Canton Register, Canton, Illinois
Thursday, March 20, 1890

Canton

Personal

Charlie Slocum, of Quincy, was in the city Monday.

H. L. Wright is in Chicago, purchasing dry goods.

Charlie Abbott is home on a vacation from Rush Medical College.

Henry Triebel, of the Peoria Marble Works, spent Friday in Canton.

Mrs. Moses Weinberg and two children, of Augusta, are visiting at Joseph Barney's.

Miss Bertha Matthews and Miss Grace Henkle are home from St. Mary's School, at Knoxville.

L. Schradski, of Schradski & Sklarek, has gone East to purchase spring and summer goods.

Mart Yates and Lew Ferguson of Lewistown, visited their parents in this city over Sunday.

Mrs. S. A. Sebree goes to Chicago Tuesday morning to purchase a stock of spring millinery.

Misses Edna Robinson and Anna Butler, of Farmington, are visiting Canton friends this week.

J. C. Wysong and family have returned from Cedar Rapids, Nebraska, to make their home here.

Mrs. Maud Ames left this morning for Keokuk, Iowa, where she accepts a position in a millinery establishment.

M. E. Whitmore has taken a position with the Osbourne Binder Company, and will travel in that interest in the ensuing season.

The Rev. P. J. Strong, of La Harpe, was in town two or three days the earlier part of the week.  Mr. Strong was a resident of Canton fifty years ago, and possibly may be persuaded again to make his home here.

Chris Rohrer and family have finally come back to Canton from Englewood to stay.  Temporarily they are making their home at H. D. Rohrer's, but will occupy a handsome new home on North Main Street.

Dr. J. S. Geighley's family will at once return from Lewistown to occupy A. J. Whitnah's house at the northeast corner of South Park.  Dr. Geigley is moving his office this week, into the rooms over Brown's grocery store, on South Main Street.

Indianola (Iowa) Herald: "Mr. and Mrs. John Miller, of Fulton County, Illinois, are visiting with the family of G. A. Worth. Mrs. Miller is familiarly known among a large relationship as "Aunt Cynthelia" and is a sister of Mrs. Mintie Worth's mother, of gracious memory with so many people of this community.  This fact is a guarantee of cordial welcome to her not only by the niece and immediate relatives, but all those who knew and loved the inherent excellence of the sister whose daughter she now visits."

Fiatt

Born to Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Abbott, a daughter.

C. R. Finke has a finespan of matched black horses for sale.

J. K. Snyder and wife are happy over the birth of a girl baby.

Miss Bessie Mitchell's term of school at the Brick School House closed last week.

Mrs. Louisa Hughbanks has returned from Charlton, Iowa, where she visited a sick brother, who died after she returned home.

David Stone, while loading coal, had a large chunk fall from the top of the car on his foot, bruising the foot until he is quiet lame.

John Hughbanks received a telegram from Charlton, Iowa, stating that his uncle, David Wilson, died there last Saturday. Mr. Wilson was an early settler in Fulton County.

The Sunday school at the Methodist Church reorganize their last Sunday, when the following officers were elected: Superintendents, Mrs. Elsie Anderson and Mrs. Hettie Twining, Elizabeth Fluke, H. Twining; Chorister, Bert Anderson; Treasurer, Jacob Baughman.

Fairview

L. Pumyea was in Galesburg last week.

Miss Clara Bower started for Kansas last week.

Jake Wasson visited his parents in Manitoba last week.

N. Minnich was in Abingdon and Peoria this week on business.

M. R. Cook, of Peoria visited his parents and friends here this week.

Miss Carrie Davis, of Galesburg, spent a few days at home last week.

Miss Annie Durkee was in Peoria this week, visiting her sister, Mrs. J. L. Miller.

Miss Mary Bennett returned to her studies at Knox Seminary, in Galesburg, last week.

Doan Parks has returned from Chicago, where he has graduated from a homeopathic medical college.

The Reverend Mr. Van Doren and wife were in Bushnell last week. Mrs. V. remains to receive treatment for her eyes.

Mr. and Mrs. William Hedden are happy over the arrival of a young daughter at their house.

L. W. Davis returned from Lewistown last Friday, having finished his duties as grand jurymen.

George Mitchell and Samuel Fields return from Lewistown this week, where they have been on a petit jury.

Peter Berger shipped a carload of flour in barrels, to Philadelphia, Pa., last week.

I. L. Swegle, tax collector of this township, will make his return is to the county treasurer, March 21, 1890. The delinquent taxes will amount to about two hundred dollars.