The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1877-09-19
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i Bismarck needs hank. The Tribaas
| thinks it the best opening IN the North
| west for such an institution.
i The Tribune notes the arrival Of Gov.
Pennington 1t the Head Quarters Hats,
1t Bismarck.
The Beloit 4 Canton Timss Is loaded
with local items IN its last issue, which
speaks we'll for the industry Of it edl
tors
The second annual reunion Of the sol
diers and sailors Of Dakota, will be held
at Yankton on the 4th Of October, See
the call in another column. .s n
The business men of Yankton held .
meeting Wednesday evening to confer rel
alive to an extension Of the foundry ia.
terest IL .s. 4 y.
D. C. Turner, OF Turner county, intends
to reside temporarily At the Falls. for the
purpose Of being near it, excellent
schools.
A Clay county farmer has purchased q
large quantity Of sheep and Is going inte
Hoolgrowing, believing it more proftabls
than any other branch of farming.
Volume Of the Supreme Court Re-
ports of Dakota, arranged by Judge Hes.
nett, will be published BY the Press n
Dakstsian, between now and the Id Of
January next. 5ss q h s .555 s55 I
Sioux Falls Is fortunate In being sup
piled with brick for building purposes.
Messrs. Basy & Kendrid have just CON-
pleted kiln oe 10000 brick which the
Pantagraph presumes to be Of superior
quality
Elk Sheriff Van Epps, living near Gay
vile, threshed the product Of four acres
Of ground the other day, and BY actual
measurement found that it had yielded
thirty-slx and one-eighlh bushels OF wheat
per acre. This is the largest yield that
has come to our knowledge.-Press 4 n
The Press, in view Of the numerous
communications and letters Of inquiry
received by Postmaster Howard, for de.
scriptions Of Dakota and Yankton, makes
the appropriate suggestion of organizing
= Home immigration bureau for the pus:
pose Of informing those who desire To-
learn of the beauties Of onr territory
Tie body of Samuel Bird, who was,
missing from Centerville. Tnr1sr coaaty,
was found in well near the Swsedlh
church east Of Bloomingdals. The
clothes OF the suicide were found BY tl,sa
well which was the cause Of the fading
Of tie body. Il was buried. near sha.
church.
i Vermillion has N ineendiazJ II kss
midst The house Of Mrs. Lampson Wa
burnt, and . house of Mrs. Maxon, sis.
ter Of Mrs. Lampson, WAS get On Are. bar. i
was suppressed ON Saturday night. O..
Monday night it was fred again but aeaia.
extinguished. Kerosene and kindlinx
were found in abundance The Strndard
says, "If the guilty parties in thssc trans.
actions are discovered the question of
economy will not figure very conspicu-
ously in the disposal Of their cases Y
The first issue Of tie Dakota Pansa.
graph published At Sioux Falls, is upon
our table; it is adne locking sheet and
evidently under the Management: .; shl5
hands. Should its publishers, Geo. II.
Smith & Co, carry ou. their desiSa4.si
programe in conducting il, Sioux Falls.
will find in it an able advocate OF IL in z
terests and the modest 'placs at tle foot.
of the class of newspaper, men il Dako.
ia" it has Of its own accord assumed, will
soon be changed for higher look ont.
A peculiar kind of fever has been pre-.
vailing among the horses In ths neighb9s-
hood of Meckling for some months past,
which battles the skill Of the best Ycteri-
narians in the country. Capt Miner has
lost ten head Of the best horses on his
farm, and number of his neighbora have.
lost from one to seven head. The loss
falls heavily ON the Captain, whose luck
has had tendency to 60 back on him for
the past five years, but Cap. has seen too
much Of the world to squeal and 10 pro-
poses to supply their places with better