The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-09-29
Floating Facts.
Put away your linen duster,
Grab your ulster from the rack,
For the Manitoba wavelets,
Soon will interview your back.

| FOR the Manitoba waVelets,
Soon will interview your back.
A heavy rain occurred last night
Geo. Webb has built side walk in
front of his shop.
Agent Reyes left for the east Monday
for short vacation.
Frazier Gilman and wife, of Eden,
visited Canton this week.
The timber is being prepared for the
addition to the Harlan House
-Madole & Huxley have a complete
stock of new goods, everything you may
ask for.
Taylor & Russell have recently put
in a fire and burglar-proof safe, weighing
$500 pounds. :
Judge Kidder and j. w. Carter went
to Swan Lake, Turner county, to attend
court this week
The latest attraction is an unraveled
rope used for watch chain by one Of our
popular citizens.
Cold blows the wind this week. If it
keeps on blowing we shall have snow be-
fore frost, this year.
Mr. Mathews of the Eden Sun, and
large number from Eden visited Canton
Monday and attended the Masonic exer-
cises.
The Masonic emblcms presented for
decoration by Mrs. Thornton and Mrs.
Hawn, were beautifully executed from cut
flowers and evergreen.
Mrs. Wallace has moved into the
rooms formerly occupied by Mrs. Wells,
and is making arrangements on larger
scale to run first-class restaurant.
If a few more weddings take place
we will be compelled to obtain license and
start cigar store, as about half of the
bridegrooms fork over handsomely.
Another happy pair arrived at Can
ton on Monday night, Chas. Judd and
his better-half. They are stopping at
Mr. O. N. Russells' for the present
The observances on Monday were al
most universal in every place of any note,
and the respect shown our dead president
were without parallel on past occasi ons
Arrangements were not completed for
the change of time on the Milwaukee road
this week, but it is expected that next
Sunday there will be complete change.
Mrs Wells will have grand opening
Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this
week Beautiful invitation cards are out
and general invitation is extended to all.
No frosts yet in Lincoln county! what
country can be that? vegetation is still
growing, and fall seems to have long
lease this year The weather prophet has
forgotten Lincoln.
Some lady of this city should take the
agency for the popular and useful book,
practical Housekeeping issued by the
Buckeye Publishing Co., Minneapolis,
MINI. Il sells rapidly on its merits. Ad-
dress the publishers for terms
Last evening as a person was stand
ing near the door Of Mr.. Werz store, "a
pistol was dropped from his pocket acct
IDENTIFY, and discharged, the bullet passing
through the large front glass of the store.
No one was injured.
We were misinformed in regard to
the death Of Mr.. Corson Sr, The deceas-
ed was father OF Mrs. Walter CorsG,o q
stranger to Canton people, An obituary
was rather out Of place fora man in good
health. +a8s'8e
"A case was brought before Justice
Hawn yesterday, the Territory being
Plaintiff and VIM H. Wiveley defendant,
the complaint being that Wivcly had as
saulted the wife of Robert Smith. After
hearing the testimony and arguments Mr..
Hawn dismissed the case, and ordered
the prisoner released.
With the prospects of a through train
from Sioux City to Chicago, via Rock
Valley, we will be more sure of our daily
mail and supplies the coming winter, as
there will be more of an effort made to
clear the road. But at the same time, we
advise our citizens to lay in good supply
Of coal, for yerysevere winter is prophe-