Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-21
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The streets have been full Of imnigran
trains again to-day. v
Another heavy. shower this morning an
nature. is still 10 q happy mood.
sAhssley Wambols has commenced en-
la3a18stks Yaikton ysrietvIheatre. 4.
The Excelsior mill will. ship about I
thousand sacks of -four on the steamer. d.
kota..
James Clark has hung out q neat CANVAS
auning N front Of hissplace Of business on
Third street.
Mrs. Redalli has commenced the build
Ing Of brick residences on Cedar street,
between 4th and 9Th streets.
The strawberry festival, season has ar
rived and q good plsce to deposit. Surplus
change is in the various church treasures.
The Universalists have commenced the
erection Of q hall for church purposes, %
the corner of Fifth and Cedar street, in this
city.
The territorial petit jury that was sun
moned to appear on the oath day Of April
and subsequently notified not to appear i'm.
til further orders, have been summoned to
attend court on Monday next, the 26th inst.
Rev. Joseph Ward was chosen president
Of the Yankton board of education At the
annual meeting held last evening. MI.
Ward is the Oldest member of the board in
an official sense, and will make a good pres
ident in every sense.
The weather indications for the upper
Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys are:
Rising, possibly followed BY falling, bare
meter; cooler followed by warmer east to
south winds, clear or partly cloudy wealth
er, and possible in the upper portions rains.
Herman B~eiraugh, late of the United
States infantry, has received apsnsion Of
$500 per month, commencing on the 18th
Of September last. Nj. Beiraugh is en-
ployed at the Eagle House in this city, and
obtains pension for disability incurred in
the military service Of the United States.
Some Of Nj. Partridge's bondsmen think
his matters will shape a little better than
anticipated when collections are made and
errors in books are corrected. Joseph Da-
veuport, who came down on the steamer
Custer, saw Mr.. Partridge at Bismarck last
Wednesday.
Ben Bernish, manager Of the Yankton
opera house, says he has known Brother
Haskell since lS49, and that he never knew
anything good Of him. He has known him
as a theatrical manager, as the editor of a
religious newspaper, as q travelling magician
and as . preacher, and he was the same old
fraud of a Haskell in each separate capacity.
DIR. Buchanan returned to-day from a
visit to the Bon Homme county families
mentioned aday or two ago as suffering from
q serious: attack Of diptheria. He says the
sick are all getting we'll and that the families
will not come to Yankton, as they intended.
The doctor says he was moi called to attend
these families until after FIVE victims
had died and that all those placed under his
treatment are recovering.
Strawberries and cream. ice cream and
cake, and good things too numerous toe
mention, will be served by the ladies o.
the Baptist society at the Reform clut
room on Tuesday evening. May 9th
Come everybody and bring your sisters ant
your cousins and your aunts, and help th'
ladies to q little money for their nev
church and in return receive full value il
sweets and smiles.
The next lecture of the library cours
will be given at the Congregational churc
next Tuesday evening by Mayor Ziebacl
He has chosen "Humbugs and Humbul
gers" as his subject. The theme indicate
something interesting and it is probab
that NJ. Ziebach will close up the cour,
with soma startling expositions. We ID
ply this much from the subject he b,
chosen.
A peculiarly distressing case is that
the O'Haires, Of Turkey creek, who wei
burned out some two weeks ago and 10
all..their worldly possessions. They are Z
aged couple, each past sixty years. and ha
been deprived of the savings Of . life til
by the calamity which came 90 unexpecte
ly upon them. Their house, stables grs
ary, cattle, horses, wagons, agricultural i,
plenent. household goods, clothing
most everything they owned, excepting /
land which makes up their farm was, bu
ed. Mr.. O'Haire is In feeble health and
now living in . hole in the ground will
bundle Of hay for q bed. People who hi
anything 10 give'away can bestow it up
the O'Hairssa and feel sure they are .rssli
Ing suffering.
A resolution of the board Of, directors
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul :
road company. designating the lines Of
Dakota extensions. has been filed in
Office Of the secretary of the territory
accordance with the new territorial law
lating to railroad corporations. The +.
luton dssiguates the routes as folio,
From the BIC Sioux river. m Tho ...,