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BRIEF NEWS PARAGRAPHS. 
A Colorado correspondent writes:—“Our 
butcher is a graduate of Yale; one of the gentle¬ 
men working in the printing ofll e Is a graduate 
of Oambr.dgc mid a winner of the Bishop's 
Medal for proficiency In the classics; a ranch¬ 
man near hero is the sou of n General In the 
British army, and u near relative of George 
Stephenson of railroad fame. Four other ranch¬ 
men are the four sons of a former Governor of 
Bengal, who 1* still very wealthy. Two ate the 
gone of mi eminent London Bank', r. A graduate 
of on a of the universities manages n dairy, and 
attends to most of the milking personally." 
A MAN of Springfield VI,., has invented a new 
suspension bridge. Jr. consists of a single wire 
stretched across Black river, and a car Uml will 
contain two persons travels back and forth on 
tiio wire. Tho cast end of the wire Is the high¬ 
est, and the momentum of the car serves to 
carry H across, a distance of two hundred feet, 
in fifteen sooonds. Returning tho car travels to 
the center of t e wire without help, and from 
thence Is drawn up by a cord attached to the 
car, the entire trip occupying only thirty sec¬ 
onds. 
Some of tho Indian mounds near Vincennes, 
Ind., have been explored by Prof. Charlton and 
Prof. Townsend. Sinking a shaft from the top 
they found at ten feet below the surface a bod 
of charcoal, and under this remains of bones 
crumbling into dust as soon a* touched. As 
the mounds .are perfectly dry this condition of 
tho hones is regarded as affording evidence of 
very great antiquity, arid it is supposed that 
they belong to the old Toltee race which Inhab¬ 
ited the locality throe thousand years ago. 
The feminine college at Evanston, Ill., is in 
future to be known as the “ Woman’s College 
ol tho North-Western University." A rule of 
the institution is that at least one of the faculty 
must be a woman. The first feminine professor 
appointed is Miss Frances E. Willard. She oc¬ 
cupies the chair of Esthetics, and has a salary 
for the first year of $1,800, with assurance of an 
annual advance for the next three years of $300. 
Five ladies buve been elected to the Hoard of 
Trustees of the University. 
The California ladles seem to be constitu¬ 
tionally thirsty if the following remark, made 
by a lady at Calistoga, Springs, is any criterion 
of the common feeling: —“Lemonade! No, 
Indeed 1 I'm going to stick to ice water to day. 
Yesterday I drank champague, buttermilk, lem¬ 
onade with a stick In it, more champagne, 
Calistoga punch, more lemonade with hair oil 
or something else in It., and I was sick enough 
all night. No, sir; I shall stick to ice water 
to-day." 
When the salary-grab bill was pending in 
Congress last winter one argument in its favor 
was that, a* tho franking privilege had been 
abolished Congressmen would hereafter have 
to pay their own postage the name as all others; 
bat now it. seems that some Congressman are 
under the impression that they ought to bn 
supplied with the official postage stamps for 
official communications. Demands for them 
have, however, been refused In all eases. 
The Chicago Times sees In the “ Grange sys¬ 
tem” of electing delegates to the Farmers' Con¬ 
vention a decided improvement on tho caucus, 
and thinks that “if tho farmer*’ movement 
should cause the club system to take the place 
of the caucus system, it would, even if it. should 
accomplish no more, bn a movement of im¬ 
mense influence for good in our polities.” 
The Shah is taking with him back to Per-in, 
among all the wonderful tokens of western 
civilization he has been collecting during his 
stay, no more remarkable evidence of it. than n 
collection of the Journal of the day describing 
his reception In En(land, the Illustrated news¬ 
papers especially being objects of wondering 
delight to his suite and attendants. 
THERE is a fly in Cayenne, Guiana, known as 
the man-eater, which Is tho cause of many 
deaths in that penal colony of France. M. 
Coqnerol, who ha* investigated the subject, 
describes the Insect as laying Its eggs In the 
mouth or nose of a sleeping person. The off¬ 
spring in their larval state usually bring about 
the death of the victim. 
The everlasting school quest ion is now agita¬ 
ting Springfield, Mass. The Roman Catholic 
clergy have contemplated the establishment of 
regular denominational schools, but tho laity 
arc said to oppose this, not hesitating to toll 
the clergy that thoir schools can never bo as 
good as the public schools. 
