The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1879-03-13
3 eREViTiES.

by Senator Jones.
Randall and Blackburn are contes,ing
Tor The Spcakershir yet
| Another great contest between O'leary,
| Rowtil, Harrison and Ennis commenced
| March lst
y Wisconsin man has tame skunk. a
skunk is an unreliable animal, no matter
how tame he may oH.
! Property to the amount Of $4,000 was
consumed in Cedar Rapids. J. VI. Sin.
clair II Co.'s. packing house destroyed
roast pig 10y The wholesale.
| Equal rights seems 10 hc gaining ground
Illinois, indiana, and 5 me eastern states
are doing all lhaI is possible to make fc.
male suffrage a Law.
There are nineteen United States sena.
| ators over 60 years Of age thirty four be-
tween % and 90, nineteen between 10 and
| 80 and three between 30 and 40.
The fatal effects of n long continued use
of tobacco has been illustrated IN the case
of ii man at Broglic, France, who died
lately while smoking his pipe. He was
100 years aud aiit. , months old.
The Supreme Courts in Wisconsin and
Illinois have held of late TAT when the
views Of pareat aud teacher differ Us to
the sluCies OF pupll, the parents dec sion
must prevail.
y pt'iti"n signed by 10000 persnns,
asking the legislature to give give women
the night 10 vote on the licensing OF sil-
looms, WAS presented to the house of repre-
sentative, Al Springfield, H., on the 9th
Th women lawyers of the United States
are Mrs Lockwo q, of Washington; Mrs.
Myra Bradwcll, Of Chicago Legal News;
Miss i'nnDt CuALcns, Of Missouri; Mrs
Foster, of Iowa; Miss Goodell, of Wiscon-
sin, and Mrs Foltz, OF San Francisco.
After the 25ll Of March any one entitled
TO pension VIII receive Il certificate,
which he can get the money of III the
Treasury, thirty thousand applications un-
dcr the act of arrears Of pensions already.
The other day an old lady went into u
Dubuque dry goods store to get some
flannel, Just like what she had bought be
tore; "thc Namc rs Is in my drawers
which she proceeded to show TO the aston.
ished clerk.
Those fellows who are ctcrnally asking
what are our girls doing?' had better
get one and find out from Experience
Just a. present mos of them are trying to
convince the old gentleman that they can
no. go to church without Il new hat
A famine is raging in the most fertile
portion Of Bolivia, in the district nf Goth
amba. In different localities Of depart
ment from cighl to ten persons die daily
OF starvation in small towns, and 2O6 per
suns have died from want Of food in twen
ty days,
Chicago has been the victim Of plot TO
lower the price of wheat james Keene
the great stock and grain broker of n Y
states that his maine was forged to some
grain brokers f Chicago directing them
to sell three million bushels Of wheat on
his account This caused the decline of
wheat in Chicago from 81 to 93 cents.
! rears OF pensions as fast as there IS money
in the treasury, but he is no. disposed to
consume the fund set apart to secure rc.
sumption. He thinks this pension hur
den can be met by paying Sl0,000O0O or
Sl2,oOO,oO0 annually until all is pad,
Emigration continues to pour through
Burlington a., westward bound Tues.
day of last week forty cars of emigran,s
with their live sioc1 went out. Thursday
thirty five car followed them. They are
| mostly American f,lmcrs, who expect to
so,tl" on the new lands of Kansas, Nebras.
! ka and southern Colorado.
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