Yankton Press and Dakotan from Yankton, South Dakota • 4

N- xm ami itofwteum DAILY YANKTON, Monday Evening, Nov. 8j 1875. rijjU-Ki Faulk, lias been.cnsragcil as CoIIecifhg: Agent by the proprietors of tlifc Press and Dnkotaian, ami is authorized to receive anil receipt for subscriptions ami atlverlisinsr. Probabilities for Iloure WifiusajoN, Nov. a.

m. for the upper Mississippi and low or Missouri barometer northwest winds falling temperature partly cloudy weather, following light rains In first district. Jt- LOCAL LACONICS. The disirict court is still engaged on the rape case. Yesterday afternoon brouglil.

us a light sprinkle of rain. Faddy Welsh lost a valuable horse on Saturday night last. Ipf A large circlc around the moon last night portends a storm. Chaflcy EdwardsTshot a badger on S. Spink's farm yesterday.

A fur collar picked up on the street awaits an owner at-the St. Charles hotel. Mrs. De Geer was intending to crusade the saloons yesterday, but the shower prevented. Morrow has been photographing the St.

Charles hotel, and a handsome piece of work he has made of it. The Dakota Southern has just turned out a newly painted baggage car, which makes Conductor Merchant's train complete. Miss Liliby De Geer lccture to-night in the M. E. church in this city.

Subject Strong Drink Makes Men Strong." A burglar bold crawled through the tran som into Cutting Cloudas' grocery store on Saturday night, but got nothing for his trouble. The Sioux Falls papers are enthusiastic about the prospective railroad which is looked for at any time and from most every direction. A miserable drunken vagrant from Ohio picked up on the streets yesterday and placed in the lock-up. He claims to be ami flnirtli Tim Welby will reccive his sentence, for shooting at a Russian, on Saturday. A year's imprisonmcatis the least that can be given him, under the law.

A squad of thirty recruits for the 1st infantry arrived Saturday night qver the Dakota Southern road. Tiicy were quartered in tho upper warehouse over Sunday, and started this morning overland for Randall. J. C. Blanding has opened an office in roota No.

Pennington's block, where he will hold himself in readiness to attend to all orders for surveying. Blandirig a complete surveying outfit, and the ability vTT and experience to make the best use of his Intricate and expensive instruments. PERSONA L. for Chicago this Cupt. Muratta departed morning.

Hon. James S. Foster, or Elm Swings, is in town to-day. He reports things flourishing on the Jim. Charley Bates returned Saturday night from his eastern visit, and he came alone, thereby disappointing everybody wiio feels on interest in his welfare.

George W. Felt, post trader at White Kiver agency, came up from Sioux City Saturday night and spent the Sabbath at the St. Charles. He started for his trading post this morning. S.

Morrow has- gone to Indianapolis with liis little daughter, who will-be subjected'to a surgical operation which it is hoped will straighten one of her fingers which is out of result of an accident. Joseph Ward has been seven years of the Congregational church in this city, and on yesterday, his seventh anniversary gave his congregation a retrospective full of interesting historical reminiscences. II. F. Jencks, proprietor of the Depot ho tel at" Sioux up Saturday night with his wife to visit.D.

B. Cooley, an old time friend. Mrs. Jencks returned this morning, but Mr. Jencks will remain over until to-morrow to look over our town.

lie runs the best hotel'in Sioux City, and as successful landlord he finds many friends in Yankton. a John Owiens, Bee die, TTJuasey, A McGill family, Bon Homme xU Martin faihily, Dodge Centre CLUe, la. hables Win gate. Sioux City G. M.

Smith, Madison, Wis. II. L. Jenks and wife, Geo. W.

Felt, Sioux City, W. Archcs, Watutum, N. R. Wright man. Sioux Falls' II.

Murphy, Elk Point Geo. Allen, Fort R-indaft McDarougli, II. Johnson, 'Sioux City- E. G. J), Allen, Ft.

Randall John Winn, Sioux cny. II Randall A Wise, Hilton, ifew Hampshire C'B Morey, Fort Dodge Mitchell, btejn, Spencer, Lyon, Chicago Stayer, Burchardp Frceport, IUs John A Koch, Moore, pubuquc, la. 8 Shannon, Racine, Wis. A. Hale, A Wilcox, IIH Jencks, Sioux Randolph, New York Henry T.

