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The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-11-03
A LOST STEAMER.
\ Boat by the Name Of Jennie Gil
christ, Wrecked at Rock Island III.

\ Boat by the Name of Jennie Gil
christ, Wrecked at Rock Island III.
Ever since the high water has rem
dered the running Of trains between
Rock Island and Cordovas impossible,
the steamer Jennie Gilchrist has been
employed to carry passengers and
freight between these points. AT 10 to-
night the Gichrist left for up the river
with a heavy load of freight and two
barges. When just above the govern
ment bridge the cam-rods ofthe en-
CINE gave way and the machinery
ceased to work, and the currents run
with amazing strength just there, and
the boat drifted, a helpless wreck,
straight for the bridge. The. crew and
passengers were panic.stricken and
unable to do anything. The boat
struck the bridge with tremendous
force and careened over, filling the hold
with water, The weights slid off the
safety-valve and the steam poured from
the boiler upon the helpless people.
The wreck sunk little and passed un-
der the bridge, floating down past the
city front within few rods from tt e
shore.
In the meantime the bridge signal
had sounded the alarm, which was re-
echoed by the city fire-bells and a
large and anxious crowd had gathered
by the river. The scene there beggar-
ed description. The wreck came ffoat-
ing past and the air was filled with the
shrieks and groans Of the scalded and
drowning, while the sympathizing peo-
pie on shore were totally unable to
render any assistance, for nearly all
the skiffs and row boats have been
placed in winter quarters. Strong men
in the crowd wept in agony at the
thought of the suffering wretches in the
stream. A little later, however, the
steamer Evansville and the ferry boat
were manned and started out to rescue
the survivors, while one row boat was
finally procured and started on the
same mission. These worked for hours
and have succeeded in rescuing nine of
the unfortunate ones.
The boat was owned by H. M. Gill
christ of Rapids City, and commanded
by Pat Mantz. There were on board
twenty-three pers ons, comprising the
and crew, seventeen ofwhom
are reported lost.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-11-03

CANTON, D. ~ THURSDAY NOVEMBER NO. % $$$$$

Guiding that of woman for keeping
"No-rent" manifesto in her window, and
of DR.. kinny, of the executive committee
of the land league, for intimidating ten
ants. Seven of the political prisoners
will be transferred from Kilmainham to
other lails, but Sexton and O'Bricn are
not robust enough to be removed.
SIX arrests were made in Ireland in one
day under the coercion act recently, among
them being Stack, OF Tralee, long in penal
servitude for treason; the president of the
Kilkenny branch league, and O'Neill, the
organizer of the Cork branch. The Health
magistrates will apply to the lord lieuten-
ant for an increase Of the police force.
The postmaster general has warned en-
ployes to sever their connection with the
land league. The police dispersed
meeting of the Ladies league at Ballintra.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-11-03
CRIME.

EDWARD RAINY, formerly of Galesburx
ILL.,, murdered man named Young at o..
wego, Kan, and escaped from the officers
who captured him.
X. K. SCOTT. formerly governor of South
Carolina. is on trial at Napoleon, O., for
the murder of young Drury, last Christ
| mas.
Two highly respectable citizens oil
Montgomery, Ala, named ThomasJ. Cox
and j. w. Crawford, mortally wounded
each other in an atfray.
A HUGE highwayman, disguised as a
female, closely veiled and riding dark
gray horse, is doing thriving business in
the Boston mountains in Arkansas.
LEMAN LOGAN, who robbed the postof-
fee at Assumption. ILL.,, has been sentenced
to imprisonment in the Joliet penittnti-
ary for three years.
AN inmate of the Jail of Milwaukee is
believed to be Lon Williams, who mur-
dered the sheriff of Dunn county. and un-
tiring efforts to establish his identity are
being made.
THE people of Seymour, Ill.,, took from
an officer a man named Wolf, guilty of an
outrage on farmers daughter, and fixed
a rope about his neck, but the constable
rescued him, Several pistol-shots were
fred at the villain.
JAMES E. ANDERSON, who became no.
torieus in the Tilden campaign in Louisi-
ana, and has lately been editing a daily
Journal in Eureka, New, was beaten over
the head with revolver by W. J. PEN
rose, and badly injured.
Mrs. BRADFORD, sister OF Jefferson
Davis, died at New Hope, KY, and was
buried in the cemetery at Gethsemane
abbey. at New Haven, KY.
The men who robbed DR.. Parks bank
at Fieldon, Ill, were seen recently in that
region while cooking chickens on the
roadside. One is said to be Maxwell;
the other is named Clarke, from Calhoun
county.
THE Garfield monument committee re-
ceives about one thousand letters day,
asking for relics, and has decided to enter
upon the manufacture of keepsakes from
the lumber of the pavilion, for which they
expect contributions.
THE Connecticut regiment which par
ticipated in the celebration at Yorktown
was escorted through the streets Of Co.
lumbia by local militia, and given an ar
tillery salute. The officers were banqueted
at the city hall.
WILLIAM j. SIPpLE, formerly employed
by the Erie railway as a telegraph opera
tor. has been arrested for connection with
conspiracy to rob the paymaster's train,
near jersey City. An incriminating dis
patch was found in his pocket.
ABOUT midnight on Monday, three men
boarded Fort Wayne train at Bucyrus,
Q. The conductor saw them standing on
the platform of Pullman coach, and
opened the door to inform them that the
regular cars were forward. They endea-
vored to force their way in, and one OF
them fired several shots. The conductor
shouted tothe passengers, and the robbers
rushed through the coach and sprang to
the ground.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-11-03
FOREIGN.

