Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-16
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YANkToN, DAKOTA.
Friday Evening, May is. 1879
LOCAL lAconIcs.

Light and: pleasant showers this af,
noon.
The Columbus (Ohio) Tree company
here in full force selling its wares.
The proposed sociable Of the ladies Of
Universalist parish for tonight is postpone
d. T. Bramble has moved from his Dol
Las street residence to his Pine street re
dencs.
A four year old child Of August Koun
died day before yesterday and was buri'
to-day.
Under the artistic brush of the kalsomin'
the walls of the Merchants hotel Office Al
taking on . pleasant blue tint.
Mrs. William S.ier and her children wei
thrown from q buggy BY . runaway teau
this afternoon. and seriously injured.
In Q Leadville paper, sent to Maj. Evan
10 notice of John Howe, q former Yank'
tonisn, Is manager of Nuttalls theatre.
The weather indications for the north
west are: Falling barometer, warmer, south
east winds, and partly cloudy or clea'
weather.
H. E. Dewey has received the appoint
ment of agent of the Mutual Life Insurance
Co. of New York. Policy holders are in
yited to call at his Office and get their re-
ceip.s.
Marshal Raymond and Deputy Marshal
Edmunds started for Detroit this morning,
with DR.. Parsons, the Finlay highwayman,
who was sentenced to two years in the peni-
te~ntentiary.
The usual full house greeted Mr.. Hoof-
sitter last night and another delegation of
pledge slgners was procured. The ladies OF
the alliance are working increasingly to
second the efforts of Mr.. Hoofstitler.
A Law firm was dissolved the other day by
mutual consent. One Of the parties con-
scented to Withdraw in order to prevent hii
coat tails from being smashed in by the boot
of the other. The other agreed, and the
partnership was thus ~harmoniously broken
up.
Telephones are being placed in the rail-
road Office and the shops, and one will also
have q place in the Office of the Missouri
River transportation company. Part ofthe
apparatus was on exhibition at the p~ostofice
bookstore to-day, and attracted much atten-
ton.
I. Peter Anderson, of LakcpoIt, was brought
before Justice White to-day, on the com
plant of John Flavip, also of Lakeport,
charged with an assault with a deadly wea-
pom with intent to kill. The affair occurred
at Lakeport and the deadly weapon en-
ployed is understood to have been a full
grown rail. The case was adjourned to the
2lst INST, to procure the attendance of
needed witnesses.
The Dakota Central railroad company
has filed articles of incorporation with Sec
rotary hand and 9 patent was to-day issued
to the company, which is composed of Chi
cago & Northwestern officials. The arti-
cles call for the construction ola road from
the east line of Brookinescounty. westward
through Brookings, Kingsbury, Beadle,
Hand and Hughes counties (new to
the Missouri river at the mouth Of Medi.
cine creek. This is the proposed extension.
started at Tracy, of the Chicago & North
western railroad.
The entire contract for supplying the sub
%sistence department of the army with $780,
600 lba. Of -four has been awarded to Mr..
Nine. of &bo Exool,;o, -;ll, =, as, ,;+r
The competition for this contract, from St.
Paul, Minneapolis, and Sioux City, was very
lively and the bids we're close. Mr.. Miner
has o the prize by a low bid and the ex'
cellence Of his samples. 1t is gradually
being demonstrated that outsiders cannor
compete with Yankton enterprise and a
each years experience shows this to be
fact, it is expected that ere long most of th'
government business will be given to GU
citizens.
MI. Hoofstitler in his remarks last night
put forth the statement that if there was q
brewers'coDvention in session the
would give . full report Of its proceedings
Mr.. Hoofstitler is right. They undoubted
ly would. But he neglected to state anoth
er equally important fact, namely, that
there was a temperance convention in pre-
gress the newspapers would also publish
full report of its proceedings. The diffe,
ence between the business sessions of a &C
ciety which is constantly deve looping item
Of information aud an informal meeting &
which people are simply urged to becom
good or to become bad is apparent enough
One is bristling with interesting facts; tn
other is barren of points from which to col
struct an article. Mr.. H. advances no Lin
Of argument that . reporter could fasten ~
on. He says people should be good; /
tells some pathetic stories 7; the music star
in; the pledge signers rally round the bl,
ribbon pile; everybody feels glorious
happy an emotional enthusiasm takes pc
session of the ardent workers-we belle
we have stated these facts. Now the tru
is, We would as soon report q temperan