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The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-07-14

The authorities are visiting upon the as
sassin the most obnoxious punishment
His love of notoriety is the most marked
characteristic Of his nature, and he is con-
sumed with desire to see what the news
papers say about him. But the news
papers are kept out of his way, and he is
not allowed to converse with anybody a.
bout the matter. The wretch ought to
be kept iii state Of profound solitude and
denied the qualification of any Of his ap-
petites, all of which seem to be basely per-
verted. Bread and water is stimulat-
ing a diet as should be allowed to tickle
his palate. Let his fevered fancy feed up
on itself that it may be consu med with his
own FIRE.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-07-14
SOME GUNS.

Shot guns, rifle guns, smooth-bore guns, single
guns, double guns, double guns, repeating guns,
Misunderstanding guns, breech-loading guns, long
guns, shot guns, heavy guns, large bore guns,
small bore guns, bird guns, squirrel guns, duck
guns goose guns, turkey guns, fox guns, deeI guns
bear guns guns for any kind OF game, guns from
pound to 90 pound weight guns from 20 inch to
A inch barrel. Shot guns from No. 6 to No, ~
bore Rifles from 30 balls to $50 balls to the pound
Brcecn-loadng rifvs from % to 80 calibre. Amen-
can guns, English Guns, German guns air guns,
dart guns, snug guns, cap guns, army guns parlor
guns, gallery guns taxidermist guns, match guns,
cheap guns, dear guns, new guns, buck-shot guns,
close throwing guns for extra long range. Fancy
guns, plain guns, target guhs. farmers guns, me
chanics' guns, miners guns, laborers guns. ladies
guns. boys guns. Guns for everybody. Guns st
all prices, from 80 90 to $4,000. Revolvers from
81 90 to S20.O0. Good guns. warranted guns, XIII
ling guns, fishing guns, cartridge guns cadet guns,
powder guns pocket guns, boat guns, punt guns,
rat and cat guns cane guns, choke-bored guns,
cynder.bored guns. Guus that will not scatter,
guns that will not kick, guns that will not burst,
gun wads, powder, shot, caps, lead, cartridges,
Shells belts, bags, covers, TASKS, pouches, game
bags, cleaning rods, leaders, crimpers, cappers, ex
tractors, COMMENTATORS, gun OIL gun barrels gun
locks. triggers, mountings, aud all kinds Of gun
materials in the unfinished or finished state for
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Mrs Garfield wants the papers preserv-

Mrs Garfield wants the papers preserv-
ed to show them to her husband after he
RECEIVERS. He will read them with shudder
as thay recall the terrible detailso the muir
derous assault made upon him on that sun
ny morning in July as he was on his way
to the sea shore to meet his devoted wife,
to comfort her convaleseing days. How
little did he think on that bright morning
that she would so soon be stronger than he.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-07-14
REyOLVERs, PISTOLS,

shooter at S1.Oo to $500. shooters at S1.5o to
$780, $3.50, $500, $500, $500. Five shooters 50
calibre, at S275 $3.50, $500, $780, $500 5shoo-
ers, SO and A calbre, from $3.50 to $1,000. Army
and Navy Reyolyers, from $3.50 to $780, and sent
by mail postpaid. Anything. Everything. Let
US know what you want and il we don't haye 1t, We
will try and get 1t for you.
FISHING NETS, FISHING SEINES,
Fishing rods, fishing lines, fishing hooks, fshn g
hooks, fishing material OF every kind. Hammocks,
gum blankets, ponchos, drinking cups, hunting
knives, camp knives, hunting knives, 1901 other
things, nearly all Of which you will ind in our il
Illustrated catalogue, which ] send free to any ad-
nress. Write for one to-day. A pos al card will
do. Address, ]. II Johnston, Great Western Gun
Works, 1869 Smithfeld St., Pittsburgh, Pa. U. s. A.
Mention this paper.
N. B.-Guns sent by express for examination to
any express Office in the q. s. Revolvers and all
small goods weighing four pounds or less sent pos
tage paid to any p. y. in the U. s. 1t will pay you
to write, as this firm is old established and reliable
and can and will sell goods lower than any other
firm in the US
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-07-14

New York's sympathetic millionaires
are raising purse of $250,OOO, to be in
vested in United States bonds, for the
benefit Of Mrs. Garfield and her children
Should Gen. Garfield recover, it is very
doubtful if the tender will be accepted
But the tribute will be made in good faith
and without any base motive.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-07-14

