Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-03-18
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Delegate Raymond is said to have ap-
pointed @. d. Wilbur, q son Of D. Z.
Wilbur, OF Jamestewnsas - student OF
the naval academy Of Annapolis.
Iu passing upon pension case the
secretary of the interior ruled that the
TACT that soldier bad disease prior to
enlistment is not an absolute bar to his
pension.
Officers Of the Wyoming Stock Grow.
ers' association have telegraphed Gov.
Ordway. asking, that quarantine be es.
tablished to protect cattle from the foot
and mouth disease.
1t is generally understood the Fitz-
John Porter bill, returned to the house
for concurrence in the senate amendment,
has been indefinitely pigeon -holed. Ac-
cordingsto certain rules Of the house, the
bill, although under hundreds OF other
bills, may be taken up any day the ma
jority SO desire, Some members think
tho bill will be taken mp the early. part
of next week. 'a Es'sss 50 . - s-ss' y
Sioux Falls Press: It was reported in
the city last evening that the ice was
very apt to carry away tho bridge over
the sioux at the Yankton crossing. A
man from that neiehborhood was in the
city to procure ropes and cables to IN.
chor the structure. The ice; which ID
very-thick, had bulged up in the center
and was bearing heavily against the
piers Of the bridge.
Columbia Dispatch: A deed was
placed on record in the registers Office
during the week, which conveyed about
5000 acres of land, besides numerous
town lots, from Geo. w. Couch and wife,
of Chicago, to the Ordway Land and
Improvement company. The land lies
mostly west from Ordway and the lots
are in the village. The only considera-
tion expressed was the sum of one dol
lar.
John G. New, in speaking Of presi.
Dental prospects in Indiana, said there
: was great diversity of public sentiment.
Blaine was strong and SO was Arthur.
There were many Edmunds men, and
there was good deal of talk about Lin.
coin as being an available candidate. OF
course; Gresham and Harrison. both had
active friends, but Indiana would not
present candidate to the republican
national convention. Her republicans
would give'a hearty support. to any can
didate, and only wanted the best man,
whoever he was.,i.s s
The ratification of the reciprocity
treaty with Mexico has given great en-.
couragement to those who favor similar
treaty with Canada, and already sgen.
cies are at work to bring about such an
arrangement. It receives the earnest
approval Of the dominion government.
and agents have been sent to Washing
ton from Ottawa to see what methods
can be taken tabring about renewal Of
the treaty of 1864; but they will receive
very little encouragement, and nothing
will be done at Washington, pro or con,
until the Canadian government has taken
the initiative. Leading. men of both
parties will oppose any reciprocity with
Canada. rs
The United States Consulsat Rheims,
furnishes the state department some
interesting statistics relative to the
amount and value Of champagne wine
exported from that port to the United
States during tine year 1888 Russia and
the United States have long been known
as the tive greatest champagne drinking
countries in the world, and the prob.
ability is that our people guzzle down
more champagne than the Russians.
Twenty-eight thousand two hundred and
twenty cases of champagne. equal to
s,45s,63o quart bottles, and valued at
S3,637 ,629. were sent to the United States
last year. New York received 243,0s0
cases; Boston, 1865; San Francisco,
1892; Philadelphia, 5,196; New Orleans,
5,4s6; Chicago. s69, and Baltimore, 100.
Several Of the largest champagne ex.
ports have agencies in New York, which
accounts for the large shipments to that
port, as the wine is furnished from the
agencies to all parts Of the country.
JUST ISSUED.