The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1879-04-10


The Culas say the killing of the first hundred En-
glish troops at Isandua was all an accident. Sin
gular that Sitting Bull has never thought of that
explanation.
1t is more honorable and dgniied to be living in.
dependently on a farm, making good butter and
cheese and raising abundant crops and fine stock,
than to sit in high places and aid in making bad
laws.
An Indian lately returned from visit to Sitting
Bulls camp, reports that warrior as only waiting
for the grass to grow when he will attack and cap
ture Forts BuGo,d, Stevenson and Totten. This is
manifestly campaign dodge on the part Of Bull
and intended to the effect the giant ex
curson rendered to Grant,
Ms Ann Eliza Young has written a long letter to
Mrs. Hayes on the evils Of polygamy, in which the
closing paragraph begins "Polygeamy desolutes ev-
cry home which it enters" 1t did not appear to
have that effect on old Brigham's home. He rear
ed family Of Atty SIX children.
Fred Douglass is not In favor of the wholesale
exodus Of southern negroes to the north and does
not believe that they will improve their fortunes by
leaving the south. Although Industrious, they are
very poor, and viii probably endure much Eltf er-
ably the original and fundamental cause of the pres
ent exodus is to be found in the outragss committed
in the gulf states especially on account of the differ
encc Of political opinion and action.''
Fort Yates is located at Standing Rock
agency, Fort Bennett at Cheyenne agency,
Fort Hale at lower Brule agency, Fort
Meade is the new Black Hills post and Ft.
A ,;,,; f1,, W.,
Mrs Nellie Grant Sartoris is living very
quietly in England. She hopes next sum
mer to persuade her father-in-law to bring
his wife to this country to see her sister,
Fanny Kemblc Butler who lives in ives.
tern Massachusetts.
The famine in Upper Egypt causes ter
rible suffering. In some villages tie peo-
pie are naked, and lllIel wild beasts, dig
for roots. In one town the women and
children fought over scraps of bread. In
land villagers are said to be starving like
dogs.
A party of about fifty live Yankees in
Maine it is said, have purchased two old
freight cars, fl tied them up with windows,
hunks and cooking apparatus, and are.
now slowly making their way westward
at the rear Of freight trains, having con-
tracted with the railroads to haul them al
about the rate for cattle by the carload.
On the first of April the cooks at ho.
tel in the city put cotton batting into the
doughnuts. A prominent Black Hitler
was at the table, and after trying for some
| time 10 bite one Of those greasy thing, he
| took it out Of his mouth and saw the cot.
ton, when he exclaimed, "Thc cusscd
thing is hairin' out."-Elk Point Cour Ter.
Chicago Inter Ocean:-Thc average
Texan must feel as though the world was
coming to an end. Alta recent precinct
election in Waxahachie sixty.two votes
were cast for prohibition, and three against
it. In Grayson, a man convicted of swear
ing in the presence Of a lady was fined
the fine and costs am bunting to $40. The
law against swearing in the presence of
ladies was passed last winter
AN old lady in Lockport, n. Y, recent
ly achieved eminence by carrying quart
| of popped corn to donation party, and
eating two dozen fried oysters, a pound OF
crackers, three slices of fruit cake, half a
mince pie and some apples, after which
she was threatened with "spasm." and in
the effort to prevent she sacrificed all the
wine there was in the house. She attends
donations regularly, and does good deal
for the church in that way.
John Oliver has removed with his fa'ai
ly to Eden, Dakota, having sold his gram
warehouse in this city TO Peavy s. Meek
ling, OF Sioux City.
There are thirty-three old indictments on
The United States court calendar and the
grand jury is grinding out new ones.
j. r. ,Sanborn left this morning for Lin
coin, Nebraska, 10 bring to Yank:an the
Dakota Insane there confined and Rev
Joseph Ward will follow him to morrow
Capt Hughes, the third member of the
board Of trustees, will accompany DR.
Rainey to st. Peter next week .-Yanktor
Press.
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4 One dark brown mare, with cut in fore
| head One hav horse blind in ono eve