Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-20

an Saturday of last week aud to-day
they will have finished from the James
river into Yankton. The line through
the CITY Is west on Main street, parallel
ing the Northwestern and Milwaukee
tracks.
A horse belonging to Adler & Ohlman
was turned loose on Friday OF last weeh
to grazs. The horse was bareioored enc
IN attempting to cross a frozen ponc
slipped and fell and fractured a leg. The
injury was SO serious that the owners
were compelled to put an end with q re-
voiver to the ANIMALS misery.
1t now transpires that the horse which
Tom Edwards was credited with own
ing on Saturday last ia the property of Q
stock company, consisting OF Mr.. Ed
wards and Major e. NJ. O'Brien, and
now the company if tossing up nickelt
to see whether Major O'Brien occupies
the eqains at the next D. N. G. encamp.
ment CIR not.
Rev. O. FL. Bonn preached q sermon
upon the subject of s'Man's Happiness
at Christ church last night, which hes
received the highest commentator from
those who heard it. Mr.. Bohn illustrated
the effect of worldly possessions and
the broadcast wisdom upon mans happi.
ness with q sketch of the life of Solomon.
The text was we'll selected and the
remarks upon it very able and interest
ing
No one can afford to miss the enter
tainment to be given by Mr.. Lincoln
next Friday evening, Rsv. James M.
King, pastor OF Park Avenue church,
N. 7. City says: "Mr. Frank Lincoln is
the most refined and versatile humorist
to whom it has been my privilege to
listen. The concentrations o. the old
and new world are not extravagant,
although they seem to exhaust the
pngsro s language in PRAISE
Ysnkton divisionlsts, and most of oar
people are ~divisionlsts, are very much
elated over the determination of Sunset
Cox to enter the congressional lists as
the champion of the division OF Dakota
and the admission OF two states. Cox
can carry enough democrats with him to
defeat Springer's schemes and the cause
now looks hopeful. Congressman Mo
Shane, of Nebraska, also a democrat,
is with Congressman Cox in his cham.
pIonship OF Dskota'a cause. Only nine
more democrats ere needed to carry the
division measure.
The pipe organ which is now being
erected in Christ church ia to the eye OF
the innocent an immense enigma. When
the organ lay in a heap on the floor, it
was nothing more o less than q pile oil
sticks and wires and lumber, with an
occasional gigantic willow whistle thrown
in. But now under the skilIful hand OF
MIR. Marklove, the builder, it is assuming
shape and compaotness, and on Sunday
next its melodioua tones will awake the
echoes of the several blocks nearest it
With o vigorous boy at the bellows and
a skillful player at the key board, the
pipe organ is q great institution.
Chief Kinsel, of Che Yankton fire de-
partment, returned on Saturday evening
from Huron where he attended meet
ing of the board Of control of the south
Dakota fireman's association. The board
while in session completed arrangements
for the annual tournament to be held in
Huron in June next. This tournament
will eclipse all previous efforts in this
direction if the programme is carried
out and the board determines that it
shall be. The programme announces
several new features and six departments
which have not been participants in the
tournaments of years gone by will be
! on hani this year. Huron is making
great preparations for the event.
The Omaha Bee of Sunday states
| that the Douglas county board of COM
missioners last Saturday received q pro.
position from the Omaha, Yankton &
| Northwestern railroad company for the
submission of q bonding proposition in
aid of the road to the voters OF Douglas
county. The matter was referred tc
committee OF Judiciary, with instruc'
tions to report at two o'clock to-day
In the Bees Lincoln department alec
appears an account of tie fling OF
amended articles of the Fremont, Elk
horn & Missouri Valley railroad com
pany by which Omaha is made the
terminus end principal place OF businesl
OF the company. This much Omaha hal
gained by it's movement in behalf OF tn,
Yankton line. The amended articles
provide for the construction Of a branch
from Scribner to the Missouri river in
Knox county and q branch from Norfolk
to the Missouri river near the mouth o.
the Niobrara. By these two branche
the Northwestern hopes to head OF tn
Omaha line.
Live Pigeons Wanted--Partie
having live pigeons for sale please ad
dress Louis Seller Sioux City, Iowa.
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Bargains! Bargains!
At Martin & Northrop's. we are elosini
out our entire stock and will sell ct cos