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vd BAIliBY A OIF FORD, Attorneys ^Counselors at La#,

CANTON,.D. T.

ij J. W. CARTER, Attorney and Couhs&lor'at Law,

CANTON, D.T.

« H. SOUTHARD, »f. !>.,

SwhstoH fCantpn, Li ncoln Co., D.T. CONSULTATION VBEX. ' : >i ;i'

NEW LUMBER' YARD, ,(; PORTLAND VILLI, IOWA.

• . Will keep constantly on hand a complete stock of pine lumber, which I will sell at Blonx City price*,

ttf O.E. HARDY, Proprietor.

PLYMOUTH HOTEL, POBTLANDVILLI, IOWA.

The best of accommodations for'men and J. P. KENDALL, Proprietor.

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*x .;• I- }»i CANTON, J>. T„ WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1876; tW u"»/$ ' * «v v. >" >*A 1 • *J •> NO. 13.

The Centennial 4th Had Passed, But '*:!«#«I -'-itH tltjy/•: « . • .. .,••.•

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"•/ft -ri'.' .'Wi.sjf-: Ha« a Urge itock of Dry Good* and aitMrtw, wUch be mart |et rid o< •oneway;

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Jtj itock of,

*1 flT/t Oil

Conilau of

CALICOS, DRESS GOODS,

;; ; GRASS 6LOTE,

LINENS, SHEETINGS, dC.

MjrSldekof

Groceries IVIILSK. 'KKTM&A

,tqv v/.flaplaU of •:rv -.at (' .1

SYRUP, COFFEE, DRIED FRUIT, ;>-< )t:U ••• ' •|).:li-I

\ Spite* of ail kind*, •«<?

PORTLAND HOUSE, POBTLAXVDYRAZ, IOWA.

Tarmert and all other* from the vicinity of Can-Ion will And it to their interest to give my house a call when in Portlaudvllle. Good accommodations for teams. ~ J. STAGS', Proprietor.

WM. M. CUPPETT, Real Estate and Abstract Office.

Will pay taxes for non-residents. Office at the Court Boose, Canton, D. T. 7tf.

H. B. DONALDSON,

County Treasurer, • ' • ! • ; • ' C A N T O N , D . T .

Baal Estate and. tax paying business promptly at­tended to. Offloe at Court House. ltf.

UK. M. CLARK, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,

—And— •' U. 8. Examiningi Surgeon jfor Pension*,

BELOIT, IOWA.

JOHNSON HOUSE, CANTON, D.T.

Passengers on Howard's, Stage Line between Sionx Tails and PortlandvlQe going south can Ret breakfsst, and those going north can get supper at this House. Splendid accommodations for all travelers, and good stables in connection with the House. •

J. L. JOHNSON, Proprietor.

THORE J. THONSTAD,

Ex-Officio County Clerk, and r REGISTER OF DEED8, '

CANTON, LINCOLN CO, D. Tn

'Will pay taxes for, non-residents, and furnish ab-r •tracts of title at reasonableratesi''' ltf.

RICHARD JOHNSTON'^

Meat Market All kinds of fresh and salt meats amf*very thing

In the butcher's line alwaya in stock. Shop of Main St., Canton, D. T. ltf.

BAKERY AND RESTAURANT W. E. ROBINSON

Xeepa oa hand and for sale tot cash a huge stock of bread, pies, cakes, crackers, cove oysters, canned peaches, fee.; also a full line of confectionery, to-baooo, dgars, oranges, lemons, kc. Warm meals at all hours. In connection with the above he has a

First-Class Barber Sh6p>

J. GR1ER HAYS, M.JD.,

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Offers his professional services to the citizens of Canton, Beloit, agd vicinity. Besldence and office at the late residence of Bev. J. X). Snyder, southwest from the Beloit Bridge, Canton, Lincoln Co~ D. T.

OTP. O. Address, Beloit, Iowa, ltf.

E. O. PLUMBE, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,

CANTON, D. T. formerly tr. 8. Marine Surgeon, Lioelitlate in mid­

wifery and surgery; Hamburg Germany. Office at Idler's Drug Store. Besldence over Robertson's •tore. All calls will receive prompt atteation. Charges reasonable. ltf.

