Transcribed by Judy Churchill.
 

Dr. Talbott, of Lewistown, told us last week that Martin Eichelberger, one of the pioneers of that town, has been gradually failing the past year, both mentally and physically, and the prospect is he will not live much longer.

L. F. Randolph and family, of Canton Township, started Monday for a visit of two or three weeks at Altona, Dakota.

Esq. Silas Cheek and wife, of Havana, are visiting their daughter, Mrs. A. W. Heald.

Elder D. B. Gibson, of Virden, Ill., was a caller at the LEDGER office Monday morning.  He was on his way home, after holding a series of meetings among the Dunkards (or German Baptists) of this county.

Charles Brown, of Farmington, was assigned to duty in Peoria, as a revenue storekeeper, on the 1^st inst.

Frank Preston and family have moved from Maple’s Mill to Canton. Mr. Preston has purchased an interest with Mr. Smith in the grocery store corner of Elm and Fourth streets.

John Shriner is visiting his old Canton friends and boyhood associates.  He comes here from New Mexico, where he is largely engaged in the cattle business.  His Kansas difficulty has been settled, he feels that he is a free man.   Mr. Shriner was a brave soldier in the late civil war, was twice wounded and three times taken prisoner.  He has received a very cordial greeting from his old-time Canton friends.

Wm. G. Williams and Bennett Hardin left Canton Monday morning for the west.  They were not certain where they would locate.  They went overland, Mr. Williams riding his half-Norman stallion and Hardin in a covered wagon.

Miss Jane Spencer returned to Chicago Saturday last, and on Monday resumed her duties as a teacher in the Chicago schools.

William Melvin came to Canton a few days since, and left for the Colorado mines on Monday.  His wife and children, who have been in Canton, had not heard from him for two years or more, and supposed he was dead.  He has been in Colorado the greater part of the time.

Mrs. Dr. Hughes (daughter of H. H. Hartough, of Fairview), of Chicago and Mrs. P. B. Vanarsdale, of Fairview, visited the past week at A. J. Shapely’s and D. W. Abbott’s.  Mrs. V. is the mother of Mrs. Shapley and grandmother of Mrs. Abbott.

City Marshall Griffis says the next time he will be required to summon all the babies in a neighborhood to appear at court he will ask the city dads to furnish him baby carts to put them.

A game of ball between the Bushnell Clippers and the Cuba Reds Saturday last, at Cuba, resulted in a victory of the Bushnell club by a score of 11 to 10.  Charley Clayton, of Canton, umpired the game.

The city council, at a special meeting held Wednesday evening of last week, passed an ordinance providing for city scales, to be placed in the city lot, and a weigher, to weigh coal, measure wood, &c., &c.

Davis, the negro who was arrested at the depot at Lewistown Friday evening last, as he was about to take the train for Canton, was set at liberty again, nothing appearing against him to warrant his being held.

A good Marron & Kilts Carriage for sale.  Inquire of Mrs. A. H. Overman, in Canton.  Also a set of good single harness.

Some miserable wretch entered the stable of Mrs. Wm. Brant, on North Main Street, Sunday night, and shaved close the tails of two horses, one of them belonging to Mrs. Brant and the other to her brother-in-law, Fidler.  Any one must be low down who will, because of ill-will against any person, do injury to a dumb brute.

James Whiting, of Quincy, is visiting his parents this week.

Mrs. Chas. Smith returned from Danville last week.

Sam Sing, the Chinee washee, will leave Monday next for China, to marry a Chinese woman, for whom he has paid $900, all made by washee close.  Another Chinaman, also named Sam Sing, is here, and will continue the laundry business while Sam is away.  Sam will stay in China until next August and will then return to this country, leaving his wife with her parents, the law of this country forbidding the woman to come here.

Hon. Inmon Blackaby and wife, of Putman Township, returned last week from an excursion trip over the Southern Kansas road, from Kansas City to the end of the line, at the southwest line of the state, at New Kiowa, on the border of the Indian Territory.  Mr. Blackaby says peaches in Kansas are wasting by the hundreds of bushels and sell in the markets where they grow at only 25 cents per bushel.

Peter Walling, formerly of Canton, in the employ of the Wisconsin Central Railroad Co. as superintendent of buildings and bridges, has been appointed superintendent of the middle and northern divisions of said road, with headquarters at Stevens’ Point.  Stephen Snyder, son of T. W. Snyder, has been appointed to the place lately occupied by Walling, as superintendent of buildings and bridges of the southern, eastern and Milwaukee divisions, and also on the new line from Schleisinger to Chicago.  The boys well deserve their promotions.

Mrs. George V. Drake went to Mt. Morris last week, to visit relatives.

Donat Miller and family will leave today for Peoria.  Mr. Miller will have a prominent position in Day’s store.  We wish him success.

Mrs. Arthur Ray and Mrs. J. M. Wilson returned from Danville Monday evening.  Mrs. Wilson is very weak from the severe treatment, but she is assured the cancers have all been removed and she will no doubt recover.  She brought two of the cancers with her.

Mr. Irwin and wife, of Vermont, parents of Mrs. P. C. Ross, are visiting in Canton this week.  Enos Ayres of Iowa, years ago a citizen of Canton is also here.  The two old gentlemen met yesterday, were introduced and find they were boys in the same town and went to the same school, sixty years ago.  One of them is nearly 70 years old and the other over 70.  They had a pleasant meeting.

Scott Brown, of Henry County, a former citizen of this county, is here this week.

Dr. Fleming was 74 years old yesterday; born in a log house in Virginia.  He numbers his friends by the hundreds, who wish he may live to see a number more anniversaries of his birth. 

E. R. Beeson, of Kansas, is visiting his brother and sister this week.

Walt Cain and company returned Monday from their overland trip to Iowa.  They report a grand time.  They were gone three weeks, at an expense for themselves of only $10 each.