The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1888-03-29
The GREAT ARENA.
Important Events Which Transplre
Throughout the County
At Large.
The Surrounding Towns and Country
Fully Represented BY
Correspondents.
LENNON.

LENNON.
Birthday parties are la vogue at the
present time, and it looks as though al
most everybody around here was born
about the same time Of year.
Will Allen has new clarinet, and is
hard at work practicing-in fact, prac-
ticing too hard for his neighbors at
present. But he's getting there just
the same.
Miss Jessie Gray gave a birthday par
ty Tuesday evening of last week.
Tramps are getting too numerous to
| mention in this vicinity, hence this
item. They are waiting for box cars on
the Duluth, you know.
Homes Tupper gave few successful
lessons in rapid computation at the
school house last week.
Chss. Luessmann returned from his
sojourn at Marion Junction last Fri
day.
\ surprise party was given in honor
of Mrs. a. NJ Herzog's birthday, last
Saturday evening Everybody enjoyed
themselves until a discretionary hour
Myrtle Daily had birthday party
to which all her little friends were III
vited.
AL Gricbel returned from Sioux Falls
Saturday, where he has been attending
the baptist college.
Farmer jacob DrGy is building a
large barn on his farm in Delaware
township.
Lennox is now enjoying.a prosperous
trade from down Delaware way.
Prof Starr and the Misses Eloise
Ashley and Jessie Gray, a trio of sue
cessful Lenno. sphoo! TEACHERS, are en-
joying the privileges of the Normal IN
stitute, at CANTON, this week.
a br0ther-in law Of F. E. Waldo, MI.
Howard, from Albany, Wis, arrived
last Saturday, and has rented the Miles
Tullar farm.
Commercial travellers are quite num-
erOus this week. Our merchants are
sending in heavy orders to meet the
spring boom.
Gene Putnam came down from Sioux
Falls to visit his family and friends the
other day
Z. E. Gilmore has erected a new barn
hQar his residence.
The Olivet Rural Voice says our
old friend Johnnie Skinner has gone
and committed matrimony, has taken
unto himself beautiful young wife as
a partner for life, much to the regret,
we wot. Of some Of our Lennox dam.
sells. Hic jacet penseroso.
The boys to a goodly number We're
nightly fooled Tuesday evening by
organizing a big chariyari in honor of
Paul Schultz and his supposed wife
We say supposed, for after the boys had
pounded the night air full of tin pans,
boiler covers and the like, and had
shouted aua howied themselves biaol
and blue in the face and fractured the
tympanum of the neighborhood, it was
realized that Paul was more sinned
against than SHINING, and that he had
no wife Of his own or any one else's.
Well, the ser6ratlfrs collapsed and dios
sembled. Editor Pete now says that
he was the instigatOr Of the rumor that
Paul was spliced just to pay the boys
back for large dimensioned joke that
Sherm Martin worked on his (''Pete's")
dignifed editorial position. This joke
will be printed in some future issue.
W. j. wait went to Chicago with a
shipment of live stock Tuesday.
La VALLEY.
Mr.. Tripp and Wm. Dick were in La
| Valley the other day.
Wm. Walters is still selling horses.
Paul Dunlap took a trip south the
other day.
Mr.. Shelter has been hauling corn
| from his farm near Worthing.
Frank Clink has left for his farm
near Worthing.
YIN, Moulton was iii LaValicy a few
days ago.
John Vanallen, who went to Nebras-
ka last fall, will soon return to sunny
| Dakota.
G. ". Haskin returned from CANTON
the other day.
DAYTON,
Nine Mile creek is again level with
its banks.
E. S. Beck closed his school in the
Hokenstad district last Friday.
w. NJ. Stilwell went to CANTON the
other day with a load of wheat.
Miss Emma Newberry closed her
school in district % last Monday.
James Beck will supply the market
with hay next winter.
S. D. Kinyon was in Daytona few
days ago.
Ed Keidel has been hauling hay to
Sioux Falls the past week.
LINCOLN.
There will be an oyster supper at the
residence of J. F. Hunt, in Lincoln
township, on Tuesday evening, April 3,
for the benefit of Rev. O. A. Harpel.
Everybody invited.
IOWA.
INWOOD.
From Rock Valley Register.
Work has been begun on the cream
cry blilding, hut on account Of having
to raise it higher, the ground on which
it is TO be built being rather low, work
has been indefinitely postponed.
A Mr.. Sallwalke, of Wisconsin, has
rented the farm formerly occupied by
Peter Venner. He and a friend of his
| will settle among us as soon as he can
return home and purchase some teams.
A large number of residences are in
course of erection and mora aruNbainp