The Canton Monitor from Canton, Kansas • 1

THE CANTON MONITOR. NO. 8. VOL. 1.

CANTON, KANSAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1880. THE NEWS. NTERPRISE! BUSINESS CARDS. Tuesday night, we think, there was more and stronger wind than we ever before experienced in a six years residence in Kansas. The following extract from a letter written by a Kansas City drummer to his Bain wagons at Corey Co's.

Randolph Randolph Randolph brother, gives a pretty good idea of uan ton enterprise G. WHITE, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND NOTAEY PUBLIC. Money to loan on real estate. Collections attended to with promptness. Canton.

Kansas. Coal oil 20 cents per gallon at Miller "You may search the State of Kansas over and not find a neater or more com UO 8. plete stock of drugs and notions for the capital invested than are to be seen on Canton has been unusually quite this week. the shelves and within the show cases of J. Smalley, the enterprising druggist of i-l.

A. T- Climax Six Shovel Cultivators at Co W. SMITH, Coal oil at 20 cents per gallon and other goods in proportion at Schermerhorn brothers. Call and see them if you want bargains. Messrs.

Denton Parker, of Newton, were in town yesterday, but they informed us that they had no more sewing machines to give away. We are informed that twenty new buildings have been contracted for to be built this Spring. Every branch of business in town appears to be reviving. John Pray, we are informed, contemplates building a business house just north of Mitchell Co's store, in which he will open a stock of general tmsiruiy enterprising uiwn. xven uie most casual observer must be struck with the evidence of care and taste displayed in the selection of wares.

The owner in rey Co's. Randolph Header at Arnott Loomis' McPherson. the collection of fancy toilet articles il lustrates the maxim 'that a thing of beau Garden City combined cultivators at ty is a joy Within an elegant plate glass show case are marvels of Uorey Uo s. Brown's and Barlow's corn planters at beauty to be seen elsewhere only the costly establishments of large cities. Here are perfumeries that could not fail to delight the luxurious senses of those fashionable beauties and perfumed exquisites that love to revel in these odors Dry goods, fancy goods, groceries, hardware, queensware, cigars, tobacco, garden and field seeds, in fact anything you want can be found at Schermerhorn Brothers.

Uorey Uo s. Furst Bradly's sulky plows for $50, at Corey Co's. Call at Keyte Hornbeck's and take a look at the Banquet. M. S.

Miller Co. have seed potatoes of every variety for sale. If you are wise, you will choose the Randolph and order early. from 'Araby Soaps, fragrant soaps that might serve the bath rooms of oriental princes are seen here, carried in such grotesque figures ana fantastic shapes that tne beholder is half inclined to think that marble and bronze have been discarded and that the chisel of ATTORNEY AT LAW, Rkal Estate, Loan a Insurance Agent. CANTON, KANSAS.

Parties wishing to locate, will do well to call on or address me before purchasing. Special attention paid to collections. pANCOAST ATTORNEYS AT LAW, McPherson, Kansas. Office over Hall Pancoast's drug store. Will practice in the State and Federal courts.

Money to loan on improved farms. E.BUNDY, PHYSICIArNP SURGEON. ISTOffice at George's Drug Stoke. CANTON, KANSAS. JR.

R. M. ZAWAPZKY, HOMEOPATIIIST, Canton, McPherson County, Kansas. Will practice in all branches of his profession. Chronic diseases and diseases of women and children a specialty.

Calls attended to at all hours, day and night. QLARKE II. COREY, REAL ESTATE AGENT AND NOTARY PUBLIC. Proxitiles lives again in modern concen trated lie. Here are hair brushes and combs that For a nice and stylish cooking stove, call on Keyte Hornbeck.

J. R. McAlister'8 timber claim joining town on the south, presents a pretty appearance now, most of the trees on the eastern portion being fully leaved out and a Very healthy green color. Dr. G.

M. Tidyman wishes to say to all those requiring dental work done that he will be at the Socwell House, Canton, on April 22d 23d and 24th. Remember that all work is warranted. would fill the hearts of sea nymphs and mermaids with delight. Pocketbooks, excelled only by the purse of Fortunatus M.

S. Miller will sell you 5 lbs of best no coffee for $1.00. fishing tacMe that would drag from his briny deptjis the huge leviuthon French harps that would cause the breast of Or Keyte Hornbeck have the best as- il pheus to swell with ecstacy autograph soriment oi tinware in me cuy. albums fit to turn the head of any young damsel toilet mirrors on whose polished Unequaled I The Wyoming flour, for surfaces beauty may intent I gaze upon sale by M. Miller uo.

in The Windier store building was rented yesterday to a gentleman from the east, who will fill it with a stock of general merchandise. Mr. Windier will put on an addition of thirty feet to the building. its own reflection. Here the votary oi pleasure may for a modest stipend, gratify his wish.

That gloss receptacle con H. F. Meyers has put in a stock of jewelry, clocks and watches. tains games of every kind and descrip tion, from the crazy 15 puzzle to the long The "McPherson Belle" cigar is sold The enterprise of your business men can be judged by their advertisement in the home paper. If they desire your trade they cannot certainly do less than solicit it through its columns.

established an aristocratic board of chess, beautifully burnished croquet sets, carved in rosewood and mahogony, whose polished surfaces gleam in the sunlight like wintry icicles, may be seen in tins in Canton it is a daisy for 5 cents. The best is the cheapest and the best is the Randolph. Arnott Loomis. Just received at M. S.

