The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1879-01-09
LOCAL MATTERS.

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The question of the successor Of John
Falde - Postmaster Is yet undetermined.
Capt. Harlan of the Harlan House
runs . bus to the train for the accomoda-
tlon Of his guests.
-Barrows coal man is more than busy
delivering black diamonds to the shivering
denlzens Of these "diggins"
The thermometer registered 400 be.
low z two mornings in succession, during
the cold snap.
Councilman Cuppett and Represents
tivss Focklsr and Helv,g intend ~ leave
or Ysnkton on the 10th inst.
The School board Of lower Canton
have purchased . larger stove for the
room, which was greatly needed, and is
welcomed BY the pupils
Geo. Sabin of IeVal.ey ventured into
town behind his Rarus and Dexter Mon
day. The frost had tipped his off ear, and
tinglsd the other toe.
Rev. W. W Fowler arrived on Friday
from Ssntse Agency. He was unable to
reach here the day Of the fnnerel of his
brother who was buried the day before his
arrival
Since the passenger train commenced
running, there is a great inquiry for
boarding Accommodations. The Dixon
House is filling up with regular boarder S
and the Reynolds and Vsnslstine Houses
are both crowded.
w. Huffsmith and G. II. Mcbride OF
Delawar called on Monday last. Mr..
Hutfsmith haa just returned from a trip to
eastern Iowa, times are harder there than
here, wheat brings no mere in price
and the yield was less, the chintz bug hav.
ing committed sad havoc last season. He
10 now convinced that the farmer in Dako.
ia is better off than most of them in that
pa,t OF the country at least.
The week past was the coolest we ev.
Or experienced, the wind kept in the
north west, ur,il during Sunday night it
verged into the southwest, and by Monday
evening the weather was many degrees
warmer. The moon that evening present
ed beautiful sight surrounded by three
rings of different color. Some astronomer
will doubtless give US glowing account.
The additional desks purchased for
the School House have arrived.
The Go. Commissioners met for their
annual session Monday at the Office of the
90. Clerk. T. S. Brandhagen the newly
elected Commissioner in place of A. L..
Arneson appeared and qualified.
Goods now arrive daily by the rail-
road, and the old freight road looks like
the abandoned army trails of early days Of
the Territory.
Some Of our lady residents arc griev-
ing over the loss of valuable house plants
occassioned by the impudent encroach.
ments of King Frost on New Years night.
Some OF the plant stands look worse than
sod corn field after a grasshopper raid
A Florida editor writes looking out Of
his courtyard, where roses are are In
blocm, and there 10 a watermelon vine
with blossoms, q fig tree with figs on It
and banana plant with young fruit.
Whewl how jolly and tantalizing that
Florida chap is. As We look out Of tue
window where we are writing. huge icic-
les hang from tho caves like the stalatics
Of the Giants causeway, and the nearest
approach to watermelon or its blossom
is pumpkin froze harder than petrided
boulder, and the fig trees and banana fruits
are ghostly sunflower stalks bending be
fore northwesser blowing at 60 mile
gait, and its cold enough to freeze the
lead of our faber.
-V1cK's FLORAL Gu1pE.-This work is
before us, and those who send five cents to
James Wick, Rochester, N. Y, for it will
be disappointed. Instead Of getting a
cheap thing, - the price would seem to
indicste, they will receive very hand
some work of 100 pages, and perhaps 500
illustrations-not cheap, but illustrations
ON the very best of calandered paper, and
q set-oif to the whole, an elegant Color.
,ored Plate, that we would judge cost twice
the price of the book.
--One Of Jerry Gehons sons came near
being poisoned on Sunday last A case
knife had been used for inserting arsenic
into meat for volt bait the knife careless
lly was left upon the table when the broth.
er used lin slicing bread Of which he ate
The usuA symptoms Of poisoning soon
apy,sSssdaD Dr. CLARK was sent for IN haste
a:.s! sa::ac:cs sooa hroush'
him odt of dssgaf.
Yermillion 81 naard u Mr.. Chas Hainea
of Turner county. Wa united in marriage
10 Miss Hattie FfiAxmAa OF Lincoln Co
| at Kidder, Lincoln county, Dec. 20th, Rev
w. H. Withrow officiating.
For Sale.
will sell double seated and single
seated BugRy, at reasonable rates. Call q,