Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-09-08

two measurements will appear in tn
council proceedings when the came ar
published.
There was q well attended sale of bee
cattle at the Yankton market this morn
ing of which $685. per cwt were paid TO
steers. There is no better place in Da
kota for disposing OF live stock or pro
ducts of any kind than the Yanktol
market. Buyers are always on hand.
The Iyndall nursery company mad,
a delivery of over $500 worth of straw
berry plants in Yankton yesterday. Thi
company has experimental in fruit tire,
culture in this section until they hay,
found just what trees will thrive
Almost all their stock is sure to grow
9aDkton, as 1t appears each day t.
people who have visited other Dakot.
towns, seems to be about seventeen
times as large as the largest. An7inquiry
Iamong our business men any day reveals
the fact that business is good, notwith
standing the presence of the dull season
Other places ara grooming about dull
times.
At the harvest home festival hello
Friday night in the rink, every variety
of farm produce will be on exhibition
The tables will be loaded
With luxuries such as pump
kin pies, beans, corn bread, beef and
bacon. Fruits in endless variety, suct
as melons. squashes, potatoes, buttermilk
sweet milk and ice cream will be dis
played. A we'll trained milk maid
brigade of Yankton fair young ladies
will keep order and describe to the
visitors the various articles on exhi.
bition. Excellent music will be render
ed and toasts delivered.
To-day John Clubhouse, an old Yank'
ton boy, goes to Trip, Dakota, m of the
new towns on the Scotland.M Mitchell
extension, where he will hold down the
station agents seat. This moves comes
along as a promotion for John, who has
long lived IN the Fountain City, and has
worked himself up from messenger boy
in the Western Union telegraph Office tc
the position of responsibility which il
now rendered him and which ne is well
able to fill. Agent Dean loses a valua'
BILE assistant at the Milwaukee depot al
this place, but Trip gains a good young
citizen. May John climb up the ladder
of railroad fame until he reaches the
general superintendent's chair.
The city council met in special session
this forenoon for the purpose of hearing
the report of the committee to which
was referred the matter Of tne electric
light franchise, but the committee moi
being ready with the report some minor
business was transacted and an adjourn
ment was taken until 8 o'clock at which
time the committee made the following
report: "We the committee to WHOM
was referred the petition of the Yapk.
ton electric light company do advise
that the ordinance as herewith present.
ed be put into effect by the council OF
this city" at the same time presenting
q substitute for the ordinance originally
presented, which had failed to pass.
After several Of the members of the
light company had been called in
and the substitute was read
by them it a decided to appoint q
committee OF the council which should
confer with the light company and re-
port back to the council tomorrow
evening. Some passages iu the revised
version of the ordinance are moi
altogether satisfactory and tomorrow
the matter will be rectified by the con-
ference. The mayor was instructed by
the council to extend to Congressman
Hill, OF Ohio, who is now in Huron, the
inequalities of Yankton and invite HIN
to visit this city before his return tt
Washington.
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