The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1884-03-13
LINCOLN COUNTY.
Notes Gathered In by Our Wandering
Reporters and Township Core.
spondents.

Notes Gathered In by Our WanderIn
Reporters and Township Core
sp0ndents.
LENNON.
School will close in few weeks.
The farmers are getting ready for seed
ing.
Mrs, Jen ME Negus is visiting her faith
er B. Gilmore
B. e. Jacobs vii. soon commence tn
erection of his new bank building.
Charles +. Johns, of Iowa, is her
looking for choice piece Of Dakota soil
The Lcnnox creamery will resume soon
and will control large extent of country
DR.. Whitney says that Mrs. G.. Har
and Mrs. A. Waldo are on the mend, anc
doing finely.
Business keeps improving, and c1
merchants are happy at the prospect of :
good trade at once
W. B. Wait, Alex Millie, r. EIeocL
and others went to Yankton Sunday tc
attend to contest on Monday
W. Meier has disposed of his interests
here and removed to O'Brien coun
ty, Iowa, where he has landed interests.
Tho young folks had fine time at the
residence of Mr.. Joseph Odell, in homo,
oftheir daughter Nellie, last Wednesday
evening.
MIR. 0. P. Ashley has just closed sue
ce..tul term of school. We call it sue
cessful term because the patrons are all
satisfied.
Lennox will have big rush and boom
this spring, that will surpass anything tina,
Lincoln county has ever seen in the form
of emigration.
There is a rumor that there will be a
marriage next Saturday. Entire Ger,
many will undoubtedly turn out to wit
ness the affair.
H. B. Sheldon took large load Of
sheep to Hull & Remsen at Canton.
Sheldon is one of our best farmers and
knows what pays.
Nine cars Of emigrant movables and
sixty emigrants arrived last week, to stay
right here. Verify this is the destination
ofthe entire civilized world
The young folks gathering at the house
of Miles Tuller, in honor of Miss Anna
Sunvot, proved to be an enjoyobls affair
and everybody went home happy.
Mrs. 6. Young, sister to Mrs. Hamil.
ton, arrived from Devoe, Dakota, las,
week. She is on her way to Wisconsin
whore she will visit for short time.
N. Smith has Just purchased of A. A.
Freseman a new two seated top buggy.
It is dandy and takes The cake. Frese.
man never sells anything but what is first
class.
A. A. Freseman has nearly finished his
agricultural implement warehouse, and al
ready has quite an assortment of farming
machinery, with several car loads on the
way.
A brother of f. Seibert arrived from
Germany on Tuesday evening. He says
that the steamer that he was on made a
run of 800 miles in twenty-four hours,
This was good time.
Mr.. Knock, Of Iowa, brother to our Fl.
Knock, is out here visiting his children,
three of whom he has purchased a farm
of l6o acres each, and is now looking for
a farm for the fourth one. This is the
kind of man we like to see in Dakota.
One of our fair sisters is in a quar- d ~
One of her admirers presented her with a
splendid ring, and the other presented
her with sewing machine As both are
determined to press their suit their friends
are anxiously awaiting results.
A Lisbon, Dakota special say: A meet
ing Of tho most influential business men
and largest property holders has been held
for the purpose Of discussing the advisa-
bility and means of raising 100000 for
the purchase of stock in the Dakota &
Great Southern railway. Itis confident
~ expected that the amount will be
soon subscribed, without bonding the city.
A committee was appointed to confer with
the board Of trade here and to adopt a
plan Of procedure. E
DAYTON.
Weather-Don' like to say.