The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1882-04-20

HERE AND HEHEABOUTS.
The ADVOCATE is one day behind this
week, on account Of getting out the boom
edition. The paper for the extra edition
failed to arrive until Wednesday, conse-
quently putting us five days behind on the
regular, but here is your paper gotten up
in twelve hours with half force.
This Office has made ample arrange
ments to meet all demands tor extra
copies of the ADVOCATE containing the
article concerning this county and town.
We hope every farmer in the county will
consider it of importance and send copy
or two back to friends who he would like
to see move out and become one of us.
Our merchants can be accommodated with
any number. Done up in wrappers at
five cents per copy.
Where is the small boy with his mar
bles this spring?
The fine shower of Tuesday has set the
grass to growing in fine style.
Charley Gntz has moved into his new
house in johnson s addition
NJ. /, Syverud has put up some fine
new window curtains in his jewelry store
". W. Palmer has sold his house and
lot east Of the Naylor House, to J. n.
| Churchill.
The Rev. S. Wakefield will hold service
at the courthouse next Sunday at Il
O'Clock A. NJ
c. W Harmon is absent in Chicago
this week. He will return with new type,
paper, stationery, etc.
Miss Lillian Coloney has secured the
school in the Abbot district, two miles
north of town, and commenced teaching
Monday
F. \. Gale has now full and complete
title to lots and in block 20, of Hill s
addition, which he recently purchased at
sheriff's sale.
c. B. Kennedy has been quite sick for
the past twoo weeks with lung fever. We
are glad to be able to state, however, that
| he is now convalescent.
James Keller is putting a coat of paint
on the front of his drug store. By the
way Jim has as fine lot of wall paper as
we have ever seen in Canton.
Miss Anna Rowley is to teach at Wor-
thing during the summer, her schoolto
commence next week. We can assure the
people of Worthing OF good school,
Miss O'Neill of Sioux Falls, has class
in painting here which meets every Satur
day. She has seven pupils at present,
who all speak in the highest terms Of Miss
0. as an artist.
An impecunious individual has been
dogging the county commissioners during
the past week for money that he says the
county owes him for failure of crops, and
on account of his general shittlessness.
Messrs. J. Straw and Clayton Engle are
each planting a fine lot of fruit trees upon
their farms west of Canton. May their
example be followed by many other of our
thrifty and enterprising farmers.
Services dedcating the new Skandinav-
ian church will be held next Sunday at l
clock in the forenoon; and service in En-
glish at the same place will also be held at
clock in the afternoon Let there be
good attendance.
The handsomest advertising cards we
have ever seen are published by DR.. j.
c. Aver & Co., Lowell Mass. who will
send set of them to any address on re-
ceipt of letter stamp.
Quite number of our citizens are beau
tifying their homes by setting out shade
trees. Why can't the Mayor appoint an
"Arbor Day" for Canton and everybody
set out some trees, and then have a social
time to wind up with, in the evening?
School is again in session and in few
| weeks more the year work viii be done
1t is to be hoped that our schools may be
kept in as good condition during the com
ing year as it has during the past, and
this can readily be done by retaining the
present corps of teachers.
The new calaboose for the city is nearly
completed, and stands south of the
Thompson House Hereafter Canton
will furnish her obstreperous guests with
more convenient quarters. 1t has been
named the Hotel de teller, and its rates
are five dollars and costs, and no grum-
bling.
Quarterly meeting service in the NJ. E,
church of this place on next Saturday and
Sunday as follows: Quarterly conference,
8 p. NJ Saturday; preaching 5 p. m. Sat
urday; Services 10 a. M, Sunday. Supt.
Williams will be present to of6ciate at all
the services.