Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-12-18
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Wool is a tritis higher, selling up to
{ xenty cents.
Wheat has been taken to-day at ninety
cents. which buyers soy is five cents
more thar it Is worth.
There has been a great rush OF hogs
to market to-day, though the price is
down to 81 SO and S4.60.
The Northwestern brought In yester-
day q Ger load of seats and blaokboards
for the new central school ~bailding.
A load OF ioe-the first of the season
was seen to-day. 1t was about as thick
as one OF those North Dakota August
frosts.
All the brioklsyers on the insane asy-
lum extension work have quit, because.
one of them says, they were not paid
their wages
The river fell q foot and a half yes
terday. 1t is yet open in its channel
and clear of running Zoe, but the still
places are frozen over.
The board OF education has decided
not to open the schools before she hoii-
day vacation. as there are but three
more days in this school term.
The people of Madison are iaborins
for an extension OF the Manitoba from
| Watertown to Yankton, via Madison,
and they soy With good prospects OF
success.
Rev. Ohas. NJ. Sheldon, formerly OF
| Yankton will lecture Jan. 2nd in the
Congregational church on the subject,
How to use 5000" Proceeds for the
benefit of Yankton ladies' hall.
Professor Vinateri states that his new
~musio-"Lesp Year Lanoiers' and "Star
OF the West" is to be published by re-
quest Of many ladies who attended Last
weeks leap year ball at the Merchants
Sioux City parties say the Northwest
i ern transfer boat will be moved from
that place to Yankton IN the spring
! This N is coupled with another
rumor that the Northwestern con-
templates coming in from Norfolk early
next year, and in connection with bott
is noticed q quiet feeling around by rail
road men for forty acre tracts contiguous
10 Yapkton.
DR.. Ellis has in his possession Thu
| skull of a horse recently deceased which
exhibits q curious malformatlon. 4
back tooth on the lower jaw had grown
more than an inch longer than it's Eel
lows and had broken out two OF the op'
p,site teeth on the upper jaw and worn
deep indentation in the upper jaw bone
The horse died of indigestion, being
unable to grind his food on account o
this abnormal tooth growth. DR.. ELI
has preserved the bony structure of tn,
head because it contains this freak
something rarely encountered in veter'
inary experience.
Alder q Soougal says he will b,
compelled to resign his place on tn
DO lrd OF h~ealth-that he cannot be use
ful in shat capacity unless his work i
sustained, ali of which is true. This j
not g good time for the board OF healtl
to GO to pieces. Il has proved s'general
ly efficient organization and withou
doubt many children have been save
from sickness and death by its exsrtions
In the interest Of the children Q
Yankson o vigorous board OF health or
ganization should be maintained. II til
legal board is destroyed something mus
be substituted for it. VS. oanaot per
nit ap epidemic to run riot in oar mids
One life outweighs all other considsra
tions. With the rigorous board
health restrictions removed il may nc
ne long before the schools will clos
themselves.