Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-09-21

a. l.. Human has established q loan
and collection agency in this city.
Delegates from Pennington, Grand
Forks and Butleigh counties arrived
this afternoon.
Arrangements have been made for
giving a dance at q. A. r. hall on Thurs
day evening e
On account of the fair the Dakota
commercial college will not be in session
on Thursday and Friday of this week.
The Canton band discoursed sweet
music on the streets last night, and has
been out several times during the day.
A cane fakir and a rolette wheel for
cigars have opened for business and the
cane you ring the cane you get from
this day on.
The ladies of Christ church will serve
oysters and square meals every day from
6 until II O'Clock at their Third street
dining hall.
Yankton's city council last night
referred the electric light franchise mat
ter, which was taken up for discussion, to
the city attorney.
Room number 8, of the Morrison
house, occupied by Major A. W. Ed
wards, OF Fargo, was the scene of activity
up to a late hour last night.
La your rambles about the city don't
forget the delicious oysters and Lunches
that will be served at the G. A. r. DIN
ing hall on Third street. Proceeds go
into the post relief fund.
At the regular weekly prayer meeting
of the Congregational society which
occurs on Thursday evening next, a re-
port of the proceedings of the Congrs-
gational convention, which was recently
held at Plankinton, will be read.
A telegraph wire has been strung
between the convention hall and the
feir grounds and half hour bulletins of
the convention work will be sent to the
fair grounds. By this arrangement the
public can take in both entertainments
At the fair grounds to-day a scene OF
activity is presented to those who have
looked into the grounds. A large force
of men and teams is at work hauling ex-
hiblts to the grounds and putting them
away in the spaces allotted to each ex-
bibit. Already exhibits of live stock
grain and fruit have begun to arrive
and the fair will be @ success. II viii
open tomorrow morning.
49,
A fine specimen of the beaver femil,
attracted a crowd this afternoon while j
swan In the gutter in front of Piles
store. If Editor Sargent, Of the Herald
had happened to have been the oni,
person who saw it this weeks Heral,
would have contained a continued stor,
r%ecounting The beavers trip from Bis
marck via the big well, as the hydrant
> were open and water from the well wa
flowing down the gutter.
To-day a man who has resided so Ion
t in Dakota that he now has the priviIeg
OF proving up on land upon which b
has lived for five years went to the Ian
office In this city and presented a so
dler's discharge as n of his claims t
the land. Col. Hughes East took til
paper and upon turning to the back /
find the date of the filing was surprise
to read Filled for record this-day
March, 1866, Hughes East, Register
Deeds" Twenty years ago this man Or
sented this paper for filing at the regi
ter of deeds Office in Greene count
Indiana, when the register of tile Yanl
" non land Office was register OF deeds
Greene county. Both the soldier al
the register have in the years Sin,
: drifted westward and after a ifth of
Z century Col. East has the pleasure
gazing on a copy of his signature wbi,
has been preserved for that length
tine
Yankton is entertaining this week
is large number of strangers, among who
tn are q number OF the journalist citizens
e. Dakota. Among the number are 81
m Mnvar n of tho o. IN.