b8 restored to France through the influence of 
.Russia. 
Wkt,i.s College for women has received an 
endowment gift of $100,000 from the Hon. E. B. 
Morgan. 
A woman of Mont Clare, Pa., 83 years old, 
lately walked seven miles in two hours and 
a-half. 
Whittier is entertaining Senator Sumner 
and Longfellow at his house in Amesbury, Mass. 
mal College, costing $1,000,000, was opened on 
the 1st; it has 1,100 pupils. Edward Patterson 
a Wall street clerk, nas run off with $■10,000 .. ’ 
Booth's theater has reopened .... Rotten walls 
and rain caused the late building disaster. 
There is fresh trouble with the Erie Railway* 
Mr. Lucius Robinson has been elected Vice- 
President. .More frauds are reported in Brook¬ 
lyn. The stock of the Trust Company Is selling 
as low as 50 emits on the dollar. Its assets are 
said to be bogus railway, sewing-machine and 
State bonds and forged checks 1 The u Lathrop 
Combination Sewing Machine Company." a 
part of the Brooklyn ring, has failed....The city 
treasurer of Brooklyn, Mr. Sprague, has re¬ 
signed. 
Home New*. 
New Mexico sends a Republican delegate 
to Congress. .The whole Republican ticket has 
been elected in Wyoming..., ..Chicago had 8 
deaths from cholera the last, week in August... 
Car builders have held a meeting at West Al¬ 
bany . The Louisville Exhibition is open 
The Cincinnati Exposition has a fine art collec¬ 
tion— Great preparations are being made for 
the Chicago Exhibition, which will embrace a 
Une art collection. New Jersey Unlvemallsts 
have held a convention. ...The Halsey mystery 
and excitement In Huntington, L. 1., continues 
_Know Nothlnglsm Is increasing In Califor¬ 
nia. The monopolists have been beaten at the 
recent election in that State,Sept. 4th Gen. 
Hotter was ahead In Massachusetts.\ new 
President of the Senate G contemplated ...dan 
Jose, Cal,, has had in earthquake,. Some I»em- 
oerats and Liberal Republicans in Wisconsin 
have united .. . Farmers' Granges are spreading 
In Massachusetts, and N\ P.Bunks,Hon.Amasa 
Walker, and others have gone into the m ve- 
riient.; they demand cheap transportation_ 
Minnesota farmers have held a convention .. 
Cholera Ungers III Wheeling, and Is fearful at 
Williamsburg, Ky.The Foil Sill massacre 
was a canard .. Frauds arc spoken of in con¬ 
nection with Newark, J . The lat • storm 
caused a loss to the peach growers in New Jer¬ 
sey and Delaware amounting to $200,000.. The 
ITealdeut will return to Washington Oct 1st.. .. 
New National Bank notea, "Sts, 10s and 2s are to 
be issued... .There arc large Republican gains 
in Delaware.The new Masonic Temple at 
Philadelphia, has been opened.The Cincin¬ 
nati Exposition is open. Massachusetts l!<«m- 
Oerats have nominated Win. Gaston for Gover¬ 
nor .On Um3d, Massachusetts had elected 151 
Washburnc delegates and 174 Butler.Gov. 
Cooke of Washington will resign.The Ala¬ 
bama indemnity 1ms been paid ..Minister 
Francis of Greece Is said to have come home to 
resign —10,000 farmer-, have held a great meet¬ 
ing ui Washington, Iowa .14 illicit stills have 
been destroyed in North Carolina. 
Fire*. 
An oil refinery In Freeport, Penn., on the 
31st ult,; loss, $75,000.Distillery in Patoka, 
111., on the31st ult.; lose, $80,000.The Mayor 
of Portland, Oregon, says that city needs n<i 
further aid. A coal mine at Carbon, Pa., has 
taken lire; up to the 1st. the loss was sIim.ikiO, 
Tompkins mansion, on Staten Island, on the 
1st: loss, .*lu,000 — The Massasolt House in 
Atchison. Kansas, on the 4th : loss, *25,(XI). ... 
The Aidiet.am paper mill at Hagerstown, M(l., 
on the 4th; loss. s.sO.iki) Phoenix Planing 
Mill in Chicago on the 5th; loss, $37,000 ...Barn, 
with 12 horses, in West Troy, on the 5th; loss, 
$40, (XX). 
public consideration in connection with the 
public schools. 
The English Post office Department reject 
the offer of the United States to have an ex¬ 
change of postal cards by an addition of one 
cent postage. 
A Titusville, Pa., girl, 13 years old, made her 
father drunk, stole $190 from him, ran away 
with a sailor, and tried to commit suicide, when 
overtaken. 
“ The girls in a Springfield (Mass.) factory are 
supplied by the proprietors with chewing-gum, 
in order that they may not waste time in talk¬ 
ing.” 
ONE hundred Deputies to the French Assem¬ 
bly have sent to the Pope an address assuring 
him of their continued devotion to Ills Holiness. 
Jniiianapolir la listening to a knotty lawsuit 
in which there are one hundred and three de¬ 
fendants. The jury does most of the swearing. 
Tub Hon. Fred Haesaurek of Cincinnati has 
written a letter denying the report that he Is a 
candidate for United Btatos Senator from Ohio. 
The authorities of Grayvlile, 111., have for¬ 
bidden the sal' or gift of any sort of melon 
within the town limits, under a penalty of $30. 
A Si’ECi a i. dispatch from New York to The 
Chicago Tribune says that Theodore Tilton is 
to assume the editorship of The Brooklyn Eagle. 
Arrangements are making for the celebra¬ 
tion on a large scale by the French societies of 
Detroit of the birthday of General Lafayette. 
