Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-08-23

anything which falls into its clutche!
the unhappy monster is doubtless bein
detained to help work the invalid boor
at that siding. The Herald will probabl
never see its serpent.
I'm memoriam. Frances A. Gregory
Born Sept. 29th, 1917. Died May 2lst
} 1886. Frances A. Burns. Born Sept
9th, lS45. Died December 10th, 1879.
This inscription is engraved ,,n
beautiful memorial window that ha!
recently been placed in Christ church
Iankton, by the relatives of these two
christian ladies.
Robt. Burns, the western travelling
agent for the German fire insurance
company, of F%reeport, Ills, was called
suddenly to his home in Aberdeen Sat
urday by the receipt OF a telegram, an
%nouncing the death of his only child,
Mr.. Burns has visited Yankton several
times and has many friends here who
extend sympathy and condolences.
Rev. @. F. Clapp, who returned last
week from the east, occupied his pulpit
in the Congregational church yesterday
morning and gave q discourse on the
Haddock murder in Sioux Clty. The
address was q brief but eloquent eulogy
on the life of the Rev. Nh. Haddock and
was one of the most entertaining
sermons ever delivered in Yankton's
Congregational church.
Miss Hattie M. Tanner, who recently
reached Yankton from Chicago on a
visit to her parents, is a pianist of
marked ability, ana has had an audience
nearly svery evening of late who have
listened to her while making most en-
chanting music upon her favorite in
strument. The listeners were all lovers
of music and have used the Tanner
picket fence as reserved seats. Miss
Tanner needs only to be heard to be
appreciated.
The students graduating from the
Dakota commercial college have no
trouble In procuring situations. The
fact that they are graduates of that
school is all the recommendation needed.
Frank G. Wilcox, until lately o student,
takes o position as bookeeper on the 2Sth
with Harry B. Wynn, the wholesale
hardware man of Yaukton and August
Anderson, another graduate, now keeps
Dan McDevitt's books and has had
another offer from a Yankton merchant.
The beauties of nature in q wild state
are being studied by q number of Yank-
ton men IN q manner which impresses
its qualities on their minds. For
instance, yesterday, on Douglas avenue,
e man was endeayoring to persuade q
beautiful Indian and Texas mixed horse
to go home with HIM. There was a long
rope with the man on one end and the
beast on the other and to the ans
there present the scene was a reminder
of the skipping of lambs in the spring
of the year. The horse is still in town.
Within the Congregational church
last night the heat was intense, but in
spite of this condition a large and
'appreclative audience assembled and
suffered for the sake of listening to the
remarks of a number of the ladies of
the w. @. T. q. Service at the NJ. e.
church had been adjourned and with the
exception of the heat every
thing conspired toward a highly inter-
esting meeting. Among the speakers
were Mrs. s. w. Swift, Mrs. Jos. Ward,
Mrs. John M. King, Mrs. Edward Peel,
Mrs. A. B. Dunlap and Rev. Mr.. Ciapp.
The subjects were principally those pre-
tanning to the work of the w. O. T. T.,
and of the growing interest in the
temperance cause. The addresses of the
ladies were lengthy, interesting and the
audience was well entertained.
In Gusts Second strset saloon Satur-
day evening, Fred Baker and a mar
named Whidden, both oolored, became
antagonistic In their opinions and fell
to fighting. After about three minutes
of warfare Baker was pulled away from
Whidden and it was then discovered
pLop WIG iaOtCk Hop cOfClS1y Oup hDOup
the head and face. Baker had pro-
cured q short bladed knife and
had inflicted several ugly slashes on
Whidden's head, one of which nearly
severed the end of Whidden's nose. The
fracas arose over a game of cards. Wild
den, who is very abusive and generally
worthless, used some severe language
until he was given q trouncing by
Baker, who is a working man, Baker
was not arrested because no complaint
had up to noon to-day, been lodged
against him.
On Saturday last q man resembling
Editor Sargent, OF the Herald, was seen
fooling around the back door of Bunker's
block and soon several other democrats
entered the building and the windows
of the telegraph college having been
raised their voices came forth in O dis
~cussion of the meaning of "pernicious
activity" the revised version of often.
siye pa%rtisanship. Besides Mr.. Sargent
there were present James Kingsbury,
VIM. Van Epps, @. Hamlester, Colonel
Hughes East, F. M. ziebach, Pat Bren-
nan and s. W, Swift. Postmaster
Palmer, in obedience to Cleveland's
order prohibiting Office holders from
becoming pernioiously active, was alb.
sent. The meeting was after the name,