M. L. SYYERUD, «<!. . V

WATCHMAKER & JEWELER, And Dealer in

' Clocks, Jewelry, &c., , Pott Qfflee Building, Canton, D. T. All kinds of work in my line attended to promptly,

and on shortootioe. ' VBsrauitoa—MY WOBK.

PHCENIX

FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY CASH CAPITAL. F <?00,000,00 CABU TTUMPLUB . , . ... ...:. .: $1^52,802.82

The oldest and mqst reliable oompanyln the Uni­ted Stats*. Over $10,000,000 in losses have been y a i d t i f t l M ^ h c e n i X " . ' ; , i ; r ^ - j

; JOHN FALOE, Agent, • l t f * 1 . . . C a n t o n . D . T .

NAmWe Piano and Parlor Organ * ® INSTRUCTOR

and e art

, (either Piano or Omn) to over sixty Walties, Polkas, Marches, Gallop's open. tic Melodies, Dances/etc., by DASIIL T. BXATTV, Washington, N. J. one of the best work of ta k«

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•otBdOrsa&pi«y«re ScntPttt p$idio$aj.put of the TJnltea 8totm or Cuiadft for only Beventy-flYe

^"bANIEL F, BEATTT, ' : Washington, New Jersey, tf. S. A.

B. R. WINTERS, *1* ... . i' n, „

t ^J)ealer tn allkiiula of . . iU>l.

Staple and Fancy Groceries,

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r, Store) Bn(tg.>r"t!f t,

OANVOKy • • ja '

WNILI. BXATTTTS & Organs.

CAUTIOW.—THE saisbsMi at my ' pteSti WtMpH aMnewdi

and the scans unprin-

to copy my oireaisn, and da: against this the j«b-Allmy Ofgaaa baar my l and all my Pianos hava

DANIEL F. BBATTY G - WMMih^ n»r*«—jMks. k* • !•>« V-» 111 - • J

And in fact everything kept la a «Wt classstore. I also have a job lot of ,

MILLINERYGOODS,

Mortgage Hale. 'smmw

of , s i t r u t e g

', to-wtt: Lot No. Are — ' HOl's addition to

date on said 35th daV of October, 1875, to aecure t&e payment of the M of One Hundred and Sixty Dollars, with interest

mu'i at the rate of ten per emt. until paid, lid mortgage duly acknowledged was filed

1st record in the office of the Beglster of Deeds of the County of Lincoln aforesaid on the 37th day of October, 1875, at S o'clock and thirty minutes in the afMfooon,.aud duly recorded iu Book C of moii-gagst, «n pages 1»8,1M and l»,

WATBXAS, ssid mortgagcra t, lneJuslTe. And

To sell cheap. j.

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Please Call and Examine Godds and Prices.'

r 1 T. WHOOD,

Adee & Laning's old stand, Lower Canton

(Cash or Trade Paid for Grain. WILLIAM ROBERTSON,

—Dialer la—

Dry Goods,

Keeps constantly on hand a large assortment of

Standard Print$, Heavy Weight Cotton-ode. Cheviot Shirting, Shirting

Stripe, Dmimt and, Heavy tl Duck, Bleached

• '' 5.' ' and . Broun Sheeting,

Flannel, Ticking Gingham, Ladies and GenW Hate, Ribbon*,

Edging, Hotiery, and a great variety of

O. A. RUDOLPH, —B*Aip» W—

: . - Shelf and Heavy •

HARDWARE

^ Farming Hand Tools,;

IRON,

NOTIONS,

Boots and Shoes,

Crtekttj trni Sluiwut,

And a large etoek of

G R O C E R I E S , for sale at low rates for eash.

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Cash Paid for Wheat. -ij.fi

CANTON, D. T.

THE

Post-Office ..Store. BEN. KENNEDY

Wishes to Inform the pubHc that hehasojwjed up a new stock in the Post-offios bnlldtng, owtsisting of

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Jiooks, STATIONERY,

M STAPLE AND

FANCY GRONERIES. Ia the B»iok Ihke cin be found s fall Una of ths

•ehotfl boohs used, is Lincoln C«^ D. Tn asd Lyos

wixSO-i5'wf> i9'

m ATTtr nnsura ^ ' "'*sn BLANK BOOKS, MHH^» , PASS BOOKS, DIARLMS, ^ ,

PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, Poo SET LEDGER* AC.

