Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-06-13
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LOCAL LIZ Cs.
The county commissioners were in
session to-day.
Ysnkton and Sioux City will play ball
on the 4th of July in Yankton.
MIR. and Mrs. A. Keylus of west Yank-
ton, are the parents OF a bouncing baby.
Both brass bands are brushing up
because OF the approach of the 4th OF
July.
The W. O. T. u. will meet as usual in
the chapel Of the Congregational church
o-morrow at 3 p. m.
All members OF the board @. trade are
asked to assemble at the city hall this
evening to transact important business.
An immense sign board inscribed
"Lots for Sale )" now stands sentinel on
Commodore Konutz's addition to Yank-
ton.
The strawberry and ice cream sociab.e
ct the ID. E. churh last night drew q
good attendance, Notwithstanding the
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Five wome from the levee were be-
fore Justice Eldridge yesterday and
we're fined from $3.50 to So and costs
eaoh. which they paid.
One of the ladies who is attending with
her husband the theological institute
struck her foot against a nail in q side
walk on Fifth street last night and fell
heavily to the ground. That lady will
have something to say about the side
walks in Yankton when she goes home,
and no one can blame her.
The, Yankton bsse ball club which will
play the Sioux City base ball club in
Yankton on the 4th OF July will be COM
posed of the following experts: Beckett,
pitcher; Human, first base; Trip, seq
ond base; Morris, third base; Wilder,
short stop; KinRsbury, left field; Coach.
or, center field; Sharp, right field Smith,
catcher.
Smoke was discovered issuing from o
tool box on the steamer Senator, which is
moored east Of this oity,s an early hour
this morning and investigation revealed
the fact that q lot of oil soaked rags in
the box had spontaneously combusted,
and were burning. The incipient blaze
WAS extingulshed before serious damage
resulted.
a Sioux City gentleman who was
talked with to-day says il is told in
Sioux City to the suckers that the Mani.
soba company will not iron its grade to
Sioux Falls, but will instead iron the
proposed Sioux City & Northern from
Wlllmar to Sioux City. This is the taffy
upon which Sioux Clty real estate men
feed their victims.
The children's day service OF last Sab
bath at the M E. church deserve notice.
The church was most beautifully deco
rated with flowers and plants and the
services OF the day most satisfactory.
Pastor Burdiok preached in the morning
@ sermon on Home. In the evening the
children gave q ooncer that was mos!
enjoyable. A collection was taken fol
she benefit OF Mitchell university. The
congregations crowded the church both
morning and evening.
The sunken steamer Gen. Terry will
probably be g total loss as nearly hel
whole stsrbosEd side was stove in by col
lision with the sunken pier OF the Unior
Pacific bridge at Omaha. In that event
the loss will be about $50 900 and no in
sursnce. The officers of the fifth in
fantry and the soldiers lost persona
property valued at $s5. 600. The UnioI
Pacific company will probably have te
settle the loss.
Persons owning dogs which do not re.
port for rations this evening can go dowr
on Snutty Bear and pick out their mis-
sing property from the mortuary pile
The annual official massacre OF untaxet
CANNES began this morning. OF sh
fifteen hundred dogs in town, up TO thu
close Of business last night only six has
paid the tax and donned the proteotiv
brass tag. This leaves 1.494 dogs for til
officers to kill and they have to worl
early and late,
A special train bearing Assistant Gen
eral superintendent Hollsnbeck, Divlsio
superintendent Oliver and Chief Eng
neer Blnnt,of the Northwestern railroad
reached Yankton last night at $50 an
left for Huron at 7 q, M, to-day. To
officers while in the city looked over tn
new grade between yankton and th
James. The train was in charge of tbs
most practical of practical ioksrs b. Z
Rowley, whose fame hes spread all ov.
Dakota. 1t ia fortunate that Mr.. Row
ley's stay in Yankton was brief for /
could have found many verdants IL th
city upon whom he might vent his joe,
larity. W. e. Peak OF the Milwauke
was in town, but he remained in h
room all night.
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