The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-10-21
LOCAL JOTTINGS.

-Hancock's corset strings are cut!
Home theatrcalS are on the taps.
H. Clement of Eden, visited the "Lub"
yesterday.
Henry sConklin of Lennox, paraded
our streets yesterday.
Ice froze oyer the river to quite a
depth last Sunday night.
j. H. Holsey lost a fine lot of thor
oughbred pigs by the storm.
That dreadful sconrge diphtheria, has
broken out in Por:landvllle.
T. J. Thcns,ad. county clerk, is con-
f ned to his bed with pneumonia.
Tip" belong was the loser of seven.
teen fine shoats by the "bllzzard.'
Judge Clifford and lady returned from
their eastern visit the first of the week
DR.. Clark is esconsed in his new Of
flee In the rear of Gale s. Wards bank.
&C. A. Bedford and T. w. Hood re
turned Monday night from their eastern
trip.
B. W. Richardson, of Sioux Falls,
WIS registered at the Merchants Wednes-
day.
Ct. w. Harlan is treating his hotel to
coat Of paint, which adds much to lis
beauty.
George Martin is building substan-
tlal barn on his premises in the north
part of town.
We learn that quite a number OF eat
tie in this immediate vicinity punished
during the storm.
10. A. Rudolph. hardware dealer, has
moved into his new store building opno
site the pOst"ftice.
Many enjoyed the slelghing while it
remained, judging from the merry jim
gle" of the sleigh bells
-Sullivan's Mirror of ireland failed to
put in an appearance as per notice, on &C
count of the snow storm.
The official bond of County Treasurer
is $4,000 instead of $500, as was stated
in the proceedings last week.
Somebody's "dog -goned' good bird
dog turned up its toes on Main street
'.other day. Strychnine is "bad medi-
/ cine"
The Ministerial Association tor
Southern Dakota convened at Sioux Falls
today, and will continue in session over
Sunday.
The select reading by Miss Kate Tup-
per at Rock Rapids q few evenings since,
I is said to AVE been very pleasing and en-
tertainiug.
Two engines On the Milwaukee road
collided few miles this side Of Patterson
vile, Monday night, damaging one of
them considerably.
There will be preaching at the school
house III this city next Sabbath at II
o'clock Pm. Rev. j. NJ. Mcbride will
ofdciate.
was caused to crafts ON the lakes. and the
steamer Alpena lost, with all her passen-
gers, amounting to about seventy.
Rev. B. Webster, late pastor of the
N. E. church at this place, but now 10
Gated at Rock Rapids, IA, has been
spending several days in town of late.
The Dakota Democrat published at
Lennox, has made its appearance at last
The paper is six column folio and red
hot for Hancock and English. Success,
Clark.
Hon. R. F. Pettigrew, nominee tor
Congress, and A. NJ. Flagg, an enterpris-
Ing Attorney, both of Sioux Falls, were
IN town yesterday and called at The AD-
vocATE office.
The railroad men experienced con-
siderable difficult in replacing the tele-
graph wires on both the c., NJ. s. st. T..
and Pembina line of roads, which were
blown down by the storm.
- A"SA Vi llltlt lOlhS ShtuClCu q. .AAS
home of Miss Alice Kingsbury last Tues
day evening, greatly surprising the little
Miss They enjoyed themselves very
much, and went merrily away.
The hotels are enjoying good run
-o1 custom, all of them being crowded to
eVerhowing with people coming and go
Ing. We have as fiue hotels in Canton as
mere is in the west, things nrst-class in
eTery particular.
The prisoner over in the "cage'' is
aloud one. He yelled fire" and "mur-
sef" so loud yesterday, that it awoke the
dead echoes" Of the whole valley. He
should have solution of cayenne pepper
that his throat may become accustomed
TO hard usage
Owing to the severe snow storm
which swept over this region last wed4,
eur town did not present very live and
brisk appearance, but the STERN cloud
has passed, and business opened out
afresh, and every one now pursues the
busy routine of life.