Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-04-27

-nIlo years ago, lie ~ between
those dates the ground froze six inches
deep. But there have been decided
Climatic notifications since those earl,
days.
Thursday evening Colonel Wagone,
Will present to the people Of Yanksor
the iavorlte Mendelsshon quiptette club
2 musical organization which for year
has given to the public it's choices
music. Colonel Wagner is enterpr1s
ing in the amusement line aad his
efforts deserve public encouragement.
10 to-day's freight train from the esst
over the Milwaukee there were twenty
cars loaded with men, horses, scrapers
and pfows, en- route for Scotland, where
the force will begin at once the grading
OF the first fifteen miles of the Scotland.
Mitchell grade. Mark and Jno. Naugh.
ton, of Vermillion, have the contrac!
and this force is under their direction
A meeting of the projectors of Yank.
tons electric light system is being
held late this afternoon for the pur.
pose OF organizing the company and
electing a board of directors. After this
is accomplished the system of light to
be used in Yankton will be- decided
upon and o contract closed for the
plant. There are SO many varieties o.
electric lights, all possessing merit, that
a choice is difficult.
AT an early this morning q mes,
senger reached Town from the neighbor.
hood osssS5shnsIbsr's fai1a, which is loca.
tedabont seven miles northeast of the
city, with the startling information thai
there had been found, YESTERDAY, on the
bank of Rhine creek, the body al
a man which was in a
bad state of decomposition. Coroner
Turkopp was informed of the fact, and
he started as soon as possible, intending
to hold an inquest over the find. After
he and Constable Human had arrived
there, they discovered that the supposed
dead man was a wolf carcass. Tie mes
senger had misunderstood his inform
ants and the coroner had his trip ior
nothing. No inquest vas held.
The result of the meeting of the fire
department. for the consideration OF a
scheme whereby the department might
be represented at the Pierre tournament
was finally satisfactory and the depart
ment will endeavor to send o running
team to tho races. Vim. Stockwell was
appointed to the Office of captain of q
running team of eighteen, whom he vii!
select from the members of the three
companies and pat to drilling. In tbs
near future OIL entertainment OF SONS
description will be given for the purpose
OF raising funds to be used in paying
the expenses OF a delegation that will BIZ
sent to Pierre, and our business mer
will probably be called, upon to sub.
scribe something to the fund, and th,
fire boys hope that they will respond
substantially.
Something like fifteen months or SC
ago there was opened in Yankton wha'
is known as the Yankton school of tele
grephy. Since the opening OF The
school several attempts were made tt
induce the management to remove The
school to some other point, but thu
gentleman interested opened the schoo
in Yankton and here it will remain
ALI through the course of it's existenc
il has steadily improved, both a
q school and in the number 81 students
untss now it is in q most prosnerou
condition. There are now six student
studying telegraphy in the school, an
on the first day of May, at which time
new term begins, ten others will 'begil
the course, OF which some will take tels
graphy and etlers lessons in stenog
raphy and type writing. The new stu
dents will be, Miss Netha D. King
~Ohanaberlain; Chas. Russell. Ben
Hundley, Vermiiiion; Miss. Burke
Mitchell; Miss. Emma Schorregge, Ev
Lattimer, Miss Lee, Yankton; r. 4
Williams, Tyndall--making Nth th
J students now enrolled. sixteen scholar
Five new tables and sets OF instrument
we're sdded to-day and others will b
. put in as fast as needed.
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Cali at Yammen's Ic'
Cream Pazlors and get TIL
best Cream In Gown for Onl
10 cents a dish.