The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-11-03


and the ferry boat will then end its caree
OF usefulness,
We neglected last week to notice tn
death of VIM Fnlmcr editor of the Siou
Falls Argus. He has been in poor healtl
for some time, but died quite suddenly
The Paragraph speaks very highly O
the gentleman
THE County board Is in session thj
week The trca,urer's report will be pub
Iishej nCvt week. Our county is increas
ing SO rapidly in population and bushes
as to make a large amount of business 70
our county officers
Preaching at the Methodist church on
Saturday evening at 30; Sunday morn
ing at II, and in the evening at ! 80
Love feast" Sunday at $50 a. m
| Quarterly conference, Monday 9 a. m.
Rev. L, W. Williams presiding.
The Autograph which ornaments the
barrel heads in which the Queen Bee
puts its best -four, bears the device of al
immense bee lowering over flower. The
whole is OF course led to convey the
idea of Queen Bee -four. Journal.
j. D. Hornbeck was brought before
Justice Hawn Monday, charged with dis
posing of mortgaged property, VIM.
Robinson complaining witness. j. w.
Taylor appeared as attorney for the Terri
tory and Kennedy Bros. for defendant.
Next Sabbath, people can have no
excuse for staying at home Presiding
Elder Williams will preach twice, and
Rev. Kingsbury will also fill the pulpit
twice. Communion service will also be
held at the Congregational church in the
morning
Preparations are being made for a
very enjoyable time tomorrow night
Mrs Bailey and Miss Hattie Taylor have
canvassed the town for all the delicious
morsels they could think of to tempt the
palate. Supper will be served in the low
er rooms to the court house. Some fine
singing is promised by the glee club.
On last Sabbath morning the congre-
gational church was kindly offered to the
Episcopal society A good audience gath
cred and the services were attentively lis
tened to. In the evening a large congre-
cation assembled at the court house to
hear Rev. Grace, Methodist minister. -
Canton is really church going town.
w orkmen are busily grading Fifth
street, from Main St. to the Naylor house.
A cook walk will be built, then distance
will be less The Naylor is an ornament
to Canton, in fact Canton can boast of
four good hotels, and by the appearance
of travel on the arrival of trains, all are
more than filed.
The G. NJ. & St. P. emigrant agent
Mr. Powell, is making extensive prepare
tons for the immigration expected next
season. He is carefully compiling reports
made by station agents and the company's
land agents in Iowa, Minnesota and Oak
ota relative to the nature of the soil and
its products.
Commencing at the Merchants hotel
and going south upon the sidewalk, what
change has occurred since last wear in
the shape Of improvements. One can
scarcely remember the Canton Of three
years ago when we admire the fine bust
ness houses well stocked with goods of all
kinds. No doubt another year will find
more important changes, such is the en-
terprise of our citizens
The Episcopal society will give one
of those enjoyable parties for when they
have become popular, on Friday nj ght
A soc'able, with music for dancing, re-
freshments served and other entertainment
will be the order of the evening, Don't
fail to come all We lovers of pleasure re-
member the benefit is to raise money to
furnish the new church, and all ought to
be interested.
Mr.. Fl. G. Atkins, superintendent of
the Prairie due Chen and La Crosse d.
visions of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul, has been promoted to the position
of assistant general MANAGER. Mr.. W. C.
VanHorne resigned to become general
manager Of the Canadian Pacific. As the
salary is fixed at $4,000 per year, Mr.,
Atkins is to be congratulated, as he has
worked his way I'D from the road bed.
The Congregational society will give
dramatic entertainment on Thanksgiving
night. The Tenneseeans will not be here
as expected We hope our home talent
will be encouraged, and everybody make
up their mind to go. 1t is expected that
Mr.. Ramsey from Sioux City will lecture
in Canton in about ten days. He will give
the proceeds toward finishing the Episco-
pal church here. Canton is becoming
quite pleasure loving community, and
we've no doubt at least once week an
entertainment would be appreciated.
4 An exchange truthfully says: 'The
man who stops his paper because of some
opinion expressed in its columns, is
hopeless bigot, and one of the most idiotic
stamp. He ought to stop his doctor be-
cause he can't agree with him, and his
lawyer because he differs from him, and
his school teacher because he differs with
him in some matters, and his merchant
because he can't agree with him about the