Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-12-18
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street, this evening.
No bus stands having been established
for the Northwestern trains, tue center
of Douglas avenue is temporarily used.
The regular meeting of the Y. q. l.. S.
of Yankton college. will be held this
evening at the club rooms in the college
building.
Miss Ida Powers entertained her
friends, both old and young, at her faith
er's residence last evening. A pleasant
time is reported.
Teams were crossing on the ice this
forenoon, but 1t is unsafe and this after
noon there has been little travel over
the winter bridge,
A male inmate of the asylum eluded
the vigilance of the attendants yester-
day and up to a lato hour last night had
not been captured.
The workmen are placing the new
rolls of the Excelsior mill in place to.
day Work on the mill is progressing
fsvOrably and the institution will be IL
running order before very long.
Tylsr & Nissen are putting together
to-day a new dray, which was manufac'
tured by them for Ole Nelson, one of oul
draymap, 1t is a handsome piece Ct
work, and reflects credit IN the makers
Fl. B. Wynn, j. B. Wynn and Samue.
3 Vance devoted yesterday TO the pursuit
. of game in Nebraska, but met with only
!; Indifferent success. Quails have learned
to move on just before the hunter gett
within gunshot.
The scholars OF the public schools ore
worrying over the results of the vaca
tons examinations which are taking
place during the last days of the term
r Hope is depicted on every countenance
and many varied surprises await the
Istudents.
j. d. Good, the superintendent O
construction of the Western Union tele
. graph company, is in the city to-day
Mr.. Good has a force of men at work OF
} the telegraph line between Centrevillt
and Yankton and has completed the lint
to within eight miles of this city.
The young peoples mission band o
the Congregational church will give
Christmas sociablc at d. N. Gross resi-
. dence this evening, to which everybod
is invited. There will be o large numbe
of handsome Christmas and New Year
cards and other articles for sale durin
the evening, and the young folks wan
to see all their friends.
James K~ingsbury is at work plaster
ing the front rooms in the second stor
of the Fargo block, on Third stree
These rooms are to be occupied whe
. finished by !. Il. Teller, as a law office
and J. 2. Cr2nnan, as his land and loa
- agency. They are said to be the be'
arranged suite Of rooms il the city, en-.
= can surely boast of 0 fine location.
A proprietress of one of the Fir!
street resorts complains that the no
%turnal devilment of Second street is il
variably charged up by the newspaper
to First street. She says Second stree
in reality quietly harbors more wicked
ness than the long suffering river frol
and that it is discouraglng to labor
l. behalf of law and order and then be he
responsible for the evil deeds of irrespol
sibte, unlicensed deyotees of sin on IL
next street back. There appears to |
: some force in her allegations.
{, The agents OF the American expire
company, who were in the city yeste
day, appointed Ralph M. Ward as the
agent at Yankton. 1t is the intention
n the American company to have Il
ry agency at Yankton the most compile
be in Its outfit, and the best equipp'
or agency in Dakota. A new wagon al
n harness will be put in use but for t
ar. present a horse will be rented from sor
one N Yankton. Business will beg
probably o week from next Monday, al
that the interest of the company, and
patrons, will be looked after in the be
ia possible way, is assured when we call
mind the selection of an agent by t
company.
ib- H5oe'o - - -
ano the celebrated Florida red snapt
at the City Fish Market, Third street.
Go to H. W. Pixies and see the net
Of tains of toys aud Christmas goo
tv cheaper than ever. First come Fl