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BRIEF NEWS PARAGRAPHS. 
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cards. Of this number 44,118,000 have been sent 
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Tuts spring, while the Empress of Russia and 
her only daughter, the Grand Duchess Marie 
Alexandrovna, were lingering on the shore* of 
the Bay of Naples, escaping the rigors of the 
Russian climate, they were visited for a long 
time by the Duke of Edinburgh, and it was 
rumored at the time that the Duke # waa the 
Grand Duchess’s accepted suitor. Then It was 
reported that the match was broken off and 
there was no prospect of the union of the two 
royal houses. It Is now known that the last 
report was incorrect, for on the 11th of this 
month the lovers were betrothed. On both 
sides, as is believed, t he marriage will be one of 
pure atfeetlon. 
Twenty-eight youthful Chinamen accom¬ 
panied by two guardians have arrived in Spring- 
field, .Mass. They left China on June 13, and 
San Franclsoo on the 15 intant. They came to 
this country to be educated, and, with those of 
their countrymen already here for the same 
purpose, make up a number of sixty young 
Chinamen pursuing their studies in the United 
States. They will not. attend any regular course 
at college, but will be distributed in the various 
towns along the Connecticut valley, mainly at 
Greenfield. Northampton, Holyoke, Springfield. 
Hartford, and New Haven. 
There was a "fashionable wedding" in 
Washington, recently, which has some elements 
of novelty about It. The bridegroom is a well- 
known and respected colored employe of the 
Government, now sixty-nine years old. He was 
born a slave and sold under the hammer live 
times, and finally bought himself for $1,500. Ho 
has a beautiful cottage on t he Potomac, and 
tents were spread on tho lawn for tho guests 
1,500 of whom had been Invited. Both parties 
have largo families, and are grandparents, and 
both are highly respected In Washington. 
i 
A Christian young man of Hudson, Mich.> 
whose inamorata declined his escort home from 
church, revenged himself by following her and 
expectorating tobacco juice on her skirt, playing 
the juice with two back breadths thereof; for 
which use of bis quid he ha* been arrested and 
put In quod, where his Protestant pastor daily 
lectures him on the un-Gcntility of the Chews. 
The special Commission appointed to Inves¬ 
tigate the Irregularities committed by t he Com¬ 
missioners to the Vienna Exposition have made 
their report. They hold General Van Burcn 
responsible for the abuses of authority com¬ 
mitted by bis confidential assistant, and regard 
the management generally as indicative of 
carelessness, Indifference and incapacity. 
Victor Hugo recently addressed an eloquent, 
letter to the Duke do Broglie, in which he urged 
the release of Henri Rochefort on account of 
his literary eminence. Tho Duke has replied, 
declining to interfere with tho course of jus¬ 
tice, and remarking that the Intellectual ability 
of the offender only serves to increase his re¬ 
sponsibility. 
THE Shah, it appears, has tho Oriental prefer¬ 
ence for fat women. Being shown some very 
adipose cows at the Home Farm at. Windsor, 
he asked how they were fed. Being told that 
they were brought into this plump condition by 
a diet of oil cake, Ids interest was at once ex¬ 
cited and he said to his Interpreter, “ Ask If oil 
cake is good for wives.” 
The Surveyor General of Wyoming Is engaged 
in surveying the streams and land of Colorado 
and Wyoming to find out the urea they are ca¬ 
pable of Irrigating, and the Californians, who 
have long depended upon Irrigation In the re¬ 
gions south of San Francisco, arc moving for a 
more general supply of water by artificial means. 
The Maine Democrat State Convention met 
at. Portland and has nominated Joseph Titcomb 
for Governor. Resolutions were adopted fa-, 
voring Free Trade, opposing monopolies, con¬ 
demning the Louisiana usurpation, and the 
back-salary bill, and demanding redress of the 
wrongs of which tin* farmers eomplatn. 
