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

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time for7a masquerade ball as the interim
is sufficient to make all the arrangement
for the event. No time can be lost il
, commencing the work.
S. p. Leland who was booked to lect
ure a. court house Tuesday and Wednes
day evenings Of this week, failed to reacl
here on account Of the blockade, thi
causing postponement of the same 70!
an indefinite length Of time, but due no
ticc will be given after the "mists have
/ cleared away" and the date decided upon
The regular train on the Pembln
line worked it's way down from Sioux
Falls 10 within a few miles of Canto a.
Monday afternoon, and then returned to
that city The difficulty experienced in
removing the snow from the cuts was
SO great, that the train is not expected
to reach here before Friday when it will
run on regular time.
Mail trains on the main line Of the Mil
waukeo have been few and far between
during sometime past; the company is no
doubt doing what i: can to open out the
road, vet the elements seems against the
! corporation for as soon as the track ls
cleared 1T is as soon re-flled. Trains on
the Pembina line were suspended for al
most week during the last storm, the
longest of any previous time this winter.
The storm of Saturday prevented
Miss Hattie Taylor from filling her ap~
pointment of can Evening with the Au-
thorsn at Masonic Hall, on eye. of the 9th,
but she will carry out the programme next
Saturday evening if the angry wave of
The tempest will permit. 1t is unnecessa-
ry to refer to the profit to be attained by
! hearing Miss Taylor as her own elocution
arv powers will suffice to insure her full
house, being we'll known in Canton. Adj
MISSION 25 cents.
Ice in the river which surround the
piers Of both the wagon and railroad
bridges at Beloit, has been cut away rs
a protection against spring freshets. This
is good scheme tor should the heavy lay
Of snow disappear by rain the ice would
gorge around the bridges and sweep them
away. The indications are decidedly in
favor of high tides at the breaking up of
winter and the damage to property along
the banks of streams will be great, unless
some forcthought and precaution is
brought into use.
We always thought the streets Of Can
ton were covered with silver CONS and
now we're more firm in our belief
few days since we noticed man scrap
ing and digging around in the snow on
Main street and upon inquiry as to why
he thus worked, we were told that silver
dollars were buried meath tile white man
tie. The sequal of the mystery we know
not, and as there are many mysteries
which will not bear scanning we silently
drifted away like the sound in an old Alb
hey, and left the gentleman digging for
snecic.
The Lincoln county Jail bill whic h
was passed over Governor Ordways veto
by the council, failed to receive the req
uisite two-thirds vote in the lower house
the ballot showing - to II, which action
sustans the veto and the bill cannot be-
come law It is evident that something
is ''rotten in Denmark" by the non pass
age Of this bill by the house, and the req
sons, whatever they may be, will surely
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them from distance-aud that time may
arrive before the adjournment Of the leg
islature.
The loud shout of the school boy
was heard Monday as he stood in mar
tial-array, lis arms loaded with snow
balls and his eyes resembling two torch
lights on dark night, when the CON-
mand to "charge!' was given him. The
unfortunate who ventured beyond the por-
tails of building was sure to receive
volley Of these white torpedoes, which
would fall thick and fast around and
upon him, making him think that the
crater Of Vesuyius had collapsed and he
was the victim of a thousand tortures.
We understand that orders have been
issued by the Milwaukee company that
no trains will be run over their line be-
tween Canton and Mason City as the cuts
are so badly filled with snow, but that
trains will make regular trips between
this town and Mitchell. The road west
of here is more tree from cuts than it is
to the east, which will be easily trayerscd.
Should this be done the western people
who are depending upon the company for
fuel and other necessaries, will have some
hope Of receiving these. Coal, mail and
freight will, it is said, arrive here from
the east via the Pembina road.
The wheather prognosticators have
lost their reputation in predicting warm
changes in the weather, and they will
have to be careful and not make so
many venturesome remarks in future if
they wish to recover that which is lost.
The last "blast" came from the southeast
which evidently took the Professors by
surprise, their working instruments being
planted in another direction as they failed
to tell of its approach. Our faith is not
entirely bankrupt in Prof. Vennor, how
ever, as he prophesied twould thaw at
certain time in January, if not then,
period further on Like the ''tlde in the
affairs of men" when Will this event be
experlence d:
The Cd of February was grounding
day and according to the old saying we
are to have six weeks more Of winter, as
last Wednesday (the 3D.. was sufficient
clear to permit the old fellow TO see his
shadow pictured in the sunlight" And
by the old Scotch proverb winter is but
half gone, tor
Half the wood and half the hay,