The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-10-28
Territorial News and Notes.

Day laborerS are scarce In Egan anc
there is big demand for them.
NJ. Grigsby. lawyer in Sioux Falls,
designs starting bank at Mitchell.
Dell Rapids has thlrty-eight substantial
buildings, mostly stores, in the course of
erection.
The buildings on Main stree, Dead
wood, are estimated to haye cost over
$5OO,OOo.
At Spearfish on the 18th, young man
was caught under a saw-log and crushed
to death.
Messrs Hubbard & Garrison Of Chica-
60, ILL.,, are preparing to erect 49,OoO
hotel in Mitchell.
The Milwaukee company is building
an immense water tank at Elk Point, with
brick underplnninG.
Bush & Cnrwin got yield of 1900
pounds Of wheat off sixteen acres neal
Jimtown, this season.
The ferryboat now at Bismarck will be
used at Fort Pierre by the Northwestern
stage company to cross stages.
The Central Herald says there is a con-
traband distillery at Bald mountain that
is engaged in making election whiskey.
The Central City foundry has been sold
out. Most of the machinery was bough'
BY Thos Carter of the GayYilIe foundry.
The cleanup fer the month Of Septem-
Der at the sO-ssamp mill at the De SINE
mine, near Custer City, amounte d to 800,
| $40.
a literary society has beer organized IL
Flandrau TO give entertainment to the
good people of that town during the win
! ter.
Thirteen TN of silver ore reached
Pierre on the 18th from the Galena mine
in the Hills. II will be sent to Omaha to
be tested.
During the week ending on the 10th
the population Of Rapid City was increas
| ed by the arrival of sixteen unmarried Ia
dies from the east.
| One year ago in October Scotland va
| established as town. Within the yea
$3I, 645 have been expended for the erect
| ion of store buildings alone.
A 500 check has been received 6
Mitchell from Mrs. Alexander Mitchell,
| of Milwaukee to aid in the erection of an
Episcopal church at that place.
Sergeant Taylor, colored, of the twenty
| fifth United States infantry, made politi
cal speech to large audience n Dead
wood on the evening Of the 9th.
Deadwood has one firm which has oveI
5000 worth Of books in stock, besides
nearly l 900 volumes for public library
which will soon be put into circulation.
There are four saw mills in the Vicinity
! of Rapid City aud constantly running
Yet the building boom is so great in Rap
id that the mile cannot furnish lumber
as fast as it is demanded.
Pierre Signal 10: The graders arrived
at East Pierre and commenced to grade
the msin line through town last Friday
afternoon. The grading will be finished
in less than three weeks, certain.
At the Methods: conference recent,
held a. Yankton, Bishop Warren forme'
a new circuit composed Of Medary, An
derson, Egsn and Hillsdale, and Eide
Whitfield has appointed James ". Dib
BILE to the work.
! a district over twenty miles i'll e1ten
/ has been burnt off around Rockford ant
the fire was sill! raging on the 9th. hlucl
| valuable timber has been DESTROYED ant
uneasiness prevailed as to the safety o
! Rockford from the flames.
/ The Rapid City Journal apprehend:
difficulty with the Indians IN that section
| of country Several hunting PARTIES have
lately encountered rowing bands Of Indi-
ans, we'll armed and mounted, who wer
very arrogant and insulting.
The King Solomon mine has lately
changed hands. A Chicago company
now own it, and they are pushing thel
developments as rapidly as possible
They propose to put up a 6O-stamp mil
as early as possible IN the spring.
The spiritwood farms near jamestown
have Welded immensely in wheat thi
season. Between 10000 and $4,000 bush
els of wheat haye been treshed out show.
ing yield of twenty two bushels to tn
acre. The yield of oats was as high a
fifty-five bushels to the acre.
Bishop Marty, head OF the Catholic
in the territory. will locate at Michel
and make it his permanent home. Tn
| Catholics lave secured five acres of lan'
east of town, and will erect massiv
building thereon for educational purpose
which will be one of the largest building
in the west and the finest institution O
| learning in Dakota.
On the 10th Charley Moody of thu
Deadwood Press was set upon by ma
named Mahon from Lead City, and va
badly beaten. The assault was made il
the presence of VIM. Baird, democratl
candidate for treasurer Of Lawrence com
ty, and it is claimed the attack was mad
because of censurious articles agains
Baird in tie Press.
Deadwood Pioneer, II: Mrs. Reed VA
before Justice Clark yesterday upon
charge of burglary. she resides nea
Spearfsh, and became involved with
neighbor named Charles O'Bates, in
dispute over the ownership of the latter
residence. During O'Ba:es' absence sh
took yoke of bulls and dragged ava
the building. The trial resulted in .
acquuittaI
Stick a Pin There.