Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-12-01

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the purchase, the new bus will be an i'm
portant addition to the city trsnsporta
ton facilities.
Yesterday afternoon the last pile wal
driven for the Northwestern railroad
bridge across the slough neal the Nor
wegian church. Between this slough
and Yankton the only bridge is the one
across the Jim and that will be ready
by the time the track reaches it.
Under the new letting of contracts the
direct mail route between Yankton and
harrington Is to be discontinued and
merged into the down river route.
When this arrangement goes into effect
one route will supply st. Helena, st,
James and Harrington with overland
mail.
The last load of 1000 bushels of corn
was husked to-day on the Stone farm
The owners of the farm lost every hog
but three by the cholera, and now have
all this corn on their hands to be dis.
posed by selling instead of being fed
to hogs as was intended when the crop
was put in.
The railroad pile driver which has
been in use at the slough neal the Nor.
wegian church, having performed ita
office at that point, was yesterday re-
moved up the jim and put to work.
There are now three pile drivers at work
pounding down the underpinning for
the Jim river railroad bridge.
In Judge Learned's court to-day,
Alfred, George and Alvin Conrad. were
arraigned for killing q steer, and
taking part away, belonging to Frank
Huber, mention of which has been pre-
viously made in these columns. The
young men plead guilty, and are to be
discharged upon paying the costs of the
action and the value of hthe steer. They
ars out endeavoring to raise the shekels
this afternoon.
Last evening the Yankton building
and loan association was organized at
the office of e. Ell. YanAntwerp. Articles
of incorporation were adopted and the
following temporary officers elected: E
G. Dudley, president; j. r. Shaw, vice
president; E. A. Bruce, treasurer; F. B
Lynch, secretary; E. H. Van Antwerp
attorney; d. N. Gross, @. Warner, J. M
Hammond, 0. E. Sampson and E. j
Lynch, directors. Persons DESTROYS Of
securing stock in tho organization will
be accommodated on application to E
A. Bruce or f. B. Lynch.
Saturday night reformation was star
ing me in the face, and here I am
drunk" was the plaintive remark of o
young man last night. mo sir" said
he, prohibition does not prohibit. ]
voted for prohibition the other day
and l don't notice that it has any effect,
and the people around me are of the
same opinion. AS 1 before remarked,
Saturday reformation seemed staring me
in the face, but here l go again" And
the careless young man took some more
filing and sat down to ruminate. He
was evidently disappointed in the re.
turns from his vote.
In the case of Christian Briefly, who
was arrested and brought into the city
on Sunday charged with assault and
battery upon the person of his wife,
there has been some queer develop.
ments. 1t was reported that the hus.
band had dangerously injured his wife
by striking her with some heavy instru.
ment. but investigation brought forth
the fact that the parties do not know
whether the man struck her or whether
a horse kicked ner. 1t was also reported
that she was not expected to live, bnt
such is not the case, as the doctors say
to-day that she was not at all dangerous
ly hurt. The husband has been released
on bail.
Compliments of Gus Gilbert, OF
Parker, petit juryman. Old friend OF
Press and Dakotaian, "ls the legend which
accompanies 3 box of cigars. From this
time henceforward the petit juryman has
a warm place in the editorial heart and
we forever defend them against any and
all aspersions whatsoever. Gus Gilbert'e
thoughtfulness is a reminder of days
gone by, when u beneficent friend was
one of the few who stood guard upon the
edge of the %world-the bowling, tenant.
less plains of Dakota, storm swept and
g%rasshopper ridden and altogether for
bidding. Gus kept a little store in
Swan Lake and between him and
the north pole there was no one
excepting the Sisseton Indians
In those days Yankton was the only
railroad point in Dakota and Gus and
his few neighbors used to come oyel
from Swan Lake to look at Charley
Wicker's wheezy, knock kneed iror
horses and have a sociable time with the
natives. He has since moved to the thirty
ing townof Parker, enlarged his business
grown with Dakota and has now reached
that comfortable condition of ~afluenct
where he can bestow boxes of cigars
upon his fellow sufferers of years gon.
by. May his shadow never grow lesI
and may he frequently be drawn on til.
jury.
Farm Mortgage loans at 8 pei
cent. JNO. l.. PENNINGTON
Money to Loan on Iarm prop
erfy on fhe most fayorahJs