Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-03-03
uaded the clock to tick and strike as of

ice to-day. The ice appears to have
frozen again solidly, and the crossing
is considered not dangerous.
The board of trustees of the insane
asylum are in session at the hospital
this afternoon. All are present except
Mr.. Van Tassel, who is out OF the city.
One OF the steers which formed a part
of the cargo shipped over the Milwau-
kee to-day fell off a Rhine bridge on the
way to the cars this morning and caused
q great deal of trouble before it was safe
ly extricated.
Parties returning from Mr.. Chambers
last evening disturbed the operations of
some midnight providers who were fora
girg on the. wood piles of the pressed
brick company. They scattered, the
providers did.
The literary society of the NJ. e.
church held Its weekly meeting at A. b.
Dunlap's residence last evening. 1t is
spoken of as a very pleasant event. The
next meeting will be at the parsonage,
two weeks from last night. To these
meetings everybody is invited.
j. r. Coxhead has q hen that positive
ly refuses to be laid over by any hen in
Yankton. The last effort of this psrti-
cular biddy resulted in the production
of an egg IA inches one way and 915 in
ches the other. The committee awards
this her the prize. The books are closed.
E. A. Bruce, of this city, has. received
Q letter from parties in Mitchell Offering
to pay all the expenses of the Yankton
Mother Goose party should they (the
geese) visit Mitchell. 1t would indeed
be a pleasant trip, but there is little
probability of making 1t, as many of the
participants could not get away.
Special stock train No. 8, over the
Milwaukee, pulled out of this station at
daylight this morning. 1t was made up
of seven cars, TO which will be added
several more between Yankton and Elk
Point. OF the seven from Yankton five
we're the property of Cladek Brothers,
of Tabor, and two belonged to @.
Frederickson. The trains go straight
through to Chicago, and an attempt will
be made to beat the previous run of
thirty three hours. The Milwaukee is
coming proudly to the front IN these
improved days.
One who has gone deeply into the
pleasures of progressive euchre testities
that the fascination of the game is all in
its social character. There is the excite.
ment of a contest at cards and the con-
slant changes bring closely together all
the members of al evenings gathering.
This d~issipates the wild theory that PEG,
pie play progressive euchre from g
sordid desire to win the considerations
usually bestowed upon the victors. The
prize is a mere incident in the game, SC
says this veteran, and while it is q
trophy it is not al inducement to play
A. w. Howard, being tempered will
by a reporter upon literary topics, say;
he has sold more books Of the STANDARD
variety during the past thirty days thai
during any previous two years of hi
business experience in Yankton. Tn
demand for solid reading extends int
the realm of classical productions anG
the best authors are coming vigorousl,
to the front in the estimation of the pub
lie. Good books are now SO cheap tina
they are within the reach of all classe
of people and e growing enquiry stimu
lates the effort to procure that upo1
which the mind is prone to feed.
:, VIM. M. Powers has been busy durinI
the winter and the fruits of his toll ar
now piled about town in the shape G
wood piles fat and numerous. He he
superintendent the removal of the tim
Der from the Dewey & Powers propert
on Smutty Bear bottom and has alread
realized 2l7 cords of solid wood and ha
sold 300 loads Of willows. The cleare
ground is to be fenced and made into
pasture for city cattle which have to b
boarded out during the summer 1t wi
/. speedily become q popular bovine resor
: with its new grass and fresh spripi
. water and its immunity from the after
tions of the herd boy.
IL Mrs. j. G. Chandler's third socii
gathering of the seasons series drew IL
gether a comfortably filled.house laf
evening and the first half OF the nigh
t sped rapidly under the fascinating il
huence of the progressive game. IL
interruption of the supper hour brougl
q choice assortment OF table luxurlt
d which were duly appreciated and pra
d tical demonstrations of their appreci
ton given. The prizes awarded ii
n champions of the evening were happil
At selected, gracefully bestowed and tt
q umpha4tly accepted. Those who go
the cosy Chandler cottage for recreatic
r. find it served out in hospitable profusio
Is A man approached US to-day and i,
le parted some cheering information.
Is. said: 81 am to have a lawsuit to-dt
p. and you car say anything that y
be please" And then he wound up
ut giving several samples OF the kind
,s- language he would like to have int
duced into the paragraph. 1t was son
We thing of a pleasant surprise because il
he the usual habit of the public to t
as anews garbler something in the way
TX information and afix a proviso Il