In the grocery line wfilbafounda lM«sstei*of 'inataS-eiassgroesrysieM. i a qui 1 of portlsm pork at msnaaMsntsa.

that I can mate ft to Ifce Mereat of to|Mw»ma,

PUMPS, GLASS AND PUTTY,

Gnns, Revolvers, Etc.

; Gunsmithing j • I * , , ( 1 , — A N D — V /

REPAIRING NEATLY DONE.

9*A liberal discount to those ordering largely.

CANTON,D.T.

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Dry Good8 t

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Boots and Shoes, I'JH/ ' ..rhnj; h-iiiT-r- ' ; vsi'l

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Crockery, Glattviare, Stoneware, Jtc.,

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New, Goods, -Jmn. ^ xr* 4" »•*

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New Prices. • m.£: ttoiKsti:

Tht ChMpwt Cub Sloti „, Wtrt of Oiosgo.

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EadtoB'Fancy H»te»

Drm Goede, Shaml*, Paramlt, Heeiery,

Ot&ts1 VoaliU&i

^NOTIONS, HATS, CAPS, .. .: . . . l.

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In said morfesge in case f feMcJostire thereof to pay to said mortgagees, thetfwrsor tMgn«.tbes(un of Thirty boQari attorneys' fees,'

Waaoua. default has been made in the conditions aid mortgage, in the para ant of the money sa­id thereby, and there is claimed to be due thereon

at the date of this notice the sum of One Hundred and Seventy-two Dollars principal and interest, and

Thirty Dollars attorneys' fee, sod no suit or pro­logs have been Instituted at law to recover the

debt secured by said mortgage, or any thereof, now Therefore, notice is hereby that by virtue at the

power of sale contained in said mortgage, and in pursuance of the statutes in such esses made and provided,'Che said mortgage will be foreclosed by the aale «f the premises therein described, or so much thereof ss shall be necessary to satisfy the amount due en aaid Mortgage at the date thereof, with inter­est and the cost and expense allowed by law, at pub-lie vendue at the front door of the Court House In the village of Canton, Lincoln County, Dakota Ter­ritory, on the first day of September, 1876, at two o'clock in the afternoon.

Dated July II, 1876. HOBNICK k WALLS,

Mortgagees. JBAH.ni k Gurroac, Attorneys.. tf-6w.

Mortgage Sale. TXTHEBEAS, default having been made in the ** payment of the money secured by a certain

mortgage bearing date the ,20th day of November, 1872, executed by Franklin C. Tubba .of the County of Clay, and Territory of Dakota, to Curtis H. Win-sor of the County of Lincoln, In said Territory, which said mortgage was duly filed for record In the office of the l&cister of Deeds of Lincoln County, D. T., on the 38th day of November, 1873 at 9:30 o'clock A. it, and recorded in page 79 of book B of mortgage record. And

WHSBEAS, sald.mortgage waa on the 10th day of November, 1878, duly assigned by said Curtis H. Winsor to John Bippus, which said assignment was on the 13th dsy of December, 1873, duly filed for record in tha office of the Begistsr of Deeds of Lincoln Co. D. T., at 11 o'clock, A. X., of that day, and was recorded on psge 167 of book B of mort-

^*WHXBXAS, said mortgage was on the 5th day of March, 1874, duly assigned by the Mid John Bippus to John McClelhm, of Minnehaha County, D. T., which said assignment was duly filled for record in the office of the Register of Deeds of Lincoln County, D. Tn at 13 o'clock M., of that day and was duly recorded on page 306 of toeok B of mortgages. And - WHKBIAS, the amount claimed to be due upon

said mortgage at the date of this notice Is the sum of Seventy-live Dollars principal and Twenty-eight Dollars interest. And

WsniAi, no proceeding or suit has been insti­tuted at law to recover the debt now remaining due •n said mortgage or any part thereof.. Now

TuaxroBX, notice is hereby given that by vir­tue of tne power of aale contained in said mortgage, and xeeorded therewith; and in pursuance of the statute in such cases made and provided the said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the prem­ises therein described, at public vendue, at the front door of the Court House in the village of Canton, T.ir»«vJn County, Dakota Territory, on the 5th day of August, 1878, at 1 o'clock in the afternoon of said day.

