The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-11-04
THE NEWS BUDGET
A Summary OF Events During the
Past Week.
Latest Events.

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HEAVY snow was reported at Marquette.
Mich, on the 22nd inst.
GEO. F. EDMuNDs was reelected to the
United States senate from Vermont, on
the 2lst inst.
The Canadians have laid cable from
the Gaspe coast to the southwest point of
Anticosti.
| KEARNEY's new constitution has finally
compassed the closing of the California
stock exchange.
HAVING banished all other liquids, the
state of Maine is now having water
famine, the first in sixty years.
BosToN reports the registration of near
| ly eight thousand new voters, the lists
aggregating ifty-eight thousand.
| A FURNITURE manufacturer of Cincin-
| natl claims that his former market on the
Pacific coast has been cut off by Chinese
labor.
THE Stanley mine and mill, in the
Black Hills, have been attached by "a gen
tleman from New York, who advanced
s35 900 to develop the property.
Miss JEwETT defeated Miss Pinneo in
the twenty mile race at Louisville. yester-
day, making the distance IN fifty-one min
utes and six seconds.
| WISCONSIN, wool is in danger from
wolves. and the farmers near Palmyra
| have organized for i war of extermina-
| ton.
LOUISIANA planters are said to have per-
fected arrangements for bringing Chinese
la borers from Cuba, Notwithstanding OBJ
stacies thrown in the way by the Chinese
consul at Havana
A NATIONAL anti-horse-thief convention
at Keokuk, at which delegates are present
from seven surrounding states, reveals the
existence of a persuasive force of which
t he public have lad little knowledge.
EDWARD G.. RYAN, chief justice of the
supreme court of Wisconsin has closed his
career. He was native of Ireland, was
in early years prosecuting attorney and a
newspaper proprietor in Chicago, and par
ticipated in the first constitutional conven-
ton of Wisconsin.
VERMONT furnishes sensational trag-
edy, an insane man at Wheelock having
killed with knife his mother, sister and
stepfather, and ended his own existence
with rope.
CERTAIN Cincinnati merchants, having
been done out of nearly $4,000 by the
false pretenses of purchaser, Albert Gels
mar. have ceased the incarceration of
Louis Roth, hitherto Of high standing,
who vouched for him.
TELEGRAPHIC communication with many
of the scattered military posts in the
northern territories has been opened by
the completion of the signal alservice wire
from Bismarck, Dakota, to Dayton, Wash
lngton territory.
THE price of railway transportation
reached bedrock in Chicago, on the 22nd
inst. The Alton opened business with a
dollar rate to st. Louis, the Wabash re-
torting by selling limited tickets at fifty
cents-the precise amount paid to the
bridge company at st. Louis on each pass
enger.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY RoBB, of Pittsburg
has filed formal charges of misdemeanor
against Conductor Routh, FIagman Pen
rod, and Engineer Hughey, whom the cor
oner's jury presented for the recent slaugh-
ter. On learning of this action Routh sur
rendered. and was bailed in $4,000.
A DISPATCH from La Crosse, Wis, says ::
The train of ears which left here a week
ago Thursday on the Southern Minnesota
division arrived here late last evening
from Dell Rapids, ID. T. This train re-
manned in the cuts west of Tulda four
days and nights, and the train men had to
walk twelve miles for food, which they
hauled by team to the train. The cars
show rough usage, windows being broken,
doors smashed, ETC., from backing into the
drifts. The road is entirely clear now.
AT the time the train with the presiden-
tai party reached Modesto, Oregon,a DEM
ocratic meeting was in progress about 500
feet from the depot One of the speakers
expressed great Indignation that the music
of the band brought out to welcome the
president should be allowed to interrupt
the meeting. When the train arrived the
crowd gathered around the platform and
cheered for Hancock and Tilden, as well
as Hayes. Several rows ensued and the
uproar continued for some time. After
its subsidence the train moved off amid
cheers.
THE Alpena must have foundered in the
vicinity of Holland, Mich, as her fantail,
pals, and furniture have been found
there, and the surfboat from Grand Haven
has gone to the scene. A Times represent
tative has discovered that the relics which
foated ashore near Montague came from
the steam-barge Trader. The corpse of
Mrs Bradley, of Grand Haven, passen-
ger on the Alpena, has washed ashore near
Holland. Another body was discovered,
but toated out before it could be drawn
out Life-preservers and stools, with the
steamers name thereon. dissipate all
doubts that the wreck is near at hand. A
large portion of her wreckage is reported
moving north from Grand Haven at the
| rate of two miles per hour. Among other
total wrecks is that of the schooner j. FL.
Harzell, which went to pieces off Frank
fort, on Lake Michigan. The stewardess
perished in the rigging, the crew escap-
ing.
THE n. Y. Sunday Mercury says: A
steamship company, with capital of ten
| million dollars, has been formed to bring
Chinese Iaborers to the United States, and
one year hence the Chinese population in
this country will be increased four fold,
and five years hence there will be a mil
lion Asiatic mechanics and skilled artisans
\ at work among the factories and mills OF
the Atlantic coast. 1t was a Pennsylvania
congressman, one day last week, who made
this announcement to two members of the
executive committee. He said: The six
coolie companies of San Francisco some
time ago made arrangements with John
Roach to build twenty iron ships, each OF
which will pack and convey 5000 Mon.
polians to this country to work for us at
80 cents day. Desiring to enlarge their
field of operations, they sent their agents
east to interest silk, cotton, stone and 9th:
er manufacturers in their schemes, and
the result has been the formation of the
the company 1 speak of. The stock was
all subscribed some time since.