The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-09-16


occasiened by the appearance of New
York syndicate, which is disputine with
the English and Canadian company the
possession of the road. The directors of
the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba
railway, at the head of eastern capitalists,
are the Americans interested, and the Lon
don syndicate is composed of Sir Hugh
Allen, Barring Brothers, AID others. No
settlement had been reached at last ac-
counts.
Inla Nut Shell.
Sociability-Meeta and drink.
| Worth one hundred scents on the
dollar-A good nose.
Berghs attempt to make the cat Il
sacred animal has been failure.
The defeated candidate for judge
ship has no bench show.
A female barber has been found in
Burlington.
The dancing master is always taking
steps to improve his business.
When the sun rose this morning it
was ''the last rose ofsummer."
There were days of misery and
Knights of Pythias at St. Louis last
week.
Early to bed and early to rise is Il
Very good plan to escape being inter-
Viewed by flies.
An aged woman died in Philadelphia
from fright at seeing her son and Il
burglar in conflict.
Says the Boston Post: ''St. Julien
has won even higher honors than DR..
Tanner. He is much faster and a more
interesting animal
Miss May Wright Thompson, of In
dianapolis, is studying at the Harvard
College library, preparing q series of
lectures on Anglo-Saxon history.
The Prince of Wales is AN object of
tender solicitude to many Of his pros
pectiye subjects. His debts amount to
$3,0OO,OOO
Philadelphia now boasts of a vcri-
table "man dressmaker," who adver-
tises himself "a pupil Of the renowned
Worth'
From 50 to 81 is the laundress'
charge for washing and ironing a
white gown at the eastern fashionable
watering place.
Right Hon. w. P. Adam has been
appointed Governor Of Madras, India
in place of the Duke of Buckingham
$50 much for Buckingham"
The best summer resort for Il Spitz
dog is the Watering places. The dog
should be placed about four feet under
water
1t is thought that the assassin o:
Judge Page, of Minnesota, is man
whom he had hired and afterwards
discharged. The man is missing.
Benjamin G. Osborne, of Peabody,
Mass, 81 years old, walked a mile III
fourteen minutes, last week, on a
wager.
Neal Dow's campaign lacks boom.
His followers can get no enthusiasm
out of cold tea, and it is early yet
for the cider season.
Shave, lady, shave with care
And if You see a sight so rare,
| Should rouse a customers dnndnire.
|
The wind may be tempered for the
shorn lamb, but something artificial
must be used to keep the merciless sur
from beating down on the bald head.
"Darn the newspapers; why CAM
,. they leave such items out" exclaimed
the undertaken when he read an article
warning people not to eat green fruit.
The last English papers announce
the marriage of Mr.. Charles Stuart
; Wortley, M. P. for Sheffield, to Bea
trice, daughter Of Mr.. Anthony Trol
lope.
A pair were married at Newport, r
l., recently, after an unbroken court
ship of thirty-five years. That is wha
the Boston Post calls "a slow match"
Nine. Gerster is proud of her baby
? Its voice in the upper register is yer!
r fine, and it's sustained notes as hearC
$ in the middle of the night are some
thing unusual for one so young.
Rev. A. n. Fillmore, cousin of ex
l President Fillmore, died in Buffalo, N
Y, a few days ago. He was the autho
of a work on 'sNlethodist Church. Pol
ICY"
Prince George of Prussia has writer
a play called "The White Cloak,
!. which has been translated into Italian
and will be brought out by Nine. Ris
tori.
2 Miss Rogers, daughter of the sculptor
Randolph Rogers, has just been mar
ried in Rome, Italy, to Signor Pho San
TIM, an Italian gentleman of wealth ant
position.
E Richard Henry Stoddard, the poet
: used to be a newspaper reporter; be
: fore that he was an iron-molder, ant
2 could sling sledge-hammer as easily
as he now wields pen.
: The Princess Zorka, of Montenegro
is II years old, and is we'll educated
and beautiful girl. She is to become
the wife of the new ruler of Bulgaria.
Mr.. Frederick "A Potts, the republican
, candidate for the governorship of New
: Jersey, is tall, slender, dignified man
with gray hair and closely-trimned
whiskers.
Olive Logan says that the first duty
Of girl on finding herself ugly-look
ing and ungainly IS to cultivate such 8
!; sweet temper that some one will bt
! certain to marry her.
The Hon. Thomas Hughes, mem
Der of paliament, has gone to thu