The train that Mrs. Garfield was on, in
returning to Washington within sixteen
miles Of that place, came near being wreck
ed by the breaking ofthe parallel rod on
the side Of the engine It is said to he a
miricle that the engine did not jump the
track when all on board would have been
instantly killed. 1t seems as though the
fates were against the Presidents family.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-07-14

Vice-president Arthur says, ''Ifit were
possible for me to be with the President I
would not only offer him my sympthy, I
would ask to set beside his bedside. All
personal consideration and political views,
are merged in the national sorrow. l
am an American among Americans griev-
ing for their wounded chiet"
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-07-14

July 18th. The condition Of the Presii-
dent was not as favorable. The increase
Of fever caused much anxiety. Death
almost always follows an increase Of tenn
perature Of the body to lOS degrees. It
has already reac he'd lO2; but has fallen
since, owing to the skillful care Of the sur
geons, who are res orting to oil the expert
ments known to Silence, to reduce the
temperature, and keep it as near normal
IS possible. It is conceded by the attend
ant physicians, that the ball entered three
inches into the body They have develop.
edthe course 10 far, but do not know def
nately where it is lodged. Are certain it
has entered the liver, and passed through
the abdominal cavity. It is thought that
the ball is lodged in the anterior wall Of
the abdomen, and can be removed after
the President is stronger. isvery pain
full having the wound dressed and the
President often exclaims 'how long am I
to endure the torture to-day" When We
consider the low state Of his system, We
cannot cnnsider him ont Of danger. HeH
too weak to move his head from one Ide
to the other, and is unable to move his
limbs alone The surgeons expect that in
six days he win be out Of danger. The
anxiety ofhis family and the interests d
! nation are contained in those days.
Either worlds Of happiness or Of woe, are
! ! conferred in that space The prayers d
thousands 50 up daily for his recovery.
Hebrew, Catholic and in fact,all religious
denominations in this country and the old
world, are offering prayers Heis called
the father Of our nation, BY foreigners, and
. we should look upon our chief ruler, in
this republic All party feelings are burr
ed and II sympAthiseas one family. Aftel
ten days Of WEAKNESS, suffering, and dan
4 ger, he remains cheerful as al Art I e!
/ - hope the brave spirit, that he hasshowr
i s IN indication Of ! consultation, to beas
i|sven the assAssains shot, and live man,
sIsyeazsof usefulness and happiness
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When President Garfield RECEIVERS ther
will a second 4th Of July celebration.
Shonld hedie, that day will be the saddest
since the assination of Lincoln.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-07-14

Goods will be done, were the brave
words Of our christian president when
told by his physician that his case was
very critical and he was likely to die.
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THIS NEW AND CORRECT MAP
Provost reason
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Canton Advocate.
SIX Pages
THURSDAY, JULY IA, 1881.

1t will be three weeks at least before
Garfield will be out Of danger.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-11-03
THE PRIM4 DONNA

GA number Of years ago." said
Buck Bramel the other day, "there
was stampede over on to Bush creek,
beyond Last Chance, where there
were some good placer diggings, and
three or four Of us loaded up grub
stake and went over there.
Albert Walters was one of the out
fit, and he took along big hoarse
blue jackass that we called Prima
Donna. don't exactly know how
we came to call him the Prima Donna
for he wasn't that kind anyway, and
as a songstress he wouldn't stand criti-
cism.
We placed our grub on the Prima
Donna, and our blankets and cooking
utensils on smaller jack that we call
ed Balaam. Sometimes Balaam would
wander off to windward and the Prima
Donna would drift TO leeward, and
when we got ready to camp the grub
would be in southern Wyoming and
the bedding would be in nothern
Colorado.
This interfered a good deal with
the harmony.of the trip, for We were
all the time tormented with doubts
about whether we'd better follow
Balaam and the pillow shams or take
the direction of the Prima Donna and
the grub.
One day we left the camp and pros
pected till night, and when We got
back the Prima Donna had sampled
the supplies. Nobody knows, pnless
he has passed through sit, what a
mournful wreck a healthy hckass can
make of a grub stake if he turns his
attention that way.
The Prima Donna had gone through
the sugar and the -four, then he drag
ged the beacon around aver the ground
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-11-03

