Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-06-20

desire for riding which cannot be said OF
ell buses.
Cashier u. q. Bruce, of the Mortgage
bank, exhibited his usual spirit of enter.
prise and progress this morning by hiring
o man TO wash the front bank windows
For several weeks past Eds panoramic
view OF Third street has been cbstructed
and it is also remarked that passing
young ladies were not SO plainly visible
before the window bath as they now are.
The sum total OF human happiness is
made up of little things like clean
glass.
]. P. Tufts, formerly OF Sioux Falls
who, in company with J. P. Chad wick,
OF Marshalltown, Iowa, hes baied q large
amount of hay in Yankton and Clay
counties since last fall. has Just returned
from an extended trip through Washing.
ton territory and Oregon and along the
Pacific coast generally, and he is 80 i'm :
pressed with the future greatness of
that country that he will Immediately
return and become a resident. South
Dakota loses an excellent man.
The Broadway hard ware store and
business belonging TO the late j. B.
| Wynn has passed into the hands of
Jacob Branch and Gus Branch and they
are now st the helm. Branch the elder
dates his residence in Yankton and here
abouts back to the opening numbers OF
the sixties and he is q veritable old settler.
The business In which he has embarked
is not new to him, especially the ma
chInery department, as he has had CON-
siderable experience under the old firm
of Wynn, Buckwalter & 90. Brauoh
the younger has spent nearly aii OK h.s
life in Yankton and Ia accustomed to
it's wsye. He is q worthy son Of q worthy
sire and the two make q strong business
combination. Whether the firm will be
Branch & Son or Branch & Father has
not yet developed.
AT q meeting OF the tennis club yestsr.
day afternoon business of considerable
Importance was transacted. Prof. j, r.,
Shaw's resignation as president was
received asd accepted and 9. II. Eooles
was elected in his stead. w. 8. BcouRsl
was complimented with the office of
secretary and treasurer. A: T.. Wooley,
james Bruce and A. E. Morrison. were
elected to Memberships and q vigorous
attempt to collect the monthly dues was
made. The club claims previous privi-
lege to the tennis grounds and is antag-
onistic to the use of the courts by gentle
men who are not members. Ladies are
considered members of the club and are
at liberty to use the courts and all
available balls and rackets at n time.
1t is requested however that tennis
shoes be worn during play. Boys must
not climb the fences.
Tbs reporter in paying his daily visit
TO the new school building this morning
CLEANED some further information re-
garding that structure. Firstly, oon-
siderable credit belongs to Professor
Stay for his faithtnlness to the project
ever since its inception and also for his
suggestions in making the plans.
Secondly, that all the mortar used in the
brick work will be OF a chocolate color,
Thirdly that the heating apparatus has
arrived and that the Kasoto stone will
be here shortly if it did not arrive TO-.
day, and lastly. but not leastly, that
this building will be the most expensive
and the finest structure erected In Da-
kota in 1888. The above statements are
facts. II is possible that elaborate cere-
monies will accompany the laying OF the
corner stone. This morning the plans
for the Franklin school building OF
which the high school which is to be
reconstructed was only wing, we're
unearthed snd to soy that they differ
slightly from the plans for the new
building would. be expressing it mildly.