The said premises are described in said mortgage as follows, to-wit: Lots nn« and twn mid the w?st half of the northwest quarter of section nineteen, township ninety .six, north of range forty-seven, west of the fifth principal meridian, containing one huhdfad and fifty-nine and ninety one hun­dredths acres more or lees aoeording to government survey.

Dated Jane 11th, 1876. JOHN IfcOLE&LAH,

Assignee of Mortgage. BAXun k OnrroBP,

Attorney* for Assignee. 8-6t

History of Lincoln Co. READ AT THE CELEBRATION IN

CANTON, JULY 4, 1876, BY O. t. QIFFORO.

Lincoln county was set off by an act of the Legislature approved April 5, 1863. Its botudaries were fixed as follows: "Be-"ginniog at the south east corner of town­ship 94 north, of range 48 west, thence "west to the southwest corner of township "94, of range 50 west, thence north to the "southwest corner of township 96 north, "of range 50 west, thence west to the south-"west comer of township 96 north, of "range 53 west, thence north to the north-"west corner of township 100 north, of "range 53 »est, thence due east to the Big "Sioux Hirer, thence southerly along the "course of said river, to the place of be­ginning."

Prior to 1866, a few trappers and hunt-era, the Sioux Indians and wild animals were the sole occupants of the county.— The military route from Sioux-City to Sioux Falls waa established in 1863; over this route supplies! were'transported to the military post at Sioux Falls, -until 1869. William Craig and Daniel McClaren, (the former now redding 1 miles north of Can­ton, upon the west hank of the Sioux Riv­er), trappers and hunters, had explored the Sioux River and numerous creeks of the county,ju early as 1864.

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In the spring of 1866, L. P. Hyde and his spn"Henry came into the county; the latter broke about two acres upon what is now "Hill's addition to Canton," but made no other improvements, and soon left for the east In the fall of the same year, A. J. Lindexman came into the county, pre­empted and settled upon a valuable tract of timber land about four miles south from where Canton was subsequently lo­cated,-where he then built a house, the first built in the county, in which he pass­ed the winter. Lin derm an was the first white settler in Lincoln county; he lived alone daring the winter, went to Wiscon­sin in the spring and immediately returned. ' Jonn H. Ho&ey (now redding in Can­ton), carried the mail one* » week &om Sioux City to Sioux Falls, during the sum­mer of 1868 and following the winter. He was in the habit of camping near where the south line of "Hill's addition to the vil­lage of Canton" now runs. .

On the 18th day of May, 1867, Benja­min Hill, and William HilL his son, and Jacob Sorter, all with families, came into the county and camped upon the bank.of Beaver Creek, half a mile above the mouth, These parties immediately selected claims and became permanent settlers; the. Hill families near by and including a portion of the fwekent village of Canton. The Sorter and Hfll families were the first fam­ilies in the county. William IIU1 built the log cabin now standing, in the rear of Kelfers hardware store !* Canton. This

u BVHNU iu uw cuuniy. ouuu In Jane, his Bon.Thomas inthe

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«0. m nun •&. c4»rca, n. t.

felt building erected within the prs—I limits of the village

During the summer ana All a number of persona settled in ttie county. John Sargent-In Jr — fall; also r W. Hyde* James, C. W. Swift, A. "J. Linderman's father sod brother, M* Brown and One Welch. These,parties nearly pll had fam­ilies wbieh accompanied them. The Sar-ceaU settled in township 97, range 49; Brown and welch in the present township of Fairview; the balance near where the

of Canton Has sibeequcntly lo-

s duly occdgMi and fortified; gathered Alfue available arms

dement. If we Aionx had it-

The first settkra of the county were not free from an affliction of the mMy which we hatfe lately been spreadihg-^fta Indian scare. In the fall of '67, while nearly *11 the men of the settlement were absent at Bioux City for supplies, the wo­men were informed that th« Indians were about to plunder and massacres the set­tlers. : They immediately took the most active measures for defense. The sod house of J. Q. Fitagerald, which was standing a few rods qSutheast from where the store building ,of Dr. Southard now stands, was duly occd] the women gather in the settlement. _ tacked this.post, they would have met a warm reception.

