The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1877-08-08
Local Items.
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JOSEPH HORN and wife are both sick
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The north wind Of Monday sent the
'hoppers southwark, but none lit to Dc
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| Two Of our Can ton ladies, Miss En-
ma Harlan and Miss Jennie Bertrand, are
absent on IA visit to Elk Point r.
-SMlrH, of the Paragraph, and 7. W.
Kershaw, Attorney, of Sioux Falls, paid
Canton flying visit on Monday.
| -STREErs are dull; and persons from
the country visit town but rarely, but this
is a good Indication as farmers are busy
harvesting.
MONA MILLEa's school closed on
Tuesday, with public exercises by the pu
pills, which evidenced improvement made
ny the scholars during the summer term.
-GRAssuoPPEHs arc seen almost daily
in the air, and many light, remain short
time, BAT we hear of no damage, and fea r
/ OF further damage to the present crop is
abandoned.
This county thus far has been remark
ably healthy; we learn Of but little sick
ness. Mr.. anil Mrs Hora auI Mrs. Nash
axe the ohly persons that we have hear.
OF being under physicians treatment.
REV M. WILLIAMS, the Presiding Ell.
der OF this district made his quarterly
visit to Canton last week. He held ser.
vice at Canton on Saturday evening, at
Lincoln Center, Sulday forenoon, and a,
Deloit III the evening.
The Episcopal Rector exchanged
with Rev. w. w. Fowler, last Sunday, of
Elk Point. Mr.. Fowler filling the ap
pointment Of Mr.. Huntington, at Beloit
in the m 'rniAg and at Sioux Falls in the
evening of Sunday,
THIS is the month for summer com.
plants and fevrrS, and persons should be
Cautious us to diet, although we arr. not
in this far of region rendered liable to
the bad results that foll3w an excessive
indulgence in green fruit.
FARMERS do not fail to attend til.
meeting at the Court House on the ISt.,
INST, to arrange for the Harvest Festival.
One or two days time devoted to the mat
ter will not be lost, and the endowment
that should follow will repay you for all
the time spent.
We had the pleasure Of meeting Mr..
Taylor, an attorney from Milltown.
He informs us that he has purchased the
outfit OF the Tiass Office Of Mr.. lnyham,
and intends to publish a paper in this VI
cinity; whether in Beloit or Lincoln
county we are not appraised
WEATHER has been rem .rlSably favor
able for harvesting, and lew DAYS will
secure every portion OF the crop, except
corn and potatoes The yied of oats, bar
ley and wheat in many fields Of Lincoln
couny is beyond any heretofore had in
this vicinity. Barley and wheat have
both turned ont remarkably; some fields
Of barley rs high as 50 bushels, aad wheat
30 and 81 bushels to the acre.
--MR. J. g. BENNETT, our former and
respected townsman, has favored us with
communication from his new home in
Washington Territory. which we give IN
another column. He also enclosed speci.
mems OF oats and wheat gathered from
field the day he wrote We have preserv
ed the specimens I'd should I've pleased to
have any person call and see for them.
selves how Dlkot, and Washington Ter
ritory crops compare. We know of no
person whose statement can be III ,re firm
ly relied upon than those of Mr.. Bennett;
and his desert otion, though brief, can be
considered us true one of the character
of that Territory and its products. We
should be glad to hear from him further
relative to that Country and wish him the
success that his excellent character mer-
its.