The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-08-25
GENERAL NOTES

In a three rowing race at Halifax
for $500, Mckay beat Plaisted by two
lengths.
THE senate OF Georgia defeated, by a
vote of 20 to 10, the temperance bill re-
ported by a special committee.
HAELAN is giving exhibitions on Creve
CGur lake, near ST Louis. and is likely TO
select that course for his match with Ross.
Mrs. MARIA HUFF, of Clinton, Wis,
has celebrated her one hundredth birth
day, in which seventy-eight descendants
took lively interest.
THE switchmen employed by the Erie
road at Olean, N Y, have struck for an
advance from 81 65 to 81 per day, leaving
1000 freight cars in the yards.
The CAicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
road has secured another tract of forty
acres in Minneapolis, and will erect re pair
and construction shops for all It's lines
west of the Miss ssissippi.
INDIAN AGENT HUNT announces the dis
covery of rich and extensive silver-feds
in Indian Territory. near Fort Sill. and
the commissioner of Indian affairs asks
for troops to keep out intruders.
A SEARCH for the remains of A r. Stew
art has been commenced in Cypress Hills
cemetery, Brooklyn, the supposed clue be-
ing an oil sketch of the ground handed to
a detective by a newsboy.
The drouth in the vicinity of Indian
apolis arouses the liveliest apprehension
in regard to fire. There have been sew
eral instances where farmers have seen
their barns and crops burned by sparks
from locomotives.
AT the Minneapolis fair there will be a
twenty mile race between Miss Cook, uf
California, and Miss Jewett, of Minnesota,
and another between the winner and Miss
Williams, of England, for $4,000 and the
championship OF the world.
In the contest for the base ball cham
piOnship. the score at the end of last week
stood Chicagos, SO; Buffalos, 81; De-
troits, 80; Boston and Providence, 81
each; Cleveland, 25; Worcester and Troy,
"a each.
TIE Northern Pacific road and the Ore
gon Navigation company have jointly
sent out a scientific expedition to explore
the territory between Lake Superior and
the Pacific coast. The leader is Prof.
Raphael Pumpellv, of the census office.
GENERAL HANCOCK and three staff Off
GERS went to Boston to inspect the fortlf-
cations along the New England coast, but
the condition of the president caused a
change in their plans and they have gone
to Portland.
THE first sod has been turned in the
New York and New Foundland railway,
whose termini are to be st. Johns and the
north end of Notre Dame bay. A gold
mine of great promise is reported to have
been developed at the eastern end OF the
line.
GEORGE NJ. PULLMAN has completed ar
rangements for operating fast Pullman
train on the London, Brighton 4 South
Coast railway. One car will have res
1aurant and news agency. The company
will experiment with the American sys-
TEN of checking baggage.
A PROMINENT physician of Cincinnati
reports 20 well-de6ned cases of typhoid
fever among the 400 English coloniss at
Rugby, Tenn. Two deaths have occurred.
A corps of physicians and nurses has been
dispatched to the afflicted settlement. Bad
drinking water was the chief cause of the
epidemic.
THE Apaches made raid on the miners
near Mutt Station, New Mexico, and killed
George Daily, the general manager Tne
deceased was known in all the mining
camps Of the west, having had charge of
the Little Chief and Chrysolite at Lead.
vile, and of the Robinson consolidated
properties.
FATHER GRoGAN, of Chicago, prevented
the Michael Davitt Land-league club Of
the Fifth ward from meeting in the school
house of ST. Bridget's parish, and is said
to have called the members unprincipled
vagabonds. The club marche,: to Finu-
canes hall, followed by tbs priest, who
was ejected. The father then entered
with a policeman to cause some arrests,
and both were driven away.