The first death in the county occurred October 11, 1967. The deceased was a child two weeks old, a son of Jacob and

Sorter; the coffin was made by W. S. Smith, from lumber taken from the bottom of a wagon box.

ORGANIZATION.

(A petition for the organization of Lin­coln county was drawn up and circulated be J. Q. Fitzgerald and others, and the county duly organized by act of the Leg­islature, approved December 30,1867. By this act the following officers were ap­pointed: A. J. Linderman, L. P. Hyde, and Benjamin Hill, county Commission­ers; C. H. Swift, sheriff; J. Q. Fitzgerald, probate judge and treasurer; William Hill, register of deeds and clerk; W. Hyde and W. S. Smith, justices of the peace; Josiah Weekly, coroner; and James Weekly, constable. The county seat was located by the same act, upon the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of secticn 14, township 98 north, or range 49 west, of the fifth principal meridian. The settlers had agreed to call the new county seat, Canton, which name was in­corporated in the act. The name was sug­gested by Benjamin Hill. The county was annexed to Union county for Judicial and Representative purposes. In the same act the legislature evidently intended to change the county boundaries. This portion of the act read as follows: "Commencing at "a point on the Big Sioux River at the "northeast corner of township 95 north, "thence west to the southwest corner of "township 96 north, of range 53 west, thence "east to the Big Sioux River, thcnce down "and along the course of said river to the "place of beginning." At this time there were just sixteen voters in the county. L. P. Hyde, one of the county commission­ers was a resident and citizen of Iowa.

1868. wOn-the first day of January, 1868, every person in the county except three, assembled at the house of J. Q. Fitzgerald and partook of a New Year's dinner; there were thirty-two persons. In the spring and early summer of '68 about twenty-five Norwegian families among whom were BrynjulsOn, Halderson, Christopherson, Arneson and Syverud came from eastern Iowa, and settled in the county. They came under the leadership of Halvor Nel­son. Nelson had agreed to sell them a large tract of land iu Lyon county, Iowa, but they became dissatisfied with Nelson and preferred to settle in Lincoln county, where they could obtain homesteads and pre-emptions for a mere trifle. The same year A. B. Wheelock, the Knight brothers, Gove, Thorpe and Peters settled in the presient township of Eden; and Myers, Harris, Massey, and Charlott in the pres­ent township of Fairview. The village of Canton was surveyed and platted; Hill's addition the summer following. Wm. M. Cuppett erected the double log building now standing u^on the southeast corner of block fourteen, in Canton, in Juljr, which When completed, was the most imposing structure in the county. In August a firm consisting of Cuppett, Hewitt & Ilea open­ed a small store, but soon discontinued it. John H. Holsejr opened a general mer­chandise establishment in September.— Holsey's first storeroom was a small sod milk-house belonging to Fitzgerald; and his next a wooden wagon cover. In No­vember he moved into the log building now standing west of the Court House square.

Benjamin Hill was landlord of the first hotel; it was a log building, which had been erected the previous fall and winter and was located a few rods south of where the south line of Hill's addition to Canton now runs. This hotel soon became the headquarters of the leading politicians of the day. The first Postoffice in the county was established July. 1st, with Benjamin Hill as postmaster. The same season a Postoffice was established at Eden with A. B. Wheelock as postmaster.

: ; t ) - ' . . . . • . . FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION. \

The settlers duly observed the 4th of July that year with beoming ceremonies. A bower was erected a short distance north­east of Hill's hotel at Canton, and here the pioneers to the number of about 75 per­sona assembled to celebrate the national birthday. The foreigners who had settled in the county, took an active part in tne celebration. Music, speeches, toasts, read ihg of the Declaration of Independence, foot racing and jumping, were the exer­cises of the 4av. Two sheep which had been donated by Halvor Nelson for the] occasion, were roasted whole and an am­ple dinner was spread. No spirituous or intoxicating liquor of any kind was drank upon the occasion. The first 4th of July celebration in Lincoln county was partici­pated in by all the settlers in a sober and enthusiastic manner. '

In the latter part of the summer of '68,

KBST ELECTION. In October of this year, was held the

mat election in the county; There was then but two voting precincts; the polls

Iding ueof

swarms Of grasshoppers visited,the county and ^destroyed' a portion cf the com and late vegetables. The same season about four husdred Sioux warriors gayly deck ed with feathers and paint, and well mount­ed, visited the'settlement and caused great consternation among the settlers, as it Was supposed their intentions were hostile. It

