The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1882-08-24
EDEN ITEMS.

Personal Gossip, Crops, and Politics.
We need rain very much.
Weather still continues extremely warm.
The piling on the wagon bridge was
completed on Wednesday last.
Quite a serious accident happened to
A. Holt while out hunting on last Satur-
day, by a premature explosion of his gun.
Had three fingers Of his left hand quite
seriously injured Drs Clark and Brown
of Canton, dressed the hand which is a
guarantee that he will in short time be
able to attend to his duties in the St.
Croix Lumber yard
The caucus met here on Saturday last
and as usual the Pettigrew men carried
the day electing six delegates to the Can
ton convention on the 26th--who we're
instructed to vote first last and all the
time for R. F. Pettigrew for delegate to
congress and J. w. Taylor, of Canton, for
district attorney.
Sheriff Dickson, J. W. Taylor and the
enterprising and wide-awake proprietor of
the Canton ADVOCATE spent one day here
last week on business.
Eden did not go three to one for the
Hand delegates as the little ring predict
ed. 1t was astonishing to see long faces
they wore when the ballot was sounded on
the 5ote for chairman viz. 81 to 24-one
Of their would be leaders got demoralized
on the first fire and did not put in an ap-
pearance again during the balance of the
one sided contest, but started saying fare
well vain world | am going home On
his way he was heard to mutter, the post
Office is gone, alas all is gone, all my flu
tre hopes are nipped in the bud.
The gravel train did not vote in Eden
last Saturday according to Instructions
The Bulgarian Monk delivered very
interesting lecture on the tenets Of the
Greek church, and other eastern topics to
slim house on Saturday evening last.
William Ball has had piano tuner
from New York city, the past ten days.
1t must cost snug little sum.
The livery business has been extremely
good here the past two weeks. The pro
prietors of the two stables here say they
had not stock enough to supply the de-
mand. But will be better prepared
when the fall campaign commences.
Eden township elected six good anc
true men to the county convention,
Somebody tell us the particulars about
those captured dispatches that were gobbleC
on Saturday last
Says little Willie Ball when he founc
he got loft as q Hand delegate at our eau
Gus, won't you please mention my name
favorably as a delegate to the Crane
Forks convention. | am for Hand O
Hughes, whichever are the strongest
p
Hughes has been praying and preach
ing in the rural towns of Lincoln count.
in some towns in favor of himself in other
in favor of Hand. That's too transparent
Elleck. You had better be at Yankto
attending to the duties of your graf
Office
Caucus called to order by chairman Z
J. Harris and H. T. Fitch were put i
nomination for chairman, E. j. Harri
!, elected without much opposition.
A. Holt and J: H: Brldgeman wer
elected secretaries.
P. H. Fritts and J. A. Warner wer
, elected tellers.
On motion the six delegates be vote
for on one ticket, carried. When the fo
lowing delegates were elected by a vote
56 to PA. B. Wheelock, W. K. Slad
: Z. J. Harris, George Pierce, j. B. Bra(
, ley and P. Il. Frstts.
On nmotion of J, H, Bridgeman Il
following resolution was introduced an
carried UNANIMOUSLY. Adjourned.
!, Reso1ved, That the delegates electt
to the County Convention use all honor
BILE means for the selection Of delegates
the Territorial and District Convention
favorable to the nomination of R. F. Pc
v tigrew as delegate 10 congress and j. v
Taylor for district attorney.
!, E. j. HARRIS, Chairman.
d A. HOLT and J. H. BRIDGEMAN, Sc
retaries.