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Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-04-19
Proposals for Printing.

Office Of City CLERK, Yankton. Dakota. April
SEiLED PROPOSALS will be received at
1888 AZ 1880 %o'oloos p. m. for furnishing the city
with printing as follows:
For publishing the official proceedings of
fne council per each session.
For publishing. ordinances and r~esolutiona
in nonpariel type per inoh,
For publishing notices of the mayor and
council. or nuy officer of board of health of
said city. an local notices, per line.
For publishing all city tax lists for the sale
OF oIty property, for the non-payment of delin-
egent city tsxes. both general and special
Letter heads for city ~officers, 10 pound paper
per I,eo0-
Note heads for city %oficers S pound paper
per LOCO.
Envelopes for city officers IS printed per 200.
Lists Of committees per 1000.
Council rolls per 500.
Liquor licenses per 100
Warrants (printed or autographed, bourd)
per 1000.
Tax receipts per 100.
I'll eAsurers certificate of redemption per 500.
Certificates of election per IS.
Poll tax receipts l~street commissioned per
Tax deeds per 100.
regard to number of coupons. printed per 80.
Poll books per dozen.
Reports of city officers or other printing in
pamphlet form, pages 61s inches, printed in
small pioa type on book paper-lN copies. pc,
page.
Postal cards printed per 100.
All blanks not enumerated above 7ISh inchei
per 100.
All blanks not enumerated above shx14
inches per 100.
The CITY council reserves the right to reject
any or all bids. also reserves the right to awtre
coptractsi il separate items TO the lowest bidder
for any of the above printing.
Bidders mnst make their proposals for print
ing conform TO the above schedule.
JAMES hINGSBURY. City CLERK.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-04-19
Hotel Clerks in New YORK.

1t is exceedingly difficult for a hotel
clerk out of employment to secure a posi-
ton in any of the leading hotels. There
are at least three clerks who have held POI
sitions in the principal hotels who have
been out of employment for a year or
more. They have given up hope of SCI
curing employment here In any OF the
leading hotels. Yet they ranked high
among their associates, and in every re-
spect were first class men. But they say
that when a vacancy occurs in any of the
hotels the position is givenito q man from
some other city. A clerk from Phila-
delphia, Boston or Chicago is preferred.
More people come here from those cities
than from any others. A clerk from
Philadelphia, for instance, It is expected
will influence a large number of people
from the Quaker City to stop at the hotel
which employs him, whereas q New York
clerk will not possess such an influence.
New York World.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-04-19
The chinaman,s Devotion a.se.

HA AA AL
The Chinaman's devotion to his rice is
al great as an Englishman's to his dinner,
and at their regular times for ''chow'-
II in the morning and 8 In the afternoon
nothing can take him away from his
bowl of rice, AS all the city life Is al
fresco n sees miles Of feeding Cinnamon
II he progresses through the streets at
their meal hours. In each open room or
shop the scene is the samoa circle Of
.shoveliIg The rice into their mouths as
fast as chopsticks can play, the edges of
the bowls being held to their mouths
merely as a funnel to direct the stream.
One can stand in the shops, vainly waiting
to purchase, and q surly China1nan will
only come forward when ne has finished
his bowl OF rice, and has q sublime in
difference to trade, profits and cheating
when it is his rice time.-Canton Letter.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-04-19
THE CHALLENGE.

Iheard today upon the street,
Where beggars sang a careless song,
d note, q tone, so wcndrous sweet
That / stood silent in the throng.
But, nh, l saw not those who sang;
heard not their wild m~adrigal;
a thousand voices round me rang,
And sweeter stu, one maiden's call,
For which I'd change the fame Of men.
My load unloosed like Pilgrims thrall;
lied my hungry heart again;
l saw my boyhood home and all
And heard the blackbirds. Nesting, sing
Their tender songs Of EVENING"
Clear, martial call Of buried hostsi
How sure thy challenge passed the yearsi
I saw like sentries at their posts
Amyriad forms: the pines like spears
Shot through the a~fter-sunset's red;
The darkening fieldY; the CLEAN of panes;
The murky dusk, star-panoplied;
The lazy kline along the lanes;
The school house dun; the village spire;
The home-bent, dusty harvest folks;
Thescornfieids famed with sunset fire;
And in our tryst beneath the oaks,
We heard the blackbirds, nesting, sing
Their tender songs of EVENING"
Thus, angel of our later days,
With ever-hovering, unseen hand
Are flashed upon our blinded ways,
The hidden shrines We understand.
We climb the rugged sleeps Of Truth,
And falter. Lol thy helpings bring
The lesser to the larger Youth
a note, q tone, the humblest thing,
Sweeps irresistless all between,
And there the Now prays with the Then
Where once our heaven was lived unseen,
And where, like pilgrims come again,
We hear the blackbirds, nesting, sing
Their tender songs Of EVENING"
Edgar l.. Wakeman in New England Magazine.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-04-19
An Ordinance