Brdwn, Wm irdwknig, Rock Island. XlmiMarM John Wilson, of Bon met with 1 Kiiotis accident bn Saturday. Together With John Curley he dlgging sand from the liver'bink when iV, loosened earth fell upon him. Ourlcy ivas but little injured and was able to cxlricato himself without dijllculty, liutjWilson met a worse almost wholly buried. Ft look-same twenty miuut work to extricate him and life was then nearly extinct.

Dr. Van "Velsor, of this city, was sent for and it is thought' that he will be able'to bring W'ilson'through. L'W'iJ 4 'j lecture. Mis. De Geer, the temivrAiteo lecturer and preacher, applutrvxl lvfon? a goodly midieiicc Saturday night auvl talked to them uion the subject uppermost her mind.

Yesterday morning she preached from- the Methodist pulpit. Last night's exercises at the church drew1 out so an audience that all the sitting and standing room was taken and the crowd extended through, the vestibule to the stepj of the church. A Sunday school concert, was apart of the Gun. Beadle delivered a temperance specch and Mrs. DeGeer a prohibition specch.

She is radical to the extreme significance of the word and her power lies more in the force of her blows than in the employment of argument or the polish of bcr rhetoric. She is of Irish parentage and is masculine in the best of her features and in her physjque. Her utterance has depth, breadth, and length. She goes at her subject with the evident disposition to get it under foot, tramp upon it, and stand upon it until every atom of life-is crushed out and the cause of Mrs. DeGeer risen triumphant over the conflict of the stiifa.

She is intensely in earnest and. is a correct type of the crusader of day the and year.in which we live. Grog shops and grog venders are her special aversion, and while she has tho platform they urn assaulted, carried by storm, annihilated and scattered to the mer cies of the four wiuds of heaven. That is the kind of a wutmn Mrs. De Geer is and she is doubtless, by her earnestness, doing much good for the cause of A christian land shall sustain her for her sincerity, commend her for her devotcdness.

and extend to her the' right hand of fellowship wherever snegoes. TEACHER'S INSTITUTE. Srnopili or A. W. Barber's iddreia before ibe Assemblage.

The writer first alluded to the present conflict of public-opinion, now being so warmly waged in many- eastern communities where Roman Catholicism has obtained so strong a footing as to encourage them tobecinit a conflict between the friends and the enemies of the public school system wherein one side denounces the public schools as a failure, and school taxes as robbery and oppression, demanding a division of the public funds to establish sectarian religious schools under the control of their religious leaders, while the other Side -insists on preserving the present system, pure and free from all sectarian and religious, character as the only safe and just plan. Of this warfare the fur west is but a spectator. Here the true American ideas of free schools and of total disconnection of chuich and state, cannot be yet in danger of being choked out by overwhelming numbers and hostile ideas, transplanted like rank weeds Irom European soil, that for centuries was blackened by religious bloodshed. intense as our sympathetic interest' may we yet look at the. position of may take a rational our opponents.

The Romish clergy complain, not with out some color of truth, that our schools lack moral training in a word, that they turn out too many rogues and infidels, that pupils arc weakly advised to do well, but without any real control of their principles and faith. We must confess'that careful scrutiny of the results of our labors docs not refute this objection. On an average they arc not highly cultivated in the moral sensibilities, and our course docs not fit them for docile discipline of cither common morality or divine truth. The reasoning powers are developed and the conscience neglected. The teachings of the age, especially outside of the school room, lead them to feel that succcss alone, even by contemptible tricks, is superior to all the sterling principle in the world No wonder if Catholic parents find a sad difference in moral growth, between their children at the public school-and-lhose under their private tutors.

They go to the free school already hostile to the prevailing faith of the teachers and in rejectiing Protestant forms, they easily tend to'throw away also the general good teachings meant for all alike, because to them they £eem to come from a wrong sourcc, They often pass through school like aliens, critical and obstinate, adopting neither system, and spurning the moral restraint of those who would lead them in the path of recti tudc. Then is heard the cry that our schools are mere nurseries of sin and infidelity. Parents and priests can point' to some prominent example of immorality, probably acquired in the streets from bad associates, and say, "ah! what for that fine young person to havd been ruined in the wicked free schools! If our own moral and System of teaching had been given, lie would have been an honor to us all." ipto wmxi caved off and. object. i-.

Wc must concede to the schools of that church great success in training the young to bc obedient and zealous, and to accent the teacher's wishes and dogmas as the supreme law. They have enjoyed this reputation for' centuries, and to day tliejy can of course insure stricter government by' constant watchfulness in buildings walled in and locked up, than the free can boast. But when they attempt Xo make their this'difference will disappear. From their standpoint, there oo doubt convincing are. Ill a co.nvent reasons to thetn, for rushing this warfare gg a holy rnnadc.

