Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-10-04

q T. Ait bulcS VI LIS COltSs luib
premium went to Captain Woods,
The evening train for the east out Of
Yankton shortens the time between
this city and Deadwood to less than two
days. Yankton is nearer to Deadwood
than any Dakota city outside the Black
Hills.
A mems christian prohibition enion
was organized at Utica, this county, on
Saturday evening last. Fifteen s1gners
to the constitution were obtained. A
meeting at which the Organization will
be perfected will be held in the school
house at Utica on Friday evening next.
The Yenkton Post German democrat
lc), which has been running the prohi-
bition plank of the republican N
ton at the head of its local page can now
place the prohibition plank OF the demo.
cratic convention under it. Then it can
ask its readers to take their choice be-
tween republican prohibition and demo.
cratic prohibition.
Conductor 81. F. Conlev aEd locomo-
tive number ITO went from Yankton
yesterday afternoon to Sioux City, and
left there at six o'clock this morning for
Mitchell, arriving here at 10:1 IL this
forenoon and leaving at 1890 for
Mitchell. This was the first through
train from Sioux City to Mitchell over
what is now a main line of the O. M. &
st. Paul.
John A. Weeks began this morning
the work of excavating a cellar over
which a brick building will be erected
which the United States express COM
pany will occupy as an office. The site
of the building is on Third street next
lot east of the Kent block. 1t will be
temporarily one story high, neatly
built and finished inside and out and
will have 9 plate glass trent
Gen. j. B. Dennis has recently re.
ceived q letter from Miss CLARA Barton
who visited in Yankton q few weeks
since and who went Direct from here tc
Charleston, South Carolina, at which
place the letter is dated. The lady
wrote concerning relief for the earth.
quake sufferers, saying that Chicago
led the van with 100000 in money and
a large consignment of supplies. The
condition of the people in Charleston
is more than deplorsble.
By the change in time of the arriva.
and departure of trains on the Milwaukee
read at this station several railroad men
who have for q long term of years beer
residents of Yankton and who have
been first class citizens, will be removes
from our midst. e.. F. Jonley, and his
wife are compelled to leave us, anG
James Moriarity, and Frank Morrison
who have long held positions as en-
gineers on this division, will hencefortf
be laid off at some other place. Yanktor
would rather retain these people as
citizens and the inevitable is far from
pleasant to many Fountain City people
Several important changes in tn,
arrival and departure of express matte
at Yankton have been made by tn,
alterations in the time cards of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul and the
Chicago and Northwestern trains. NJ
express is received nowadays on the
noon train over the Northwestern from
the east, because no connection is mad,
by that train with a train from the east
The United States express compap.
has placed messengers on tn
trains which run daily from Yankton t
Mitchell and the Yankton Office vii
now receive three consignments G
matter each day. The American com
pany receives matter on the late North
western train the same as Of old.