Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-28

tions Of the committee.
By order Of the committee.
NEwTox EDMuNDs, Chairman.
LOCAL uc0nacs. Il
The river j. about to Close at YaAktop.
Heavy ice is running slugsishly. The
ferry boat has been frozen in. A skif vas
crossed this morning.
Jack Frost has placed q temporary EN-.
bago on the construction ofthe Turner hall.
Its builders do not yet give up their inten.
tion Of defeating their hall during the hol.
idays.
A Turner society has been organized at
Niobrara with seventeen charter members.
Yankton Turner'S have been invited to 70
to Niobrara on the 9Th Of December and
institute the organization.
Simon Gamble says that during six days
Fred Evans sent out from Pierre to the
Hills 500 tons of freigth daily and Bramble,
Miner & Co. q like amount. When he left
Pierre there was only 100 tons awaiting
shipment.
The business men of Yankton will not
forget the railroad meeting at the court
house this evening. 1t is important for
every man to attend. Half past seven
o'clock is the hour. The committee hss
something Of importance to communicate.
The Chicago Times is responsible for the
following paragraph: "In the recent
postal.card case at Yankton the defendant
was discharged, the learned Judge instruct
ing the Jury that it was nc crime for .
Yankton man to tell . Sioux City man to
70 to hi" T
A postal card from Clarence VanTassel
says his team ran away at Rockport, We'd
nesday, throwing out himself, wife and
children and breaking the legs of his four
year old boy. The accident was caused by
the unlocking of a trace, which let the pole
drop and frightened the horses. The wagon
was considerably broken.
The Washington expert, who decided for
for the information of Dakota law officers
that . handful Of human bones, intermingled
with teeth and . FEW toe-nails were the dis.
~integrated frame work Of q prairie chick
cd, should be retired on full pay. The
country owes . reward to distinguished
scientists who enunciate new snd valuable
discoveries. The prairie chickens in Wash
ington may have teeth, bat out this way
they haven't reached that degree Of perfec.
ton.
Erick Erickson, Of jim river. permitted
his Thanksgiving celebration to lap over In.
to to-day. He turned up In Van Colt &
Clark's jewelry store this afternoon. very
lusby, and wanted to either buy out OF
clean out the establishment. Amoment Of
forwards he turned up on the sidewalk II
front Of tho store while Mr.. Clark's boo
protruded significantly from the point o.
exit. He was then seized by u officer ane
several citizens and moppea around in til,
snow until he declared that the fun was d
together too much on q side and that b,
desired to 60 home and resume the peacefu
pursuit Of agriculture. Then he Wa tnrne,
over to the care of . few friends with ia
structions to render. himself conspicuous b.
his absence. which he accomplished.
Az % example of the distinguished man
ner in which Indian matters are manage,
from Washington it is appropriate to men
ton the fact that q single shipment q
twelve hundred pitchforks was made to tn
Santse Indians. Az the entire Santes ban
at the agency does not number over I'll
hundred, the people will realize the q
treme generosity which the commissions
exhibits in his dealings with these peopl,
Through the liberalitv of Hayt every Sal
tee buck, .squaw and papoose will be give
two pitchforks with which to make thej
hay. When they are using one the 9th,
can be hung in the parlor, over the plan
and when the head of the family calls b
flock about him for morning prayers he G.
point to it ~ typical Of the goodness Of Ii
government and comment upon the strou
resemblance which exists between the pitcl
fork and Carl Schurz, the Lesser great
ther.
The old reliable cit
Bakery will call <rox