Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-14

called Zume, or the Leaven of Life and il
the evening to talk about Rev. DR.. Thomas
late utterances on hell and the bible.
! LOCAL lAc0Mlc1
The Beloit excursionists to-day numbered
over one hundred persons.
The chaplains of the respective houses
did not accompany the excursion to Be.
lott.
We venture the assertion that tho bill Of
fare at Beloit to-day was not characterized
as a "bad BILL" -,
For the benefit of tho excurtionists, the
weather today struck It's old gait; the air is
pure and the sunshine bright and genial.
Beloit is only twenty miles from Sioux
Falls, and the penitentisry is located at the
latter place. We pencil this item with fear
and trembling.
"Old Settler" 10 another column, gives
the council merry hail Columbia for the
unceremonious manne in which 1t disposed
of Walton's interest bill.
The city to-day is full Of teams loaded
with wheat. wood, hay, &C.. and business
is good In all departments of trade except
saloon keepers. who grumble because of the
excursion,)
The breastpockets of some of the excur.
sionists-not members Of the legislature, Of
course-had an unusual prominence this
morning. The reason is not apparent, Is
there was no necessity for carrying lunch,
and it is not likely that snakes will bite at
this season Of the year. e14 (
An impudent fellow asks this question,
and asks us to print it: eff the interest on
money is fixed by Law at a certain rate per
cent, why should not the same rule be
adopted for the rental of buildibgs!" The
conundrum IS an easy one. but We havn't
time to answer it to-day. oE
The weather indications. for the upper
Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys are
Very cold and clear or fair weather will
continue during the rest Of Friday, with
areas of NOW with northwest to southwest
winds and high barometer, followed during
Saturday by falling barometer and slowly
rising temperature.
The following information has been re
ceived from the chief signal Office at Wash.
ington, D. c.: On and after Feb. Is, 1879,
the new river gauge, constructed BY the U.
5. engineer corps, at Shreveport, La, viii
be used for taking observations Of the rive,
at that place. The Zero of this gauge i,
placed at low water of 1878, which is on,
foot higher than the datum line preyiousl,
used.
Commodore Coulson has returned from
St. Paul. His bid, as before stated, for the
transportation of military supplies on the
Missouri and Yellowstone rivers, was the
lowest, and the military authorities at St.
Paul en- dorsed it as such and recommended
its acceptance. The bids now 70 to Chicago,
where they are inspected and passed upon
by Gen. Sherman. after which they are sen,
TO Washington, where the final inspection
and award is made.
A correspondent of the St. Paul Pioneer
Press, writing from Bismarck, gossips thus
ut is said that Judge Kidder is a candidate
for the fourth judicial district that congress ii
expected to provide for this territory. 1t il
suspected that Judge Barnes is in Yankton
to see that the legislat doesn't legislatenre
him into another district than Northern Da.
kota. The Judge has some legal friends In
his vicinage who would not be overcome
with griefif he was called to another field"
The Yankton hook and ladder company
held a meeting last evening, and elected the
following officers for the ensuing term /:
Foreman, Geo. E. Hswley; assistant fore.
man, H. Buerdorf; captain of axes, j. NJ.
Brisbine; secretary, I. E. Cavalier T; treas
urer, G. NJ. Winters; steward, Charles
Blunt; tiller, J. B. Cloudss. The boys
maintain a good organization, and are pre-.
pared to render in the future, as they have
in the past, effective work in suppressing
fires.
ME member If the raforr, ol,,h -ho