Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-04-07
din'nd id ~ aYep, where goid9 Hobe?"
yep, komeod." In chorus, "e.ch-etch.

Yep, komeod." In chorus, "etch-etch-
choo."
The ladies of the NJ. e, church give
q social entertainment at Mrs Harris
rooms (uor THIRD and Walnut) this even
ing Refreshments will be served from
g O'Clock till 10, with toasts and music
.interspersed. All friends invited.
The territorial board of railroad com.
missioners has been in session at the
Merchants hotel to-day listening to COM
plants of farmers whose property has
been injured by railroads in various
ways, The commission will leave IN The
morning for Redfield.
A district convention of the Womens
Christian Temperance Union, embrac.
ing tho counties of Turner, Lincoln,
Clay, Yankton and Union, will be held
IN the city of Yankton OF April 18th and
14th. The convention opens Tuesday
evening the 18th inst. and the ladies of
Yankton promise entertainment for visit
ing delegates.
As the time for the opening of the ter
%ritorial term OF court approaches we are
reminded Of a seduction case that will
probably come before that court in some
shape or other. Mr.. e. B. Faucher, q
Chicago party, is interested in it as
principal and as he is missing just now
his bondsmen may have to take the con-
sequences. Where is Mr.. Faucher? is
the question before the house.
Superintendent Of Water Works An
derson is preparing a set of plans, or
maps of the city water system, which
he will present to the city council for
the use of it's members and of officers
IN MIR. Anderson's position in the future.
Mr.. Anderson had nothing of the kind
when he took charge of the water works
and a plan is a great convenience to all
concerned.
The new congressional law making
Indians answerable to the law for crimes
against each other transfers their cases
from the jurisdiction of the United
States courts to the jurisdiction of the
territorial courts. So the Indian muir
derer arrested on the reservation neal
Pierre will be tried in the territorial,
court at Pierre, instead of in the United
States court at Yankton, as was an
%nounced.
The recent election was rather rough
on old soldiers, there having been foul
of them either ousted from a city office
or beaten in the contest for an Office,
They are @. N. Wright, retiring CITY
marshal; Phil &. Faulk, retiring alder
man from the second ward; A. M. Eng
fish, who ran for reelection as alderman
in the third ward, and M. 7. Wooiley
over whom John Noopan was elected IL
the fourth ward. And nows come
Charles Long another old vet, and say
he expects to be fred out.
The case of A. @. Jewett, of Ipswich
who was indicted for forgery in connec
ton with public land entries by the las
J United States grand jury, Will be re
membered because of the distress mani
Tested by Mr.. Jewstt when the fact @
the indictment was made known to hlr
: and because of the fear that he Nigh
. commit violence upon himeelf at tn
time. Mr.. Jewett's trial is to como O
at the present term Of court and he 10 t
, be defended by M. ]. Gordon, of Aber
deem, one OF the ablest attorneys OF Ger
trial Dakota. So he will have a fair sho'
There is an encouraging promise froI
: the county commissioners that the ofdc
Q of the clerk of the court is to be fxe
8 up SO 1t will shine in the company OF To
marshal's and the judges elaborated
furnished offices. Clerk Edgerton hold
t that this much is due to the sole SUI
viving representative of the %repnblics;
party among the federal officials who il
habit the court house. The way thing
9 now are all the democratic simplicity G
Q the establishment is concentrated with,
: the four walls of his unadorned apari
ment.
A meeting of the Yankton coal mil
q ing company was held last evening {
n which it was practically decided to pr
coed to sink q shaft on the Jencks 90
n farm down to the coal bed struck |
the prospecting drill last summer al
fall. A committee was appointed to q
i certain the cost of sinking q shaft, to +
Is port to q future meeting OF the col
= pany. It is the opinion of the office
of the company that their careful inve
g, LEGATIONS of last season warrant Z
further experiment of o shaft. In
III prospect holes made, On different par
of the farm, coal WAS found at a depth
about 100 feet and while the corapal
was unable to determine the dip OF t
he stratum and some other MINOR points
10 its investigation, it's officers feel that t
he presence of coal in each hole is ,enco'
et- apement sufficient for them to proce'
So it is more than probable that I
nd coal fnd will be uncovered during I
gn coming summer
Some time ago We inserted an item
en- these columns relative to some devil
The enacted by a pair of boys named kooi
which deviltry wal that they had pul
aes the ladder out from under the man y
rch lights tie street lamps, causing him
per fall and receive some severe injury.
youths afterwards gave the man
i'd dollars with the understanding thai
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