The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-10-20
GENERAL NOTES

The fund for the Garfield family closed
Oct. IS at 1857 ,S5l.
REV. DR.. THOMAS has taken an appeal
to the judicial conference, to be held in
December.
THE total taxes levied upon the city of
New York for the year are $3l, OH $40, the
rate being 262 per cent.
The Garfield monument committee esti-
mate the cost of the marble at 5000, 600, of
which Cleveland will be asked TO contrib
ute $4,000.
TIP. CCoNNoR, NJ. p, delegate from
the Irish Land League to raise funds in
the United States, has landed in New
York.
SINCE the surrender of Sitting Bull,
whose camp lay directly on the route Of
the annual migration, buffalo have return
ed to the northern plains.
Two THOUSAND mill laborers at Muske-
gon, Mick, struck Oct. IL, for ten hours
per day, and paraded the streets with a
band. @
THE newest trouble among the Indians
in Arizona arose from the murder of a
White Mountain scout by the hosLiles
Chiricahuas, and a massacre is feared.
PAYMAsTER ARTHUR has returned to
Helena, Montana, from trip of eight
hundred miles in an ambulance. While
at Fort Benton he learned that his brother
had qualified as president of the United
States.
After three days of delay Professor
King sailed away from Chicago with his
monster balloon and signal service at
tache, Oct. Is. The air ship rose to the
height of mile and then moved off to-
ward St. Louis at a speed of about twenty
miles per hour
The superior court at Providence, r. T.,
has decided to permit the sale of the prop
erty of the Sprague Manufacturing Com
pany. reserving $1,5O0,000 to await the
| issue of the suit of the Quidneck Com.
pany.
Six companies of Michigan militia, &C
companied by Governor Jerome and staff,
left Jackson, Oct. Is, for Yorktown. A
second train followed Immediately, with
two hundred civilians. Governor Colquitt
and staff started from Atlanta, and the
Maryland militia from Baltimore.
COLLECTOR ROBERTSON is inclined to
discontinue political assessments in the
New York custom house, where more than
three hundred officials have pledged them
selves not to contribute to the republican
campaign fund. Postmaster Pearson will
not permit any assessment of his en-
ploves.
GENERAL CARLOS FRURo is EN- route for
the border with thousand Mexican SOL
diers to cooperate with General Wilcox
against the Apaches. General Fremont
has resigned the governorship of Arizona,
and it is reported that General Banks will
succeed him. The count at San Carlos
reservation shows that there have recently
been no desertions for the war-path.
THE carriage.works of Parson & Good
fellow, of Oshkosh, Wis, employing nearly
two hundred men. has shut down. The
failure of Thompson 4 Hayward's car.
riage factory precipitated the action Of the
creditors, and on the 18th inst. affairs
came to a crisis. A syndicate was formed
among the creditors and the works were
purchased outright, including the stock
machinery, accounts, etc. The syndicate
consists of s. D. Kimbark, Chicago; G.
F. Stroud, of Oshkosh; the Union Ma.
tional Bank of Oshkosh; Shadboldt &
Boyd, of Milwaukee; N. Colds & Son, o.
Fort Wayne, Ind, and Sheldon, of Au.
burn, N. Y. The liabilities of the firm
are estimated at 500, 900; assets unknown
Work will be commenced in about week
by the new company:
THE democrats of New York assembled
in state convention at Albany, on the 11tt
inst. The county democracy of New Yorl
was recognized, and both the Tammany
and Irving Hall organizations were ex-
cluded. The following ticket was placed
in nomination:
For Secretary of State-William Pur
cell.
For Comptroller-George H. Lapham
For Attorney General-Roswell A
Palmenter.
For Treasurer-Robert A. Maxwell.
For State Engineer-Thomas Ever
shed.
For Judge of the Court of Appeals-Ex
Atty. Gen. Schoonmaker.
THE attorney general OF Illinois ha
been directed by the railroad commits
sioners to bring suit against the Wabasl
consolidation for freight discrimination
against shippers at Gilman, Ill. As |
: portion of the track is outside this. state
, the question involved will be new to oul
courts.
Mr.. Geo. Drake, 4s Oak street, In
dianapolis, Ind, suffered terribly wit
"water' rheumatism. He used 81
Jacobs Oil and was entirely cured.-
N. Y Sniri of the Times.