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The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1884-09-04

One feature strikingly noticeable IN the
delegate campaign now at red heat and
one that becomes more plainly apparent
as the struggle advances, is the utter lack
of individual enmity or personal animoslty
among the candidates. Admitting that
the North Dakota men are rather pro-
nounced in their personal opposition to
Raymond, their backward action in refus-
ing to forward the hopes of any one indi-
vidual leaves the contest purely in the
hands of the leaders, and not between
Raymond, as man, and South Dakota.
Where the personal feeling between the
leading aspirants is tinged with the cover
ing of friendship or surrounded by lack
of antagonism by non-acquaintance, the
dark horse era fails to develop sufficien
to allow outsiders to step in and grasp the
laurels from the contending elements,
and the occasional interjection from some
dissatisfied individual as regards the La
bility of dark horse being introduced is
based upon mere hyperbolical Imagination.
The dark horse is developed and constl-
tuted entirely from the superhuous antag-
onistic utterances and feelings originated
by the contrarieties of the contending
leaders. but where total lack of personal
hatred or absence of political chicanery
characterizes the campaign the nomlna-
ton will be allotted to one within the con-
fines of the trio of South Dakota candi-
dates, and the hangers on who now stand
ready to accept the henors Of the four
hundred thousand subjects may rest in
confidence of not being disturbed from
their former serenity. The dark horse
must go.
Where conditions exist as to almost ex-
clude the possibility Of the introduction Of
an unknown aspirant the contest mar
rows dow to sphere more contracted and
where argument outside of personal vitu-
peration or individual honorship is requir-
ed. The question naturally arises as tc
what factor constitutes the existing antag.
onism, or why do the people act with such
an utter lack of unity in the selection of q
delegate to congress. This question car
be answered in manner that may not be
accepted by all as true condition of the
existing elements, (although received by
loyal South Dakotaians as the real issue,
and that is the demand tor representa-
tion." Underlying this demand for recog
milton chere exists nothing but a cordia
feeling of friendship and affinity to
ward Moth Dakota, and that that feeling
is shared by our northern brethren to
wards us follows as natural order o
affairs South Dakota cherishes no il
feelings towards Raymond or North Da
!. kota, and if the Bismarck faction leav
the legislature alone the coming fall, they
even, may boast of friendly hosts in tn
south SO long as the territory remains on
vast domain. But an expectation rest
uppermost in the minds and hearts OF tn
inhabitants south Of the forty sixth paral
] lei, and that desire is for division and ad
mission. In their demand for qualities
representative to pose as an ideal OF tn
aspirations of South Dakota they natuI
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1884-09-04

Notice is hereby given to the republican voters
of the county of Lincoln, that on Saturday, Sep
tember l3, 1884, there will be a republican county
convention held in the court house in the city OF
Canton, in said county, at o'clock P. M, for the
purpose of eecting eight (8) delegates to represent
said county in a convention to be held at Pierre
Hughes county, September II, 1884, to place in
nomination candidate fer delegate to congress,
and also to elect at said county convention repre-
sentatives to act for Lincoln county upon the legis
lave district committee for the First Council and
Representative District of Dakota, composed of the
counties of Clay, Union and Lincoln.
Representation is based upon the vote cast at the
last general election for Hon. John B. Raymond,
and the various precincts will be entitled to two
delegates at large and in addition one delegate for
every twenty-five votes, and for each fraction
of twenty five votes over twelve Upon this basis
precincts will be entitled to representation as fol-
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1884-09-04
ed by former claques, in an uncompro-
missing and thoroughly expressive manner.
The hail storm season has passed int

The hail storm season has passed into
oblivion, having failed to scar Lincoln
county with it's visitation excepting small
portion of Delapre township. The few
scattering drops of the destructive forma-
ton caused by the congelation Of vapor
that came crushing down last Thursday
evening is regarded as the wind-up Of the
hail stone era OF 1884, and a general feel
ing of long-deferred satisfaction over
spreads the grizzed visage Of the now con-
tented farmer
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1884-09-04

