Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-06-11
orderly on the. .stroets yesterday after.

A meeting of Dakota lodge and Ysnk-
' ton e~ncampment |. o. o. f. will be held
t at rs o'clock this evening to make ar.
~rangements to attend the funeral OF
Owen Bartlett.
A new iron fence is being placed
around the trees just outside the court
house yard, on Douglas and Fifth streets.
and the wooden fences and out build
ings are being white washed and other
wise improved.
Tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock the
buildings on the Northwestern ground
near the depot will be sold at auction.
Superintendent Sanborn, of the North
western, is in a hurry to get this ground
cleared and the supposition is that i'm
provements are contemplated.
Geo. B. Hoffman ID having his Green
street residence property improved.
Another story has been added to the
house, which has been placed farther
back IN the lot and the whole is being
brick veneered. The family are occu-
plying the Turner house on Broadway,
during the repairs on their residence.
1t had been decided that the Yankton
base ball club would play a return
game with the Plowboys at Welchtewn
tomorrow, but the last named club
have made arrangements for a game
with the Wakonda team on that date,
, and tho rama batuaap tho VoDbtops
and the P~lowboys has been postponed
for one week.
Referring to the discussion of street
parks, which has been the subject of
ssme very excellent suggestions by G
number OF public spirited citizens
there is nov an ordinance in relation tc
this matter which gives sixteen feet OF
each side of north and south streets anC
fourteen feet on each side of the eas'
and west streets for sidewalk and shade
trees.
VIM. Blatt, of Yankton, was elected
+. grand master of the Masonic grand
lodge at the Bismarck meeting. Thu
other officers are: Deputy Grand
Master, 81. Fl. Wheeler, Grand Forks
/. Grand Senior Warden. j. Q. A. Bradsn
Grand Junior Warden, N. B. Whitfield
Black Hills; Treasurer, Geo. W. Snow
Springfield; Secretary, @. Il. Mccoy
Aberdeen. Huron was selected as the
place for the next meeting.
A number Of boys neither very larg,
nor very small, are amusing themselves
nowadays by fooling around the rail
road tracks and when the trains stop a
the crossing they climb On and off ane
in other ways put themselves in danger
Gus positions. The trainmen have re
. pantedly told them to keep away, bu
= they pay no attention. and will not unit
some boy gets mixed up with the ca
: wheels and is killed. If your boys ar
missing just look along 1.-The track fo'
10 their remains.
Owen Bartlett died about three O'CLOCK
this afternoon. For many days this ha
q been expected m~omentarily. The deceas
s ed has suffered many months with sl
ailment almost like the one which too
: the life of General Grant. A cancer ha'
eaten away the most of his tongue an
n involved the passages of the throat. IL
" has been a great sufferer, but has born
himself heroically. Mr.. Bartlett was
soldier and q member of the Gran
Army. The funeral will take place 6
three O'Clock tomorrow afternoon.
IT, A man of Yankton has invented a net
@ system OF teaching the English languag
by which be claims that he can take
~ foreigner fresh from his native heat
and IN one months time can teach hiI
English language complete, %pronouncia
:. ton and all. The inventor says furthe
that he can teach American children
:. in one day as much as they would learl
in q week at the ordinary schools, an
the information thus gained will neve
~ be forgotten. He Is preparing to ope
n. a school in the Bruce block, and tn
!. ~resulte will be closely watched.
DIR. McGlumphy, superintendent c
health, yesterday afternoon made a
" official investigation of matters in th
mad dog district of eastern Yankto
"a county and his discoveries fully col
>. frmed the revelations of the Press an
Dakotaian. The board of health held
is meeting this forenoon and ordere
10 the destruction of all unmuzzled dog
authorizing all citizens to shoot them o
sight. This the board of health,
n. which the district attorney is presiden
al has authority to do. The city counc
will meet tonight to institute mea
ay ures in cooperation with the board
Dr. health. Muzzle your dogs.
re An interesting meeting OF the fl
department was held at the truck houi
Gil last evening, at which it was decided n
on to take the Yankton hose cart to PIER
ys- but to have the Yenkton running tea
he use the cart which has been tender'
them by the Pierre folks. Chief KIM
Us, was authorized, by q vote, to appoi
or thirteen men to represent the Yankt
lch fire department, in the fremen's &C
op- ~vention which will be held at Piel
during the tournament. The be
nee desire a large attendance of Yankt
At people at the tournament, as friends
ght a handy thing to have around on su
one occasions. All who can go will be
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