Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1876-11-22
NEWS IN BRIEF.
TIE EAST.

road and miscellaneous SnaIeS are bal3
higher than at the close on Monday, the
9Th inst. It is to be said, however, as in
part accounting for the higher prices for
shares, that the Stock Exchange firm of
Kissom e. Co. soon after the opening Of
business notitec the Stock Exchange of
their suspension.
The President and Mrs. Grant were in
Philadelphia during the election, Phi'a-
delphia Day 10Th inst,) at the Centennial
was marked by large attendance, notwith-
standing the political excitement.
THE bark Norma, srrivsd at Philadelphia
on the 9th inst, reports that on November
4, in latitude %, longitude 81, north; longi-
tude 62, latitude 2, west, she passed large
man of war heading west, apparently in
distress; supposed to be the Franklin.
The Titusville (Pa) Producers and Man
ufacturers Bank closed its doors on Nov.
There had been run on the bank during
the past waek in consequence of the failure
of the Pennsylvania Transportation Com
pany. Assets of the bank considered am
pie to meet all liabilities.
DURING election day all banks, exchanges,
courts, and United States Offices were closed
in Milwaukee, Mails were closed at the
postoffice at 10 M.
INmatter of application of Mrs. Beloa A..
Lockwood for admission to practice as al
attorney and counsellor of the supreme
court, the chief justice announced as the
decision of the court that none but men
were admitted to practice before it as at
torneys and counsellors.
SINCE the passage of the act providing for
the redemption of fractional currency in
subsidiary silver coin there has been paid
out by the treasury in these coins $21, ST.
I'll. OF this amount $685. 1893 has been
paid out on checks and in exchange for
legal tenders, and $l2,926 S12 has been paid
out for fractional currency, and that
amount of fractional currency has been de-
stroyed. The amount of subsidiary silver
coin on hand at the close of business Oc:o-
Der 81 was 81, 584,0S5
The committee appointed last winter to
cooperate in bringing evidence before the
Advisory Council Commission have passed
the following preamble and resolution:
WHEREAS. The report of said committee
indicates that there is no substantial ground
for believing the in guilt of Mr.. Beecher, be
it; therefore,
Resolved, That we, as an association regard
our brother as worthy of our confidence
and love- and expressed to him our sympa-
thy in the severe trial through which he has
passed.
The entire front of the residence of Au-
gustin Supplies, in Rondout, N. Y, was
blown out on November lat, at "a. NJ, by a
charge of powder placed in the window by
some malicious person. The occupants of
the house were uninjured.
THE VEST.
ANGST dastardiy attempt was made on
the 9TH at Springfield. Ill to steal the bones
of President Lincoln from the cemetery
vault. The plot was suspected, some time
since, and Elmer Washburn, United Stat es
Detective Tyrrell and assistants watched the
vault. The scoundrels broke into the outer
and inner doors of the vault, opened the
several cases Of the sarcophagus, and were
about to make off with the remains when
the detectives sprapg out. The accidental
discharge OF pistol alarmed the robbers,
and they fled precipitate1y, e:caping in, the
darkness. Aslighs clue of their identity re-
mains and their capture is probable,
MOODY and sankey continue to rtta,h the
enthusiasm in Chicago which they first
aroused in the revival cause.
The funeral services of Gen. Giles A.
Smith were held at Bloomington, ILL.,, on
the 9th inst, at the Methodist Church.
The total cost of the new capital building
at Des Moines, Iowa, so far, has been
$l,O22,3O5
AT meeting of the Chicago Bar Associa.
ton, on November 4, a resolution WAS
introduced recommendin: the appointment
OF committee of thirteen to investigate
the conduct of Judge McAllister, in connec.
ton with the recent Sullivan trial, After
some debate, the majority, but not without
considerable opposition, thinking that &C.
ton at this time would prejudice the sec.
ond trial of the defendant, decided that ac.
ton on the resolution be postponed indef-
nitely.
L. B. sPRAeUE, we'll known stock farm.
or near Springfield, made An assignment for
the benefit of his creditors. His liabilities
are 1000. His assets cannot be accnrste1x
stated at present.
The contract for the construction of a
new water reservoir in Louisville was
awarded to home firm at a cost of $435 600
the same to contain 1OO,OOO,OOO gallons of
water.
TIE Chicago and Southwestern Railroad
has been sold under foreclosure decree at
Des MONIES Iowa, to the Iowa Southern and
Mississippi Northern Railroad COMPANY for
SLOT, 500. 1t will remain in the control Of
the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific COM
peny.
FOREIGN.
HE district of Backergunge Hind ostan
has been ravished by a cyclone, and thou.
SANDS OF native houses destroyed. The town
OF Oo"lulthan was submerged by waves and
live thUusand persons are believed to have
persisted. The Government has sent relief
to the desolated sections.
TAE Pail Mall Gazette, commenting upon
the Presidential election in the United
States, says: We think it is craze or
ca'umny to sssert that Tildeo, SO distinctive.
~ representative of the business men in
the Eastern States, will extend any favor to
the crude projects of the infationists, or to
thd unintell'geot dishonesty of reputation.
A CABLE special to the Herald SAYS the
Turkish fleet was about to enter the Black
Sea, aud will take up position off Slope
and Treb:zan, both of which are Back Sea
ports, AID have been recently fortified. If
this occurs, the history of 1868 may be re.
peated, for it will be remembered that it
was { # sirope that the Turkish vessels were
destroyed by the Russian fl Get under Max.