Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-01

LOCAL


today.
The jury in the Livingston case ia still
listening to testimony.
The city council will meet tonight in
regular semi.monthly session.
Then is an ice gorge somewhere below
which has closed the river again at this
point.
George Brown thinks he will have the
Merchants billiard. parlors in running order
BY Wednesday.
The German society have prepared
another of their delightful private musical
entertainments for Tomorrow evening, At
the club room.
The Yankton signal Office reports as fol-
lows for to dav: Maximum temperature
up TO 2 P. NJ, $40; minimum temperature !
up to 2 P. NJ, 50.
The manager Of an eastern theatrical
company has written to find out when the
Ysnkton Turner'S hall will be completed
and wants TO engage it.
Yesterdays snow was much diminished
by the warmth of the sun. This vas fortu-
nate, as there are very few people who be
lieve in cleaning sidewalks on the Sabbath.
Our readers will not forget that this is
the first day Of spring. 1t starts in lamb
like and lovely, but in this beginning there
are suggestions Of ferocious March storms.
The N that ex Mayor Wynn is going
into the ready made clothing business is
given us, but it does not seem to be we'll
founded. 1t is stated by our informant tina.
he designs running a lumber yard and a
clothing store under one roof, in one Of the
new railroad towns, and that Ben Smith has
been giving him some valuable pointers.
The chamber of committee
appointed to decide upon a plan for indu
cling settlers to occupy the vacant lands
about Yankton had a meeting Saturday
night at which the ideas of the committee.
men were noted down and q rough draft Of
the scheme drawn of The advantages
which this section offers viii! be presented
10 detail and an Instructive document pub.
lished which will be circulated 10 various
portions of the east.
The industry and persistency manifested
By genuine jokers in the pursuit of their
f%avorite diversion was demonstrated yester-
day at the Merchants hotel, where three or
four choice spirits assembled and waited
half the forenoon for a Third street grocer
to put in an appearance so they could give
his Sunday boots a coating Of stove black
ing. Their victim finally arrived and by
skillful manipulation they induced him to
pay ten cents for a "shine." When the Job
was completed he discovered the fraud, but
about this time most of the jokers had gone
to their rooms to prepare for church, having
lost all interest in the concluding proceed
ings.
Assessor Ellerman gives us some figures
regarding Yankton county which are both
interesting and instructive. Up to the end
of the year 1879, there we're 1854 and
$500 acres Of land proved up and pa
tented ; the total assessment of May 5, 1879,
was $l.654, 702, against a valuation Of
$l,545,2OO in 1877, which will be increased
10 100000 0 by the 1880 assessment, all of
which is very much less than the selling
value of the property OIL the same date
there were in the county 6,4Os cattle, valued
at S70.S52, 1902 sheep, 80 mules, 1874 wag-
OBS, and 1891 horses, the latter valued at
S92, PSI. The valuation on cattle was about
two-6fths of their real worth and on horses
about one.half. Assessor Ellerman is now
engaged upon the 1880 assessment and his
labors thus far indicate a large increase in
the amount of property o fall descriptions.
"a representative Of the Press and Dako-
taian had an interview with one of the lead
ing officials of the Milwaukee road a few
days ago and the result of his talk fully
confirms our previous assertions regarding
the construction Of the Yankton line. He
said, in substance, that the work in connec.
ton with the Yankton line had not at any
time been interrupted that the company
wa now shipping timber through for this
line that there had been at no time any in
lWotAOA SuAS ~ WOulUOuOt UC CONSTRUCTED =
that the pile drivers now busy on the main
line. where they have about two weeks
work, have their orders TO proceed immedi-
ately upon the completion thereof, 10 the
Yankton line and there 20 to work that it
would not do to leave open the country COW
cred by the Yankton line, even if the com.
pany bought the Sioux City and Dakota /;
that the line from Sioux Fall- TO Sioux CITY
would be valuable to the Milwaukee CON.
pany, but that it did not want the old D.ko-
t. Southern line. These are the solid facIs
coming direct to US from one in a position
to know all about the matter. The informa-
ton fully confirms previous conclusions and
We give it in contradiction of the many base.
less rumors with which the people have been
afflicted during the past winter. While
Yankton has never faltered in its belief that
the Milwaukee company would fulfill it's
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