Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-08-11


the 18th. Tie 10th comes on Sunday
aud the legal chicken day does mol
dawn until the next morning.
There is some TAX of an excursion
from Mitchell to Yankton, or vice versa
when the iron is ali down on the new
road from Scotland to Mitchell. Such
a trip would be pleasant in the extreme
and o large crowd would go.
The building loan association will
hold q special meeting at eight O'Clock
sharp this evening in e. IA. VanAnt-
twerp's office. There is money on hand
to loan and borrowers are plenty. A
large attendance of members is desired.
The ferry boat Josie l.. X. made six
trips this morning before ten o'clock.
She about eight minutes in
crossing from one shore to the other and
does not stop u minute longer than
necessary on either side. So fag so good.
Yesterday and to-day have brought a
marked condition OF oppressiveness.
The mercury has not climbed as high as
during many other days of the summer,
but the effect of the heat has been more
noticeable than on occasions of higher
temperature.
Real estate dealer O'Blien received q
letter to-day from a Michigan man ask
ing for prices of land and saying that a
colony OF Michiganders would start west
in q few days III search of homes. Tic
writer informed Mr.. O'Brien that he had
better keep his eyes open.
Yankton's electric light company is
compelled to wait beyond its expecta-
tions for its supply of machinery. The
demand on the mandatory is SO heavy
that orders haye to wait their turn and
cannot be hurried. 1t is now impossible
to say when the Yankton order viii be
filed, though there is reason TO hope
that it will not be much longer delayed.
Deputy United States Marshal John
Foster, of Chamberlain, reached Yank-
ton Il It night with FL. Il. Jamison, who
Yves placed IN the United States jail on
a charge of forgery in some ~postofiice
business. At the preliminary examine
ton he was held in the sum of $500
bonds which he was Unable to raise, and
consequently went to Jail.
a Yankton physician is credited with
a professional reply which in the olden
time would have given him standing
with the eages. A Young man enquired
of him il it was true that the use oil
cigarettes prevented the full develop,
ment OF the human brain. sit is impos-
sible," said the doctor, "to answer that
question, Science is utterly in the dark
upon the subject and will forever re.
main SO, for the reason that no young
man with brains ever smokes
cigarettes" The youth II search of in
formation stated that he was making
the enquiry for a friend.
Regarding the variety of electric light
which is to be placed in Yankton,
Montreal special says: "The electric
light is now In successful operation
along the bank of the Lachine canal
The improvement over the system o.
lighting by gas is marked, and it i:
likely that less drowning accidents a
night will be heard of, as the electric
light defines the banks as plainly as il
the Daytime. The lights extend from
| Windmill Point to above Seigneurl
street bridge, o current of four miles OF
each side of the canal. The Edison in
candeecent is used. This system wa
adopted on the recommendation of MI
Parent, superintendent engineer OF CO
nails. Mr.. Conway, the canal superin
dent says he is thoroughly satisfied wit
the way in which the lights are working
The government will likely have tn
system adopted along some other ca
nails at an early date"