It is not all a deep- Jesuit plot, to tnsuld the young of the nation and gain an ultimate control for I donbt not, tqany of these ob-jectowto our system do so with painful sincerity, as a high religious duty: After all, both sides aim the Mime to. rear honorable conscientious The ordinary town school, with all its rude and vicious children, yet contains the elements necessary to turn out the very best ofmen.To effect this wonderful transformation in even one boy often seems a moral miracle. Yet the teacher's efforts are not unaided own soul which may rally to him, as we shall see. WhereiiBto shall we liken set of pupils? Perhaps to a young orchard of neglected, crooked, knotty trees, growing into every perverse shape) that pleawsthe gardei taste. Yet it will never do tt get themVll off at' He cannot straighten th angular stocks by force, for they will brealc Let him prune cautiously, and watch th result kindly cut away the worst and knottiest limbs, and spare the rest for awhile anil if the main not growing just right, leave them on, anil by judicious trimming turn them to ornaments at last, tie will not tie them up lu stakes like vinca, pqoplo.

But their peculiar means cannot bo incorporated in the law of any Amct-h The Wabasha (Minn.) Humid says: Mr, can state till its vcryfoundatlon stones have Morgan Culbertson wuij among our early been torn up in the strife. touchers may use full control, day aud for years. patrons think everything- within its wtills infallibly riglit, and give it perfect support. Why should' they not succeed But does rhe average patron give our' teachers any such full sway Do they not take pupils out for any trifling cause, let them run wild, fall behind, and grow corrupted Then, if the teacher docs his duty, treat him as an enemy and side with the offender? Do not many faii miserably in home government, after having had the child's life time to teach obedience then like idiots blame a teacher for not securing peaceful 'control at once?" It seems as if o'ne of the rights insisted on by some, in this too free country, is the right to raise lawless hoodl urns, and inflict them on school and society as a pestilence more noxious and contagious than the small-pox. Let us relax our efforts to train smart childteu.

They will he morally bright enough without urging the real danger is in another direction. Shall Americans be blind to it till too late? Or is there power In our system to cure its own defects How many teachers wield a restraining influence beyond the school grounds? Could they but develope the child's soul, enthrone conscience as ruler, teach to defy temptation, ajid secure rectitude in after years, then utould these hostile reproaches be taken away. but enrich their soil to make them vigorous and self sustaining and remove them from the blighting shade of bad neighbors. And when he sees the black knots along the stem, where vicious branches have been cut away, but left an indelible their former presence, docs he despmr of its some day growing beautiful and sound No, for he well knows the vital force of regenerating nature, ever tending to beautify and rebuild. He knows that if the tree well, removing the unruly buds that peep out in wrong places, it wili in repay himjis a model tree upon a straight thing of spring-time beauty and autumnal reward.

Year by year it will add new layers of wood, closing in over the knotty memories of past evils, folding tbem deep in the heart, hid and forgotten under the'healthy bark and sound wood. And somehow, those unsightly zigzag crooks, where the wayward twig bent this way and that, grow imperceptible in time. Dame nature cures even this, too, by adding thick layers of wood in every hollow, thin ones over the projections, till trunk at last is straight and smooth, and she has given us a palpable denial of the old adage, Just as the twig is bent, the tree is inclined," Oft has the axe laid open some straight log, riving it through the center, revealing unerringly the sesret history of its heart showing that but a few years before it had been but a crooked, scraggy sapling: It has thus typified the life of many a young man who has changed by constant effort from the vulgarity and cruel.ty. of the street gamin, to the refined character of the christian gentleman. One by one the superfluous and rotten branches of his inuer nature "vicea and oaths become sickening even' to himself he gropes no longer in the underbrush, but rears his head among the tree-tops, wlthheaven's dome in full view.

He lives down and outgrows the memory- of previous faults, even crimes, and his whole, life a constant endeavor to straighten up," and make the most of his God-given faculties. CotUuded to-morroie. DAKOTA NEWS. CLAY COUNTY. The public schools of Vermillion closed this week to give the teachers a chance to attend the teachers' institute at'Yankton.

An adjourned meeting of the county commissioners will be held on Monday. H. J. Austin's money drawer at Yermil lion was robbed of five dollars a few night's, ago. J.

