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jag It to>« mora testable for lb* publiahw,

f i . t . C A * W » « ; < > • * . C A S T S * . CARTERBRO%,imt,> -

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A* F« li A« M* , d»TEmBM*to»OEiro.4,A.I1. i *. H. 'ItS&u. 1m Commanio*tion VednM4«3r 09 or before the full fflOOBe ,

BpicUl mtetiof «T«y leooixd Wedaettey After the Itfflltf*

W. H. MILLER, 8b. W. M. * H. Ccrrsrr, Secretary.

4P. L O O . Pii- CavTmxiL

' 'LOiw*, HO, meeta erery Thnraday evening,

orerOilbertV8*o«|. J***f *********in«ood •Landing ere corf*"/ inrited to attmd.

MABE W. UMLXT, N. G. H. B. DonALMOK. See'y.

COUNTT OFFICERS. 1 •ru. »i* • J. W.CJLKTKI, District At

W. M. Ctnrwrn, Clerk of DUtriet Conrt. TBOBI J. THOMTAD, BegUter OF Deed* M! Ex-

.fficio Counto Clerk. _ 5

GlO. W. MMI&JI 4. o. Fi*ip»B»AW>,Ji»dgeof Protista. , -A P . D i J t o * , S h e r i f f . h i ' B. 0. JACOB*, Soperiatendentof School*, r A AMjiMi Chairman,' W. W. PAL***, 0. P. Bouts,

hCo. Commi»*loner*.

CANTON POST-OFFICE DIRECTOR* Southern dally mail Atgveii ?very day except 8un-

Deptrti every <kf except Sunday j»T»t8:S0 r.n. •tSa.M. ' >V; • •!:

MMtkeiB daUymail arrtvee every day except Set-•RD'7*TT:30 A.M. Departs every day exoept Mon­day at? iJI.

Canton aad MHltew* mil arrive* »edSstnrdiar*t«r»*» Depart* every

• Tit nradax a* d a.' m. 1 • Cautou k Klehl'iDd loal arrive* every Friday, at

I r. u. Departapvory Tkamday, at 8 A. M. Canton t Vermillion ad departs every Thurs­

day a* 8 A.*. Arrive* evety Friday at 5 A. M. Ofioe oven from 7 A. M. to. f v. M. On Sunday*

froml to 2 p. a., and one hour alter the mall ar­rive* from the Norih. " .

JOSUf FALDE, Poatmaater.

Business Cards.

Mill W. BAILBT. O. *. OIl*OBD

BAILEY & GIFFOBD,

Attorneys & Counselors at Law, CAKTON. D. Ti

J. W. CARTER,

At torney and Counselor at Law, • CANTOK,D.T/ :

ii> J. C. HEWITT, 'j'Ssi} !"• v! ~ 'iijSi.!'.., v Carpenter and Builder,

Iinowpnptwd *o db all kind of work In his Hn*» on short notice. Can ba found it his fsrm three ud one hilf: nillfi north of Csnton.

JE. Y. BKOWN, M. D.t

PHYSI IAN & SURGEON. m .

All, OALII* rBOXFTLT ATTBSDBO JO, XMHT p« BA* Kvrocncs -KBLLEB-S ppoa sipKE. Canton. • J>. T

F.J.MUBItAY, fcTTOBUEY AND COUN8KLOB AT LAW, AND

OOLLKCTINO ASENT. ,•

Beloit, Lyon County, I ova. Will practice in the eowtt of lova and Dakota.

%U1bny and aell land, make eolleCUon* Acu, Beat sf Nferenca* given.

^ H. SOUTHARD, M. D.,

Canton, Lincoln Co., D.T.

WM. M. CUPPETT,

Real Estate and Abstract Office. Win Mj taxes for non-reaidenta.

Ooart Houae. Canton, D. T. Offlca at the

Ttf.

G.W. NAYLOR,

County Treasurer, Sail Eatate and tax paying bnalnem promptly at-

Uadadto. PAce at Court Honae. ltf.

H. M. CLARK, St. D.,

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, —And—

U. 8. Examining Surgeon for Pensions, " ' "" W'' I:; IOWA, --:' »i! "i «uiu„.»r j a9av.a»»i>

M HARL AN ^U^E, CANTON, D. %

- • bPix |AM^g«n oq Hoinrd's Stigf <.'•» betweeeSlonx Falnand PortlandvUle going aoutn '•an get breakfaet, aad thoe* going north can get rapper at this Home. Splendid accommodation* for alt tnvelera, and good Smlea in connection with the Hooae.

a. W .HABLAh. Proprietor.

