The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-11-04
Territorial News.
Major snIder has taken his cid positioI
IN tho prpss

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A sExty-sramp mill is to be erected on
Black Tail gulct.
The Caledonia mine st Terraville start
ed up week before LAST.
The De Snait company want Hore e1-
perienced miners.
The democratic clubs Of Deadwood
have consolidated.
There was very little snow outside the
Hills on the 10Th inst.
sIeighing parties were rushing around
Deadwsed on the 18th inst.
4 abaek Load Of dead ducks bring
thirty dollars In Deadwood.
Robert Cochrane died IN the hospital
at EI5zabet town Oct 18th.
An interest in the Atlantic mine near
Central has been sold lately
John Bell has fled his bond sa fire
commissioner at Central City.
Miss Jennie Hilton of Golden Gate is
very sick with internllttant foyer,
Two horses and one saddle were stolen
from stable II Lead few days ago,
In tie early spring s. L. Driskoll viii
drive 1000 cattle into the Hills from
Texas.
Two deserter from Meade wore recent
" captured at the Pierre crossing CT the
Cheyenne.
At Bald mountain, during the late
storm, snow fell TO q depth Of two and
one-half feet.
The Deadwoed Pioneer CLAIMS to have
the largest circulation of any paper in the
territory.
The South Deadwood hose company
had grand ball on the Goth
More snow fell in Ball mountain than
Deadwood and IN some places there il
vas knee deep.
Two men are making some trouble
with the FsneraIda company by claim
ing part of their ground.
Grading will soon be begun for the
new sixty stamp in BlacktaIl gQlch,
which is to run on EsmeraIdi Gre,
The Merchants freight line delivered
to the Lead City merchants October 10Th
over 900 pounds OF merchandise
The new ball for the lodge Of Knights
of Pythias, soon to be established in
Lead, is fast approaching completion.
Lawrerce county bonds are worth one
hundred cents on the dollar, and have
been sold for one hundred and two and a
half
The mill men are all happy because
the late snow cause more water to run
in the creeks and through the sluice
boxes.
/ 1t is remarked that gentleman dancers
! of Deadwood are mighty poor lot Of
walters, very few of them keeping tim e
/ with the music
| Lead Enterprise: Judge Moody ha:
made one of the best judges that ever sat
| on the bench, not only in this country
/ but any other country
+ Aurora claims to be far ahead of any
/ other town on the line from Tracy to the
/ James in regard to the wheat market
/ The wheat buyers pay from 1000 tt
! $4,000 daily for wheat
I The delayed Sindey coach which reach
! ed Deadnood Friday morning delivered
at the post-ofice twenty-five sacks o
| mail Postmaster Tyler, with his assist
/ ants, distributed the whole pile ID thirty
I minutes.
| Gov. Ordway's sickness while down
east was occasioned by a ruI ture received
while coming out Of the Honlestak
mine, during his visits to the Hills
| The contract to take the Esmeraltl
mill, weighing 100000 pounds, to Dead
wood haa been awarded to the Merchants
| line, and will be transported oyer th
I Sidney route
| 4iIL w OIlAcH5 While UcdE luu Ting Will
| two companions near Spear Fish Falls
few days ago, was attacked by 3 .arg
| cinnamon bear. His head was nearly
torn away from dis shoulders, both arm
| broken, and his lower jaw, nose and eye:
completely torn away before the ANNA
was killed. Death occurred in a few
| hours.
| Times: The Castle Creek Hydraulic
company have nearly completed thei
/ tunnel II has been two years since they
commenced it, and q month more at The
| farthest will let them through. It is now
| through the mountain, aud twelve feet ha;
been driven under the bed Of the creek
They desire to go about thirty feet further
| and then they propose sinking a shat
on the end of it and letting the water of