Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-15
LOCAL LAconlcs.

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See Ketchum's regular advertisement.
A regular meeting of the city council on
Monday evening.
The Livingston cases will probably come
up for trial next week.
The train from the east arrived about
eleven o'clock last night.
Go and get a can of good oysters for IS
cents at H. W. Pixies, Third street.
Fall line of Germantown yarns, zephyis
and all kinds of yarns at Ketchum's.
Jacob Hurley, on trial for cutting timber
on government land, was acquitted yester-
day.
Thirty Russians arrived by last nights
train and will locate somewhere near Yank-
ton.
Ten witnesses in the Bsebe case have.. been
sent for aud it will probably take q week
to get them here.
Fred Edgar's picture sdornes one of the
pages Of the Police News, and a very good
likeness of Fred it is.
Wheat sold in the Yankton market to.
day at 90 cents for No. /, and IS for No. 2.
The receipts we're light.
The cars which ran of the track at the
Rhine, yesterday morning, have been put
back upon the rails and all damage repaired.
Ajury is listening to the evidence in the
case of the United States against Joseph
Ellis, charged with introducing liquor into
the Indian country.
The mills on Jim river above Maxwell
are running again. though there is hardly
wster.enough to do their work. The Max
we'll mill will start up soon.
An Office of the United States expires:
company will be opened in the Farmer
bank building in about week, express mat
ter to be sent via the Milwaukee road.
In the absence of the grand master th
masons concluded that it would no: be ex
pedient for them TO perform the ceremon,
of laying the corner stone OF the Turner
hall.
The local officials of the Dakota Southern
road inform US hat our item of yesterday
regarding a reduction in the tariff on whea'
was a mistake. So we'll have to take
back.
The weather indications for the uppe
lake regions, upper Mississippi and lowe
Missouri valleys are: Generally coole
partly cloudy weather. and areas of rain {
snow, southwest to northwest winds, an
during the night slowly rising barometer.
Mrs ]. Ellen Foster closed her tempe,
ancc lectures in Yankton last night ar
has gone away with the good will of a
who have listened to her efforts. TT
good she has accomplished remains wi,
US. Mrs. Foster would be doubly WELDON
were she to visit Yankton again.
A travelling man, who gave his name
Harry Mitchell, because he couldn't Just
that moment think Of his own name, v
brought into the police court this mornir
P. G. having picked up the various piec
Of him which laid around the opera hor
after he had finished his job of cleaning 6
the establishment. In recognition Of
valorous services he was fired five doll
n costs, twelve dollars In all, which
paid and went off to bind up his wounds
Major Elderkin is making preparati
for the erection Of a c%ommodious reside
on his james river farm. He has been
consultation with carpenters, masons
painters for several days past, but has
yet concluded a contract, preferring to ~
the result of competition and get the v
lone as cheaply as possible. The m.
will 60 to his farm early next week, bel
which time he will conclude his build
arrangements.