The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-02-10

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-"Thc beautifully"
School was dismissed on Friday last
at Bcloit, owing to the storm.
Mrs J. w. Taylor is slowly couva-
iescing from her serious illness.
-Vroman 6 Zellcr are laying floor
IL the rear end of their livery barn.
-Workmen receive So per day and "a
tons to shovel snow on the III. Central
railroad.
Mr. VIM. Norton, Mrs f. Abbot's
father died Oh Friday of last week, and
buried Saturday.
There will be Episcopal service at
DaLrs hall mex: Sabbath at II O'Clock a.
III. Rev. Mcbride officiating.
Prof, Steck, a former principal Of the
Canton schools, but now resident of
Wisconsin, is visiting with friends in
town.
During the late blockade of trains on
both lines of the Milwaukee, several
townsmen were refugees away from
home.
Both surprise and birthday party
was given Homer Upper by numerous
friends at residence of G. W. Lyons. last
Thursday evening.
The church fair as announced to
come off to-day at the Dixon House has
been postponed one week on account of
the unbroken roads
John Falde, Jr. and others, are suffer
ing from goitre on the neck, which
causes much unpleasantness for them
when attending to business.
John Mcdonald came up from Eden
yesterday walking the entire distance,
and while here engaged workmen to
shovel snow OIL the Pembina line.
MONDAY is St. Valentiue's-Day
old notion alluded to by Shakespeare as
being the day that the birds begin to
couple, hence the billet-doux of this day.
PROF. Benedict gave his scholars a
Plsy.time from their study yesterday af-
ternoon. by visiting the Belo1t school,
each scholar of course, approaching the
time thus occupied.
"A buggy and several farming imple-
ments with good looking porker, passed
of to the highest bidder Tuesday after
noon, at front door of the court house
with the Sheriff as auctlOneer.
Late Geographic accounts states that
the recent snow storm in the eastern states
was followed by quite heavy rainfall.
The barometer within the past few days
indicated rain in this latitude.
Tuesday morning Supt. Sanborn loft
Mason City with a force Of shovelers to
work their way westward, but making
little progress through the snow-tflled
cuts rctraced their steps to that city.
N J. House is confined to his room
suffering from the effects Of vaccination
and an attack Of erysipelas In the head.
The pain from both ailments is e1cruciat-
ing but no danger Is apprehended.
Monday morning many sllovelers
could have been seen along down Fifth
street slowly moying the mass of "the
beautiful from off the sidewalk, effect
ing much easier passage to their places of
business.
The Congregational sociable which
was to have come off at court house on
last Friday evening, was greatly Interior
ID nth by the unsettled weather. The
passs:14 was SO severe that the entertain
VI was postponed till Tomorrow evens
rllS when the programme will be fully
esrried out. A good time is expected.
Again we are compelled to issue
half-sheet this week as Our paper did not
srrivn. We trust our advertisers and
friends will bear with us in these trying
times Of snow biockades as they are very
announcement for the printer.
Wolves were emboldened by the late
Storm racing chicken-coops, and venture
ing to enter even our streets, surrounding
me court house as though bent on attack
ing that fort, and keeping up prolonged
'yclp" making the night hideous with
eheir cries
Locals are about as scarce this week
IS whales in the silver Sioux. The storm
king apparently sent an halo of darkness
over the country which reflects itself in
The mirror Of man causing chill 10 pass
through his corporeal bearing, and he yet
remains inactive.