Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-11-26

crowded with gallery gods, but not a
murmer was heard from that quarter.
Rev. J. w. Russell, of Maitland,
Douglas county, as purchased John A.
Bakers residence in west Ysnkton, and
will become a resident of our city with
his family during the coming week.
Several hundred head of hogs were
marketed in Yankton to-day, the prices
varying from $40 to $3.50 per hundred
weight. The Yankton packing company
and Frank Hefnes purchased them all.
We are requested to return thanks to
the Turner society of this city for the
loan of customes and masks to the
inmates OF the insane psylum for their
masquerade ball of Wednesday evening.
G. A. r. ball was visited last night by
the largest number of pleasure seekers
which has assembled in a ball room In
Yankton for years. The Champion hose
company finds its exchequer bulgIng out
more than usual to-day.
Prof. Allmon, having ascertained that
a large number of people will join his
class in dancing, will organize the GLASS
in the Morrison house dining room on
Tuesday evening nextst $50 O'Clock, The
children's class will be organized at 3
o'clock in tue afternoon of Tuesday, OF
the same room.
Hon. Geo. II. Hand, Gen. Hugh J..
Campbell and Col. Hughes East were
the principal speakers at the G.. A. r.
camp fire on Tuesday evening last,
mention of which was Inadvertently
omitted from our Wednesdays issue.
The Grand Army boys gave the public
an interesting entertainment, as they al
always do.
Captain w. FL. Gould, who arrived a
few days ago from his season's steam
boat work, reports hard winter IN the
up river regions. His boat the General
Terry, was caught in the freeze up be-
tween LeBeau and Fort Sully and the
captain and his men had to foot it sixty
miles ove the bowling prairie to the
nearest railroad settlement. The freeze
came suddenly leaving the Terry
anchored for the winter.
Captain 81. P. Ritzius Is preparing to
move his family to Chattanooga and
they will be out OF Yankton by the end
of next week. The condition of Mrs.
Ritzius' health renders this change
necessary. It is hoped that the milder
climate of the Tennessee mountain
region will restore her strength. Their
place of residence will be upon the his
toric Missionary Ridge, the last of
Grants western battle fields.
At the insane asylum Wednesday
evening the crazy people enjoyed a
masquerade bali and some not 80 crazy
took part in the pleasures OF the even.
ing. The maskers were ali patients and
employees of the establishment and they
had a merry Thanksgiving eve in thei,
fantastic costumes. The music was ex-
csllent and it Was presented By al
asylum orchestra, the leader, an insane
patient, playing upon a violin made by
himself with no other tools than a pocket
knife.
Through carelessness the opening in
the top of the coal stove which heats the
rooms wherein e. M. Coates and family
sleep, vas left uncovered last night and
when the time for rising came this morn
ing the rising was accomplished with
fear and trembling. The gas escaped
from the stove and the room being
tightly closed the sleepers inhaled the
gas and were made deathiy sick in con-
sequence. After a few hours of suffer
Ing Mr.. Coates reports the invalids
better.
Last evening brought the promise OF
two eonlagrations, but both we're nipped
in the early bud. At r. w. Burns resi-
|dence, about six o'clock, q lively blaze
was discovered IN a box of old news
papers IN q coal room adjoining the
kitchen, which was just crawling up one
side of the room when it was suppressed.
At W. s. Scougal's, about the same time,
q lighted lamp fell on the floor and the
released oil took fire. The floor war
slight burned before the Ere was extln.
guished. No alarm was given in either
case.
Some vandaI was contemplate enough
to steal one of the photographs OF Miss
Maude How from the frame
in which it was left in
the. post Office lobby. The pic.
ture was n CT the best of those in the
frame, and for that reason more than for
it's value in money is its loss regretted
by Miss Howe. The person having the
photograph in his possession, will con,
fer a favor upon Miss Howe aud save
himself some trouble by returning the
same at once to the Morrison House.
AS was predicted on Wednesday
Thanksgiving day in Yankton wat
pleasantly spent by the 5000 people il
this city. The religious exercises OF tn,
occasion, which much more PLEASANT,
than is usual, filled up the time befor,
dinner and then families and parties O
friends assembled at different home
and dinners which were dinners received
attention, In the afternoon, the Maud
Howe matinee, the roller rink, where th,
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