Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-02-22
5urns tonight the appointment must be

over frequent fires of unknown origin
Our last two fires have apparently beer
accidental. Still there is a chance tina
they might have been incendiary.
The social gathering at Mrs. Wallac.
Bruce.s Saturday night is spoken of b,
the participants as one OF Yankton't
pleasantest affairs and to Mrs. Bruce
: they give the credit of being an admira,
BILE hostess.
Some man or men living in lower
Yankton got up last night and went
around among the neighbors and woke
them up telling them that the river had
broken up and a repetition of the food
of 1881 was on the programme.
Two of the inmates of the county jail
we're released on Saturday. Christian
Dickmap, charged with rape, procured
bonds, and Johan Jungsclous, having
served his sentence, was released. The
latter was incarcerated for firing the
prairie.
The card party at Commodore Conl-
sons Saturday evening consisted merely
of q stag quartette who sat down ali by
themselves to q quiet evening at euchre,
The contestants were the commodore,
FL. s. Gamble, E. e. Hudson and DR..
Roane. No prizes.
Colonel Wagner, who is making his
headquarters at Wakonda for o few weeks
is organizing a singing clafs there to
drive dull monotony away. He says the
trade in organs and sewing machines at
that point is brisk, everybody feeling
happy over financial and business pro-
spects.
The TurnSrs have made the greatest
preparation for their masquerade ball
tonight and expect to have a grand
time as the costumes are nearly all taken
and many persons have made their own.
The hall has been beautifully decorated
and good music will be in attendance.
An admission fee of twenty-five cents
will be charged for spectators.
Governor Ziebach is in Yankton to
make out his official bond and will re.
NAN over until tomorrow afternoon,
He had forgotten about the Washington
birthday holiday and came here to tran.
saot business to-day. He is of the opin.
ion that his commission will be along in
about two weeks and then he will as.
sumo the duties of receiver of the Yank.
ton land office.
1t was remarked by one of them to.
day, and seconded by several others,
that the ladies of Yankton should de-
vote their surplus time and energies to
an entertainment for the benefit of the
iremen of Yankton, who SO well deserve
the recognition of the public for their
unpaid labor in behalf of the preserva-
ton of property. There is something
very sensible about this suggestion.
On Wednesday evening of next week
there will occur at Yankton college al
event which has been looked forward
to with a great deal of interest by the
students. 1t is a debate, on the tariff
question. between Messrs. Paul Pierce
and Louden Kelly for the affirmative
with r. s. Cooley and Sydney g,
Gale for the negative. The debaters
have madeseveral months preparation
and will no doubt entertain then
listeners. {,
The executive board of the Catholic
church of this city for the past yea
were succeeded by q new set of officers
chosen at yesterdays annual meeting o.
the church. Messrs. III. Conley, Johr
Schiffman, d. M. McDevitt, and 7. ]
Williams compose the new executive
committee. Messrs. Williams as treasur
er and Conley as secretary, together
with the vicar general and the bishop
and the parish priest form what is know
as the board of incorporators for THU
diocese.
There is a constant drain on the relic
fund of Phil Kearney post, all thu
money it can procure going to the relic
of the sick and the distressed. AS the
treasury is nov nearly empty, the ladie.
of the relief corps have arranged for al
entertainment at Grand Army hal
Wednesday evening, which will consis
of a supper music and tableaux. Th,
proceeds of this entertainment will b.
devoted to the purchase of articles for
fair, to be given the first OF April. a
which if is hoped a considerable funt
will be realized.
The revival meetings at the Congrega
tional church began yesterday and there
was a large attendance. The choir, con
sisting of fifty voices, d~iscourset
delightful music, while Mr.. Herald
solos and Mr.. Clapp's never tirlng pulpi
utterances were very entertaining. Il
the evening the regular meeting we
held, after which came q half hour c
testimonials, to which a large numbe
remained and not q few made remarke
The meeting will be held every nigh
this week, except Saturday and on seN
eral afternoons also.
On Saturday night, while Charlie Ei
wards was passing along Third stree
and when he was crossing in front of tt
vacant lots between the Fargo block an
Schepperheyn's saloon, a heavy woode
frame which Is used by grocers to re
barrels upon wagon boxes, were blow
i by the wind FROM its resting pla,
against the wall of the Fargo bloc
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