The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-05-26
CITY CRUMBS,

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came in on the eastern train last night.
Judge Clifford has moved into his new
quarters over Rudolph's Hardware store.
Rev Mr.. McRooney of Sioux Falls,
was in town this, week, the guest of Rev.
l.. Kmgsbury.
! Buck Wheelock and Landlord Gray
exchanged grips and smiles with the Can
tonites Saturday,
Tom Sargent left on Tuesday morn
ing for a visit to his old home in Grant
county, Wisconsin.
Eugene Coughran one of Sioux Falls
popular attornies was in town Monday, on
his way home from Mitchell.
Sheriff Dickson of Mnnehaha county
tayricd at the Merchants Tuesday night,
on his way home from Mitchell.
Attorney Winsor and Judge Brook
ings came down from Sioux Falls on Mon
day $ train on their way to Yankton.
Regular trains now run between Can
ton and Sioux Falls, leaving about eight in
the morning, and returning at six in the
evening
Engines are now busy night and day
switching and clearing the yard and side
tracks of the freight cars that the washout
caught here.
Two steam pile drivers are at work on
the Pembina line from Elk Point. One
on bridges toward Canton, and one to-
ward Yankton.
Joe Tillotson, the manager of Tim
Fosdick's clothing house at Mitchell,
spends week in Canton, interviewing his
numerous friends.
Frank Richardson, son of Merchant
Richardson at Beloit, arrived from Syca.
more, ILL.,, and will spend the summer
with his parents.
Sunday, seven trains of freight pas
scl through Canton, and after 50 long a
quiet on the track, the footing and roar
seems almost strange.
The Yankton Herald has published
in pamphlet form, description of the
Missouri food at Yankton. 1t is graph
ically and elegantly written. ,.r
Haas, the numerous man of the Len
nox Independent, circled round the Court
House square yesterday on legal business.
He reports Lennox as booming.
The trains on the Pembina line will
run from Sioux Falls to Sioux City :,
Rock Valley to Eden, until the Beloits, /
Fairvew bridges are completed
The gentleman at Beloit who has
started a creamery is repairing his build
inc and putting in improved facilities for
manufacturing first class butter
Mrs. Bishop the music teacher from
Sioux Falls, who was obliged to suspend
her classes here during the winter, came
H. Monday to resume instructions.
The new residence of Dr. Clark on
west Fifth street, is being painted. The
DR.. has built spacious and ornamental
residence that is credit to the town.
The shareholders of the road Geo. e.
Merchant is now Superintendent of at
Rochester, have increased their capital
stock to 81, 100000 for the extension of
their lines
The travel keeps up remarkably, all
the hotels being crowded to their capac-
ty, which affords our landlords cheerful
reaction from the embargo that was SO
long and tedious.
Sheriff Dixon lost IS acres of corn by
the food. The ice passed over the field
cutting it down and wasting the entire
field He also lost about $50 bushels of
oats from his granary.
j. w. Taylor's fencing, and shade
tree planting has materially improved his
block on north Broadway, which improve
ments will add to its value and appear
ance, making in time pleasant location
Station Agent Reyes has two opera
tors at the depot assisting him. The
work there has increased largely, requiring
one person to to attend to the passenger
and freight business, and day and night
operator at the instruments.
| Stock that in many instances had be-
come reduced through the lack Of feed to-
ward the close of winter, is beginning to
show signs of improvement since getting
access to the lUxuriant grasses that are
growing so rapidly.
1t does seem natural to sec the famil-
lar face of the Sioux City Journal once
more. We have missed it and longed for
view during the tedious, frozen past.
1t is our old reliable for the latest news
and has become indispensable to our ta-
bic.
While Dakota'is bowed about as be-
ing liable to be devastated by grasshoppers,
some forget that other and older localities
are subject to injuries equally as bad.
Northern New York is now being ravaged
by the army worm. They are destroying
all kinds OF vegetation and ravaging the
whole northern part of the state,