F. Cqrtis is about to open a first-class restaurant in Vermillion. One of Vermillion's prominent young youth who smokes cigarettes and parts his hair in the middle, has just drawn a suit of baby at a church lottery. He has. laid them aside for future reference, The editor of the Vermillion Register has circumnavigated a turnip which weighs sixteen pounds, and now 'he defiantly asks the balance of the territoryjo go ond pound better if it can Vermillion has a Terpsichorcan club jfhlrh tmprw nf fifty cents Upon each member who attends, without female partner.

TiJe Methodists of Vermillion have held a fair andf festival which is by the Register as a grand success. De Geer will lepture in Vermillion on Monday evening. nnoOKIKGS COt'XTY. Morgan Uuluertson was umong our early settlors. lie, witii li.

M. Crawford, now, with-'their families, located in the township of M-edury, Brookings county, Dakota Territory, where tlicy had each, taken a 'claim under'the culture act. These old came here before we had any town organizations and their experience gained here well, qualifies them to participate in the many organizations to be perfected in all new countries. They were among our foremost republicans, and lhclr influence always on the side of May succcss atterul them. HON HOMME COUfcTY.

From tlic SprlngfleUl The Springfield saw mill runs nlghi. and day. The Times prints a rumor that Major Gassman has tendered his' resignation as agent of the Yankton Indians." The steamer Carroll took 500' wheat from Springfield to St. Louis. Hon, B.

E. Wood is building one of the finest farm houses in Bon Homme county. Up at Bon llomme on election night a dance was given to the defeated and victorious candidates. -v, TUHNEH COUNTY. From the Swan Lake Kra.

gfl Cyrus Morris, aged 50, died at Turner on the 31st ult. It was G. L. Whitmarsh's hotel at Flnlay that was damaged by fire last Wednesday evening. An organ valued at $250 was burned.

Thielman has given Swan Lake a convenient post office Kim Berry has rented his farm to Orr'ih van We learn that prairie fires have bceu do ing great damage to the itorth and west of us recently. In Lake countV Demick Son lost the crop of oats and Nwheat from 32 acres, with about 20 tons onhay and their stable II. Thompson lost aboM 40 acres of grain, and all his hay W. BroWn lost all his hay and grain. The fire reached the Vermillion, consuming about of wood for H.

Mijlcr, running thropKh his timber, doing great danwge. MOODY ITK Sioux Kalta Independent. Lewis Gibbs, of this place, has contrabt ed to carry the mail from Sioux Falls tl Skunk Lake. The prairie fires consumed aboutJ50 tons of hay within a radius of 20 miles of Flan dreau. Flandreau has another "citizen." It is a girl, and stops at H.

C. Gardner's house. Thomas Wakeman, we understand, has received the contract for carrying the mail from Sioux Falls to Herman. Several parties from Flandreau are going courting at Vermillion in. a few days.

M. D. L. Pcttigrew is erecting a largfe stable within the city limits. His will soon be under way.

Flandreau has a first class maspfi. A sod wall feet can be laid for a three dollar bill. Hills have becu discovered up this way. The fire made nAKSOM COUNTY- From the SpringBeld Times Mr. of Rockport, met with quite a severe accident on Friday morning) aborit 3 o'clock, at Emanuel creck.

He was on his way to Brule with a ioad of freight, when his horses got offof the road and precipitated the a about 20 feet, the load'ialling on him, he' was held unfii released by sonic freighters, lle was injured internally, and will be confined to his bed for some days, She went for Him. After Gen. Beadle had completed an elaborate and complimentary introduction of Mrs. DeGeer to the audience last night the gentle lady got up and went for 'him with tire and brimstone' in her eyes, because he advocated only temperance while 'she was talking prohibition. She called the General a politician-find that more than he could quietly endure.

So he -got up and denied the charge. It wasn't very gentlemanly in Mrs. De Geer to act so be fore strangers. Anniversary Sermon. Rev.

Josepb Ward yesterday preocliei hia seventh sermon in the CongregatlonaL church of this city. He gave some interesting with his fKjourn in Yankton referring to the fact that seven years ago, when he oiy, he croned the came into the Urrit V-aie P. Tliielmah is collecting samples of Turner county products, and will send Swan Lake-still calls for a. first'class hotel man. Mrs.

Rasmussen, a Danish woman, was jolted from a wagon and broke a bone in her right hand, on tho'2d inst. The commissioners of Turner county will meet on the 12thInst. Tho Episcopal churcli edifice at Swan Lake is to be repaired. 1 MtNNErrATIACOUlftv. From Ihe Independent.

