Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-07-06

in cash and nothing more-they to. feed
themselves and pay their own expenses.
An additional fifty dollars was to be
given the Indian oornet band. This is
the size OF the contract.
A citizen suggests that.with our ahun-
dance of water the streets should be
kept wet all the time and that q man or
two with a section or two of hose could
do this from the fire hydrants. He says
he presumes the business men would
rather pay the city for efficient street
%sprinkling thar to pay an individual for
inefficient street %sprinkling. l. is q
matter of sericus importance these hot,
windy and dusty days. There are forty
five Thousand barrels of water going to
waste every day from the artesian we'll
and some of it might be used for the
comfort of the community.
Yankton's base ball club went over to
Wakonda yesterday to play for the
purse offered by tho 18th of July celebra-
ton committee to the winning club.
Upon their arrival they were refused
admission to the contest. he'Yankton
club has recently strengthened Itself by
the addition of three excellent players
and it was demanded that they bar out
their reinforcements or keep out OF the
game. They chose the latter alter
native, believing it the right of a base
ball club to improve itself
and became more effective in it's field
work. Yankton's base ball boys had
gone to Wakonda in the full panoply of
war, led by a brass band and a phalanx
of supporters and the boys came home
in bad humor over their ~repulse. 1t
courteously,
j. NJ. Burke has opened o school in
the Pruden building on Cedar street for
the practical application of his new
system of teaching the English language.
After years of study Mr.. Burke has per-
fected a system based upon discoveries
of his own which enables him to teach
the English language to those speaking
a foreign tongue in q very few lessons.
We are not familiar with the system,
but he guarantees the result and that is
the one thing sought. His instruction
is impaired through o series of evening
schools, one evening IN each week being
devoted to q branch of the general plan
and dev classes are also to be establish
ed. M Burke believes he can revo'
lutionize \the teaching of the Ian.
guages through ar easy and effective
system attained by long study anc
! careful researchM
There is q strong suspicion of some
thing wrong at the Yankton creamery
The institution has NNiseen closed two
days and there is nj onS here to repre-
sent it, both proprietore having lef
, town. AS this is the time fqr the pay
ment of the monthly obligations TIL
absence of the responsible parties make
it look as though they had gone a&Sy t.
avoid the consequences OF o short bsnl
, account. They both left yesterday, on
or them gong ostensibly to procur
funds and the other leaving withou
giving any explanation or divulging hi
i intentions. The extent of their liabili
9 ties is not known, but it is supposed the,
D owe something over a thousand dollar
Q to farmers and small sums about towr
They have been buying cream at eigh
j cents per pound, paying two cents pc
t pound for gathering it and selling butte
at twelve cents per pound. This margi
n is too small to meet other expense!
Butter is not a profitable product thea
: days.
The Standard theatre management.
k in no manner to blame for It's failure t
appear according to its announcement
last night. There was a misunderstood
ing relative to the running Of trair
y and sscertaining his mistake in calcul'
tions on bis arrival at Alton yesterda,
: the manager hired o special train an
ran over eighty miles of Northwestern
j. track into Yanktop at the rate of nearl
70 a mile O minute. Arriving here ct Fl,
If O'Clock, the hall was not ready and
20 was induced to postpone the opening
If his Yankton season until tonight. III
IL company will appear here nightly durir
y the balance of the week, at Turner hal
~ and will present a programme full
III interest. Notwithstanding the 10
Of price of admission, the company is
at superior one. 1t depends on lar
crowds for its profits and the chez
3, tickets ensure full houses, which o
Id a source OF better returns than hlg
ge priced empty seats. The Standa
Ii. will begin tonight.
Early this afternoon a strange dog,
as the pointer breed, liver and white, r
iato the gun and saddlery store of Wa
lsV ner and Novotny and sought to-hi
q. himself under q window shelf. He "
sci frothipg freely ut the mouth and SO
Sc began swapping at q boy in the stt
and at other persons who came to
10 %rescue, driving them back into the We
asst room. The dog then got behind
led counter and busted himself for a ii
US, trying to jump over it. Along pole '
procured and with it the inmates tr
OF to eject the unwelcome visitor. ]
,od dog seized the pole in his teeth and
yer it furiously. but in the melee he Y
. d showed ont through the front door 4