Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-01-07

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got dose monishP"
Seats are selling rapidly for the Red.
path concert tomorrow evening. and in;
dications are good for q popular turn
out.
In the case of Mulligsn versus Nc.
Donald, before Justice Learned yester.
day, the plaintiff secured judgment in
the sum of $50.
The pail of water scene in the Jack
Jill act of the Mother Goose drama is to
be omitted out of consideration for the
feelings of the audience.
Trains on the Iowa division of the
Northwestern were abandoned this
morning, which makes it appear that
the storm king is distributing his favors
without local prejudice.
Agent Wicker has been sleeping on
hotel beds since his arrival in the city
until last night, when his bedding ar
riyed from Chicago. He had just made
up his mind to camp OF the broad
prairie with nothing for covering but
the bowls and signs of the passing
zephyrs, when the train arrived and
bed apparel more substantial was un-
loaded from the cars. He rooms in his
office henceforth until his family ar
rives.
Little can be ascertained to-day rela-
tive to the effect of the storm on the
trains due at Yankton tonight. The
tracks leading out of Yankton to Sioux
| City, Hawarden aud Scotland are said
to be clear. The Milwaukee road and
the Northwestern in northern Iowa and
the Illinois Central are blockaded. The
Milwaukee line through Dakota to
Chamberlain has not recovered from the
blockade by the Sunday storm. This
moons train into Yankton over the
N Jrthwestern arrived on time.
Rev. d. b. Nichols writes from Bon
Homme: eve have been holding
special serv ces here eighteen days
with q few exceptions in the new church
We had watch meeting N New Years
night. At that meeting five young men
aud four young Indies rose and declared
their purpose to lead q new HE. We
have had as many as thirty OF a night
rise for prayers. The meetings will be
continued this week and may be next,
The good purpose of the builders at
home and abroad is being realized in
the salvation of souls. We have no one
to help us but the promise, we are go
wokers together with God"
Judge White says he is more in favor
of division to-day han he has ever been
He wants to be fenced off from the eoun
Try which sends US these polar storms.
Telegraphic service is badly democrat
lied to-day. Between Yankton anG
Scotland the line refuses to work, and
between Yankton and Omaha the con
neotion IS weak. From Omaha eastward
as far sas Des Moines but n wire il
working, and from Des Moines eastward
all telegraphlc communication is sew
cred. All points in Iowa, Nebraska ant
Dakota are being served via st. Pau
and but one wire connects that city will
the Missouri river country. This con
dition indicates that our storm is ia;
reaching.
Events which have transpired since
our last issue convince US that mai
knoweth not at what hour the cold way'
signal may appear. But yesterday W
were Dragging about the mild an(
baImy weather of Dakota and to.da,
. the conceit is all taken out of US by
frozsn norther with o blizzardy breath
1t was about six O'Clock last evening
that tho Hop arrived. The wind shifte'
from the south to the north and a blind
ing cloud of snow came with the frs
change. All day long the bowling bias
has kept on reminding us that this
:. the cold time of the year. The most ur
pleasant feature of the visitation is th
possibility that there are some whoe
: poverty makes them sufferers from tb
: rigors of the season.
On this twelve below zero, thirt
miles an hour wind day the writer
warmed somewhat by a letter from y
mother, sent from Los Angeles, Gal
%fornia. 1t speaks of hedges all abloor
n blossoming %geraniums in the garde
ut leafy trees, oranges just taken from Il
i, trees and vegetables freshly pulle
This is a situation comfortable enouE
~ when looked upon through the icy 6
.t mosphere of present surroundings, y
a it must be that distance lends enchar
ment to the view. The go'
j., lady writes that she b
l., tired of semi-tropical monotony al
is actually pining for q vigorous Dako
blizzard. Lulu and May Pennington,
their letters from Texas to those
home. mention the budding trees a
% the blossomipg shrubs and the hills a
:, valleys clad in green. Imagination c
hardly realize it all to-day and furtl
consideration is deferred until the ba'
az bone of the cold snap is broken,
ISL At G.. a. r. hall last evening occurl
les the installation of officers for the en-
o. ing year of both Phil Kesrney post 9
Die the Woman's Relief corps. The ladies /
IN prepared an elegant supper and a sh
programme OF speech making was {
us ried out. This affair was not pub
re- only the comrades and their families