The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-02-03
Census Bulletin No. So from the In

-CeusuS Oullolu NO. JS from the In
terror Department gives the total footlngs
of population for Dakota as 135, 1850. Lin.
coin county has 5,597, of which 1856 arc
males, 2,732 are females, Ais are native
and 1879 foreign born, and the whole
population are returned as white, no col
ored person in the county being returned.
ANY statement Of the population is still
subject to correction by reason of the
discovery of omission Of names. The
chinese number 23S.
The cheerful sound Of the whistles Of
| the incoming trains on the main line
| were heard Saturday night for the first
time IN ten days. Had it not been for the
Sioux City line being kept open Cantor.
WAS embargoed. The drifts west of Algo,
ma were immense, one cut Of 200O feet in
length, wa, filed with feet Of snow
packed SO hard IS to require the pick and
shovel to remove ii. The expense of
Keeping open to Mitchell the line west Of
Mason City has been grca, the past two
mouths, and "A anxious but patient pco
pie 1avo almost imagined that the days
Of tcamlng were to be repeated.
Elk Point Tribune. 18th: A very il
ertstinr series of services were held at,
the Episcopal chapel during Saturday
evening and Sunday, of which fell houses
rccciyed the benefit. An able sermon
Was delivered on Saturday evening 10y
Rev J. NJ. Mcbride of Eden Sunday
morning prayer at A. m. and at eleven
O'Clock ordination services were conduct.
ed by Bishop Garrison and Dean fIoyt
b: which Myron S Robinson of Swan
Lake, Wa: ordained TO the Diaconatc, and
Rev. Joseph NJ. Mcbride Of Eden, and
Rev. J. '. Hines Of Elk Point, were ad
vanccI to the sacred order Of Priests
On Sunday evening a sermon was given
by Dean Hoyt Of Swan Lake.
fast evening while Canton was Gu
joying Il rest from the busy turmoil of
the day the quietudc was broken by the
peal of the school bell, giving as many
the fire alarm, but on investl ga.
ting nothing could be seen or heard sd &c
q few twinkling lights here and there,
and she cchoings of the old bell, forcing |
the "gnzcrs' to believe they were the vic
tins OF Il practical joke sad as it was, for |
to be aroused suddenly from the arms of |
to light in the middle of the
room, and go falling oyer chairs, boots,
tables and "sich," making ones feeling
rise To the highest boiling pitch, because
the window or door wasn't reached ten |
minutes sooner, and when there to win ,ss |
only silence is indeed sad 1t wasn't ,
troubled sleep but an unseen hand" tap
ping at the entrance Of our-slumbcr.
b propitious, oh thou ringer, and let
not Curicw toll to-nighl..'
.-'Thc bill introduced into the present
c legislature at Yanktoa uu.horiziu, the
erection of a Jail III Lincoln county, was
ictoed by the Gov, but WI, duly consil-
cred by the council and passed over he
5entlemar.'s heal by that body. The
house has not actcl upoa the bill bat tn.
are that it will coincide in
making tbs law. Tho Gov. should
have Let this bill ';siidc" as he has ul.ay
others Of less moment, knowing TINT
Lincoln county WAS sadly il nccl of a
ail, but perhaps this wasa't all. To
veto this bill would be to cn.;t an,th.r
for the To- ,tsan Of a Jail at
priying Canton Of tho privilege Of one.
The move was bold oae nA the part Of +
Inc Coy. bat thanks to vigilant !esisla ors |
MS question is NJ doubt settled in favor
Of a majority Of the tax payers Of the !
county.