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MOOBE’S BUBAL NEW-YORKER, 
Ityics of the 
BEIEF NEWS PARAGRAPHS. 
The officials of the Naval Observatory have 
nearly completed the plan of operation for ob¬ 
serving the transit of Venus, which will oocur 
in December, 1874. Eight parties of live persons 
each will be dispatched, four to stations in the 
Southern Hemisphere, and the others to the 
Northern. Those going south of the Equator 
will leave New York next spring In a naval 
vessel, specially prepared and fitted for their 
accommodation, while others will probably 
proceed to their stat ions by mall steamer. The 
posts in the Southern Hemispheres will bo on 
the Kcrguclaii Islands, Auckland, and Van 
Dieman’s Laud. In the northern station they 
will be located at Yokohama, Nagasaki, Shang¬ 
hai, and noar the Siberian border. 
The treaty just negotiated with the Mountain 
Crow Indians of Montana by Peace Commis¬ 
sioner Brunot, and by which Indians exchange 
their reservation on the Yellowstone for a much 
smaller one on the Missouri, is one of the most 
Important which has boon made with the In¬ 
dians for a long time. The abandoned reserva¬ 
tion contains more than 6,250,0(10 acres and will 
ho traversed through its entire length, nearly 
250 miles, by the Northern Pacific Hail road, 
which, now that Indian title is extinguished by 
the voluntary withdrawal of the Indians, will 
bo entitled under its charter to receive grants 
of alternate sections for 20 miles each side of its 
line, equivalent to a tract of nearly 3, 00(1,000 
acres of land. 
The will of the late Elias Durand, an emi¬ 
nent botanist and chemist, contains (.hose in¬ 
structions, which his son is directed to carry 
out: 
“ Present aJi my botanical works to the Phila¬ 
delphia Academy of Natural Sciences, to bo 
placed in the botanical room for the use of 
workers anil to save them the trouble of run¬ 
ning to the library," and “Have my collection 
of botanical specimen!* securely packed and 
sent by express to the Museum of the Jardin 
dcs Plantes of Paris. France, to he added to a 
larger collection which l presented to that in¬ 
stitution in 1863." 
The Rev. Robert Col Iyer of Chicago is in favor 
of clergymen paying full price for railroad 
travel, clothes, books, newspapers and other 
luxuries ami necessities in like manner with 
other men. His ground is that since ministers 
are paid nowadays as well according to their 
talents as any other class of men, It Is time for 
them to discard the garb of mendicancy. 
Frequent inquiries arc still received at the 
Treasury Depari incut os to whether the pennies 
coined in 18.57 and 1853 are redeemed at or are 
worth more than cm'•cent. To such inquiries 
the answer of the Treasury invariable is that 
the cents in question arc redeemed at. the Mint 
ut their face value, and are intrinsically worth 
considerably loss than that. 
San Francisco, '»g. 18.—News from 
received by the steamer Costa Rica, says „he 
King favors the adoption of a reciprocity treaty 
with tile United States. An official decision to 
that effect published says a treaty will give new 
life to affairs In the kingdom. It also favors 
the session of Pearl Harbor to the United 
States for a naval station. 
The prominent Salt Lake newspapers are 
very emphatic In their belief that, the suit 
brought by Brigham Young’s seventeenth wife 
for divorce is simply a blackmailing operation. 
It is also the opinion of the same journals that 
the Prophet will compromise the matter by 
paying down a handsome sum rather than have 
iiis family affairs exposed. 
A Rpromt from the vessel in which Henri 
Rochefort was shipped for New Caledonia says 
that his fellow-convicts, consider!tig his course 
as treasonable to the cause of the Commune, 
made an attempt to lynch him. The officers of 
the ship were obliged to assign him quarters 
apart from and protected against the Commun¬ 
ist exiles. 
Tin: Post-Office Department has ordered the 
establishment of the free delivery system in 
Burlington, Iowa; St. Joseph, Missouri; and 
Leavenworth, Kansas. The free delivery system 
has been extended to 31 i ltiea since the 1st of 
July, the whole number now being SO. 
