Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-12-10
MlTCHELLS ALDERMEN.
visit to YaniktOn and Incidents
Of the Journey.

Ihair visit to ana
of the Journey.
The Mitchell Republican, which was
represented during the late aldermanic
visit to our city by r. W. Wheelock
gives the following description of the af-
fair:
The aldermanic party returned from
Yankton yesterday delaying the train
half an hour, however, by its extra weight.
The trip was unmarked by any in
cldents of a really serious nature though
there was q narrow escape going out
Thursday. On the down grade to the
river Alderman Bloss stepped out on the
platform to see o man. Off went his
hat, but the brakeman on the rear end
made a flying leap, caught the hat, re-
versed and landed safely on the plat
form. without touching the g%round-or
some such way. Anyhow Bloss got his
hat but nearly had his neck broken.
Arriving at Yankton, carriages were in
waiting with a committee of aldermen,
and the visitors were driven to q warm
supper at the Merchants hotel, to which
| they did 1uli justice, Notwithstanding
| they had devastated the restaurants at
| Scotland a few hours before.
Friday morning brought the blizzard
in full blast, and amid flying snow, and
dust, and signs, and awning, and-so-
forth, there was little encouragement to
| go out of doors on any errand. The
| storm kept UP till late in the afternoon,
| but the Yankton hosts did all in their
| power to supply information on the sub
| Ject under consideration.
When the wind had subsidized suf-
ticiently to make walking possible. the
procession moved up on the bluffs west
of town where Yankton's water works
are located, and made some observations,
| though the atmospheric pressure was
| still 30 great that each man had to be
anchored to O post. 1t was not possible 10
make an exposition OF the fire apparatus,
bat the writer knows from his own
knowledge that it Is efficacious in dro wn-
ing out fires. He has seen it head off a
fire IN o frame barn at dead of night
with a high wind, inside of twenty min
utes, 30 completely that the owner did
not get half his insurance.
Yankton's system is entirely different
from Aberdeen's, and between the two
the city fathers of Mitchell cannot fail
to reach some satisfactory results util.
izing our present water supply. 1t il
considerably larger than that at Yank'
ton, while surrounded by some of the
conditions of that of Aberdeen, and
there is no reason to doubt that it car
be developed to meet all possible needs
for years to come.
The authorities of Yankton did every
thing in their power to entertain theil
visitors from the time they met them q
the train with carriages until they bad,
them good bye yesterday morning. afte.
paying all their bills and giving then
generally the freedom of the city. Th,
citizens and the newspapers also did tn
proper thing, and those who had neve
been at Yankton, came away most favor
ably impressed, while those who hat
been there before were but confirmed il
their previous good opinion of th
mother city. Had the weather bee
favorable, extensive arrangements ha,
been made for Friday, but as it was, al
outdoor features had to be abandoned.
Mayor Harris, of Yankton, was confne
to his house by illness, but was well rep
resented by Aldermen Dudley, Braucl
3 Piles, Bruce, French, English and til
!. rest.s