The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1877-08-22

home, $t00,000,000; aud Protcstan
Irish clergyman gays that he believes tina
three Roman Catholic to one Protestan
remembers the old folks at home
! AT Philadelphia a meeting was held
at Caledonian Hall, composed Of those
ldesiring to organize working-m
party. The speeches made were all Of a
conservative character, and they refused
to receive a communication from com.
munistic body. They organized under
the name Of Mutual protection party.
The riotln Chicago has cost its citi.
zens or the loss occasioned by the trouble
has been estimated at S1,250,Oo0, or an
average of 50 so per head. This includes
loss of trade, manufacturing industries,
suspension to business, wages to laborers
and profits to capitalists, and for this the
| worklngman will have to bear his share
| of the burden. .a -.u. -.- .aa &=
Vanderbilt promised the employees
100000 during the late strike, provided
they would remain at work. 1t creates no
enthusiasm among his men, but they
wondcs at the delay in its payment; some
have spent in advance what they suppos-
edswould be the amount Of their share,
and others are waiting anxiously to get
it before spending it..
Bryant the poet. says upon being re-
quested to write verses for some public
occasion, "If / were to employ myself in
such an office am afraid that / should
appear like II gardener, who in the begin
ing Of winter should attempt TO raise
flowers in the open air, in order to have q
bouquet ready for the festivities of New
Years eve" 0 e." .-~N'
The Chicago & Northwestern Rail-
road Company have made their annual
report. They operate over 1900 miles of
road, and the net increase for the year
just closed, was was $685. O18.74. They
anticipate an increase in business, on ac-
count of the abundant harvest that has
past, and intend to increase their steel
track the present year to the extent of 75O
miles,
"A man, who five years ago had an in.
tervicw with the Pope Of 1872, declares
that the Pope Of today does not at all re-
scmble him, either in feature, voice. gait
or manners. He believes from inforlna.
ton he pretends to have received, that
Pope Plus TX died three years ago
and Cardinal Antoneli substituted in his
stead, man who much resembled him,
but who was not u priest.
Toronto, Canada, is undergoing q
great temperance revival. The leading
journals Of the city are devo.ing good
deal of space in their columns, to the
question. DR.. Wilks, of Gray's Hospital,
makes the statement that alcohol, as usu-
ally taken, is not a stimulant at all, but
a depressant and narcotic, and thinks a
general knowledge of this fact would
make people more cautious in its use.
Dakota leads this season IN the line
of extensive fields next to California.
There are some farms on the line Of the
Northern Pacific Road that include thou-
sands Of acres, and Dalrymple had 81 har-
yesters and binders at work at one time
upon their grain this season. Large fields
of breaking has been done this season also,
and several capitalists have purchased
large tracts of land to improve. aS
"A dispatch from the United States
minister at Greece asserts, that the United
States can now and henceforth control, to
large extent, the grain markets of Eu-
rope. He says Russia has only been our
competitor in this trade. Under the most
favorable circumstances for Russia, the
United States has had the advantage of
that great cereal'producing country; antic.
ipating the future course Of this trade
British capitalists are now building six Of
the largest sized iron vessels for transpor-
tation of breadstuffs from our shores on
English account.
Some writer in the Herald inquiries
why Dakota only got $l7,7O0 for surveys,
when Colorado and New Mexico got S72,-
900, and thinks somebody got away bad
with our Delegate. We cannotl answer
the question as to why Dakota did not re-
ceive more appropriation, but as far as
the Government is concerned, the amount
appropriated was s17,7oo more than was
needed at the present time. There are
thousands Of acres more surveyed now
than will be needed for years to come, and
only those who want contracts or to furn-
ish outfits for surveying parties: have any
reason TO complain.
The famine in India is without a par
aliel. The Duke Of Buckingham, Gov
ernor Of Madras, says that the famine
area contained u, ,000, 900 people Of which
q large number were depending for daily
food upon the activity Of those who trans
port grain to that country. The necessity
flor supplies is steadily increasing The
wants Of Madras are already beyond the
resources ofthe presidency. Dr.. Cornish,
sanitary commissioner, said there were
already 1900 900 people being fed and
! over SOC, 900 had died, and calls upon the
principal cities in England and Ireland
for assistance. More people have been
found dead in . single morning in Madras
than had died in the whole Of the Bengal
famine In portions Of Madras and Ny