-
To amend section 10, II, IL and II. of chapter 8
of the revised ordinances, entitled Levy
and Collection of Taxes, General and
Special"
The Mayor and Council of the city OF Yankton
do enact and ordain, az follows:
Section l.. That sections 10, IL, 70 and II of
chapter 9 of the Revised Ordinances of said
oity, entitled, Levy and Collection of Taxes,
General and Special" be and they are hereby
amended as follows:
In Section 10. the word s.Msy'' In the seventh
line thereof Is hereby stricken out and the
Section Ii, the word .May''in the fourth line
thereof Is hereby stricken out and the word
u, the word June" in the second line thereof
ia here by stricken out and the word August
inserted in lieu thereof, In section IA, the
word July in the second line thereof is here
by stricken ont and the word September" in
serted in lieu thereof.
Sec. 2. This ordinance shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage and ap-
proyal.
Passed April 18th. 1888.
JAMES K~INGsBURY, City Clerk.
Approved April 18th, 1855.
JAMES 81. TELLER. Mayor.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-04-19
Reused from Inaction,

Housed from lRacflon,
The precursor of their disease and destruction.
the kidneys and bladder healthfully stimu-
lated and toned with Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tiers. actively resume their functions. Thus
Bright's disease, diabetes. catarrh of the
bIadder and eneurssis are prevented. For
irritating diuresics. and those unmedioatad and
fiery atimulants which, used even in modcra-
ton. excite both the renal and veBical organs,
this ia the b-st possible substitute. Il i. of
botanic competition, and SO oongenial to the
st.mach, tne digestive proce.ses Of which it
helps 10 no ordinary degree, that it is promptly
nssimilated by th. nystem, and its tonic effects
are speedily felt. Not only does it remedy
inactivity of tue kidneys. but renews 9 regular
hnbit of body, promotes q due secretion and
aad expels from The circulation acrid princi-
plcs productive of rheumatism and govt. 1t
is also the leading specific for malarial COM
plants.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-04-19
Proposals for an Iron Bridge.

Yankton, Dakota. April 18th, 1888.
RIDS will bs received at the Office of the
Ab board of county commissioners of Yank-
ton county up to IL O'Clock M. of Thursday,
May oath, 1883, for the construction of mn iron
bridge across Turkey creek at Volins Station in
span, and sixteen feet roadway, loored with
three Inch plank. Substructure to be white
oak piles. four Mt each end of bridge, Capped
with oak caps l0x12. All work to be first class
and heavy enough to sustain 80 pounds per
square foot of floor surface. with sufficient
margain IF safety.
The commissioners reserve the right to reject
any or all bids if they think proper to do 80.
VIM. H. EDMUNp3,
Chairman Board of County COINS.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-04-19

4 have been afflicted with catarrh for 20
years. 1t became chronic and there was a con-
slant dropping of mucous matter. 1t extended
to my throat, causing hoarseness and great
dissculty in speaking, indeed for years | YVES
not able to speak more than thirty minutes,
a great extent, Lost the sense Of hearing in the
left ear, nnd,of snste. By the use Of Ely's
Cream Balm all ~droppings of mucous has
improved-Jas. w. Davidson, Attorney at Law.
Monmouth, Ill.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-04-19

baron: What an appropriate Witness to
be sworn for a Dickens" This caused
immense merriment, which increased
when Mr.. Dickens added: by a still
raore curious coincidence the witness is q
descendant Of Mr.. Moses Pickwick, pro-
prietor Of the Bath coach, from which l,
have reason to believe he character OF
MI. Pickwick was taken, and i verify be-
lieve that one of the asasons why ! was
retained in the case was that ] might call
Mr. Pickwick. indianapolis Journal.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-04-19
First Publication April IL.
Nnt;on

