The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-11-11
From the Capital.

THURSDAY, Nov. 25, has been designated
by the president as a day of national
thanksgiving.
PROPOSALS to sell bonds to the govern.
ment on Oct. 9th aggregated $6, 6,229 $50
of which the secretary of the treasury ac-
cepted S2,oOO,OOO at 1920 to l02.69 for
6's of 1880, and l04.75 to l05.06 for 6's OF
1881.
THE secretary of the interior appointed
A. 3. Nicholas, of the bureau of railroad
accounts, Hoyt Sherman, of Iowa, and j.
3. Bloom, of New York, commissioners TO
examine the recently completed section
Of the Atlantic and Pacific railroad, from
Albuquerque ffty-two miles westward, in
New Mexico.
A SEMI-OFFICIAL article in the .Army and
Nary Herald, forestalls the secretary of the
navy's report upon the subject of reorgan-
ization. 1t says: 'In view of the prob
ability that means will be furnished for
the commencement Of new navy,
the secretary of the navy will be
justified in preparing and recommending
plans for the construction of such ships of
war as are first to be attempted. The sec
retary has already received plans from sew
eral of the naval constructors for vessels
which, in their opinion. are best adapted
to meet our wants at the present time.
These proposed vessels are for the most
part unarmored cruisers, for which, how
ever, there is not now so much need as for
some vessels of a longer and stronger class
than any we now nave"
THE present postmaster general is an
ardent temperance man. lie is much
shocked because he has to pass several
saloons on his way to his Office He has
therefore addressed letter to the district
commissioners, which entities him to rank
with Mrs. Hayes as temperance advo-
cate. The letter is as follows:
GENTLEMEN: The squares fronting the
genera! postoffice building are now occupied by
various beer-rooms and drinking saloons, which
are, in my judgment, highly prejudicial to public
numbers of people requires their attendance in
person at the general postoffice department, and
to many whose opinions and feelings should not be
disregarded it is offensive to make their way to
this department past such places. The establish
ing of places for the sale of intoxicating liquors in
close proximity to the department is also injur-
ious to the public service by presenting tempta-
tions in the way of the employees of the govern
ment, and in the event of their yielding to the
same, uniting them for the discharge of their
official duties. I therefore respectfully and
earnestly protest against the reissue of any new
license for the sale Of intoxicating liquors upon
the sides of the squares facing the
general postofice building or contiguous thereto.
l have the honor to be, very respectfully, ETC.,
HORACE MAYNARD. Postmaster General.
TRAVELLING by stage coacn in Neva-
da is enlivened frequently by incidents.
For example Freid and Moody sat in
the same seat of a crowded coach on
the Bodie line Moody surlily said
that Freid was taking more than :, fair
share of the space, and when Freid re-
piled that he couldn't move any fur
ther, coolly shot him. II never take
any nonsense, he remarked, as Freid
fell dead from the seat. The drieer
got down and told the murderer to get
out. A defiant refusal and a flourish
of the weapon were the answer. The
driver jumped up on the wheel, seized
Moody by the collar, dragged him out
through window, and threw him to
the ground so forcibly that his arm was
broken. The passengers helped to tie
him with a rope, and he was slowed
away with the trunks behind along with
the body of Freid, after which the
Journey was continued.