Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-12-16

will be paid off in Yankton.
l.. Rundell, the piano tuner, is in the
city. Orders for tuning may be left at
j. 7. Wagoner's music store.
Twenty-Five wagons loaded with live
hogs were counted passing down Third
street at one time this forenoon,
Would Yankton exchange it's $50, 600
railroad Tor a $500, 900 capitol? THIS is
almost an unnecessary question.
The Northwestern construction train
which arrived from the east at eleven
tlis forenoon brought a few passengers.
Enough city bonds have been sold to
meet the cost of the new railroad, $52,-
600, and the balance of the $751; 600 viii
be destroyed.
Joe Emerson, gardener at the insane
asylum, has raised this year Ss,624 worth
of vegetables. Joe is worth his weight
in gold to an insane asylum.
At the meeting of Company e last
evening a large amount of important
business was transacted, and those who
were not on hand missed an interesting
meeting.
The young ladies' mission band of
the Congregational church will hold a
sociable at the residence of d. N. Gross,
on Friday evening next, to which every
one is invited.
No platform has yet been built at the
Northwestern passenger depot, but it
will speedily follow the completion OF
the track. Workmen are finishing the
interior of the building to-day.
There was lively work at Turner hall
last evening by the ladies of the Turner
society. They are dressing q Christmas
tree eighteen feet high and adjoining
the hall for the holiday festivities.
Yesterday was an unlucky day for q
couple of our citizens. J. G. Chandler
lost a draft for $500 and Otto Peemiiie,
o draft for $i5. Payment has been
stopped on both these drafts and they
are valueless.
At the camp fire tonight Department
Commander W. Y. Lucas will reply tc
the toast, "The Purpose of the Civil
War and its Results, from the Union
Standpoint" The "army bean nice and
clean" will also be present.
Heavily loaded teams are crossing or
the ice bridge to-day. A resident of Ce.
dar county who has cut d hole in the ice
from which to take water, is greatly sur
prised to find the ice eighteen inches il
thickness. Yesterdays sunshine did moi
weaken the ice in the least.
lPhil Kearney post will give another
of its enjoyable camp fires at Crane
Army hall this evening. Captain. W
Y. Lucas, commander of the department
of Dakota, a war veteran and a veteran
story teller and singer, will be there and
help entertain the audience. Other en-
PERTAINING speakers will be present.
The various schools of the city viii
close on Friday of this week for the
holiday vacation, excepting Yanktor
college and the high school The tern
at the college closes on Tuesday moor
and the students will be allowed two
weeks in which to do as they please
The nigh school closes Tuesday night
The sisters school (Catholic) will clos,
on Friday and three weeks of vacation
will ensue. The Christ church parish
school closes on Friday also.
The jokers fixed up a job on Conrad
Lange last night which worked vel
for a time, but soon fell through in th,
anxiety of one of the party to secure
something wet in honor oil the event
Lange has a ticket in the Louisiana lot
terry, which gave it's regular drawing yes
terday, and about seven o'clock in tn
evening a telegram was handed him b
a boy announcing that his ticket ha'
dawn the big prize. 1t was a momen
foil of hilarious hopes and the effect o
the reaction which followed may be dis
astrous to Mr. Lange's constitution.
Henry Balmat, who has Tor the pas
ten years been in the saloon business i
Yankton, has sold his bar fixtures an
saloon furniture to S. W. Wilcox, {
Tyndall, who has rented the BalmG
block and will continue the business 6
the old stand. Mr.. Balmat during tb
time of his business life in Yankton hf
been twice made nearly penniless b
fire, and has had numerous other di
couraglng experiences in the bushes
the last of which was the preparation {
an awful crime in his place of bushes
namely the killing of Thomas O'Brle
by W. Il. Dickey. Mr.. Balmat has rem
ed another building and will start hir
self in the boot aud shoe business.
The installation of the officers electt
in November last took place at Il
meeting of st. Johns lodge, A. L. and
M, last night. The ceremonies we
conducted by the retiring W. NJ, Maj
Dewitt, assisted by other old officers al
members of the lodge. The following
a list of the officers as they now are: Y
S. Goodwin, W. NJ; d. McCalljy, S. "
CT. English, j. W; A. E. Colby, secl
tary; j. r Sanborn, treasurer; w.
Monroe, S. d.; D.. s. Porter. j. d.;
Grebe, f. H,ziebach, masters of Gel
d monies M. A. Baker, tyler. j, r. So
g born aud A. Z. Colby hold over in TIL,
respective positions, but they are t
only ones. The meeting is described
highly interesting by those who
+" tended.
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