Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-12-14
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-Four of the levee girls we're before his
honor of the police court yesterday and
we're assessed S10.S0 each.
Alderman Groves ward ives illumt :
mated last night by a g electric sinner
near the lower end OF Third street.
Wheat is not coming in extensively,
Nebraska farmers being temporarily cut
off. Eighty-six cents 10 paid o-day.
A fiat steel door key was found to-
day, corner OF Fifth and Douglas streets
end has been left at this Office for the
owner.
Last nights promised cold wave did
not materaljza. The wind holds in the
southerly quarter and there is sunshine
aud warmth in the outer air.
Fred S,hoauber is getting uneasy
about the ice crop. he attends going
to California and must harvest his ice
before leaving for the sunny chine.
Sheriff Kincsl finds among the check
sorger's baggage o supply of various
kinds of pens, black and red ink, q
check stamp and o quantity of blank
checks. mclaughlin seems as good as
convicted.
Heavy ice Is running in the river, but
it is much softer than yesterday. The
ferry boat has lain at the Dakota bank
two days. Captain Larsen says il the
ice continues to soften he may be able
to run tomorrow.
O. b. Reynolds will deliver q free
thought lecture in Yanktsn in about tea
days. He is the man whom Robert In
gersoll defended against o charge OF
blasphemy in On eastern court and paid
his fine when the case went against him
Secretary Stevenson, of the Masonic
aid association, has handsome office
quarters over the Star clothing store
Though the organization is young. itf
industrious secretary has issued two
thousand policies and is still laboring il
the company's interests.
Alderman Crows has been looking al
the river to-day, having in mind a pro-
lect to bridge the channel on the Dakott
side. By putting in a bridge about two
hundred feet long this channel could be
spanned and Ii would make q big differ
ence with Nebraska trade. It looks likt
a teusible project.
There will be o eoncert next Wednss
day evening, December 10Th, given BY
the conservatory of music Of Yanktol
college, at the Congregational church
Doors open at 7:30. Concert begins at
O'Clock sharp. There will be qusrtettes
duets and solos, conoertos for pian'
and pipe organ. Admission and reserved
seats 25 cents.
mclaughlin, the check forger, he's no
secured bail aad is liable to remain ii
the Yankton county all until the spring
term OF court. Another fraudulent chect
was found on the street late yesterda!
afternoon near the place where tn
others were unloaded by Mclaughlin
while he was being taken to jail. 1t wa'
the same as those previously described
The gossips relate that there has beer
| another eoryulsion in the insane asylum
board-that Nellie and Peemlller are out
The former, it is said, wants to bounc'
| Steward Hamann and Peemiller thinks i
is time for sach foolishness to cease. /
| Gale should succeed in getting the board
reduced TO himself, il wouldn't be lonl
before he and Nellie got into a quarre
over something.
There viii De a meeting in Yankto
next month of the board OF control c
the South Dakota fremen's association
At this meeting the protest OF the Mitch
ell team against the a lard of the cham
plonship cart to the Yankton team g
the Huron tournament will be consider
ed. There is no probability that any
thing will come out of it, as plenty {
additional evidence hiss been secured I
prove that the Mitchell team at Huro
was composed largely of non-reslder
professional runners. This is q praotit
which needs to be emphasleally rebuke
If the firemen OF South Dakota woul
maintain an effective tournament Oh
g%anizhtion.
r, W. Wheelock, Of the Mitchell RI
publican, who is in town for a few day
is very muoh in favor OF making Yam
ton the temporary capital Of the ne
state. His argument is thas if Yankte
Is made the temporary seat OF COVER
ment IL can be relied upon that it wi
not aspire to permanent capital homo
and this will give the several asplrants
fair and equal chance to win. IL Il
capital is temporarily placed at any OF
OF the cities in the field as candidat
for the permanent location it will gil
that city decided advantage over Il
Others. Mr.. Wheelook also believes
would be an act or ~iostice to atone T
The Infalny of the capital commission.
People who have ordered Christm
books of the local agents are Dotif