Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-07

held last evening the following officer
were elected, DR.. James Roane, pres,
deut, james e. CEenuap, secretary, ant
L d. Sharp treasurer, The club give
a party on Friday evening next at tn,
Morrison house, which will be parti
cipated in by all the elete of the city
Some 200 invitations will be issued.
a fall of 80 degrees In the tempeFa.
ture is reported from the signal station,
This fall was sufficient TO guarantee til,
display ing OF the cold wave signal, bu
Observer Fuller was not potifisd of the
approach OF a cold wave until this morn
ing at which time the mercury hat
reached the lowest point in the 35 de,
efees.
ID. z. Jsnoss proposes to sink q work.
ing shaft CD his coal farm north of the
city if $1,000 can be raised to be- expend
ed in stock, which Mr.. Jenoks Will re.
deemed al an increase on it's face value
after his mine is ID operation and coal is
being taken out. This is O matter fol
the board of trade to Investigate. II
there is any coal underneath Yenktcn il
should be taken out at nee.
Another very pleasant progressive
euchre party was given at the parlors
of the Merchants hotel last evening
Mr.. and Mrs 8. Kaucher were the hosts
and enough people to dll six card tables
were the guests. Besides cards the
guests enjoyed a lunch which Was
spread In the spacious dining room, and
which required an hour to discuss,
Prizes were taken by VIM. Nj. Powers
and Mrs, A. Whistler high, and Mr.. and
Mrs. w. ]. Walters low.
The barn which for ten years hos oo.
cupied the first lot west of the Merchants
hotel on Third street is being torn down
aud hauled away. This barn at one
time stood on the opposite side of Third
street, and was the home of the some.
what famous horse Bob, owned and
driven by General VIM. Trip. which
horse afterwards fell and so injured q
limb that the owner was compelled &c
shoot him. DR.. Push, a former Ysnk.
tonite built the barn years ago.
The new claseif1cations of supplies for
the Dakota hospital for the insane have
been received by the merchants of
Yankton and bids according TO the
stipulatIons OF the classifcations are to
be- received before February 10Th, OF
which time contracts will be awarded
The re-classifcation does not change
the amount or kind of supplies but
simply srranges them In classes, so that
a dealer cannot propose to furnish
canned corn and loaf sugar with the
same stroke of his pen. Heretofore the
supplies have been listed on one sheet
of paper. Under the new rule the
bidder must bid iudiciously on many OF
the same s%classes of supplies, and not
supply one article of which very little
would be used at one cent per pound
and the next one OF which a great deal
wouldibe needed ct SO cents per pound.
For inetanoe in the class of dried fruits,
he cannot furnish dried applies at three
eents less per pound than dried apples
are worth, and furnish dried peaches at
swenty five cents more q pound than
dried peaches are worth, for the bid OF
come other dealer would give the thing
away, The new Classification places
staple groceries in Il class, dairy
goods in another class, dried fruits in
another class M fancy groceries in
still another class. By this means the
methods of twisted bidding will be done
away with, ard the difference in the
amount of the bids Of the highest and
lowest bidder will not be 81 500. as 1t
was at the last letting OF contracts,
This new arrangement meets with favor
among the merchants. No classification
OF dry goods supplies was made.
In 1873 a number of the citizens OF
Yankton subscribed an amount OF money
about So 900, for the erection of a ware.
house in this city to be used by the gov.
eminent for the storage of freight to be
distributed from Yankton to The various
Indian agencies on the the Missouri. The
warehouse was built on the levee where
it stood for fourteen years. In 1876 the
Missouri river transportation company
purchased it paying each etookholder 80
cents on every dollars worth of stock,
and from that time the company used it
as o s%torehouse for steamboat appurten-
ances, grain, -four and general merohsn-
disc and it has been q very useful insti-
tuition. 1t was the lsng brown building
which stood on the river bank at the
foot OF Walnut street, and which was
Visible for miles west, east and south
1t has been q roosting place for rats,
tramps snd other Yermin for many
months, bat now it has gone to be re.
sons stock farm. 1t was the only re.
naming reminder of Yankton's time as
q steamboat shipping point. and o sight
OF it's site brings back to memory the
"whoop" of the festive steamboat mas
ter and the "toot" of the "Black Hills
or the "Nellie Peck" or of any othe,
boat, as they were wont to come in sigh
of the old red warehouse from up oil
down the river. Yapkton was at tina
time bustling, busy town. but til,
changes which have occurred since ther
are the most effective arguments in Galk