A Georgia paper recently c.mtalnod the fol¬ 
lowing Item In Its Society Gossip:—“The ami¬ 
able and delicious Miss Pilkington, whose 
charms of mind and person have turned the 
heads of our gallants, now does her hair In 
braids, and patronizes this j> .j< r exclusively in 
her personal make-up." 
Victor Emanuel, it is reported, is to be ex¬ 
communicated by the next encyclical of the 
Pope. The Papal edict will be read In Bt. 
Peter’s amid tho greatest solemnity; the cathe¬ 
dral will be draped with black, uud yellow 
tapers will burn on the altar. 
The whistle Is to be "substituted in the French 
army for the luiglo when troops are engaged in 
skirmishing. During the recent, war, the whi I !o 
was found to act very well in tho free com¬ 
panies, while the calls on the bugle revealed too 
much to tho enemy. 
The Southern Fertilizing Company now mix 
thoir various compounds In Libby Prison, while 
tho famous Castle Thunder, used during the 
war as u prison for Southern deserters, is now 
the manufactory and warehouse of a tobacco 
firm. 
The following la a literal copy of a notice 
which has recently been displayed in a field in 
South London:—Ladles and Gentlemen are rc- 
roqitested not to steal the turnips. Other per¬ 
sons, If detected' will l»e prosecuted. 
It Is said that half of the counties in Illinois 
are In search of feminine candidates for the 
office of School Superintendent. Miss Eliza 
Livermore is named for Madison county. 
California lias another headless rooster. 
This oue i* provided with a silver tubo through 
which it. is fed, and is an object of envy in the 
feathered tlo-k of which it is a member, 
A Fort Wayne girl engaged herself to a 
young man “ for fun," but she fainted when she 
found that he had procured the publication of 
the engagement in a newspaper. 
Columbus, Aug. 1.—Tho Constitutional Con¬ 
vention to-day, by a vote of 41 to 40 adopted a 
resolution to adjourn from Aug. 8 to Dec. 2, 
and then meet in Cincinnati. 
All requisitions for postal cards up to the let. 
of July, have boon filled, amounting to 31,000,000 
since tho cor’d was issuod. The orders up to 
date amount to 00,000,000. 
Is Kansas more bodies have been discovered 
at the Bender graveyard, and a clue to the 
wherabouts of the Bender family has been 
obtained. 
TUB net debt of Boston, funded and unfunded, 
is $23,744,894, and the gross debt $37,6141,672. The 
increase of debt during the year 1872-73 was 
$2,185,002. 
A Syracuse lad had his clothes taken com¬ 
pletely off by passing through a space of six 
inches on a belt between the wheel and the 
celling. 
Ten thousand Central New-York Spiritual¬ 
ists, in council, resolved against the proposed 
religious amendments to the Federal Consti¬ 
tution. 
Sixty armed horsemen rode into Fulton, Mo., 
with the intention of lynching a inule-stealer 
named Kessler, but were baffled by the author¬ 
ities. 
The movement to create a new State out of 
West Tenessee, North Mississippi and Southern 
Kentucky meets with but little favor at Mem- 
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THE SEASON, CROPS, PRICES, ETC. 
Brldgcvtllc, giinsex Co., Delaware, July 2.1. 
—Since 1862 we of Central Delaware have not 
experienced so unfavorable a season. Winter 
wet; spring unusually late; before crops and 
vegetables were established and out of danger 
of frusta it became hot and dry. It lias been 
about eight weeks since we had any rain to 
speak of. Corn almost ruined; early planted 
cannot be improved much by any amount of 
ralr. Peaches have dropped badly, and ripen 
slowly; no Hales except on sandy soils. Apples 
rather scarce, and up to date are looking poor 
and small. Garden vegetables all gone except 
late tomatoes. Late potatoes attacked by the 
tobacco worm and vine* eaten to a skeleton. 
Grape* have an unrelenting enemy In a little 
black i ! yellow worm that hatches In armies 
on the leaves which are not only skeletonized, 
but is now destroying the stems and fruit. 
Delawares suffering first, and most. Sweet po¬ 
tatoes looked never so badly. Carrots and 
sugar beets are dying In the drills. Sugar com 
can never be anything; tassel* dead, no silks. 
All young clover and grasses on wheat stubble 
are burned up. To-day high, hot wirds, siroc- 
oa-llke, roasts and twists the distressed corn to 
such a degree that we aro almost disheartened 
but for the peach crop, which is always our 
hope, and often our pride,— Kate J. 
