The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1879-12-04
DAKOTA ITEMS.

~ ItIilldn paper is 10 Ue SldIteu Ill
DeadwuGd.
Fargo has three of the best papers in
The northwest.
Sioux Falls Is talking of having daily
paper started there.
Trains on The Milwaukee road will run
to Springfield this week,
e.. Work on the big Touring mill at Sioax
Falls is progressing finely.
CassletoD. Dakota has erected $25 900
worth of buildings this year.
Telegraph rates have been reduced 10
81 20 from points in the Black Hills to
Chicago.
The Homestake, famous Black Hills
mine, has paid $33O,OOO dividends during
the last three Years.
Twenty Dollars per foot Is the price OF
some OF the town lots in Dell Rapids, or
we Cannot believe the Erp0uent.
Material for the extension Of tn Z Slo
Falls branch Of the st. Paul and Sioux
City road Is being sent to the front.
The Paragraph says the depot to be
built there will be the finest structure OF
the kind in the northwest, by several odds.
And still the people in McCook county
are anxious to know What it means, the
survey of the ST. Paul road from Sioux
Falls through portion Of their county.
Clay county farmers talk of suing the
Dakota Southern railroad company to re-
cover dam ges resulting from prairie
file originated Ny sparks from locomo
tive.
Papers in Northern Dakota thinks there
is pressing necessity Of oae or two more
land offices there, and especially one at
jamestown, to accommodate All expected
rush of settlers next spring.
The Elk Point Courier still booms on
The forty SIKH parallel division question,
ur,s,llilg some literal views that should
be en-, orsed by Tie press at large.
The Rapid City Journal says Rev. ]. W
Pickett was recently killed near Leadville
A stage coach in which he was riding 'p.
set and crusne ain as il rolled d,"n Il
precpice.
The spicy Faber manipulation of locals
for the Watertown Independen: enthuses
muchly at the assurance Of } 3 Harris OF
Yankton that the Land office is surely to
be removed to Wstertown Jan 1st. prox.
Horse thieves have become so numer-'
Gus and are committing depredations 50
numero is in the James River Valley that
the citizens talk Of organizing vigilance
committee to suppress the continuance OF
| the scoundrels crimes.
Cameron Pioneer: One of the Taylor
BOYS, of Wolf Creek met with serious ac-
cldent Thursday of las, week. He was
hauling ties for the G. Nj. & st. P. r. H.,
and was walking along beside the wagon
when six ties fell off the load, striking his
right leg, and breaking it below the knee
The Flandrea Enterprise is Informed
by Superintendent! Egan that the South
ern Min nesota road will undoubtedly be
finished to Sioux Falls early in the
spring. What plans The company may
have for extensions next year, aside from
that, it does not care at present to dis
close.
The first day Of winter was inaugurated
at Yankton by fire, that destroyed klus
ers buildings on Third st. south OF Pal
mers store Roth's saloon, Fogerty g mar
ness shop, Mrs C A Lyon millinery, anc
A P Moyr, cigar and tobacco factory wal
DESTROYED. A portion was covered BY in
surance.
Yankton Press: Gov. Pennington la
completed his Milwaukee railroad con
tract. The grade is ready for the ties from
Yankton to the Jim. Beyond the Jim
Walters has finished his contract and ther'
is now about twenty miles of the grad
ready for the ties. :. Secretary Hand saV
the officers of the Milwaukee road Will
he was in Milwaukee and they told HIN
they were ready to rush the work througl
to Yankton early IN the spring, II thei
little bonus was coming. According t
tbs revised prediction of the scientists til
meteoric shower announced for the 1St
inst. is liable to occur any time betwee
now and the 4th of December. There va
some hitch IN the arrangements. .Judg
Shannon became grandfather yesterda
and Mai Wolfe q father. 1t Is girl.
Agency