Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-12-11
G LACONICS.

Conrad LaDge's billiard hall is receiv.
ing q new hard pine floor.
To-iay's freight train from the east
was considerably behind time.
The Christmas trade has thus far been
excellent, SO the various dealers say.
The river closed at Pierre on the 9th
inst and teams were crossing the next
day.
No location has yet been made of the
proposed station between Yankton and
Wakonda.
The Western Union telegraph com
pany is building the new telegraph line
into Yankton.
The American express company has
decided to establish an independent Of
hce in Yankton.
Since the snow pot hunters are meet.
ing with good success gathering in cot.
ton tail rabbits.
The telegraph line along the North
western extension has been completed
as far as Wakonda.
The sheriff of McCook county brought
a patient for the asylum in on last
nights train from the west.
The first volume of General Grants
Memoirs is being delivered by the
agent to Yankton subscribers.
The tiremen sat up with their wet
hose last night and before morning it
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for use.
At Waknoda, during last weeks gale,
the lumber sheds of Qaeal & Co. were
blown down and their lumber piles scat
tered over the prairie.
w. B. Dean is putting up a coal shed
near the Milwaukee depot which will
hold about $50 tons of hard coal. This
is necessitated by the large increase in
Mr.. Deans business.
Among the recess appointments sent
to the senate yesterday by the president
we're those of L. D. Palmer for postmas-
ter at Yankton aud Maris Taylor for
surveyor general of Dakota.
Ex-Secretary Teller completed the
transfer of his Office to Secretary Nc
Cormack yesterday and started back to
Yankton, where he will settle down to
the enjoyment of life, free from official
cares.
Sheriff Brennan started this morning
for the Sioux Falls p~enitentlary with the
oonvicts Watson and Sharp, sentenced
in the territorial court TO two and one
halt and two and one-quarter years req
pectively.
At noon to-day the rails were laid
across the Jim and tonight the track
at Arend's farm. The bridge force
worked all night to complete the bridge.
If the tracklayers rest on Sunday tee
road will be completed into Yankton
Wednesday. If they work Sunday it
will reach here a day earlier.
4 difference of opinion regarding
wages due has risen between the bridge
contractor on the Northwestern and the
four men who qdit work a few days ago.
The men clam forty dollars more than
the contractor will pay and they have
commenced legal proceedings to secure
what they claim to be their due.
The enthusiasm of the bus owners has
waxed sc warm that Agent Dean was
compelled to take steps to prevent the
passengers, arriving on trains coming to
the city, from being crowded out of
place. Superintendent Underwood,
when in Yankton the last time, spoke of
the manner in which the representatives
of the transportation lines worked up
business and he probably suggested some
reform to Mr.. Dean, At any rate q line
has been marked across the platform
and after this all bus runners and hotel
criers will do their yelling west of the
line.
the cause of the fire at Col. English's
residence yesterday is credited to a
youthful member of the family, who
was playing with some matches in a
closet. BY way of amusement, he light
ed one and set fire to some garments
hanging in the closet, after which the
| child called the servant to see his bon
fire. The servant was too much fright
ened to attempt to put it out and ran
across the street to give the alarm,
while a little presence of mind and a
bucket of water would have extinguish-
cd the conhagratIon and Esaved the in
terror Of the house a thorough wetting.
Last evening the Little Duchess theat-
real combination presented the Hid
den Hand" to a fair audience at Turner
hall, with Miss Williams as Capitola aud
Mr.. Williams as Black Donald. The
play was well rendered, the most taking
character being Frank Coy's Wool, the
negro servant of Old Hurricane, whose
rendition Of the ludicroue phases of ne
gro character were admirable. This
company is one of excellent materia.
and whatever it undertakes s..artistically
carried out. Tonight it will appear IL
Brete Harte's comedy, "M'lise," will
Miss Williams in the purely origina
title character. "M'liss" is a wild ives
play, developing rough scenes with ten
der touches and Astounding in hume,
Yuba Bill, the Btage- driving hero of tn
plot, will be ~personated 10y Mr.. Will
liams. For tomorrow afternoon a mat,
nee is announced.
George FL. Hand had a somewha