Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-04-18

W tue evenings OF April Both, MAY
LIST and 81, piano recitais will be given
by graduates OF the college musical de-
partment, in the Congregational church.
This notice is given that other dates
may mo- conflict.
Attention IS called to the advertise
ment by Goodrich & Matthews in this
issue, Goodrich & Matthews seem to
to have possession OF q large portion OF
the earth, which they are anxious to ex-
change for Yankton dirt.
Colonel Gale furnishes the information
that Governor Church will visit Ysnktop
during the coming term of the supreme
court. His excsllency ia TO be in Sioux
Falls to look owe the territorial peni-
Tertiary, aud in Vermillion to visit the
university, aud then he comes to Yank.
ton to gazs upon the insane asylum.
Ii any church IN Yankton needs a new
organ it ls that time honored temple Of
worship, the Methodist church. During
last nights temperance meeting the in
strnmens III use there produced sounds
which might serve to produce a desire to
stay away, But the Methodists con-
template the purchase OF a new organ.
The plans for the eight room two
story brlck school house which is to. be
built this summer, will reach Yankton
On or about the 25th OF this month and
will be on exhibition for inspection by
contractors for q week after that date
Everything is now in readiness to begin
work aud the building will be completed
before the schools open in the fall.
Rev. Percy O. Webber, OF Boston, will
conduct an Episcopal mission ia this
city, commencing on the Oh OF May
and continuing until the 2lst day of
that month. Bishop Hare makes a strong
appeal for attention to the mission to
the Episcopal Pensioners Of Yankton
and 1t is believed that the mission will
be productive of considerable enthu.
siasm.
Mrs. b. Nj. Barker, of Chamberlain
president Of the W. @. T. U. of Dakota,
addressed q large audience at the M. E.
church in this city last evening, upon
the subject Of prohibition. Everybody
knows Mrs. Barker's ability and any
comment upon her remarks would be
s%upe,iuous. Sufficient to Say that the
address was at onoe instructive, inter
esting and profitable.
G. B. Harden, district attorney fol
Hutchinson county, writes us contradict
ing the published statement that he has
skipped" the country. He writes from
Olivet upon official paper and is is clear
enough that as be is there he has not
Skipped" The report, which seemed
we'll founded, was entirely unfounded,
being probably the invention Of political
enemies and g product of the peculiar
political situation in Hutchinson county
where the pot is always boiling, We
are pleased to correct the record in Mr.
Harben's case and to the I'm.
truthfnlness OF the statement that he
had gone away.
Yesterday afternoon Munroe & Nun
roe, Walt. F. Adams and Robt. Lagan
were engaged in drawing n of Marx
DsCamp's o%mnibuses up an incline into
the upper story OF the paint shop OF
Munroe & Munroe. The hosting was
done by means of a block and tackle and
the force applied stood on the ground at
the bottom of the incline. just as their
efforts. were about to be crowned with
success and all OK them were getting
ready to mop the beads of perspiration
from their several brows, something gave
way and the bus started down the in
cline like q belated traveller after q rail-
road train. The men who were pulling
few in four directions, the firm OF Nun
o & Munroe going over q fence, Mr.
Adams through an aperture in q small
building and Ri. Lagan to parts an:
known. The bus crashed into q pile OF
lumber and the disturbance was over
The scattered holsters had not all re-
turned at dark.
For railroad news to-day the reporter
| visited the Northwestern depot, and
after verbally pumping everybody from
the station agent to the boy who carries
water Cor the section men he found out
that j. E. Blunt, Of Winops, chief en-
gineer for the Northwestern in Dakota,
had reached YanktoH for the purpose
Of getting things ready for the new two
miles of grade. E. F. Potter, road
master. from Huron, was with him
and these two, together with Mr.. Ray
mond, ran their official gaze over things
and left at 4 p. m. for somewhere else
They return to let the grading contract
tomorrow night. w. 8. Hay, ronte
agent for the American express company
and f. l.. Joy, travelling auditor for the
Northwestern, are at Wakonda to-day
making q transfer OF the station to q Mr.,
Webb, who succeeds the present agent
Mr.. Hopp. The retiring agent, will en-
gage in business in Wakunda.
"Crusaders" tomorrow night at Thu