The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-08-26

THE president has appointed p w
Slaughter postmaster at Canton, ILL.,, anC
| Wm Towan postmaster at Independence
Ia.
OWING to the crop movements, the de
mand for standard silver dollars increases
Orders for 900 has been received, the
largest amount ordered in one day fol
more than a year.
JUDGE KEY intends to hold the first
term of his court in Knoxville in Sep
tember. He will remain here few days
after the arrival of Mr.. Maynard, the
new postmaster general, and will then &c
to his mountain place on Walden's Ridge
near Chattanooga, where his family are.
THE steamship Nandalia, which has been
ordered to patrol the Cuban coast, will
cruise till the 7th of September, and then
be followed by the Alliance, and the latter
by the kearsarge The vessel will not
touch any Cuban port on account of the
yellow fever.
ORDERS have at last been issued at
Washington to have Payne, the squatter
recently captured in Indian Territory and
held prisoner by the military authorities
in Kansas, turned over to the marshal of
the western district Of Arkansas for trial at
Fort Smith.
RETURNS to the department Of agricult-
ure since Aug. | show an increase in the
condition of the cotton crop. as compared
with July. The average conditionfor the
whole country is 1O2. The general
average of the corn crop on Aug. | was 50
against 100 July 1.-THE condition
of the spring wheat is IS against
| 81 last year. California and
Oregon report the highest condition since
several years. Tobacco shows general
average for the whole country of S6.
THE steamer Hermann, from Bremen,
half feet high, is due at the port of. Balti-
more. The elephant halls from
Hamburg and is consigned to the Cincin-
natl Geological Society. which is about to
attempt the work of breeding elephants.
As animals imported for breeding purposes
are admitted free of duty, the treasury de-
partment will be called upon to decide
whether the alleged intention of the Gin
cinnatians to inaugurate new industry in
this country is IN consOnance with the
spirit of the Revenue law.
AN official statement of the imports and
exports of specie, for the year ending June
80. 1880, has been prepared at the treasury
department In regard to the movement
of gold, it shows that during the last fiscal
year the net imports of gold to the United
States amounted to S77, ,153,3331, a larger
gain than ever before in the history Of the
country. The figures in regard to ex-
ports and imports. of silver are mot as
| complete as it is desired, but they are
sufficiently full to show that the United
States exported much more silver than it
imported.
The treasury department, has pur-
| chased 375, 900 ources of fine silver, to be
delivered at the Philadelphia, San Fran
cisco and New Orleans mints The treas
ury, has issued an order providing for
the shipment of standard silver dollars
from the mints of the United
States, at the expense of the mints, in
the sum of $500; or any multiple thereof
upon deposit of U. S. notes, fractional
currency, fractional siver coin or national
bank notes, with any assistant treasurer
or national bank depositary. Smaller
sums will be sent by mail free of charge,
at the risk of the party to whom it is
sent