The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-10-20
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SAVAs SsVPs'
Six million lAger-beer glasses were sold
in this country last year.
Glendive, Montana, boasts Of 1900 in
habitants The town il scarcely four
mouths DID,
A twelve year old colored girl At Ovens
boro, KY, is the mother Of baby now
six months old.
Seven acres Of whsst in Nevada yielded
$40 bushels Of grain, lacking one bushel Of
being seveuty-three bushels 10 the acre.
The FIRE that destroyed the Landedbur-
ger mill At Phladelphis has proved hol-
acaust-men, women and children were
burned to crisp in one seething mass.
Silver dollars with holes punched in
them are only worth IS cents; quarten,
Is cents halt dollars, IS cents, and nick.
els two cents; SO watch when you take
change.
The receipts Of cattle at the Chicago
market last week were the largest ever re-
csived, numbering 1878 hesd- The
largest in one day was on Monday, II, 800
head
The U, 8. Senate was adjourned for the
Yorktown centennial which celebration il
intended to be the most extensive and in
teresting one ever held in memory Of that
event.
Last month showed On increase in bust
ness failures, The southern states show
an increase Of q per cent. and still gener-
al trade has been pushed with unusual
vigor.
The largest check ever drawn by an
American, probably was that Of Jay
Gould in favor of Tom Scott, for 81, 40O,-
600 on the Fourth National Bank of New
York.
Senator Pillsbury introduced into the
Minnesota legislature resolution to pay
the railroad bonds at SO cents on the dol
lar. 1t was referred to the Commute on
Finance.
A call for a national tariff convention,
to meet at Cooper Institute, New York,
November 20 and 80, has been issued.
The convention will consist of six hun
bred delegates.
Sitting Bull is horrible ugly. An ofic-
er showed him q looking glass the other
day, and frightened the old man 20 that
he rushed up to headquarters and surren-
dered six times in ten minutes.
Hannibal Hamlin has been appointed
minister to Spain, and Walker Blaine,
Fourth Assistant Secretary of State. The
President has sent into the Senate mum.
Der Of minor appointments.
The most DISASTROUS gale known in En-
gland for years swept all along the coast
and through the interior Friday, causing
numberiess casualties on sea and land.
The list Of drowned reported exceeds 100.
Edwin Booth, the tragedian, has separ-
ated from his wife in New York, Booth
taking his daughter Edwena with him to
his hotel, and Mrs. Booth going to her
mother and step-father, j. H. McVicker.
Senator Bayard takes his removal from
the presiding officer chair philosophicaly.
He says he feels no personal regret, but .
sense of relief, the Office being one q
sensitive man might well feel q delicacy
in occupying.
At Kokomo, Co.., fire caused by the
explosion of . lamp, Thursday night,
spread till it consumed every house in
the town but twenty, destroyed property
worth 90, 900 and rendered eighty fami.
lies homess.
The body of an unknown man has been
found hanging in the woods near indie
pendenoe, No., and it is supposed that he
was detective who was hunting for the
train robbers, and met the same fate that
poor Witcher did seven years ago.
The Mitchell Capital states that orders
have been received at Mitchell to immedi-
ately prepare for grading ten miles Of the
Milwaukee road norhward up the valley
of the James Instructions have also been
given to construct railroad bridge across
the James at Firesteel.
Congressman Wise and State Senator
Riddlebarger had "an affair Of honor
with pistols on Saturday afternoon, at At.
las. station near Richmond, Neither
was hurt. Mr.. Bernie, editor Of the State
had arranged another affair" which was
prevented by his arrest.
It is positively stated that President Ar.
thur will send in his cabinet nominations
after the Yorktown celebration, which
occurred last Tuesday. A near friend Of
the president says he has about twenty
names under consideration for cabinet po-
sition, all being those Of stalwart republi-
cans.
Florida gives place to Texas Is the slow.
est state in the Union to gather election
returns, A special election occurred in
Texas seven weeks ago, and no Official re.
turns have yet been received from seven.
teen countless some Of them within days
journey Of the State capital.
Charles Bolles Of Minneapolis under.
took TO kill dog with revolver but tho
wepon did not discharge. He became
furious because his wife laughed, and aim.
cd ct her, but the pistol still hung FIRE,