The Attorney-General has recommended to 
the President that pardons be granted to P. 
Hood of South Carolina, and Adolphus Dupriest 
aud George liullanday of Nort h Carolina, who 
are now serving out terms in the Albany Peni¬ 
tentiary for Ku-Klux outrages. 
The uew Masonic Temple In Philadelphia Is 
almost finished. The dedicatory ceremony will 
begin on the 35 of September and continue three 
days. It is estimated that over 100,000 members 
nf the mystic tie will be present, and assist in 
the ceremonies. 
Asa Jones, bitten by a rattlesnake at South 
Bend, Ind., applied tobacco to the wound and 
swallowed a few quarts of whisky. Mr, Jones 
recovered from the bite in 18 hours. It is not 
stated how long he was recovering from the 
whisky. 
A Vicksuuug letter says that Senator Ames 
will bo nominated for Governor In spite of the 
strong opposition, and 1-bat colored men will be 
selected as candidates for Lieutenant-Governor, 
Secretary of State, and Superintendent of Edu¬ 
cation. 
The Smithsonian Institution has received a 
telegraphic announcement of the discovery of 
a comet by Borelll at Marseilles. It is 7 hours, 
27 minutes north, right, ascension; 38 degrees, 
45 minutes south declination, with a rapid 
motion. 
The James surveying party, to explore the 
Colorado River, is encamped in the desert near 
the river with the Cozopah Indians. The pro. 
jeot of filling the Colorado desert, from the 
waters of the river fa reported upon as feasible. 
At LeB Gygnes, Kansas, Aug, 20, a mob of 400 
men took from the Sheriff, Keller who had 
murdered his wife and two children and his 
wife,s sister at Twin Springs and afterwards 
burnt their bodies, and hanged him. 
information has been received that the 
Mikado will soon open Simonosaki, in the 
Japan Inland Sea, to the commerce of all no¬ 
tions, This section is reported as abounding in 
nearly every kind of wealth. 
Tun American Board of Commissioners for 
Foreign Missions will meet, at Minneapolis on 
t.hc 23d of September. Committees have been 
formed, and arrangements are being made for 
the reception of guests. 
t 
The Duke Charles Frederick August William 
of Brunswick, died lately of apoplexy, at the 
age of 63 years. The will of the late Duke leaves 
the whole of hla landed aud personal estate to 
the City of Geneva. 
Manchester, N. H., Aug. 19. -Charles Stark, 
a wealthy citizen of Manchester, aged 72 years, 
a grandson of Gen. John Stark, deliberately 
committed suicide, hut- night, by hanging. 
The North Carolina tobacco growers and 
manufacturers have formed a State Association, 
of which Dr. T. W. Keen of Salisbury was elect ed 
President. 
Gen. MaoMahon'r Government has been in 
existence but a few weeks, yet In the month 
past twenty Republican newspapers have been 
forbidden circulation In the provinces. 
Dri. Fi.i.LOWP, of Madison, Wisconsin, has 
been nominated by the Executive Board for the 
Presidency of the Illinois Wesleyan University, 
President G. L. Boss, LL. I). of the Kansas 
Normal School, lias taken the chair of English 
Literature In the Indiana Stato University. 
The fortune of John Stuart Mill falls to his 
step-daughter, Miss Helen Taylor, familiar to 
London literary circles. 
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INDUSTRIAL FAIRS FOR 1873. 
As wo have not, space fer the long list of An¬ 
nual Fairs published last week, we give below 
such additions as have since been received: 
NEW YORK. 
Cattfiklll, Greece Go...Oet. 14,17 
Crown Point ami BrlrlRoport, Crnwu Polnt.Sept. 17, JH 
Herkimer Co. Ag., Hort. & Mach. ArtsSoo., 
between Mohawk aud Herkimer.Sept- 23, 2ft 
Ontario Co.. Canandaigua ...Oct. i, 3 
Oswego, Town.Sept. 30, Oet. 2 
Phoenix Union, Oswego Co.Sept. 18,20 
Rockland, New City.Oct. l, 2 
MAINE. 
Aroostook North, Presque Isle.Oct. 1, 2 
NEW JERSEY. 
