The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-07-07
United States at Large,

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There are said to be 100000 colorcd
Baptists.
The son Of John G. SAKE, the poet died
Thursday
in New Jersey it is against the law to
fish on Sunday, o
One Of those indictments that were fly
ing thick and fast at Albany narrowly es-
capped Dcpcw' S head
One Of Coup's circus trains ran over a
COW near Bellevue, Iowa, killing an clc-
plant camel and 4 horse.
In a private trial at Columbus, Ohio,
Maud S. trottcd in 2:i6 on the driving
park associations track
b r. Sherman was nominated for Gov
ernor Of Iowa, WEDNESDAY, at the Repub-
lean State Convention
The national debt OF the United States
for June was 5000, 0l3, 500, a decrease
of about So, 100000.
The Republicans and Gtrecnbackcrs of
Mississippi, being unable to unite, will let
the election 90 by default.
1t is probable that not over Is, 900, and
certainly not over 100000 persons, own
the entire debt of the country
Hon. j. Allen Barber, prominent re-
publican politician in Wisconsin, died at
his home in Lancaster on the 18th, aged
Y.
Hans Mattcson of Minneapolis has been
consul general at Calcutta, and
}. A.: Leonard Of Rochester, consul at
Icith.
The classification of the factions at AL
bany has been revised. In addition to
the thoroughbreds, half breeds, bucks and
feather-hcads, we now have the goats.
Col. Obergon, commissioner to invcsti-
gate the cause Of the Mexico railroad acct
dent, declares that the actual and sole cause
If the disaster was the very bad construct
on OF the bridge. Collections are making
or the relief of the sufferers
George William Curtis is one of the
most G,stidious rcformcrs on the Amcri-
an planet. He wears lavender kids,
writes his ballot on pchumed paper with
purple ink, and carries it to the polls in
Iosegay of tuberoscs and heliotrope.
The Inauguration Of the Chicago Sacn-
erfest yesterday afternoon was attended
200 persons. lnterspersed with fine
lusic, and the firing of salvo of heavy
rtillery, were speeches from Mayor IIar-
son President Wahl and Others.
Mr.. Session, as reported from Albany,
indicted for bribery, and is put under
all and, if in the course of a few months
, come, he should happen to find his way
ito state prison, the Senatorial conflict
i'll not have been altogether in vain.
A man is usually very deaf at 6 O'Clock
lie morning, when his wife calls him to
ct up and light; but when she gets up,
lyirmuring that the poor man is tired out
nd goes down stairs, he can hear the gen
est call up two pair Of stairs, Breakfast
ready
One ofthe last public acts Of the presi-
ent, $ was one worthy of him. Saturday
c nominated the venerable Hannibal
laiffl!n, minister to Spain Singularly
nough Mr.. Hamlin was icc-president
ndcr Mr.. Lincoln S administration. And
e is recognized as statesman of the old
:hool.
While q lady selects her ribbons with an
mount Of care which is simply indescrib-
bic, and indeed Unreasonable with our
resent insufficient means of computation,
he average man will seize upon the first
ecktie offered to him with a confidence of
Of his choice, which is posit-
veiy indecent A woman, making deep
tudy of what tints her complexion will
,ear and what it will not, heightens her
harms when decision is made; while a
nan with a blazing red nose sails out COM
,lacently with a necktie Of pale blue to set
mes teeth on edge withal.