•y _ . miles north of Canton, and.went on their way rejoicing. The same JtS'ara company of Dakota cavalry performed the first ana last duties done by this branch of the ser­vice, in Lincoln county. They were look­ing for supposed hostile Indians; camped aim patrolled the house of A. Bi Wheelock for one night. The next day. they found the enemy who proved to be badly scared, supposing the cavalry was after them be-ftause they wereoS from their rwerration; they "how, bowed" and begged; to be let alone. s

In the fall of this year Tom. Sargent and W. S. Smith secured a >sbingle ma­chine with which they made the first Shingle made in the county. The. ma­chine was operated by hand, and nin very hatd; itsoon broke and the power that operated it was glad. ^

The first marriage ceremony jn the County, took place on the 13th day of October, off this year, at the house of W 8. Smith, who performed the ceremony, John Hanson was the bridegroom and Siren Louise Bille, a lady d Irect from Norway, was the bride..

• -V v? I. v . .**•

prepared the first poll book and returns. A lull set 0f county officers and one mem­ber of the legislature was elected. Thorn-as Sargent, Christian fiogn and W. 8 Peters were elected commissioners; Pe­ters failed to qualify and R. F. Cook was appointed; S.C.liashley, probate judge and treasurer; Wra. M, Cuppett, register of deeds and cottaty clerk; C H. Swift, sheriff; George Rea, school commission­er; W. Kraw, District Attorney ; and W. S. Smith, member of the Legislature., it was uncertain whether the member from Lincoln county would be allowed to take his seat, this depending agon whether Wyoming, then a part of the Territory and represented in the Legislature by a mem­ber, should be get off and a vacancy there­by occur; Wyoming still remained a part of the Territory when the Legislrture met and its member took his seat Smith was appointed Secretary of the Council and allowed his pay for the session.

1869-'70. These two years were mark­ed by the rapid growth and prosperity of the county. The settlement extended to west line of range 49.

Parke brothers, Peterson, Craig and others, settled near the Sioux River north of Canton; Johnson Harris, Isaac Dally

others settled upon Nine itile Creek at Marrisburg. A Postoffice was establish­ed here iu *70 with Johnson Harris as postmaster, and one at Fairview in '69, with George Massey as postmaster, Mas­sey soon resigned and Hubbard was ap­pointed.

The "North Star Hotel" was built in '69 at Canton by S. C. Lashley. I. N. Martin opened a hotel at the same place that same season. W. D. Parks, A. S. Steele, and W. E. Gwinn commenced business in Canton about this time.

FIRST SCHOOL HOUSE. The first school house in the county, was

built at Canton in 1870. J. C. Reynolds settled in the county the same season and was the first physician. C, H. Swift re­signed the position of sheriff and John

ewit was elected in the fall of '69. The same fall A. B. Wheelock and Ole Larson were elected county commissioners; Lar­son resigned at the first meeting of the Board in '70, and Benjamin Hill was ap­pointed. B. S. Gillespie was appointed Coroner at this meeting of the Board.— The first Coroner's inquest was held the same month. A party had been found dead in Eden township; It was ascertain­ed that he had frozen to death. The political contest of 1870 was a warm one in Lin­coln county. Spink, Burleigh, and Arm­strong were the Territorial candidates for Congress and each was fully and warmly supported in this county. The personal character and history of each candidate w&s freely ventilated and much Ifefeling en­gendered. A mass county convention was held in the double logbuilding nowstand-ingupon the Court House block. After an angry discussion the Democrats were ruled out and party lines drawn. General Beadle, Cuppett, Fitzgerald, Parks, Smith and others made speeches; much dissatis­faction followed the balloting and an ap­peal to arms and blows was only prevent ed by the interference of the peace officers. At the election that fall Wm. M. Cuppett was elected to the Council of the Upper House of the Legislature and H. A. Jer­auld to the Lower House; S. C. Lashley, probate judge and treasurer; John Falde, register of deeds and clerk; R. R. Keeler, district attorney; B. S. Gillespie, county surveyor; Superintendent of schools; Jacob Holter and Stephen Ball, county commissioners.