Warren, Belvidere. j .Sept. 30, Oct. 8 
PENNSYLVANIA. 
Adams, Gottyshur 
Tioga, Wellsnoro’ 
Sept. 23, 2ft 
.Sept. 10,12 
VIRGINIA. 
the coroner’s fury took the part of the father 
who killed his son: the jury brought in a ver¬ 
dict of justifiable homicide The colored citi¬ 
zens have given Gov. Plnchback of Louisiana a 
reception The price of coal Is going up 
The Fenians have been holding a Congress. 
One Rocoo, an Italian musician, and a Mr. 
Thomas Olcott, a hank president of Albany, 
committed suicide on the 28i h ult .. Gov. Dlx 
refuses to arm the police_Brooklyn has sus¬ 
tained another defalcation, amounting to $203,- 
000 through Its Deputy City Treasurer, W. T. 
Hodman ; he waft a partner of Mr. Mills, the 
lata defaulter. . . Thu public schools have re¬ 
opened The Brooklyn frauds excite great 
attention, and It was stated on the 30th ult., 
that the sinking fund had been robbed of half 
a million dollars; it is stated that frauds exist 
in other departments. The friends of Mr. Rod- 
man, the Iasi Brooklyn defaulter, offer hail for 
him In the police courts —The Irving confes¬ 
sion of the Nathan murder is a fiction Work¬ 
ingmen have held an eight-hour meeting. 
Home News. 
Gen. Butler ha* made a great speech in 
Massachusetts at Worcester, full of “ hits." He 
had an immense audience... The National 
Temperance Convention has been in session at 
Saratoga; it was well attended. Most of the 
people of Lancaster. Kv„ have fled, owing to 
the cholera . Pennsylvania Democrats have 
hold a convention.Tho Science Convention 
at Portland. Me., haft closed — Senator Morton 
has returned his hack nay. .. A Chinaman In 
Saji Francisco who wished to marry an Ameri¬ 
can has blown his brains out A paper in 
Washington urges Grant for a third term . 
Oregon demands certain of the Modoc* as pris¬ 
oners The teller of the National Exchange 
Bank, Albany, N. Y.. has defaulted to the tunc 
of $40,(KK).The Republicans of Wisconsin 
have renominated Gov. Washburn .. In Missis¬ 
sippi Gen. Amc* has been nominated by tho 
Republicans for Governor - • Vice-President 
Wilson experts to attend the opening of Con¬ 
gress In December Saratoga Is to have a Na¬ 
tional regatta Sept. 11th An insane man in 
San Francisco confesses to be the Nathan mur¬ 
derer. Spanish fever has appeared among 
cattle in St. Louis It was reported on the 
23th ult. that the Indians of Texas had cap¬ 
tured Fort SUi, and massacred it- occupants... 
Win. 8. Boyce, President of the First National 
Bank of Lynn, Mask., committed suicide on tho 
27th ult ... Dr. J. C. M. .Show Iter of Baltimore 
murdered his wife on the 28th ult . The New 
Jersey teachers have been In convention at 
Vineland .. The Yellowstone Expedition has 
been twice attacked by the Indians .. 'J’lm Un¬ 
does are to he hung Oct. 3d., . The steamboat 
Goo. Wolfe was blown up at fit. I rands Island 
on t he Mississippi River, on thoSSd ult.; 30 per¬ 
sons killed or wounded,.. The Liberal Repub¬ 
licans of New York Invite the Democrats to 
join them. The Democrats of Ohio aro said 
to display groat enthusiasm... Great gains for 
Gen. Butler arc reported In Boston and else¬ 
where. 
Fire*. 
