Rev. Rosenberger has brought his meeting to a close in Collins Township, which has been a long and successful one.—(April 4, 1879.)
J. W. Kinsell is making preparations to move his old building, on Main street, to make room for a new store he is about to put up.—(April 4, 1879.)
Fred Norris has taken charge of the place known as the Jonathan Evans farm.—(April 4, 1879.)
Frank Brown, who has been northwest of Manitoba for the past eight months with a surveying party, returned last week. He reports that the thermometer at Winnepeg on the third of November pointed to twenty degrees below zero.—(Dec. 13, 1882.)
Wednesday, W. A. Miller shipped a car of oats to Chicago, and will follow it with another right away.
William Cozens is building a barn thirty-two by eighteen feet high, just north of town.
Mr. John Handsaker is erecting a large corn and grain crib on his farm three miles north of town.
Mr. Rahfelt, of North Sherman, is building a large barn on his farm and making improvements generally.
George H. Richardson has the contract for building the new church at Johnson's Grove. It is to be of good size and finished in good style, and he does just that kind of work. P. W. Hopkins furnishes the lumber.—(1885.)
John R. McCOY has opened up his stock of groceries and is now ready to receive calls from those desiring such goods.
J. W. Kinsell is arranging to build an addition to his store building of twenty-four feet, and soon expects to have much more room.
Farmers are very busy and trade is inclined to be dull just at this time. Nights are cool, but no frosts are chronicled as among the things that are.—(Sept. 4, 1885.)
Humes Cumings has bought an interest in the store of J. W. Ambrose and will remain a citizen here. The firm will be Ambrose & Cumings.
Mrs. C. W. Gross returned here a few days since and is making arrangements to move to Pipestone, Minnesota.—(1885.)
Business is good.
C. V. Norris is fixing up his chicken ranch. He is intending to pay the highest market price for poultry this winter.