THORE J. THON8TAD,

E x-Offrcio County C'erk, and REGISTER OF DEEDS,

.CANTON, LINCOLN CO.VD. T, taixe* f6r non-reeldenta, and funiah ikb-

itmti of title >trae*tmiMe rate*. . ltf.

]ff. L. SYVERUD,

WATCHMAKER & JEWELER. . ' A»d Dealer in

',S;.SClocks, jewelry, &c., SH "t 'mt;ffatort»8i™, Cfinti>»> D.7.

\nUB*aof wortin my line attended to promptly as nfcoit Mtiee. : ' MW>XdW.t: .

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Local

—J. 8. BBNRDICT has gon« to Lomars.

SiouxCity ti PsmbinaRoad.

After a long silence, audi WAittng for some sign or indication tlmt tlie people of Sioux Clly liad not forgotten the region that seek* iu outlet through their grow, iug tpwu, we are ^rutjfied UutOiit: J ver­

nal iias found time to »peak t word in favor of the I'embina iitiute. We have tried in vain to get some response from .spittfi of the railroad men fts to the pros­pect of the extension of that riiad, but could hear nothing. .

The Journal of the 14Ui;inst^ veiy ap­propriately isalU the attention of its pat­rons to the - importing of securing the trade of the 8|ou< Vttlley atid of continu­ing or;exteuding. the road from Portland-iViile up to this point.

1t#B alitor gives faotsf as to distances, and as it suggests, a portion of this fall's traffic would doubtk'ss be secured should the roaJ rqACh Calliope in souohi but tlie completion to that point would , by no means draw one hftirtlie bus5ac6 of Lin­coln county or any of Turner dr Minne-halia counties, but if extended to Canton' or Beloit, the large amount, that: is now directed to Veriniliiiw ;and - Lulferne would be changed to this route. The Le-Mars market is tlie most difficult to break froni, as tlie two roads cause the competi­tion that nothing sliort >o( a railroad to Beloit or Canton will supersede.

It is useless to deny the tact, huailiat ing though it (s, we are too poor to give any aid, at present, to any road, front wliitevci'direction it should come. As to Bonds, the hw and people would not listen to, and individual subscriptions would be necessarily confdtjd to so few that they would be of no - weight. Two thirds of t'ae money obtained for the sur­plus grain of Lincoln county is left with tlie merchants and dealers; of Vermillion and LeMars, and as the freighters to Le-Xars of our products, want loads buck, our merchants are almost forced to deal with Oubuque or Chicago jobbers, when if the railroad was at our own doors the grain would be bought here and the mei-cliants would of course, if Sioux City could give theni as good inducements to buy as those of Chicago or Dubuque, purchase of the Sioux City merchants.

The increased amount of freight that would be furnished the road and the trav­el which now all goes either to LuVerue of LeMars together would be of marked benefit to the company. We shall be pleased, of course, should tlie. rails,be laid within 20 miles of us, as it brings us so much nearer civilization, but, not uutil the smoke of the Iron Horse is seen with­in tli«l limits of Lyon or Lincoln counties, can our citizens feel as if their day of re­joicing bad come.

It ha8.sceraed tl nost foreign to us, this long and tedious stretch of 50 miles to LeMars, and in the winter or fail When we a^e liable to have the sievere storms that are characteristic of this latitude, it is a road that is dreaded by the traveller, and that point Is one we have paid tribute to through force of circumstance.

Sioux City is our natural outlet, and al­though in another Stat?,. it seems that an affinity of interests exists between us. Geographical lyv we are isolated from our own metropolis, Yankton, and have no business connection^ With it whatever, except through Territorial matters, as our capital; hence, we look upon Sioux City for aid and its influence to give us the railroad, and if its able and enterprising men have not crippled themselves in oth­er enterprises, wc have full faiUi that their good judgment will prompt litem to lend a helping band that will be'reciprocate! by our making Sioux City our market. s

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FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY $000,000,00

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11,332,300.82 i ,Th. oldaataad moat reliable oompany In Wa Vol-1 Ud $tat«? Over $10,iNkMM9l lo*ea hav. been

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A Magazine for.;Youngc«t %»der^ mmu *oirr*i.T.