Vinegar Works in Kalamazoo, Mich., on 
the 19th ; loss, $12,000— Wool house at Cohoes, 
N. Y., on the 18th ; loss, $10,000.. .A cabinet fac¬ 
tory, brewery, etc., in Quebec on the 19th; loss, 
$120,000 . .Shoe factory In New Bc iford, Ma.-.-., 
on the 19th ; lose, $18,000_.A block in Fort 
Wayne, Iiul., on the 20th ; loss, $15,000_An oil 
refinery exploded in Pittsburgh on the 30th; 
loss, $10,090 and one man killed .. .Oil works in 
Chelsea, Maes., on the "1st: loss, $18,000 Wea¬ 
ver's store In Waterford, WIs., on me 21st: loss, 
$10,000 Extensive wood fires have been rag¬ 
ing in Mich A block in Eaton, O., on the 24in 
ult; $10,000.. .. A portion of the iron works at 
lJoonton. N. J„on the 21th ult.; loss, $250,000; 
lire the work of an incendiary There was a 
t remendous lire In Belfast, Me., on the24th ult.; 
a large part of the dty Was destroyed; l>. 
$400,(i(K); help was sent from the surrounding 
cities, and provisions have been eouirlbutod for 
the homeless.... A brewery in Ciocin nati on I he 
25th ult,.; loss, $35,009. A house In Portsmouth, 
N. H., on the 27th ult,.; loss. $10.000—House In 
Waltham, Mass., on the 28th ult,; loss, $8,000.... 
Four blocks in Gloucester, Mass,, on the 28th 
ult,; loss, $75,000 ...Omaha sent 6 car loads of 
corn to Belfast, Me., for the sufferers. 
Shenandoah Valley, Winchester.Oct. 7, 9 
WEST VIRGINIA. 
Berkeley, —.Sept. 10, 
WISCONSIN. 
Iowa, Dodgevllle. 
Richland, Richland Center. 
Waupaca, Waupaca. 
MINNESOTA. 
Dodge, Kasson 
IOWA. 
Allamakee, Waukon. 
Reims Visit, Storm Lake. 
Lee, Fort Madison. 
Lee District, West Point. 
Plymouth, Lee Mars. 
Tama, Tama City.. 
Union, West Liberty... 
KANSAS. 
Allen, Iola... 
Brown, Hiawatha.. 
Dickinson. Abilene.. 
Doniphan. Troy.. 
.Teffersoil, oskaioow. 
Johnson, O itlle.. 
Labette. .... 
Miami, Pauli. 
Montgomery, independence....... 
Pottawatomie. Lo ui svilie . 
Washington, Washington.... 
Wilson. Krcdoniu. 
Woodson, Neosho Falls. 
TEXAS. 
.Sept. 10.12 
Sept. 29, 30 
■Sept. 17,19 
■Sept. 25, 27 
.Oct. 8, 
.Sept. 28, 24 
Sept. 89, Oct. 3 
.Sept. 21,26 
.Sept. 24, 20 
.Sept. 24, 20 
.Sept. 24, 28 
.Oct. 8, 
.Sept. 25,28 
.Sept. 17, iu 
..Sept. 28, 26 
.Oct. 7, 9 
.Sept. 30, Oct. 3 
.Oet, 9,11 
.Oct, 1, 4 
........Oct. 1, .> 
.$ept. 17,19 
.,.,..$f>pt, 16,18 
.Oct. % 
.Oct, 1, 3 
Middle Texas, Corsicana.Sept. 30, Oct. 3 
TENNESSEE. 
Maury, Columbia... 
Putnam, Cookeville. 
Sevier, —. 
Sumner. Gallatin. 
Warren, McMLinnvllle.;. 
Williamson, Franklin. 
ALABAMA. 
Huntsville, Huntsville. 
.Sept. 23,20 
Sept. 80, Oct. 3 
.Sept. 24, 26 
.Oct. 15,18 
.Oct. 9,12 
.Oct. 1, i 
Oct. 7,D 
DOMESTIC NEWS. 
New York City and Vicinity. 
Company H of the Second California Regi¬ 
ment, has been on a visit to town ...The prose¬ 
cution against Molt 1 ', t ie Italian, charged with 
enslaving children, lias broken down The 
Custom House lias made a huge seizure of dia¬ 
monds .Freight rates by rail have beuti re¬ 
duced .. The assessment investigation Is to bo 
extended.The- epizootic has appeared at 
Poughkeepsie ...The inquest in the Broderick 
murder developed a painful state of things; 
Obituary. 
