Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-07-31

county and territorial Indebtedness in
the territories.
The region from the Jim river east.
ward in Yankton county, was drenched
by yesterdays rain and last evening it
received another visitation. One farmer
from that section says three inches
of water fell, but that is putting it
strong, perhaps. From the west we have
heard only from Utica and there no rain
fell.
There was o spatter of rain in the city
about eleven o'clock last night, which
turned the dust to mud. For several
hours previous we were surrounded by,
angry looking clouds, leaving a clear sky
hole just about large enough to cover
the city. What is that about the rain
of heaven falling upon the just and the
unilst alike?
Rev. Charles Herald, of Chicago, will
preach and sing at the Congregational
church tomorrow morning and evening.
Morning subject: "Sons of God" Eve
ming subject: "Heart Disease" Sun
day school following the morning SER
vice. Young peoples meeting at Z. p.
M. A cordial invitation is extended to
all these services, especially to the Sun
day evening exercises, which will be
simple and informal.
Frank Hefner has q hen which has
foolishly built for herself a nest in the
grass near the barn. She bad several
eggs in q fair way to hatch Dretty soon.
but all her hopes were keocked IN the
head by q slight fall Of hail last night.
The hail stones demolished the eggs and
drove the hen from home. This norm
ing she was found back on the old nest
attempting to hatch out a pile of hail
stones, Her feet are frozen and the
nest is full of water and hen feathers.
Ir. front of the Dudley, Richey &
Gross block there is to be placed a
cobble stone gutter. When this work
OF art is completed its beauty and
efficiency will induce other property
owners to duplicate it. / Cobble stones
are plenty and cheap and if Third street
| was guttered with them arteslan streams
would ripple merrily over their surface
and remain as clear and clean as trout
brooks. Engineer Palmer recommended
this material for cutters several years
ago and he says it exists in abundance
in the leVee gravel bank.
The lovers of fine music IN Yankton
are soon to Lave an opportunity of in
dulging IN their ~favorite pastime. and if
that opportunity is missed it is liable to
be O cause of regret. The Andrews
| opera company are to render "Mikado"
in a manner most entertaining, which
statement is guaranteed by the list
of artists retained as the vo-
calists of the company. Ed. M.
Andrews is a signer of acknowledged
merit and as faithful presentation of
of 10 10 ranks first. The Andrews
company render the popular operate
lcomedy "Mikado'' in Yankton on Tues
day next.
In digging q water pipe ditch at the
intersection of Third and Capitol streets,
to-day, the workmen encountered some
thing made of heavy plank two feet
below the surface and five feet in the
street from the Bruce block sidewalk
Opinion had fully crystallized about
the conclusion hat the remains were
those of a prehistoric steamboat, OF
maybe Noah's. craft itself, when Mr.
Luebke dissipated the happiness of the
assembled aroheologists by positively
asserting that the substance was the
front ground projection of a cobbler't
shop which occupied that site Ions
before the food.
NJ. w. Hoyt and K. Schmidt, two O
the solid farmers of Cedar county
Nebraska, were in the city to-day OF
business. In answer to enquiries con
corning rain, they were both enthusias
tic, as their section was visited by
glorious soaking last night, which
makes the corn crop an assured success
They made the crossing Of the river il
skiffs and are very well contented wit
that sfnethod Of feriiage, unit
this city is able to build BOAT of its owl
to be operated by a man paid by tn
city and run free. Individual owners Q
boats are inclined to be somewhat in
dependent. Mr.. Hoyt thinks he speak
! for a large number of Nebraska farmer
on this subject.
at last nights meeting of the counci
the application of Andrew Larson fo
: the Observation-Disclosures ferry franchis
was considered and referred to the CON
:. mittee on finance and taxation, who wi
report to the council this evening, whe
the matter will probably be decided
MIR. Larson formerly had charge of terr
a matters and is very much liked by th
4 Nebraska patrons of the ferry boat. Il
has a boat at Sioux City, which he pr
II poses to put in here, if he gets the fra,
chlse. 1t is q much smaller boat tina
the Senator, but is presumed to b
d servicable, as all river craft have to pas
90 official inspection before running
Captain WATSON is repairing the Senate
and hopes to have her ready for seryic
- in a week or two. The public is mainl
"a interested in restoring communicate
with Nebraska and the shortest route
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