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Such a harvest as the present one, is considered by many, without a< parallel, that is, throughout the grain producing States, an4 the estimate is f«r .beyond any previous yield. Golden sheayes and lofty stacks ore I in. every direction; It seeyms Hluioat one continuous' field, only inter soer&ed with greeii patches/bf grass; oc­casionally an abaiidoUed tieid if seen bear­ing the usual crop of weeds, that follows a cessation of cultivation, but how differ­ent the outlook and . feelings of the farm­er from that when la^l' SpriDg the people gathered en masse at'th'e ^Jdurt House, to c«nSu'«r wavs.anAmp^^ P^cure seed for sowing, In one pepa$ it yva? pitiable— the discooragementwftd dwhearteqing sen­timent tlmt seemed to prevail; reduced to the last extreittfty, ntany coilld see rto Way by whicii they icoald Sieved from their embarrassment in ihIs1 locality, ind they naturall y condemned the country and sow no prospect of ^ cliJMJge Ipr tlie better Now they reap the .most abundant harvest

jhijt!yver'; profit liave well as tb *11 of. u^ dtirfag the past years of scarcity and depression. ' Although we geiieftltr-&U the long iibsence of pfetiiy -should lciarh us.to appreciate what aflorda cortifoHs of Jlfe. iBconoiny hM been taught, with se­verity in many instances,, and |»eopk? havis learnt that they can, If neoessity rtquires, live within nkuoh Idss nteans than they

once was c«msidejwi.a !».#» be«n prov­en to M; biMmx li:im,w»i wW US t!i*t:itUa n<)t>«l»ays diy .or sunshine;

pursue hereafter. We undoubtedly have raised-within this Territory a surplus of oats, barley and rye and possibly corn, that if properly utilised, will Carry us through two seasons, of small yield of crops, should such occur. Stock will thrive and find' a market, regardless of grasshoppers; get sheep, hogs, cattle, horses, *ud after once starting, it is the easiest and in fact thip most profitable and' sure investment the farmer can make; ,we have had ample warning of the uncertain­ty of relying wholly upon a wheat crop ~~ •* dapendenc^'l when that was swept as a from us last seasoii with such a serious ef­fect, if our peopl^, had had stock as tlie eastern termers had, thj loss of the .grain would have beeiif but secondary, and uo Such disastrous result would have fallow­ed; Now after all thes6 monitions, and1

sad experiences, let tiip/n prove Iteueficial that we may be preptuwdfor whatever may follow this season of abundance. <

Fighting Indians.

SALT LAKE, Utah, August 11.—The fol­lowing was received this morning:

Bio HOLE, Montana, Aug. 9. -To Gfov. Potts: We had a hard fight with the Nez Perces, killing a uumuer and losing a numoer of officers and men. ; Wu aeyil a doctor and everything.

Send us such relief as you can. (Signed) JOUN UMBOS,

; . Coi. UowJg. Bio HOLE, August 9.—To Gov. Potts:

We are Mere, near the moutli of of Big Hole pass, with, a large nuni o«r of w»un4-ed and iu waul of every tiling food, cloth­ing, medicine and medical attendaace.— Solid ud assistance at once. ,~'\-

(Sigueu). JOHN GIBBON, ^ t U o i . U . S . A .

DEEII LODGE August 11, il A. M —W. H. Edwards hits just arrived i'ruui Big Hole

accnuuts of a terrible b.iltie be-iweeti Gibb6u's' coiu'iiitud and the Nez Perces on the- Big Hole river, August V. Gibliou's command, cousisiiug of 182 men, 17 officers, ltfU regulars and 32 citi­zens, volunteers, crossed over from lioss dole on Wednesday. Starting at 11 o'cl ock on tlie same night they moved town ail Uiei troops wilb ilie exception of a few mites above, close to the Indian cainp, waicli was made on the Big Hole, turee uiilss below where the Bitter Boot and Baunock trail crosses. At daylight this morning, the liirUt ope.md by the v.il-uuteurs fijtug on aad killing and Indian going aller horses., A charge was then made on the camp and hard fighting oc­curred tor "toe next two hours, during which time large numbers of men airj Indiai s were killed. Tue soldiers then charged on the lodges, but were repulsed • n me attempt The Indians then at­tempted to cut thein from the high wood­ed point, but the soldiers charged, and, driving the Indian advance from it, held it and at once fortified, The fightiug con­tinued all day, and was still progressing fitfully when the courier lnft at 11 o'clock.

