Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-06-14

section. 1t came from six hundred fee
down.
The result OF the base bal! game play
ed on Saturday last between the Wa
konda club and the Plowboys resulted
in n victory for the last named club
with o score of 80 to %, The Yanktonf
and the Plowboys will play a game a
Welchtown on Saturday next.
When Captain Murphy was drilling
the firing squad at G. a. r. hall yester-
day afternoon a gun which lie held IL his
hand went off and a number of the old
soldiers jumped and acted somewhat
alarmed. Which was a bad example to
set for younger soldiers, Murphy says
he did not know it was loaded.
The proprietors of the Excelsior mill
are figuring on an artesian well, and if
their figures satisfy them they will make
a well with the purpose of substituting
water power for steam power. Should
such an experiment succeed it will save
the mill company three thousand dol
lars per year now paid out for fuel.
The Ladies Aid society of the M. e.
church will give a lawn festival at the
residence of Rev. and Mrs. G. e. Hager,
on Wednesday evening. Stra wberries
and ice cream will be served with cake.
| General Beadie's tent will be erected on
the grounds and those desiring to enjoy
the novelty of tent life for a season, will
have the privilege, A general good time
is anticipated.
Karr & Richey will move their we7l
machinery from Yankton to Scotland,
where they will deepen the we'll made by
them there a year or 30 ago. This well
now has a small flow, but the city au-
thorities hope to procure a larger supply
OF water. As work was stopped III o for
nation similar to the Sioux Falls quart
ute, it is feared that further efforts will
prove ~unavailing.
The funeral of Owen Bartlett. which
occurred at two O'Clock yesterday after
noon, was attended by one OF the largest
gatherings of people that ever assembled
in the city. The Oddfellows and Phil
Kearney Post, G. A. H., had charge of
the ceremonies with the exception Of the
sermon which was given by Rev. @. T,
Clapp in the Congregational church. A
long procession followed the remains to
the grave.
Saturday night there was q grand
rally of the populace of Yankton
around the new artesian we'll and il was
unanimously voted a wonderful exhi-
bitten 1t spouts with its original
f~erooity aud gives every symptom of an
intention to flow on forever. There
is nov scarcely a trace Of sand IN the
water which pushes itself up far above
the mouth of the pipe in q solid col.
umn of liquid transparency.
A railroad man from Scotland came
to Yankton on Saturday evening, and
proceeded forthwith to get most com.
fortably full. In the course of his
perambulatious he brought up on the
levee, and there he began decorating the
premises. After half on Eour of
amusement he was captured by Marshal
Baumann who committed him to the
cooler and this morning Judge Congle-
ton administered the usual 1910
The original owners of Yankton's orr
einal artesian we'll and park, the hardy
band of adYenturera Tho pat the!r
faith and their money into the first OK
pertinent. are theoretically kicking eact
other because they did not hold to the
property and the water franchise. They
periodically solo out to the city for
what the property cost, being satisfied,
at that time, with q demonstration OF
the prpcticability Of procuring arte
sian water. The property would nov
be worth q small fortune to them,
With the beginning of the present
month DIR. o. O. Link, assistant superin'
tendent of the insane asylum, rendered
his resignation to the bosrd of trustees
1t has been accepted and with to-day
DR.. Links connection ceases. To.
morrow he will leave for Nebraska
going FIRST to Norfolk. He leaves
Yankton to seek more southern cline
and will work southwark from Norfolk
possibly beyond the Nebraska line
For many years the doctor was in feeble
health and his condition brought hin
to Dakota. He has improved here, bu.
has concluded that o location in a warm
er latitude will prove yer more bene
fetal. At the asylum, as assistant, HI
has given complete satisfaction an(
] leaves the institution with a good record
Yankton will hope that the doctor ma.
fulfill his promise to return to us by ant
by.
The Fountain City hose team, left o.
the early train oyer the Northwestern
this morning for Pierre. The %runnin
Q team consists of w. s. Stockwell, fore
: man; Milt Brisbine, assistant foreman
81. Donnelly, e. Zienert. E. Hobson, 5
Carr. w. Stone, Geo. II. Hobson. {
%Southwick, John Lagan, Gus Braucl
ID. Matthews, Geo. Kaiser, r, Pedersol
Is W. Walsh and John Dillinger. The
d were accompanied by Caief K1nci
Z Assistant Chief Sanborn, Forema
Zienert of the Teller hose compan
u Foreman Seibert of the Hook and ladd'
u company, and Fred Pfotenhauer, w.