Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-31

.. N. one year.
LOCAL LAc0hlcS.
A special meeting of the council has been
called for tonight.
Regular meeting of the st. Johns lodge
A. F. q A. m. tomorrow evening.
Nearly all the rooms of the insane hos
pital will be filled BY the first installment.
Bear in mind that tomorrow will be all.
fools day, and govern your curiosity accord.
ingly.
Treasurer Schnsuber paid out $500 on
Saturday and redeemed that amount of
warrants.
A slight shower came this morning,
which was speedily blown away by a strong
north wind.
L. L. Shurtlef IS preparing to open .
saloon In Vslentine's block, adjoining
the Mercbant's hotel.
The Congregational Sabbath school gave
an interesting concert last evening. which
drew q large audience.
MI. Green writes from Firesteel that q
large immigration is pouring into that. por-
ton of the Jim river valley.
Cradle is fitting up the room just vacated
by Fred Lerch aud will nov his auction
and commission business into it.
A new theatrical troupe arrived Saturday
night and there is prospect that it will
open out somewhere on Broadway.
With esses summoned to appear before the
United States court and grand jury, are be-
ginning to arrive from the upper country.
There will be an ice cream sociable in the
basement of the Methodist Chnrch, on
Wednesday evening. All are cordially in
vited.
The OAkes concert company gave its
closing entertainment Saturday night to a
good house, and left this morning for Yer
million.
A prairie FIRE between Elk Point and
Vermillion, Saturday, destroyed several
telegraph poles, and probably did other
damage.
The telegraph wire between here and
Sioux City il working to-day, but very
weak, which indicates that it is on the
ground somewhere. Tom Leary rent down
this morning to pick it up.
Rabbi Gertsmann delivered his lecture
on THE Wandering Jew" at the cour
house last evening and though it was moi
publicly announced, be bad q house full ia
hear 1t. The lecture is highly commended
Frank letter and Edward Smith we're
before the police court this morning and
while there we're convicted of being drunk.
In default of $50 each they we're sentenced
to twelve days in the city lock up.
The delinquent sidewalk tax sale will
take place at the court house tomorrow.
Tuesday, and will be conducted by deputy
city treasurer, Schnauber. MI. A. Schan.
dein, city treasurer, has gone to Sioux City
1t is reported that Wm. N. Collamer, q
former resident of Yankton, died in Rapid
City, Black Hills, about ten DAYS ago. Mr.,
Collamer vas the first mayor Of Yankton,
and was at n time the most prosperous
busine IS man in the capital.
"a OV9S AO0uCO WILL OAOACEb WA0 oWdup SO
while crossing at Fort Randall last Satur.
day, and n man, named Riordan, belong.
ing to c company, first infantry, was drown
ed. His body was not recovered. Aheavy
wind caused the boat to turn over.
Two young men, who were disorderly and
qurrrelsome at the Variety Theatre on Sat-
urday evening last, received the e. b.. from
the proprietors, only to fall into the hands
of Marshal Bates and Officer Mershon, who
marched them off to the "cooler."
A prairie FIRE ran into White Swan, OPP
posite Fort R .ndall, last Saturday, and de-
stroyed most of the buildings there. The
postofice. express Office, telegraph Office,
government stable and Chamberlain's barn
were burned, together With a considerable
portion of their contents.
The weather indications for the upper
lake regions, upper Mississippi and lower
Missouri valleys are: Partly cloudy
weather, with light rain OF snow; cold
northwest winds; rising barometer, sue.
ceeded in the south and east portions by
falling barometer and warm south winds.
During last Thursday nights storm May.
or Wynn's house was struck BY lightning,
but the blow was SO light that he did not
find out until Saturday night when he die.
covered that the electric fluid had p~erforat.
ed q tin conductor. Persons in the house
felt rather queer for several hours after the
shock.
Billy Arlington. famous in years gone BY
in the negro minstrel line, has turned lee
turer. and is meeting with great success in
his new role. His style is humorous, and
wherever he appears he captures his audi.
ences and makes them wish he would call
again. Nj. Arlington will lecture at Stones
hall, in this city, N Thursday evening of
A1s-~-