Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1889-01-19

vention had expressed itself the house
passed an admission and division bill,
Ii is seldom that a convention secures
such quick returns.
The committee appointed under Coun-
Gilman Ven Osdel's resolution to investi.
gate the insane hospital management is
considered an excellent one and there is
general gratifi cation that Councilman
Washsbaugh heads the. list. He will
make a thorough examination and will
have a chance to visit his wife and baby,
who are in Yankton.
Mitchell Republican: Van Osdel. of
Yankton county has introduced o bill
in the legislature TO appropriate $1,000
each TO the widows Of Christopher
Thompson and jacob L,e, who, it will
be remembered. lost their lives at the
time OF the accident to the Yankton asY-
lum. The only fault We can find with
the bill is that the appropriation is de-
oidedly too small.
Yanktonians interviewed on the sub
jsct to-day are OF the opinion that the
Springer admission bill is much better
than DO admission bill! and that if we
cannot have things exactly as we want
them We should gracefully accept them
as they come t o as. The Springer bill
is now where the republican senate can
can make it q law and the feeling is gen.
eral in this community that the OPP
p%ortunity should not be lost. II is
argued with great force that the strong
democratic minority in the next house
can keep us out OF the union q compile Of
years longer by employing the tactics OF
obstruction and the prevailing impress
sion is THAI a bird in hand is worth two
in the bush.
Sioux City journal: L.. RardiD. a
former resident of Sioux City. and one
of the firm Of Foye & hardin, who left
some time aRo TO make his home in Salt
Lake, has returned to these parts again.
and although he is not quite here again
We uio SAnA phhe LIZ AZ Us hCoA NC
ton. He has bought out the bus line at
that plaza of our townsman, j, A. Foye,
and will give it his personal attention
which assures she people OF Yankton the
best conducted bus line they aver had.
Eis many Sioux City friends congrstu-
late Yankton on securing him as q citl-
zsn and wish him the best of success in
his new home. Mr.. Foye will now give
bis whole time to the business of Foye&
Evans here.
Yankton oounty's board of insanity
had a session this afternoon oYer the
case of Mrs. William Laws, bat did not
reach a fading and will probably con-
olnde the investigation tomorrow. After
her case is disposed OF the case of Mr..
Laws will be officially Investigated. II
is thought that he, 700. is breaking down
mentally. He has asked to be locked
up, fearing that unless he is restrained
be .ay kill his children. This sad con-
dition of affairs wss brought about by
the scarlet fever epidemic which went
through the Laws family and killed two
of the children. Grief for the dead and
anxiety for the living has proved too
great a strain upon the minds of both
father and mother.
Edmond Msliet, of Oswego, N. Y,
an Indian inspector, is terrYIng in
Yankton for a few days. He came down
from Bismarck overland and visited the
various agencies on the Sioux reseiva-
ton. II was his business to ascertain
the feelings of the Indians relative to
the surrender Of q portion OF the reaer-
walton and to listen to any complaints
the Indians might put forward. Mr..
Mallet does not discover any marked
opposition to the reduction of the reser
walton and say the Indians talk very
sensibly about the matter. The chief
complaint coming from the Indians is
the scarcity of ~remunerative employ
ment. They are anxious to work. The
government ration has dRindled to such
small proportions that the red men are
Obliged to.labor for support. Mr.. Mallet
is also a historical writer and has been
gathering valuable iaots during his trip
through Indian lanl. He is q decead-
ant of o French explorer namsd Mallet,
who passed through this section when il
belonged to Fran,e and discovered and
named the Platte river.
In Chicago. Inter-Ocean, Aug. Both:
John Dillon opened an engagement at
the Peoples last evening, presenting o
comedy entitled, A Sky Scrsper to a
large and enthusiastic audience. The
play, as might be inferred from the title
is a wide sweep in extravaganza. bat it
appears fashioned with a view to display
Mr.. Dillon's powers as an eccentric
comedian, and he won the audience for
his own, as ne used to do when he was
Ohicago's favorfte in ante.fire days.
Turner Hall, JAM. Oath.