Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-12-09


the rattle Of e F. Engliah's buggy horse
and the ticket bore the lucky number
aud Louis won the horse.
Company q meets for drill tomorrow
evening, and Capt. Hamiester requests
Q large attendance.
Unique invitations printed on cloth
are out for an evening with Mr.. and
Mrs. Wallace ]. Bruce.
The art museum held at Mrs. Harris
rooms on Third street lest night attracted
q large number Of people.
Hamilton LaRus is q prisoner in the
county jail, held for stealing groceries
from Thomas Fahey's wagon.
Phil Kearney post is preparing for a
fair from which it expects TO raise funds
enough to bniId a memorialhal
A Yanktpn young lady says that
Yanktonsis not going TO have the street
lamp posts any longer. because they are
long enough.
The ,ce bridge across the Missouri at
this point holds fast and.a large number
OF Nebraska farmers. are marketing grain
and hogs in Yankton,
By some mishap n OF the plate glass
windows il the front OF the Danforth
block, next east of Purdy & Brecht's
store. has been cracked, and will have to
be replaced.
Tim J. Welby, who has had charge OF
the county Jail for the past year, re-
oeives a Hattering recommendation from
the late grand jury. His care of prisoners
during the time mentioned has been
most satisfactory.
Resolved, That the jury system as il
at present exists, should be abolished"
On this momentous question Messss
Cooley and hall, Of Yankton college,
ind two champions from the Yermlllion
university will debate some day In the
near future.
General Besdle, Of this city, ex-super-
intendent OF instruction for Dakota, will
o~fiiciate as instructor ct q teachers in
stitute at Rsdfield, commencing on the
18th INST. The ex-superintendent is in
larger demand ia educational circles
than his successor.
Wm. Compton who, with Morris
O'Bleanus, was sentenced to two years
in the peni.entiary Tor cattle stealing.
was escorted to the pen at Sioux Falls
on Tuesday last and il. probably to-day
looking for a way of escape. Sheriff
Brennan will escort O'Bleanus thither as
soon as Mr.. OBJ, who isill, has recovered.
A season OF unalIowed enjoyment war
passed by q number Of Mrs 9. 81. Bates
friends OF her residence on Mulberry
! street last evening. The hours whlled
away upon this occasion will be pleas
antly remembered BY the assembled
company. The second event OF the
winter social season . rot possibly be
forgotten in the large number which
are to follow.
Last Sunday q pair Of horses, harness
N.
were lost under the ice while crossing
the Missouri at Mr.. Mines farm in
Hagin's bend. MI. Mnes' son and two
other lei were in the wagon. AS the
team Yves moving along the ice suddenly
gave way and horses and wagon dropped
out of sight. The wagon box containing
the men was buoyed up by ice and
water long enough for the men to
escape to cold ice. The horses and
wagon went under the ice and were seer
no more.
The hog crop in the region tributary
to Yankton is one OF the surprises oil
this season of general produotiyeness.
All rosds leading into the city are
thronged with wagons from morning
until light bringing in loads at hogs
and returning for more. The streets Of
the city are crowded during business
hours with the high box wagons o.
swine ~raisers, and Yankton has become
veritable p%orkopolis. Our packing
house has done 30 much to stimulat,
this industry that there il already roon
for q couple more packing houses Of th.
same dimensions.
H.. f. Jenoks & Son have made 9
proposition to the YRnkton pressed
brick company touching o water suppl,
which will probably be accepted. Messr
Jencks & Son propose to sink q six incl
artesian we'll at the brick company
Iyerds, the company to pay a rental O
$3.50 per annum for the use Of the waite
from the well. The contract was prob
ably closed to-day, and work will b
commenced as soon al possible. Waite
power sufficient TO run the brick com
pany's machinery would be invaluable
and would test still further the capacit
of the underlying water supply.
: Several leading citizens; among ther
the president of the board Of trade, wei
seen to-day relative to the congressiont
bill to authorize the construction OF
= railroad bridge at Yankton for til
Yankton & Missouri Valley ~railroa
4 None of them knew anything about th
8 project and all we're surprised to LEAF
g that such o measure had been laid bs
|, fore congress. The Yankton & Nilsson
n, Valley is probably ar organizatlc
~ under the Nebraska laws. as we have n,
~ Lan.d that uuob a oouponv hos bn.r i: