Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-19
CIR 9aily grfss aud gakutaiau.
YANKToN, DAKOTA.
Monday Evening, Jan. 10, 1880.
C LAcoNIcs,

LOCAL lAC0NIcs.
S'xiy.seven in the shade yesterday.
A regular meeting of the city council wiz
DO held on Monday night.
A new school was opened in Haldo
Satter's district this morning.
The police court has dried up and an
nopnces it's readiness to blow away.
The ice still holds in the river, though
the warmer weather of the past few days
renders it insecure.
A seven year old Son OF Chris Boiler died
last night, of diphtheris, and was buried at
two o'clock today.
There is a rumor afoat that Major r E.
johnston is dead, but we cannot trace it to
any reliable source.
Nettie Van Tassel celebrated her fifteenth
birthday Saturday evening with a dancing
and social gathering at the rooms of Or.
and Mrs. Brown.
Diptheria is prevailing to a considerable
extent in the city and the country about.
There was one fatal case y~esterday-the
child Of a German family in west Yankton.
Weber completed the removal Of his
drug store Saturday night and can now be
found ready for business in his new store.
The postofice will be moved the last of this
week.
Treasurer Schandlen lost four tax receipts
this m%orning-all running to j. G. McVay
and numbered 500, 600, COL and 602, The
finder is requested to leave them at the
city treasurer's Office.
The weather indications for the upper
Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys ale:
Colder n%ortherly to westerly winds, rising
barometer during the night and threatening
weather and areas Of snow or rain.
In excavating for Klciser's block to day
the workmen struck a horseshoe mine
which yielded several dozen old shoes.
The conclusion is that the finder will have
more good luck this year than he has expe.
rienced in half q lifetime. In 1862 Fishers
blacksmith shop occupied this site and his
business was 10 shoe horses for the Dakota
cavalry.
A special telegram received from Canton
Saturday night too late for insertion, says:
County Treasurer Naylor resigned his Office
to-day. HE successor will probably be APP
pointed the first of next month. The
Y connecting the Chicago, Milwau-
kee and St. Paul and Sioux City and Da-
kota railroads was completed to-day.
Dela,us Human, who resides two aud
one-half miles north of Yankton, while dig
ginga we'll On his farm, found a cedar log
thirty feet below the surface, In o good state
of preservation. 1t measures about a foot
10 diameter. Just before reaching the log
MIR. Humans we'll diggcrs found a piece
of coal weighing seventy five pounds. A
section of the log has been placed in the
museum Of the scientific association.
The Yankton signal station reports as
follows for Sunday and today: During
Sunday forenoon the barometer remained
stationary and the weather was clear and
calm. The total velocity Of wind from 5
A. NJ. to l P. NJ. was only two miles. The
sun had full sway and the temperature rose
to go at ! P. NJ. After sunset the barome.
ter commenced to rise, with a light north.
west wind, and the temperature falling.
The thermometer reached its lowest point.
230 above zero, this morning at Z, and re-
NAMED below the freezing point during the
forenoon. The highest temperature up to
2P. NJ. was $40 above zero, with a tendency
to decrease.
The interesting ceremony of i%nstitutipg
the new rector of Christ church, Rey. John
W. Trimble, occurred yesterday morning
in the presence of a church full of people.
The ceremony was conducted BY Bishop
Clarkson, assisted by Rev. Dr.. Hoyt and
Rev. Mr.. Doherty, the latter from Omaha.
Bishop Clarkson preached a sermon a: the
conclusion of the exercises. Iu the evening
Rev. Mr.. Trimble led in the services and
Rev. Mr.. Dohelty delivered the sermon.
The new rector has made an excellent iu.
and it is believed that Christ
church will flourish under his ministrations.
He comes from New York and this, we
believe, is mis- first experience in the west.
A. Kleiser commenced clearing away the
debris Of the late fire on his Third street
lots this morning, preparatory to the cree.
ton Of a two story brick block, which will
two stores with the usual upper
The store next to Danforth's block
will be built first and after that the other
will be constructed. The latter to be occu-
pied upper and lower stories, by L. d. Par.
mer. The first floor will contain his dry
goods establishment and on the second floor
will be placed a carpet department, Owing
the scarcity of brick, Mr.. Kleiser will be
compelled to build his rear and partition