The Territorial Republican Convention will be
held ct Pierre on Wednesday, Septembet IT, 1884
at 2 O'Clock p. NJ, for the purpose of placing in
nomination candidate for delegate in congress,
AID tracsacting such other business may prop
erly come before said convention. In said conven-
ton the representation shall be two delegates for
each organized county, and additional delegates
based upon said county's population shown by
its votes for delegates in 1882 at the
rate Of delegate to said territorial convention
for each 200 votes, major fraction thereof cast
at said election.
The following apportionment is given to show
the number of delegates to which each county is
entitled. Any organized counties not mentioned
or organized subsequently, will be entitled to dele
gates according to the apportionment herein men-
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1884-09-04

Drifting rumors and partially formed
statements are floating about relative to
the candidacy of Mcllette, Shannon and
Hutchinson in central Dakota, shrewd po
litical discerners being imbued from the
condition of mystlfed affairs that Ray
mond is quietly working for the support
along the Dakota Central. Raymond is
at Huron this week in the interests of
his deferred boom into prominency on the
delcgateship, and there are many who be-
lieve that MeIlette will throw his strength
to Ra ymond at the convention. Raymond
cannot carry county in South Dakota on
straight, direct issue, but it is feared the
occasional surface indications about sup
porting local candidates are in the interest
of Raymond and North Dakota. From
present indications there will be enough
instructed delegates in the Pierre conven-
ton to select a man from South Dakota,
and it is confidently expected that Judge
Clifford will receive the strongest follow
ing. The latest candidate from central
Dakota is j. W. Shannon, Of Huron, and
thus their house becomes devided against
itself. It remains to be seen whether
South Dakota proper will cast aside the
power allotted her by equalization, or
whether she will adopt decided unbrok-
en- front. The latter is certainly to be ex-
| pected.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1884-09-04

..f,ut what's the funniest millinery
th;nc you've seen?" asked q milli-
ner. IAN actress who specified that
her hat must not have any crtlshable
trimmine on one side, because she had
q lav her head Eat on the shoulder OF
her mimic lover. - Cincinnati En-
Qstirsr.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1884-09-04
District Central Committee Meeting.

The Republican Legislative Central Committee
for the First Council and Legislative District OF
Dakota will meet at the court honse in the city of
Elk Point, on Monday, September IS, 1884. at
O'Clock P. NJ, for the purpose of calling Republic
can District Convention to nominate candidates for
said district The members Of the committee to
be elected at the Lincoln County Convention on the
18th inst are requested to be present and partic-
pate. E. JONES,
Chm First Leg. st. Gent. Com.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1884-09-04

The common and seasonable seer
sucker, of which whole suit weighs
but nineteen ounces, is made in Calcut-
ia, and of silk and sea-island cotton.
American importers have to order it
year ahead. by the box. 1t is not sold
by the yard.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1884-09-04
Republican County Convention.

E. P. WELLS, Chairman.
E. W. Caldwell and A. W. Edwards, Secretaries.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1884-09-04

A decided anti-third term sentiment
seems to hold possession Of fthe voters of
Lincoln county, and it requires the raising
of mighty barrier to stem the tide of an
on-rushing CONVICTION like the one now
PREDOMINANT.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1884-09-04

We recommend that the primaries in the various
townships be held ON Wednesday, Sci tember 10.
Dated at Canton, August 13, 1884.
By order Of the committee.
G. NASH, Chairman.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1884-09-04

Dinner dishes decorated with verses
of poetry, maxims, conundrums, ETC.,
are very interesting, and furnish the
guests something to talk about.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1884-09-04

China has formally declared war against
France. Well, the United States can
stand it.
The Dickinson press., 1884-09-27
Casualties of the Week.

Sixteen frame buildings in the business part
of Berlin. Wis, were burned Thursday night.
Loss $4,000; insurance $1,000.
The steamer Dakotah was sunkin the Missis-
sippi river, near Providence, Mo-, recently, on
her trip up that stream. The freight was valued
at $4,000; insured for $4,000.
While a Bellaire, Ohio, policeman was firing
wildly after a fleeing desperate, Willie Welsh,
aged seventeen, lodged out Of an alley and IA
tally stopped one of the bullets.
Michael Kennedy, section foreman for the
Oregon Railway and Navigation company, was
yesterday. His body was cut in twain. He
was an old railroad man, recently from the
East.
The forest fires of Michigan which threat
ened to do SO much damage, have been checked
by a change in the wind and are no longer
feared. An East Tawas special says, however,
that the fires again started yesterday, with q
northwest gale blowing and increasing. The
telegraph poles are burned between Standish
and Au Ores.
David Cover, a prominent citizen of Still
water, was drowned last Sunday afternoon by
slipping between floating logs into the mill
pond. Cover was born in Adamsburg, West
moreland county, Pa, May %, 1926. He set
tied in Saltwater about twenty-one years ago,
and engaged in lumber business most of the
time since, and acquired considerable prop
erty. He was o prominent citizen, and vice
president of tho Washington County Agricul-
tural society. He leaves a wife and four chll-
The Dickinson press., 1884-09-27
Condition Of Crops in Foreign countr.s .

