Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-05-16
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OOSAAS n o~N SS
The W. O. T. U. will meet as usual
Tomorrow afternoon.
The electric light wires were stretched
down Third street as far as Broadway
to-day.
The latest thing in spring overcoats
is the winter ovaras,st worn with the
fur collar TUNED up.
The matrimonial season opens briskly
for Justice Eldridge. who is making two
hearts beat as one several times a day.
Numerous residences are gong up
throughout the CITY and many more are
planned. The building season will be q
lively one,
The outlook for corn planting is not
encouraging. The ground is yet cold
and the above ground Temperature does
not improve much.
Peter Stefin's livery barn is being
overhauled and cleaned up inside, while
on the exterior a ditch for connecting the
barn with the city water mains is being
constructed.
Wofkmsn have improved the Jim
river road with scrapers and other i'm
plements 30 it is now in good condition
There is q strong probability chat the
road will be graveled.
A track is to be laid by the Milwaukee
company to J. B. Pattee's brick yard
east Of Yankton, to enable the brick fol
the hospital buildings to be delivered q,
the hospital switch by the Milwaukee
company.
DR.. @. j. Alloway, the territorial vet.
erinarinn, who was in Yankton yester-
day, visited VoIin's Siding and finding 6
glandered horse there killed it, and thus
prevented a spread OF the diseass among
other animals.
Science and muscle were exhibited BY
the Yankton city and Yankton college
base ball mines or the grounds nearFoers
ter's brewery this afternoon. The prox
unity OF the brewery had no effect OIL
the playing of either nine.
A new and improved machine arrived
yesterday for the pressed brick compan.
-one that squeezss the clay 80 hare
shat 1t scarcely needle baking. The com
psny is now at work IN q large run o
brick. using the old machines, which vii
be the first lot OF the eeason,
A congenial company of friends play
ed progressive eucher with Miss Alic
Poulton at her home on Mount Mart,
lest evening. A thoroughly epioyabl
evening resulted. Mrs. J. E. Branc!
carried off the high prize, while Everett
Valentine distinguished himself by Sc
curing the "booby" trophy.
JIM. Walsh is making a great deal O
trouble OF the Sioux Falls road by clos
ing that throughfsre against travel. Hi
operations are decidedly disadvantage
ous to Yankton. He turns much trad
from our city by compelling farmers {
go so far around that they are unable I
come to Yanktoa to do their business.
VIM. Mckinney, q farmer living net
Uentreville, was missed from his HON
about ten days ago and yesterday h
corpse was found concealed in q stra
stack on his own farm. 1t is presume
that he Tool poison and then crawle
Into the stack to die. Mr.. Mckinney
brother-in.lsw OF John Schmidt, Of Oer
treviile, who formerly resided in YAM
ton.
There will be q meeting Of the Yen.
| ton street railway company 81 the off.
: OF J. T. n. Pierce at eight O'Clock th
evening for organization and the ele
ton OF officers. Some forty thousa,
D dollars worth of stock has been sal
5 scribed and the company is now In
position to go ahead with isa plans. d
subscribers to stoor are asked to be
ahand promptly 1t eight O'Clock IL
Evening.
3ut two more opportunities FOR {
aeral public to hear Rev. Psrcy
sbbsr. the missionary, remain. as ii
Ikeman leaves Yankton on Frid
q for Sioux Falls, whs
ajourn briefly with Bishop Ha
Oontsoer addressed another audier
. on the topic Of "~aepentsac
ny.ResIdeMhss >sptaker's argument I
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