The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1879-12-18

| The Ne,o Era has removed from Swal
Lake to Parker, and its place of publica-
ton is designated at the head, as of Par
ker and Swan Lake. Bro Hackelt is evi
IDENTIFY u newspaper man, and his paper g
on the boom and bllslles with local item 8
Of interest
prairie fire last week near Fl. Pierre
destroyed forty tons Of hay and wagon
-b"long'ng to Reed & Wassou, two Black
Hills freighters, who were ais, heavy suf,
ferers by the recent burning Of Deadwood
losing over $1,000 worth Of property in
tn blaze.
The surveying party Of the Southern
Minnesota road are now runn;ny line
from Sioux Falls to intersect the Rock
Mills and Yanktoa line vt the head of
Wolf creek On the east line of Yankton
county. The line runs By way Of Lannox
and Ceutrevile.
John Cribs NJ, who was sentenced to
ten years imprisonment for the murder Of
David Bell, cabin by Oh til. steamer
Manitoba, but who afterwards escaped,
was recently captured at Grand Forks,
but was released by order Of the U. s.
commission er on the ground Of insutfic-
lent evidence.
A Amecting Of citiz,ns of DIVISION, Hutch
enson and other counties oa the Jamss
river, was held at Mitchell, relative to the
proposed removal Of the L,nl Offices from
Springfield to Sioux Falls Speeches
were made, lnl an clrnt5l protest prcplr-
ed, calling upon Gov. Howard, Delegate
Bennett and others to ut.rcede with the
Commissioners at Washington These
citizens t.'e oppDsel t. b.ins attached to
the Falls district. It an; cAals.l ii male
Yankton is preferable to them
lanklon Press, l3 The iron has been
laid on the main line of the Milwaukee
road to Nation City, which is sixteen
miles west Of Marion Jet The track is
siill going do Hn, but it is thought there
will not he elnl,l ir,n lv,iltl54 u con-
pleic it 20 Mitchell this winter. 7 he
j Judgement Of tie cour: n the case Of Silas
T Bcbec, convicted of murder, has been
postponed twenty days
Cameron Pions3i "A certain p lrty,
passing through town the other day, said ::
The Mitchell Capjtnl is so high toned !,
that il won exchange with papers print
ed in villages Ike Canton, Cameron anu
other places. Only X with the New York
Sun and Herazd London Times, and 9th
cr leading journals of the world. Reason,
Can't raise money to buy the paper (pat-
ent side with, except enough. for few
sheets to send to the papers named" We
know now the reason we don't get the
Capital on exchange.
The Press says that public meeting is
contemplated in Yankton whereat a pa
tition will be presented to congress Will
be adopted asking for an appropriation for
the construction of wing dam a few
miles above Yank.on which will turn the
channel 0 the river back to the Yankton
side and restore the steambo landing as
ii existed few years ago. Gov. Edmunds
while II Washington will devote all his
spare time TO the project.
Mitchell Capital: The way the Mil
waukee road has slaughtered prospective
commercial center RS in Dakota Is caution.
Springfield, BonH omme, Olivet, Milltown
Rockpo:t, Firesteel and Cameron, all of
which but one short year ago had bright
hope and great expectations, will soon
cease to exist or dwindle into insignia
cence, while other towns along the line,
never before thought of will spring into
being and be crowned with prosperity.
Springfield T;nes: The following nam
ed Indians have renounced their tribal
relations and taken homesleads on Peoria
Bottom, on the Missouri in Hughes 90:
Pejito, Zin.ksIhwanapin, Julia Cetangi,
Mary Gabe, Matowaste, Wanbllwahacar.-
ka, N atuia Nah ply awanbli, Wanblihunka
Htunkasanluta. Wajinkesapa, Zuie Gabe,
George Mlettahunkacegala, Cahahaka, Ha,
hakagi, Adam Wahampila, Watonakpa,
and Clarance Ward.
An exchange says, Dakota Is great
Territory and no mistake. 1t is larger
than anv other Of its sister territories, and
Jut two States--Texas and California-ex
ceed its area of square miles, which Is
i50,932. Only six European counties
can equal Dakota in extent, viz: Russia
Austrian Empire. German Empire. France
Spain and Sweden 1t is larger than all of
og Turkey including hnirar,a, ali of
Sfe;.; Biiffi4si'. as, Yerway, t.s..Y ~ En-
gland and Wales II could enVey the ep
tstt. tt.z IT ftreiand, Scotland Ne5sh-
eFgtHi, igeeEgi o7Vif7, ~ 81 !, is'Isf'
Belgium sad have several thousand sqaar6
miles projecting over the edge ~: 2atd
m easure In short Dako!a Is a big tAiag
aud Its eillzens are proud OF 1t.