Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-12-24
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! Christmas, with a large NJ

row.
The fire companies turned out las,
night under the lead of the new chief
Fred Kincel.
The ice in the river is a little more
Solid to-day than yesterday, and foot
passengers cross without fear.
The platforms around the Northwest.
ern depot are nearly completed, 'and
now the train halls there on it's arrival
There will be no freight train over
the Milwaukee road o.morrow. The
regular passenger. to Scotland will run
as usual,
The postotiice deliveries and money
order windows will be closed tomorrow
from II q. m. until after the distribution
of the eastern mail.
There will be preaching at the Norwe-
glan church to morrow at 1920 a. H.,
and 1850 p. M, also on Saturday eve-
ming at 1880 p. IN. by Rev. @. Knudson.
The ball at G. A. r. hall tomorrow
promises to be q way up affair. FL. W.
Pixies orchestra will furnish the music
and that organization has been practis.
ing for tomorrow night and will de-
liver first class music.
Rev. j. w, Melone, the new pastor OF
the A. NJ. e. church will reach Yankton
on this evenings train. Christmas rec
services will be celebrated at the church
to. morrow evening at 7:30, and divine
services will also be held on Sunday at
IL o'clock.
The lines of the Western Union tele-
graph company from Centreville to
Yankton Is within a mile of the CITY, but
he men are out of wire and the work
will be delayed until to-morrow's train
from Centreville arrives, when more
wire will be brought.
The alarm of fire sounded at 7 80 last
evening was occnsioned by the sparks
and flame arising from the cupalo of Mar
tin " Anderson's iron foundry, at which
place they were making a casting. The
tire boys responded quickly to the ring
of the bell, and the hose carts were half
way to the scene of the supposed fire
when the mistake was discovered.
VIM, Van Epps, who lives south of the
Milwaukee track near Jim river bridge
lost three horses this morning by a
rather queer accident. The train from
Yonkt0O ne II approocba5 {bo br;1oo
frightened the three animals, and they
tried to cross the river on the railroad
bridge and in the attempt fell off on the
ice below. and were all three killed.
Henry Elliott, of Beresford, Union
county, Dakota, came to Yankton yester-
day, to be examined by the board of
examiners tor pensions, and was ex-
ahmed by the beard at DR.. Turkopp's
office. What the result Of the examina-
ton will be We cannot say, but Mr..
Elliott served his country long and well
and now in his old age he ought surely
to receive some recognition. MIR. Elliott
is the first person who purchased a
ticket of the Northwestern line from
Centreville to Yankton, and that fact
entities h1-a to some recognition.
j. @. Mormann's name will go down
to posterity as one of the rustling hard
ware men of Yankton, but that which
will add a dazzling lustre to his memory
will be the fact that he has shipped the
first car load of freight from Yankton to
Chicago over the new railway. Yank-
ton sends to Chicago in this its first in
stallment of business ten tons of cast Off
and worn out clothes, from which it may
be reasonably inferred that Yankton has
thrown aside it's one railway garment
and put on It's bifurcated trunk line APP
parel.
1t is a pleasure to chronicle the fact
that Cal. Waguer's MINISTRIES appeared
at the opera house last night to a packed
house, and gave the best minstrel per-
Torrance ever given in the city. 1t
would be an ungrateful task to discrim-
mate in a performance hat was SO per-
feet in its entirety, therefore we refrain
from doing SO. The party is composed
of good singers, excellent musicians and
talented speciality artists. Their first
part was very pleasing, the songs being
catchy and the Jokes new. The second
part composed of the speclali-
ties ran smoothly and served to keep up
the interest of the audience until the
close of the performance. Laughter was
the order of the evening and there was
plenty of it. This party as it is organ
lied to-day is one of the very best on
the road, and need fear no opposition
Springfield Daily Republican.
There is no doubt but the great ma.
jority of the people here enjoy this
pleasant spell of weather. 1t is genuine
Dakota weather and we all like to call
the attention of Fioridlans and Italians
to it and rouse their envy. But when
the signal service makes o promise, even
though it threatens to temporarily de-
priye us of our genial atmosphere and
its boastful advantages, the people ex.
pect to have'the promise fulfilled. Yester-
day morning the cold wave signal was
flung to the breeze and we were
promised zero weather within
thlrty-six hours. Refreshing zephyrs
from the west began to float through
the busy streets, and every body said,
cit is coming" Much haste was made
by all classes of people to get ready for