Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-07-10
YANKT0N'S FOURTH.
Opinions Expressed by Outsiders Re
latiye to the Late Gelebration-Our
City and it's Big Artesian Wen.
Vermillion plain Talk.

iative to the Late Celebratisn-Our
City and it's Big Artesian Wen.
Vermillion Plain Talk.
According to announcement Yankton
celebrated Independence Day on tho 3rd
with all the pomp and glory an ex-
capital city could be expected to display.
Excursion trains on the Northwestern
and Milwaukee roads ran into the city
III the forenoon carrying hundreds OF
psople from all the neighboring towns
within radias of a hundred miles and
more. These with the people from the
rural districts and Nebraska made a
crowd of not less than ten or twelve
thousand people. The weather was ex-
tremely hot and not all those present
were able to enjoy to the fullest the
exercises of the day. The Yankton and
Canton bands two of the best musical
organizations in the territory furnished
patriotic and other musIc. Mr.. Otto
Peenilier delivered an Grafton in
German which was pronounced good by
those who heard it and Gov. Iiebach
made speech In which he
dwelt on the past history Of Yankton
in very interesting manner. The
sports, were like most of those at other
celebrations with the exception of that
furnished by the band of Indians present
III their war dances aud other oapers.
The races at the fair grounds were good,
honest work being done by the horses
which made the races thoroughly ex-
citing and interesting to the spectators
The fire works were not 30 good as
might have been expected but were
sufficient for the day. The most
,,,So o,
well which thousands of outsiders
visited during their stay. We have not
the space here in which to correctly
describe the well and convey iutelli-
gently its magnitude. 1t will perhaps
stream eight inches in diameter with q
mills and furnishes enough good drink.
able water to supply a city of fifty
thousand inhabitants. 1t is an lnstitu.
feel proud enough. The excursion
trains all left late in the evening
carrying tired lot of people to theil
homes. About one hundred Yermiilion-
ties did their celebrating at Yankton
that day and SO far as we know were
we'll paid for the trip.
Elk Point Courier.
Yankton had q glorious, big celebra
| ton on last Saturday. There mus
have been 5000 or 10000 people in the
| city during the day. and notwithstand
ing the extremely hot weather, every
body seemed to enjoy themselves an(
were we'll pleased with the amusement
provided for the occasion and the hand
some treatment received at the hand
| of Yankton people. such, at least, wa
| the feeling of large delegation of Ell
/ Pointers who had the pleasure of taking
in the amnsements there on that day
This scribe had the pleasue of meeting
such old friends as Geo. w. KingsburJ
Harry Wynn, Gov. Ziebach, VIM. Blatl
and Others, all of whom were active i
entertaining the throng of the city
guests. We also take pleasure in accor
/ ding the fact that there is no gras
i growing in the streets of Yankton no.
i she is booming and bustlin
4 city, and through the entel
prise of ser citizens she is possessed {
the "wonder of the world in the shap
of an artesian well. This we'll was on
OF the attractions to strangers o
Saturday, and it is truly worth going
long ways to view. The visitor is pc
/ fectly awed at seeing q stream OF watt
: six inches in diameter gushing from til
, bowels of the earth with such tremel
dous velocity. The flow from this 81
inch pipe is over 1,200 gallons p'
. minute, and you can readily imagir
with what great velocity it must gus
forth. The surplus water not used Il
the water works, flows off down the hi
q and makes rapid running creek Of
I small dimensions.