The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-02-26
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The best hay oniy sriats eight dollars
, ton in Fargo.
| Work has been resumed upon the water
power at Sioux Falls.
Elk abound In great numbers in the
neighborllood Of Grad Forks.
There is 10 bc cous' 'dera5lr change
made In the passenger trains in the spring
for the better.
Eugene Coughran the gen,lemanly clerk
of the Land office 1t Sioux Falls, VAS
married ut West Salem. Wis, on the 18th
inst He will make the Falls his home.
! Bull; ing has beer going on oil winter
III Grand Forks. Tie Town d developing
rapidly into u important city Of northern
Dakota.
va .kton Press: There is talk in Len
nox OF having new county formed from
the north part Of Union county, and the
south part If Lincoln, AID making Eden
the county seal.
Ihe Northern Pacific will build 800
miles of wire fence in Dakota and Mimi.
i This year. using the Kelly bark wire and
cedar posts, fencing in bu, 100 feet of its
r,gh, OF way.
The snow in tho Wisconsin pincries
reuains at depth that ensures large
supply OF logs for the season. The
demand for lumber in Dakota this year
will be very large,
Fast through. trains will be run from
Milwaukee to Nunning Water, on the
/ Missouri, the western terminus OF the road
The ir,,n is benny laid on the Davenport
extension 10 Calnlar, and is expected with
good weather, 10 be completed in few
days.
: Yankton Press: The death of NJ H.
Snmers removes an important witness
against Beebe, the convicted murderer of
Lundrherc, should lie be granted new
,lial Beebe's confession Of the killing OF
LandpDere, made 10 Somers, was an i'm
porlant scrap of testimony in the last trial.
The Vermilliop Standard says by some
little inquiry We find that Cla- county
farmers are nOl gong tU sow So much
small grain this year nf former years, but
arc going 10 plant mole corn. Many of
The farmers are getting fine droses o. cat
,lc and considerable other stock to feed.
Tie S,ush,rn Minnesota averages s'a
| n, I'm
! Flandrrau Pos, Master sold 5000 three
cent stamps during the months of Jan1a.
nv. An Old Folks Concert and an Odd
| Fellows parry are among the things to he,
SO says The Enterprise.
Vermilion Republican: Thos. PHI
ipps, of Sioux City, arriven in town Tues
day evening with large train, en- route
70. the Black Hills. He took on here
5000 pounds Of butter and 1000 dozen Of
eggs, purchased OF Smith & Farr, and
pulled out yesterday afternoon for has
westward journey.
! Last evening, as the full moon rolled up
through the clear eastern sky, e dark
gloomy bank of clouds lay low on the
horizon OF the northwest. The clouds
seemed spread and Increase in volume
rapidly, when the wind changed suddenly
to the northwest-.-,iEd n thunder storm so
unusual in February ragged, the edge OF
which only reechcd Canton.
Parker Era: Engineer Kimb all viii.
leave in few days with a company for
/ the Niobrnra country. where he will rpn
preliminary survey from RnnningWa'er
10 I,emlwmd I, l. very probable that
This road will be built this season. as II
see ms impossible to obtain right Of way
for the main line through the India"
country from congress at an early day.
E, .. Kimberly, has purchased G. M.
| Morse's interest in the Sioux Falls Times.
mir. Kimberly announces that c. Wha!'
en-, late OF The Dele Exponent, is associat-
ed with him MS editor ard business mana
ger. He says, I'm matters of politics we
shall endeavor to present the hest man,
las in tae case of Hon, r. F. Pettigrew for
delcgate) whether he he Democrat or Re-
| publican"