Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-10

| yANkToN. DAKOTA.
swsdnesday Evsn,ns, Dc. 10, 1879.
LOCAL LAcoNlcs.

&nA8oS tt0W up el4lenoel p4oe0 4s0Ktot
aesncy Il eight dSlock hh morning.
Thew viii Is services ct the Univsrsalis'
oAaAsMulUsaight = ,7:so, o'clock By
thspaaof. All srsi cordially invited.
Joseph Gridsll has bssn "a trial today,
charged with = sSlsaSlt dGfJSlnan with
N intsnt % Kill. The jury retired q . late
AoskSNkssAs6Son.. '13TA u
The case Of Hubert Goefsrt, for stealing
wagon from Adler 4 Ohlman, was brought
% altar The Gridell jury had retired, but at
halfpaie fuf ! jury He'd . bSsn secured.
TksyMshere indications for the upper
Mississippi and lower Missouri valleya are:
RiainS probably followed By falling baron.
ssess ,dAlaainishins westerly winds, colder Or
clear or partly cloudy weather, followed in
the latter By warmer east winds.
It has bsen suggested tnst D. citizens
meeting be called late this week to take &C.
tion regarding the proposed improvement
of the Missouri at this point. Governor
Edmunds b now In Warrington and is vii.
ling 70 sssist Delegate Bennett 10 putting
this propostionsbefore congress.
Besides devoting himself to the sale of
the choicest lot Of holiday goods ever
brought to Yankton, Schoregge finds time
70 Ki.eattentionSto evening parties which
come 70 hid. establishment for early; OF, late
suppers. His facilities In this line are equal
70 any demands and his long experiences as
. caterer renders him eqsalto any emergen.
cy. Schoregse il the mar to consult for
all such favors. He is always on hand and
meyer has failed to ill the bill.
The residence Of A. B, Wilcox narrowly
sscaped destruction BY fire during last
nights storm. Early in the evening Mr..
Wilcox went out to look for the evening pa.
per1Hd Mrs. Wilcox was holding . kero-
ssne lamp ct the window to give him light
upon The subject. While she stood at tho
window door wssr blown open and = gust
Of wind caused the flame Of the lamp to
shoot llHsldssnd islite the light Curtains
hanging soyer shs window, Before The. fire
could DO extinRuished tho curtains were
destroyed and the carpet badly damaged.
Theidss, which u slight, is covered BY in
surance In the North British ,sna Mer-
camille. +.
About dark last night the storm which
had all day been hanging in the atmosphere,
broke loose with the force Of . young biz
card and sent the snow whirling through
the air and piling it into drifts after the
fashion of'the olden time, when Dakota had
nothing but its atmospheric connections to
boast Of. The storm ragged with great fury
until past midnight, when the clouds broke
and the stars shone coldly down upon the
whitened earth. The mercury sank to zero
and q strong northwest wind prevailed. To-
day the weather has been cold and bluster.
ing. The uppercountry stage, due last night
has not yet reached Yankton. This morn.
ing = buckboardva was sent out over the lin.
with the mail. which will 60 as far al
Springfield, aud will return from there,
Our reports from the upper country indicate
that the storm has ragged all of to-day a
Fort Sally and Fort Thompson. Southeas
Of us. ~ near y sCouncil Bluff, the weather
is mild and pleasant.
Having TOR our motive the good Of on
businsss nan and patrons. We desire I,
call their attention to . species Of advertis
Ing in which many Of them frequently in,
vest. under the persuasive eloquence Q
some slick tongued Spectator whose oh
ject 10 to make stake for himself at th
expense ofthe public. We have in min,
an advertising card. which;is posted up Il
several places about town. 1t contain
twenty-five advertisements" for which th
advertisers paid i've dollars 1 card, . tot.
of ono hundred and ten dollars. The prin'
ing Of such . card would not cost the spe'
ulator more than fifteen: dollars. The ben
1t tosbe derived from this mode of sdye
tising 10 . point which might be shown d
to the decided disadvantage of the adver
tisers. but with this portion Of the subje'
We do not care to deal. Our object is
suggest to the business men of. Yanktc
that II they feel; the need Of this sort
advertising they can ave money b, goir
to any ono ofthe local printis auofices q,
contracting for the work without the /
terventton of middle men. Instead of "a
log i've dollars each for their cards Il
cost need not exceed seventy cent? Der cal
We make this statement for the purpose
convincing our business men that there
scheap way TO attain the object soue
through this species of Advertising. '
. no other design in mentioning
subject. Spectators who engage in Il
work. asa matter Of policy, almost inva
ably give No their printing, but out of !