NTOTIOE is hereby given that the annual
IN meeting of the ~stockholde.s of Security
Investment company of Yankton, pskGta. will
be held at the office of said company, in the
city of Var kton, Dakota, on Tuesday, the 9Th
day of May, 1855. at 8 o'clock p. m. for the pur-
pose of eli citing directors for said company for
the ensui e year and doing any other and
further business that may lawfully come
before said meeting
Yankton, Dakota, April Il, 1883
Il, II. WHITE Vice President.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-04-19
Tho "o1d oaken Bucket

This is truly an age of iconoclasm. A
cold blooded scientist now comes forward
to say that the old oaken bucket, cele-
brated in song and story, is simply an
iron bound death dealer, a condensed
mass Of heterogeneous and phosphate filth
ness, and the home of the microbe and
bacteria.-New York Tribune.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-04-19
Revenge i'm Her Diary.

81 detest him; / never could marry
him, y said a young girl. "Why, do you
know what l call him2 Icall him the
little tin mogul.' Oh dear no, not to his
face, but in my diary. That's where I
take all my revenges, and have everything
out with eve%rybody--in my diary. | find
it a great relief. n-Harper's Bazaar.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-04-19
Curious c-oincidences.

a. London telegram relates an amusing
incident taat occurred IN q case on trial
In one of the civil courts on Saturday.
0nelof the attorneys In the case was Mr..
Henry +. Dickens, Son of the novelist, and
during the progress of the trial he brought
down the house by calling az witness
john Piekwick. Quoth the presiding
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-04-19
Ruckien,s A,4,,1ca sotue.

BuckIen,s Assatca sasOe.
The beat ,salye in the world for Outs,
Bruises, Sores, Ulosrs. salt Rkeum, Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands. Chilblain
oorns, and all Skin Eruptions, and pos
lively curea Piles, or no pay required. 1t
ia guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or
money refunded. Price as cent? per box.
For Sale by the Exoelsior Drug Store Of
Pnrdy 3 Breoht
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-04-19
rrns soldier.

.eyes, gentlemen" said the colonel, as
he returned his glass to the counter, ''the
true soldier is never averse to discipline.
No matter how objectionable orders from
a superior officer may be, they must be
obeyed promptly and without question.
The true soldier never''-
ssPa,' y said the colonel's little boy, open
ing the door, 'sma says to come home
right away"
aGentlemen,n said the colonel, sgood
day. New York Sun.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-04-19
With gronns and sighH, and dizzied eyes,
He seeks the conch and down he lies;
Nausea and faintness in him arise.
Brow-rackinx pains assaii him.
Sick headachet Rut ere limo comes Case

His stomach settles into peace,
Within hiB head the ~throbbings cease :
Pierce.s Pleasant nsvet fail himl
Nor will they fail anyone in suoh q
dire predicanent. To the dyspeptic,
the bilious, and the c~onstIpated, they
are alike "a friend in need and a friend
indeed
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-04-19
a. u.

To all who are suffering from the essa,s
tndiscretions or youth, nervous weakness, eur
docays loss of manhood, he, / will send a rsci
that will cure you, FREE OF cHARGE. This great
remedy was discovered by a missionary In South
America. sond a self-addressed envelope to the
REV. JOSEPH II. IsnAN. Station D, Nesu York Citp
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-04-19
A Check ON dishonesty.

An inventor has patented an electric
contribution box for church use. When
ever a button or piece of tin is deposited
In the boz an electric bell rings and in
forms the congregation of the fact.-De-
troit Free Press.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-04-19

The term algebra is of Arabic origin.
The science was first Transmitted by the
Arabians or Saracens to Europe about the
year HOO.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-04-19
Proposals.

proposals.
Office of City Clerk, Yankten; Dakota, April
SRAlEn PROPOSALS will be received at
- this Office until Monday, May 7th. 1888, at
$50 O'Clock p. n. for furnishing the city with
nails and hardware for year 1883 8
The city council reserves the right to reject
any or all BLDG.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-04-19
Proposals.

