Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-08-22
their attendant and their sut re.liz.-

their attendant and their Hrst reslizs-
tion Of the mirhap was that he had sud.
denly disappeared-how and where he
had gone they knew not. There was .
sudden conformation in the camp. pale
faces and symptoms of screams without
any ice in them, aud there is no telling
what would have happened had not
their escort resppeared through the slit
in the curtains, looking very much
broke up and confused. After he had
explained it took an extra rntion of
cream all around to keep the girls from
laughing themselves to death.
Colonel Strait, coal expert from Iowa,
has been spending several days examin-
ing the coal on tho Jencks farm, making
chemical tests and measuring the thick
ness of the veins. He says the first four
thin veins are not valuable, being com.
posed of Ignite and oarboniferous shale.
The fifth VEN, which is four and one.
quarter feet thick and 246 feet down and
the sixth vein, which is six and one.
quarter feet thick and 262 feet down, he
pronounces good quality of solid
bitnminous coal, which he rates at fifty
two and says it is better than any Iowa
coal and almost equal to the average
Illinois coal. Iowa coal averages forty.
five and runs as low as thlrty.four and
Illinois coal averages tifty.four. These
experiments demonstrate the value OF
the Yankton coal find.
Service was to-day discontinued on
the mail route between Yankton and
Scotland, and yesterday it was discon-
tinued on the other end of the route,
between Scotland and Mitchell. The
department has been notified and it is
probable orders will be received to put
on temporary service. To.day's Scotland
mail was sent up by train and that point
will be supplied via Springfield, tempo.
rarily. But the Offices between Yankton
and Scotland and between Scotland and
Mitchell, on this route will not be served
until new arrangements are made. This
is the second failure of the sub.contract.
or on this route, G. W. Lake, within the
past few months. He does not pay his
drivers and as result they decline to
| drive. Some of them are between four
and five months behind on salaries. It il
given out as the reason OF Mr.. Lakes
delinquency that be has skipped the
country, taking with him him another
mans wife and leaving his own wife al
Scotland. When things become SC
mixed between the mails and the females
the government service is liable tc
suffer.
Scotland correspondence Sioux City
Journal: The other day I overheard
half dozen travelling men talking
about hotels. and of course Sioux City
was mentioned as Sundaying point
The boys decided not to go to Siou,
City. but divide between Yankton ant
Sioux Falls. 1 am sorry to see such .
feeling against the hotels OF Sioux City
They claim the price to be far in excess
of the accommodations, and as few oi
them feel like going beyond So per day
they seek good 50 accommodations else
where. the result is that the hotels a
Sioux Falls and Yankton are full t
overtlowing every Sunday. I do not fn'
one man out of every thirty who trave
in this section that tells me he is work
ing to get to Sioux City for Sunday
II know nothing OF The
hotels at Sioux City beyond what I hea
from fellow travellers. A good 50 pc
day houve would evidently change thi
rather unhealthy antipathy to stayinI
any length Of time in our city. for cel
tainly the city offers equally as man!
attractions as its neigh5ors, which no,
seem to have the hotels.