The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-12-23
VOL. V.
THE NEWS BUDGET
A Summary OF Events During the
Past Week
Latest Events.

No less than ,43e English farmers weni
into bankruptcy last year.
PARNELL has suddenly returned to Lon
don on important political business.
GEN. TERRY is confident that Sitting
Bull will soon surrender at Fort Buford
JUDGE GRESHAM has formally with
drawn from the senatorial contest III In
diana.
SEVENTEEN Chilian transports, carrying
nine thousand men, have sailed to attack
Lima.
FOURTEEN deaths from diphtheria have
occurred at Fox Lake, Wis. and the pub
lie schools have been closed for the year
ARMY gossip indicates that General 0.
O. Howard will take command ofthc mill
tary academy and Gen. Schoticld be sent
to California.
THE Cremation company of Rome, n.
J., has secured a site in the public ceme-
terry, despite the opposition Of the clerical
members of the city government.
AMONG the pecuniary promoters of the
Panama canal is ex-Queen Isabella. The
American committee reports subscriptions
to the amount Of S3,6OO,0OO.
4 SHARP shock of earthquake was felt
at Seattle, w. T., on the 18th inst. Mount
Baker, Oregon, was i'll a state OF eruption
at the time the shock was felt at Seattle.
THE wholesale coffee house of B. G.
Arnold q Co., New York, has made an as
signment, after aspiring to control the
trade of the world, the liabilities being
about 81 100000.
THE arsenal at Washington is being
converted into a military post, to be gar
risoned by artillery from Fort McHenrv
with Colonel r. B. Ayers in command.
Two negro lads, conf ned in the Cook
county, ILL.,, Jail for thieving. escaped to
the roof, on the 18th inst, by prying up
the ventilator, and descended to the street
on rope made from blankets. Within
an hour or two policeman picked them
up as vagrants.
THE Anchor Line Steamship Victoria,
from London for New York, is "a days
ont, and nothing has been heard from her.
There is great anxiety felt at New York
for her safety. She has large passenger
list
SECRETARY THoMpsoNs resignation dates
from Thursday last. He says the Ameri-
can branch ofthe Panama canal company
will be organized in January and that
the total subscriptions to the scheme are
1920, 100000.
Mrs. JESSE LOTHIAN. OF Fort Dodge, APP
peals TO the courts of Brooklyn to restore
husband, whom she left because Of cruel
treatment: Lothian is a merchandise
broker in the City of Churches.
The city of St. Louis has been mulcted
in eco, that amount being required to
pay the costs of its recent litigation with
the gas company, in which the latter was
the successful contestant.
JAY GOULD has purchased all the privi-
leges of the International railway between
San Antonio and the Rio Grande, and is
negotiating for the track between Milan
and San Antonio.
TIE civil service reform association
held meeting in New York, on the 9th
inst, and organized and appointed a COM
mlttee to urge upon congress the matter Of
civil service reform. The meeting seems to
have been attended by independent mem
bers of both political parties.
REUBEN SPRINGER Of Cincinnati, is in
the pangs of death. He presented the city
with its music hall, and paid half the cost
of the permanent exposition building.
His wealth is estimated at S5,OOO,OOO, and
it is confidently expected that his legacy
to Archbishop Purcell will be very large.
ACCORDING to the report OF tire govern
ments supervising inspector general Of
steam vessels, 22O,OOO,O0O people were
transferred by coast and river steamers in
this country during the present year, only
1S5 OF whom Including passengers, officers
and crews lost their lives. This would
seem to indicate that the perils of water
travel are no greater than those Of land
travel.
A SCANDAL in high life is reported
from Paris, where such affairs are every
dav occurrence. The Baroness de Fried
land, daughter of Duke de Persigny,
grand daughter of the Princess de Mos
cowa, etc, has been arrested on the
charge of having written her grandma
theirs name to check for 19S, 600 francs
The Baron de Fricdland has been arrested
as an accessory.
PRESIDENT GONZALES, of Mexico, has
completed his cabinet, which is believed
to be a progressive and liberal one. Gen.
Diaz, the late president, becomes minister
of pHblic works in order to push some I'M
proyements in the internal affairs of the
country. 1t is believed that he will have
great influence with President Gonzales,
and it is we'll. for his own administration
has been successful. progressive, and in
telligent.
In addressing farmers club in London,
Clare S. Read, who recently visited the
United States as an agricultural commits
sioner, expressed the opinion that within
twenty-five years the exhaustion Of Amerl-
can lands and enchanced cost reproduction
would equalize the cost of raising wheat
III England and the United States. The
however, would prove serious competit-
| ,,r, bo British baaf-ra;CprS
A HALIFAX, dispatch to the associated
press under date of Dec, 14th SAYS: Lieu
tenant Ward, of the 10Th regiment, died
las, night of typhoid fever. Lieutenant
Hoare is also down with the fever. The
commandant of the troops composing the
former garrison left a letter with the
mayor, when leaving, in which it was sug-
pested that if the sanitary condition OF the
City was not improved, it might become a
question for the consideration Of the mill
tary authorities whether Halifax should
be longer considered q garrison city.
A New YoRK telegram ofthe 11th says
the Tammany Hall democracy were beaten
bv union of anti-Tammany and republican
members of the board of aldermen, and
Mayor Cooper's appointments went
through. Allen Campbell was confirmed
as comptroller, in place of John Kelly, by
l3 to S, and the following nominations
were confirmed in order: VIM. G. Whit
ney. anti-Tammany as corporation counsel.
Salem H. Wade; republican, park com
missioner; Jno. D. Lawson, republican
nresident of the tax commission; Solon
B!tslu &! Smith, republican, Maurice J; Power,
anti-Tammany, and Hugh Gardner, re-
publican, police justices; VIM. Laimber'
renublican, dock commissioners; VIM.
Mitchell, anti-Tammany, and Morris
Friedman, republican, excise commits
sioners, and Hubert G. Thompson, anti
Tammanv. commissioner ofpublic works
Criminal.