During the winter, several efforts were made in the Legislature to divide and de­stroy Lincoln county, the boundaries of which it was believed were obscure. Cup­pett, Turner, Armstrong and Farley were the committee on county boundaries; they introduced a bill, which was adoptea, and that settled the matter. By this bill the boundaries of the county were fixed as follows: "Beginning at the- southeast "corner of Turner county, thence north "along the east line ol said Turner county, "to the north line of township 100, thence "east along said township line to the center "of the main channel of the Big Sioux Riv-"er, thence southerly along said main chan-"nel to the northeast corner of XJnion coun-"ty, thence west along the line of Union "and Clay counties to the place of begin­ning."

1871-'72. Emigration poured steadily into the county during this time, and im­provements went rapidly forward. Good crops were reaped and the settlers felt much encouraged in their efforts to open new homes. The water power at Fair-view was improved by the erection of a dam and the building, of a grist mill com­menced by Sargent & Hardy in 1871. The town site of Eaen Was. platted, a store and several buildings erected by Frasier Oil­man and others, in 1872. Several stores and buildings were erected in Canton dur­ing the time. In August of 1873 the Sioux Valley Newt, a six column weekly paper, was issued; it tu printed and published at Canton by Robert H. Miller and was the first newspaper published in the coun­ty. The settlement of tiie connty extend­ed to the west line of range 60. Bridges were built and roads opened in eveiy di­rection. In the fall of *72, Boynton, Barr, Ayers, and Woodley settled at and near Lincoln Center; they were followed by Conklin, J. C. Caipenter, Berry, Kurtz, Millage and Redfiela, a- part of whom set tied upon Saddle Creek ttd the balance at the Center.

A Congregational church building was built at Canton in T8, the first church building erected in the county.

At the January session of the Board of county commissioners, held January Sd, 1871, W. W. Auner was appointed justice of the peaoe, and Col. G. C. Moody, con­stable of Swan Lake precinct to fill vacan­cies; Moody failed to qualify. At the election in >71, G. W. Harlan was elected sheriff, Wm. H. Ball, superintendent Of schools, and U M. Sargent, county eom-missioner. The first term of the District Oourt held in Uncoln eoimty was at the school building in Oanton in October, 1*71. Hon. jTP. Kidder,~ * ~ ~ -

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Wm. M. Cuppett, Clerk, Sheriff. The bar ofthe composed of B. 8. Gilli Laury and O. L. Gardner. , .. .

. At the January session of the Board of ^ommissiOnm, Stophm Ball resigned the oflkse af comsaiaaloncr ui E A. Jer­auld waaappointed. j;V ,

In Jiine 1872, two rival Territonai Re­publican conventions wereleldlaCanton at the same how, ooe in the tore of g. It Stafford, and the other at the school balld-

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were fearftrt th&t att ft^vant^e might be gained by their Opponents ana that was prevented. The delegates of each conven­tion claimed to be the regularly appointed representatives of the people and •laimed the other to be bojrns. One dori= vention nominated as candidates tot dele­gate to Congress, G. O. Moody, and the other W. W. Brookings. The bitterest feeling existed between the two factions, which extended into the county politics id ths fall. The principal contest in the county was for members to the Legisla-tttre' ^G. W. Harhtn was the republican candidate and oonliiiee fof the Utroei', sod H. A. Jerauld and J. M. Wahl (gi fee Lower House. Opposed to Haiian, Was Jerry Gehon a democrat, who took the field a short time before election. A. B. Wheelock ran independent for the Lower .House. Harlan and Wahl were declared elected by the board of canvassers, Gehon and Wheelock contested And obtained their seats. J. Q. Fitzgerald was elected probate judge and treasurer ; John i'aldo, register of deeds and clerk; I. N. Menor, sheriff; B. S. Gillespie, district attorney; L A. Sheldon, surveyor; L. Gamtier, cor­oner) W. W. Fowler, superintendent ot schools] A. L. Afneson and J. A. Warner; commissioners. Mr. Fowler resigned the office of superintendent 111 "78-, Add J. S« Benedict was appointed. i

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HAYES' LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE* The following is the letter of Governor

Hayes, accepting the Republican Bontin*-tion for the rresidenqr:

OOLTKBCS, Ohio, July 8,1878. '. The Hon. Edward Mcpherson, the Hon. Wm. A.

