Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1889-01-10
forenoon for Haytl.


Electric sugar shares are still falling in
value at Liverpool, and are entirely
| without purchasers.
The Union Pacific is building 1900
feet of track at Cnt-off lake for Swift &
| Co. of South Omaha.
j. III. Palmer was appointed general
agent of the Burlington at st. Louis,
vice |. ]. Ripley resigned.
The ice outside of the sea walls of
Odessa harbor is seven feet thick and
extends ten miles out to sea.
The Milwaukee, Lake Shore and
Western, preferred, has declared a divi-
dend of p per cent, payable Feb. 10,
Capt. Lynden has arrested another of
the Mcclure murderers near Wilkes
barre, Pa. The prisoners name is not
given.
Four men confined in the Jail at
| Marion, Ind, for small o~tfenses, escaped
Sunday night. One of them was recap
1 tured.
On and after Jan. 81 the mail from
| San Francisco will be delivered to
Omaha forty-eight hours earlier than at
present.
The drought in certain districts OF
Australia has injured crop prospects and
caused advance in the price of agricul-
tural products.
Will Kennedy, q butcher at Columbus,
Ind, has received a letter signed White
Caps advising him to take better care
of his children.
Diphtheria is epidemic at Mayo, Hun
gary, and a number of children are dying
from the disease daily. The inhabitants
are panic stricken.
A young farmer named Ira Mooreman,
living near Ogden, Ills, was arrested
Monday for attempting to negotiate a
forged note for S40o.
The Norwich, Conn, National bank,
| established in 1895, with q capital of
1920, 900, agreed to go into voluntary
| liquidation on March Is.
The New Hampshire constitutional
convention rejected an amendment pro-
viding for annual instead of biennial
sessions of the legislature.
George Irving, an American promoter,
sued The London Financial News for
81 ,000, 900 for its references to the Ho-
mer gold mines as a wild cat" scheme.
The entire Republican delegation from
Ohio called upon Mai. Mckinley and
assured him that they would cordially
support his candidacy for the speaker
ship.
A missionary was whipped by a party
preaching to negroes, and driven into
the river, where it is thought be was
drowned.
A number of prisoners charged with
horse stealing in Indian Territory, were
/ 1.naass,.s1 - EtN,.t G,,sAl, 81. ,llx.r
James, a cousin of Frank and Jesse, is
one of the prisoners.
The failure Of the Keefer Milling com
pany of ~Covington, KY, was caused by
the forgery of drafts amounting to
$4S, 900 by Keefer, Jr. Young Keefer
has disappeared.
The lead miners at Galena, Ills, are
much excited over the many discoveries
of new veins which lave been made
within the past week. The force of
| prospectors is increasing daily.
An assignment was made Monday by
the D. Keefer Milling company, of Cow
ington, KY. The assets are between
S7a. 900 and $tfM 600 and the iiats;iits;es
are figured from 500 900 to 100000.
The danger of a smallpox epidemic at
Chehoygan, Mich, is thought to be
passed. The public schools and churches
still remain closed and employees of the
lumber camps have been ordered to sub
NIT to vaccination or discharge.
ID. Nj. Adams attempted suicide at Syr-
acuse. Neb. He and his wife separated
last August and an effectual effort for
reconciliation was the cause of the at
Tempt Adams is in custody, closely
watched.
The Omaha Central Labor union passed
o resolution demanding that the council
noon contractors and the CITY, to en-
ploy none but citizens of the United
States upon the public works.
The sanate passed without amendment
the bill which recently passed the house
directing the immediate delivery of let
tiers bearing special delivery stamps,
even though the regular postage on
them be lacking or underpaid.