Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-04-21
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of the corner.
At the court house today everything
is quiet, excepting the grandjury, which
10 hard at work. The Yankton liquor
casas have been discussed by the men,
bsrs, ana Doc. Snaps shooting affair
looked into.
j.. A. Danforth will make other I'M
provements in Yankton beside the
building OF a brick block. He owns
several buildings, and on these he will
lay out considerable money, in plate
glass fronts, etc.
The first batch of express hatter on the
Northwestern noon train arrived to-day.
Although as yet business is light, this
midday express will be a matter OF
great convenience to our people, and
they will duly appreciate it.
At LAO p. m. to-day there left over the
Northwestern for Hebron. Morton coun-
ty, ID. T, six carloads of Russian emi-
grants from Scotland. The railroad
company furnished them, beside the
six box cars, a special coach for the use
OF the lame and halt. The train goes
right through to Hebron without change
Of cars.
a man was gazing at the clouds
to-day, and saying something about
cyclones when q farmer who heard some
OF his remarks, sssailed him, thus:
"Here your dod gasted insurance agent,
you quit that. Everybody in town is
insured against cyclones and you can't
get another application The man
gazed IN q cyclone sort of a way at the
farmer and both went their way.
In conversation to-day with "a man
who knows whereof he speaks, we
learned that the head officials Of the
Northwestern railroad company had en-
phaticaily stated. that there never would
be apool Of freight rates between the
Northwestern and the Milwaukee roads
on Yankton business. At present there
is an agreement upon certain ~classes Of
rates which is net in any way binding
on either road.
Fl. E, Buell. to-day began clearing the
lot on Douglas avenue just south of the
land Office which he recently purchased
and on which he will Immediately cree
a two story frame, brick venesred, bust.
ness block, which will be occupied by
the builder himself for a business house
MIR. Buell. wall put in a frat class stock
of fruits and fancy groceries. Work OF
the building will men Monda,
next. The structure will be 50122 il
size and will be the model block.
The railroad officials of both roads
who were in the city yesterday settled
the crossing matter, and laid out tn
track. The point where the North
csestern attempted to effect a crossing
last winter, will be the starting point o
the new track, which viii run to o poin
above on the Milwaukee, track, where
by a switch the trains will travel for
distance on the Milwaukee track, AM
then by another switch will leave tina
line and go to the pork house by a nev
track. This arrangement will giys bot
!, roads o place in which to transfer cars Q
freight without having to unload,
The following, from TIE jackson, Nc
: braska, Criterion, in reference to Mr.. I
: 7. kearney, formerly deputy postmaste
at this place, will be read with pleasur
by his many Yankton friends:
The Bank of Dakota County opene
up to-day and is now ready for bushes
In the Hefferan brick building. q.
Halstead, of Ponca, Is president and Et
II. Kearney, of Sheldon, Iowa, cashie
= and manager. Our business men al
farmers can depend upon courtroom
square dealing. We trust that all wi
recognize the advantage the be:a,s- wi
be to the town and help to make Iii 81,
cess. jackson may congratulate itse
. upon securing an institution with sh
capital and backing the Bank OF Dsko'
County has.