George Odgkr, the noted English radical, 
who has been repeatedly nominated for Parlia¬ 
ment as the working-man’s eandiilnte Init has 
always boen unsuccessful, has boon declared a 
bankrupt. The debts of Mr. Odgcr, who is 
described aa a bootmaker by trade, amount to 
$4,860. 
The Han Francisco Bulletin saysTho towns 
on tho shores of Puget Pound have been bidding 
high for the terminus of the Northern Pacific 
Railroad. It has finally been located in the 
little village of Tacoma, at the head of the 
Commencement Bay, about thirty-four miles 
northeast, of Olympia. 
Providence Aug. 1.-Herman K. Hopps of 
Wisconsin, a student at Newton Theological 
Seminary, was drowned at Newport beach yes¬ 
terday. His betrothed was a distracted spec¬ 
tator of his fate, and her uncle nearly perished 
in his efforts to save him. 
Stilt, another lawyer has brought suit against 
Mrs. Fair for the amount of ids little bill for 
defending her in the Crittenden business, and, 
as a San Francisco paper remarks, it would 
have been much cheaper for her to have been 
bung on the first verdict. 
Cardinal Antonelli has addressed a com¬ 
munication to the clergy of the United States, 
stating that the Pope is deeply affected at the 
manifestations of sympathy he receives from 
Ills children in that distant, land. 
Twenty-two Chluedb females were sold at 
public auction In the Chinese quarters in San 
Francisco recently. Young girls brought as 
high as $450 each and middle-aged and old 
women from $200 to $100. 
One hundred thousand dollars have been 
guaranteed to Bates College, Lewiston, Me., in 
order to secure Benjamin E. Bates's gift of the 
same amount, conditioned on an equal amount 
being subscribed. 
George N. Sanders died very suddenly of 
heart disease, at his residence in Seventeenth 
street, August 12, In the sixty-second year of his 
age. Mr. Handers was born In Lexington, Ky., 
February 21, 1812. 
A committee of the Virginia Educational As¬ 
sociation have voted that while arithmetic Is of 
large practical value to girls, algebra Is not of 
much use in their dally life, nor is It Indispen¬ 
sable as discipline. 
The petit ion of Frank Walworth for a pardon 
has already been handed to the Governor of 
New York. The young man thinks t.hata month 
is altogether too long a punishment for such a 
light offense as his. 
A doctor 'of Portsmouth, N. H„ wants the 
custom of tolling bells for funerals discon¬ 
tinued. It has a depressing effort upon the sick, 
and cannot, prove a source of much enjoyment 
to the departed. 
An old gentleman of Montreal who had the* 
whole el' his tongue and his lower jaw removed 
some months ago, not only eats and drinks 
with easo but '• articulates so as to be un¬ 
derstood.’ 1. 
An insane patient of the Lancaster county 
(Penn.) Hospital secretly twined a line from the 
leaves of a peach tree; it was over 300 feet long, 
and strong enough to bear the weight of two 
men. 
The good people of ISay City, Mich., have 
made up their minds that it’s very wrong for 
any one to get sick on Sunday, and insist on the 
Sabbath closure of druggists’ shops. 
A guileless New Bedford tippler advertises 
his intention of prosecuting to the utmost ex¬ 
tent. of the law any one who shall sell or give 
him, or to any one for him, liquor of any kind. 
The sons of clergymen of every denomination 
rcoclvc tuition free at. Center College, Danville, 
Ky. The same is accorded also to all young 
men of limited means and good character. 
Miss Ltdia Thompson will he married in 
London on the 28th Inst, to Mr. Alexander Hen¬ 
derson, for years her business manager, and 
sails for this country on the 31st.. 
The Rural Park Seminary at Alton, TIL, which 
has hitherto been merely a girl's boarding- 
school, has been transmogrified Into the female 
department of Shurtleff College. 
The English Government proposes, upon the 
marriage of the Duke of Edinburgh with the 
Grand Duchess Maria of Russia, to Increase his 
yearly allowance to $125,000. 
“ M. E. L.” 1* the last novelty in college de¬ 
grees, and it Is conferred by the ladies’ semin¬ 
ary at Bordentown, N. J. It signifies ‘‘Mis¬ 
tress of English Literature." 
