Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-12-17

juvenile skaters.
The railroad men are making time
while the Gun shines.
Hay, hogs, flax straw and wood are
the chief commodities on the market.
Heavily loaded teams crossed on the
ice to-day, but the bridge is a little weak
in spots,
Near the Nebraska shore, this morn
ing, a team broke through the ice, but
was rescued.
Agent Z.ebach is having the walls and
ceiling of the United States express office
whitewashed.
Twenty wagon loads of hogs from
Bon Homme county, were marketed in
Yankton to-day,
The flag of the Merchants hotel is
flung to the breeze to-day I'M honor of
the Northwestern.
Bowling surprised the epicures this
morning With an array of salt sea mon
sters-lobsters, eels aud clans.
Pork has taken a tumble, having gone
down about twenty cents in the last few
days. Still receipts are large.
Clark & Son have presented Phil Keal-
ney post with a valuable clock, ter
which the boys are truly thankful.
Gravel for the Northwestern road is
beng procured from Wolf creek hills,
where a limited supply has been uncov-
cred.
Some of the den,zens of First street
enjoyed a matinee last night, for which
two of the parties engaged in it are in
the city Jail to-day,
Iowa papers assert that the c., B. & Q,
has an intention of building from Omaha
to Pierre, via. Yankton. This intention
is worthy of encouragement.
Temporary stock yards are being con
struoted by the Northwestern between
Broadway and Cedar streets. In the
spring the permanent stock yards viii
be built in the suburbs.
"Behold, l show you lolightsome
weather is what the governor of soutt
Dakota might truthf1lly say to the gov
ernor of north Dakota IN place of the
old anti-prohIbitlon remark.
Bower & Co., sausage manufacturers OF
Broadway, will make twenty Thousand
pounds of summer sausage. 1t can bt
manufactured here SO as to be sold mucl
cheaper than eastern prices.
Geo Wright, of Chamberlain, reached
this city last night with Henry Maxwell
who is charged with selling liquor to th'
Indians. Mr.. Wright placed his pris
oner in the United States jail.
a rehearsal for the the cantata: "Sant,
Claus Mistake; Or, the Bundle Q
. Sticks" was held at the NJ. E. church
This cantata will be given on Christina
f. eve, and the different parts will be takel
by little folks entirely. They are work
j. ing hard and the concert promises to b
excellent.
In ronnd numbers, three hundre
thousand yards of earth was removed j
making the Centreville. Yankton grad,
The city was credited with t~hirty-thre
:. thousand yards for its surrender of ha
interest in the railroad townsites, lea'
ing two hundred and sixty-seven thor
sand yards for it to pay for.
Many people ask US when our men
bers of the state Legislature are comm
home. There is no answer to the queI
ton. They may halt at Calamity farm
entrench themselves and throw out
skirmish line to feel the way as far
Fort Hanson, which is only q short d.
tapce beyond the eastern extension
the telephone system.
'r Company Z recently held |
D. meeting at which a large amount
a important business was transacted, bl
the boys evidently forgot one thir
which seems to US more than a me-
, business transaction, namely, that of e
- pressing their gratitude to the ladies
Yankton for the name in which the
labored during the late fair.
), It was expected that Assistant Supe
- intendent Sanborn, Assistant Freigl
Agent Mccullough and Station Agel
Wicker, of the Northwestern, would
IA here today, but their arrival has be.
IL delayed. Mr.. Blunt says.they will
IN here tomorrow and will then MAJ
III some arrangements about trains. II
probability now is that some kind OF
I'd time card will go into operation ne
b.. Monday.
he Parties familiar with the country 8
that a railroad line can be run frc
Yankton to Blunt ION the Pierre di'
of SION by which q G grade can be made WI
Nv. as little average cutting per mile as
I'd the Centreville- Yankton extension
about ten thousand yards to the mi
The distance is inside of two hundr
miles and the cost of the grade would
~ about three hundred thousand dolla
This would furnish q cheap roadbed.
Joseph Chambers lost draft for S.
he was returned to him this morning
Jacob Nissen, who found it last night
the hallway Of his residence. MIR. n
sen says he thinks it was blown
through an open door from the street
was brought in attached to some or
boot. After finding the draft he did
attach any value to 1t until reading
an reference to it in last nights Press
ap, Dakotaian. Mr.. Nissen's lucky find
At saved MIR, Chandler considera