wild realm Of speculation and hazard,
they would not now be regarding
themselves as victims Of misplaced
confidence. The caution, care and
accurate business information essential
to success in New York and Boston
thrive equally well at the altitude of a
Rocky mountain mining camp. The
laws Of investment and return of labor
and production are no more applicable
to the manufacture of leather or cotton
than to the developments of mineral
resources The expenditure of indus
try, money and time is as necessary in
one as in the other, and novice can
no more run mine than he can a
Locomotive. But men who by the
exercise of careful business habits have
ACCUMULATED fortunes in the East, on
approaching the subject of mining i'm
mediately dlvest themselves of all such
prejudices, investing in such property
as they would bet on favorite horse
or buy lottery ticket. With the out
lay of a few dollars millions must be
forthcoming. Not content with a
moderate statement, and hope of a
reasonable return, investors demand
fabulous assays and promise of prince
ly dividends. When the eastern capi-
tallst offered premium on misrepresen-
tation, and bid high for deception, is
it any wonder that the Westerner took
him up-yea, went him one better !?
When fortunes could be made by the
simple transfer of a worthless hole in
the ground, who would spend thou
sands of dollars and the labor of years
in the slow, patient work of develop
ment? And when dupcd again and
again in fraudulent sales and imposed
upon with worthless mineral, who
would not refuse longer to listen to
the voice OF the charmer, "charm he
ever so wisely3"
Beneath the ribs of the Rockies lie
treasures richer than any yet discover
ed, awaiting onlyth blow of pick
to roll at nstios's feet. But they
will not fall to the lot of the chance
discoverer or to the idle speculator or
the blind purchaser. The "open
SESAME" will come from men willing
to give to it their personal attention
and conduct it as they do their other
legitimate business satisfied with a
moderate return on invested capital !;
not impatient if it does not show up
within 80 days, and placing their de-
pendence not on a turn of fortunes
wheel, but On energy, economy and
persevering Development
dent in Springfield { (lMass) Daily Re-
bndHcan.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-11-03

by one corner. and poured the salt and
! pepper into the sand. When we got
there he was walking around over the
frying-p pan and the tin plates with lfis
head and ears stuck through a -four
sack.
Albert felt grieved and hurt. He
was tired and hungry and felt irrita-
bic too. When a man has worked
hard all day and comes home to find
his bill Of fare mixed with bunch grass
and pay dirt, he looses his self-contrd.
That's the way it was with Albert.
He tied the Prima Donna to a little
cottonwood and wore out an old pick
handle on him. Then he began to
gather up the wreck. He would
straighten out tin plate that had been
stepped on and then he'd go and
bang the Prima Donna across the
snoot. He'd straightcn out his frying
pan across his knee, and then look
around at the hoarse blue jackass and
holler whoa.
Most of us used to hate the Prinia
Donna at times, he had such unstudied
ways of throwing the whole camp into
the widest panic without any previous
notice. He never killed anybody
right out that | know Of, but he gener-
ally had cripple on his hands all the
time.
One day Arthur went up on the
side Of the canon to bring down some
traps, and among the rest big
bearskin, so he took the Prima Donna
along.
The bcarskin was dry and hard
and as flat as postage stamp. Albert
laid it on the Prima Donna with the
legs sticking out four different ways
for Sunday, and the bears nose stick
ing forward between the Prima Don
mas ears. & N 5r
Going down hill, the bearskih
showed forward SO that most of its
weight was on the Prima Donna's
bump of idcality. l never saw a
4 jaelass that seemed so excited and
apparently so cursed with vague un-
rest as he was. He wanted someone
that he could 60 to with his great
sorrow He yearned for comfort and
sympathy.
So he came down where I was with
bunch Of horses. The horses had
met the Prima Donna before. Most
all of them had pieces kicked off by
him, and the places hadn't got web
yet. They didn't seem to be so tick
led to see him as he thought they
would be. They saw him coming
through the timber with bears head
looking out from between his ears
and they went away. There didn't
seem to be any delay or hesitation
about it. They seemed to think the
crisis had arrived and they just simply
lit out.
The Prima Donna had something
on his mind that he wanted to com
municate, so he went with them. He
yearned to pour out his woes to them
and be soothed. He wanted to look
up into their eyes and tell them of
his life's sorrow, so he went along with
them.
Some Of that band of horses are
going yet. 1t was only about sixty
miles into town, and we thought
that little vigorous walking after
our sedentary life in the park would
do us good. So we walked in,
When we would get fatlgued we
would sit down by the road and recall
some pleasant "reminiscences Of the
Prima Donna's and it seemed to de
US good"
Well, Pat, Jim didn't quite kiA
you with the brickbat, did he }"
(" No but l wish he had?" Why
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-11-03

eyes" said the miner, ~ have a
BONANZA my last is ten hours old,
and we number thirteen in all. Nv
wife is baby nine
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-11-03

