The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-06-23
Dakota Doings,
Sioux Falls will celebrate.

miles of Bismarck.
Hon. Hiram Barber, Jr, will crate at
Mitchell on the 4th.
Capt. j. c. McVay of Yankton is going
to invest $50 in new residence.
Gov. Ordway will be one of the attrac-
tons of the Fourth of July celebration at
Pierre.
A number of towns will celebrate with a
vim in the territory, so the local papers
report.
A hail storm passed through portion
of Moody county last week doing consider
able damage.
A farmer living near Valley City offered
to bet the editor Of the Times 500 that
his wheat when ripe would yield 40 bush
els to the acre.
Chamberlain, Brue county, report an
immense boom taking place there. AS
many as three hundred people are camp
ed on the townsite.
At Pierre on the Fourth a party Of
Sioux will give the Indian grass dance,
after which there will be a feast, when u
roasted OK will be served whole.
In Minnehaha county lives brute of
man who has been in the habit of severe
ly whipping his father, aged IS, because
he thought the old gentleman didn't take
proper care Of the cattle.
Near Elk Point few days since, while
men were digging for sand on the farm of
Martin Rust they unearthed seven skele-
tons lying in bunch From indications
they had lain there long time, and prob
ably are Indian remains.
1t may not be generally known that a
law was passed by the legislature last win
ter requiring a license as a prerequisite to
marriage. Such, however is the case, and
all persons DESTROYS of entering into mat
rimonial relations will now have to inter-
view the county clerk to the extent Of 81.
Yankton Press; Information from
Red Cloud agency is that the indians there
have held another pow-wow, at the con-
clusion of which they notified the agent
that unless he resigned they would remove
him from the reservation, and if he re-
turned if would be at his peril There
are avocations more agreeable than being
the agent Of Red Clouds dusky grumb-
lers.
Dakota Cricket: Why will people
struggle along to gain mere livelihood
in the states, when they can do so much
better in Dakota, for Aere the land is
cheap, easilysubdued and very productive
The people here are Industrious, honest,
enterprising and intelligent, and always
ready to welcome new corners to their
midst
Dell Rapids Exponent: Last Satur-
day large drove Of cattle, comprising
young and old stock to the number of two
thousand, passed through town en- route
for the Black Hills. They were high ton
cd cattle and would not dcign to look at
the ferry so they swan the river They
made decided splash as they plunged
into the river. Thus the territory is be-
coming more of stock country. Da-
kota is destined, at no distant day to turn
out endless numbers of fine stock for the
eastern markets.
A now magazine will be published by
the Dakota Publishing company about
August LIST. 1t will be composed of
choice literature and articles relative to
the Interests of Dakota. Twenty-Five
thousand copies will be issued of the first
edition.. and it is to be hoped shat all in
terestcd in the welfare of Dakota will as
sist in forwarding such necessary entsr-
prise.
The Yankton and Sioux City line is now
open. Trains have been delayed since
March 26th, but when we consider the
great damage done by the flood, it seems
almost a wonder that in so short time
the road has been repaired. For weeks
the work could not be commenced owing
to the condition of the road bed. Trains
will run slowly at first. Freight that has
laid so long at Sioux City will be delivered
as fast as possible.
Yankton Press: G. N. Taylor, of
Meckling, says his losses by the food will
aggregate $4,000 in cattle, horses build
ings and other personal property. He
lost 100 head of fine bred cattle, and six
teen horses. In the Meckling neighbor-
hood l 300 head of cattle and 1875 horses
were destroyed in the food. Most of the
people who resided in that vicinity left
during the food, but are gradually drift
ing back to their ruined homes, They
will not be able to ralss crop this year.
Sioux City Journal For classic vitup-
Grafton, the editor Of the Mitchell Capt.
tai is entitled to the chromo as the follow
eloquent outburst will show: Jack Cain,
an asinine conception of man, whose
breath stinks worse than his feet, and
both million times worse than the sin
bedrabbled scapegoat Of the children of
Israel, whose friends are numbered by the
hair on his teeth, and the rings on the
tail that awaits thin in hades, steps to
front and wipes the dune from his idiotic
brow, winds his tongue around the filthy
mucus that always drizzles from the aper-
lures of his vulgar nasal appendage, for
the simple nurpOse of calling ns a thief