The fighting -was desperate on both sides, the tull force of the Indians being in the fight. Oapt. Logan and Lieut. Bradley were killed, and Geu. Gibbon, Capt. Williams and . Lieuts. Coolidge, English and Woodruff wounded—Gen. Gibbon only slightly. Bradley was the first man killed.

The messenger says that after they fail<*d to capture the lodges the Indians moved their camp off in the direction of Bannock. All their horses being captur­ed, the messetiger had to come to French gulch, nearly3 sixty miles, on foot An other messenger wits stent to Howard who should have reached there to day.

The howitzer had been left six miles behiud and: was ordered to bo moved up at daylight . During the fight they heard it discharged twice and then it was silent. A band of Indians soon after appeared with a large, number of horses and it is believed all the horses of the command, guns* supplies, reserve ammunition, etc., were captured. , , .

Gen. Gibbon thought when the courier left there that he still had 100 effective uien and believed the Indians had nearly all withdrawn from his front- _

The messenger says he thinks 100 In­dians were killed; and nearly half of the command, including citiieus, were killed or wounded. • '

Gen. Gibbon has sent for medicine, sur­geons, supplies, etc.'

Dr. Mitchell will :leave to-day with an esort.

Gen; Gibbon particularly asks for am­bulance wagons .to come under escort, and every available wagon will go for wanl from here and Butte. 'It was--one of the hardest fights on

record and Gibbon's command made a most gallant, and desperate figtit against overwhelming odds.

Dsss Angnst 11. 10 A. M —Gov­ernor: We want men to escort wagons. W« am. rushing up wagons, stortS, ice, etc Etghtv out of one hundred are kill­ed or wounded.—S. C. Journal, Aug. 12.

m: Chicago Prices Paid'for Wheat.

J. 3. Benedict has storage room for 30,000 bushels of wheat, and while he be­lieves the, early sale will be the moil prof­itable to th<* farmers, to those who desire to hold their wheat he offers to buy/oil account or in trade, and give 'Chicago prices at any day that ma,y be agreed upon at the Hme of storai^e, !«is cost of tram., portation, storage, wastage, and shrinkage, or he bujr It aiid give them the rise in the market, if th^re be any at the time of settlement- . This i»a veryliberaloffei;, as those who chOose i tof avail, themfel ves of it can realise all the advantages deriv­ed from telling at the railroad without the tipu^le and time expended; going; thw^i

SPECIA L NOTICE*j

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SOKETHINONEW ln order to .introduce our Big Seed Fall

Wheat, 0ie. Wheat, of, Taos^ in your lqfial-ity—single: grains measuring 1 inch: in length-r-I* pnopo^ to seqd a. sample of

to this M^r wlio wUl naiii^ this and jew a *,' c^nt stamp to pay p . _

Agents warned In evei^ conn^ 16 sell

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productions is ^fs; ,tM,#^lly f<? investmeals mi-iof ^liOwr

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—NEW wheat begins to arrive, and the the business air of old times is revived.

—WHAT shall wo do for a school room this wiater in Canton t

—MEKCHANTS are looking smiling now that trade prospects are brightening.

: i-It is reported that Hedges, of Sioux City, was murdered at Brule Agency.

—FARMERS do not fail to be at the Court House. Saturday, the 18th, at noon, to arrange for the Harvest Festival. "7'

;1_WE do not know of a field of grai n unharvested in Lincoln county, and stack­ing is nearly all done.

—J. S. BENEDICT wants to purchase 25,000 bushels of wheat, and will pay the highest market price for the same

-Two droves of horses are in town arid for sale. One lot is jtt Martin's, and one at Sheriff Dixon's!

_ —H. F. BENEDtoT marketed some wheat Monday that tested 82 pounds to the bush­el, by weight.

—REMEMBER that Rudolph is selling "John Deere" plows at greatly reduced prices.