Condition OF Crops In Foreign Countrao q
The report of the United States commission.
er of agriculture for September has just been
issued It gives a very interesting report on
the condition of the crops in Europe, India
and other foreign countries. In Europe, as
compared with last year, the barley M oat
acreage have fallen off So and 2.8 per cent re-
spectiyely. The slight gain of N per cent in
dition of the land in the last sowing season.
In 1883 there was a loss Of nearly 100000 acres
on a basis of 100000 in wheat, and the re-
bound this year of IS, 600 acres is but tempo
rary. The tendency to put cultivated into pas
ture lands will be greater than ever this COM
ing year; The highest estimate for wheat is
81 bushels, and the lowest 30, the more careful
estimates keeping within 81. The total pro-
duction is SO,5l6,S17 bushels, the highest
being LOG, O0O, 600. The commissioner says
with regard to IT., the crop in Great Britain
harvest have created widespread ~satisfac-
ton. The report of the harvests in Austria,
Hungary, Russia and France are very favor
able. 1t is estimated in France that 40, 0OO, 600
bushels can be imported. A dispatch to Lon
India will be able 10 export $4,000, 600 bushels
of wheat to foreign countries this year. The
commissioner observes that the increase of
exports from India from a few hundred thous-
and bushels per annum ten to twenty years
ago, OoI,l4o,o4o Dusne1b IN lSol-oS, ana o.
127, 977 bushels of sixty pounds for 1SS3-S4, has
excited the attention of the wheat-growing coun.
tries. Conditions have not been favorable in
former years for large India exports, mainly
from lack of transportation facilities. The
careless cleaning of the grain and the mixing
of the various kinds, with the resulting de.
terioration in quality has also tended to keep
the price too low for active supply for expor-
tation. It is now proposed to increase midas
railway facilities, and the home government ia
asked TO assist in the extension.
The Dickinson press., 1884-09-27
Joking A Commander.

At the beginning of the war, the
Union forces in Kentucky were COM
manded by Gen. Nelson. He was a
fearless and capable officer, but his
rough manners caused him to be feared
and disliked by his men. The South
ern Bivouac tells this anecote as illus
trative of the view the men took of him.
The general had his headquarters in
the woods in a secluded place. Many
of the teams in the supply-trains were
driven by men who were not enlisted,
and one evening q driver was grumb-
ling because his wagon wasn't unloaded
quick enough to suit him.
The man who was receiving the stuff
was a practical joker. and pointing to
Nelson's tents, some distance away, he
said to the teamster,-
Fright yer there in those tents is a
man whose business it is to look after
these wagons, and he has q lot of fell
lows there to help him. You go over
and tell him to come on. He'll try to
bluff you, but you make him come"
Inc ma Went, ana hndlng Nelson
sitting in his tent in shirt sleeves, he
walked up and clapping him on the
shoulder, said:
"Come, old man, I want you"
Maybe you think the old man wasn't
surprised, but he was. He looked up as
if he couldn't do justice to the subject,
but finally he managed to blurt OUT
"XThat do Won moan 2O
The soldier said, "Come now, don't
be giving me any of that. Tn posted
on you; come on and help unload them
wagons"
Nelson was nearly paralyzed, but
with an empatlc exclamation he seized
at his sword, and started for the team
ster, who started for tall timber. The
old man ran the teamster clean out of
sight, and to this day nobody knows
what ever did become of him.
The Dickinson press., 1884-09-27

