The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1878-07-30

VcrmiNion Republican,: Judge Kid
der was panied to hear, last evening of the
death Of his eldest brother, Gen. Lyman
kldder, of Star Prairie, Wis, at the age Of
Il wears. Gen. kidder was one Of the pi-
oncers of Wisconsin; a mah in every
sense of the term: and had held many
public offices in the gift Of the people.
ANY of our readers who have occas-
ion to consult our Revised Codes have
doubtless experienced q difficulty in
finding what they want readily, owing to
the imperfect indcxng Of the Code. J. W.
Taylor, an attorney, of this place, has
nearly completed an index. The work
has involved an immense amount OF labor,
The indexing being done section by sec.
ton with great care, with an aim to full.
ness and accuracy. Every subject matter
is appropriately arranged under its proper
head For instance, under the head OF
sheriff, wherever the word SHERIFF ap-
pears in the Code the page and section is
cltti in the index, and 50 with every mat
Ter that can be classified or indcXcd, all
can be found under It's proper head The
examination we have given the matter as
surcs US that it is a complete and very de-
slrable book for every lawyer IN practice
in the Territory.
Sioux FALLS Pantagraph, 24: The rush
Of immigration TO this section is recon-
menCing. 1t subsideu for time, on ac
count Of many of the people who intend
to come being engaged at harvest at their
old places If residence. The booming
times we had during the spring and early
-,-sn I'm, frs-E
doubled vigor, for the reports which have
been circulated in the east, by parties who
came here to spy out the land, have deter
mined hundreds and thousands Of people
to take up homes in Southern Dakota,
where Uncle Sam gives farm to every
body who will take it, and where the soil
and climate and everything that goes to
make up excellence III the country are
il ind in their most perfect condition.
N. W. WELcT the gentleman who has
the contract for grading the IA miles of
road bed on the Pcmbina line between
Por'audville and Calliope, came down to
the city yesterday. He says that hejwill
complete the contract by the first week in
August, after which he will begin on a
small contract of three miles west of CALI.
Ope anu IcdChilS w tilS CiouA iNCl. hi'
w. says that many of his men left when
harvest began, and to avoid having them
all leave he was obliged to pay harvest
wages-$2,o0 per day The frequent and
heavy rains OF The past few days has inter
fered some with work along the line, but
as a general thing the season has been a
favorable one, and the construction of the
road bed is progressing finely.-JoUrnaI.
BUD TAYLOR was was expiating to-day
upon the tender qualities of a mess of prai-
RE chickens which he sampled up at Max.
wells mills, on the jim, when friend
! came along AMI called him off into dark
alley and told him something about the
game law. He sauntercd back in the
course of time and SAID to the crowd that
he had made a mlstake-it was catfish he
was talking about He said the feathers
we're 60 thick that al first that lie coaidn't
make up his mind, but he was convinced
after the girl had got them picked that
they were catfish.-Yankton Press.
AT O'Clock a. M. Tuesday, the moon
passed close enough to Jupiter to enable
! the mar in the former to hail the latter
get correct latitude and longitude, ex-
change newspapers, beg chew Of fine cut
and pass on.