—STREETS are dull, merchants and their clcrks are not harried but it is only the calm before the rush that will surely-come when harvest is over. /

—GENTLEMEN begin to arrive, looking after lands, and some who left last fall and winter in disgust, are returning like the prod ijal son. \-

* —FINE CASTOR-OIL for Threshing Ma­chines or other machines. This is by far the best oil thresher* can use. Call and get it at J. S. BENEDICT'S. •

THE Harlan House was well patron­ized by Commercial Agents last week, which fact together with a general in­crease of travel, is encouraging to the pro­prietor. - " t-

THE Sfoux Palls Independent has heard that a man by the name of Crane, was shot by a young man during a quar­rel that occurred some where in this coun­ty. We liave not-learned of any such oc­currence; ittnnst be a mistake.

FRANK J. MURRAY is to be associated with Mr. Taylor in the publication of the paper at Bsloit; from the reputation of these gentlemen as writers, we look/or ail excellent publication.

—FRED. KEEP, th-3 'popular Clerk of Lyon county, was in town M mday. Like a sensible man he is out of the race for legislative honors this fall, and prefers the quiet of his official life at Rock Rap> ids. f il'

—THE funeral of Mrs. Horn was held at the church Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Horn has the sympathy of the en­tire community in his affliction, who sincerely hope that he will be soon restor­ed to health.

—MR. TATLOR, the purchaser of the Canton Timet, has concluded to locate in Beloit, upou which fact we can congratu­late the citizens, upon tlie prospect of be-supplied with a paper which they have felt the want of since Mr. Ingham ceased publishing the Time$.

—IT seems like living once more, when vegetables that we have been so long with­out are promised so plentifully. We have been favored with some unusually large potatoes fur this tims of the year, by the courtesy of J. B. Gray, and green corn at the hands of Mrs. Moulton. 7 -L L. MOORE is once more in Canton, S-Tyfti •

looking after his property interests here. He is half inclined to try his oUl business here, and iet the boulders of Colorado re­main unseen further by himself. He would be welcomed back as one of our re­liable business men.

—MR. HUOH FERGUSON, of Piano, 111., is on a visit to his father-in-law, Sheriff Dix­on. This gentleknan is connected with the Marsh Harvester manufacturing com-, panv, and says that preparations are being made for the manufacture of an increased number ot Harvesters and binders for the next season. _ « f- .*»'

—OxE of thegeaileman who is dealing in bonus at Martin's was proffered $200 in gold: towards the payment of a span — His suspicions was aroused at such an oc­currence in Uti& far off land, fend it being loreigu or Australian gold, he had Syvcr-ud, the jeweller, cut one of the pieces in two, to satisfy himself iliat it was; gen lithe. Hd will hesitate uo more, so don't' keep back farmers;j|)| fjsar yqttr goii will be ^uMtioned./^^vllil; ' ^ •

—Ws bad the pleasnn of meeting Mr. Giles ot Freeport. Ill., who has made an investment iu landed property in Lincoln ,Co. He has been an editor for many years, mMi is thproughly conversant with west-era mattera, bat different thaa most of us poor fellows of the perauaston, as he evi-dently is favored with a competency, as the resiilt of a Jdng. life wofrk^i^JJis ^nd opinion of this country has been confirm­ed by personal observation, and he inform­ed us that i»:fc nbW bis intention to invest furtlicr in inprovemknta tliiij season.

—Ma. SPBKCBR, of Ftdnriew, Bet a header, at work the other morning in one of his home fields cutting wheat The header-box was driven to his water power threshiiK Bnd the wheat jWasi elevated from that to his mill, and at tea that evening warm biscuit were served npon liis table, made from wheat that was grpwing in the morning upon the hill-side *t .Fairview.-rr So tiays Sheriff Dixon; jMjt:.. .we hart not teen any of the flour, or tested any of lite biscuitDr.. ..well-—There, we hate

/ told it just as the SUerjff

We trust that the citizens of Lincoln county will not let our sister county, Min­nehaha, through the public spirit of its worthy citizens out-do us in the matter of a Harvest Festival. It is true that Sioux Falls offers abundant temptation through its natural beauties, a general response to their gathering of all who feel like, rej oic­ing at ti.e noble harvest Dakota has just gathered. But our own iaterests should prompt us to gather witain the borders of our county.

