Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-10

LOCAL ~lAcoH,cs.

LOCAL LAc0nlcs.
Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, the COM
mencement of the lenten season.
There will be q meeting Of the masonic
lodge tonight for work in the first degree.
Sarah Stafford, aged Is year., daughter Of
John Stafford, of Scotland, died on Sunday.
Of diphtheria.
The stone masons are at work to day up
on the foundation Of Kleiser's new brick
block adjoining Katz's store.
The temperature to-day, as recorded At
the signal service Office, was maximum 4Soi
and minimum 19o below zero.
This is the shortest month of the year,
yet it contains five Sundays, the month
commencing and ending on that day.
The days are growing ~perceptibly longer.
The time between sun rise and sun set to-
day was ten hours and ~thirty.eight min-
utes. ss
Our townsman ]. L. Foskett has erected a
building at Scotland and opened therein a
branch Of his agricultural implement
business.
The members Of the Young Ladies Tenn
perance Union will hold a neck tie sociable
at the Reform Club room Friday evening,
Feb. 18th. #.
Gen. Hill is circulating a call for q public
meeting at the court house Friday evening
for the purpose Of discussing the project Of
q territorial university at Yankton.
The Journallsays the work Of repairing
the Peck boats lying at Sioux City is being
pushed with great energy. and that all the
boats will be in proper shape ia about
three weeks
Capt. Lavenders branch store and build
ing have been removed from Maxwell to
Scotland. The Maxwell saloon and sum-
mer beer garden have also fallen into the
popular tide and drifted to Scotland.
Sioux City Journal !: The business men
Of Vermillion are ready, they say, to hand.
somely bonus any one who will run a ferry
At, their, town. The boat now used at
Yankton is offered for sale, and if taken to
Vermillion, a new one will be built for
Yankton.
A. j, Cogan has moved his printing Of.
flee from Bon Homme to Scotland and will
soon issue q paper from the latter place.
His type and press are already at Scot
land, and his building, which is being
moved bodily, will arrive at its new resting
place to-day or Tomorrow.
The hearing in the case Of Scott Higgins,
charged with burglarizing Judge Roberts
Office, has been postponed until Wednesday
afternoon, the prosecution being unable to
procure an important witness before that
ltime. SCOTS word was taken for his ap.
pearance, and he was set at liberty.
Sioux City Journal: Webb & Hoffman
of Vermillion, have invented q friction
paste to be used by railroad men on hot
boxes. Conductor Wright tried it on a hot
box at Elk Point the other day and by the
time the train was at Meckling the box was
as cool as a rich relation. Ben Smith is
talking up the panacea for hot boxes with
railroad men.
William Hoyt, residing in lower Yank-
ton, informs Us that it has come to bis
knowledge that certain children are solicit
ing donations in the name of his family,
and wishes US to state that the said solicit
tors are not members Of his family and are
acting without his authority. Mr.. H. says
he 10 poor man, bn. is willing to work and
hopes to be able to MAINTAIN his family
without appealing to charity.
The masquerade at Stones hall last night
given by the Yankton Turn verein, was the
most numerously attended social gathering
ever held in Yankton, the large hall being
10 crowded that during the fore part of the
evening it was almost impossible to form
sets for dancing. There were over two hun
dred tickets sold and as each ticket admitted
q gentleman and one OF more ladies', there
were in the hall between four and five hun.
dred persons. The maskers numbered con.
siderably over a hundred and the costumes
represented every conceivable variety. We
will not attempt to particularize, as to men.
ton al would occupy more space than we
have to spare,and odo less would be unjust.
Suffice it to say that the affair was a com.
plete success, and was heartily enjoyed by
all present, whether they appeared in cos
tune or as spectators. The Turner's have
good reason to congratulate themselves upon
the success Of the entertainment, both in a
social and financial point of view.
PERSONAL.
liver Bagatad, merchant Of Gayville, is