Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-03-10

Milwaukee this forenoon to clear the
track of show.
Because of the accident sustained By
Bishop Marty the St. Pstrick's day
lecture which the bishop was to have
gwen is postponed. The supper, how
ever, will be given by the ladies as per
announcement.
A meeting in the interest Of the col.
lege bazaar will be held in the chapel of
the Congregational churoh Monday, 18th
inst. at 8 p. m. al who have received
donations in cash will be expected to re.
port the same at this meeting.
The Yankton correspondent OF the.
Sioux Oity Journal takes tho side of
Sioux City in its effort to prevent Yank-
ton from securing the Manitoba railroad
and in it's general efforts to iniure our
city. This requires some gall.
Notwithstanding the statements of
certain weekly newspapers, Hefner con-
tinues to lead in live stock speculations
on Yankton's favorite corner. The
farmers have set up such an united op-
position to his emigrating sheet he has
about concluded to remain.
The pressed brick company has pur-
CHASED q new and improved brick MAX
ing m~achine-one of the sort that presses
| the brick clay in one continuous piece
and after wards cuts them into brick sizes
with wires. With this machine smooth
surface is secnred without re pressing.
Northwestern tracks In Dakota are all
| clear to-day excepting in the Watertown
end Aberdeen regions. Yesterday there
was no regular train over the Tracy &
Pierre line because OF q snow bank at
the usual plan in Minnesota. Between
Yankton and Chicago there is no trouble
on the Northwestern.
At a meeting of DeMolay Oommandefy
Knights Templar, held last night, the
following officers were elected: Sir
Knight D. f. Etter, e. o; e. g. Smith
generalissimo; Geo. n. Hand. captain
general; John r. Crennan senior warden;
L. NJ. Pnrdy junior warden; Isaac Piles,
treasurer; W. B. Dean recorder.
County Superintendent of Schools N.
M. Hills, in discussing the reports con-
corning the teacher Miss Folks, who it
seems he's Incurred the causeless enmity
OF some OF her %neighbors, said: miss
Folks is sn excellent teacher and she has
not a superior in Yankton comfy" The
party who told the story regarding her
is not in the city at present. HIS name
Is John Delliuger, and he is also 9
teacher in Yankton county.
Au engineer on one of tie locomotives
which runs into or out of Yankton, SO
says another railroad man whose veraci-
ty we suspect. caught sight of q pas
senger in one of the coaches today who
had a Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
railroad time table in bis pocket. zee
engineer took the conductor oho ssie
and said in a deep base voice. 81 won't
run another mile until You FIRE that man
from the train" pointing TO the man
with the @ folder on his person. The
engineer was induced TO relent. but is
pat down as a. man of deep feeling.
TIE one great drawback to the water
from the artesian wells as an article FOL
all uses in the household has been that
il will not do for bathing purposes be-
cause of the quality known as hardness
No soap has been found which would re
move that obieetlonal feature until now
but some grocery man in this city sells
! : soap that IS particularly adapted for us'
in artesian water. The name of tha
particular soap is not known to the re
porter, but it is the soapiest soap tina
inventor of it has bestowed upon man
kind q lasting blessing, and every per
q son who uses the SOAP only has to ge
. hia mouth full of suds before realizir!
the true greatness OF the maker.
Yesterday mornings freight trai
east over the Northwestern encounters
an obstruction a short distance west c
the Jim IN the shape OF Q heavy hardwood
= stick placed across the rails. The en-
gtneer saw the piece of timber befor
reaching it, but the rails were coat
y ed with Joe and he WAS unable to sto
the train. The forward wheels OF th
locomotive struck the timber and pust
ed it along before them nearly to tb
Jim river bridge before d halt could b
h made, the icy condition Of the raj
". preventing the wheels from climbin
the obstruction. 1t is not known no
a the stick came upon the track.
might have been placed there wit
malicious intent or may have bee
dropped from a farmers wagon.
,d s. T. Hammond, of Ashton, Dakotl
who was snow bound in Yankton lal
l. night, is on his way home from Ell
Springs, Dakota, where he has been as
committee of the Grand Army oEDako
/, to exaEaine into the advantages OF II
IN Springs as q location for q soldiei
home. Mr.. Hammond will report Il
1. result OF his visit to the Grand Arm
% encampment to be held at Redield la
this month. From what he says, !
ed appears well pleased with Hot Spring
er his only objection being its extrer
southeast corner county location. T
d. townsite proprietors offer to donate
.at the soldiers home one of the best sprin
in the hot group and q site for the bull