The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1879-12-25

rejoicing over, is our heartfelt wish.
The Erie income bonds lately put upon
the market were issue in 1878, and are due
in 1877. The second mortgage extended
from 1859 to 1919 Sounds odd, don't il
The reason that Christmas and New
Years are called holidays is because
most peoples purses feel. little hollow
after they get through making their annu-
al prcsents
Years aga s, Petersburg exported $50,
600 tons Of lard annually. Now the trade
of the United States and Australia has de
stroyed its traffic in that article, and il
has to import it for their use.
The Homestake mine companies divi
dend for last month was so cts per share
The Green mountain gold mining COM
pany a lso declared dividend for Novem
ber Of sG,250 making $4,000 lin six sue
cessive monthly dividends.
OF the wheat: production for the past
year of the seven central western States
Indiana produced fifty million bushels
Illinois forty five million; Ohio, Missouri
Michigan, Wisconsin coming next in or
der
There are three times as many milch
cows in America "a in Great Britain and
Ireland, and the dairy products of ouI
country last year aggregated IN value
$4OO,oO0,oOO Why can't the milkmaids
pay our National debt?
At Independence Hall, Philadelphia
where Gen. Grant received portion OF
the crowd upon his arrival there, he took
seat in the chair that John Hancock
occupied at the :ime of signing the Dec
laration of Independence.
Thirty six railroads were represented al
the meeting ut Chicago last week the OBJ
ject of the meeting was to form some
combination to protect them from the ar.
bitrary rate of the trunk lines with whom
they refuse to pro rate, unless some ar
rangem ent is made.
At meeting Of the National Republi
can committe. held at Washington, Don
Cameron of Penn. was chosen chairman
in place Of Senator Chandler deceased
and Thos. B. -Keogh Of North Carolina
Secretary Chicago was the place select
ed for the holding of the Convention
which will convene June Sd. 1880 in the
Exposition building
Gen. Grant reached Philadelphia or
the 18th inst thus completing his trir
around the world. As he sailed from
Phil adelphia about two and half year.
ago, he was met by large concourse o.
of people headed by bands who played
"Hail TO the chlef'' and "Home swee
home" Thirty thousand persons wer.
i" the !:se Of march. The entire posses
sion was SIX hours in passing Unior
League Hall where the Gen. alightet
from his carriage and reviewed the pro.
cessioR.
Philadelphia is the the largest WOO
manufacturing city In the world, the bull
being carpets. Nearly all the carpets us
ed in ihe United States are of home man
ufacture Only about 2,On0,O09 yards wer
imported during the first nine months O
this yiar. while IN 1872 we Imported fiv
and a half million yards. The Unite,
Ssates produces thirty million yards an
nually. Of which Philadelphia manufsc'
ures twenty millions. The English doe
not produce over Is million annually, bal
of which is exported.
New facts begin to leak out In relation
to the Main outrage. A rerson is nov
given tor the surprising irregularities il
the In the Republican returns which u
forped 40 excuse for counting out the leg
isiaturs eiected, that indicates that til
infamy was contemplated by Gov. Gsrct
lon and his fellow conspiistors Iongs b
fare election. It Is sald the secretary q
the State, In sending ou. the blank form
Tor use By election ofIloers 10 Republ,ca
districts, purposely made them dtf.ctly
j in order g create Irregularities and s9or
. pssssxt ms throwing out the return
made b hem.