Yankton daily press and Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1875, 1875-09-01
General News:
90 much rain arerymhere.

Washington City.
Wheat advanced for, cents in Liver
pool las, Saturday.
. These intelminmble ral,S are crowd
up theprices for grain.
l)cprcantions by Mexican robbers
upon the Rio Grandc continue.
The United States manufactures
$.o,ooo,0oo worth Of paper annually.
The differences between England
and China have been alnicably ADJUST
ed.
The grasshoppers have n.tacked
Denver City, aud ale destroying every
grcerl,hing.
Wm. Westcrfelt, Indicted for alb.
dutting Charlie Ross, is now on trial
in Philadelphia.
The failure of the Bank Of California
is having very little effect east Of the
Rocky Mountains.
Spanish fever has broken out among
thc1Tcxas cattle in some oI Tie north
crn counties o. Illinois.
The liabilities Of the Bank of Cali.
iornia arc estimated at sl9,00o,000;
assets s5,000,000 to lss,000,000.
The recent freshet in Washington
CiLyMas so heavy as to compel the
suspension of travel on the street
cars.
M the houses struck by lightning
in ST. Raul last Friday during the
heavy ram storm, had lightning rods
on them.
The publishing house Of Lee Y
Shepard, Boston; and Lee, Shepard &
Dilling CHAM, New York, has gone up
the flumc.
Rcynoldsville, Penhs burnt up
sl0Goo0 worth Of property Sunday
night. lttook nearly all Of ofRcynolds-
willie to do it.
a. Cowing' & Co, of Seneca Ealls,.
N:~A., one Of the largest manufacture
ing firms in the United States, have
made an assignment.
The Black Hills aud Sioux Indian
Treaty commission left Cheyenne
Monday for Shadron Creek. The
business will occupy twenty days.
San Domingo has another rcyolu=
tionary attack Bacz has been pro-
claimed president by the insurgents.
Gonzales runs tile established govern
mcnt.
The Omaha Herald designatcs the
bridge on the Sioux City \ Pacific
where the latesdisastcrE occurred :bys
which three men lost their lives, as a
m;in.trap.
The Herzegoyinian insurgents have
rejected the advice Of European pow
crs to suspend shos,ilties, and now
they may just so plum to-grass. The
Territorial Fair goes on.
The Marsh investigating committee
will be in Washington September 9th,
to hear what Mr.. Marsh, Mr.. Welsh,
Secretary Dclano and Commissioner
Smith knox about Indian affairs.
From a paper published by an
Austrian officer it appears that the
British Empire contains a larger pop:
ulation than the empires Of Russia
Austria, Italy, France, and Germany
combined. The total population o.
these is only 2223,o0o,oo0 while that
OF Great Britain is.290,000,000. Tho
calculation is made in reference L
the warspowcr.'
At Hopkinton, Mass, on the ;s9th
boy named Morris Ryan, agcd lG
! started down stairs with loaded gun
intending to shoot a cat, when his sis
ter, Mary, aged 10, who desired Il
save the life. of the cat, caught he
brother by the shoulder to pull b,n
back. At the same timc two othe
sisters, younger than Mary,. came t
the head OF the stairs. In the scufll
between Morris and Mary the gu
went off, killing Mary aud one othe
sister. The third Sister was wounde'
in the. arm and Morris wounded nth
leg.
Short of Bullion.
WAsulseroN, Aug. 3l.-1reasurc
New having cen Informed from sa
E'rancisco that n little over q cha