Benjamin Young, an actor, in Philadelphia 
ou the 24th of August,, ltev. Dr. John Todd, in 
Pittsfield, Mass., on the 24th of August, aged 73; 
lie was a well known clergyman and author — 
Judge Tlios. A. It. Nelson, In Knoxville, 'i enu., 
of cholera ou the 24th ult; he defended An¬ 
drew' Johnson in the trial for impeachment— 
Fred. B. Lord, a well known railroad man, and 
son of the late President Lord of Dartmouth 
College, died at Covington, Ky — Hon. Jay. P. 
Holcombe ot Virginia, died at Cupon Springs, in 
that State, on the 22<1 ult.; he was for several 
yeara Professor of Law in the University of 
Virginia .Ex-Judge David Burnett died at 
his residence in Word St., Paterson, N. J., on 
the 23th ult.; he was bora ai Springfield, N. J., 
1800—John O’Brien, Secretary of the Catholic 
Total Abstinence Society of America, died in 
St. John, N. B„ on the 37th ult. 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
ITKiscellaueonx Foreign New*. 
Admiral Loboh has been forced to with¬ 
draw hie fleet, trout t he bombardment of Carta¬ 
gena. The crew of the Spanish frigate Carmen 
has revolted. On the 2<th the Carl late were de¬ 
feated neai-Estella; Don Alfonzo was wound¬ 
ed.... Caste)ar has been made President of the 
Cortes. If the Government of Spam refuses to 
execute the Communist Insurgents, the Minis¬ 
try and the generals ot the army will resign. 
The insurgents at Cartagena have 300 cannon, 
and have been reinforced ...All of the Hank of 
England forgers have been found guilty, and 
sentenced to penal servitude for life A terri¬ 
ble thunder storm has swept over England, de¬ 
stroying houses ami killing people. 15,000Trade 
Unionists have had a demom-tration in Edin¬ 
burgh. The Postmaster General of England has 
resigned . Carl Wilhelm, author of “ The Watch 
on the Rhine,” Is dead.Carlisle destroy the 
records of all civil marriages. The artillerymen 
at Barcelona have mutinied. The Spanish fleet 
began the bombardment of Cartagena Aug. "2d. 
The Carlisle will march ou Madrid in October 
. . The Due de Broglie says the Government of 
France is engaged in a struggle with those prin¬ 
ciples which threaten an end of all social order 
Home rule is being agitated in Ireland. 
There has been a railway collision near Nott ing¬ 
ham, Eng., with 4 killed and 16 wounded. Lon¬ 
don house painters arc on a striko .. The King 
of Halt will visit Vienna and Berlin this month 
... A meriea gets 490 of the 30,000 medals award- 
ed at Vienna. There is said to bo much dissat¬ 
isfaction with the results of the Exhibition. 
Nearly all the Amorican goods at Vienna have 
been sold. The Emperor has visited the Amer¬ 
ican Agricultural Hall and taken a deep Inter¬ 
est in too form implements. The captured 
Spanish ships of war arc to he delivered to tho 
Republicans; they have no crows, however — 
Sir Sotnuel Baker nos arrived at Cairo .... A new 
comet has been discovered at Paris . There 
has been a great storm in Nova Scotia which 
cut off telegraphic communication with Eu¬ 
rope 17 Krupn guns are reported shipped 
from Kiel for tho Carlists The high price of 
bread causes agitation in Paris Twelve nrtil- 
iervmen at Barcelona have been sentenced to 
death .. Some Roman Catholic b shops In Ger¬ 
many ha vo been fined.... Riots have occurred 
In Lelpaic ...England will send an expedition 
against the Ashantces. Tho French Cabinet 
Imld a special meeting on account of the high 
price of bread In Pari*. An English firm has 
refused t*> accept a medal of merit from Vienna 
_In three months the French railways have 
sold 360,000 tickets to pilgrims ... Tho London 
Times admits that America is retting tho Brit¬ 
ish iron trade The Can idiao Railway Scandal 
occupies much attention_ The Carlists and 
Communists have entered into friendly rela¬ 
tions SB Krupp guns havo been put In posi¬ 
tion before Cart ngcna.The Spanish Cortes 
will t-ke a three months' reuess The British 
.Admiral Yelverton threatens to bombard Car¬ 
tagena If the rebels open Ore .. A rebellion has 
broken out In Kbiva against Russia; 890 of the 
rebels were executed .. .All emigrant agents in 
Germany who arc not German subjects, are to 
So expelled . . There has been a rebellion in 
the Fiji Island.*.. Stelnttz won the international 
chess match at Vienna. There has been a 
boiler explosion in Hillowed, Sweden, with 9 
persons killed. 
