The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1877-10-24
ODDS AND; ENDS.
Gilman, the New York forger. mar
ried niece of Henry Ward Beecher.

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ried niece of Henry Ward Beecher.
| -Correctionville is infected with tn
scarlet fever.
gaining more Sd and fifty men will b.
'ly''if gsfrisShea Il ? II Pembina this winter.
In thes>ster Of cattle the indians
want short 'norns; in the matter Of whisky
long ones.
-Ex-Govenor Carpenter has resigned
his position in the Treasury Department,
at Washington, and returned to his old
home at Fort Dodge. E
What the milkman said when they
found fish in the lacteal fluid "Good
heavens! the brindle COW has been in
swimming again."
What is the difference between poor
gun and borrowed masquerade costume
One is fired and doesn't hit, and the other
is hired and doesn't fit.
The yellow fever is still contagious in
Florida; DR.. Herndon, volunteer physi.
clan from Savannah, died at Jacksonville,
on the 10th.
Capt Wyman, warden of the Ne.
braska state penitentiary, has been remov-
ed by the Governor. Very grave crimes
have been charged against him.
A New York dispatch, of tho 18th,
says that the strike among the cigar max
ers has become general, and that the
number Of men and women now idle is
estimated at $4,000.
Sheriff Mcdonald, Of Sioux City, re-
ceived severe injury while engaged in
his political canvass that bids fair to lay
him up for q while and to necessitate a
surgical operation, as it is supposed an
abcess has formed.
An exchange says that the reason Tom
Mast ceased drawing cartoons, is because
he has been troubled with sore heel for
months A New Jersey sore heel is equal
to being run over by q locomotive in
OHIO.
Josh Billings; "Young man, don't
cry for split milk, but pick up your pail
and milking stool and 90 for the next cow y
Jes so but suppose the next COW" don't
belong to the young man:
Poor old Grandmother, writing q fare.
we'll to her grandson, who has brought
down his cropped hair with sorrow to the
prison for life at hard labor: "Be good
boy, and, above all, keep out Of bad com.
pany."
The three funny men cf America,
Bailey, of the Danbury News, Don Piatt,
Of the Washington Capital, and Burdette,
of the Burlington Hanksgs, are all mourn
fully afflicted. Their wives are all inva,
lids. stricken with the same dreadful dis
ease-paralysis.
The Sacramento DAILY Record Union
appears enlarged and in the handsome
dress Of the Scotch type furnished from
the foundry of Millerd Richards. 1tis q
splendid looking daily and contains a re
markable amount of solid reading besides
selections of general interest.
The editorial in the Pantagraph o.
the Sd inst, contains sensible and unan
swerable reasons for giving aid to the Lu
Verne road by Minnehaha county and
Sioux Falls village. It seems strange tina
men will become blind to their own inter:
ests through envy or preiudices.
An examination of the list of persons
sworn in as members of the House o
Representatives shows that seventy one
Of them were compelled to take the mod
flied oath, having been connected with th'
Confederacy. This is an increase of ter
ex-Confederstes over the number in th'
last House of Representatives.
"A dispatch from New York. in Int,
Ocean of the 17th says, that notwithstand
ing the hopes excited by Senator Morton
endurance of yesterdays journey from
Richmond, Ind, to indianapolis, privat
advices leave too much reason to fear tha
he is gradually failing in body and mind
and will never appear again publicly.
Theodore Tilton is known to visit hi
wife again, which fact gives rise to tn.
belief that reconciliation between then
is probable. Meantime, gossip has it tina
the mutual friend, Moulton. has cut Til
toms acquaintance, and regrets that b
ever sacrificed his friendly relations witt
Beecher for Tilton's sake.
-Advices from the Sitting Bull com
mission, near Milk river, states that in
formation reaches there that 3. B., is a
Ft. Walsh with thirty warriors, awaiting
the arrival of the commission at tina
place. Sitting Bulls village comprise.
about $50 lodges, and about 900 WARRIOR
some of which are escaped Nez Perces
The village is 40 miles from Fl. Walsh.
The mill to be erected at Sioux Falls
is to cost $4,000 It is to bs built and
managed by Emerson, Sherman & Co.
which firm is composed Of Isaac Emer
son, E. A. Sherman and ]. g. Botsford -
The dam is to be built of stone which il
contracted to be built within 90 days; also
the stone basement IS under contract to be
completed within the same time.
Central City, Black Hills, vas the
scene Of another Of those tragedies pscu
liar to mining country. A. w. Adam.