Fond du Lnc, Wl*. t July 31.—We were highly 
favored with copious showers and several heavy 
rains from last of April up to July 15, which we 
appreciate, having had no rain to speak of for^ 
the past three years. Of course our crops are 
heavy; harvesting Is commenced. Crops of all 
kinds havo not looked as well since I860. Har¬ 
vest help scarce. Granges of Patrons of Hus¬ 
bandry are quite numerous.—0. Berry. 
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WHAT SOCIETIES ARE DOING. 
A Bornological and Horticultural Uiclrty lor 
the Southern Stale* is proposed by the Norfolk, 
Va., Pom. and Hort. Soc., which nails, by reso¬ 
lution, upon similar organizations throughout 
the South to unite with it in organizing such a 
society, to lie auxiliary to the American Porno- 
Ioglcal Society, and to send delegations to Nor¬ 
folk, Aug. 20, with Mich purpose. 
St. Joseph Industrial ICx|mfi(iloii, — The Board 
of Director* of the 8t. Joseph Industrial Expo¬ 
sition announce, that an exhibition of manufac¬ 
tures, stock, products, art* and inventions will 
be held in St. Joseph, Mo., opening on Monday, 
$ept. 29, (one week previous to the St, Louis 
Fair) and continuing one week. Low’d Fletch¬ 
er, St. Joseph, Mo., is Secretary. 
Fair Notice* Received. — Kansu City, Mo., 
Fair, Sept. 16. and continues n week.-North¬ 
ern Kansas District Fair at Atchison, Sept, 8 
Platte City, Mm, Fair, Platte City, Sept. 23 
28-Anderson Co„ Kan., Fair, Oct. 1 3.—Cof¬ 
fee Go.. Kan., Fall’, Oct. 8-10- —Fair of Western 
N. Y. Poultry Soc., at Buffalo, Jan. 16-20, 1871. 
The American Poultry A»»n.—The Secretary 
of this Association niinourieo that he Intends 
to call a Convention tho coming lull, with u 
view to a revision of the American Standard of 
Excellence for all descriptions of fancy fowls. 
The Secretary is Joseph M. Wade, 83 North 
Seventh street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
The Jacksonville, ID,, Hurt. Hoc., at its June 
meeting, elected the following officers: l‘ret.- 
Edward Scott. Yta-l'rcPt .—K. ii. Chapman. 
Cor. See.—Dr. il. W. Milligan, /iso. See.—A. L. 
Huy. aVeas.-Tho*. Dowoo.se. Directors.— IS, T. 
Miller, T, Baldwin, J. Ueinl, II. 11. .Massey- and 
il. W. Milligan. 
The Riley Co., Kao., Ag. See., holds Its next 
Fair Sept. 30, and continues from day to duv. We 
arc not Informed where it Is to he hold, its of¬ 
ficers are: Pros. O. \V, i•-> i, i . \ r icc-l‘n*'t J, 
N. JJnbockcr. See-- J. Q. A. Sheldon. Treat .— 
Samuel Long. 
The Xew York Shale Ag. Sue, ha* decided to 
open ilm gates of its exhibition at Albany, to 
tho public on Wednesday, Sept. 21, and continue 
the exhibition until Wednesday, Oct. 1. The 
entry books for iho exhibition close August 23. 
The Fair ol the Seneca Co., A. V., Ag. Soc. 
will be held at Seneca Falls, Oct. 7-9. Officers 
for the year are : John G. King. I icc- 
prex’t,.— Jos. Wood. Trcaa .—\John D. Cox. See. 
—Wm. W. Stung. 
The Maine Poultry V**’n Is already In the 
field with Us Premium List for an Exhibition 
to be held in City Hall, Portland, Me., Jan. 13- 
16, 1874. W. 1*. Atherton, HalloweJI, Me., is 
the Secretary. 
The Northern Win. Fair is to be hold at Osh¬ 
kosh. Sept. 29 and Oct. 13. The Annual Address 
is to bo delivered by Hon. J. Blaine, it. D. 
Touituv, Oshkosh, Wis., is Secretory. 
The Vermont Mate Ag. Soc., is to hold its 
next Fair at Hut laud, Sept. 9-12. The Premium 
List, is issued, and may be obtained of Henry 
Clare, Secretary, Butlaud, Yt. 
The New Jersey State Ag. Soc. has issued its 
Premium List for 1873. The next Fair is to be 
held on its grounds at Waverly Station, Sept. 
16-20. 