"Well, Pat, Jim didn't quite kiA
you with the brickbat, did he 2"
" No but l wish he had ?" Why
so?" $50 that l could have seen
him hung, the villain "
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-11-03

"What are you holding your hands
over the stove that way for? The
weather isn't cold,', said a father to
his SON; who answered: 81 ain,t
trying to heat the weather, pa; I'm
warming my hands.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-11-03

The man who was ge-struck had
the driver arrested.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-02-01
THE OLD WORLD.
Ireland.

A Fenfan NIanifesto-IreIand's Opportu-
 nifty not Yet Arrtved-A Bitter Debate
 in Conmons-ParneIl Defiant-Parlia-
 ment fin the Hands of His Followers
 Internal Machines from America.
 LONDON, Jan. 31-The following procla- nation was posted last night by the Fenians all over Ireland, on all the chapels and police barracks of Ireland and in the Irish centers throughout Scotland and England
 tsMen of Ireland: The country is passing through a crisis full of danger to the national cause. The action of the British government and its aiders and abettors is obviously in- tended to provoke premature resistance. Up- on you, therefore, rests the responsibility of averting defeat and humiliation. You have a cause for revolt, but you are not yet pre-
 pared, and crushing disaster now would leave to the next generation the task of be- ginning anew the great work already so far advanced The salvation of our people lies in the achievement of national independence alone, but the time to strike has not yet come. Beware, then, of being misled by false and foolish friends or goaded by the enemy into foolish outbreaks. The man who now incites you to attempts at instruction IS doing England's work, and must be held guilty of treason to Ireland. The most rigid discipline must be enforced, and partial out DToaKS DT0YOn6Su. aOVo O01y ~ b42C SOAAA- mand of your officers. Our present duty is to prepare, to watch and to wait until the hour for action comes. Let your attitude be one of calm and resolute self-sacri6ce and of unshaken confidence in the final triumph of our cause"
 ssBy order of the Irish National Directory" Its simultaneous publication through Eng land, Ireland and Scotland causes great un- easiness.
 LONDON, Feb 1.-The debate on MT. Fors- ter's bill for the protection of life and prop erty in Ireland was resumed in the House of
 Home Rulers to obstruct the debate was des- perate. Mir ParneH was very defiant. He
 said that the Tories and the Liberals were united to bully, crush and degrade Ireland, but he would resist the nation and their
 backing. He spoke with insult and the l Speaker called him to order many times. MT.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-02-01
FoRrY-sIxTH CONGRESS.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. SENATE-The ..billI allotting lands in severalty to Indians came up as the regular order, Mr. Morgan ending his remarks, which were interrupted by adjournment Saturday. An amendment was proposed by Mir. Plumb authorizing the President to allot land to one or more.
 MT. Dawes called up the report of the Sec retary of the Interior in answer to resolu- tion of the Senate calling for information relative to the killing of Big Snake, a Ponca, and proceeded to address the Senate on the subject. MT. Dawes was quite severe in his criticisms of the administration of Indian af- fairs, and characterized the killing of Big Snake as willful and brutal murder.
 Mr. Logan defended the course of the In- terior department in it's management sof Indian affairs as capable fair and just.
 Mr. Kirkwood said he would, owing to the lateness of the hour, postpone reply to Mir. Dawes.
 HoUsE-Under the Monday morning call of States and Territories 8 number of bills were introduced and reported to appropriate committees. Among them were the follow ing: By MT. Dwight to compensate persons injured in the United Statas mail service for injuries received while in the discharge of thelr duties by MT. O'Reilly to protect the transmission of intelligence by monopo- u6S, uX1uR LUG IsttC dt AO1 lhOIO b1Ath4 "tas charged by the American Union Telegraph company on the 1st of January, 1881.
 The contested election cases in the Eighth and Ninth Iowa districts were disposed of by the House granting the contestants leave to withdraw their papers. This leaves the sit ting members, Sapp and Carpenter, in their seats without further contest.
 On motion of MT. Frye the daily hour of meeting hereafter was fixed at Il o'clock a. m.
 The House passed bill appropriatine $26, 900 to pay for flooring the National Mu- scum to be used for the inauguration ball.
 The House then went into Committee oi the Whole on the District of Columbia ap. propriation bill. A protracted debate ensued on the propriety and equity of inserting items for the support of the government hospital for the insane and the United States iail in the District of Columbia. Pending 8 motion to strike out the latter item the com. mittee rose.
 MT. Covert, from the Committee on Agri culture, reported the agricultural appropria. ton bill and the House at 4:40 p. m. ad. journed.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-02-01
Personal,

