker was
picked up by Marshal Bates and taken be-
fore Justice White. From there he went
to the cooler, because he would not pay .
dollar and costs for his fun.
The ladie. of the Universalist parish will
give q calico apron and neckte sociable,
Friday evening, February 28lh. Coffee and
refreshments served. Ladies are requested
to bring q necktie 10 match their apron in a
sealed envelope. Adraission-gents Csc,
ladies' 1Oc.
The next outgoing members of the Yank.
ton board of education, are F. J. Dewitt, Of
the second district, and E. P. Wilcox, Of the
fourth district. Their terms expire in May
next, and their successors will be chosen BY
the city council 10 be chosen on the FIRST
Monday in April.
The Central hotel caught Ere to-day
about II o'clock, underneath the roof, but
BY prompt efforts the Ere was extinguished
before 1t had gained much headway. The
hook and ladder boys, As usual, were on
hand promptly with their truck and appa.
ratus, but fortunately their services were
not needed.
The weather indications for the upper
Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys are I:
Cold aud clear or fair weather, continued
during the rest of Wednesday; winds
mostly from north to west, and in sonthern
and eastern portions rising barometer. fol-
lowed by rising temperature and falling
barometer during Thursday forenoon.
A letter from Sioux City says there was q
young blizzard all along the line of the Da-
kota Southern yesterday. That was to be
expected. Puttyerew went over the road
The DAY before and . condensation of the
moisture in the atmosphere would naturally
the transit Of the great disappointed
o the bosom of his constituency. They
lidn't know how 70 account for it at the
Washington weather bureau.
The justice court va. filled this morning
. Russian eqnad, arraigned upon one
'ide for riot and conspiracy, and upon the
'ther for assault and battery. The diff
arose over . portable steam engine,
which the owner Of the wind grist mill on
he bill west of town had hired to turn his
Machinery when the breeses run low.
man is alleged to have bought