On recent trip to Glasgow, Sir Will
liam Harcourt was carefully guarded by
detectives.
A STEAMER with large quantity of dy-
Mantle for Russia was stopped in the Oar.
danelles.
The French forces in Tunis have lost
nine hundred men by disease, typhoid fe-
yer causing the greater mortality.
The khedive of Egypt has been per-
suaded to visit Constantinople, and En-
gland and France will thcreupon order
their iron-clads away from Alexandria.
ARRANGEMENTS have been made 10 hold
meetings in every Catholic chapel in Ros-
common, Ireland, at "a certain day, and
convert the branch land leagues into ten
ant defense associations. The constabu-
larry at Dublin have been instructed to
warn people against allowing land-league
meetings in their houses. A bailifi's son
was shot in Ballinamofe.
The Russian government has become
concerned over the emigration of Jewish
citizens to the United States, and will en-
deavor to settle them in two agricultural
provinces.
The customs collector at Toronto confs-
Gated as indecent certain photographs of
French paintings which had been on ex
hibition at the royal academy of arts in
London.
The chief of detectives at Dublin con-
firms the report that there was plot to
assassinate Secretary Forster Twenty
three members of the corporation of Dub
lin voted to confer the freedom of the
city upon Parnell and Dillon, and the
lord mayor alone defeated the resolution.
A priest near Clare Morris evaded the po-
lice by holding Land league meeting in
his church.
SEVERAL arrests under the coercion act
were made in ireland the other dav. in.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-11-03

THERE is fair prospect that the
Philadelphia courts will send the owner
of the factory in which large number
of people were roasted to death last
week, to the penitentiary. Every man,
or company of men, who erect build
ings regardless and reckless of human
life, whether it be factory, theatre,
church, public hall, school, or tene-
ment house, should be held liable.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-11-03

THE gigantic statue Of Liberty, to be
placed on Bedloe's island in New York
harbor, female form 100 feet high,
from whose brow an electric light will
guide the great ships safely to port, is
SO near completion that it is expected
to be in position in about eighteen
months or two years hence at most. 1t
is made of hammered copper, the ex-
pense being borne by the people of
France. The statue will stand on a
pedestal Of masonry 100 feet in hight,
giving the light cleaning from the dia-
dem an altitude of 25O feet.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-11-03

THE question of whether or not a
man in Boston possesses the flag of the
pirate Alabama is now exciting some
attention in the east. The Boston party
says the flag is the only genuine one,
and that he would not take $4,000 for
it, while an ex-ofiicer of the pirate ship
asserts with equal positiveness that the
resident of the Hub has either been
imposed upon or is trying to deceive
people. He says that the flag of the
Alabama went to the bottom of the
OCEAN with the vessel, and it is to be
hoped that his statement is true.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-11-03
Window Elected.