Personal. Dr. Storrs, of Hartford, is rapidly recover ing
 Mrs Lally, of Spring street, fell on the ice yesterday just after leaving her home, and broke her wrist
 Isaac White, Hartford photographer, re. tires and is to be succeeded by his old part ner, Mir. Prescott.
 Mir. Wm. Trubee, an old and well known Hartford citizen, was stricken with paralysis yesterday morning.
 The many friends of Capt. Maurice J. Brennan will be glad to hear that he is much better and hopes to be out soon.
 Mir. George D. Potter, Hartford archi tect, is making the drawings for grand opera house for Springfield, which it is an- ticipated will be built.
 Rev. Geo. W. Pepper. of Ohio, the Meth, odist clergyman who spoke on the Irish ques- tion in this city year ago, is to speak in Norwich one evening this week.
 Samuel W. Johnson, professor of chemis try in Yale college, addressed the Bridgeport Scientific society Monday evening on the sub ject of the ''Adulteration of Food"
 AhO 1uACIdA LII 4h1s IT, q. In OdflcS tOOh place yesterday afternoon from No. 179 Chapel street, Rev. Dr. Dennen officiating. The interment was in the Grove street cem- etery.
 George Williams, employed for nearly twenty years at the factory of Joseph L. Joyce Co. on State street. died on Satur- day evening, aged 49 years. He was mem- her nf WoOstar af be buried this afternoon
 Miss Mary Anderson says that this is her last season on the stage, as she intends to re- tire and get married. Miss Fife Ellsler, who appeared in Hazel Kirke last week at the New Haven Opera House, is soon to marry MT. Waters, of the same company.
 Dr. M. D. Mann, who lectures upon medi- sisting of four lectures or familiar talks to young men before the Hartford Y M C. A. soon, free to members of the association. The first of the course will be upon 'Food and Digestion
 The employees of the shops of the Norwich and Worcester railroad company, to the num- Der of about sixty-fve, made surprise visit VI 1llO ACoAoOhSO O1 tAiC AC1A>4uE 1hdSbOL SdL builder, Mir. J. W. Warden, on Penobscot street, Preston, on Saturday evening and gave him an elegant gold watch. He be. comes master car builder of the Fitchbure railroad.
 Dr. Jones, of Waterbury, has not put shoes on his horses for two years, driving them winter, summer, spring and autumn with bare feet without any trouble. The doctors theory is that nature has provided for the horse; that horse can travel over all kinds of roads; that the hoof will be moist, and 1 that the frog coming to the ground keeps the hoof properly spread and free from founder and other diseases
 man in Kingston, N. T., having had sev- ! eral bottles of insects preserved in alcohol, | emptied them on an ash heap in his back. yard. A large flock of sparrows gathered and eating the insects steeped in the iqnor, be- | came drunk. They fought and staggered and made themselves unusually noisy, until sev eral cats gathering made those that were moi too drunk fly away. The cats killed large number of the birds
Morning journal and courier., 1881-02-01
PENNSYLVANIA.

The Doctors Puzzled-Strnnge Disease
 Caused by a Snowfall.
 CARBoNDALE, Jan. 31.-James Vail, 15 years old, residing at the corner of Belmont and Park streets, while snowballing with some playmates few days ago, was struck squarely on the nose, causing a bleeding, and it was with great difficulty that it was stopped. The day following it started, and the family physician was called. The boy had already lost quart of blood, and the doctor could only succeed in arresting the flow by plugging the boys nose, which was effective for time. A few days later the bleeding commenced anew and it was several hours before it could be checked. The par ents of the boy were greatly alarmed, beliey- ing that the case was hopeless. The flow of blood was also accompanied by bleeding from the gums, throat and bowels. Small blood vessels under the skin have become dissolved, and strange looking spots are formed on the body by the deposit of blood The case puzzles the physicians in this vicinity. It is called purpura hemorrhagica, and is the first case of the kind on record in this section of the country. Vail is still alive.