The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1882-11-09
NTr. Bell, the Milbank politician, was
registered at the Naylor house Friday.

leading attorneys, was registered at thf
Naylor house Friday, Gu his way west.
Notice the change in Kennedy Bros
) card These gentlemen are pleasantly 10
Gated in Gales bank building, and d
what is right by all.
Canton is to have the Bell telephone
system, Is names having been secured.
The probabilities that five mere names
will be secured is good.
Buckwheat -four has arrived in the
city market, and with the prospect oi
bucE,wheat cakes and new flannel shirts,
it is possible that the citizens Of this city
3 will become. very rash.
The Deans have moved into their quar-
ters, over the fine store OF NJ. B., and
what makes it still more pleasant, that
another brother arrived on Monday even
ing and will make Canton his home.
| The Calliope Commercial OF last week
says: F. c. Herring thinks of selling
| his farm in Virginia township and remov-
| ing to Canton, where he will engage
in the sewing machine business eyten
I sively."
f! Our sportsmen report the . duck crop
ripe and about ready to harvest, Quite l
/ aumber have been brought in, and the
/ hunters claim that our lakes and rivers
are nearly black with teathey game of
( all kinds. .sszs..-ss
| Thc Lennox Star Of last week says:
" n Egge was in from Centeryille to-
| day and brings news that the Chicago (
Northwestern railroad is to ran through
that place. He looked very happy. The
! grade stakes viii be set tomorrow. y
The Sioux commission have succeeded
III getting the consent Of Red Cloud and
his band at Pine Ridge agency to give up
portion of the reservation. The commis-
sion Is now at Rosebud agency laboring
with the followers of the late Spotted
Tail
Messrs. I. P Thompson & Co. have
just placed one of the Ruby furnaces
in the basement of the j. W. Taylor
building, which is to heat the entire
structure Uncle Robert Lanning and
4. Fl. King did the fitting of pipes, ETC.,
and we may expect it is q good job.
Judge Bennett informs us that there is
considerable railroad talk in his township,
Pleasant. Every settler is making an
effort to have the railroad company start
a town in the township but the idea
seems to prevail that the company may
locate the town on the county line. We
hope not.
g. Prescott, the oldest conductor in
the employ OF the Chicago, Milwaukee
& st. Paul Railway company, on the east
end Of the road, in company with Charles
Prescott and Z. A. Turner and lady. were
at the. Naylor house one day last week
These gentlemen came out here on
hunt, had immense luck and ii good
time.
|. Everybody is busy, the streets arealive
With teams nearly every day, which have
brought grain to market and many OF
them return loaded with lumber. Canton
is enjoying a big boom this fall, and we
hope it may continue, so that no one csn
point the business of their town as an
example toT us to follow
Alexandra Herald: = On Monday
night the amber cane factory tool; fire
and burned down; no insurance It
belonged to H. G. Burlick and had been |
rented by Moses 4 Beach. They have
the sympathy of their many friends
About iour hundred gallons Of syrup we're
destroyed The fire no doubt originated
accidentally. =
\ presto change was made Monday.
The Masonic lodge that formerly occupied |
the room in Gales bank moved iutQits
new quarters in Taylor building, and |
the Odd Fellows that occupied quarters
in AIr. Nash's building moved into the
room vacated by the lIasons Both or
CARNATIONS are in u flourishing condition
and the membership Of each is rapidly |
increasing.
Is it not about time to have meeting
Of the Orientals? The society will loose
Its charter before long if no reports are
made to the Grand Lodge We under
stand there are several candidates in
waiting and there is no reason why
pleasant meeting could not be had. Let
the Most Potent Grand Scignior or the
Noble Vizier rise and explain Oysters
are ID season now.
! S. Perkins and wife and Fl. Perkins,
as also G. Plato, came out recently from
Geneva, H., and have located here and
rented MIR. Bedf0rd's house. Mr.. Per-
kins intends to engage in the buying and
selling of stock and the raising Of blooled
horses We made the acquaintance of
| Mr.. Perkins one day last week at the
Naylor house, where he and the family
were temporarily stopping, and consider
him valuable acquisition to our town.
We were lucky enough one day last
week to drop into the wagon and black
smith shopof the Messrs. George Luther
and a. NJ. Ross and seeing the gentle
men putting on the finishing touches
to brand new 2-horse wagon which
they made for farmer residing few
miles from town. The wagon, to our no
ton, will last life time. These gentle
men are just rushing things nowadays and
their work gives universal satisfaction.
! Mr.. Ishan, principal Of our high
school, informs us that his scholars are
making good progress in their studies;
that the department is good, attendance
| No. l, and there will be exercises a week
| from Friday, November nth, consisting
/ of declamations dialogues, singing, etc
Parents will please make {; note of this
and make visit to the school Friday
afternoon. 1t pleases the teachers to
notice that an interest is taken in their
endeayor to instruct our children.