Not only could a good time be had, but if pro|>erly arranged and conducted; it would prove advantageous to the people in more than one way. A respite of one, two, or three days from hard labor that the industrious farmer has undergone dur­ing the summer months, would tie a great pleasure as well as beneficial to the health; and as we have no County fair nor gener­al or organized medium through which the attractions and rich products of Liur

coin county can be advertised, a gather­ing of this kind of its citizens would be­yond doubt, be the meaus of starting some plan that in time could ue formed into k County society, agricultural in its nature, that would prove Oeueficial to the farmers pecuniarily aud otherwise. 7.7

As we stated in tiie last article suggesting this meeting, let the farmers, as mey are the producers, meet on Saturday next, at the Court lluuse at 12 o'clock noon, talk over the matter, count its cost, if any, ar­range the programme, designate the lime, select tue ulace. aud in short interest them selves as they can if they choose, and if we are on the ragged edge, or frontier of civilization, aai isolated from Railroads aud the attendant associations, we can show people that we have got tine element both in people aud iu lauds, thai will so.m place us iu no inferior line with flour­ishing! sister counties.

It' we would bring our portion of this Valley into the repute it merits, then get togetuer, tell wnat your crops are, their yk-id, yo"r improvements,your stock, give a:id get the the experience of e»ch other, team aud iu.part so thai eacu other can get the benehi of another's experience; get acquainted; shake bunds over past sec­tional quarrel* and be sociable'generally and any way. The prosperity of one should be that of all ; the world is wide aud made for us all and not for oneulone. Turn out farmers and don't stand scowl­ing or making faces at t'.iat o.her fellow, because he hasn't done according to your liking; we all make mistakes and n unity of purpose is the happiest and surest way of reconciling. Atd us we have no bureau to herald the attractions of Lin-coin county, let the farmers themselves give the record

Died. HO»N.—In Canton, D. T., on Monday

August 13th, after a brief Ulmea*,M» Mary L. Horn, aged 31 year* and 9 montha.

Death at all times is sad, but tli-s be­reavement seems doubly afiecting in that during the sickness of the deceased, the husbsud could give no personal attention to the last wants of his beloved wife, as tie was upon a sick bed racked with pain and lever. ' .7.

One week ago Jessie, their daughter, at the close of school, sang a beautiful piece, in which were the words,

"My mother ia dying." How little did Jessie think that she was foretelling in the sweet voicc ef song the sad reality that would within one short week bring anguish to her heart, and that of her bereaved father.

Religious Directory.

Mission Service at Beloit next Sunday morniug, (19th inst.,) at half past 10. 7 %

At Calvary church, Sioux Falls, in the evening of same day, at 8 o'clock.

REV. W. P. HUNTINGTON, MT D.,

5 i ȣ, 1 .Missionary in Charge.

—Sioux FALLS proposes to have a gen­eral Festival for the citizens of all coun­ties that will attend and unite with them. There certainly could not be a more pleasant place for a festival than there; and if our people do not conciude io* nave one, many will go to the Falls should Its people ultimately arrange for one. r

- —IT is gratifying to learn that so many who were on the 'point of surrendering this country to'the 'hoppers, and such persons ifi: were disposed to remain, are now; denouncing others who did leave, for not returning. Have patience, men, there is far worse country than Lincoln county. g;:-. 777*. '>.-7—

. John Deere Plows.^ tt. A. Budolph has a stock of Joh'n Deere

ows for sale, at unusually low , priccs. Give him a call. ^

Sioux Falls people are getting ansloos abmt the extension of the LuVerne rail road to that point, and Mt. Bishop, the General Manager, has written to Mr. Pet tigrew relative to the matter, but a close perusal of the communication affords cold ,if:any. comfort Our inference at least is, that they may build err not, as they choose, but at all events aid must be first given, before it will be extended. And In view of the uncertainty, the Inde­

pendent calls the attention of the people to the Southern Minnesota road, as fol lows: , , |S' * r

"J. C. Easton, of Chatfield, Minn., ant a party of gentlemen, all Interested in the Southern Miunesota Railroad, are expect ed to arrive ia town next week. As the above mentioned road, has a laud grant

One-fourth eelama 8.00

ADVERTISING BATJfiS.

Baetoaee Cavdeofetx Maaaet leas, $$JU *—# •raach additional lin% 9L00.

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Strayed from the premises of Johnson Harris, .on or about July 23d, 1877, finjr. calves, described lis follows:1"' '7 h

Three heifer.calves, 2 dark r^fctJife oth­er red. White spot in forehead and on its back, near tail; aad one steer calf, p^e; red, With brownish head. •

Any infcrmatW as to where they now are,, will be thankfulty received, and the. perspa suitably rewarded.,

Please Address . MRS. JOHNSON FIISLNL^ "• * Haxrisbnrg, D. T.

