Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-03-17
DOES COX,
~ ODIORNE.
= & CO.,


started out yesterday to secure namel
guaranteeing $4,000 IN behalf of {
manufacturing establishment which viii
be beneficial to Yankton footed up aftel
the rounds were made and found that il
had $l70 900 more thar it bad asked for
That's the Yapkton way of dong it.
Dispositions are being taken in thit
city in the Douglas county warrant case
wherein the county is to be sued for the
fnce of about a hundred thousand dol
lars worth OF warrants issued under the
reign OF Com missioner Brown in the
early organic 4tion days of the county
The case promises interesting develop.
ments.
Mrs, j. Osterling, of Dakota City, Ne
braskn, mother OF Mrs. M. P. Gilman, Of
Yankton, died on Thursday Of pneumo-
mia after q weeks illness, aged sixty.one
years. Mrs. Gilman is in Florida. MIR.
Gilman was called to Dakota City sev.
eral days ago by the illness of Mrs. o..
terling. The funeral occurred at Dakota
City this forenoon.
M. a. Baker, of this city, who has been
soj~eurning in Syracuse, New York, for
the past five weeks, sends US papers con.
tanning full accounts of the fearful biz.
zard in that section and writes a letter
adding his own testimony in behalf of
the ferocits of the visitation. Mr.. Baker
is of the opinion that the eastern man
will now let up on Dakota, for he says
there never was q blizzard out here like
the New York blizzard.
As the time for the semi-annual session
of the United States court at Yankton
approaches the provident red men of
Brule and Grow Greek reservations
commence ~concocting schemes to pay
our city a visit at government expense.
just now they are swearing out warrants
against Chamberlain merchants charging
them with selling liquor to Indians.
They expect to be brought before the
Yankton grand Jury as witnesses and thus
enjoy q little trip.
About 1901 years since. st. Patrick, the
patron saint OF Ireland in whose honor
to-day is made memorable, was born
somewhere in Earope. he went to Ire.
land in A. d. 49, as q preist and sometime
subsequent to that date he is said to have
banished all snakes and toads. He was
not an Iflshmen born, but spent the
greatest part Of his life in that country
and the order OF knIghthood known as
the order OF st. Patrick is still in exis-
tence aud it keeps his memory green.
st. Patrick died about A. d. 493 at the
ripe old age of l16 years and his remain
were Kept at Downpatriok. in Ireland,
mp to the date of the reformation.
The Sioux City Times quotes E. O.
johnson, of Sioux Falls, as saying that
the three per cent tag voted aby Sioux
City will divert the Manitoba from
Yankton to Sioux City and that both
Sioux Falls and Sioux City will be bene-
flied thereby. In view Of this informa.
ton the Times asks: "Why is Yankton
h%owling" We don't know-not with
rage surely. In fact we have not heard
the alleged howl. We feel as cheerful and
comfortable as q joyous spring morn and
even johnson in his favorite guise of o
bird of i'll omen will hardly be able to
disturb our serenity, When the howl
breaks loose it will be about aixty.two
miles down the river from Yankton.
Finnegan g. Bower, of this city, who
erected the new engine and boiler house
at the asylum last year under the auspi-
oes of the old board of trustees, and who
have failed to receive cash or warrants
upon the vouchers made out to them
them by the old board in pay
ment for the work, have OBJ.
tanned from Judge Trip and caused
to be served on Auditor Ward a writ OF
mandamus, citing that officer to appear
before Judge Trip in this city and show
why he should not be compelled to is
u warrants upon those vouchers.
The order was made ~TeturnabIe to-day,
but Auditor Ward was compelled to go
to Bismarck before making answer and
the matter has been deferred. The
amounts involved are $429 and $287 81.
This is to be o test case, as other cases
of q similar nature are awaiting Its re-
suits.