The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-03-04

| Two Norweigians, who were digging =
| we'll six miles from Volgs. were overcome
by foul mir At depth of 80 s:et, and died
before they could he rescued
The lower Yellowstone 10 i:erallJ bl ck
with large herds of buffalo, and many "t
the citizens are slauphiering them by
wholesale for their hides, which And ready
sale In Miles City Montana.
lnez Src;on. famous so,gtress Of the
opera house, Is seriously i'll At Dea,lwool
caused by abuse and i'll treatment Of so.nc
Of her associate, for the rcason that her
admirers slowercd silver and .,o,l on the
stare while she Was signing, which caus-
cd an i'll feeling OF envy among her lady
compuninrs, who jumped up2n her and
heat and kicked her unmerc fully. from
which injuries she will probably die. Sll>
is being kindly cared for bv some of The
christian women of D..adwood.
Sioux Fall, photographic Seeding op
crulions are very brisk among our firm
ell So tar AS we can learn, all the land
icrcnborts that was 1"r"'d inst year will
liz planted this season, and thousands of
acres will 5e seeded ful the frs, time.
The farmers in the vicinity of Marion
have decided To hold IL market fair al Mar
ion every two weeks. commencing W.d.
nes'lay MARCH, 70.
Eden Sun: "rhe Yankton branch is to
be bull, and trains running ,hr"mgl, to
innk,"n hy August LIST The sgrn, Of the
cnmp."y h's bcc.. settling j m uis .,u'cl
points in relation to risnt Of way ,hr,u sI'
Sioux couaty duriny the past noah, and
tron, u gent mar just returned from Mil
nec,cd with railroad matters, we are as
sured that the road Will be built"
The Yank,on Pres cf Saturday evening
last, received Information from II person
up the jim, lha: wolk "n the milwaukee,
road beyond Alexandria had been ordered
stopped an. that Il survey Was Ecing made
| nnrihward on the east side of the jim riv
or, and that an item IN the Springfield
Times confirmed that report, also anpthc +
gentleman iiOnl the uppe" country brl'ev-
ed the ca had aiand,sud its intended
line from Mitchell To The Missouri river
Y,nL ton Press: A lr.vnte letter from
Cheyenne NJ. ncy says that great di,atirc-
tjon >l,ll exists among The Indians there
and II al /, lice II q n lliiary ale Kept busy
| wa,, ,lp The lover camp ~hs.se break
sur, ;,h,td Tie d, mnnd II the Indians
| il t.i II civil agent. nd uil, IS iliis l.
I'M ii,i wIIi lir rIHIcct is L al all u
u | IT,, Cheyenne "g,nc' lndi rs /" i'll r>-
cape tO tAe interior all 'in The Slm'lc
| Tail hand. T:.ere are now some sever :
teen hundred Indians NJ Cheyenne. scvera.
hundr d having already I,il the agency.
Soak Falls Times: The storm tl'a
came upon US on "Wednesday night was II.
singular as it was sudden In fifteen min
uics black clouds mounted up from
! cl,.,r western SKY. and sen, E rlh Hnsir
| ~ flElt.-iuS Hl't 'uin''lin-> ol tIlUi'HT
People were II lille frightened, lest fear
ful was coming. A sudden shifting of til
wind, however gave us instead Ut rain,
mixture OF snow and slect In ano,lir
half hour all was serene. and the star
twinkler again from th'i hnm again
Sylvester torsor, nf California, hrotl
O. of the Corson trc, ers here, and m old
time tri,n nd OF the writer, thinks Of com
ing here seen He Is pronounced til
finest musician an The Pacific coast.
Yank,o Press: Assessor El'crma
says ,l,n, 20, Geo II, res "f Ynnktor count,
land have been patented during the pas
year and That the assessed valuation q
iauk,on county is now $2,OOO,OOO"
The coal fields Of the Black Hills ar
attracting cnnsl,lcral lc public attention
One man in D,adwnod has sold his in,rl
est in the Philad, lphia conl fields, ia
$50, 10000.
A telegram from Yankton daicd Marc
2d, says Tie Su"yr. ing party oi The &.
n. " raiiluad company lave usi cn,"Ic
upon an attempt tn run lis lihe across til
Sioux reservation, up Bad river from Fol
Pierre. They tried ii f:om Fort Benne
up the cheyenne river and were llc,iet
off ny the Inli,ns under the leadership Il
Red Shir', Who t. Id u en- iha' an attcml
, to carry on the survey ". uhl bling e. rlni
death I" the parry: again from Fl. Gc"rg
the surveyors sinrit d line, bu. Whit
Ghnsi. viii, II following cf Bruic Siou
WAS "n the ground, ana ,rcrd tHcm I
abandon liz Ell, rt The Bad river ruE
lhr"rph ,hr reservation, ~ d Indians hav
: access To it from the agencies II
doubtful If the party succeed in maxim
any survey through that country. TIL
Indian. are opposed to all surh mov'
m n,s, and have annnunrrl that they vi
fight TOR what they call their rigi'ts.