Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-12-12

have entered the -four business.
1t is suggested that a public celeora-
ton and excursion on the arrival of the
North western would be in order.
A farmers team tried hard TO run
away this forenoon on Capitol street,
but the hang on of the owner prevented
1t.
The Northwestern round house re-
ceived its windows to-day, the long de-
layed Ger load of furnishing fixtures
having arrived.
Next Monday the Northwestern will
put in the crossing where its track run
through the Milwaukee track, just east
of Capitol street.
Clark West, who came in from his
farm this forenoon, brought along q dol.
lar and eighty cents worth of passen-
gers from the end: of the Northwestern
track.
Last nights Chrish church social at
| General Dennis residence was shorn Of
much of its usual numerical success by
| the intervention Of considerable snow
| clad distance.
The Yankton Student paper pub
ished by the college boys, is to be en-
lalged and otherwise improved. 1t is
already a periodical full of pith and
Journalistic juice.
A four months old son of Mr.. and
-
Mrs. Cosgrove, on Pine street, died yes
terday morning OF w%hooplng cough.
The funeral will occur tomorrow after
noon from the Catholic church.
The Press and Dakotaian has received
a limited supply of Christmas goods,
which may be seen and handled and
purchased at the counting room. 1t con-
slsts mostly of cards and stationery.
The tow mill has sixty tons of first
class tow on hand waiting for cars in
which it will he sent east. Besides the
stock now on hand the company has
shipped several car loads to eastern
dealers who pronounce 1t number one
material.
MIR. A. Is. Smith, father of our towns
men, Il. II. Smith, started this week fol
Washington territory, where he vii,
spend the winter. MI. Smith Is nearly
on the other side of four score years anc
ten and such a trip seems hazardous tt
so aged a man.
A party of citizene, in charge of The
city marshal, drove down to Schnidsr'l
landing yesterday afternoon to see thu
Northwestern cars cross the Jim. The
moving spectacle was viewed TO the en-
tire satisfaction of the excursioniste, ant
while their enthusiasm may have beef
tempered by the presence of the official
their report was, she's g comm boys.
Jacob Max has on exhibition at hi
, mammoth dry goods store a fine $500
Domestic sewing machine which will b
drawn by numbered tickets on the frs
day of 1856. Mr.. Max does not sell thes
tickets but with every bill of good
amounting to $l,00 paid for in cash, b
Igives a ticket and the lucky numbe
takes the machine. These machines re
: tail at $4,000 and the drawer of this on
will be indeed a lucky person.
The committee from the nations
board of underwriters, during their re
cent visit to Yankton, raised the basi
rates OF insurance ten cents. On som
:. risks the policy rate was raised and O
: others lowered. These gentlemen con
mented upon our fire fighting f%acilitie
n and stated that the rates for Yankto
= would be no higher than those of an
\ other Dakota town with as good fiji
protection. The committee went frol
Yankton to Vermillion. Elk Point az
Canton, where they will re-establish I'll
insurance rates.
There was q light fall of snow la
yesterday afternoon, which caused 9
apprehension in unscientific minds TIN
there was a blizzard behind the visit
ton. The premonitoly symptoms,
recorded in the Press and Dakotaian
daily official weather report, were not
q stormy nature. From SIX o'clo'
Wednesday night until two o'clock ye
terday afternoon the barometer steadi
). rose from 30.1A to 30,45. either of whit
is O fair weather figure. Close attentit
to our weather report will save peop
much unnecessary anxiety.
-. Miss Williams gave q very TAXI
presentation of Miss last evening a.
-. aside from the absence of the mecha
ical effect the play calls for, it was e
=. tertainingly rendered in all its detail
Aside from the interest absorbed by
heroine of the plot, Frank Coy's p'
sonation of the ~expounder OF t
"statoots" was the taking sensation
the evening. Yuba Bill was well p
scented by Mr.. Williams and j..
" Shelby as the villianous Mexican fal
earned attention. M'liss is one of
thrilling, blood and thunder vest
r dramas, but it contains its soft spots,
Nv of waich were we'll brought out by
company and its leading actors. L
in matinee audience with his Van
Try peculiarlties. This evening the Eng
be drama, "Driven from Home will
for presented. This is a new play on th
.n- boards and is one said to be full of
%terest. This evening will close the
son of the Little Duchess combinat
IN in YanktoE.