ST.. PAUL, Mimi, Oct. 25.-The Min
nesota legislature balloted for senator
to-day. In the senate the vote stood
William Window, 30; James Smith,
jr., democrat, 5; scattering, 3 demo-
Gratis and / republican. In the house
the vote stood: Window, 85; Smith,
IL; scattering, 3-two republican and
one democratic. The joint convention
to declare Window elected senator for
the rest ofhis unexpired term will meet
tomorrow.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-11-03
kaanxA Nh Eeh @ 1Se

- ,',o'H-tf 1"V'i oU' ., f'vV'
purchased five bottles of your Hop Bitters of
Bishop g. Co. last fall. for my daughter. and am
well pleased with the Bitters. They did her more
good than all the medicine she has taken for six
years. WIN. I. MCCLURE.
The above is from very reliable farmer
whose daughter was in poor health for seven or
eight years, and could obtain no relief until she
used Hop Bitters. She is now in as good health
as any person in the country. We have large
SALE and they are making remarkable cures.
W. II. BISHOP e. co.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-11-03

THIRTY citizens of Cleveland have
subscribed 81, 900 each to the Garfield
monument fund, and the contributions
from the country at large have reached
the sum Of $13, ,624.59, a total of $43,-
62459. 1t is the intention to raise
$4,000 if possible. The Presidents
body has been removed from the pub
lie vault to that owned by Colonel
Scofeld, of Cleveland, and will remain
there until the permanent burial place
is prepared.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-11-03

CAPTAIN HowGArE surrendered him.
self Saturday, pleaded not guilty TO his
indictment, and was committed to Jail
in default of $4,000 bail. An indict-
ment for forgery as well as for embez-
element has been found against him,
and he will be tried at an early day.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-11-03

THE report of the director of the
mint relative to production of precious
metals for the fiscal year 1880 shows
that the estimated production Of $780,
100000 in gold has been sustained, and
that the value of silver produced dur
ing 1880, namely, $39, 100000, exceeds
the estimate Of the director by 81 ,5OO,-
tO00. Silver bullion purchased during
the fiscal year for coinage amounted
TO "a, 4,2S2,571, standard ounces, worth
in its coinage value $2S 292,S10, and
the deposit of silver coin and bullion
not of domestic production was $2,-
507,766, Of which probably 100000
was purchased and used.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-11-03

"A philosopher out in Omaha has
written a book to prove that Shaks-
peare's Hamlet was woman. Next
we expect somebody will undertake to
prove that Shakespeare was an idiot.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-11-03

1t is useless to groan with rheuma-
tism when bottle of St. Jacobs Oil
will cure it, as everybody knows.-Co-
lunabus Oho) Daily Times.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-11-03

Pere Hyacinthe has been lecturing in
Paris to crowded audiences, his subject
being the late President Garfield.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-11-03

GEN. GRANT is going to have grand
family reunion next Thanksgiving. The
gathering will take place at the new
mansion in New York, which will be by
that time in complete order, and seven
teen members of the family will sit
down to dinner They include General
Grants aother, little, old lady with
white hair and a lively memory, who
lives in Jersey City with her daughter,
Mrs. Corbin; Col. Fred Grant with his
!. pretty, dark-eyed wife and children;
Jesse Grant, wife AND children; Ulysses
Jr. and wife; and AR. and Mrs. Sarto-
ris, who, with their children, will sail
from England in time for the festival.
"a The audience at Yorktown was COM
posed largely Of persons to the manor
born, and the applause of the populace
was given to the distinguished persons
whose faces were most familiar. Ar.
thurs was little known, because his
pictures had not been fully circulated
in that part Of the country. An OBJ
servant correspondent, probably Alex
9ander Mcclure, notes that Blaine was,
as he always is, the cynosure of admir-
ing eyes; but the thoughtful cast of his
countenance, his evident abstraction
and preocupation, seemed to inspire
the throng with an instructive sentiment
OF delicacy, whose expression was a
touching of the hat and deep reyeren-
tial salutation as the great minister of
state passed along, no longer lightly
and jauntily, with the buoyant step of
old, but with something of the delibera-
ton of age indicated in his suddenly
white hair and careworn face. Sher-
i1aIs fussy and consequential, over
riding everyone, passed almost unrec-
ognized. He was the most incongru-
ously bedecked figure on the grand
estrade. His gold, yellow and white
were specially attractive to the African
hosts, who couldn't be made to believe
thatit wasn't Massa Grant Hancock,
passing from the pavilion to the canopy
Of the president in the open space sur
rounding the cornerstone, was Instant
ly recognized, and for ten minutes there
was mingling Of the stentorian lungs
of the north and the rebel yell Of the
south. The general. leading his little
grandson, blushed like a girl, took off
his hat, and passed on with bowed
head"
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-11-03

SEVERAL arrests under the coercion act
rere made in Ireland the other day, in
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-11-03

.GulTEAu's attorneys have notified the
district attorney at Washington of their
intention to ask postponement of the
trial to November 81.
Claiborne guardian., 1881-06-15