Sir Evelyn Barring and Nubar Pasha have re-
ceived an identical cipher telegram from Gen.
Gordon, dated Khartoum, Aug. 26 He is wait
ing British forcesin order to evacuate Egyptian
garrisons. The kilograms reads: "Send me
$4,000. I shall surrender the Soudan to the
sultan directly 100000 Turkish troops arrive.
If the rebels kill the Egyptians, you are an
swerable for the bloodshed. | require $780,
200 to pay my soldiers, my daily expenses be-
Berber, where l have sent Col. Stewart, Consul
Power and the French consul, with troops and
bashi bazouks, who, after stopping there for a
fortnight, will burn the town and return to
Khartoum. Col Stewart will go to Equator,
via Dongola, to bring the garrison from there.
[ do not believe the report that Ell Mahdi is
coming hither. 1 hope the Soudanese will kill
him. If Turkish troops arrive, they should come
t:30O ON
The Dickinson press., 1884-09-27
Governor Hendicks In Danger.

A west-bound train on the Indianapolis,
Bloomington g. Western was derailed near
Farmer City, Ill, Wednesday morning. Two
rear cars, two chair cars, and a sleeper were
rolled down an embankmcnt and demolished.
In the char car which was densely filled, a
dozen or more were more or less hurt, though
not very seriously. In the sleeping car were
ex-Gov. Thomas A. Hendricks, and q party en-
bricks and his two nieces escaped unhurt,
though quite badly shaken up. Col. Messmore
of Grand Rapids, Mich, an editor, was thrown
the entire length of the car, out of his berth,
and was badly cut. He was sent on home from
Peoria. Hon. JOIN G. Shoemaker, editor OF
the indianapolis Sentinel and defendant in the
Blaine libel suit, was wedged in by people fall
ing on him, and was seriously injured internal
nally, though no bones were broken. He re-
turned home from here: Rev; 9. Smith, the
hurt.
The Dickinson press., 1884-09-27
FOREIGN Flasher.

The Russian corvette at Vladivostok seized
the American schooner Eliza, for having con-
traband goods on board, and the English
schooner Helena, for illegal hunting.
Russian newspapers speak of the appoint
ment of Earl Dufferin as viceroy of India as
an augury of the continuance of entente cor
dale between England and Russia, and as a
guarantee of the satisfactory delimitation Of
the Afghan frontier.
Two thousand French troops landed Wednes.
day at Kinpai Pass, on the river below Foe
Choo, and attacked the Chinese. The latter
were defeated at q heavy loss, and are in full
retreat. Vessels belonging to Admiral Cour-
bets squadron have been cruising about the
Chusan islands which lie just off the coast,
some distance to the southeast of here. 1t is
thought that Admiral Courbet may make these
islands his headquarters during his operations
in the Yang Use river. Theislands are of great
strategicalimportance, but malaria exists there
of a deadly character.
Aportion Of the Paris press are making vic.
lent attacks upon the American press for Their
comments on the hombardment of Foo Chow.
LIE Paris in an article entitled sour good
friends, the Yankees" says: Cali that hateful
malice can dictate to scribblers in dellrium, has
found its way into their columns. 1t is a pity
that Frenchmen are unable to read the diatribes
and understand the folly and fanaticism Of
their American friends. France never had from
England, her traditional enemy, or Germany,
her enemy of yesterday, more undeserved OF
odious outrages than those with which Ameri-
cans, whom she has always treated with affec.
ton, have covered her.
The Dickinson press., 1884-09-27
What a Kentucky Burgoo Is,

