Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-04

Local IAcoNtcs.
There W. ! jjuvsnils party a Mrs. A. ].
Cramsr's last evening. 4
There were over eight hundred dollars In
cash in the city treasury on the first Of
February. .S, s@ As
owsn Bartlett, Of this city, recently sob.
tanned an increase Of psnsion through the
efforts Of his attorney. Phil. K. Naulk, E.q.
The dty has ordered the construction Of .
bridge scross the Rhine on Locust street. II
will b put IN n ri the. weather will
pesmit. SOS
The Yankton signal Office reports %
follows for to days: Barometer stationary.
Hixhsat Temperature s5sssata i. NJ; lowest
lls abovs zefo. The aulltity OF snowfall
was not suf6clent for measurement.
Street Commissioners Delamatsr says II il
not in bis line Of ,dptyI.to. require people 10
shovel snov1 Of thtir sidsvalks-that tie
city marshal IL the man to appeal to.
The Turner's are improving every shining
hoar to push forward the work on their
hall. The walls are completed and the
frame for the roof ID being put In placs.
Messrs. Jencks, Of the Jencks hotel, have
erected an leo house and are having it filled
with choice selections from the Missouri
rivers winter overcoat, for next summers
use.
Dell Rapids Exponent: The Yanktou
Press and Dakotian is the l~iveliest daily pa.
pr published in Dakota. 1t is . welcome
i visitor 1t our house and one which y edear.
u prize v
MI. Woolley is putting up . house full
Of ice at Milltown, and next SUMMED the
weary, Thirsty traveller in the jim valley
will bless him for it, and pay him for it,
too.
A regular communication Of Yankton
chapter.o Of Royal Arch Masons will be- held
1t Masonic hall, this evening. Everybody
Who belongs to the institution Is invited ID
BE present. ,a
Sioux City Journal The Sioux City
and Dakota road will build a warehouse A
BY $50 feet at Yankton for the storage o
government and other freight sometime be
fore the opening Of navigation.
a gentleman from southern Nebraska Re,
GENTLY purchased in Cedar county sever
thousand dollars worth Of young steers, pay
ing cash down therefor. This 10 the crop
that pays, and is never affected by drouth o,
grsshoppsrs.
Judge Roberts fur overcast, which va
stolen the same night his docket was ldgRsd
of, has been found, and In The pockets
were several letters and papers taken from
his honor's desk. The coat was discovered
In wood pile near the levee.
Everybody, who enjoys . good thing
should bear in mind that the m~asqnerad,
Of the T%urn-verein will take place at Stonei
hall on Monday evening, the 9th inst. Til.
enterprising committee that has charge Of
the preparations for this entertainment arr
~tireless in their efforts to make it the mas
querade Of the season, and that they will
succeed is certain. Every amusement lover
should go, if not to mask and dance, to look
on and enjoy the fun.
The mayor has received circular from
Psrnell soliciting subscriptions from the
people of Yankton for the destitute in Ire.
land; also . letter from Drexel, Morgan &
Co, Of New York, stating that they will
receive and forward all donations for the
benefit ofthe suffering Irish. II any of our
citizens would like to contribute to thia
noble charity they can obtain further infor
nation in regard to forwarding their con.
tributions bySoaiiipg on the mayor.
Z The Utica p~ostofics on the Firesteel road,
in this county, which used to be kept at the
house of E. s. Mosher, near Beaver creek,
has been moved a mile and a quarter west
Of the main road, compelling the stage to 60
that distance out Of ito way and to travel
ten or twelve miles over little used and
poorly beaten track. Az the principal pas.
senger and express business Of the stage line
is between Yankton and Scotland, this d.
vergence from the we'll travelled and direct
road is q matter Of serious consequence 10
the proprietors Of the line, and they want 10
know if one postohdce can move . mile and
. quarter in one direction from the point at
which the Office was located, whether the
next Office can't be moved the same or .
greater distance in IN opposite direction,
and give them 1 ziszsg, Virginia worm fence
route up the Jim. That's what they want
to know, you know.
THE BILL OF FARE.