1t is now regarded As a fact that the
great Southern Alabama Railroad company Y
has bought the ficksburg and Shreveport
railroad. The road from Monroe to shreve-
port is to be completed Immediately The
company that has bought the road has
abundant means to push the gap from
Monroe TO Shreveport to an early compile
tiou. If IT be true that the road has been
sold, and the report appears to be su,hen.
tic, there is little doubt but that the car,
will soou be running between Monroe an
Shreveport.
Claiborne guardian., 1881-06-15
No Mistake This Time.
Shreveport Times. J

shreveport Iimce.
EBir0R TIMES: On the list inst, i'll New
York, Mr.. Adolpb Wolff, financial agent
of the Alabama Great southern road and
representative Of the Eranger syndicate,
purchased the Nicksburg, Shreveport and
Pacific and Ficksturg aud Meridian roads,
Tins forming Il line under one maasge-
mcut from Chattanooga to Shreveport. =
distance uf Geo miles, and reaching tide
wafer at New ORLEANS via Shreveport. Ms.
j. j. Scott has been appointed general
manager of this line, and the road from
Monroe TO shreveport is to be completed
AT once.
The history of the "Alab0ma Great
Southern is about this During the re-
construction period, when everything vile
and corruP, in politics Sou,h-clsifncd to
be Repnblican-this road, then known as
the Alabama and Chattanooga" WAS
buili by a Mr.. stanton, Of Boston, on bonds
issued. endorsed by the State, and hypothe.
Gated iu England ss coilaterais. When
the Democratic party gained control Of
affairs Of State aud adjusted State finances,
these bonds wer- declared illegally endors-
ed. An adjustment between the Stat.
and the foreign holders W as finally reached,
and the road, with all It's valuable grant OF
mineral land, passed to the control Of
foreign capitalists. Thereupon the line
WAS rebnilt and equipped a. frst-clss
road. This road, with it's grant. Of mineral
land is a valuable piece ofrrooerty. The
management has organized An inmigra.
ton scheme of It's own, and is bringing
Epglishmen to Alabama
The New Orleans Democrat Of 3lst ult.
and ist inst. had specials" to within
effect. We have full details by wire from
railroad Office at Monroe, and you can
bank on facts furnished us sub rosa"
from Monroe.
Now, Mr. Editor, go ahead on your
Shreveport cotton mill. There is plenty
Of Alabama coal in sight to furnish steam.
BiESvILLE.
Claiborne guardian., 1881-06-15

DY II. v. ncr.

Come home father" and the wee QUO
Resebed her arns 70 kiss-gocd. bye;
"Come home early, then my mans
Will pas watch for yoa aud cry.
We will have your supper early
III keep watching at the gate.
VIII you, father, viii ron keep mo
Waiting for you very latei
Mama says, you love the dramshop.
More than wife or babe or mo
will watch tonight, dear father.
Wait beside the gate and See"
There were tears within bis bln~ eyes,
Az he closed the cottage gate,
And the proud lips slightly quivered,
AZ he whispered, mo. not lAte.'
All the eve, o'er book and ledger
Flew the pen with rigor new,
And the jokes of those around him
Scarce a single answer drew.
All eve long his dsrling's festnres,
Seemed between them ait to be
With the look she wore at parting,
When she said, Shed wait and Sec
Wait and see il father loved her
More than all this reckless throng,
With their jokes "a stale and vulgar
With their bAcchanalisu song.
Oh, he shuddered now in linking
Thoughts of her and them, iu one;
And he closed the ledger gladly
When the shades Of night begun.
With irm step he trod the pavement,
Passed the lamp-li, gay saloon,
Where with toast and wine and music
Called, his old companions boon.
But he answered, II have business
Aud | caunot come tonight"
And he whispered: Heaven keep me,
Keep me ever IN the right
At the trystipg stood the loved ones
smiling AT the ofd home gate,
And he said when fondly kissing
II will never more he late"
Fer between it oil, her firm trust
Acted ever a. charm;
And baby's hand has safely
Warded of the demon harm.
Loved ones keep the loyelamp lighted,
Keep the tear drop near thine eyes;
For the heart devoid of feeling,
Near the path of ruin lies.
S"ftness ls a green oasis
In the desert of the heart
Where the erring find new ,igor
Gu better road TO start.
Claiborne guardian., 1881-06-15

Tho prohibition question is the one
which is exciting most attention in the
politics of North Carolina. The Prohibi-
ton Convention met some time ago and
was presided over By the Governor of the
State and contained leading members Of
both psrties. A short time after the Anti
Prohibition Convention met with over 6ve
hundred members present. The Republi.
cans generally oppose the Prohibition bill
aud the Democrats are much split over it.
Claiborne guardian., 1881-06-15
Brsyity not CIearness.

