The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1878-09-26

valley, is now IN jail in Iankton. awaiting
trial at the next term Of the district court
Of Hutchinson county. He says his home
is in7 Springfield, Mass, where his father
now lives, an honest Christien man.
A MAN who calls himself hunter shot
deer in the AdirOndacks the other day
He subsequently, stood over farmers
dead horse and shcllcd out $50-Normich
Bulletcin.
\ MAN may sheer al a woman all he
will because she can't sharpen u lead pen
Gil, but she has the smile on him when he
stands holding an un0CCupiCd suspcndcr
button in his hand and wondering whcth-
cr it would hurt less to pull the needle out
Of his thumb the same way it went in, or
push ii on through. - B0rlingt0n Hd1rteye.
Fever and ague prevails extensively
along ,he NermilInn riy.r in Clay county
\ YOUNG man of Pans, on entering the
carriage for railway ride to Lyons, lit n
match by scratching 1t with his thumb
nail. A piece Cf the incandcsccnt phos-
pM5rus penetrated under the u0der the
nail and made Il slight burn. In an hour
the hand arm was 50 much inilamed, and
the man was in such pain, that physic.
ian advised immediate amputation. The
patient wished to postpone the operation,
grew rapidly worse, and twcrty.seven
hours attey the burn died IN horrible suf-
fcring The above Is vouched for by the
Northern Wig, of Belfast, England.
A POPULAR doctor, while rsCortlng a la
DIV home ihc other evening, volunteered
to relieve her cough and sore throat by
giving her trochc. He told her to allow
It to dissolve gradually in her mouth. No
relief was experienced, and the doctor felt
quite chngrincd the next day Wien the la
lv sent him a trousers button, with
note, saving that he must have given her
The wrong kind Of a trochc, and he might
need this one
KANSAS has a population Of $4,000. In
1876 the figures were S,G0l.
DIPTUERIA Is raging to an alarming eX-
tent in Patterson, NJ. 1t is Of n ma
,ienant character, and its victims drop of
1t is confined principally to
he filthy districts of the city, and to
adults. .... ....
AMONG the victims Of yellow fever at
Miss, is Miss Kate Coifman,
known as ''lhc most beautiful woman in
Her parents have also died
Of the fever.
FATHER Bropiy, Of Boone, 10 "a, is over
one hundred years old A few days ago
be imaginoi himself insultcd by neigh
bcr tur1 ed to and gave the Offenders sound
W n. McscrToy. editor of the Fort
d odgc Gazctte, and we'll known in North
western Iowa, died last Saturday.
SIouv Cry Journal: 1t is rumOrcd
that the St. Paul and Sioux City railroad
company will start out corps of engi
necrs to make 4 preliminary survey for an
extension Of their Sioux Falls branch to
the Missouri river
Sioux Falls paper. The Sioux Falls
man who sold some stock to Dan Rice,
the Snowman is in trouble. He did not
receive any pay. for the property at the
time OF selling it, and sent two agents with
the show to collect the money at a certain
point or take charge OF the property. Ii
seems that the men followed the show to
Storm Lake, Iowa, and being unable to
get any money, took the whole outfit, SIX
horses, a span Of mules, two wagons and
eight sets Of harness and jumped the
country A reward Of $50 is offered for
tie apprehension Of the men and the re-
turn of the property.
General BriSbin estimates that there
are now 2,120 Indians on reservations in
Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin, Min
ncsota, Michigan, Wyoming, Montana,
Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. They
orcupy 02, ,1J1 So, acres Of land which he
would open to settlement by renewing the
Indians to n permanent Indian territory
north of the Missouri and Columbia ltiv-
ers He would give up the en'ir1 region
between thcse rivers and the British Pos
sessions, cutting it up into reservations ex
f., II IN n hn,ln
darv line. He believes this the best game
region left: that It will be the last portion
of the country settled by the whites, and
he would put the Indians there ard allow
no whites to cross the line,
Switzerland does not impose capital
for murder, and the ordinary
penalty for that crime is from five to six
years imprisonment.
A Presbyterian clergyman IN Russell
vile, Ark, said, in a sermon, that in
ccrjan wear the people Of Missouri, by
religious services in the
churches, prayed to God to deliver them
from the scourge of grasslioppers, and
that as soon as the prayers were commcnc
ed in the morning the grasShoppers began
TO leave, and by night the State was free
from them An lncreduous deacon has
gone TO ST. Louis to search files of news
papers, in order to learn whether the
preacher was correct.
CAMpBELLs circus and menaga,ie will
exhibit in this city on Tuesday Oct lst.
This show comes very highly recommend
ed by the press Such prominent papers
rs the ST Louis Republican, Journal. and
Globe Democrat giving it their endorse.
ment. They have large collection Of
wild animals, besides an extensive circus
outfit snd we believe it will be worth tax
ing in TermiNton Stnndurd..