Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-02-02

luxuriously furnished. It is located in
the south rooms of the block and will
be. very comfortable when the occupant
is finally settled.
The Turner society completed arrange
ment3, at their meeting last night. for u
masquerade ball, to be given on the 22nd
of February. Tie committee promises
that it will be the feature OF the winter,
and preparations have been made for
such u result.
Agent Wicker. of this Northwestern, is
at last settled in bis new office in the
freight ware house and o commodious
Office it is. The business at this station
is picking up slowly and the increase
and Office facilities will make transac.
lions much easier for all concerned.
To-day has been partially favorable to
a renewal of active operations upon the
part of the ground hog. If be saw his
shadow he saw it dimly unless he came
out very late in the day, and we have
been educated to believe that we'll regu-
lated ground hogs put in an appearance
about breakfast time.
Dillon & Preston, of Mitchell, have
been appointed attorneys for the Mil
yankee railroad company, in place Of
Judge Trip, resigned. The place is
worth almost as much as a Judges salary
and Messrs Dillon & Preston, who are
most competent expounders of the law.
are to be congratulated.
Unless they are prohibited by order
of the court, the railroad condemnation
committee appointed by Judge Edger-
ton will act in the case of the North
western We. the Milwaukee. This com.
mittee will meet on the 10th inst. to ap
praise the value of the property used in
crossing the Milwaukee track in this
city.
j. M. King, Of this city, will shortly
remove to Tyndail whare he will estab-
fish an insurance agency in the interest
of the Yankton insurance company
Mr.. King Is well known as o thorough
business man and this qualification, JOIN
ed with his reputation for honest and
upright dealing, will be all the recon-
mendation that he needs. We congrat
ulate Iyndall on securing so good a cit
zen end wish Mr.. King much success.
The Mother Goose party on Friday
evening next is to be a very pleasant
affair. Invitations to the number of a
hundred have been issued, and music
the best and supper of the most inviting
will grace the occasion. The Goose
family have their parts thoroughly
learned, and those not in costume will
be expected to join in the dancing at all
times except in the two quadrilies de.
voted exclusively to the geese.
There was a gathering of sixty OF
seventy members of the Turner society
and their families at Turner hall last
evening in honor of the birthday Of Mrs
Otto Peemlller. Dancing, singing and
an interchange of social courtesies filled
the evening with pleasure. Mrs. Peemil
Ter was the recipient of numerous pres
ents from Yankton aud Wisconsin
friends which she will place among hel
treasures as reminders of the happy
OCCASION.
An advertisement in this paper calls FOL
bids for sinking an artesian we'll in the
oity park and for repairing the vel
which 10 supplies the city with artes
ian water. These bids are to be considered
and acted upon by the city authorities
and if deemed advisable a new well vii
be made upon the public grounds. 1t II
the intention of the city authorities tt
penetrate below the depth of the pre-
sent we'll and tap the supposed lowe
artesian stratum in search of O bette
flow and q better quality of water .hal
is now afforded.
MIR. Williams lecture at the Congrega
tlonal church this evening is one we Cal
recommend from long personal &C
quaintance with the lecturer and an &C
curate knowledge of his public career
He is n of the statesmen of the clde
northwest, a man of rare oratorlca
powers and scholarly attainments. Hi
subject, the American congress-, is one il
which every American citizen is interest
ed and we are now SO near d place in tn
union that we can begin to call ourselye
American citizens. This will be a de
lightful evening at the Congregations
church.
Baggage Master Warren Osborn, G
the Northwestern force at the depot
was the man who surrounded and col
rallied an insane woman who had escap
ed from the asylum this morning. o.
born spied the woman before she &c
to the depot. She came into the depo,
!, and sat down to warm herself at the firt
j, and while she did this Osborn sent
man to the hospital for help, havln
: concluded that she came from ther,
: When the attendants arrived th
patient was bundled into the wagon an
taken back to the asylum. She ha
. escaped from the asylum by means of
key concealed by her the night previor
and made her way across the prairie
the bitter cold of the night with onl
her ordinary indoor clothes upon he
That she escaped freezing 10 a wonder.
It has been ascertained that the lat
jury in the Dickey ease tame heal sent
9 ing that individual up for life on a We