The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1879-10-16
LOCAL DOTS.

LOCAL DOTS.
Rowley opens this week at Canton, with
S., 900 20 worth New Goods, which will
be sold as low as the lowest.
Another livery stable is being talked
| OF.
Johnny Klrain is up from Sioux City
this week
M. A. Fuller Of the Marion Gazette
called Friday.
Banker Gale returned from his Chica-
| 60 trip Monday evening.
N o iron has yet been laid on the Sioux
Falls extension Of the Pemhina road.
Mrs Fred Keep, Of Rock Rapids is
visiting friends and relatives in Beloit.
Election day passed Of very quietly
at Beloit NeSrly every vote being Re
publican.
| -Wcndts Warehouse and store room ms
were moved up from the lower town Sat
urday.
MIR. Chus Z. GGtz and wife &c arned
from Gullenburg tuesday night, via Mil.
waukee road.
-Beliisfieid's are crowded with railroad
men, and have been compelled to build an
addition to their house.
The Milwaukee company are having
| snow freaks erected along the line OF
their road in Lincoln county.
On Friday las prairie fire destroyed
a large stack of hay belonging to W.. NJ.
Cnppcu, that was near his stable.
Nj. Ii. H rman has movcG his livery
stable from lower Caution to the red barn
on Fifth St. east of the Court House
- Mr. Hicks of the lower town is NOV.
ing lntD Ed Barrows building. where he
cerles.
The upper part Of the School House
is beng seated with the Victor Folding
Desk, for the coming term Of winter
school.
There is a camp Of travelling trappers
south of town trapping for musk rat
They catch from so to 100 rats day, and
claim they are thicker than ever before.
j w. Taylor is having a drive-well
sunk in the back part of his dwelling
house on Main ST. Monday he moved up
from the lower town, and Is now conven
iently located.
Peter Hoycm, a resident of Iankton
and who las this season been employed
with Gen Beadle upon the Governmen
survey on the james River was in towl
visiting his friend Register Thonstad Tues
day.
&C f. Malahan of the Elk Poll
Courier, Nj. A Fuller of the Marion Gu
zette, and H NJ Williamson of the Elan
reau EnterDrie were in attendance to IN
District Convention at Canton on Frida.
last.
Judge Clifford has been appointe
"Resident Agent of Dakota for the Chi
cago, Milwaukee s. st Paul Railwa
Company. THIS designation was merite
and the compuny will find they have &c
. lected COMPETENT and thorough man
. Sioux City Journal: THE first carg
of iron tor the Sioux Falls extension Al
rived II, Chicago yesterday morning ar
was transferred at once TO cars Tor tn
city. Ii should arrive here Saturday,
which case track laying will begin {
Monday at Beloit'
The excursion came off last Saturds
but owing to the unpleasant weather, n
as many attended as was expected II
band accompanied the party and ga
them some excellent music. The excu
sionlsts took refreshments along and h
sociable time on the train, and at Mari
junction where they stopped short TIL
They also called on the new towns Of Ia
. ker and Lennox and find al booming
the line of the Mil waukee road.
Otto Rudo lph has nag that occa
ionally makes some tempt at speed, a
particularly when Otto only holds Q
line and attempts to prescribe sh'
curve, so it occurred that evening OF
rain, anxious to reach dry quarters DC
man and horse put in their best llcks
Otto slid out into the soft, plastic soil, Al
the horse pranced gaily to its stable mir
passenger. The hero now iimps Will
broken collar bone, and has declared