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cautious, and demanded that the bees be moved out of the 

 locality. 



Suit was brought against Mr. Buchheim for maintaining 

 a public nuisance, and he was fined $50 and costs. As he 

 was a poor man with a large family to support, he did not 

 pay the fine, and was committed to jail for 25 days. 



After 10 days had elapst an appeal was taken to the 

 Supreme court, and he was releast pending appeal. 



In the Superior court Judge Ballard ruled on the appeal 

 that the complaint was insufiicient to constitute a public of- 

 fense, and entered a judgment discharging the defendant and 

 exonerating his bail. 



The enemies of bee-keeping not being satisfied with this, 

 instituted another suit against Mr. Buchheim, and through 

 the efforts of the National Bee-Keepers' Union assisting the 

 attorneys for Mr. Buchheim, and paying a portion of the court 

 fees necessary for the defense, they have failed to obtain a 

 verdict against him, tho the jury wrestled all night long with 

 the case. At first they stood T for acquittal and 5 for con- 

 viction, in a community led by a Justice of the Peace, and 

 organized to persecute Mr. Buchheim because of his keeping 

 bees successfully and profitably. 



This is another victory for the National Bee-Keepers' 

 Union, and bee-keepers all over the continent will be de- 

 lighted to learn the facts in the case. 



Thomas G. Newman. 

 General Maiiayer Xational Bee-Keepers' Union. 



The Old Union deserves congratulations upon this victory. 

 It shows again that the only thing bee-keepers need to do to 

 secure their rights, is to be united in an organization the 

 duties of whose officers are to see that such rights are re- 

 spected, or secured by putting up a good fight in the courts of 

 the land. Often an innocent bee-keeper is financially unable to 

 wage his battles alone, and bee-keepers owe it to themselves, 

 to the pursuit which they represent — yes, to the fellow bee- 

 keeper who is persecuted — to help carry on the war until vic- 

 tory is won for the right. 



General Manager Secor's next annual report — to be is- 

 sued In a little less than two months — will also show much 

 good work done by the United States Bee-Keepers' Union the 

 past year. The partial report that he gave at the Omaha con- 

 vention was very bracing, and made each member feel that he 

 belonged to a grand organization. But where there are hun- 

 dreds of members now, there should be thousands. 



Apiarian Exhibit at tlie Illinois Fair.— 



Mr. P. Grabbe, the judge of the apiarian exhibit at the 

 Illinois State Fair, which closed Oct. 1, called on us last week 

 and kindly furnisht us with a list of the exhibitors with the 

 premiums awarded. They are as follows : 



Display of comb honey — W. Z. Hutchinson, 1st premium, 

 $25 ; M. J. Becker, 2nd, $15 ; J. Q. Smith, 3rd, $5. 



Collection of labeled cases containing 12 or more pounds 

 of white honey from different flowers — W. Z. Hutchinson, 1st, 

 $10; M. J. Becker, 2nd, $5. 



Collection of labeled cases containing 12 or more pounds 

 of amber or dark honey from different flowers — J. Q. Smith, 

 1st, $10; M. J. Becker, 2ud, $5. 



Case of white clover comb honey, 12 to 24 pounds — W. Z. 

 Hutchinson, 1st, $5 ; M. J. Becker, 2nd, $3. 



Case of basswood comb honey, 12 to 24 pounds — W. Z. 

 Hutchinson, 1st, $5. 



Display of extracted honey — M. J. Becker, 1st, $25 ; W. 

 Z.. Hutchinson, 2nd, $15 ; Jas. A. Stone & Son, 3rd, $5. 



Display of samples of extracted honey, named — M. J. 

 Becker, 1st, $5 ; W. Z. Hutchinson, 2nd, $3. 



Display of candied honey — Jas. A. Stone & Son, 1st, $15; 

 M. J. Becker, 2nd, $10. 



Display of beeswax — Jas. A. Stone & Son, 1st, $15 ; W. 

 Z. Hutchinson, 2nd. $10. 



One-frame observatory hive of dark Italian bees — W. Z. 

