Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-05-22
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LOCAL Ma gNICs.
Property owners on First street ask to
have the Cedar street water main ex-
tended to their possessions.
Last nights rnin Was supeiauous, and
arrangements should be made for not
having another for some time.
Last nights rain fall was 6l-100ths of
an inch aud Sunday nights 63 100ths of
an inoh, making nearly an inch and a
quarter during the two showers.
Mayor Teller has been Instructed by
the city council to call o meeting of tax
payers to talk over the proposition to
W the city.
The rlver is experiencing q slight rise
There are still indications of q DISPOSE
ton on the part of the channel to shift
from the Nebraska to the Dakota side.
James K%ingsbury was last Eight re-
elected city clerk by q majority vote OF
the council. Mr.. Kingsbury has served
q term acceptahly-and one good term
deserves another.
-.. yOuhB PCoPAC o poSActy VI bhG IL
e church will give an ice cream social
in the basement of the church to-mor-
row nignE. Ice cream and cake ten cents.
Everybody invited.
The regular quarterly convention OF
the Yankton county w. q. 7. u, will be
held at the Utica school house Friday
May 25sb FROM six to eight p. m. A
large attendance Is very much desired.
The supreme court has finished Its
labors with the exception of rendering
the decisions in the cases tried. To-day
the judges have spent in de%liberation
and the decisions may be expected
during the week.
Mrs. Bartlett Trip CAV q lunch this
afternoon in honor of Mrs. Thomas and
Mrs. Spencer, wives of supreme court
judges from abroad. Many Yankton
ladies attended and the affair was one OF
elegance and enjoyment.
engineer by the council last night. Mr..
VanAntwerp is o competent and indus
trious surveyor and q gentleman who
will give the city good service in his Of
icial capacity. The council did well in
selecting him.
The first Yankton nine and the Tank-
ton college nine played base ball yester-
day afternoon on the field near the Mil
waukee dep2t. The game was not fin
lshed. but enough of it was played to
show which nine was the better. The
score at the end OF the eighth inning
stood 26 for the students and Is for the
city nine.
The Office Of o city assessor was Great
ed by the city council last night and on
Monday night taa Office will be filed.
The assessors compensation is to be 81
per day but he is to be restricted to an
aggregate yearly allowance OF $3.50. Hit
business ssill be to get everybody on the
tax list in proportion to the value o!
their property.
e. A. Chase, of Yankton college, Is
about to receive the reward of mucs
study and skill as an inventor. A peten,
right for an improved fence wire fasten-
er is Soon to be issued to him, and on
of the patent he expects to derive pecu
MARY benefit. The wire fastener itsel
is q great Improvement owe any simils
device 10Y in use and Mr.. Chase is 20 b,
congratulated upon his inventive genius
A proposition was last night submit.
ted by the electric light company to th'
city county, which is under the consid
GRAFTON OF the executive committee. Til
electric light company proposes TO fur
nish street lighting arc lamps of tw'
thousand candle power each, OF the rat
per month OF $l4. so eaohs for less tina
ten lights, $12. so each for ten or NOR
lights-service from dusk to midnight
Ten or more lights all night will cos
S16.5 so each.
An important resolution was adopte'
by the council last evening. Itprovide
that parks be established down the cen
ters Of Broadway and Douglas auenu'
the park on Broadway to be thirty tw
feet wide and the park on Douglas ave
u to be twenty four feet wide, both
cAscuu AIOm 6oooh0 5tI66G 10 JUG ISulu
These are wide streets and room fc
this Improvement can well be spared.
will add much to the appearances VT 81
city and furnish delightful driyeways-
in time.
In tbs write up Of the senior ola
social yesterday the name of Rev. D. !
Nichols was unintentionalIy omittt
from the list OF those who responded
toasts. Mr.. Nichols. like all the rest
the faculty of Yankton college. "
called upon and he responded mo
nobly. He alluded to the departure
the GLASS of '8S with feeling viii
brought tears to the eyes OF many OF /
hearers and eloquently e1tolled The 60,
works OF that class in and for the collet
Canton Advocate:, DR.. Slaman 4,
Lennox, has been appointed assista
superintendent OF the Yankton inga
hospital, and will remove his family FRI
Lennox to that city. The good peol
OF Yankton are kicking most unmer