Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-03-19
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templates an investment of $4, 800 in
the lots,
The deal was closed Saturday by which
q. B. Wynn, s. b. Coulson and V. vi
Barnes became possessed of forty acres
west of the city. This tract is not now
included in the city plat but is conven-
iently near the railroad bridge site.
AT the oratorlcal contest at Yankton
college Friday night Miss Nellie King
was voted the most proficient by the
students who scted ss Judges, Ell. w.
Jameson and Harry Miner were consid-
cred winners OF the second honors and
f, B.. Riggs the third.
Last week o Chicago mau reached
Yankton on the eleven O'Clock Mllwau-
kee train, bought ten acres of land west
of the city and departed for Chicago on
the four O'Clock p. M. train over the
same road. This is the way they do in
Chicago and Yankton.
Mrs. Sid Smith lost an embroidered
linen handkerchief between Christ church
and Pine street. or in the church, yes
terday forenoon. The finder may leave
the article with Mrs. Smith at E. o.
Dudley's Pine street residence or of this
office.
Saturdays developments make ii APP
pear that the real estate campaign has
fairly opened. The city is filling with
strangers and real estate agents are kept
busy. They are highly mysterious when
the newspaper man is around and wink
and smile and do many things to keep
his courage up.
Saturday night General Dewey re.
oeiyed a letter from Ed Edwards asking
him TO go to Wakonda and make trans
fer papers in the sale of Edwards farm
a few miles north of .Wakonds. This
farm is cut IN swain by the Manitoba
survey end Mr.. Edwards stated that it
was being purchased for townsite pur-
poses, but by whom he did not say.
There have been rumors on the streets
ell day of strikes on the Milwaukee and
Northwestern and the Manitoba engi-
neers were reported rs having gone oat,
but there is no confirmation of the report.
Resident engineers were noticed to have
their heads together considerably yes
terdsy, but their actions would not haYe
been considered unusual if there had
been no expectation OF a strike by them.
Rumor fixed upon four O'Clock this
afternoon as the honr for the Northwest
ern and Milwaukee strike. but that hour
passed without incident. A local broth,
erhood man says he does not anticipate
a call for the Northwestern engineers to
go out.
The ice in the Missouri at Running
Water broke at about 2 p. m. yesterday,
and this forenoon the river at this point
quietly succumbed to thes movements of
the water and the ice has been moving
slowly ell day. Last nights heavy wind
assisted the dissolution. The break up
was u~npstentatlous and without exciting
incidents. Water q foot deep has covered
the ice since Saturday night. In the rise
of to-day q great portion of the sand bar
in front of the city has been Submerged,
and considerable heavy ice is running
near the Dakota shore. In the ice jam
this morning O flat boat belonging to
Fred Donaldson Yves smashed. Reports
from the Montana tributaries OF the
Missouri indicate heavy freshets. Last
spring the river opened March 18th.
The past three days have been q sea-
son of semi-iubilation for the Catholic
citizens of Yankton. The o~bservances OF
st. Patrick's anniversary on Saturday
/, we're concluded by q supper given by
, the ladies OF the church at the sisters
school building on Fifth street, which
was we'll Latroni2ed. In the forenoon O
Saturday Rev. o. j. Welzger, OF Sturgis
Dakota, who is s%oIourning in Yankton
: delivered a sermon appropriate to thu
occasion and last evening he occupied
Q the Catholic pulpit again, preaching
beautiful sermon upon the topic o
q moral sin. In concluding this address th'
paid Yankton a compliment upon il
many advantages. To-day was oelebra
. ted the feast of st. Joseph and thu
celebration of high mass at 8 a. M, wa
we'll attended.
y Yesterdays mercury reached seventy
five in, the shade and to-day it is dow
below the shivsring point. The chang
l. csme late yesterday afternoon, bringin
b a northwest gale and snow in place {
the balmy spring OF the closing days
ar last week. Yesterday morning at min
re- o'clock Observer Fuller, who bad bee
watching his instruments closely all th
morning, reported q rapid barometric'
ID decline, bringing the indica or down !,
about where 1T was at the time of ID
IN blizzard of January 18th. He told Vi
at people to prepare for a blow and q rad
ae cal change in weather conditions befol
g. night. The warning was fulfilled. Til
morning undes st Paul orders. !