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... PLOWS! PLOW8I! ,.'i "John Detar'f; plows, ,the beet ia the

market; for salecheap asdlK, A Hard­ware stor« of O. A. Rudolph.

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little north of Dell Rapids ,the movements of this company are of great interest to the people of this section And owing to the fact that the managers of the "stub" from Worthington do not seem to be dis­posed to extend their line any farther than Lu Verne, would it not be weii to offer such encouragement as we are able togLye to the Minnesota Southern ? The St. Paul men appear to think that they have a mo­nopoly of the whole trade of this section, and in our opinion they will not extend their line any further under any circum­stances; tlie multiplicity of excuses would indicate that they do not intend to build-first they couldn't because of grasshop-para; the fact that the grasshopper did no damage caused the managers to state that granger legislation was the cause of all their troubles, aud finally, the recent strikes in tlie east knocked all railroad en­terprises in the head. Taking thecircum-stances altogether, the main difficulty of the St. Paul men, is in finding excuses for not bnilding, when they dont intend to build at all. The Southern Minnesota is emerging from its financial troubles, and no doubt with proper encouragement, the company conld be induced to extend their line, which would give this country a through trunk line, an improvement of far greater value than a mere branch of the St. Paul road."

We are glad to see the move, as we would be in some measure benefitted- by the completion of a railroad to the Falls, in that it would give us a nearer market for our grain; and under no circumstance can we conceive that the prosperity of Sioux Palls would be detrimental to us.

Can Lincoln county people do anything towards securing the extension of the Pembina Road ? If they can, it ought to be dune immediately. Whatever scruples one may have towards aiding enterprises of thi^ .kind, Ihey should not be blind to the fact thit the history of ail modern roads is, that subsidies in some shape were obtaint d before they would construct.

Butf lew places are so fortunate as to be geographically in the way of a road and thus be enabled to secure its benefits without contributing towards its construc­tion. It may be that should Canton ever have a road, that she will get it without effort; but it is safe to consider it more possible than probable.

Is wealth accumulated without effort? Does prosperity, attend communities or individuals without some action on tbe part of the recipient?

The advantages of railroad to our citi­zens cannot be denied; and the absence of one is severely felt by eveiy farmer and business man in the community Mr. Haraldson, one of our live merchants, ex­pressed the true spirit to us in conversa­tion the other day.- "Give us a railroad. I don't care whether it is at Beloit or Can­ton; we need a railroad bad." That is correct view of this matter in considering the benefit to the community. Sectional feeling should be discarded, and what would benefit the country at large, should be considered. Enhance the prosperity of the farmers throughout Lincoln county, and Canton will be equally benefitted.

If every persou would give in propor­tion that they would be benefitted, it would, we believe,' Secure us the extension of the Pembina road within six months.

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t ' Farmers Look Here'.wlj * J Benedict will receive in abotft ten

days, a large assortment of the best Plows ever brought to this market, They, will he sold for cash or ready/pay cheaper than was ever known in Lincoln county.

kS$€Ft-p,*^ouu- uft •• Gov. Pennington talks plain English to

the Asst. Postmaster General about the Ft. Pierre mail route to the . Hills, and fires some solid facts that the department will have.to draw on. its reserve force pf spe­cial Agents to refute the false and almost malicious representations, itbout tiihe and distance upon the above'route; * It does' seem «s if the Government itself was preju­diced against its o*fa Territory of Dakota. At least r vals so far have succeeded ad­mirably'Hi undoing < withal those having

^,bf Dafc6ut;_iti: view, have, after' strenuous eiteftions wcomplished.^yThe, most chaniiable view' we can give the mat­ter it that the aathorites have been misled by their own Agents who through some

features only ^h>ugh :the op^ra fttrnisii-: ed ljy,7iii& U. P1, ^tilrwditad CS»yenBe and Sidney dignitariea. How long! oh how long wilt thou abuse our patience O a i d l i w t f , , * ' # ;

—"The peoplisT oftte Unltett'Stalte Hivsii leaca as other, aaliona have learned that tampenng with loose, rhetoric ad­dressed to the passious of tlki ignoriirt aud the needy I? so ftill of .peril fbr" ty, that itjAught to he most strongly ntfdd ' '' 'J

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—Wade Hampton U to -ijiaak ;S»j4hs . . . county fair at Rockford, I1L 77;,

—Mr. Washhurn, ex-Minister to France, '^2 will return to Chicago, Sept.