HcMhzd, the Hon. Josroh H. Rainey, snd others. Committee of the Republican Nations! Convention: Gtaf TLXKXft: In reply to yourofflcUl communi­

c a t i o n o f J u n e 1 7 , b y w h i c h I a m i n f o r m e d o f m y nomination for the offloe of President of the United States by the Republican National1 convention at Cincinnati, I accept the nomination with gratitude, hocBng that, under Providence, I shall be able, If dected, to execute the dStM Of th* high «Bce as « trust for the benefit of all the people. I do dot deAS it neceesary to enter upon any <11 tended examination

declaration of principles made by the Conven­tion. The resolutions arc ia-accord -Witt «uy views, and I heartily concur in the principles they announce. In several of the resolutions, however, questions are considered which sr. of such Importance ths* I deem it propn to brtefty express ifiy convictions tat ngahf to them.

SHE civil, gxxvicx. The fifth resohMon adopted lr.7 the convention is

interest More than forty years sgo a of making appointments to ofice new np,

based upon the maxim, "To the vMMS buosig the spoils." The old rale, "thetruer capacity snd fidelity Mostitdte ths tioiisforofikoe,and thatthereiano place to the idea that party services were to be

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A/Sao* its first introduction. It has not, however, been im­proved. At first the President, either directly or through the heads departments, made all the appoint­ment*. But gradually the apwinting power, in many cases, paased into the eontrol of members of Con* gress. Ths oflUces in these eseas have become not merely reward for party services, but rewards for services to party leaders. This system HeeODfif th«

tee off ' " independence ofthe of theOov eminent, It tends directly to extravagance and offl-dal incapacity. It is a temptation to dishonesty; it hinders and impairs that careful supervision and ac­countability by which alone faithful snd jmblio eervioe can be secured. ll prompt removal and sure punish worthy. In every way it degrades tie etvfl and the character of the government It is Mt I am confident, by a large majority of the members of Congress, to be an intolerable borteo warrantable hindrance to the

Bought to be aboliBhed.=Thei ahould be-thorough, radical and complete. We s return to the principles and practice of tbe ofthe government, supplying by iegisiaU

I that which was temerly eetab&hed by ous-tom. They arithsr expected xwr ' daetaid from tha. public O&Lcer any partisan serTice; they meant that public aOcers should owe their wholeserriiie _ ifmy Htmf-lfar' offloer should bo sflonre inMs tenure as long as his personal aharaoter remained mil si iSslmil, and the performance of his duties satisfactory; If. sleeted, I shall conduct the adminsiiatian of the _ upon these principles, and all constituUinial vests in the executive will be employed to this reform.

TBeTrnxsmmrTiAi. TSSK. *' The declaration of principles by the

Convention makes no announcement in single presidential term. I do not assume tc 1 that declaration; bat, bdieving thatSie : of the civil service to the system established by Waahihgton and fallowed by the eaxiy presidents can be best aooompHahM by an executive who is under no temptation to use the patronage of his* office to promote his own re election, I what I regard as a duly, in purpose, it elected, not to b to • second term.

THicraxKaoT quxsnojr, I have ftigquently expressed my views In pablie, and I stand by my reoord on this sobject. I Mgsrd all the laws of the United 8tateS ffSaibvto the payment of the pubUe bidebtedbnees, flieleglu teadernateela-duded, as constituting a pledge and moral oUbtUcD of the government, which must in good faith be kept. It is my conviction that the fading of uncertainty Inseparable from an Irredeemable paper currency, with its fluctuations of values, is one of the gnat ob­stacles to a revival of oonfideuoe and liirsliiisa. mlt

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ns oomiHrotissionRiBsiHBr attracts the attsntian and eemmaada. the wnsnathy of ttepeople of the whifie Union. IhtMrnsmS. tve recovery fromtte effects of the. w«r Astr first MOMitylinlntc&iMtiiid hosnk lliiilniliiilii of government s^ i o»a^c*siaryS-srAssssss'i&sf^st men thesupresnacypf law.ThsMaanbeno- nsdnn teg pewseif tlureonatitationat tof a porOen of

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