Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-10-02
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A noticeable feature OF yesterdays
tax sale was the presence of farmers who
were investing their hard earned surplus
in tax titles. Yankton county farmers
are becoming the money kings OF this
section.
Clifford's dramatic company will open
OF Turner hall Thursday evening with
"~InRomar, the Barbarian." This is one
Of Mr.. Clifford's best characters. It was
rendered by him during his last visit to
Yankton.
Some Of the Milwaukee locomotives
are covered with corn stalks and corn in
the ear. 1t is hardly possible to run 8
train through this corn belt without get
ting it numerously spattered with field
products.
Tomorrow evening the Harrison and
Morton ciab will set up q savory dish OF
politics at its clcb room, preceded by q
brilliant torch lighS procession. George
q. Hand and II. B. Murphy will be the
orators of the evening.
A letter from New York City tells the
Excelsior mill company that customers
are delighted with its -four. An order
for two car loads from that metropolis
was declined because of the heavy nearer
home demand just now.
a squad of immigrants en- route west
ward were tried at the depot this fore
noon by the representatives Of most of
the known nations OF earth and no one
could strike their language. This does
not often occur in Yankton.
There was q visible frost this morning
and visible ice where thin spreads of
water were exposed to the outdoor
temperature. This was q genuine
freez8-the first Of the season of plant
nlpping strength. Gardens will o go
into lnnocuous desueiude.
W. II. Ball has received an invoice oil
the last book for which he canvassed-
the life of Benz Harrison. by General
Wallace, author OF Ben Hur. Ii is q
beautiful book and one written in the
inimltable style OF its author. Mr.. Ball
has a few extra copies to dispose OF. II
is a literary gem and o library ornament
Wheat took q two cent advance this
morning and has been selling all day O.
IS cents. Tomorrow 1t will go to 81 OF
SO. The closing price In Chicago Today
was S., 0G15. Corn is weakening in an
ticipation of the coming new crop, which
under present indications will start q
20 cents. Old corr has been selling oil
to 80, but that price is giving way.
Two additional saloons were las
night granted permits to do business il
Yanktop. One OF these is conducted by
George Bsuman in Bunker's block ane
the other by Peter A. Husk, on Thire
street between Capitol and Pine. Oh
M, Oleson made another unsuccessful
attempt to procure q liquor leaders Ii
cense, bat past bad behavior induce
the council to reject his application.
The Yankton college boys who wen
down 10 Vermillion yesterday to pls
base ball with the university piee cam
to grief by q large majority. The gam
was played and the Yanktonisns wer
defeated by q score of nineteen to foul
Last summer the college nine walked o.
] the necks of the university nine. o
Saturday, the 18th inst, the universit
nine will come to Yankton and play th
return game with the college boys.
Judge White has shipped the apple
: on exhibition at the Press and Dakot'
Z ian office TO Boston, where they will b
placed on exhibition at the headqusrtel
r OF the loan company which Judge Whit
represents. in Ysnkson. These apple
are from the Delatus Human orchar
j. and are very fine specimens. Jude
! White is always ready to forWsri worth
q samples of Dakota products to tt
money center of the country, where the
q will help advertise Dakota.
This was the day, two O'Clock p. I
y the hour and the court house in Yankts
, the place for the democratic conventie
r the second Legislative district, con
., ,o.ed of the counties OF Yankton, To
q ner and Hutchinson. 1t happened 10
the republican precinct csncus had pc
session OF the court room at that no.
and the democratic convention adjourn
ed to eight O'Clock this evening at u
!; democratio club room on Third stree
az The delegates from the sevesai eounii