Office of City Clerk, Yankton. Dakota. April
18th, lSs8.
GEALED PROPOSALS will be received at
" this Office until Monday, May 7th. 1888. az
$50 O'Clock p. m for furnishing the city with
for year 1883. as follows: AKA, 2xS,
2Is,. 2x10. 2x12, Sx6, Sxs, sx1o, ska. AKA. 8x6, 6xS,
all lengtha. Lumber to lie OF best quality. of
hard pine, not surfaced.
The council reserves the right to reject any
JAMES KINasBURY, City Clerk.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-04-19
Proposals.

proposals.
Office of City Clerk. Yankton. Dakota, April
18th. 1888.
'CEALED PROPOSALS will be received at
v this office until Monday, May 18th. 1888 at
1880 O'Clock p. m. for furnish1ng the city with
coal. oil. lamp ehimneys, lamp wioks and
matches for the year 1859. bidder to specify
quality of oil and ohimneys.
The city reserves the right to reject any or
JAMES KINasBURY, City CLERK.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-04-19
THE CONN NERO
HOTEL,
Cor. Dearborn and Lake Streets,
CHICAGO.

This house has just been thoroughly re-
fit. d at a cost of over SIS, 600, making 1t far
better than any hotel of the same Irice in the
Weat. Elevator, Elec rio Lights. Bath Rooms,
and all modern improvements.
Rates, 81 end $3.50 pc, uTy.
including meals Centrally located accessible
to all railway stations, theaters and business
houses. Street cars to all points of the city.
Ssecial rates to professional people.
C. w. DABB & CO., Proprietors.
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-02-18
IT COST TSo MUCH.
The Sad Experience wh'oh Bsseli one
 of the AstOrs.

In the early days of the direct tea trade with China, importers- were anxious to secure the earliest >cargoes oi new crop.
 The fastest clipper ships were engaged in the trade. Great haste in loading them was followed by a hot race to reach New York first.
 The first cargo brought the best price and large profits. The successful Captain was always rewarded, so every known aid to navigation was adopted.
 The young captain of one of Mir. Astor's clippers bought, on one of his trips, new chronometer, and with it's aid made quick passage, and arrived first. He put the price of it into the ex- pense account of the trip, but Mir. Astor threw it out, insisting that such an item of expense for new Tangled notions could not be allowed
 The Captain thereupon resigned and took service with rival line.
 The next year he reached port long in advance of any competitor, to the great delight and profit of his employers, and the chagrin of Mir. Astor.
 Not long after they chanced to meet, and MT. Aster enquired:
 "By the way, Captain, how much did that Chronometer cost vOu?'
 "Six hundred dollarss" then, with & quizzical glance, he asked:
 "And how much has it cost you, Mir. Astor"
 "Sixty thousand dollars"
 Men are often unfortunate in the re- jection of what they call new fangled notions.
 There are sick men who refuse, even when their phy sicians tell them they cannot help them, to take Warner's safe cure, because it is "new-fangled" pro- prietary medicine. The result is they lose-life and health.
 Thousands of other men have been re- stored to health by it, as the testimonials furnished to the public show. These testimonials cannot be doubted. The propretors have a standing offer of $5, ,OOO to any one who will show that any testimonial published by them is not, so far as they know, entirely true.
 Dr. Andrew Wilson, Fellow of the Royal Society, of Edinburg, the editor of "Health," London, Eng, says in his magazine, in answer to an enquiry, "Warner's safe cure is of perfectly safe character, and perfectly reliable"
 The refusal of manufacturing firm to pay for the patent of a new invention by one of their workmen, cost them their entire business. A new firm took out the patent and were soon enabled to make goods enough cheaper to drive the old firm out of business; and many a physician is daily finding his patients, longtime chronic invalids, unaccount- ably restorted to health by the use of the new kidney specific. New tangled notions are sometimes very valuable, and it costs too much to foolishly reject them.
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-02-18
Summons.

In the Justices Court, of Precinct No. One County of Cochise, Territory of Arizona Be. fore Tho. C. Easton, Justice of the Peace. A. Bell, Plaintiff, vs. Santa Barb lra Mining Company, defendant Action brought in saio Justices Court, and the complaint filed in the said Court by the saio Justice of the Peace in the said County of Cochise.
 The Territory of Arizona sends greeting to the Santa Barbara Mining Co.,, a foreign cor poration, defendant. You arc hereby summoned and required to appear in an action brought against you by the above named plaintiff in the said Justices Court, before said Justice of the Peace, at his tffice on Allen street. City oi Tombsto ne, Coc.lise County aforesaid and to answer the said dieomplaint filed therein, within five days (excluxVe of the day of service) afles the service on you Of this summons, if served within this precihct, or if served without this precinct, but in this County. within ten days; or if served out of this County within fifteen days; otherwise within twenty days, or judg ment by default will be taken against you ac- cording to the prayer of said complaint. The said action is brought to recover judgment against you for the sum of one hundred and eleven dollars and 62 ceots, ne by the account of plaintiff for Soo co, and tbe account of A. Y. Young for S5.62, and the account of G. w.. Su'ser for S43, which have been. duly assigned to plaintiff, and you are hereby the said complaint, as above required the plain tiff will apply for judgment by default against you for said sum and all costs.
 Given under my hand at my said office this 9th day of Ian., A. D. 1888.
 JNo. C. EAsToN, Justice of tie Peace in and for said Precinct, County and Territory
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-02-18
Notice of Forfeiture.

