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

telephone, and when he il not at the Office
. faithful attendant will be ON duty to trans
nit messages to mineral rprings. DE new
arrangement will 20 into effect sbout the
10th inst.
Our dispatches to-day state that some Of
the stockholders Of the Chicago & Pacific
railroad are opposed to the lease of that road
to the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul COM
pany, but have been denied an injunction to
restrain the transfer. The Chicago & Paci-
&c runs from Chicago via sabula on the
Mississippi to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and its
control BY the Milwaukee company would
give it = more direct connection with Chica.
60 BY way Of its branch from Nora Junction
southwesterly to Cedar Rapids.
An advanced proof sheet from the New
Era Office at Parker, received just as we
were ready for press, informs US of a terri
BILE calamity which occurred near that place
on Wednesday. The house of Fred Hibbi.
son, five miles southwest Of Parker, was
burned and with it two of his children, the
elder OF the two, . little girl Eve years old,
falling . victim to the flames while heroi-
cally endeavoring to save her baby sister.
The Era's account of the calamity will be
given in full tomorrow.
We understand that the young ladies Of
the Christian Temperance Union propose
giving IN entertainment some evening dur
ing the coming week, consisting of vocal
and instrumental music, tableaux, sc. All
interested in the cause Of temperance, will
not only feel it q duty, but a privilege, to
encourage BY their presence the efforts the
ladies are making to aid in this great and
important cause. Without doubt the enter
tainment will more than repay n who may
desire to pass q pleasant evening. Full
notice will be given next week.
1t would appear that there is to be some
hitch In the transportation of the military
freight. A letter was received last night
from 10 authoritative source stating tina,
the freight would be billed TO Running
Water and from thence shipped up the river
by boat; aud that a qusrtermaster's agent
would be stationed at Running Water to
receive the freight and superintsnd it's ship
ment. In the meantime the work on the
government warehouse IN Yankton is pro-
crossing, aud the railroad authorities here
have no information In regard to a change
Of programme.
The prisoners in the county Jail have ad.
dressed q letter to this Office requesting us
to acknowledge their obligations to Rev.
Mr.. Trimble, Of the Episcopal church, fol
the attention which he has shown them in
the way of pastoral vislts and furnishing
them with reading matter and other com
forts. The prisoners close their letter as
follows: "In again thanking him for his
unlimited kindness, his sympathy and feel
ings for our present sad situation, We would
have him know that he will long be cher
ished in the memory Of the present sever
occupants of the Yankton county Jail"
The trial Of DR.. Livingston, which has
occupied over three weeks, is drawing to 8
close, the lawyers being engaged on thei,
closing arguments, and the case will proba'
bly, 60 to the jury tomorrow. In this trial
a vast amount of testimony has been ad'
duced, and as we have given a full report
Of the proceedings, our readers are familiar
With the character of the proof upon which
the government relies. While much of the
testimony is contradictory and worthless,
some of it apparently being actuated by
malice and an over anxiety to force %convic.
ton upon charges hastily and unwarranta-
bly, made-taken altogether it points incon.
powerfully to the conclusion that no crime
has been or can be fetened upon DR.. Living.
ston. All the evidence goes to show that
the government, through DR.. Livingston,
has not lost q cents worth Of property, and
that the doctor has not come into possession
or used any property not rightfully his own.
The public. forming its conclusions from the
evidence in the case just drawing to a close
emphatically acquits DR.. Livingston of any
crime or criminal intent, aud is more than
ever convinced of his uprightness and pro-
bity as . citizen and an officer. And this
will, We believe, be the verdict Of the ury.
LATER-The arguments Of attorneys
closed at four o'clock. this afternoon. and
the court adjourned until I tomorrow at nine
O'Clock. when the charge of the court will
be given.
THE CITY ELECTION.