The Pat i« ska I u., O., Ag. Soe. will hold their 
next Fair Sept. 24-26. Geo. N. Rowling, Seo’y. 
The Quebec Provincial Ag. and loans. Exhi¬ 
bition is to he held at Montreal Sept. 16-19. 
The Pierce Co.. \VU„ Fair is to be held at 
Prescott, Wis.. Sept. 16-19. 
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DOMESTIC NEWS. 
New York City and Vicinity. 
The Pacific Mall Co. lias paid Its taxes of 
$124,000 to the Government, anu its ships have 
been released.-Thostall*around Fulton Market 
have been destroyed....Russian emigrants have 
commenced to arrive ■ On the 4th an unknown 
man, aged 35, was murdered in Green street... 
War on the coopers continues because they are 
society men_There is much anxiety over the 
German steamship Baltic, missing, with 350 
passengers aboard.... Mr, WUuHoy, a Member of 
Parliament, lias arrived, to hunt up evidence in 
the Tiohborne case....The Brooklyn Trust Co. 
has resumed business. 
Home News. 
Three men were burned at an oil well in 
Butler, Pa., on the 2d The Democrats of Ohio 
have nominated a full ticket . Virginia wants 
a “white man’s government”.The Labor 
parly of Maviachusett* indorses Gen. Butler.... 
Gov. Dlx of New York declines to sign the Life 
Insurance Policy Bill_The Germans of Wis¬ 
consin will hold a National Convention. ..The 
President has signed the Japanese Postal Treat y 
_Col. Hughes is the Virginia candidate for 
Governor . Long Branch has had n grand ball 
In aid nf iho sufferers by Hit* Portland, Or., fire 
... .The Cherokee* have held a general election 
.Yale Collect' Is to build anew Theological 
Hall, to cost $160.1.09. Poor Yale!. The Con¬ 
servative* of Virginia have nominated one Mr. 
Kemper for Oovernor.The formers’ move¬ 
ment is progressing in the West . Cholera lin¬ 
gered in Kentucky on the 7th, and there were 8 
easts in Columbus. O Great real estate fraud* 
have beer, discovered In Philadelphia Vermont 
soldier.! lm\ >■ hurl are-Unlon .. Thecholeralin¬ 
ger* in many places in the West .. The debt of 
tho District of Columbia Is $ 17,000,000—All tho 
lager beer In Worcester, Mass., is being .seized 
.Air. Dent, the President’s father-in-law, is 
quite ill-. The President went to Washington 
tho 5th, and hold an unlmportuntCuhmet meet¬ 
ing. He Is now the guest of Sneaker Blaine, in 
Maine Two men were killed by an explosion 
in a coal mine at Wilkesbarrc, Pa., on the 4th.. 
Tho Ku-Klux are growing verv bold in Ken¬ 
tucky _ Some politicians in Cincinnati have 
repudiated both the Democratic and Republi¬ 
can parties !... Gen. Sherman ha* had a great 
reception at Cape May.Salt Lake City re¬ 
cent ly hod It* first rain In 3 months. Brigham 
Voung’s divorce suit. Is un in the Salt Lake 
court.-. Southern war claim* to the amount 
of $66,000,000 have been presented Indian out¬ 
rages are reported in Wyoming...14 beer heller* 
In Worcester. Mo**., have been fined and impris¬ 
oned The Cherokee Indian* have had a bloody 
battle in Kao. ■is . A Mr. / lien has I con bru¬ 
tally murdered near Owensboro’, Ky.Gen. 
But ler ha3 written a long letter, defending back 
pay_President Grant has issued an order for 
the enforcement of I lie Civil Service rules. 
The final plan for I bn great Exhibition building 
at Philadelphia will be solectcd the last of Sep¬ 
tember .The steamship Wawaonet, on the Po¬ 
tomac River, was burned at noon of the 8th inst. 
nearOhataloulanding; there were 160 passen¬ 
gers mi board, 50 of whom are supnosed to have 
been lost. Tho Uames spread rapidly, and many 
jumped Into the water; over 40 people were 
drowned. 
Fires. 
