The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-01-27
.-Couri met Tuesday.


Episcopal service mex. Sunday a
D.hl's hall at / Il. III.
Nj. Carroll has a neat new sigu i!
from, Of his Meat Market.
f. J. Harris and 2. H. Fritts of Eden
visited the hub Tuesday.
4 II A. Hammer, Of Lennox, WAS attend
;or TO business in Canton Tuesday.
d DIR. Clark is kept constantly on the
move visiting persons in the country who
desire incubation.
"A little girl came to live i'll the house,
hold OF Mr.. and Mrs DR.. Clark 3 few days
since. She was of average weight.
The delay of trains haYc caused an i'm
mense accumulation of mail matter at
our oost.ottice, great deal of which was
westward bound.
The ladies of the Episcopal chur CHI
will hold their evening social at Dahl's
hall on Friday evening Of this week. All
/ are invited to attend.
Miss. Clara Lloyd, who has been yls-
/ fling With friends in Canton for some
fine past, returned TO her home in Sioux
Falls Tuesday evenldg.
1T ia said that love moves the world
res, and it moves the average young
man around to the homc of his girl about
tea nights out of \ week!
"A. NJ. FIagg aud several other gentle
men tsrried in town Friday night and Sat
urdar, waiting for the blockade to be
/ Nfleli. An! ha A. 81, how abou: the II
hour rue?
Cannot a class in voca! music be
! formed in Canton9 Any one will evil
ieu,ly find it to their advantage 10 organ
| lie one. The town can boast OF mulch
musical talent
Some change is desircdia the eli
matte clements to be sure. How much
logger oh, Isrea'. shall we lock afnr and
behold the continued warning Of the
'pat'ral!"
the Sioux Falls train due there Fri
day night returned to Canton after reach
inR wilhir four miles cf the Falls, .he cut
~ The summit being impassibln. The
train left Sunday a, lOa. III.
Claude Jenkins who hes been in
town several days past, took Wednesday
mornings train for Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
lie goes TO join company q: surveyors
who will run survey from that city to
Omaha, Nebr.
--Frazc Gilman of Eden, remained over
Tuesday night in town. He departs the
nst of next week for Waterville, Maine,
going via Niagara and Buffalo, and will
I've absent for some months. The beat
wish OF THE ADVOCATE follows him.
-'rhe PARENTS of Adrcna Nelson set
everything in order for the reception Of a
hos, Of little folks, who met at thcir resi-
dence Oh last Tuesday 7ening to celebrate
Inc eleventh birthday of their daughter.
The occasion passed of gaiiy for all.
The Bcloit III II is now ia better order
than ever before. Mr. f. N. Rowley has
given the mill a thorough renovatilg, be
sides putting in new and improved ma
ehDery. He is now ready 10 grind your
Wheat, or exchange, and give you as good
az article OF flour as you can procure IN
the west:
We lately visited the farm of E. NJ.
Boyce, about three miles south O.; Canton,
snd was surprised at the eastern appear
abse. His lead of between 200 and 300
sheep deserves special mention, aud
inner flock one seldom sees. People that
h'rk Dakota is a dreary deser:, should
VISIT such forward farms as Mr.. BIS and
Judge for themselves.
I'VE are informed that report is
noVerlng DER Sioux Falls that smallpox
asd reached this town. This rumor is
euta Misrepresentation as no. u case Or
'he least sign OF the disease has made its
appearance here. The nearest infected
District being 40 miles to the southwark
o,Canlon. Persons of Sioux Falls and
olhef points north can visit this place
1present without fear of exposure.
=. Merchant, the well known late
superintendent of D. s. division Of the 9.
y q 81. 2. road, has accepted the posi-
'SAoA SupCl tCIlNSAI VI OiAN ~
cMderbilts roads in the State Of New
Iofk. The departure of Mr.. Merchant
yves e1pressionto universal regret among
aose who know the gentleman to respect
AUG honor him. "A more genial, compe.
sl. AM well liked railroad msn has new
u oeen stationed west Of the Missouri
NV. i've, aud the hearty God Bless him"
'oiows him to his new field of trust.
Regular mail trains on the main limo
~ Inc Milwaukee road were suspended
i ,.,, week Wednesday owing to reason of a
m sue nuttering snow flake falling edge
Use Use upon the track intermingled with
'rknt frost. Said reason swamped a
5uos'plow out near Mitchell lifting and
1sslne tEe"machine" about likeunto the
,sagry AID turbulent wave pitching the
MA ifagments Of wrecked cradle. This
sas last Sunday. Tuesday afternoon the
a., oSacern' sailed into town as proudly as
NJ ss.. brant when he safely landed in the
ass''o' Of Calcutta in his "tower" around
the sphere.
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