Il Gray. You are hereby notified that have expended two hundred (S2oo) dollars in labor and improvements upon the Bright Light mining claim, Tombstone Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, in order to held said premises under the provisions of section 2324 Revised Statutes of the United States, being the amount required to old the same for the years ending Dec, 3I. 1886 and Dec. 3I. IS87. Also have expended one hundred dollars on the Leo mining claim, for the year ending Dec. 3I. 1887, and if within ninety days from the service of this notice, you fail to or refuse to contribute your proportion of such expenditure as a co. owner, your interest in said claims will become the property of the subscriber under said section 2324 PETER BUTE. Dated Tombstone, Jan. I4th, 1888,
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-02-18
A Mexican JOkO.

Don Atenogenes complains bitterly of the conduct of his son. He relates at length to an old friend all the young msn's escapades.
 "You should speak to him with firmness to call him to his duty," says the friend.
 "But he pays not the least attention to what say. He listens only to the advice of fools. wish you would talk to him."-Msx- ican Fun
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-02-18
GREAT BEAR VALLEY DAM.

bg the small settlement of Graf
 e climb through the Mill cre.k
 Bn, and then climb over the San 'hardino mountain at an elevation of boo feet above the sea, or 4,Ioo feet D4bove Redlands. Then we go down and through the Santa Ana Valley and cross the next ridge at an elevation of 7,6oo feet. Then we descend I,2oo feet and ride three miles further, when we come to the great Bear Valley dam, which backs up the Bear Valley lake or great reservoir, as it may now be called One is spellbound when he examines this stupendous piece of work and realizes the labor that it cost. All of the cement and other materials, excepting the granite, which was quarried near by, was carried by teams and pack mules Ico miles, and each barrel of cement cost $I3 delivered at the dam. It took team two weeks to reach Colton railroad station, and the engineers and laborers lived in rudely constructed log huts for six months.
 From Colton the road was up the Cajon pass, thence over 4he Mojave desert, then through Lucky" Baldwin's silver mine trail to the ehd of the dam. The dam. IS built of big blocks of granite, !, n,ranging from ssslta1 ton to ten tons in weight, the mai ]ority being about four tons weight each. Its base rests upon solid rock foundation and its present height is about sixty feet, though it may be in creased 20 feet withou, any risk of weak ness. It is a curved dam, it's length of arc being 300 feet and its radius 345 feet. Its base is twenty feet wide and from this i. slopes to three feet at the top. Its average coeficient of safety is 20, and Il would stand twenty times its present pressure. The engineer was F. E. Brown, graduate of Yale College and of Yale Scinti6c School, and one of the largest property owners of the county. The state engineer of California has pronounc- ed the work not only efficient, but a re- markable piece of engineering.
 The lake or reservoir receives the drainage of over 200 square miles. It covers an area of over 4,ooo acres, three sourths of which around the old lake was i1sed as sheep ranch until purchased by Bear Valley company. At the pres height of water, 6fty.three feet, at the
 there is supply of nearly Io,ooo,-
 DO gallons, covering an area five
 in length and half mile in width,
 Erage depth of fifteen feet. With
 m at its contemplated height the
 Il hold 4o,ooo, ,ooo, ,ooo gallons, and
 Eve feet 2I,ooo,ooo, ,ooo gallons.
 lhe dam was built, this water was
 Id to flow in winter in torrents to the
 It is now capable of irrigating bo,ooo acres of land in the frostless foot. hills, once supposed to be beyond the pale of irrigation, and to supply popu- atinn e s9GIeo \damesiic- imposes.
 Ids include
 Redlands, Laguna,
 and Highlands, and is to be ex- )ended to San Bernardlno. o.-Scientif perican.