The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1882-06-08
Caught On The FlY.

Mr. Hamilton, our photographer, IS
meeting with good success.
Now you see him and now you don't
our Thomas Thorson.
D. L. Mallory has an apprentice in his
hardware store in the person of his brother.
City Marshal Zeller has his weather
eye open on all suspicious looking indi
viduals
City Marshall is now enblazoned in
gilt letters on the cap John wears, and it
becomes him.
Major VIM. II. Miller will have the
finest garden in town, but the credit be-
longs to the Mrs.
Our hardware dealers are praying for
warmer weather. Their coal oil stove
trade would be better.
The house of County Clerk Filing Opsal
is not for rental purposes. Ladies will
make a note Of this.
The Rev. Mr.. Soule came very near
losing his temper the other day. Some
vagabond poisoned his dog.
Mrs. VIM. Miller took run out to
Lennox the other day to visit a sick
daughter, Mrs. II. c. Conklin, who is con-
velescing.
Never take paper more than a year
without paying the publisher, or at least
sending him lock of your hair to let him
know you are alive.
The Messrs 7. Thorson 4 Co. have
Just added the Continental Insurance
company to their agency. 1t is an old
and reliable company.
The shower of last Thursday night
caught great many of our citizens who
attended the prayer meetings in the diff
ferent churches out as late as 10 clock.
O. D. Hinkley's hen, a Delaware town
ship production, who laid that monstrous
egg as stated in this paper Of a few weeks
ago, is getting herself advertised exten-
sively, as we notice in several of our eX
changes.
The city marshal will receive the lasting
obligations of all if he will only enforce the
ordinance as to the removal Of all nuisance
as regards manure rubbish, etc. Small
poX is close to our heels and it behooves
us to be careful
We call the attention of our readers to
the new advertisements of f. VI. Rowley,
Beloit, Iowa, found in another column Of
this paper, to the fact that great bargains
are sought for and all interested should
make note of it.
Gophe1s are playing the deuce with the
corn crop Reports come i'll daily from
various sections Of the county that large
fields have been entirely cleaned by these
pests. Strychnine is the medicine that
turns up their toes.
C. ". McCrone met with an accident
one day last week in the grocery store of
Messrs Madole & Hinkley. He attempt
ed to lift hogshead of sugar into the
wagon Of a customer and was taken with
pain in the small of his back. He is
able to be about again.
Parker New Era: ''Lincoln county is
getting a good class of citizens this spring.
In the western part Of the county the
Norwegans are selling out to solid Ger
mans from Iowa, and in the central part
first-rate class of Americans from Iowa
and Illinois are buying out the Norwegian
homesteaders.
Parker New Era: ''Charlie Wagner of
Marion has brought suit against B. G.
Jacobs of Lennox, for $1,000 for false
imprisonment, etc. 1t will be remembered
that Jacobs caused the arrest Of Wagner
a month ago, charging him with horse
stealing and on examination ofthe charge
| Wagner was proven innocent.
The Vermillion Republican says "Go-
pliers and the ground gray squirrels are
after the corn Take bottle of strych-
nine, pulycrize it fine, and mix it
thoroughly with corn, soaked SO as to be
little soft. Put some Of this corn in
their holes and you will have the whole
colony. We learned this trick from Miles
Russell, who has tried it for years. Also
that corn soaked in coperas water will not
be troubled by wire worms. It does not
hurt it for seed.
A beautiful line of Dress Gingham at
W. II. Millers.
CordWood.
For sale and delivered in part of the
city by the St. Croix Lumber Co. =