The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-03-24

CATE presents slight change IN us aps
pearance this week.
The school west of Canton, which
Miss Clara Peters has so long and faith.
fully taught, closed last Friday, with
appropriate exercises.
&C. Fl, Winsor passed up to the Falls
Saturday. He has been enjoying the STOW
blockade at Yankton and Elk Point, for
several weeks past.
The G. q. .. have organized them
selves into society to give an annual
masquerade ball, interspersed with enter
tainments and SIGH.
Fred J. Cross, of the Black Hills, and
A. W. Shaw of Minnehaha county, were at
! the Harlan House yesterday. They were
on their way the Falls.
The long looked for mail from the
! east arrived in Canton Friday afternoon.
1t consisted most of papers of great antlq-
uity, printed in January.
.-Beloit will soon have a llew school
house. Chas. E. GGtz, one of the direct
ors of that district, is advertising for bids,
il the Rock Rapids Review.
You can now afford to take Chicsgo
paper See announcement in another
column of clubbing arrangements with
the CHICAGO WEEKLY News. T
| 1T is reported that eighteen years ago,
during high water, tbs land where
Beloit now rests was entirely overtlowed,
the water being seversl feet deep.
Mr. Ramsdel, who has been engaged
in clearing out me railroad cuts, is uffer-
ing with SNOW blindness. Several people
are suffering from the same cause.
-Tothe great surprise of everyone in
this vicinity, the mail arrived from the
sodth Saturday evening. This was the
drst mail we had had for eighteen days.
Since going the rounds last week, a
change of fuel is noticed. In Madoles.
tlax seed is used as as the heating power.
Black walnut is also used by some of our
citizens.
The indications are that there will be
more building done here during the sum.
mer than there has during any previous
season, which speaks we'll for Cantons
prospects.
Capt. Hughes came up Saturday, hav-
ing charge Of the remains of Desting
Smith. The Captain bears his new hon
ors meekly, and returned to his post Of
duty Saturday night.
"A train on the Illinois Central pulled
into Sioux City, Sunday, headed by force
of 600 shovelers. The Central folks have
been doing their utmost to open the road,
and their efforts were finally rewarded.
"A snow storm prevailed to such an
extent at Portlandville, Saturday, that
large gang of shovelers working this way,
were obliged to suspend work. The storm
fortunately gave Canton the go by.
counselor Kennedy has purch ased. a
block of land opposite J. L. Dahl's resi-
dence. What meaneth this c.. B.?- only
sordld speculation, or-or, well, prelimi-
nary to that other matter you know?
There were no services on Sunday
morning at the Congregational church,
| which fact caused full house for Rev.
| Mcbride who held service at Dahls hall .
The latter gentlemen will hold service
here every second Sunday until further
notice.
Frank Sheppard, who has been with
| the ADVOCATE sor some months past, has
left us for other fields, where we hope he
will meet with all the success his ambi~
ton aspires to, for he is worthy young
man, entitled to prosperity and the high
| es respect.
-Leland's lectures have again been
postponed AS now arranged they will
occur on Sunday and Monday evenings,
the 18th and 18th Of April. BY that time
it is expected the trains will be running
to this point.
Farmers along the line of the Mil
waukee road west of here, are turning out
in large numbers and shoveling snow.
The money thus earned will help to carry
many needy through until the blockade is
raised and business revives.
We have lost fro m our files the fol-
lowing copies of the ADVOCATE: VOL L,
No. %; 2 5; 2-2S; 3-1S; 3-43; 4~32; f.
80; 40; Al. Any one having any one
of the above copies on hand, would
greatly oblige us by helping to compile tie
the files
The remains of Desting Smith were
brought up from Sioux City, Saturday
The funeral was held at Beloit school
house on Sunday afternoon, Rev. Nh.
Pomcroy conducting the services. The
community extend ther heartfelt sympa>
thles to the bereaved wife and daughters
IN their great affliction.
Canton PEG pie experienced but little
inconv eniencc on account of fuel IN COM.
parison with other localities, as green
wood has been obtained at all times. The
Sioux bottom and the Iowa bluffs oppo.
site. furnished the material. The princi,
pal trouble was caused by changing coal
burners for wood stoves
"A team OF horses hitched to a cutter,
came rushing up Main street, on Monday,
without driver. They 9Tere stopped in
front of Chas. Christopher's store by Burr