Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-12-23
G LAC0NICs,

Walter Cars candy sales up to two
O'clock this afternoon were more than
three hundred pounds.
The cold wave flag was hoisted at II
a. N, to-day, in accordance with instruc-
tions from Washington.
Frank Albright, the advance agent of
Cal. Wagners minstrel company, is in
the city to-day, and will bill the town
for the coming of the show.
The decided change in the outside
temperature, is the forerunner of the
cold wave which is advertised as coming
within the next thirty-six hours.
Messrs. John Pennington jr, and Har-
ry W. Human, ore making arrangements
for presenting theli friends IN Yankton
with something new in the line of holt
day reading matter.
1t is in no spirit of boasting that the
Press and Dakotaian mentions it's pre-
diction made yesterday regarding q
change in the weather-some twelve
hours ID advance OF the regular bureau.
The Oshkosh lumber company at Scot.
land, has sold out it's business to r.
Mcmillan & Co. w. B. Robinson, who
has been in charge of the retiring COM
pany's interests, will continue as man
ager.
The proprietor of the Harrington
stage line left his vehicle and team on
the other shore to-day, crossing the ice
bridge with about 500 pounds of freight.
The ice is regarded as safe for foot pas.
sengers.
The mar Bennett, who is serving out
q sentence in the city jail for assault and
battery, is suspected Of having some.
thing to do with the robbery of last
week, and he is patiently waiting de.
velopments.
Third street has presented a very
gratifying spectacle of activity to-day
The farmers have been in to gather uE
their holiday supplies and sell their pro
duce, and the stores have been throngeG
with customers.
The regular annual election for officers
OF Yankton chapter, r. A. M, was hello
last evening at the lodge room when the
following were selected: l.. B. French
81. P. D.; f. Etter, K; E. G. Smith
scribe; j. Il. Sanborn, treasurer; e. Fl
Van Antwerp, secretary.
jeff Wilcox, the proprietor of th'
Madison house in this city, sustained
serious financial loss to-day, in thu
death of one of his fine horses which b,
has driven on his hotel bus. The ANNA
died suddenly, and lung fever is TIN
supposed cause.
The eyergreens which were ordered b,
the various churches have failed to ar
rive in some cases, and providing the.
get here on to.dav's freight the time i
which to trim the churches will be muc.
abbreviated; therefore when the green
arrive there should be a large turnou
, of workers.
The last rail on the Yankton-Centr.
Vile line of the Northwestern was lai
on Monday. with the exception of til
Q tracks into the round house from til
s turn table. Carpenters are at work Q
f the doors. for the round house and
soon as those are in place the track wi
be laid into the building and the trac.
] laying business will be complete.
Robert Cooley, the ~janitor at Yanktt
college, has found out at last who pullt
= the bell-rope at the college one mig.
some time ago. and he mentions Il
names of three students as the culprit
We know that the faculty think tn
are followers of the good old precel
early to bed, etc, and therefore we W
be silent as to their names.
U John Mcclure, one of the earliest re
I'd dents of Yankton, and who at one til
at was financially comfortably situate
but who as the saying is, has allow
whisky to get the better of him, l
a. been taken in charge by the county {
g. thorities and is living in tie cour
Ia poor house. This is one of the W
ng sad cases wherein a strong man is
orally overcome and dragged in the d
by his appetite.