Miller Co's the best stock of hats in McPherson county. choice lots for pale cheap and on easy terms. Also agent for the British Amer ican Insurance Company. Assets, Office, on McPherson Ave nue, west of Main, Canton, Kas. Onion setts, seed potatoes, german millett, flax, seed oats, Odessa whea, broom corn seed and all kinds of garden seeds are kept by Schermerhorn Brothers.

II GEORGE, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Office at his drug store, CANTON, KANSAS. First-class trees at Blanchard's Nursery, 4 miles south-west of Canton. 3-3t The "McPherson Belle" is the only havana filled 5 cents cigars sold in Canton.

Keyte Hornbeck have just received a fine assortment of bird cages, at all prices. Wolf and Luseare putting in new stock and preparing for a good trade this Where he keeps a large and complete stock Pure Drugs, Medicines, Etc. Constantly on hand. The boom in Randolph Headers has commenced. We have taken orders for a car load of them already and expect to sell sixty Randolph Headers in the county this season.

Fanners, give your orders early. Arnott Loomis. We will sell a new Geo. Wood Organ, shipped from the factory and never used, for $110 delivered at the depot in Canton, the retail price of which is $250. This offer will remain good for a short time only.

NnTTric. All npraons that have rmr- Keyte Hornbeck have just received a car load of cooking stoves. Call and see them. REDERICK SALTER, AGENT FOR THE Manhattan Life Insurance Co, -OF NEW YORK. OTALSO LAND CANTON, KANSAS.

truly wonderful western gallery of art. Chromos of celebrated paintings that put to the blush their originals, and cause the pencil of Reynold to fall from his despairing hand," hang in profusion from either wall. Base balls as varied in color as Joseph's coat and as hard as adamantine rock, with bats that look like Indian war clubs, await the athletic purchases. Stationery Ah, my dear Bob, 'tis now I feel the feebleness of a drummer's pen. Would that I wrere Victor Hugo for three short minutes that I might convey to your mind at least a faint idea of what is displayed in this line of fancy wares.

Never since the days when the classic Greek and Roman wrote in wax and sand with the sharp pointed metalic style, has there been presented to the public such rare specimens of paper, cards and envelopes, as may be found in the pictured boxes piled one upon another to feast the eyes of the letter writer. Let us lift the lid of one and see what lies hid therein. What a delicate aroma is exhaled from those creamy sheets. Here are the invitation cards, beautiful and snowv in their whiteness, with a single thread" of gold around their margins. Ah, how mother Grundy must have smiled when first she saw these.

Then here are envelopes fit to enwrap the love letters of the angels. These make up the complement of this enchanted box. Here may be found garden and flower seeds unequaled since the days when Eve gathered them in Eden's blooming bowers. Wall paper in design and finish unsurpassed by the fresco of Ilerculaneum and Pompei. Oils and paints second to none used in the whole range of decorative art.

Cigars in whose blue clouds of fragrant smoke floats consolation for all the ills of life. Somebody has a car-load of young fruit trees at the depot that needs being attended to. Ask vour dealer for the "McPherson chased lots of me or my agent, and have not taken up their deeds, are requested to call at the office of C. H. Corey and settle within the next 30 days, or deeds will be destroyed and lots sold.

Belle" and have a genuine havana smoke Respectfully, R. F. McAlister. Canton, April 8, 1880. for 5 cents.

Hair work and weaving done to order by Mrs. Blanchard call and see her room over the harness shop. TIip Randal Header is the acknowl There is a family living in the western part of McPherson county consisting of father, mother and ten children, all living. The children are under ten years of age and consist of two pair of twrins and two pair of triplets. Tne father is a poor man, having little else than a team and an interest in a threshing machine.

Newton Kansan. edged "champion of the harvest field." Buy it. Arnott Loomis. For anything in the line of dress mak pROF. DODD'S STRING BAND Will attend to calls in country towns or cities at reasonable rates.

Odd Fellows and Mason's entertainments at special rates. We challenge any band in the county. Address, Secretary Professor Podd's String Band, Galva, McPherson county, Kansas. IJHIE CITY BARBER SHOP, W. T.

Stokms, Proprietor. HAIR CUTTING, AND DRESSING, Shaving and Shampooing done in a good and workman like manner. Shop, 2d door north of P. 0. An invitation is extended to all to give Die a trial.

ing and plain sewing go and see Mrs. J. B. Wood, room over the school house. Keyte Hornbeck have the largest as But time and space forbids dear Bob, a sortment of cooking stoves in the county which they are selling cheaper than ever.

further description of the many other McPherson elected the anti-temperance ticket for city officers, and we are informed that they will grant license provided a petition can be presented signed by an undoubted majority of the people in the town, male and female, over the age of twentyone, to the council, but it is presumed that such a petition cannot be fairly procured. unique and beauiiful articles seen here. Were I to write you all I saw 'twould Just bear in mind that N. C. Thomp son's line of Agricultural Implements are all warranted.

For sale by Keyte Hornbeck. drain the ocean dry. Nor would the scroll contain the whole, though stretched from earth to sky. i.