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A. CARD ICR.ONI THE 
WALTER A. WOOD MOWING AND REAP¬ 
ING MACHINE CO. 
Hoosick Falls, N. Y., August 22,1878. 
To our Agents and Patrons: 
We have been asked by a number of our 
Agents and friends to give them a true state¬ 
ment or tho facts connected with the Award of 
Prizes on Mowers and Reapers at the Vienna 
Exposition. 
In answer we would say, that the Grand 
Diploma of Jlonor , the highest honor at the 
gift of the Exposition, has been awarded to 
W alter A. Wood. He was the only manufac¬ 
turer of Mowing and Reaping Machines who 
received tho Diploma of Honor, and only Five 
diplomas wore awarded to individual citizens 
of the United States. 
This award was made after severe tests in the 
field. Some of our competitors wer- awarded 
medals of “Merit” and “Progress,” but no 
one of them the Grand Award. 
Our victory at the Paris Exposition in 1867 1s 
again repeated at Vienna in 1S73, and wo con¬ 
gratulate oursclvesand our patrons on this bril¬ 
liant success at these great International Ex¬ 
positions. • 
In our own country our success has been 
equally as complete, as indicated by the largely 
increasing demand and sales of the past harvest. 
Very truly yours, 
Walter A. Wood, President. 
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VIENNA PREMIUMS AND SEWING 
MACHINES. 
We copy the following from the New York 
Herald of August 12th : 
THE REGION OF THE SEWING MACHINES. 
If Dante had been gifted with the spirit of 
prophecy he would have set apart a region in 
hla Inferno to Illustrate the rivalries and emo¬ 
tions of the sowing muchiuo manufacturers of 
the United States. The oonfllots, the uiisunder- 
ntaudlngs, the ambitions, the yearnings for 
approbation and notoriety, tho odd, incessant 
efforts to win medals of progress and renown 
and merit and honor, which Inspire tne gentle¬ 
men who manage this industry, have given con¬ 
stant motion and life to tho American depart¬ 
ment. So when His Majesty came into the 
sewing machine department every effort was 
made by our Commissioners to introduce him 
to each special machine and explain its peculiar 
qualities. Lot me give you a list of the tnaebiues 
in the catalogue, so you may know what His 
Majesty was askod to do. First, the Howe 
Machlue Company, New York; then the Singer 
Manufacturing Company, New York; the Whit¬ 
ney Sewing Machine, Paterson, N. J-; the Wheel¬ 
er ,v Wilson Sewing Machine Company, New 
York; the Wilson Sowing Machine Company, 
Cleveland, Ohio; the Wljoox and Gibbs Sewing 
Machine Manufacturing Company, New York; 
Ezra Morrill & Co,, Derby Line, Vc.; George N. 
Bacon Sc Co., London. England : the Weed Sew¬ 
ing Machine Company, Hartford, with the pat¬ 
ent effective stop motion of Fairchilds’ attach¬ 
ment; the Seoor Sewing Machine Company. 
New York; the Mackay Sole and Shoe Machine, 
Cambridge; the Universal Feed Sewing Machine 
Company. Every exhibitor expected a special 
visit from the Emperor, and His Majesty, with 
a patience and courtesy that should be com¬ 
mended, endeavored to irlett them all. 
After waiting a few minutes to comprehend 
the explanations made to him of the advance 
of the industry so largely represented in Amer¬ 
ica, the Emperor continued his tour of the 
other departments, especially inquiring of his 
att endants what different principles wore pre¬ 
sented by each separate machine, in what 
respect one machine differed from the other—all 