It appears that Tccnmseh is to have his 
statue—on Queenstown Hlghts, in Canada. The 
Inhabitants of Ontario arc tn he asked to give 
one. cent each tn pay for it. 
Thirty lady tax-payers and property-holders 
of Ran Francisco have formed a league, and 
resolved to pay no taxes until they shall be 
recognized as citizens. 
The Rev. Newman Hall will leave Liverpool 
on the 23d of August, for Ncw t York. He will 
make a tour of the United States before return¬ 
ing to England. 
A writer in The Cincinnati Gazette notes 
that Gen. Butler's wife was an actress in her 
youth—a Miss Hildreth, of the Cincinnati Na¬ 
tional Theater. 
The Baltimore millionaires are invited to 
purchase the burned district and present it to 
the city for a Central City Garden. 
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THE SEASON, CROPS, PRICES, ETC. 
Appleton, Win., Aug. 15. Wo aro just dos¬ 
ing up one of the best harvests that we have 
had In ten years. Both winter and spring wheat 
are extra good ; oats aud hay also. We shall 
succeed In saving a fair crop of potatoes from 
the hugs. Corn promise* an average crop. The 
first part of the season was quite wet, so that 
all kinds of crops cams on finely. Lately we 
have had fine, dry weather, until now we are 
beginning t.n wish that. M would rain. Fruit 
prospects very poor. Many trees were killed 
and others more or less injured last, winter; 
those which arc left alive are bearing but very 
little fruit. We have a home market, anil good 
prices for all kinds of farm and garden pro¬ 
duce.— E. N. 
Wey bridge, Vt., Ang. 12.—Farmers are near¬ 
ly all through haying. The crop is light, though 
better than was anticipated, and is of excellent 
quality. Corn is backward ; potatoes, a small 
crop, according to prospects; grain, about an 
average crop.— h. b. h. 
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DOMESTIC NEWS. 
New York City and Vicinity. 
The police have no right to forbid armed 
recession* . On the llt.h one Ephraim Stein- 
ardt shot his employer, one SohonJunk, in a 
cigar shop on Vescy street; lie then shot him¬ 
self; ” family troubles”... .The Eight-hour law 
ih a failuri-.The Excise laws are beiug well 
enforced . .The new city prison is to he on Ca¬ 
nal street... The New York Yacht Huh Is on 
its summer cruise Witnesses in the .Stoke* 
case are still denied their liberty.The noto¬ 
rious Geo. N. Sanders died on the 12th .The 
police force is to he increased 100 annually 
The steamship Arndt, long overdue, hu* arrived; 
she lost her pnjjiellor The first, bale of new 
cotton has arrived .The house of Platt &?Boyd 
has brought a suit against Special Agent, Jayne 
of the Custom House for seizing their books .. 
Joseph Arch of the English National Agricul¬ 
tural Laborers’ t'nton Is expected in a few days 
.The Controller holds that the new Charter 
prohibits the payment of public money to reli¬ 
gious or denominational schools.... JcrseyCity 
Is t.o have great new depots to cost $2,500.000— 
The coming opera season will bo very brilliant 
.. The great, storm did no special damage in 
the city.A new line of steamship* is to be 
established with Venezuela_ 10 families of 
Mennonltes have arrived. 
Home New*. 
