Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-03-23

work at this and see that such a scheme
is consummated.
Louis Sharp and Il. H. Hamel made q
hunting trip to Gayville to-day, and re.
turned with six large geese III the bot
tom of the wagon.
Phil. K, Faux addressed the history
classes of the public schools on Pope's
campaign in Virginia, this afternoon,
end it is said to have been one OF the
most entertaining of the series of his
torical lectures,
The local stock and grain market is
very slow in Yankton iust now, but all
of that class of merchandise which is
brought into this city finds q ready
market. Frank Hefner is still in the
field, and has been paying $a.35 for hogs
on the street to-day, but he is not kept
busy. The farmers are bringing in more
butter and eggs than anything else now
adaye.
The young peoples literary aid
society of the M. e. church announce e
social for tomorrow "wednesday even
my at the residence OF Rey. o. q. Hager.
A good programme is prepared consists
ing of music, reading etc; ell friends are
invited, only fifteen cents admission.
These young people are having the
audience room of The church papered
and decorated.
The Press s. Dakotaian book manu-
featuring department recently complet-
ed @ hotel register for the Wakonda
house, located at the Northwestern town
bearing that name and presided over by
Mr.. A. ". Collins, and on the frat day
of the use OF the new register there
were fifteen guests whose names were in
scribed thereon, which is a very fair
showing for a new town.
The faculty of Yankton college have
given the students the use of the build
ing for this evening, and the young
gentlemen have arranged for a good
sized merry making to which they have
invited a few young folks from the city
They intend to make an enjoyable even
ing, and as the motto of the Yankton
student is, $40 Failure in Ours" we
may rest assured that there will be
much fun this evening.
Bert Orr, aged an even dozen years
gave his parents something of a scare
last night by falling from a moving
train in the Northwestern yards and
badly cutting bis head. 1t was after
dark and the boy was unable to see, but
he had an idea that he was a good
guesser, but like many other people
who are or nave been of the same mind,
he, missed his guess and came
near being roughly hurled
into another world. This little
narrative contains a moral and O warn
ing combined. Moral: Don't guess at
anything in the dark. Warning: Boys
of a tender age, keep off the grass, sup
posing the cars to be the grass. Bert
Orr is confined in the house to-day anG
is taking all the comfort possible out Of
q bandaged head.
At the afmory of company d, las
| night, q good sized crowd of the boy
met for drill and business and 1t was by
far the best assembly of the members Of
| the banner militia company of Dakota
that has been held since the encamp'
mert in 1885. The drill hall ia large
and the company seemed to heartily en-
|joy drilling, and Sergeant Sharp by hi
| pleasant manner of giving commands
added greatly to the pleasure of the drill
After two hours of hard work in tue man
ual of arms and company movements
the boys adjourned to the company
Office, and some important business was
transacted. On motion of Corpora
| WoolIey, the commissioned officers were
allowed out of the company fund the
amount of ths price of q private's uni
form, as q rebate for the amount origin
ally paid out by the officers, for theil
dress suits, which cost considerably more
than the pr;vates' dress suits. This wal
very c%onsiderate of the boys, and vii
be appreciated by the officers. The exc
utivs committee was instructed to tran
aact the business for the company forth
with.
REPUBLICAN, CITY CONVENTION.