The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-07-07
Dakota Doings.

day while suffering from delirum tremcns.
He thought dogs and cats were following
him around.
Spearfsh valley, Black Hills, was visit
ed by terrific hail storm last week, which
almost totally destroyed all thewheat crop
in its track.
During the high wind last week Il new
house at the Springfield depot was unroof-
ed and two cars We're blown from the
track A number of outbuildings in the
vicinity were Frustrated.
Yankton Press: Speaking OF star route
contractors, we are reminded that the
comet is the boss star route traveller but
will likely escape prosecution us he is get
ting away from Washington at the rate of
800, 600 miles day.
During Gen. Esperson's four years ad.
ministration of the encouragement $
Office there were surveyed 30l townships,
aggrcgating over 100000 acres Of land
OF this, fifty-six townships were in the
foothills Of the Black Hills.
Yankton Herald: The new bridges on
the Sioux City and Dakota road have
been built two feet higher than the old
ones and the roadbed will be grad
to an even height to avoid the inconven-
fence of high water in the future.
Iankton Press: II. Y. Doud who re-
turned from St. Paul Yesterday gives a
rather gloomy account of crops in Mime
sofa. The season has been too wet for
corn and smaller grains have had success
sion of disasters in the unfavorable charac-
ter of the weather. Dakota corn bids fair
to excel the crop in Minnesota.
+. S. Favorow was arrested at Flandrau
charged with assault with intent to commit
rape on the person of Mrs Chris Norder-
I'm, He plead guilty and was taken to the
Sioux Falls Jail for sake keeping, but es-
capped last week. He had Just completed
a term in the pcnitentiary for horse steal
ing.
The Sioux Falls Paragraph says the
item which has been current in the news
papers, to the effect that license is nee
essary before people can get married in
this territory, is incorrect. All the per-
mission that is required of a fellow in Da-
kota before he can get married, is that of
his girl, and sometimes also that of the
gossip-mongcrs in the neighborhood.
The Alexandria Herald tells of a bank
CT of that place who has suffered much
annoyance lately from people bring in dogs
and offering them as collateral for loans.
Some practicle iokcrs had started the re-
port in the country that he was taking
such securities and there were plenty Of
people ready and willing to help along his
business boom in that direction.
Fargo Rcpublica: 1t may interest
some Of our eastern readers who imagine
that North Dakota is an artic region, to
know that | 200 miles west of Winnipeg
is a splendid wheat region, and the finest
wheat is produced 1000 miles north of
that point. Add the immense whoat reg
ion Of Manitoba to North Dakota, and
then you can realize that we are not far
out Of the way when we claim that this is
The granary of of the globe,
Iankton Press: John S. Picrson, of
New York city, has generously donated a
valuable collection of books, pictures. etc,
to the Dakota insane asylum. Comprised
in the benevolent gentleman
donation are seventy-six volumes of mis-
ccllaneous books; one hundred and six
teen pictures, consisting of chromos, ETC.,
for the ward halls, day rooms and dormi,
tories annd forty mounted slides for
magic lantern exhibitions; also number
of papers, pamphlets etc.
Yankton Press: Nearly four years ago
Mons Nelson, a Scandinavian, was con-
victed Of rape, committed upon little
daughter of a Mr.. Larson, in this city.
lie was sentenced to the penitentiary for
six years, and over three years when his
friends made application to the governor
for pardon which was ultimately grant
ed, and Mons Fclson is now on his farm
in Union county. Circumstances have
since arisen which raised belief in his in
nocence, and that the crime for which he
suffered was committed by another man.
Yankton Press: The jury in the Cam
eron case from first to last stood substan-
TALLY seven for conviction and five for &C
quittal Cameron is placed in a delicate
position by the failure of the jury toa agree.
He is left in the custody of the United
States marshal, and that official requires a
bond OF 81 900 before he will allow his
prisoner to 60 hence. Cameron could
give the bond in Sioux Falls, and he is
now endeavoring to arrange with the mar
shal for visit there in order toget bonds
men.