Persecution of the Chinese In California 
continues ; it comes from whites who are un¬ 
willing to work....A man named Woodson lias 
shot a man named Barlow In Iowa .. Gov. Dix 
ha* vetoed tho new Stale Prison bill for New 
York . Dr. Dunn, a Deputy U. 8. Marshal, has 
been shot in Corinth, Miss.The President 
will Interfere, if neodful, on behalf of the Fort 
Gam' prisoner*.. Indian outrages have occurred 
in Western Texas.Oscar Mill*, an assistant 
engineer in tho U. S. Navy, was accidentally 
shot at Tunkbnmiook. Pa., on the 11th. . .It is 
now stated that 65 lives were lost by the Wawas- 
set disaster.The President returns tn Long 
Branch on the 20th. ..A Democratic convention 
In Maine has pronounced in favor of fro* trade 
.... There wae a small attendance at the Iowa 
Ant l-Moeopoiy convention. .Thu* far the Post- 
Office department has ordered 51,000,000 postal 
cards The heater* in a Chicago rolling mill 
have struck.. .The Knights of Pythias have had 
a grand parade Iii Boston.The report of the 
Hpedal Commission on the Vienna scandal has 
boon rnocived at Washington and published; 
Gens. Van Huron and Mayer are charged with 
receiving money Improperly; tho report is by 
no means satisfactory, and the whoio matter 
will likely come hofore Congress.Scranton, 
ha* had an explosion of tire damp and a 
terrible thunder storm, with a loss of several 
lives... The discovery of largo oil wells In But¬ 
ler Co., Pa., has depressed the petroleum mark¬ 
et. American railway managers aro visitingNo- 
1 va Scotia. Pennsylvania Republicans have held 
a convention at Harrisburg.The Iowa Anti- 
Monopoly convention has nominated a full 
State ticket John Bigelow has written a let¬ 
ter against, the Philadelphia Exposition .. The 
President will visit the White Mountains. Lake 
George and Saratoga Gen. DeHart of New 
Jersey ha* been relieved of hlB command .The 
Indian Liquor law is to be enforced It is pro¬ 
posed to Increase the National Bank currency 
$25.000,W0... The Wawasset Inquiry has begun 
It is contemplated to increase fire insurance 
rates in Boston.Numerous Indian outrages 
are reported_Gen. Spinner has written a let¬ 
ter on national finance. 
Fire*. 
A great flra broke out in Portland, Me., on 
the 9th, burning steamships, elevators, wbarfs, 
warehouses, etc.; loss, $600,000; I wo women were 
burned .. Steam pump factory In Cincinnati on 
tho 9th ; loss, $21.000_The losses by the recent 
llre.s on Long Island amount to $500,000 . On 
the 11th there was a $20,000 fire at Lake City, Fla 
_Dwellings, etc.. In Elora. Ont., on the 9th; 
Id**, $15,000..,. Lumberyard In Minneapolis on 
the l(Hh ; loss, $60,000 State tobacco ware¬ 
house In St. Louis on the 11th : loss, $20,000 _ 
Cordage work* nti Park street, Boston, on the 
11th ; Toss, $40,000 A largo brick building, 170 
Center street, Now York, on the 12th; loss, $90,- 
000 .National Hot el, stores, etc., at Catskiil, 
N. Y., on the llt.h: loss, $75,000 .. - The Whit¬ 
more Mill In Dantelsonvlfle, Conn., on the 0th; 
loss, $6,000.Varnish shop at Greeopoint, N. 
Y., on tho 13th ; loss, $60,000.City Mills in 
Quincy. III.,on the 12t h ; loss, $60,000. .MeDow- 
engh'a Hall In Philadelphia on the 12th; loss, 
$10,000 Hardware store at Wapello, Iowa, on 
on the 15th ; loss, $30,000. 
Obituary, 
H. M. W hittlesY of Gen. Howard's staff en 
the 8th, In Washington. C'ol. J. Htackpole,aged 
60, In Dover, N. H.. on the 0th.Prof, W. W. 
Clark of Albany, on the JOtli.Rev. Dr. Rich¬ 
ard S. Storrs died on the 11th, aged 86, at Brain¬ 
tree, Mas* Col. James F. Me 11 no, tx literary 
f entleman of some repute, died in Brooklyn, S r 
on the 13th, aged 60. 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
ffHaeellaneotia Foreign News. 
Thb harvest In France is only middling thl 
year .. Carlisle arc concentrating around Bur¬ 
gos_The Good Templars of England are ink¬ 
ing action against the use of tobacco . ..Carlist* 
to the number of 4,000 arc marching on Borga. 