1t commonly supposed that brew.
ty 10 the sssenc OF = telegram, and
that the shorter a message can b
the better; that il you have thing
to say In ten words, it is better to
say 1t in seven; if you have thing
to say in seven, it is better to sag
it in Ave. This appears to be the
creed of the general telegram sen
der. No doubt, if bis sole object be
to swell the revenues of the State,
his procedure is laudBble; bnt there
are other considerations to be TAX
en- into account; and il he wishes
his telegrams to bs rendered In such
guise that they shall be understood
par qui de droit, he will strive rath.
er to myke the wording plain than
laconic. Redundancy ia, Of course,
to he avoided, bnt too great brevity
ia equally to be eschewed. Laconic
writing, it is to be borne in mind,
tends to obscurity makes it impos-
sible for the telegraph operator 10
know when he is sending sense and
when nonsense; and if he has no
guide as 10 what he is sending, the
rhancrs are ut least equal that be
will 60 astray. There is no doubt
another motive which weighs with
some. and that is the desire that
the message should not he intelli-
gible TO the officials through whose
hands it will pass. But il is short
sighted policy to make tho wording
obscure. in order to Illustrate hypo.
theiic official curiosity. If secrecy
il important, il would be better to-
use n cipher. IN the majority Of
cases. however, the true plan is 10
take the officials into your conf
drnce, and write your message in
such guise that he who runs may
read. AS an illustration of the in.
genuity with which people will ex,
press themselves rs If for the very
purpose of defeating their own oh.
iect, we NAV cite the following: A
lady some short time;since telegraph.
ed: "Send them both thanks,n by
which she meant, Thank yon; send
them botb"-the "both" referred to
two servants. The telegram reach.
ed its destination as "Send them
both hack" thus making sense "a
the official mind wouid understand
it, but a complete perversion Of the
meaning of the writer. Nothing
was gained by putting it in this way;
the cost Of the message would have
been just the same it put differently,
and as the telegraph ignores stops
the message as it stood read like
nonsense. II happens that 9TH is
not unlike "b7 in the Morse alpha.
bet, and this, coupled with the fact
that d" back" seemed to be required
"a the last word, fully explains the
error.-Black,roods Magazine.
Claiborne guardian., 1881-06-15

Now comes Rutherford d. Hayes, ex-
fraudulent President of the United States,
and favors the country with bis opinion
of Mr.. Conkling. Mr.. Hayes is Of the
opinion that the New York Senator is q
monomauiac on the subject Of his own i'm
portsuce. This kind Of character does
pot suit the fancy of his ex-frsudulency.
We suppose that If he were kieptoma-
uisc be would he more cougenisl TO Hayes
who bad the greatest respect for that class
of men, ~ 10 evidenced from the number
Of them he retained in the Post ofBec De-
partmeut during his administration. At
any rate, Mr. Hayes opinion of Conk'ins
must be far more favorable one than ia
Conh hhn2's opinion Of Hayce.
Claiborne guardian., 1881-06-15

William Pitt Kellogg. who misrepre sepis
the State Of Louisiana in the Senate Of
the United States. has been lately giving
the people III Washington some importsu ut
information iu regard to political pros
important parsonage informs his admrug
friends that little Billy Malone will carry
Virginia, and that if it goes Georgia, Flor
ida, Louisiana aud Tennessee will follow,
all bring tired of misrulc. Louisiana is
more tired Of Kellogg and his sort Of men
than she is, or ever will be, Of her present
rule. His prophecies are like dreams, aud
go by coptraries. MahoDe's chances nnst
be slim indeed.
Claiborne guardian., 1881-06-15

An invention j, announced from the 9th ,
er side Of the Atlantic which, fput into
practical operation, viii greatly reduce the
lumber ofsteambuat accidents BY explosion.
II Is an electric Indicator, Ivy which the
water level in any boiler, may be ascertain.
I'd At any distance from the latter. This
apparatus ia described ns consisting Of an
Indicating tablet, constructed ia sHch a
manner that il may be- placed IN any part
of the establishment, and connected with
The electric indicator. which il tixed at
the top Of u vertical tube above the boiler.
Wires aud platinum plates are 20 arranged
thst when the water in the boiler sinks to
a certain point All electric current ia estab-
lished which rings a signal, while at the
SANE time the sign low water" appears on
the indicating tablet thus conveniently in
,uTipg against danger.