The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1877-12-19
ODDS AND ENos.

/ f;sl5 ODDS AND ENoS.
The Russians took Kary "a Ie10, 113l
1855, and now agaia il 1877. I'll.
-Freights from Yaakton u tAs Hill q
six csnts PER pound, ths saas rasss chars
Cd from Cheyssls.
The anoM fall duriAg ne lsts storn
was much greater II Hutchinson, Arm
stroag and Dsvison couatiss, than hers.
The excelsior min company hss oyer
six thousand sseks o. dour "a = Ara proof
and tho mill Is grinding night snd dsy.i
Bishop Clarkson rcd bsfors ths Chic.
aso Hlstorial society. on Monday eysnine,
long and interesting skstch Of the liz
and ssrvices Of Km b 0gdsa. Pysss 4
DakotaSas
LIN the sdjustmsat ef fright masssrs.
the rate from New York. Is Chicago on
west bound freight on Cd class has bean re-
,ducsd from 30 to 80 ceats, and on Sd from
Is 70 80 cents per one hundred pounds.
-Gustave Neper Of Clncinnatti bet The
drinks with party Of barroom compan-
ions that they would never re- him again
He won By going out and killing himself.
But how is he to get the stakes!
The superintendent Of factory in
Canada which manufactures paper from
wood says that the process Is now 90 much
improved that the paper can be made rsady
for use in six hours Of the cutting Of the
tree. .s., Z. s5....
The Turks are nearly oil armed with
the Peabody Henry ride, which Is said 70
bs an extraordinarily we'll balanced arm,
and highly effective; few however, still
have the Snider. Their, field guns ars
Krupp's steel breech leaders. u
"A portion ot the Ailburn Wagon
Works at Toledo, Ohio, were burned. A
yss ago the same company met with a.
most total loss including with their en-.
tire works, finished wagons and lumber
to the amount Of $1s50Oo, and the last is
the fourth fire they have had at Toledo.
"A seed man in, San Francisco, who
has just returned from Oregon and Wash
ington Territory, tells Of new kind Of
wheat there which has three sr,four heads
on single stalk, oud which they assert
ysilds - high a. one hundred hushsls to
the acrs.-E1. ts ,,ig H
"A balloon with all the machinery in
dation has been forwarded to India q.
the request ofSir Salar Jung. who will
send it up on the occasion Of his forth
coming reception to the Vicsroy and the
great native prlAcss. twill 30 the drst
balloon ever sssn in India
AJersyman went into his COW stable thu
other day J, and BY mistake mixed her up
nice mash in : box of saw-dust instead
Of bran. The COW merely supposing the
hard times had come and they were III
going to ecoAomizs, msskly ate her SUP
per, and that man never discovered hi,
mistake until the next morning when b.
mixed the COW, and she let down I hal
gallon ofturpentine, quart of shos peg,
and bundle of lath. i
"A burning chimney, when the 500,
has bsen lighted by DIRE in the dreplace
can be- extinguished BY shutting all tn,
doors in the room, 20 to prevent aay cur
rent Of air up the chimney then, by throw
ing few handfuls Of common dns salt OF
the fire that in the chimney will be i'm
msdisteiJ sx:iaEuishsd. The philosophy
Of this is that in the process Of burnin,
the salt, muriatic acid is evolved, whicl
is prompt exhnguisher Of fires.
The Union Pacific railroad cenpan,
have obtained possession Of all the COS
miass q Coalville, Grass Creek, and othe
mining districts. This gives the company
: complete monopoly Of the last independ
ent coal mines between Omaha and 50,
Francisco. 50 that every one for : distanc
Of 1900 miles ls dependent on the on,
company for fuel, q the country Il com
psratively destitute Of tinber along ii,
line Of the railray.
Seventy three csnts i Tie figure 70,
number one wheat 10 day, and at that pric,
buyers are .out"s II any portion Of thsil
purchases failed 10 grade number one 5,
the lake shore market This il declin,
two csnts since yesterday and i've cent
since Tuesday. Buyers ars not anxious L
bnY, on lalliag market, and ssllers ars
mot anxious 10 ssll The consequence i
thss extreme dallnsss prsvails in grain
transactions, and this sts.s of a6hirs vii
probably continue until tAs boston /,
rsachsd. Press.
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