The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1882-03-30


Of bonnets.
Capt. Harlan has the inside work t,
his hotel about completed, and is almos
ready for the plasterers. We know Mr.
Harlan will have boom when his hous
is finished
Mrs f. f. Carpenter gave birth to
still-born child on last Friday The lady i
under careful treatment, improving as rap
idly as her. rmany friends, both here and he
home, can wish.
County Commissioner Nathan Noble
auction sale held in Delaware township
was well attended and the articles sole
brought good prices. We are glad Of this
on Nathan account.
John Stephenson, the Nasby at Kid,
der, was welcome caller at this Office
Tuesday. He reports o. d. Hinkley and
the other good Democrats over there as
being happy and prosperous.
The legal voters of Canton are request
ed 10 meet at the court house on Friday
at o clock p. NJ, to place, in nomination
officers to be voted for at the election tc
be held Monday, April Sd, 1882.
Mrs p Ncnnenmhcr, mother of Mrs.
Herman Wocrz, is here on visit. \ sis
ter Of Mrs. WoeZ is expected in about
three weeks and the prospects are that
she will become Il permanent resident.
The Excelsior block is to be moved up
town where it will be given an opportunity
| to become rcmunGrativc to its owners.
! The job is to be undertaken as soon as
the party, who is at primghar, can reach
| here.
Street Commissioner House is already
at work upon the sidewalk to which refer
encc Is made in the council proceedings
We always said House was good man to
have in d town.
The Messrs Kennedy Bros are the
agents for the Dakota Fire and Lightning
Insurance company of Chamberlain, Oak.
MIR. Donahue issued several applications
for policies on last Saturday to different
farmers while in town.
At the ensuing election to be held
Monday, the following officers are to be
voted for Mayor, treasurer, assessor clerk
justice OF the peace and five aldermen.
| The polls are to be open from 10 A. NJ to
4r. NJ. Of same day. The voting place
will be the court house in the city of Can
| ton.
We hope to see our best citizens turn
out at the school election 50 as to secure
the best results Too little interest is
manifested in our school affairs, which
should not be thus. Those who do not
attend and interest themselves should not
find fault when too late.
We unintentionally made mistake in
our issue of two weeks ago when we men
toned that Mr. Corson had moved his
wet goods into Adam Hofman,s sa-
loon after the fire Mr. Corson has no
interests in the said place of business, and
Adam is attending strictly to his own bus
mess
just to show what or let known the
amount of business is being done by the
Milwaukee railroad company, we will state
that at one time on last Sunday there were
five freight trains at Canton There were
80 cars loaded with cattle destined for the
west
The Dakota Huronite gets off the fol-
lowing at the expense of Tom Hood:
Canton is getting to be the worst town
on the job If a man leaves there lust to
come and look at Huron they set fire to
his property to get him back" Also this:
The burned-up Canton is to be immedi-
ately rebuilt with brick There is Dakota
sand on that town plat
James \iek has world-widercputation
as a scotsman and florist \ collection of
plants from his greenhouse would be an
acceptable present to a lady friend Plants
sent by mail arrive in such good condition
that one can procure large plants at a
small sum and with proper care can make
their homes beautiful Send for a cata-
loguc at once Address James Wick, Roch-
ester, n Y.
1t is rumorcd that our townsman, Mr.
+. 4. Gale, has plans under consideration
and that he will erect as soon as possible,
a brick building adjoining his bank, with
a frontage of 45 feet, 70 feet deep, to be
of the same height, style and finish. Now
let Dr. Southland build on the corner east,
Tom Hood on the corner south, and Can
ton will loom up in the distance
in grand style. Let the good
work continue on.
Let our citizens put on their behaviors
next week, be gracious, entertaining and
courteous, for, as all are aware, we shall
be honored with the presence of the coun-
" COHlllllSSiDlIClS- anu tAcl utilclliS
upon them as to allowing us to improve
the court house square. We sincerely
hope that body will grant the expenditure
of small sum of money and not let an
other season go by, as the grounds must
be broken if trees are to be set out.
The ADVOCATE has devil the same as
evey we'll regulated printing office and he
incidentally made the remark last Satlr-
day that it would rain before Monday.
True enough. 1t did rain. When asked
why he surmised it would rain he made the
remark that every lady in Canton was out
walking and enjoying the spring-llke wea
ther, We hope our ladies will continue to
enjoy for several of the cisterns in town
are in need of soft water
We are pleased to learn that Mr.. O. +.
Rea, surveyor, has finally receiv-
ed his Just dues from Uncle Sam, in the
shape of So, 200, the result of surveying
contract he 50 faithfully and efficiently per
formed last tall in Burleigh and Day coun-
ties Mr. Rea received the money on last
Sunday morning and was around Monday
setting with each of the party that were
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