The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1882-03-16
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Tomorrow is St. Patrick day.
City election first Monday in April.
Shall we have better fire protection?
A. W. Howard is the lucky Nasby O
Yankton
Sioux Falls estimates her population
at 5000.
Safe men to have around-the Hall s
Diebold and others.
Chas. B. Long, of Mitchell county
was in town Monday.
Lawyer Cleland, of Sioux City, was or
our streets Saturday.
| Clean out your celers and cisterns 1t
may save doctor bills.
LennoX, our sister town, is moving in
the matter of creamery
Will H. Clarke was interviewing the
ash heap in town Thursday
R. R. May,.sof Silver Lake, one of ou1
popular farmers, was shaking hands in
town Monday.
Never attempt to tickle the off hind leg
of a mule with short straw Draw your
own conclusion
Brave Bear, sentenced to be hung at
Iankton last Friday, has been respiteI
Tor three months.
Elk Point is to have a new bank and
the Messrs. Grigsby & Co., of Sioux
Falls, will be the owners.
R. Il. Bennett, the gentlemanly Judge
OF probate, was on our streets Saturday
viewing the burnt district
Pantagraph: Miss Dollie Dixon, of
Canton, has been in Sioux Falls some
days the guest of Mrs E. w. Conghran. !"
Farmers, be sure and secure your seed
wheat and flax seed in time Also, be
sure that your seed corn is sound and
will sprout.
Peter F. Haas has sold his interest in
the Marion Sentinel to his late partner,
James Hazlitt. Haas is looking up a
location for German paper.
Cannot our ex-soldiers have an order
and meet together? All adjoining coun-
ties are forming. Call the organization
the Lincoln County Veterans Union.
VIM. Cook, of Storey county, Iowa
and W. J. Cook, son, from Morris, ILL.,,
were in Thorson & Co. s land office Mon
day looking after prices and location.
Gov. Ordway and lady arrived at Yank-
ton last week from Washington Now
let us have peace, bury the tomahawk,
and let the work of admission and division
go on.
Judge Kidder returned from Washing
ton last week He succeeded in having
Secretary Kirkwood set out from settle
ment the y sections of land for the Uni
versity.
The Elk Point Courier of last week con-
tanned a three column article on the evil
doings of the Hell Benders' of Union
county for the past Is years 1t was
scorcher
The Sioux Falls Argus regrets to learn
that the gentleman who was the means
Of bringing the CHI ford troupe to play a
week haslost money by the arrangement.
1t is ever thus.
DR.. Reynolds, formerly of this place but
now Of Mitchell, as also his father from
Lake Geneva, Wis, were in town several
days last week. DIR. Reynolds returned
home Saturday
W. B. Wait. c. N Skillman, P. F.
Haas, +. Fl. Treat, J. f. Furgeson, O. p.
Ashley, and J. G. Carpenter, of Lennox,
were in Canton viewing the 'smouldering
ruins Thursday morning
The Orange City Index, Sioux county,
Iowa. wants to see bridge span the
Sioux river at Eden to accommodate the
farmers in that section to trade at Eden.
1t wants to see Sioux county pay half of
the cost.
The war between the newspapers and
insurance agents of Sioux Falls has been
compromised. 1t has been decided to
give the newspapers legal rates and that
half the matter can be cut down, as it has
nothing to do with the law.
Mr.. Hill, our miller, is having boom
in the way of grinding -four He will be
able, when the new crop is harvested, to
offer as good grade of flour as any one
in the business, and will be prepared to
fill all city and country orders.
The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
company have issued circular giving re-
duced immigrant freight and passenger
rates from Chicago or Milwaukee to points
on their lines in Iowa, Minnesota and Da-
kota. The new rates are fully 20 to per
cent below all former rates.
Mr. A. L. Anderson, of Fairview, was
in town Monday and paid this Office
pleasant visit He informs us that he
expects to have his first kiln Of brick in
about three weeks and have them on the
market. Mr.. A. intends to have a good
article and know there will be demand,
Through an oversight the ADVOCATE
mentioned last week the failure of the
Messrs. Richardson & Sogn, of Beloit.
Mr.. Richardson sold out his interests in
January, and is now in Sioux City. Mr.
Sogn, who is the firm now, is we learn,
going to settle and continue in business.
Notice.
Notice is hereby given that the Honor
able Board of County Commissioners of
Lincoln county, D. T., will meet in regular
session according to Statute, on Monday
the third day of April, A. D. 1882, at 10
clock A. NJ, at the county clerks office
at Canton, D. T., for the purpose of tran
sacting any and all business that may be
properly brought before them
Dated at County Clerks office, Canton,
D. T., March IA, 1889.
ELLING OpsALL, County Clerk.
Seed Wheat.
Mr.. D. w Reed has received his car
load of Sea Island wheat This is a good