Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-01-04


that individual by registered letter.
This is piling it On thick-maklng the
Missouri senator give his receipt fer
the document which leaves him so hope
iessly stranded amid the breakers of his
OWL raShness.
The Y~anktonians who have been So
licited to contribute to the Washington-
ian fund have not yet found time to re-
ply to the assessment. They allege that
true greatness IN a statesman IS best
exemplitied through a quiet and unas.
suming raid on his W pocket book.
Their reward is in the future.
DR.. It. D.. Hall has rented for an Office
the room in the First National bank
block just south of the old Grnber office,
and will begin the practice of medicine
IN Yankton at once. DIR. Hall was an
aspirant tor the Office of superintendent
at the insane hospital, but a cog slipped
somewhere and he did not get there.
On Friday evening of this week the
Redpath concert company will appear
at Turner hall, giving to Yankton one
of their choice entertainments. This is
q musical organization of US much merit
as the Mendelsshon club, being com
posed Of the best talent a~ttainable,
The prices are put down to forty, fifty
and sixty cents. The programme is
published in this issue.
The annual meeting of the Yankton
Building and Loan association for the
election OF officers and directors will be
held a week from tonight, when it il
hoped every member will be present
For so young an enterprise the ~associa'
ton is IN q most Furnishing condition.
There is over $4,000 worth of the stock
already taken and the committee OF
subscription hope to make it $4,000 by
the llth.
General Campbell has received letters
of congratulation over his Vest letter
from numerous distinguished gentle
men, among them Senator Harrison. Da,
kota's champion in the senate. Senator
Sherman has also written O letter to Q
member of the state executive commit
tee expressing a high appreciation o
General Campbell's ability and loyalty
Senator Sherman knew him in Louisi
ana.
The force Of officials at the North
western depot in this city are: A. r
Wicker, station agent; j. r. Howe, as
sistant and operator; Warren Osborne
baggage and freight master; J. G. Orr
night Waterman. Beside these there ii
q force of six section men, the section
boss, Mr.. Patterson, and the engine
wipers at the round house. All thes,
men make Yankton their home, and th'
train forces lay up here nights.
Some of our citizens are seriously con,
sidering a scheme for supplying Yank
ton with the electric light. Theis dia
| gram places burners III the centre of the
intersections of Third street with Broad
way, Cedar, Walnut, Douglas and Capi
tol. This would furnish light TO thu
entire business portion of the city anG
to a considerable share of the resi-,
dence portion. The expense of main
tanning five lights would not be great.
The two story brick building on Broad
way, just vacated by Louis Gust, hai
been rented by Go. e as an armory, ant
| the arms and fixtures of the old armor,
on Cedar street moved thereto. TIL
lower room, "A by 70 feet, will be useC
as q drill hall, while In the second stor,
the arms and uniforms Will be kept
This makes more comfortable quarter
than those left by the company, and tn
boys ought to have greater interest tina
aver in the company.
A plan to straighten the Rhine be
tween Cedar street and Douglas avenu
is taking shape. a consummation o
the plan under discussion would carr
the water down the center of Seyentl
street and reclaim considerable propert
now rendered valueless by the encroacE
ments of the creek. This would estat
fish the first link In q suggested in
provement for making Seventh stree
the channel of the Rhine all the wa
from Cedar to Pearl street and eventu
ally causing it to do sewerage duty.
Because of the rapidly increasing bus
ness and excellent general reputa
ton OF the Yankton insurance compan,
under the management OF Captain Tai
ner, the Farmers insurance company,
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has been compelle
to withdraw from Dakota. Dakota il
surers are SO well satisfied with I'll
!, Yankton company that they have I
use for o foreign corporation. Our con
!, pany has made,by prompt payments ar
: honest dealing, . reputation which
rapidly overcoming all competition.
:, Maclagan & Pierce, of Knox cou
ty, Nebraska, which touches the Mi
souri, river just above Yankton, are pc
{ fecting the organization of the Nebrasl
cattle company, which is to begin it's e
9 ~igtence with o capital OF twenty-fi
q thousand pounds. This compa,
has for its object the acquisiti
8 of ranch property in Knox county up
which young beef will be grazed al
fattened for the market. Maclagan
Pierce already control a large area
valuable grazing land in Knox coun
1r where they have been engaged in cat
lr growing long enough to satisfy the