The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1879-10-23
LOCAL DOTS.

Telegraph Stations. Superintendent.
LOCAL DOTS.
Canton has three coal yards.
School commenced Monday
There is butter tamin" in this local
i.y.
quite prairie fire south of town yes
terday.
Wash Percival Is up from Elk Poin,
visiting friends.
-Four freight trains from the east
Tuesday morning. 49,"
"A knitting machine for sale or to OK
change at this office
1t Is rumorcd that number of weddings
are about to come Oft.
| Geo. Harlan is at Sioux Falls, engag.
ed in ,akirg music lessons.
Quite delegation of railroad men
passed through town Saturday.
Something new for this locality, a.
the Dixon House Friday night
&C. Z. Howard is shipping stock via
Canton and the Milwaukee road.
Our clothing merchants are doing u
big business since the cold snap.
Those having house plants remember
,hst they have to be cared for now
Our merchants understand tnat ad-
| vertising is the step stone 10 riches.
Five Car loads OF sheep passed through
town on Mondays freight, going west.
"A small dwelling house is being built
south of the STOCK yards, in east Canton.
Fourteen car loads ,,t iron we're Law
ing on the side tracks Tuesday morning.
Arthur and yono Rudolph have sis
ter visiting them from their Former home
Come ore aud al and bring your
sweet hearts, wives and mothers to the ID
party.
--Laue & Frisbec, livery men, are pre-
| pairing to build "a stable near The Naylor
| House.
Some Of the iron has arrived for the
Pc,nbina, and track laying will soon com :
mence.
Mr.. Jas. A. Carpenter goes around
with sore thum caused by the bite Of
picHertl
Mrs. Bailey, our worthy postmis,ress
is fixing up u neat residence just back Of
Main Street.
Now is the time that quilting, corn
husking and bees of all kinds but honey
bees are IN order.
Engineer Wattles came up Thursday
on MS way to the Falls to survey grounds
for depo. buildings.
-Gardner's boarding house and restau
rant has been painted wiite, and is now
name the Cliff House.
| -Guin,er s. Ross blacksmith and
wagon shop on Cedar ST., 10 completed
and now open for business.
Mr.. Chapman and lady haye returned
10 their home in Bel"is, Wis. We shall
| miss their pleasant society.
-Sut,cns dray team took run around
east Canton, Monday, without permission
from the 'boss." No damage.
Mrs. Dixon has returned from her
eastern trip, and thinks she likes Dakota.
oil but the fruit we don's have.
Iron has commenced srr.ving for the
Pe mbins extension at Beloit aud track
laying will begin on Monday next.
Our people b. gin to see the need Of
protecting their -homes-heuce the fires
ON the outskirts. these moonlight nights.
One man is employed to I'LL the coal
buckets for the engines at Canton, As this
10 one Of the points the locomotives "coal
up"
Ed. Alexander was sgreeably surprise
I'd BY the arrival Of young isdy, who
arrived las. week No name ye,, weight
eight pounds
DO unio Others as you would that
hey should do 10 you" Consequently
b ring n pound. o, mole, ifyou feel asham-
ed Of that.
The building formerly occupied by
Jude. has been purchased by Matt Ferris
and has been moved 5ce,as the Pembina
rack. JUS, east Of Mr.. Nashs building.
Everything 10 booming row a-daJ
Canton must be getting ready to boom By
The looks OF The buildiDg and shs lively
sppss1s1es Of our sussD iii sSss::>Es:-