Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-14
LOCAL LAc0Nlcs

meetiu2 Oh the Masonic lodge tonight
for work in the first degree.
A regular meeting of the city council
will be he'd on Monday evening next.
Tho diphtheria patients 10 Mr.. Schan-
dein's family are better tc-day, and from
present indications the cases will not a..
sumo . serious nature.
The ice bridge on the Missouri is becom-
ing unsafe, and teams stopped crossing yes.
terday. One outfit broke through the ice
but was recovered without loss.
The calaboose contains one occupant
dead beat whose financial status would not
enable him to liquidate the usual police
court penalty for a common drunk
The ladies Of the Baptist society intend
giving one Of their popular entertainments,
in the form of an oyster supper, next Tues
day evening at the Reform Club ROOM.
Eden Sun 1t is currently reported among
the employees on the Springfield branch Of
the Milwaukee road hat the Eden branch
is to be the main line, and the first to cross
the Missouri.
A. Kleiser has decided to extend the
front of his block to the alley west of Katz's
store, and have two store rooms instead
Of one as originally designed. The work
will be commenced Immediately.
A gentleman who arrived in Yankton
yesterday, directly from Fort Pierre. hays a
corps Of engineers of the Chicago & North
western railroad are encamped on Fort
George leland, and are surveying on the
west side of the river.
The university meeting called for last
night did not occur. When General Hill
assembled at the court house he discovered
that he had forgotten the key and the
gathering was consequently adjourned TO q
more propitious occasion.
May be the Journal will take exceptions
to this "kick," which is clipped from the
Elk Point Courier: "Bids for Transports
ton Of military supplies on the Missouri
river were opened at St. Paul last week,
and awarded to the Peck line Of steamers
Yankton is the point of starting and II
looks to a fellow as if Sioux City is one be.
hind this time"
Colonel r. 81. Eddy is now the superb
tendent of the western department of the
Union Central Life insurance company, Of
Cincinnati. For ten years he occupied q
like position with the Missouri Valley com.
pany and worked up a profitable business in
the vest. The Union Central is fortunate
in securing so competent a superintendent,
The ice on the Missouri river between
Gayville and St. Helena has been muc
weakened by the late warm weather, and thu
crossing is dangerous. Yesterday two teams
broke through the ice, one team going into
twelve feet of water and for a time entirely
disappeared, but by hard work and good
luck they were hauled out and saved. The
ice has served its purpose let it alone.
The committees appointed to solicit sub
scriptions for the destitute in Ireland are at
work and meeting with good success. Mich.
ael McLane, of the committee whose terri.
tory embraces the fourth ward, informs u.
that the subscriptions in that ward amount
to over $100,and that they expect to increase
it to $3.50. We have no figures from the
committees in the other wards, but under
stand that they are all meeting with encour.
aging success.
The neck tie sociable at the reform club
room last night, given by the young ladies
Of the Christian Temperance Union was a
we'll attended and very pleasant affair.
Although the admission was only ten cents
including Refreshments, which we're plenti..
full and of a good variety, the net receipts
were fully equal to the expectations of the
members of the society. The young ladies
of the Temperance Union rank high among
the popular institutions of Yankton.
Jadge Roberts stolen docket has been
found. It was discovered this morning
under q sidewalk on First street, and res
tored to the halls of justice from which it
had been purloined. Appearances indicated
that the book had occupied the place where
it vas found but a short time, but where its
abiding place was prior to its last Judgment
is not known. The circumstances connected
with its theft and whereabouts up to the
time of its finding are still being investigat.
ed, and may lead to an ~unrsyeling of the
mystery.
Yankton has had q colored exodus which
did not prove permanent. A colored man
Who was a r%oustabout on one Of the Powers
boats last summer, has been sick in Yank-
ton al winter of rheumatism and a charge
upon the county. Recently the county
commissioners, under the impression that
there was q marine hospital at Omaha,
shipped him TO that city, he procuring at
Sioux City 4 hospital ticket from John H.
Charles, manager of the Powers line. On
arriving at Omaha and finding that there
was no marine hospital there, the coiored
refugees applied to the authorities who
promptly purchased q ticket and shipped