There have been disturbances In Madrid. The 
executive right of pardon has been abolished. 
Strangers arc leaving Vienna, and visitors de¬ 
crease dally_Gordon Gordon, tho English ad¬ 
venturer, about whom tharo has been some 
trouble in Canada, ha* fled West. Sir George 
Jewel ha* become the English Master of the 
Rolls .Daniel O'Donogliuu ha* been made Gov¬ 
ernor of Ceylon . The Spanish Cortes will take 
legal proceeding* against it* rebel memhrrs. 
The (roons of Contreras have been dispersed by 
the Republic. The wife of Don Carlo* bas join¬ 
ed her husband. Austria will -end a squadron 
of war ships to Spain.Two Irish regiment* 
have had a desperate riot at Kildare Tho In¬ 
surrection lu Cuba progresses..The town of 
Christlanoplc. In Sweden, has been destroyed by 
lire.. An English vessel which landed 2,000 
rifle* arid 40 horses for the Carlisle, has been 
captured by tho Spanish. The Spanish Minister 
of State will demand the extradition of Insur¬ 
gent refugee* In foreign lands The Carllsta * 
have captured the town of Vergara. . .The Ca¬ 
nadian Parliament, ha* closed . The Count do 
Chambord will take up hi* residence In France 
_The Shall has sailed from Constantinople 
There is a rumor that Metz will be restored to 
France. The Pone has sent, a letter to bis dear 
children in America.The R. H. ship Canan¬ 
daigua ii-at Kingston, Jamaica, with <0 of hrr 
crew sick with yellow fever.. The Carllsta are 
burning Borga .. .The Town Hall of Leeds, En¬ 
gland, has been destroyed, also some cotton, 
warehouses in Liverpool. The Americans will 
receive nine of the highest prize* awarded at 
Vienna. They will also get 60 medal* in the 
Machinery department. .1,000 rebel* have landed 
at Alicante, Spain The Cortes will call out 80,- 
(XX) reserve*. Cartagena Is preparing for a long 
struggle. The German* will holdthe Iron clads 
until an organized Government exist* Benin 
has been captured by theCarlists .Therecent 
Interview with Bismarck, published in Ameri-v 
can papers, 1* denounced as false.800 Com¬ 
munists are marching on Portugal .. Brazil, 
Paraguay and the Argentine Republic have 
signed a treaty of peace . (500 Imperialist* have 
celebrated Napoleon's fete day at Chlselhurst, 
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A GRAND VICTORY OVER EVERY COM¬ 
PETITOR. IN THE WORLD. 
The following Cable. Dispatch from Vienna 
will convey the glad Intelligence to tho world 
that the “ World Renowned Wilson Hewing 
Machine,” has not only taken all of (he highest 
Award* at. Fairs and F,x positions tn the United 
States, but ( hat It has overwhelmingly defeated 
every Sewing Machine manufactured In tho 
World, and carried off the first Grand Prize at 
the Vienna Exposition: 
Vienna Austria, Aug. 15,1873. 
To W. Q. Wilson, President Wilson Sewing 
Machine Company, Cleveland, Ohio : 
"The Wilson Shuttle Sewing Machine was 
awarded the Grand Prize at the Vienna Expo¬ 
sition for being the heat Serving Machine." 
Raynor. 
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SEMI-BUSINESS PARAGRAPHS. 
To the Editor of (he Rural New Yorker:— I 
have but a word to say In regard to the com¬ 
munication purpertiug to be a reply to my card 
published in your columns. I call attention to 
the fact that It. la anonymous, while at the same 
time so contrived as to deceive the public into 
the impression that It is signed by the Trustees 
of the Mutual Life Insurance Company. It is 
dated as from the office of that Company,and 1* 
so arranged as to bring In the names of the 
Trustees at tho usual place for signature. Hal¬ 
ing exposed tho deceit lu this respect, 1 do not 
consider that tho article, without signature, 
requires any further notice at my hands, as it 
does not undertake to specifically answer any 
statement of facts made by me, but onlyreiter- 