The Rev. Mr. Fowler, pastor of the Episcopal church at Sioux Falls, preached his ictory yesterday. Griffith's house, in the Scott valley, north of Sioux Falls, was burn- ed recfentty The Rev. A.

D. Adams, of Uuion Grove, hak been called to the charge of the Congregational church at Sioux Falls, and entered upop his duties yesterday. About children in the county. isa'list of the U. S.

grand and petit jurors for the November term of court in this (iutrict: Grand Hawkins, R. II. Booth, J. L. CornwaJl, J.

R. Richardson. Petit Alexander, J. M. Dickson, T.

Dennis, Geo. Fay, J. W. David Reynolds, John Fortune. TheVrand jurors arc to meet at Vermillion on 10th inst.

J.1111 Jamcf rivi-r in an old boat, ahd that at lhat time there were ibui on Third street, and none irtli of whei the Congregational church 1 -w. were at that time but fourteen members of the church in Yankton now there are one hundred and three. But of all this membership, comingand going in seven years, but four have died. lie gave other interesting facts and statistics in con-, nectiou with the growth of the Congregational church and tho advancement niid (1j. velopmcnt of Yankton and Dakota since hefirst came us FOR KENT.

A farm, with dwelling house and barn, one mile from the St. Charles hotel, Yank ton. Apply to F. J. ewitt.

The young men's literary society-will meet in the old coiirt room in Morrison's', block, on Monday, the 8th at 7o'clock. Al) are iiivitcd to attend and participate in the exercises. vJ 'Jg By S. II. Gruber, Comin'tlee.

A. F. A. 31. The regular communication of St.

John's odge No. 1 A. A. 51., will be held at their lodge room in this city to morrow (Tuesday) evening at 7:30 o'clock. Geo.

II. Hand, S. WrM. Sccy. CRIFFIN OUliliN, Tonsorial Artist, respectfully informs his friends and the public that he has opened a bon ton saloon in the Charles hotel, Capital street, where shaving, hair cutting and dressing, will be attended to.

He promises satisfaction, and by close attention to business to merit a fair sh pub 1 icpu I ro 11 age. The centennial over shoe for ladies and misscg-jim and Novld3t I. Piles Co. WANTED. will foe paid.

ICSlf -A WASHERWOMAN, at the St. holel in this city. Good wages Apply la ROSS, Charles The Latest and the Freshest. THE P. 0.

NEWS COMPANY Is prepared to fti'rnisli-ihe people of Dakoti with everything pertaining lo the Kouk, siailonery and Mews trade. mjsj Tlie Chicago uul York Duilics Kvcry Day. Magazines, liouiul Books, Paper, Pencils, rjfii A lWM.Ss.6nJi.aniL 1'i iiit and Flat Papers a Specialty. dltifilf O. NEWS COMPANY, -N--1 St.

Clmrles hotel. iilHI. to do general honicwork. Uood wages In ltlBd-f ritANR KETCm At Fowler KsTchura'n atoro. Stop Yotit Cough! The wonderful results and immense sale of Hnle's Co nail Cordial tlie past reason, ought to convince the most tlccjtical still we are going to continue the same liberal offer tliat we liave.madc heretofore, viz: Any person sufferm-io iliiujl.

whu will ing wun 4 old, cr call at Mills Jfc Pnrdy's, or any other Drng' Store, and pnrcliaec a bottle of Hale's Congl! Cor. use one-half of it, and if they then conclude that itis doing them 110 good, Ihey can return the balance and receive back their money Who would not'test this medicine on such liberal terms? No incdicjuc ever fold in this vicinity that produced such-wonderful results. Allweask Is that you will try it. daw-Cm mid 5UIUSL Books, Stationery and News. Vankion.

D.T. Sfifntirtc. STEINBAC1I, I MAS FOItKS, La Plata (San Jnan attends lo General Assam Buiess 1 And will visit, inspect. anilxrep.rt. upon mines and mineral Deputy t'.

Mineral Surveyor. Solicited, F. HIRS1ISTEIN, I A.NGFACTUHEH v'V'. Of, iiiui In, all: kinds I A pn- SMOKING AND TOBACCO AT WNCttSAlE AMI MTAIl. A good assortment of all kinds or Smokcnt Manufacturing to Order, a Specialty Third Street, llroadway and Ynukton, Dakota.

TRANSPORTATION The Dakota Central Stage Co, Will receipt for freight lo Fort Randall, Fort Solly, And Intermediate Points: Frolght-'Mtvercd at Port Sully In ten days. Intermediate time proportionate. Apply at the oflipe gn strcttt. O. T.

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