Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-04-03

n~askuonafeu to the bazaar fund, one
third of the profits on it's sales in Yank-
ton during April, and gentlemen need.
anR shirts are requested to place their
orders this month.
Professor Wright of Oberlin college,
DR.. Duya, OF Boston, DIR. Goodwin, of
Chicago, and other distinguished gentle-
men will attend the Congregational
institute in Yankton in June. The in
stitute will last ten days.
The election of the yestry last even
ing at Christ church resulted thus:
Geo. r. Seougsl. s. w, Geo. ii. Hand,
j.W, Newton Edmunde, e. e. Hudson,
secretary, L. NJ. Purdy, Walter Carr,
j.. I. Coxhead, treasurer.
The man who wanted to bet was ac-
commodated yesterday. He said with
much bluster: "Ill bet hundred AID
fifty dollars against o hundred that
Teller will be beaten" A quiet midi
| yidnal produced q roll and counted out
a hundred. "Well,' SAID the colonel,
II did not want to bet myself. I have q
friend who wants to bet. I'll go and find
him." The friend must have been out
of town, as the colonel has not yet re-
turned.
The ball given BY the fire department.
at Turner hall last night was a success
in every particular. A large and
very congenial number OF ladies
and gentlemen were present
and the iremen in dress uniform were
out in force. Nearly u hundred couples
were present and ths programme was
sufficiently long TO satisfy the most
ardent devotees. The party coming just
after lent was doubly pleasant, and the
firemen have reason to be proud of these
efforts to make it o success.
The band of hope or rather the hope
CT g band, q brass band newly organized
With excellent prospects,, turned ont
last evening to seyenade the victers in
the election Of yesterday bat the APP
pearanoe of the heavens suggested rain .
and the band was advised to wait until
another evening before visiting the
balance of the elect. Mayor Teller,
Alderman elect Powers, Treasurer Bates
and Justice elect Eldridge were called
upon, md IN response to the music and
| cheers OF the crowd, each n promised
to do his duty.
The bazaar will open tomorrow, Wed.
nesday, evening at Turner hall at 5 p
N. holding three days. Admission to
the hall ten cents. Season tickets TWEEN.
ty FIVE cents. There will be an elegant
display of fancy work for sale. Supper
will be served each evening from six
until ten O'Clock from o bill of fare OF
boiled ham, tongue. chicken pie, roast
chicken, veal loaf, potatoes, pickles.
olives, pork and beans, brown bread
white beans, vienna rolls, cakes, coffee.
chocolate, tea. The bill OF fare for each
evening will be given in tomorrow
paper. g
The city council held its last regular
meeting last night and an appropriation
to pay the city's debts for March wal
about the only business transacted
This was the last regular meeting, 81
this council wiilb be the council no longer
after Monday next. On the evening oil
that day the new officers will be sworn
in and the council reorRanized. Oh
Thursday evening of this week the pres
ent council will meet to canvass the vot,
cast at yesterdays election, snd tina
will be the lest official session. Mayo
Teller is making mp the committees TO
til o new council.
On Fifth street, between the cour
house aud the sisters school. is an ale.
one-half of which is q deep ditch span
ned by q narrow bridge which forms
portion of the- sidewalk. Sunday nigh
after the churches were dismissed tn,
darkness was dense and the two lam
posts on Douglas and Capitol street
failed to shed any light upon this trap
The result was that two persons, a,
elderly lady and an elderly gentleman
fell from the bridge into the mud an,
water below. The fall Is about thre
feet and the bottom of the ditch is we
and sticky. These people were no
injured, but their clothing was badl
damaged.
John Cssselman, telegraph line MAJ
for the Northwestern in this section, j
in Yankton with q view to improyinI
the teiegraphic communication betwee
Yankton and the ontside world for tn
North western company. just at pres
ent the Yankton line has 30 much bus
ness to transact by wire that the lin
, from Chicago to Huron and other west
ern points must be. continually switche
on and off to connect with Yarkton, an
3 the company in contemplating the cree
ton OF another wire, known to Telegram
experts as "loops," between Yankto
and C%entreville. This loop will do eva
|, with the inconveniencies OF constan
switching at Centreville and will Civ
, the Yankton Offices improved ~facilitie
: for communion zion.
A young man named Clark, living o
8 Douglas avenue, went hunting yesterda.
taking aB o weapon an aged musket be
g ~lonoiBo to his father. The gun had bee