Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-03-13

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The A~Eistonian society, of Yankton
college, held o very interesting meeting
yesterday afternoon, which by the way
was the only college society that held
a meeting at all, the other organizations
having postponed their session because
of the revival services.
The asylum bob sled, while making q
ttrIp from the hospital to the city this
afternoon collided with the gone part Of
a ditch and was overturned. DIR. Link
and his wife were occupants, and the
lady sustained some slight injuries from
the tip over, but nothing serious.
The Yankton creamery will begin
operations in the course OF o week, and
will probably be kept running all
through the present year, as an effort
will be made to secure cream enough
next winter TO insure uninterrupted
work in the manufacture of butter.
David Conway died at Hurley on the
10th inst, in the I'D year of his age. Mr..
Conway was n of the Oldest Odd Eel
lows in the United States having been a
member of the order for over so years.
He was likewise one of the pioneer set
tiers OF Turner county, having resided
there IA years.
A number of tho friends OF MIR. and
Mrs. Lon Stone surprised those good
people at their residence on the Stone
farm last night and spent several hours
in tripping the light fantastic. Although
surprised, Mr.. and Mrs. Stone made the
| visitors feel entirely at home and a
merry time was the result.
Orders from the weather bureau at
Washington, to-day, ordered the cold
wave flag down, but our local barome-
tiers do not agree with the bureau 10 re-
gard to the weather for the near future.
They, the barometers are lower this even
ing than they have been before this sea-
son, and Yankton's weather prophets are
making their prophesies accordingly.
The prohibition lecture tomorrow
night at the NJ. q. church will be one OF
unusual interest. Mrs. 81. NJ. Baker,
president of the territorial w. G. I. o.,
is a lady of rare ability. She has had q
wide experience in temperance work and
has accomplished great good, both in the
eastern states and our own territory,
The voters OF Yankton are especially
requested 80 attend. Lecture at $3.50
p. N.
The funeral of Mrs. j. Parker Hay
ward took place at the Catholic church
at 1920 this morning. There was o
large congregation and probably more
than one-half protestant people. Never
theless the discourse by Rev. Father
Willard met the warmest approval. 1t
was certainly one Of the NEST appropri-
ate, sincere and beautiful funeral dis.
courses ever given from a Yankton pull
pit, and it must have carried great com
fort to the afflicted husband.
Mr.. ID. N. Gross discourse in the
high school yesterday afternoon on the
battle of the two famous iron clads, the
Merrimac and the Monitor, was very en-
tertaining. MIR. Gross gave an account
Of the scrimmege as he saw It, and as it
was not the old historical story Of the
fight, although materially the same, the
audience listened to it very attantively,
and they all vote it as highly interest.
ing. On Tuesday next General Dennis
will address the high school folks.
The mail service which hos been
ordered on the Northwestern road into
Yankton commences on Monday next.
The mail will arrive on the late evening
train and depart at 6 O'Clock in the morn
ing. The pouch or pouches will be
made up from the east, at Hawarden, and
| Centrevilie, but not at Wskonda be.
cause there has not as yet been a postof
fee established at that point. Mail from
Chicago by this arrangement will only be
twenty four hours old and will be a mat
ter of great convenience to our business
men.
A special coach for the use OF tho
members of the G.. A. r. of Yankton whit
wish TO attend the encampment al
Watertown this month will leave ovel
the Northwestern road on the morning
of the 23d and will go straight through
to Watertown without change, arriving
I " a. -,
there at 6 O'Clock N the evening. Th,
tickets have been reduced to the pricl
OF Il fare for the round trip. Quite
number of Yankton people will attend
most OF whom will be members of Phi
Kearney post, G. A. Is.
The Tankton pressed brick compan,
will resume the manufacture of brick a
soon as the weather will permit. The.
have already received orders for nearl,
100000 brick, and have made arrange
ments for selling as many more. The,
will make a speciality OF the represl
process the product of which is p~articu
larly adapted for use in building fronts
and trimming purposes, The court hons
: ut Alexandria, Hanson county, is COL
. structed of brick manufactured at Yank
: ton and the residents af that burg al
very proud of IL.
For the past two days each evangel
: cal meeting that we have made motto
! of has been pronounced the boc. of til
o series, and with. Mr. Clapp's authoril