The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1883-04-12
EDEN AND VICINITY.
CONDENSED Report from the Southern
Portion of the County

EDEN AND v1C4N4I4.
CONDENSED Report from the Southern
Portion of the County
Land seekers are very plenty.
All our hotels are crowded to their ut
most capacity.
Cyrus B. Ingham has been at Mitchell
the past week.
The robin and the black bird arrived
here last week.
His Honor, Judge George e. Millctt
was in town on Saturday.
The Eden Times was quite spicy last
week, if the editor was out of town.
Chamberlain was ably and we'll repre-
sented at the Sioux Falls convention.
The Elk Point Coyote is wide awake on
the commission steal. Read its last issue.
DR.. O. s. Osgood and NJ. w. Jeffries
were doing business in Yankton last week.
The services at the Episcopal church
on last Sunday morning was very largely
attended The singing was excellent.
S. P. Hartzell purchased quite herd
of two-year-old steers last week, and ship
ped two car loads of hogs to Sioux City.
Mr. Julius Austin has been heard from.
1t is reported he is mashed on buxom,
young and wealthy widow of Wisconsin.
Myron Odell is putting into his meat
market an immense refrigerator, SO we
can expect ice cold beef-steak during the
dog days.
The last number of the Eden Times
has very sound article on the commits
sion bill. Every farmer in Lincoln county
should read it.
If the pleasant weather of the past
continues a few days longer, there will be
an immense amount of small grain sown
in this township.
Colonel A. B. Wheelock attended the
Sioux Falls convention. He thinks the
results will prove beneficial to the honest
citizens of Dakota.
Judge Van Buskirk, very prominent
lawyer Of Kenosha county, Wisconsin,
passed through here with view to max
ing Dakota his home.
Hartley & Co. purchased large herd
of steers last week, and shipped in two
carloads of stock hogs to run with the
herd this summer
| Peter Pierce has rented the old Joe
Morrow farm of j. H. Bridgeman, agent.
| This in addition to his own will keep him
pretty lively this summer
The railroad company had .an expert
here for the past ten days fixing up the
water tank and we'll There is now plenty
of water to supply the demand.
The new time table went into effect
here on Monday morning last, for passen-
ger trains only. Train going south at S:35
A. NJ, and north at 4:l5 P. NJ.
Mr.. P. Casey has now one of the best
sections on this division. When he took
it a year ago it was the worst on the road.
! Casey is the right man in the right place.
Mr.. Shoemaker. the boss carpenter Of
bridge repairing, arrived here with his
gang last Saturday, witra view to putting
some needed repairs on the bridges and
culycrts
The high school should have closed on
Tuesday last, but, owing to the absence of
the teacher at Yankton several days, we
cannot state when it will close or when the
exhibition will take place
S. B. Culbertson was elected treasurer
of Eden school District No 3, at its usual
meeting last Tuesday, April 8, P. H.
Fritzs term of Office expiring. II! mills
ware voted for all purposes and eight
months school for the year.
w. K. Slade & Co. sold nearly dozen
plows, quite number of cultivators and
harrows, besides other agricultural imple-
ments on Saturday last. Their business
is increasing very fast
An indignation meeting was held at
Lincoln Creek, Union county last Friday
afternoon Nearly fifty of the honest
grangers met and expressed their utter
contempt for the commission bill. We
understand they are taking steps to orga-
nize and prevent by force of arms, if nee
essary, the removal.
The Hon. R. f. Pettigrew was con6n-
ed to his bed last week We regret it
very much, as we learned he had an able
speech prepared for the Indignation meet
ing at Sioux Falls, which would have
made the ''boss devil and his imps'
squirm.
The Leslie combination are holding a
musical convention here, with forty-fve
pupils. This we consider very large
class for the size of the town, Mr.. George
being the instructor Its said he has no
superior west of Chicago We look for
good results, as we have some very fine
voices here if only properly toned down. /
The show man De LaDee, who per
formed here on Friday evening last, while
arranging the scenery his wife hired liv-
cry team and was driven to Rock Valley
at oil gait, where she was Joined by
the other fellow Immediately after the
performance was over, the Professor made
break for the Valley swearing ven-
geance on that good-looking travelling
man. We do not know whether he over
took the pair.
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