The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1883-04-05
EDEN AND VICINITY.
CONDENSED Report from the Souther
Portion of the County

EDEN AND VICINITY.
Condensed Report from the Southern
Portion of the County
School closes on next Thursday.
Seeding commenced here on last Mon-
day.
A. Holt Is selling lots of lumber this
week
Wild geese and ducks are very plenty
| here.
Capt. A. B. Wheeiock visited Canton
last week.
Several pieces of land were sold around
Eden last week.
The bloods were in town on Saturday
last in full force.
Ex-Sheriff A.. P. Dixon was visiting
old friends here last week.
There will be preaching in the school
house on next Sunday morning
DR. Smith of Canton, visited Eden last
week, on professional business.
The Chamberlain Register don't cool
down worth a cent on the commission
bill.
S. P. Hartzell is getting about 100
head of steers ready for market, by June
Geo. H. Spinner, Jr of Washington,
D. c., registered at the Snyder house last
week
The Eden literary society, on Friday
evening last, adjourned without day or
date.
Sunday being the first of April, there
was not much business transacted in the
fool business
Mr.. Adam Hauser is home on visit.
Adam makes his appearance here about
the first of every month.
Mrs. Judge Carter and Mrs. A. F. Ru-
dolph of Canton, visited with Mrs. F.
Gilman a portion of last week.
\ slight fall of snow on Saturday last,
has somewhat toned down oppressive at
mosphere of the past two weeks.
The nimrods of Eden are literally
slaughtering the geese and ducks the past
few days, consequently We are tired of eat
ing game.
The Dell Knovlton troup performed
here on Wednesday. They are the best
of the kind that has performed in Eden
this winter
1t is too bad indeed that the ''kunnel"
happened to be so closely connected to the
Gov, and the 'Kunnel' is such an eff
| cient officer too.
The Milwaukee railroad company com
menced deepening the we'll last week, and
repairing the Windmill. SO there will be
an abundant supply Of water soon.
L. Z. Carpenter of Beloit. intends
erecting an extensive coal warehouse and
engaging permanently in the business. A
carload of lumber is already here.
Myron Odell, the butcher boy of Elem
is making quite extensive Improvements
in his meat market. The business is in
creasing so OF late that he must have more
room.
W. \. Houts of Wakefield, Nebrash n,
was doing business in Eden last week.
He is young and enterplising banker
and real estate agent, doing business in
the above town.
Geo. W. Sanborn, division superintend-
ent of the Milwaukee road, was looking
over things in Eden last Thursday in the
interest o! the company He speaks very
encouragingly of the future prospects of
Eden.
Mr. Henry Hazlett, an old time resi-
denter of Settler township, Iowa, is now in
Orange City looking up the interests Of
his township, before the county supervi-
sors who are now in session
Hartley & Co. have erected their herd
shanty between the Sioux and the Rock
rivers and commenced patching it on
Monday last. They have now about 500
head Of choice steers, and expect to haye
about 1000 more in about a month.
There was four or five couple here from
Calliope last Thursday night, attending
the dance. Among the number we no.
ticed the smiling countenance OF j. A.
Ashley, the town-site man of Hawar
deem
II. A. Jerauld returned from Yankton
and Sioux City on last Saturday evening,
looking in much better spirits than when
he left He has informed the people
through the coum MS of the Sioux City
Journal, in a very lengthy article, what
he knows about the commission bill.
Don't fail to attend the school exhibi-
ton on Tuesday evening next. From the
hard work the teachers are laying out
nightly on the scholars, we should judge
it will be very entertaining. Don't fail
to turn out from the country, next Tues
day evening at 7 O clock P NJ
LENN0X.