Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-06-29


July, and the mail will go and com
every day.
Mr. Clapp and MIR. Foster were tn
champions at last nights ball shoot
scoring eight balls each out of tel
shots. One Of the shooters went rs Low
us nothing. He Is q person who shrink
from publicity and We omit his name.
Mrs. susan Buekwalter receiveda tele
gram Saturday announcing the unex
pected death of her sister in Philadel
phia. The deceased, whose name wa
also Mrs. Buckwalter, had many acquain
tances IN Ysnktop, having visited here
with her sister.
Work on the Hawley block has beer
temporarily suspended on account of 8
failure of the supply of brick, The brick
is in the kiln. all burned, but is not yet
cool ensngh to be taken out. Cox
Odiorne Il Co.'s. addition is going rapidly
upward. Work on Valentines house
continues and the plans for the ladies
hall of Yankton college are being pre-.
pared.
NJ. J.. Maxwell, of Niobrara, who is IN
the city to-day, in conversation with q
reporter said that there was not much
faith expressed in N1obrara in the pro-
posed railroad from Creighton to
Niobrara, and that it was talked of more
on the outside than at home. Mr.. Max
we'll is not a land sp%eculator, and he can
be regarded as good authority. He re-
ports Niobrara as progressing and every
body in O prosperous way.
From all points on both railroads
around Yankton come reports of pros
pective large crowds of people who
intend visiting Yankton on the 3rd of
July. The city will be crowded. Let
the buildings be decorated, and let the
spirit of 1776 be unconined. Yankton's
hospitality is known afar oa, but many
people will test it for the first time on
this occasion. AS first impressions are
lasting, let them all be served with the
best concerning Yankton.
The pop Of the shot gun and the howl
of the struck dog Jared upon the still
ness of the early morning hours. A
cessation of hostilities for several days
past had inspired o return of canine
confidence in the impotency of the re-
Gently enacted neutrality-suspicious. ordi-
nance, and dogs were lying around town
in their old.time careless manner when
the massacre opened. It is best for the
populace to keep their household pets
muzzled and tagged, for they know not
OF what hour the destroyer will appear
on deck.
All interest is now otntered in the
coming races, which have been filled and
are sure to come off. The managers OF
the Yankton driving park association all
wear appropriate smiles. Every morn.
ing and evening the track is the scene
of much activity. there being about a
dozen horses already on the ground
with more in the CITY and more to come
from the outside. The running horse
Cole Younger, against which Sham.
rock ran in Sioux City last
week, will arrive to-day, and
also Shamrock and Johnny Fishers
Kitty O., Toe, Weight and Kneeb's
horses. "A first class meeting is assured
and everybody should let the gentle.
men who have arranged for these races
be encouraged and every year hereafter
Yankton's races will draw larger crowds.
We looked in on County Treasurer
Ellerman to-day, and wele surprised to
find him surrounded by an entirely new
set of office furniture, a new floor and
tastefully decorated walls and ceiling.
a fine imitation cherry counter, sur
mounted by a wire screen is zone of the
improvements and new shelves in the
vault, and places for the county record
and papers are ssothere. The county
fathers haye been at work upon the in
terror and exterior improvement of the
court house for some time and the
building and grounds are now thorough
iy made over and in good condition,
with the exception of the hallway which
is being reprinted and papered. Yank-
ten county officials, one and all, now
have neat and convenient offices, which
it is a pleasure to occupy.
Our yesterdays announcement that
the Yankton Sioux are prohibited from
celebrating the Fourth in Ysnkton
seems to have swallowed up the &C.
c~ompanying announcement that the
Santee Sioux would be with us on that
occasion in the full glory OF war paint.
feathers and pristine nakedness. There
is much lamentation among those who
read a head line, skipped the rest and
then rushed off to see the committee
about 1t. The original programme con.
t%empiated only the presence Of
a delegation of Santee Sioux.
but as the Yankton Sioux
expressed much disappointment
over tho slight of no invitation, the
courtesies of the occasion were after.
wards extended them, through their
agent, and he sends their regrets. There
will be Indians enough to satisfy every
body, and with them will come
the only native American cor
net band in. the world-that Of this
Santee Sioux. This will be a greater
curiosity than will be displayed at any
other pale face celebration.