Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-12-15
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This is o down east kind OF o day-al-
most moist enough to ram.
Adler & Gilman are moving to-day
into their new Third street store.
The river channel 10 nearly clear OF
running ice to-day and the ferry boat
has been making trips.
Tuesday evening next has bean fixed
as the date of the Mission Hill church
oyster supper and bazaar.
Skaters have found q good ice patch
on the Smutty Bear slough and are en-
ioying the moonlight nights.
Wednesday evening has been set apart
for q concert by the conservatory of
music OF Yankton college and it will be
an artistic effs ir.
Sheep gro vert In this section are
changing from fiae grade TO medium
grade sheep, under the advice OF Mr..
Wheeler, of the woolien mill. 1t is
said that there is more profit in the
medium grade than in the fine grade:
There is an impression about town
that the legislature will be asked for q
deficiency appropriation for the compile
tion of the insane asylum wings. When
this request goes in the Legislature
should send a committee down here to
look the work over.
An attorney who has kept track OF the
figures says the city authorities have
collected $500 through fines from the
women on the levee since April. This
is in addition to the $4,000 collected
through fines by the district court.
These are the wages OF sin.
The cry at the insane asylum is for
more brick and Conductor Gale has
against fallen upon Henry Wagner's
neck. Henry is willing to be inaaenced
for spot cash, but not o brick goes fol
a promissory consideration. 1t is pro
bable that he will keep his brick factory
running for a time.
-Four OF the five additional electric
lights ordered by the council were ablszt
last night, the fifth, on college hill not
being quite ready for use. These foul
llights are located on the corner of Linz
and Sixth, corner of Cedar and Second
corner OF Douglas end Fourth and tn
corner of Third and Pearl. A petition il
being circulated asking the council tt
order n more additional light-to b.
located on the corner of Cedar ans
Fourth. Everybody wants them.
49, n. -o~- 3d. -
Danforth's block this forenoon ther
was a sudden. and startling drop ii
whisky. Thirteen full barrels had beel
loaded upon the elevator leading to til,
basement and LETT there while anothe
4 wagon load was brou sht from the oil,
store. A thoughtles boy,it is supposed
came that way and having nothing els
TO do pulled the cord which sets the ma
chime ia motion. The elevator ioa
vent down with a dull thud into tn
basement and the counteracting weigh
q lump of isdfeb big enough to fill o car
came up into the esore with o sudden
ness which threw it oot of Its boz owe
upon o steam radiator and then upo
| the floor. Fortunately no one wf
standing under the weight when 1t de
scended. The only damage is q smashe
. radiator and broken elevator cords.
might have been worse.
superintendent Karr says there al
now four and q half miles OF water mai
in Yankton. q considerable growth fro
the beginning all Of the increase haYir
] been paid for out of receipts from wat
customers. Mr.. Karr has been putin
in additional CUTOFF gates this wint
and now has twenty-five in opeiatio
In the beginning there were only tbre
I The extension Of mains which Aldermr
Branch has most in HE mind will co
meet the upper end of she Third sire
main with the south reservoir. II
. will make q complete circuit, the wat
now being fed from the north reserve
into the Sixth street main. With Il
Improvement completed, involving or
about four blocks Of additional PHI
the water system will have two sourt
OF supply. The surplus water from I
we'll is now carried off through the {
tension Of pipe to the electric Zig
works, connection with the water VIII
there having been made to-day. III
dries up the suriase ditch 80 long nj
to carry OFF the water and gives the ell,
trio light machinery additional power
H .t"a .EF H.--asl
Santa Claus head quarters are
Wagoner's music store this year.
Found-A vail. Gall st this ofics
~ Go 60 Geo. W. Roberts for insuraI
Something new! Kangaroo coats
KAHN
Car choice Michigan apples
CARNEY'E
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