Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-01-04

SonuUotC8 W DA5uuE asfS GHu tuo upu.
will be committed TO the ground by 81
Johns lodge.
The upper story Of Dr.. Zardetii'
contemplated block will be finished NJ
for Masonic headquarters and q barl
will occupy n of the ground foo
stores.
Governor j. L. Pennington has no
yet decided to 20 to Washington will
the statehood as a whole memorial pre-.
sentation committee, but thinks favor.
able of il.
The regular meeting OF the bachelors
club will be held this evening. The an
noucemens of yesterdayto the effecs thaI
the meeting was to haye been held Ias'
evening was an error.
A fall of from fifteen to twenty-five
degrees in temperature is predicted be-
fore Friday morning by to-day's cold
wave warning from st. Paul. This means
Zero or ten below zero.
O'Brien's real estate agency Is making
~extensive preparations Tor the trade OF
1885. O'Brien did a big business last
year and generous advertising, he says.
helped him to q great deal of it.
uus Branch. q former popular Yank-
%toDian, left Wasdner, Idaho, between
Christmas and New Years and started
for Walnut Grove. Idaho, gong via Ban
Francisco. Gus writes that money is
scarce and snow plentiful n Wardner.
The brief in the case OF quo warsanto
CASE against the Gale insane hospital
board Was submitted 81 five O'Clock yes
serdsy afternoon by the attorneys fol
the other board. The decision Of the
court is not looked for before next week
The Oongregationalist (ohurch papes)
says: "The newly organized church in
East Oakland. California, lie making en-
couraRinR progress under Pastor Clapp,
formerly of Tankton, and arrangements
will soon be made to erect . house OF
Worship
Sergeant Thompson's weather bulletin
for to-day runs as follows: Assinaboine
ten below zero, east wind, showing; Bis
marck zero, northeast wind, showing;
Buford, four below; Helena 10 below,
west wind, fair; Huron. twelve ado We
northeast wind, cloudy.
James Donahue has gone out OF the
saloon business and has made applica.
tion 90 the city council for the refund
ing OF ak months liceAse money. The
city attorney says that the money can
not be refunded. Mr.. Donahue il to en-
gage In she grocery business.
Travellers over the country road says
the snow Is piled in drifts and atiIl drift.
ing and the ground bore over long
stretches between drifts. There is hard.
ly:..any choice between wheels and
runners, excspt that a low sleigh is NOR
comfortable than q high Wagon.
VIM. Parsons. who is on the Yankton
lecture course of tho present winter with
Michael Angelo" for his topic. died
yesterday in Boston. suddenly Thi.
leaves an open date in the course. Mr..
Parsons leetured in the college course
last winter. He was an elderly Irish
gentleman.
City Marshal Brennan was at the Mil.
waukee depot last night on the look on,
for Charley Ellis, formerly q Yankson
citizen. who has been stealing something
in Sioux City and whose record for two
years past has been unsavory to say the
least. Ellis did not come to Yankton,
but left the train OF Elk Point.
The district court IN and for Yankton
county will reoonvene on the 10th dey
Of this month and of that limo the
petit jury which served during She last
term of last year will be called and the
case of Yankton connsy agaiast James
NJ. Walsh will probably be tried. The
court did not adjourn last month, but
instead took q recess until January 1esh
Yankton's ancient hope fer $ position
on Q continental line Is about to be rea-
lized in the construction OF the Manito.
ba, which is to double teams with th.
Union Pacific and make a continuous
rail and water route between the Pacift
and the Atiantic oceans. 1t ia worti
something to be the Missouri river cross
ing Of such 8 line.
Nos until yesterday we're oil the lin.
OF the Milwaukee road west and noltt
OF Yankton cleared Of snow, The road
from Trip to Armour was closed OF
Saturday morning early by the snov
and yesterday the first train since tn,
storm passed over that line. Between
Mitchell and Aberdeen. the blockad.
was complete. and gangs OF men, as
sisted by SNOW plows, worked for nearl,
two days in clearing the track. 80 com
plese o blockade Of all roads accomplish
ed 80 quickly is not written down ii
previous Dakota history.
II will take until next September t,
fill the Congregational church orde
for It's new pipe organ. SO it was prob
ably . little premature to say an appro
priaslon had been made for purpose. TIL
Oongregationalists have decided to bu,
an organ and will make the S 1000 ap
preparation whom the goods are deliver
ed. 30 the Ep~iecopalians will be q
least six months ahead OF all cclnpeti