—Working-men's parties' are hiingor-ganized in Pennsylvania and New York. *•-&

—The American association of DenU , ,v; ists is holding a convention at tlie Grand Pacific, in Chicago. - v - * .

—Exchanges tell us that in most in­stances where grain has been threshed, that the yield is far bcynd expectation.

—Fifteen thousand colered voters in Ohio will support Judire West, the Re- ' publican candidate for Governor.

—Pennsylvania also is to have a prohibi­tion convention, which is called for Sept.

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—The Green backers of New York hold their State convention at Rochester, Aug. 23d.

—The conservatives at Richmond, Y'a., nominated F. W. W. Holllday for Gov. ernor. !5'""

—A secret convention ^d^lalM^ Sale-gates was held in Philadelphia last Sat­urday.

-Frank Gilbert has entered upon th4 duties of his office a3 sob-Treasurer at Chicago. ,n

-Belfast is also the scene (rf riotiof; military were called out to suppress the

istnrhanf.R i'&Ppxa-tsiuroance. mm. —A 100 barrel oil well of unusually

fine quality was struck' at Fisher's farm. Smith's ferry, Ohio, on the 8th inst

"A country too much infested wita railroads," was the description a young student give the United States,

—The boundary line nearly completed, locates all tlie principal mines and. towns of the Black Hills in Dakota.

—The executive committee who were appointed at the last Territorial Fair, are arranging for a Fair to be held at Yank­ton this fall.

—Moody and Sanky are to spend three months each in Washington and Balti­more in revival meetings, to commence ia early fall.

A young lady, Miss Mollie Woods, fell from the second story window of a school house in Council Bluffs, on Fri­day, injuring her seriously.

—Spotted Tail's band are finally % "be located at the old Ponca Agency instead at the Whetstone where they wern form­erly and which was very unhealthy."

—Two hundred and fifty dollars offend for Indian scalps, by the Black Hills au­thorities has set hundreds on the watch for Lo'affar.^M - fLIPf1

—The Merchants Baak of New Bed-ford, Mass., has filed a claim against the -estate of E. B. Ward, late of Detroit, amounting to $300^000. f [

—A little rumpus is; occurring ia the ranks of the Democracy in Virginia, and ' "nary" oil to pour upon the troabled watera. •

—New York has the largest stock of assg sugar ever held there. One house has 25,000 hogsheads, which, if said: at pres- :~7.:;

ent prices, would sustain a loss Of $900,- r « 000.

—Fannie Wallace lately. . ucC6&»-ed in Pennsylvania, weighed S95 pounds. She was 54 years oid. ? feet 4 inches ia hight. Her coffin was 7 feet 8 inches' in length, 3 feet # inches in depth, 4 feet wide at the centre, and 2 feet wide at tbe footle ? • - - • • • • •

—Grov. Connor was renominated for" Governor by the Republicans of Maine. Quite an exciting time occurred upon resolutions offered, one set endorsing the President's southern policy, and, the other disapproving it; both were suppressed.

—Gen. Grant was serenaded at Lake Maggiore, Italy, aad a concert w*s given him after the serenade. In reply to aa address of welcome by an officer who had served undo- Garabaldi, General said, "There is as Italian . whose. handTL wish specially to shake, aad th%t:maa is Gara-bald!,,• * **•'*

to, be on Die war path. On the Staked Plains of Texas, the U. S. soldiers., attack-a party of Indiaas. Twenty-sixfsoldiers and two officers were killed. The sol­diers were withoutwater 8^h^,urs,sufier-ing greatly. ,

—The Turkish throne room at' Obastaa-tino^leis gorgeo'ts. A Venitianchande-lier hangs from the ceding with 200 fights. At <3£ch of the four corners tall candeUvbna in Baccarat glass are placed. The 'thr>ne is a huge seat covered witu ved vehrat, and with arms and back ot"pure gtrtd. * =

^-Stepkcn Gir*«l made oae pacufh^ipro-vision relative to the ie«»il«fe was in founded his nana; tfeat wasthat miais-ters could not'tnter ihe tattMfng,;btt the christian lay teacher miyj anil tiie gospal is preacl^d there. Services of c^ristiMt worship areregoltf and w#c9Bthis)w^r

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