The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-03-05
SUMMARY or NEWS OF THE WEEK.
American. Flour.

IS A correspondence f the Montreal Herald, In
discussing this tax, corrects some statements
Of MT! Rowland to the minister Of finance
ae claims that the statement that competitt
lion came mostly from wheat grown in Da-
kota and Minnesota, which; by the new roller
process OF milling yielded on an average
about gu per cent Of high-grade, or what
}ts known as patent -four, is absurd The
average OF high-grade Hour taken from
good gee oa wheat H. Is not greater than 40
Americans IL sell their -four in Canada
at slaughter rates In Contradiction OF
this statement the quotations Of the Mont
real markets show that American strong
bakers sells at 81. 50@5, and Canadian
The truth, is, the American miller. does not
slaughter this or any other grade. Of -four.
He sells strong bakers to; his Canadian Gus,
toners on precisely the same terms as hesells
to his American customers In the est.
Y Tor instance, the place mentioned by
customers at tho same prices, no matter
where they come from. # 1t is going East
the custom Is for the miller to pay the freighr
TO Chicago, and Rche pays the Canadian duty
be adds that also to his invoice. American
millers cannot afford TO make their neigh
tbors in Canada present OF part Of the price
Of the -four they sell them. If they did SO
they would soon have to close their mills.
In the matter OF 5% freights d DIT twas
claimed that -four could be shipped, from
Winona, Mimi, to Ottawa for AZ cents per
barrel, while from Toronto to Ottawa the
rate was 80 cents Here was difference Of
only seven cents per barrel as against one Of
the furtheHt pointa From MINI eapolis to
4 Montreal the rate was 4S cents, and from
Toronto 80 cents; a difference Of only IS
cents The facts are that the rate between
Wnona. aud Ottawa was, not ~ cents per
barrel, but 81 cents; apd the rate between
Minneapolis and MousTealels not - cents.
but 81 cents also. Z hef freight Between the
points mentioned Is usually divided into two
parts-one part from west or Chicago, and
tho other part from Chicago to the East
freight Is 81 cents per barrel, divided this
way: From Winona to Chicago as cents.
& and from Chicago to OttawR 4S cents From
Winona to Toronto, the freight to Chicago lis
80 cents, from Chicugo to ,Toronto 80 cents
{ General Grants Days are Number cd. \,
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 81 special, to the
Times from New York, based on reliable
medical authority, says:
Gen. Grants health recently given in medical
Journal, the truth is Gen. Grant is very sick
man and his death Is apparently not far Distant
me pn6ns have no conception of the shattered
the arectlon. Of the tongue may NOT prove fatal,
put there IS as yet no appearance that It Is not
tne SueVe!opment OF malignant anu fatal dis
ease. Although somewhat better now than
.some weeks age, the enlarged and 1nflamed
tongue continues to make lit h Ilainful TO
speak or swallow fluids, the only nourish-
iment he can z lake "a In 5sadd ftloni ITO this.
distressing malady, Gen. Grant Is a terrible
SUFFERER from neuralgia. and 1t seems to have
taken possession of his whole system He has
had most Of his teeth drawn to lessen the net,-
ralg1o torture, and his injury In the hip caused
BY his fa1i year ago Is still a. source OF great
suffering and forbids physical exercise: It is q
tact that should no longer be concealed from the
country that Gen. Grant is rapidly breaking
down, and apparently without hope OF 3resctipn
and unless There should be some unexpected re-
lief he viii not be long among tho living. He Is
wonderfully patient and accomplishing, and he
profoundly appreciates the expressions Of sym
;pathy which have been called forth by his re-
cent appalling misfortunes. He works every
day with .bandaRed head and in unremitting
pain to finish his military autobiography or
spring The first volume is entirely finished,
but not, revised, and the second volume Is more
than half done he has not taken time to re-
wise the first volume because of his apprehen-
volume. e 70 Is 4 re-, 3i5ts377
~ LESS ALARMING. ISL s.
NEW YoRK, Special Telegram, Feb. 27.-
"a gentleman who has recently had
occasion to acquafnt himself with,
Cen Grants condition, !; said this morn
Ing that Gen Grant was probably mo-
worse than he had been, for some time; that
the cane erttrouble did battle his physI-
clans a to L az. extent. and that q his
would finally prove fatal II There is
no cause for present neasiness. however. as
Gen Grant would probably live year yet,
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