The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-06-23
Floating Facts.

Fl0atlng Facts.
Bottled Fourth of July in ten days.
Oscar Rea went over to Yankton this
week.
Geo. Webb has given his house coat
of paint (?) 49,.
The train going to Sioux Falls now
leaves at 9:00A. NJ.
A brother of Station Agent Reyes
visited Canton last week.
Episcopal services at the school house
Sunday at II 0 clock A. NJ.
DIR. w. Reynolds came down from
Mitchell this week, on business.
Treasurer Huetson gives his last warn
ing to delinquent tax payers, in this issue.
MIR. Hopkins, a brother Of Mrs, Rus
sell spent few days in Canton the past
week. a
Taylor & Russell are making prepara-
tionss to start a Bank at Lennox and at
Eden.
Mrs. Wheeler, of Beloit, leaves soon
for Sulphur Springs, Arkansas, for her
health.
%. A. Rudolph has followed the ex
ample of several others, and now a new
sign adorns the hardware store.
Mrs. D. Smith, of Beloit, has broth
er from New York visiting her at present.
She had not seen him for twenty years.
T. W. Caldwell, S. Bear, and Jack
Cloudas Of Sioux Falls, passed through to
Yankton, Tuesday, on the Cameron cases.
Twenty-Five gents from Sioux Fails,
passed through Canton on their way to
Yankton, interested in the Cameron case.
Celebrate, of course we shall Every
body prepare for noise, for lemonade and
hot day, some Grating and plenty Of hur-
rah's.
WIN. Robinson has started out with a
new sign. 1t will remind people where
the staff of life, and other goodies are
kept.
Mac and Hood have set an exam
BILE in building a new side walk, which is
useful as well as ornamental. Let others
follow.
-Rebecca Gehon is better DR.. Smith
performed an operation upon her foot
lately. She has been sufferer for nearly
two months.
The new saloon that was to be, will
be sold as soon as finished to other parties,
and it is EXPECTED will be occupied tor 9TH
er purposes
Mrs. W. Dunlap has sister visiting
her from Chicago. They had not met for
over ten years, and the visit was pleas
ant surprise to Mrs. Dunlap.
Rev. Mcbride passed through town
on Monday to officiate at the funeral Of the
wife of the Rev. I. B. Berry, of Sioux
Falls, who died suddenly on Sunday last
Posts for hitching part of Lincoln
county horses are planted around the court
house square. A few sheds to accommodate
farmers OH rainy days would be quite use,
full
Last Saturday Otto Rudolph was
setting EN- up to the boys thatcame in,
to his shop A little daughter had arrived
on the midnight train. Mrs. Rudolph do
ing well.
Joe Durkee and Tom Sargent captur-
ed huge bull snake between Sargent S
and Canton this week. Andrew Mold has
stuffed it and placed it on exhibition at
Hoods drug store
Mrs. Sinclair and family left this week
for Washington Territory, to join her hus-
band after more than years separation.
We wish them pleasant journey, and a
prosperous future.
Anyone seeing our streets on Saturday
would exclaim, where does all the people
come from? And plenty Of money too
seems to circulate, merchants are too busy
to attend to city folks.
The Mitchell Base Ball Club will
play any base ball club in Southern Dakota
for sos side, provided the proposition is
accepted by June 2Sth. Game to be play
ed at Mitchell July 4th.
Geo Johnston was down from Mitch
ell and received the third degree of Mason
ry, Tuesday night. He has become one Of
Mitchells popular lawyers and has more
business than he can attend to.