The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-03-11
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Detroit people are moving in the matter
OF bridging or tunnelling the river at that
point.
The c. & N w. railroad company sent
over the road from Chicago, Thursday,
go emigrants, and "a COR loads of freight
for Manitoba.
Theci,y Of. indianapolis was visited by
hurricane Thursday night that demol-
ished several houses ANA out buildings.
No lives lost.
The large elevator of Munger Markell &
Co. at Duluth was burned, also 10000
bushels Of gr; in in store. The building
$S5, 900.
The proprietor CT the Patty House, Fon
du,ac, Wis, attempted to dispose of their
Hotel by lottery, but they were indicted
by the grand jury Of the U. S. Court at
Milwaukee.
The Bennett, or New York Herald Irish
relief fund, has reached nearly quarter
of million of dollars. Psrnell and
Dillon arc also daily adding to the general
fand whecever they speak.
The largest hammer in the world is al
Crenscot, France, weighing 80 ton and
cost SSOO,OOO. The anvil weighs 800 ton.
The excavation for its foundation being
80 feet deep. The hammer is cast in seY.
eral pieces.
Mackey has bought out Floods inter.
est in the Comstock mine, paying him
"a, 100000 for it. These milllOnalres
make trades involving millions ~ easily
as men Of small means barter for dollars
| An assassin attempted TO shoot Nell
| Kog, a Russian general and chief of the
Supreme executive commission. He wa
arrested, tried, and executed. MeliKof
has been h As been notified to resign, or he
I would he shot
| The Straits Of Mackinac are clear OF
| ice, end navigation Is opened between
| Chicago and Buffalo. The Erie canal
will also be opened soon. The opening
rates from Chicago to New York by lake
and canal are 131 &c on corn, and 141c on
wheat. The rail route ask 50 cents.
Two hundred and fifty Thousand bush
els of corn was shipped from 1T. Louis in
barges for New Orleans thence to Europe
The freight to New Orleans will be $27,-
600, and if shipped by rail to New Yorh
the the freight at 20 cts per bushel woult
have been $4,000.
Senator Morgan has introduced meas
ure in congress as proposed amendment
to tho constitution, which in substance
declares the Indians citizens, subject II
common with aii other citizens 10 ~
Jurisdiction of the civil authorities. l
adopted. il ends the tribal relations ant
treaty business, and the Indian Bureau.
A prominent English divine says th
national vice Of Great Britain Is drunken
ness, and that it is on the increase.
can hardly seem different on our own sid
of the Atlantic applying 1t to our owl
American people, lamentable as the I'D
, mission. No observer can be blind to tn
sad fact that the same imputatiOn can ap
propriately be made of our condition.
, Sioux City Journal: Never before il
the History OF Sioux City, at this season Q
the year, has there been rs much building
} in progress as now. The spring bids fal
| to open with boom in this line, and tn
Improvements of the year will In all prob
ability far exceed those Of any pFeviou
year in the history of the place.
The prospective early opening of nav
CATION, has caused the railroads to reduc
!, frei ght five cents q hundred, but the small
reduction came tao late for the vessels ar
: chartering TO Buffalo for cents bushel
Foa once The pool managers were csugh
mapping, and month earlier navigation
, than u: ual, will prove profitable to tn
shlDDer