 Hutchinson, 1st, $5; Chas. E. Shank, 2nd, $3. 



One-frame observatory hive of Golden Italian bees — Chas. 

 E. Shank, 1st, $5 ; W. Z. Hutchinson, 2nd, $3. 



One-frame observatory hive of Carniolan bees — M. J. 

 Becker, 1st, $5; W. Z. Hutchinson, 2nd, $3. 



One-frame observatory hive of albino bees — W. Z. Hutch- 

 inson, 1st, $5. 



One-frame observatory hive of Cyprian bees — W. Z. Hutch- 

 'Dson, 1st, $5. 



One-frame observatory hive of Holy Land bees — W. Z. 

 Hutchinson, 1st, $5. 



One-frame observatory hive of black bees — M. J. Becker, 

 1st, $5. 



Group of queen-bees comprising 2 dark Italian, 2 Golden 

 Italian, 1 each Carniolan, albino, Cyprian, Holy Land and 

 black— W. Z. Hutchinson, 1st, $10. 



Display of honey-plants, prest, mounted and labeled — W. 

 Z. Hutchinson, 1st, $5 ; M. J. Becker, 2nd, $3. 



" Judge " Grabbe made several excellent suggestions look- 

 ing toward a revision of the present Illinois premium list. He 

 would make the full score quantity of honey, both comb and 

 extracted, 300 pounds instead of 500 pounds. He would 

 also omit all the awards on one-frame observatory-hive ex- 

 hibits of albino, Cyprian, Holy Land and black bees; and 

 would substitute some other things, among them honey- 

 vinegar, with recipe for making the same. 



Mr. Grabbe's reasons for omitting the premiums on the 

 bees mentioned, are that the albino is a freak, there are no 

 genuine Cyprian and Holy Land bees in this country, and tho 

 breeding of blacks should be discouraged rather than encour- 

 aged by offering premiums on them at fairs. 



Doubtless by next year's fair the list will be revised along 

 the lines suggested by Mr. Grabbe. By that time we hope 

 that a good honey season will be enjoyed, and that there will 

 be more exhibitors in the apiarian section of the Illinois fair. 



Horseradisb l,eaves crusht are among the latest 

 remedies for bee-stings. So says a "stray straw" in Glean- 

 ings. 



Mr. Harry S. Howe now has under contemplation a spe- 

 cial course in entomology at Cornell. — American Bee-Keeper. 



The Langstroth Fund has received lately 50 cents each 

 from Messrs. W. G. Secor and A. I. Emmons, of Greene Co., 

 111. There is plenty of room for more. 



Mr. W. A. Pryal of Alameda Co., Calif., writing us Sept. 

 22, said his bees were storing honey right along, so that he 

 had no fears of their not having plenty of stores to carry them 

 through the winter. 



Mr. Oscar Kerns, of Caldwell Co., Mo, was in to see'us 

 Oct. 4. He deals in bee-supplies to some extent, besides keep- 

 ing a few bees. The honey crop was practically nothing this 

 year in his locality. 



Mr. W. M. Barnum, once an occasional contributor to 

 the American Bee Journal, has lately become .the editor and 

 publisher of " Barnum's Midland B^armer," publisht in Mis- 

 souri. We wish him success in his venture. — —3 



Mr. F. Grabbk, of Lake Co., 111., who was judge of the 

 apiarian exhibits at the Illinois State Pair this year, dropt in 

 to see us last week. There were four exhibitors of honey, 

 bees, etc., at the Pair this year, as will be noticed by the list 

 of premiums mentioned on this page. 



Mr. C. B. Howard, the secretary of the Seneca County 

 Bee-Keepers' Association, is pictured in the October American 

 Bee-Keeper, and also one of his four apiaries. In a short 

 biographical sketch. Editor Hill pays a deserved tribute to 

 Mr. Howard's abilities and success as a bee-keeper. j 



Mr. W. T. Richardson, of Ventura Co., is called the 

 " leading honey-producer in Southern California," and both 

 himself and one of his numerous apiaries are shown In Glean- 

 ings for Oct. 1. Mr. R. has about 1,200 colonies in four apl- 



