The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1878-09-26
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Look out for prairie fires, or rath er
look out for your hay stacks.
Customers are making it lively 70,
Opsal & Co,
The potato crop yields well in Dsko
ia this year, and some are taking three
| hundred bushels from an acre.
DR.. Bedford, one of the.most scientific
| tooth doctors in the west was in town this
week, attending to the calls of his numer
Gus customers.
The Sioux County Ndependem has en-
! larged to column paper Bro. Plumbc
seems to be prospering.
Jack Frost has made himself felt in
thc vegetable kingdom Of this latitude
corn is however sufficiently matured and
suffered no injury.
Judge Bennett the Republican candi
date for Delegate to Congress, will ad
dress the citizens at Lincoln Center to
MORO W night
Saturday afternoon a mule team rar,
out Of town without driver, but they
failed to do damage enough to make a first
class item.
The attorneys are busy preparing for
Court, the farmers arc busy at haying,
blowing an! thrrshlng, the merchants are
busy laying in big stocks Of goods, the
mechanics are buSy repairing articles in
their particular line, everybody ought to
be busy minding their owl business.
The restaurant building on Bridge St.
has taken OF new coat Of paint, and
! iNnIS AS gav ~ a new pin.
Mr.. Keller of ;hn Drug store exhibited
| To CGlrr from the country, some clocks
Mr. Kcller's ATTENTION was diverted to
another part Of the store when he return
| ed t" the counter the man was gone and
also one Of the clocks was missing. The
man went into AlcXandcr's to "bcnzinc"
Up, and his wagon was searched with the
result Of fndinC the clock. 1t was taken
to the store and soon the countrvman
cane after It claiming that he had bourht
it, but few suggestive words from Dr.
Brown and VI. Keller sent the would be
thief away.
We wish to call the attention Of every
one to The advertisement Of Khnn s. Co.,,
in another column. We can chccrfully
rvc0mmcl them as business men and will
do just rs they say.
The repairs upon the Court House
have added mnch 10 lis appearance, which
together with the new seats, muks Il com
Portable and tasty house as any outside
Of the capital.
-.-Bishop Clarks)n will preach at The
School house tbs Thursday evening, and
will administer the right of communion
at the residence Of O. $ Clifford Friday
morning at 10 o'clock.
A Sunday school picnic was held Mt
the residence of Judge Fitzgerald We'd
ncsday afternoon. The children had
merry time as well as the older ones in
attendance.
Extra copies of the ADVOCATE can be
had at this Office.
The School Board Of upper Canton
District, have contracted with Messrs Nay
lor and Rudolph for the the erection Of a
School House, upon the site now owned
by the District. The building is to be two
story in height, 24x36 in size The lower
story to be completed ready for occupancy,
and the stairs built and floor to upper
story laid, and the building to be painted
two coats Of white lead. Ali to be finish
by November Is, 1873 Price to be paid,
$500
--Tucsday night heavy thunder storm
passed to the south and east of Canton.
but little rain fell here Wednesday morn
ing the wind blew cold from the north, so
that fires and oycrcoats were needed
numbered the beautiful site is offered for
sale.
Rev. Dr. IIoyt preached to full
house last Sunday.
District Court convcnes on Tuesday
next Oct. lst.
The heaviest frost of the season occur
red Wednesday.
The best paper in this section to ad-
verisc in is the ADVOCATE.
Mrs L. Phillips and Scott Weather
wax leave this evening for Beloit, Wlscon-
sin 10 remain till next spring,
"A large party Of horse dealers are en-
camped north Of Guinter's blacksmith
shop.
The order for the drawing of the jury
came to hand Thursday morning and the
Clerk and Sheriff proceeded to the draw,
which resulted as follows:
GRAND JURY.
David Hand Lewis OleSOn,
Danic! Peterson, Halvo, Oleson,
Chas Gillespie, Geo. w. Palmer
Sam'l Loomis, Elijah Jones,
Lewis Best, Roswell Gage,
Austin O. Risty, Geo. Stark,
B. w. Gliddcn, Robert Black,
o. o. Thormodsgaarn Osten Opsal,
PETIT JURY.
Thos. Sunday, August Johnson,
Paul Enebo, knute Ekley,