Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-13
Jae 9aily 9rsss aud 9ututaisu.
YANKToN, DAKOTA.
Tuesday Evening, May Is, 1879
Congleton has Just received anew line
OF fac dry goods. Latest and hest
patterns. The ladies are earnestly invited
to call e~arly'snd inspect!then.
LOCAL LAcoNlcs.

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Col. Bob Ingersoll has been engaged
lecture in Sioux City in two or three week
MAIDS Christensen. Of Sioux Falls, a
Judged insane, was today admitted to th
insane hospital.
A corn, bunion and chill blain doctor
operating in Yankton. He recently attend
ed to the pedal ailments of the Sioux City
ties.
A collection Of $3.50 dollars was taken W
at the Congregational church last night fol
Mr.. Hoofstetler. He will remain another
week.
Gustav johnson, of Clay county. requests
Us to return his thanks to the good people
Of Yankton for timely aid extended in re.
lief of his distress occasioned by a disas.
trous fire.
Immigration continues to pour into this
portion of Dakota without any cessation.
There are white topped wagon trains pass.
ing through town at all hours of the day
and night.
The weather indications for the upper
Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys are
South winds, shifting to cooler north, rising
barometer, partly cloudy weather and pos
sibly numerous rains.
The temperance meeting was as much Of :
. numerical success last night as or any !
previous evening and Mr.. Hoofstetler held :.
the interest of the assembled crowd :
throughout the entire session. J.
Last Saturday night a burglary was COM
mitted in Dave Campbelrs Broadway sa.
loon. An entrance was effected by break
ing one Of the front window panes. Bot :
tied beer, wine and cigars weee distracted
by the burglars. I,
KirWin Wilson had his examination be-
fore Commissioner Congleton last night, .
under = charge Of introducing liquor into
the Indian country, and was held on the
sum Of 5000 for his appearance. He gave
the required bail.
The meteor which flashed along Yank.
tons sky late Saturday afternoon, and
which so many people saw descend direct
the mouth of Jim river and there lose
itself. has been heard from at Sioux City
and Storm Lake. The celestial visitor ex. {
near Storm Lake, with a sound ex-
tensive enough to be heard in Sioux City.
The supreme court of Dakota now consists
of four judges, to-wit, P. C. Shannon, chief
justice, appointed from Pennsylvania A.
h. Barnes, appointed from Wisconsin G.
Q. Moody and J.. P. Kidder, appointed from :
Dakota, associate justices. In legal ability, +,
good looks and integrity, the bench of Oak !.
ota is equal, If not ahead, TO any other bench :
the west. !.
There was another very acceptable install :
nent Of rain last night, and during most of :
'e-dsy the clouds have had leaky spells. :
Now that the drouth is broken, rain comes
Town with its old-time readiness, and as =
here is just now millions in it, Dakota far a
are in a thankful frame of mind. 4
With the increased crop acreage and the
adorable weather, a yield without parallel
looked for.
Jacob Hoofstet!er, reformed inebriate and o
temperance lecturer, now meeting with a
marked success in this city, attributes the d
formation of drinking habits to his army t
associations, having entered the army during
The rebellion at the age of fifteen as a drum
boy in the End Pennsylvania reserves. :
At the age of seventeen he was a second
lieutenant, and the youngest commissioned
officer in the old First corps. |,
A Yankton official and two or three ex. ,
officials went down to Jim river to.day and ,
had q nice time drawing seive through its
placid waters. TheE came home covered f,
with glory and mud and commenced tell.
ing all about their fur. when a philosophi.
cal looking puritan moved out of the crowd {
said he guessed he would 60 oyer to a s
Justices court and enter q complaint, as it
was against the law to catch fish with a
seine in this territory. Every member of
the party is now ready to take his oath that
they only skinned ofa few mud hens and
came right home with them.
Nice assortment of Parasola, Fans, Hos.
iery, Collars, Cuffs and Corsets just ~receiv-
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