The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1883-10-18
DOINGS AT EDEN.
A Live Correspondent Dishes UP Ev-
crything of Importance from south
Lincoln County.

hiuco" county.
White trosts the past few nights
The town herd broke up on last Mon.
day.
The old fraud is reported sick, so lot us
all give him short rest.
Rev. j. NJ. Mcbride visited friends il,
Eden last week Tuesday, between trains.
Hartley 4 Co. break camp in few
days, and leave for other pastures new
and fresh.
Mr.. Durham and vito have rented
rooms for the present over DR.. Avery
drug store.
Con. John A. Logan for our next prcsi
dedt, is the choice of the old vets of this
township.
MIR. j, H. Rankin of Calliopc visited
with friends at the Commercial house last
Sunday.
1t is said they are now making gas on,
OF water. Oh! pshaw, Eden can furnish Il
No, | article made out of wind.
Mr., j, w. Taylor passed through here
last week after nm absence of two weeks il,
Chicago, looking much better in health
than hen he left.
Mr.. j, b. Hunt, who has been quite
dcspondcnt the past week, is now looking
and feeling better since Mrs. Hunt re-
turned from St. Paul.
The town caucus was held here on last
Saturday. There was not much interest
manifested, about MI present being elect,
cd delegates to the Canton convention.
Three car loads of hard coal were ship.
to this station by consumers last week.
We hear of several who intend clubbing
together and shipping in several cars Of
soft Soal
Mr.. Gilman, with corps of men and
teams, commenced on the dam and race
this week. The work is going to be sub.
stantial, as Mr., G. is closely supcrntcnd-
ing the work.
Miss Stella Gilman, while ont hunting
with her father on Thursday afternoon
last, shot n large fat wild goose and three
mallard ducks What young lady in the
country can beat this?
Don't you forget it, we have now Il live
wide-awake banker in Eden, and when
you want money call and see him. Until
his Office is finished he can be be ioun,!
Mt the store of W. *. Slade e Go
Miss Grace Richardson, who has taught
our public school the past summer and
fall term, leaves Tor her home in Minncso.
Ia on next Monlar, leaving a large circle
Of friends and ac1uaintanccs she mad.
during her stay at Eden.
Mr.. Eli George and family, late Of Ne
braska, was visiting his brothcr-in law
James Parklns the past week. Mr.
George is an old hotel man, having kept
several prominent hotels in Wisconsin and
Iowa the past ten years
Mr. Frame, brother of Theo. Frame Of
the Snyder house, returned from Mitchell
where he has been engaged the past sum
mcr as superintendent of brick yard.
lie intends to spend the winter in this
ba|my southern climate Of ours.
'Unto us n son is born, and he weigh
cd six and half pounds. - That is what
Joseph Warner exclaimed on last Thurs
day afternoon when he set up the pea
nuts to his friends. The mother and the
young deputy arc doing well.
The social hop given by the proprietor
Of the Commercial hotel on Friday exc
ming last was decided success in every
particular We understand it is the in
tcntion to give one Of these social hops
every two weeks the coming fall and win
ter.
Hartley & Go shipped three car loads
Of steers to Chicago last Saturday. This
is the last Of their herd, they having sold
the balanc" 10 private parties (farmcrs)
through the country. We learn they in
tend to wind up their business at this
place.
Mr. w. i. Burnham late Of the town
Of Marcus, Plymouth county, Iowa, has
purchased several lots in Eden and IL now
erecting Il bank building l8x24 on the
main thoroughEarc. lie proposes to do Il
legitimate banking business in every fca-
ture This is the kind Of institution Eden
has long sought.
Victory ha8 again perched on the ban.
ncr OF the Mcdonald family. This time
it was Dan Mcdonald who was elected his
own successor as sheriff Of Woodbury.
county, Iowa, by a handsome majority.
John, his good looking brother, held the
came position for ten or twelve years.
They both make No. / officers, and their
numerous friends wish them both sue
cess.
Considerable interest wag manifested
by several Of our sporting men here at
the game Of pool which took place at
Rock Valley last week, between Elmer
Beach Of Calliopc and Byron Wilson Of
Rock Valley, for 800 side, Beach win
ming eleven games to wilson five. Beach
il said to be one Of the best pool players
in the west, and is ready TO play any man
west Of the Mississippi for from 600 to
$500. For further particulars, ye pool
players, apply to Mr.. a. Snyder at Eden,
for match game.
i new wa,her-woman in the shape Of
a man invaded this quiet burg on last Sat-
urday. His name il A. B. Schuyler, who
has visited every house and hamlet here
and arranged TO do the washing at each
place at given hours, With new automat-
lc washing machine which he says wilI do
the washing Of an ordinary family in fG
teen Or twenty minutes, not wearing the
clothes one-fourth a. much as the com
mon washboard does. If this new ma
chine does half what Mr., Schuyler says it
will, he will no doubt sell several hundred
in this township.
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