The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1888-03-15
OUR NEWsGATHERERS.
Interesting and NIeRty Items From
Our NelghbOrs-WEat is Going on
Around rS. ...r
LENNON.

| ilhu ldlitily VIII ocCup! tllc ioolilS N't
Gated.
Mrs. Jacob Sly Will soon build 4 resi-
dence on her farm in Brooklyn town
ship. ..-
Miss Marcia Treat was visiting
friends in LennoX the first Of the week
We are informed that J. F. Ferguson
"our lumber king" will build a resi-
dence this spring,
W. b. Smith is building 4 20y30 ad
dition to his store. Allen 4 Hitchcock
are doing the work.
Henry Barnpwolt started for SiouN
Falls last Monday to work at his trade
painting.
Two men from Sioux Falls were here
looking up location last Monday
Thus the boom begins.
Banker Jacobs and Merchant Smith
were at Sioux Falls last Monday.
II. Case Il Son will start their cream
cry teams on the route next Monday.
F.. Harry Best returned from his Cal
itornia trip last Saturday.
Our real estate owners are smiling
over the prospects of getting the Du,
luth, Willmar and Sioux Falls.
Geo. Hallowell, the popular school
teacher, has left for Madison, where he
Will attend the normal school.
Why is it that 50 many of our young
men congregate at the postoilice when
the mail arrives from the east?
Frcseman and I.ueSmann have dis
solved partnership. Charles has cmi-
grated to Marion Junction.
independents: Mr. Bonus, of the firm
of Bonus & Logan. -four merchant, Of
Sheldon. la., was in town looking up 4
location for an exchange store. He
WAS very favorably impressed with our
Town. and the prospects are that he will
pat in 4 stock of -four here . John
Paul, who has rented the Geo. i;arclay
place, has arrived from Iowa. Thus,
one hy one the Germans come docking
in. 49,. Fred NCuman has bought the
house and lot of J.. BntZcr and will
move into town in the spring. Butter
says he is going to Washington terri
tory in the fal! -. Mrs. James MacOm-
Der aud daughter, F!ossie, arrived here
grom Council Grove, Kan. and are Wis
iting With the family Of |. NJ. MacOm-
Der.
Editor Pete seems to have 4 cold
Sinchc on the population question
in our town this summer. lie said
last week: The baby crop in l.ennoX
will be unusually large this season"
Pete can look fate out of countenancc
every time; but we believe in this in
stance he is Il little too knowing.
The Dnluth survey take bee line
through west LennoX. and the small!
boys are already throwing stones at
imaginary telegraph wires, and III"
Lennoy people are happy.
Whee!honSe < White. the new ganer-
al merchandise dealers, are working up
a good trade. Both gentlemen are rus
Tiers.
Ed Macomher, now 4 CANTONlTE,
WAS seeing the folks III this town last
Sunday.
One hundred and thirty votes were
cast al the late election in this town
almost the fur vote Of the township.
The inicreS! which ccntered on the as
SCISSOR and court house questions tended
10 bring ont the voters. ". II. Wilkin-
son captured the aSSeSsorship after Il
hard fight with NJ. +. Hotter.
LennoX realty has an upward icnden-
cy since the surveyors left for the
northeast.
'Sluires G.. W. Palmer and o. Z. Ash
ley will dispense justice when neceSS-
ary, for another term. This seems an
| hereditary position with these gentle
men, who are fully competent to iiirt
with the blind goddess.
Our town barber. sam Sutherland,
has been considerably improving the in-
terror OF his shop. and has now one Of
the cosieSt and neatest places in the
county. The boys say that when sam
gives one Of his best showcase ShaveS
it feels like being rubbed with 4 round
! chunk of mutton tallow.
Allen & Hitchcock have the contracts
for number Of new buildings TO be
| erected this spring.
The addition to \. NJ. Her2og'S house
IS nearing completion underth hands
of Carpenter Struck.
There will be no rest for The wicked
a our thoronghfareS again this year.
". II. WumkcS was re, chosen as road
Supervisor.
NJ. Z. Gehon is trying TO stump the
Independent editor on the question of
free trade. Pete says he hasn't time at
present to raise an objection, but AS
soon as he gets his COWS and calves in
the herd he promises TO make the air
dusty with the aforesaid NJ. 7, G.
DAYTON.
c. J. Wood, who has been staying on
the Slack farm. has moved near Worth
| ing, on his fathers place.
\ dance took place at c. p. Rolfe's on
February 90 \ good time is reported.
Ed Keidle is keeping "baeh" on the
Carpenter farm.
Anyone wishing ponies broke should
! call on Fred Keidle
The annual election Of township OF.
fcers was held at the Wardweil school
house Tuesday, March !.
Miss Emma Newberry will close he,
school in district %, March, l6.
| The school in district Is closed Marcl
I3. Miss Martha Grace was teacher.
George Benedict, who is teaching
school near Worthing, was seen in Day
ton last Saturday.
Milford Daily came down from SIOUX
Falls last week and visited Will
/ friends
| Ia VALLEY,
The late snow brought a,eighs ints
| Use again
| c. B. Brown and Emory Darling ars
again hauling hay to Sioux Falls,
S. G. Swanson went to CAsToN tn,
other day with a load OF wheat.
/ 4. NJ. Parker is around again. II,