Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-05-27
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ton only O few days longer. He is do.
ing good work here.
Workmen began to-day getting Harry
Katz's store front ready for the reception
of q plate glass addition.
Ed Edgerton will occupy M. P.
Ohlman's Cedar street residence when
the latter moves into the new house on
the hill.
The lightest trains, as regard to pas
ssngers, which have run into Yankton
for the past tow months were those
which came last night.
Rev. MIR. Clapp will deliver the men,
mortal address at Grand Army hall
Monday evening at the close of the
Memorial day exercises.
Mr.. Raymond, of the Raymond house,
is negotiating for a lease of the Morrison
house, Mr.. Wilcox having decided to
engage in some other business.
E. A. Odiorne has purchased l.. Ell.
Eliot's house and lot in vest Yapkton
and will occupy it in September. Mr..
Eliot contemplates migrating to
Florida.
A special stock train loaded with
sheep and cattle will leave Yankton
over n of the roads sometime this
week. Msssrs. Dougherty, Frerickson
and Watrous will own a greater portion
OF the stock.
My Bouquet is the name of a new
brand Of cigars being manufactured by
Yankton's cigar manufacturer, VIM. s.
Stockwell. The smokers are fine, and
when they are put on the market every
body should smoke them.
Fred Kincel has leased the Com
mercial hotel and will become "mine
host of that popular resort. He will
move his livery business to the COM
modious Commercial barns and there
continue that branch of his business.
A look at the fair grounds to-day leads
us to remark that the race track was
never in as good condition as 1t is at
present. Mr.. Steffin, who is at work on
il, has removed all the weeds and has
had the track rolled and hammered un-
til it is in fine shape.
The defamation for the prize. $25
offered by Prof. Churchill, of Andoyer,
to &c contested for by the students of
Yankton college. will come off next Fri
day. The college musical occurs one
week from last evening. Both will be
held in the Congregational church.
Tomorrow evening, at the Office OF
Campbell & Van Antwerp, a state
league for Yankton county is to be or
ganized. These leagues are rapidly
coming into fashion in south Dakota
and are becoming a political force which
will be felt in the coming statehood
work.
At the Milwaukee depot every evening
is gathered a crowd of bus men and ho-
tel representatives, and by the way OF
relief to the monotory of life thcy
frequently indulge in wordy wars, which
are entertaining to the public in general
and seem to spice the monotonous mo-
ments pending the coming of the train
Mrs. Ell. M. Barker, president Of the
W. CT. q. of Dakota, reached Yanktor
last evening, and at 4 o'clock this after,
noon she met about fifty of the young
ladies of this city, at the M. q. church
and q temperance organization, known
as the Young Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union was effected.
In referring to the coming celebration
Of the Fourth of July, members of til.
committee speak of 500 Indians who
will be in Yankton on that date. Tc
psople who have never seen the noble
red man in full war paint the sight OF
so many coffee coolers will be very in
teresting. Many other attractions will
also be found IN Yankton OF the 4th.
A vipitor to the Dakota Commercial
college any Of these days between thu
hours of 10 a. NJ. and II, or 2 p. M. and
4 p. m. or from s p. m. till 10 p. N. viii
find some twenty students deep in tht
mysteries of bookkeeping and penman
ship, who, under the efficient instruc
ton OF Prof. c. FL. Taylor, are making
rapid progress. The college ID getting
new students each week, end as Prof
/ Taylor las come to stay, in another
g year there will be a large school.
A federal official of the democrat
persuasion was seated on The end of on
of VIM. Blatt's revolving barrel churn
last evening, when the device ,whicI
prevents the concern from revolving
suddenly neglected to perform its Office
, For q fraction of al instant it looked q
though a Cyclone had shot up througI
, Biatt's front cellar window and was try
ing to escape by way of the root. Whel
the federal official had ceased his revolt
tlonary antics he said he guessed
would be advisable for him to avoi
barrel churns in the future, else M
lOleyeland might be called upon to fill
vacancy.
n e. @. Dudley contemplates construc
ing a catamaran for the use of pleasur
parties on the jim. 1t is proper to stat
Y that there are two kinds of catamaranl
One is q scolding woman and the othe
is q fat bottomed bout which cannot |
upset. It is to the latter species
Y which Mi. Dudley designs devoting b
attention and his mechanical genius. FL