Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-26
LOCAL LAcoN,cs.

He. woke to die. mid fre and smoke.
A Aad 1fSs ssSt i tRisas. i issh sasys sast .s'0fe'
SEQ Ketchum's regular advertisement.
Court has adjourned over Thanksgivipg
Mayo, the piano tuner, the arst week Il
December.
Turkeys, hand picked, 10 ole per h., .,
Bray's Capitol market.
Div:ns service Of the Congregations
church tomorrow morning.
Thanksgiving services will BE- held Il
Christ church to morrow morning.
There vas . pleasant gathering Of young
peop!s 1t Secretary Hands residence last
evening.
A neat picket fence 10 being built around
the German church on the corner Of Fourth
and Douglas streets.
The Yankton cornet band will be In At
tendance at the Turnverein ball at Stones
hall tomorrow evening.
The railroad committee held q meeting
Last evening and decided to call q citizens
meeting, notice of which will be found else
where.
Jack McCarty, VIM. Bennett and james
Armstrong, arrested for participation in .
highway robbery and examined before Jus.
tice Roberts, were discharged from custody
after . hearing.
The United States petit jury, with the ex.
ception Of those engaged in the trial of
Beebs, have been discharged until the 10Th
of February, and most Of them have skip.
ped out for home.
TIT pound party for the benefit of the re-
form club. held last evening at the club
room, was agratifying success. financially.
socially and otherwise. There was a large
gathering and q pleasant time.
II has been for some time q matter Of sur.
mise which one Of OUT territorial officials
gave his pocket book and railroad passes to
apickpocket during the Chicago blow out.
The Fargo Argus clears up the mystery.
The business men of Yankton and oil
lovers Of q good time should read the an
nouncement made BY the T~urnverein socie.
" of their Thanksgiving ball and then
should invest in tickets and 90 and have .
good time. besides aiding in the construc-
ton of the new opera house.
Remember the poor jurymen on Thanks.
giving day. They will be locked up in the
top story of the Merchants hotel with no
turkey, no egg.nog, no chance 10 contribute
to the aid of the impecunious, no nothing
but solitary confinement and q grim sentinel
ct the door ~ q constant reminder of their
incarceration.
4. w. Burns has placed this establish.
ment under obligations by contributing a
Thanksgiving turkey, accompanied BY oys.
ten and his compliments. Burns is not q
turkey raiser BY profession, neither does he
grow oysters in his garden patch, but he il
always trying to study up some scheme 70.
making his friends feel happy.
An old gentleman named Dennis Nc.
Carthy. died at his residence two miles be.
low Maxwell on the Jim. on the night Of
the 24th. He had been suffering With .
cancer on his face for ak months. Hs had
been . resident Of Dakota sincs 1871. com.
ing here from Dubuque, lows He ~,
highly esteemed BY his neighbou and leave,
. boy OF IA, bat no other relatives known.
.Brinksrhof has completed his arrange
mens with the Milwaukee railroad CONN.
ny, has been appointed their Yankton .eeu'
and will be ready to sell tickets over theu
line BY next week Thursday. He is nov
contracting for freight and ha, rece;vef
several orders. When the Yankton br.ucl
Is finished, Brinkerhof will probably hold
forth at the depot, and he will make a num,
Der one agent.
Bids for the ferry franchise At For,
Pierre were opened by Secretary Hand la
night. The franchise will expire with th,
organization Of the county in which pierr
Is located or the county on tho oppoait
side OF the river. The following were tn,
bids: Fred 7. Evans, $3.50; W. Il. ste.rn,
$3.50; =. Held. 5000; 4. NJ. Coates. 800
Henry L. Jones. SIS; E. I. Melvin. slso
Wm. D. Russell. s1o7; L. T. Duuni,a
VOW. Inc contract was awarded to T.. Z
Dunning, the highest bidder.
Hon. Ali. Brown, of Scotland. retu,ne,
last evening from a three month, ,oiourn +
eastern Nebraska. where he has been q
gased experimenting work on the Oman
and Northern Nebraska railroad, under Ii
contract of Messrs. Woolley and Morgan. !,
this city. Operations on the line have be-
suspended for the winter. The contract ,
Messrs. Woolley and Morgan il complies
The o. N. N. runs from Oman. no,,h..
70 OAKLAND and thence to Sioux Civ. fam
ing . part Of the st. Paul and sionr On,
BY recent purchase.
The Webster City (Iowa) Freem.
makes the following complimentary allu,ie
70 . former Yankton pastor: "Rey. ]. !
Potter, who succeeds Rev. Nj. Sexton.
pastor of the NJ. E. church in this CITY.
making . most favorable impression h.
among his own people and the communi
n lar~> Ar. n