Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-08-10
TEMPERANCE WORK.

TEMPERANCE WYNN.
Meeting of the Mons Christian Tenn
perance Union Mt Which Important
Action was Taken.
In compliance with O call distributed
yesterday there was q meeting of the
Mems Christian prohibition union at
the Methodist church last night. Some
fifty citizens were present, and two
hours of discussion and the
transaction of business were profit
ably spent. DR.. Ward made an address,
choosing for his text the phrase, "the
saloon must CO." Mr.. Wards address
was full of the hard common sense char
acteristic of the speaker. He touched
upon the work to be done, the facilities
for doing the same and the reasons for
doing it.
The remarks were listened to with
attention and several other members
made speeches, following DR.. Ward.
1t was moved, seconded and carried
that a committee be appointed to draw
up q circular to be sent all over Dakota,
calling the men of the territory into
action and requesting that M. @. P.
unions be organized at ell other places
and that q convention be called some
time this year. 1t was decided to hold
one mass meeting and one business
meeting every month and to ask every
citizen of this city to join in the work.
Az, nrnorfrpSf ~ rtvan fhnun nhN
had not signed the constitution to do SO
and O dozen or more names were added
to the list. The signers and workers
now number forty-four and some of
in its ranks.
A private business meeting of the
executive committee followed the
adjournment of the assemblage.
PERSONAL.
l.. Piles is at home again from the
east.
Geo. Il. Freeman. of Elk Point, is in
the city.
s. II. Dillon returned to Sioux City
this morning,
M. J. Pettibone returned last night
from. Rapid City.
w. u. Russell returned to-day from a
Bon Homme county trip.
Hon. Joseph Allen, of Hurley, is in the
city on land Office business.
Frank H. Ziebach returned last night
from a weeks visit in Watertown.
Mrs. q. Fl. Stilwill, of TyndalI, is
visiting Mrs. E. g. Smith in Yankton.
a. B. Wilcox, of Wisconsin, OF the
Wilcox lumber company, Is in the city
General j. B. Dennis and his sou
Louis returned from Omaha last even
ing.
Mrs. Geo. A. Jackson, and Mre. Henry
Uonley went to Sioux City and returned
to-day.
VIM. Sanborn will leave tomorrow fol
the eastern market, there to purchase
goods.
DIR. F. A. Brecht and family returned
yesterday from Ce%ntreville, where they
) spent Sunday.
Mrs. s. B. McGlumphy leaves fol
Lincoln, Nebraska, tomorrow there to
visit for a month.
Henry Waiter, representing a whole
sale shoe house OF Sioux City, sold good!
to Yanktonites to-day.
S. w. Richie, representing the Water
l town loan and trust company, is regis
, tered at the Merchants,
F. F. Hanford, editor of the Centre
vile Chronicle, slept the sleep of thu
!, Just at the Morrison last night.
Miss Ella Fargo reached Yanktol
last night from her Clay county hom
and will attend the teachers institute.
Lieut.. Purssell, of Washington, d. q
inspected the Yankton signal Office to
' day. Surely he found everything al
!, right.
W. ]. Underwood, SUPERINTENDENT Q
the division of the Milwaukee roe,
3 upon which Yankton is lucky enough t
be located, came up from Sioux City Il
day.
Miss Nettie YanTassel. Mrs. VanTass'
and Mrs. T. P. johnson, of Tyndal
reached Yankton Last night. and attende
the funeral of Mrs. George VanTasse
iSo.day