The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1882-03-23
e Swedish Quartette at Bedford Hall

Sheriff Dixon expects to start for Iank
ton next week. He will have a cou
pie of ladies to accompany him.
The public schools close to-day for va
cation OF about ten days, when they vii
commence for the spring term of two
months.
The finest entertainment of the season
will be the one given by the Swedish
Lady Quartette Tuesday evening next.
Seats at Hoods drug store
The only time our citizens had access
to certain chain pump was when they
were endeayoring to save the owner 5
house during our late fire here
Nlr. Tom Hood is now comfortably fix
ed. and can be found in the Miles build
Ing. DIR, Mold will be on hand to COM
pound all prescriptions as of old.
| J. Thorson Il Co. recently sold the L.
+. Pattee place, two miles west Of town, to
Mr.. L \ Lower, Of Mitchell county, Iowa,
who will move out during the summer.
Carpenter L. Simmons commenced
work Thursday morning upon Mr.. Oscar
Brown building. 1t is on the lot adion
ing the house of our townsman Mr. \. j.
House.
Our merchants carry full stocks at all
times, and have a good trade. The
trade in -four alone is simply immense, our
merchants importing that commodity by
the carload
Mr. Madole starts for Chicago next
week, and while there will purchase a
stock Of dry goods. He has rented the
postof1ice building and will hold forth at
that point until he builds.
T. j. Fosdick leaves for Chicago to-day
to lay in a big stock of clothing Read
his mammoth advertisement in this week
issue Of the paper Tim is rattler and
means just what he advertises.
Mr.. P. NJ. Lundis daily in receipt of
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toners in Canton and Lincoln county will
find everything as he adyertises. His
stock of boots and shoes is full.
Mr.. J. NJ Woodruff, SO well and favor
ably known, has accepted situation with
Mr.. Dorson W. Reed, in the warehouse.
He has taken Fred Gillett' place who has
gone to his home farther east.
Prof. c. Z. Charles, who played here
two nights with the Edwin Joyce troupe
not long ago, and who has since been
giving instructions in crayon sketching,
left for Adrian, Mich, Monday morning
Among the prominent arrivals at the
Merchants for the past six days were A.
B. Sketch Of Milwaukee, O. \ Smith of
Sioux City, George Rice of Flandrau,
&. \. Torenus of st. Croix, and Henry
Sharon of Dedar Rapids.
Attorney W. f. Rudolph has sold the
west half Of section y, township 9S, range
80 to gentleman named W. +. Apple
gate, hailing from Emerson, Mills county,
Iowa. Mr.. Z. will become Lincoln
county citizen next spring.
The John Falde, Jr., & Co., have
opened up real estate and loan Office in
the court house, where the many friends
of John can call on him when wanting
anything He is we'll known and will give
satisfaction at all times
Here is good baby item that reaches
us from Dayton township, this county.
Mrs Huff presented her husband with a
daughter, Mrs Martin Monrath her hus-
band with daughter and Mrs. Hanson
Lunder her husband with daughter
f. H. Ressegieu, representing the cigar
house of John Amsler, Sioux City, was in
town Saturday taking orders. Mr.. R. is
an old pioneer settler of this section of
country and are glad to see him doing SO
we'll He reports boom in Sioux City.
Also that settlers are hocking into Dakota
in every section.
The city council holds its last meeting to-
day before the new goes in At the meet
ing held last Thursday the financial condi-
ton Of the city was presented, but We can
not get the proceedings for this weeks is
sue. We are promised them in time for
next week The city election takes place
April 3D.
j. H. Caswell, OF Minneapolis, repre-
senting the Orient Insurance Co. of Hart
ford, was the first adjuster on the ground
since the fire. He is genial, whole
souled gentleman and represents compa-
ny that well deserves credit for promptness
and fair dealing.
Frazier Gilman, the irrepressible Eden
ite, was in town Wednesday morning and
made this office pleasant call. He re-
ports land seekers very plenty in his town
and that he has rented or sold most every
foot of land he owns in Lincoln county.
Our Star Laundry, Mrs. Hymers, pre-
prietor, did a magnificent washing from
March Is to lS The washing turned out
in pieces were 81 starched shirts, &c
starched collars, IS pairs of cuffs, so pairs
socks, besides did nine family washings
and under garments too numerous to men
ton We are pleased to learn of this
prosperity.
Our city is blessed with a good set of
officials. We understand that the fnan-
cial report of the city's condition will show
the city in debt to the amount of about
six dollars A bridge costing S400 was
built, the streets graded and repaired, and
other improvements We're caused to be
made We should like to see the present
set of officers reelected, providing they
will consent to run again.
Court convenes at Swan Lake, Turner
county, commencing Tuesday, March 18th
The docket is an unusually large one and
will attract large number of people, at
torneys, etc. The Sioux City Journal
says ''the sheriff has served 146 machine
note summonses upon the farmers of that
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