The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-11-03

Fred Evans is experimenting operations
and one of his big trains is following a.
fast as the work of construction will adj,
NIT. This train will furnish supplies Of
material necessary in bridge building.
Hay has been put up for considerable
distance this side of Chamberlain, and sta,
tons will be built at once.
Said Horace Greedy: "There is moth
ing easier than to edit blackgu pap
er, and nothing more difficult than to get
up newspaper free from foulness and
blackguardism. Fishwomen and barroom
loafers are skilled in the art of bandying
epithets and bespattering each other with
dirty words 1t requires no words to do
this, but it does require both heart and
brains to print . newspaper that decent
man or woman can read without .
blush
Dcadwood Times: That our eastern
friends may have an idea of what we have
here in the way Of game, We will state
that at almost any time in this market,
when in season, can be found buffalo,
black and white tail deer, antelope, bear
jack rabbits, cotton tails, and occasionally
mountain sheep, elk, beaver tails, all kinds
Of ducks, prairie chickens and geese, and
when it comes to slow elk (bcef), as the
red man calls it, we can hold our own in
juiciness and quality with any country in
the world.
Northern Pacific Farmer: Our soil is
prolific, but it will not produce good crops
unless it is thoroughly cultivated. Land
half worked can never more than half pay.
Thorough culture is the only true system
for any farmer, whether he cuitivates ten
acres or hundred. It is in the difference
between imperfect and thorough culture,
that has all the mystery why some farm
crs make so little and some SO much.
Without the ground being we'll plowed
we cannot expect certain and sure crop.
The pillow is the foundation of the hopes
Of the farmer. 1t is not allowed to cut
and cover we may just as well retain our
seed in the bin.
Yankton Herald: The new Yankton
and LeMars railaoad project is receiving
good encouragement for the early con-
struction of that line, both from the prop
erty owners of Yankton and the people
living along the route G. Il. Robinson
Of Portlandyille, writes to Secretary Har-
ris that the people of his township would
willingly vote aid to the amount of &c.
600 in order to secure the road for that
town, and parties at Richland, Union
county, write to the officers of the com
pany that similar benefits mays be secured
by making that town on the line. A sat
isfactory amount of stock has already been
taken by Yankton capitalists and much
more can be secured with but little effort.
Altogether the prorpects of the new en-
terprise are very encouraging.
The most gigantic embezzlemcnt Of the
times is reported from Newark, New Jer-
sey Cashier Baldwin, of the Merchants
National, advised the directory to suspend
Monday morning, cody telling them that
he was short two million dollars in his
accounts. The confession papalyzed the
sole mn pumps, but they went into execu-
tive session as soon as they could recover
their breath They realized fully upon
their worst fears, and Mr.. Baldwin, the
leading banker in the State will 60 to
Cashiers Kerry of Hackensack, and He'd
den of New York, in the retirement of the
New Jersey penitentiary. A telegram
tersely tells the story when it says that
Baldwin got away with everything but
the safe, which was heavy one. The
crime is certainly the most colossal of its
class. The old Mutual Life Insurance
company loses a million, oil Of the svaila-
bic assets OF the company and several sus-
pensions are inevitable.
Yankton Press: A couple of young la
dies who celebrated Halloween in mems
clothing had a frightful experience on
Douglas avenue last night As they were
meandering along the street they attract
ed the attention of couple of boys, who
followed them closely. Not being accus-
trmed to such attentions the masqueraders
turn ed on the boys and sharply said to
them, with decidedly feminine squeak,
NOW, you just 60 away and lett us alone.
The boys tumbled to the racket and in
less than minute the two unfortunates
were surrounded by twenty or thirty ur-
chins, each of whom had his own remarks
to offer Finally the girls began to run,
and the boys, Of course, followed in hot
haste, making the night hideous with
their shouts As last resort the young
ladies broke through the door of a house
near the court house, ran into the bed
room and crawled under the bed. There
they were safe and their pursuers went off
in search Of fresh victims.