Portland. Oregon, was set on Are on the 
2d inst; 23 block* of t he city were burned, com¬ 
prising hundreds of houses. The loss was $1,- 
500,000. Hundreds of people were made liomc- 
le. -. ami had to camp in the cltv parks. Several 
persons worn lulled and wounded during tho 
conflagration. The best part of the city was 
saved. The people ask aid of Chicago, St. Louis, 
New York and Ban Francisco_Shoddy mill In 
Ayer, Mass., un tin 4th; hiss, $400,000—Finn¬ 
ing mill In Exeter, N. H.,on the 4th; loss.$8,000 
....Shoe establishments In Nantucket, Mass., 
on the 4th; loss, $16,000 .. There were 137 fires 
in New York city during July ; loss, $263,705— 
Five shiji.’ and 15,000 ban'tds of o.l were destroy¬ 
ed at Hunter's Point, N. Y., on tho 5t h; loss, 
?Ci(X),l)00. Ore- man was burned to aenl.lt .. Prince 
fSL. distillery In Boston on the 8th ; loss, $65,000. 
Obituary. 
Philarete Chaisles, an eminent French 
author, died on the 2d. He was a professor in 
the College or France ...The Duohesa of Inver¬ 
ness died in London on t,he2<l. She was the 
wife of the sixth son of George III Gen. Sid¬ 
ney Sherman of the Fun Jacinto, in Galveston, 
on the 1st— Robert S. < hew, chief clerk of tho 
State Department, on the 3d, at Washington; 
bo waa 62 M. Barret, President of tho French 
Council of Slate, on the 6th. .Prof. John F. 
Stoddard in Newark, N. J., on the 6th. 
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FOREIGN NEWS. 
miscellaneous Foreign Neivs. 
Sevtlt.a was pillaged by the rebels. Tho in¬ 
surgent, frigates arc manned by galley slaves. 
Foreign powers will bold Gen. Contreras as a 
hostage until the rebel vessels are returned to 
Spain. A bill ha* been given to the Cortes for 
I he separation of Church and State. The Cortes 
propose to divide Spain into 40 Cantoris. Carlisle 
arc increasing In some of the province . The 
foreign powers have the rebel chief Contreras 
on a German man-of-war. Tho Republican bat¬ 
teries have opened on Sevilla. France will re¬ 
main n utral toward Spain — Tho Vicuna Ex¬ 
hibition building has been on lire. ...There was 
n fearful railw ay accident in England on the2d ; 
12 people were killed and 30 wounded .The 
Shah has visited the Vienna Exhibition—Cen¬ 
tral A mcrii a is sending aid to Cuba. Lima, 
Peru, has hod a $500,1)00 rain storm.. July 7th 
there was a great, earthquake at. Valparaiso 
The King ui Belgium and the Emperor of Ger¬ 
many are to have a meeting.There Is much 
excitement in France over the reconciliation of 
the Legitimists and OrJeanlsts. Tbo.U. S. 
steamer Shenandoah, at Cadiz, has the Villo do 
Madrid under her guns. There ha* been despe¬ 
rate lighting at Valencia. The village of Mis- 
Lata was taken and lost several times and then 
burned. A mortar fire has opened on Valencia. 
At M.vaiuas* village 160 men were killed. Se¬ 
villa has mado a demonstration in favor of the 
Government. Granada lias surrendered. Italy 
will send a fleet, of war ships to Cartagena. 
There ha* been a railway accident near Man¬ 
chester, Bng.; 18persons 'injured Turkey will 
raise a new loan of $75,000,IKK) ...John Lathvop 
Motley, the great American historian, was 
struck with apoplexy In London on tho 6th; his 
recovery is doubtful... . Cadiz has- surrendered 
to the Republicans.The Germans have cap¬ 
tured two frigates at Malaga. A powde: roaga • 
2 ine at Valencia has exploded, killing a great 
many rebels. The rebels make an obstinate re¬ 
sistance at Valencia ... Lozada. a Mexican rebel 
chief, has been executed...Sir John A..McDon¬ 
ald of Canada denies that he has committed sui¬ 
cide Vlctoriahas prorogued Parliament; she 
is happy over the large sum of money voted tho 
Duke of Edinburgh The French troops have 
entered Nancy .. Prince A nh'ir of England t* 
betrothed to Prince-s Thvru of Denmark—Mr. 
Mot ley was much better on the 7th Inst .Thera 
have been great change* in the British Cabinet. 
Mr. Low o takes the Home < Iffico; Mr. • Badri one 
is Chancellor of the Exchequer; tne Marquis of 
itlpon and Mr. Childers retire to private life; 
Mr. Bunco becomes Lord President of the Coun¬ 
cil ; John Bright euteis the Cabinet as Chancel¬ 
lor of the Duchy of Lancaster; Mr. J. G, Dod- 