Washington Letter to the Philadelphia Record.
eff you should go 70 Kentucky about
this time" said the old Judge. "you
would probably be invited to a burgoo.
You don't recognize him by hat name,
do you? No? we'll, a burgoo (%accent on
the last syllable) is agrand, good thing.
1t is an all-day picnic in the woods,
with q feast which throws the clam
chowder and the barbecue into the deep
shade of obscurity. In fact the burgoo
usually includes a barbecue as q sort of
incident. You go out to a corner of the
woods, where the thick underbrush has
been carefully cut away, and where
there are trees enough for shade, but
not enough for gloom, and there you sit
and play poker and smoke the finest
tobacco in the world and drink oily TO-
year-old sour mash and sniff the de-
Hghtful aroma Of the burgoo until along
in the afternoon, whent the niggers pro-
nounce the burgoo ready and ladle it
out to you in big bowlfuls. The burgoo
is adelicious broth, which is a perpetual
reminder Of the aborigines, who handed
it over to u forefathers when they be-
gan coming across the mountains from
Virginia. You take-or, rather, the
darkies take-a gigantic kettle andhang
it over a roaring fire. A light broth is
made first; then they throw in young
chickens, young ducks, sucking pigs,
ind all sorts of small game, with fresh
potatoes, green peas, string beans.
corn and every other vegetable. Every
thing is cooked until the meat begins to
fall to pieces. Then the walters, with
shining, smiling, black faces, and snow
white jackets and aprons, bear great
bowlfuls of the toothsome stew
through the grove. Oh, how good it is!
My mouth waters as [ tell you of it.
Afterward there is a more burgoo, and
then more burgoo, until everybody has
actually had enough. Then the dar-
kies satisfy themselves, while you re-
turn to your pipe and your glass, I'M
til the shadows of evening gather Sleep
lily around you" His voice became
low and his look became dreary. Sud
denly he reused himself and remarked
as he turned away: "a few weeks later
the darkies hold their camp-meeting on
the same spot"
The Dickinson press., 1884-09-27

The average life of a railway car is
ten years. 1t is estimated that there
are 10000 cars in the country; hence
{, 1000 a year must be built to keep up
the supply. Three thousand feet of lum-
Der for each car equals; $50, OOO, 900 feet
a year. The ties for the 121 1882 miles
of track at 2, 900 to the mile, which on
the average last six years require 1885,
377, 056 feet, board measure, every year.
Thus to keep a road-bed and cars in
repair, to say nothing ofnew work, calls
for 1875 ,377, 056 feet of wood, which is
nearly one-fourth the entire output of
the Northwest, and almost one-twelfth
that of all the mills in the United States.
The Dickinson press., 1884-09-27
rested. The loss to depositors will probably
reach $4,000.

The harvest is practically completed in Man
itoba, and the result is shown to be an average
yield Of twenty-five bushels of wheat to the
acre, against an average of twenty-three bush.
els last year, giving to the farmers an export
of from five to seven million of bushels. Bar.
ley will average about forty bushels to the
sustained no damage from frost, and damage
from any cause has been slight, and the grain
will be gathered in good shape.
At Helena, Montana, six gentlemen set sail
in a twenty-foot boat called 'eThe Rose,' with
the intention of descending the Mississippi
and Missouri rivers. The party includes
John Q. Major, ex-street commissioner; Harry
Parent, clerk; Arthur Pervin, correspondent
of the Chicago Inter Ocean; Henry Lehman,
baker; j. ii. Lowry. clerk, and Friend Miner,
kind of a craft from the source of the Missouri
to to the mouth of the Mississippi, . distance
of about 4 800 mules.
Reports have reached here that farmers in
Virginia and Maryland, living along the Poto-
mac river and Chesapeake and Ohio canal,
whose hogs died from cholera, which is raging
in that section, have been throwing dead hogs
into the river and canal. As the Potomac river
is the sole source of water supply Of this city,
DR.. Townsend, of the health board, went up
the river for that purpose. He returned to-
night, and says he found there had been but
little exaggeration in the reports; that ~carcases
of hogs in various stages Of decomposition
among rocks along the banks, and that canal
boatmen from further up the river reported
the stencil from putrefying carcasses in the
upper river and canal, terrible.
The Dickinson press., 1884-09-27
Colorado Distances.

The air of Colorado is so transparent
that a stranger finds it impossible to esti-
mate distances. He thinks a range Of
hills close at hand, when they are if
teen miles away. An amusing anecote
brings out this transparent deception
A couple of E%nglishmen once started
from Denver for the foothills, Judging
them to be four miles off. After walk
ing eight miles and finding themselves
apparently no nearer to the range,
they came to the Denver irrigation
ditch, about four feet wide.
One of them stopped on the bank
and began to strip, his companion *
claimin g.
why, what are you going to do?"
II am going to swim this river"
"Why, man, it's a ditch, and only a
yard or so across!"
Glow do I know it isn't a quarter of
a mile? We've been fooled enough al
ready, and I'm not going to risk a wet
ting; you can jump in if you like"