Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-13
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Tuesday Evening, Ian. -, 1850.
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The pale air is streaked with dust.
The ferry boat is blocked up on the bar
ready for repairs.
RFarmers sro beginning to make prepara.
tions for their spring work.
Mercury A above zero Al two P. N. and
seven above this morning, At the signal
station.
At two O'Clock this afternoon the wind
was making forty-eieht miles per hour,
With Symphonic of weakening.
W.bber's drug store is to be moved from
the corner Of ~Pennington's block into the
frat store west Of the postofice.
Several young ladies Of this city are bust
y engaged preparing . leap year ball, to
be given at Stones hall, with q supper at
McHafis's.
If there is any more grit Than usual in
to days paper, lay it TO the thinness Of the
walls. Our Office is submerged BY q flood
of sandy dust.
Geo. w. Smith of this city will boss
Capt. Lavender's job Of getting out 1000
cords of wood for the Milxaukeercompany
At Running Water.
> Brinkerhoff and Jordan's freigh. line be-
tween Scotland and Yank,on is kept busy
hauling in goods for Yankton merchants,
shipped over the Milwaukee road.
No regular trains are yel running on the
Springfield branch Of the Milwaukee road,
aud 1t is probable that none will be put on
until the Running Water depot 10 CON-.
pleted.
The price Of wheat in this market has
dropped two or three cents a bushel during
the past day or two, s1.l0 and $l.05 being
now the ruling figures for No. l and 2,
respectively.
The weather Indications for the upper
Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys are:
Stationary or falling barometer, southeast
to south winds, warmer clear or partly
cloudy weather.
It's an ill wind that blows nobody good.
Some expert democratic glazier will receive
an order to put a big light of glass in the
Herald Office front Is BOOT as the gale sub.
sides. The south wind mashed it in.
The ladies of the Catholic church have
completed arrangements for their coming
entertainment. 1t will be given at the
Universalist chapel and will consist of q
tempting supper and soul stirring music.
The ice broke up this morning in the river
channel which rups along the Nebraska ba.
opposite the foot of Douglas avenue, aud 70,
. considerable distance below clear water i.
visible. Teams are still crossing above hi,
opening, driven by men with a heavy insur.
ance on their lives.
A valusble stallion belonging to Charlie.
o Seaman of this city, died at Bon Homme
last Thursday. Mr.. Seaman valued bis
horse at $500 and. with his losses In horse
flesh 10 the fire which consumed Bradley's
feed stable, aggregate q loss of $4,000 In
less than two years.
The GELD weather of the past few days
has compelled the brick layers on Turner
hall to suspend operations. 1t was the in.
%tention to have the hall ready for occupan-
cy BY the middle of February, but from
present indications that event will be post
poned until = month or two later.
A load Of hay attempted to sail out
around the corner of Third and Douglas
streets this forenoon, but the wind stepped
in and stopped the proceeding. The hay,
rack and driver were lifted from the wagon
and deposited upon the ground. The bal
ance Of the hay feet was moored in the
narbor back of Woolley's building and will
there remain until the storm subsidies.
There was q season Of excitement at the
court house to-day, all occasioned by the
wind. The building shook like q lump of
jelly and groaned in every joint. Several
Of our most distinguished attorneys had
pressing business at their Offices and two or
three prominent democratic lights said they
felt it their duty to come down town and
see if anything had been heard from Maine.
One brilliant young lawyer was taken with
sea-sickness and was hauled home.
DR.. Livingston says game is very plenty
in the Niobrara and Keya-Paha valleys.
Many Of the settlers have killed from 25 to
SO deer during the winter, and at the tables
of the farmers venison is Is common Is
hash at . cheap boarding house. At the
time the doctor left one man had twenty.one
deer hanging up waiting for IN opportunity
to send them to market at Niobrars. Bone.
steel 4 Turner have purchased 4 large num-.
Der at their Niobrara store and shipped them
to Chicago. The doctor says that wild tur-
keys are also very plentiful in tho valleys,
but that they are very wild and generally
manage to eIude the hunters.
SOCIAL DANCE.
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