Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-12-21

IN railroad circles.
Thus far during December eleven
patieuts have been received at the in
sane hospital and two applicants refused
admission. The hospital is crowded
and still they come.
DehnIte arrangements have been made
by which the toboggan slide will be
built. between Fifth and Sixth streets
on park hill. as soon as snow of q sufi-
cient quantity to make good sliding has
fallen,
| CARL Hand has received by telegram
an offer of the superintendency of an
extensive Montana mining company.
The telegram was forwarded to HIM al
L~eayenworth and his conclusion is not
known.
Advertisers in the Press and Dako-
taian report a much larger holiday trade
than they ever enjoyed before-in fact
business is booming with them as it
never has doomed in the experience OF
the past.
1t is becoming the fashion to flood
the floors of roller rinks and let the
water freeze, thus turning them into ice
Kinks for winter use. The Yankton rink
could be flooded from neiehboripg
hydrants.
Warren Osborne, btsides having had
some of his clothes stolen, is just re-
covering from the effects of having be.
come a grandpa. The infantlle scion OF
the house of Osborne goes by the name
of Simpson, jr.
Joseph Budd, while going from the
city to his home in the eastern suburbs
on Saturday night, slipped on ice and
is o nursing badly fractured arm.
Mr.. Budd Dope Dis almost entirely upon
his physical labor for his livelihood and
to be thus disabled is rather rough on
him.
Mark Matthiesen, a boy OF about twelve
years, eldest son of Nj. "a. Matthiesen,
was seriously hurt this forenoon while
coastiug IN the hill n-u E. q. Van
Antwerp's residence. Under full speed
his sled ran into the sharp ends of a pile
of cut willows, inHiotine abdominal
Rashes which for a time it was feared
might prove fatal. His hurts were sewed
up by DIR. VshVelsor, who reports the
boy in a fair way to speedy recovery.
Last week q wooden building was
moved from First street to Third street
and located near the corner of Walnut,
within the fire limits. On Monday of
this week the party who last week
moved the building asked permission of
the city council to move the building
already moved and locate it ON q site
where it was already located. The coun-
oil has not yet gra ted the prayer OF
the petitioner and the building which
has already been moved cannot be
moved until the committee reports
favorably and the council adopts the
report. We are in hopes that this prob
lem will not bewiller any OF our city
fathers.
At a meeting of the committee COM
posed OF three members from each of
the three companies OF the fire depart
ment, held last night at the truck house,
the committee organized for work on the
fair by electipg w. FL Sanborn chair
man, and James Kingsbury, secretary.
The dates fixed for holding the fair are
February 22nd, 23rd and gath. A COM
mittee was elected to wait upon Mrs.
Geo. W. Kingsbury, Mrs. Otto Peemiller,
Mrs. L. M. Purdy, Mrs. O. a. Bates and
Mrs. E. T. White, and inyite them to
take hold OF that portion of the work
which can best be done by ladies. The
committee will begin operations at once
and the fair will be made as successful
as possible.
DR.. Dawson Scott arrived last night
from Deadwood in custody Of an officer
and was admitted into the insane hos.
pital. The doctor has been q prominent
physician in many western cities and
was for a time a resident of Pierre. He
recently arrived at Deadwood where be
found himself under decided symphonic
of insanity and at his request his case
was passed upon by the board of in
sanity Of Lawrence county. He was
~adiudged insane and sent to Yanktor
for treatment. The doctor figured in
various courts as q competent expert or
insanity during the years of his medical
practice and was deemed reliable
authority. In his lucid intervals he fully
recognizes his own condition.
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