SINCE July 1 983 unmuzzled dogs in Brooklyn 
have been placed in the several pounds and 930 
killed. The Controller received $304 in fines. 
The Libera) Democratic State Central Com¬ 
mittee of Minnesota baa decided to call a State 
Convention, to meet at St.. Paul on Sept. 24. 
Cai*t. H alpin has just successfully completed 
the laying of a fourth cable between Sidney, 
Cape Breton and Placentia, Newfoundland. 
The Portland (Me.) papers say that the fishing 
fleets are all doing very well, and in conse¬ 
quence there Is an active demand for salt. 
ABOUT SO bodies, supposed to ho those of 
American fishermen, have been washed ashore 
on the north side of Prince Edward Island. 
Edwabp S. Dana, son of Prof. Dana of Yale, 
and a graduate of the class of '70, lues been 
appointed a tutor in the same Institution. 
A Milwaukee woman forger, on lining con¬ 
victed, applied to one of the newspapers fora 
situation as penitentiary correspondent. 
Guinea fowl eggs are occasionally to be seen 
in the markets, and they are said to be superior 
In flavor to the eggs of the ordinary lien. 
We read that Joaquin Miller, when living 
with the Modors, was called “Nowofadara,” 
and that, this means “ The Moon Gazer.” 
Milwaukee has ovor $30, (XXI Investor! in HtOp.ni 
fishing “smacks." Thq average " haul" is about 
one half a ton of fish to each “smack.” 
A Davenport lady who has grown tired of 
pasturing the city cow.' among her tlower-beds, 
loaded the last one with three bullets. 
A Colorado gopher was recently found en¬ 
tombed in a brick. It was blind, but would 
greedily partake of any light diet. 
The President has appointed W. W. Anderson 
of Montana Territory agent, for the Indians of 
the Milk River Agency, Montana. 
The trial of Austin Bidwell and his accom¬ 
plices In the frauds upon the Bank of England 
will take place on the 18th Inst. 
Further changes in the British Ministry are 
announced. Sir George Jeasel has accepted the 
position of Master of the Rolls. 
Germany proposes a Congress of the mara- 
time powers to decide the status and treatment 
of the insurgent Spanish ships. 
The President has recognized Charles W. 
Riley as Consul-General of the Orange Free 
State in the United States. 
ADD the. railroads in Cuba, from this month 
forward, exact passenger fares and freight tolls 
in gold or Its equivalent. 
Chicago recently opened a newsboys’ home 
and lodging-house, and it was filled to over¬ 
flowing the first night. 
The State Convention of Universalists is to 
meet, in the City of Lockport, September 2, for 
a three days’ session. 
Gov. Dix lias signed the last bill approved by 
him, and passed by the Legislature. He has 
signed 871 bills in all. 
A temperate Hartford man proves that Jager 
beer is not intoxicating by drinking fifty-six 
glagses of it daily. 
BRIEF NEWS PARAGRAPHS, 
IT is said that the birthplaces of the following 
noted men can be seen from the top of Kear- 
sarge, New HampshireEzekiel and Daniel 
Webster, William Pitt Fessenden, John A. Dix, 
Farmer, the electrician; Vice-President Wil¬ 
son, Lewis Cass, U. 8. Senator Grimes, IT. 8. 
Senator Chandler, Levy Woodbury, Horace 
Greeley, Gen. Butler, Franklin Pierce, Chief- 
Justice Chase, and Chief-Justice Chase of Me. 
The Treasury Department has in contempla¬ 
tion Hie stationing of a Customs officer In the 
New Vork Post-office to co-operate with the 
Postmaster t here in the retention of dutiable 
articles sent through the mails by persona in 
foreign countries who seem to he under the 
impression that the payment of postage takes 
the plaeeMf the lawful Customs’ duties. 
The NWv Jersoy Slate Agricultural Society 
has arranged for a grand I rial of steam fire 
engines of the first and second classes, to take 
place at the New Jersey State Fair, which com¬ 
mences 8ept. 11. A gold medal Is offered for the 
best of each class. 
The President of the New Orleans Board of 
Health says there are only two cases of yellow 
fever in that city. In Galveston, Texas, how¬ 
ever, an order has been Issued that, all vessels 
from New Orleans or Brashear will be subject 
to quarantine. 
California authorities are again paying a 
bounty for squirrels. For the past five years 
the lives "f countless thousands or these little 
creatures have been paid for in this way, and 
yet t hey arc ho numerous as to be considered a 
pest. 
The comet announced by cable as observed 
at Paris on the 16th inst., was seen by Prof. 
Neal! of the Naval Observatory cm Monday 
night, and Admiral Sands says It will gradually 
become visible, In a few days, to the naked eye. 
The Post-Office Department has ordered an 
extension of the postal service on the Mil waukee 
and Northern Railway, from Hilbert to Green 
Bay, Wls., and on the Omaha and North-West¬ 
ern Railroad, from Blair to Herman, Nob. 
A nor not yet three years old In Salem, Indi¬ 
ana. has a mustache and side whiskers. His 
mother thinks that, it Is the effect of his eating 
an Indian turnip before he was a year old. 
Year-olds will take notice, accordingly. 
By decree of the Emperor of Germany the 
names of distinguished Generals of the German 
army have been bestowed on ,forts at. Strass- 
burg, Metz, and other places in the territory 
acquired from Franco. 
Miss Emily Faith full contemplates estab- 
nai,(•■,/> «.ri Industrial Bureau in London to 
THE SEASON, CROPS, PRICES, ETC 
Lyndonville, Vt., August 30. ^The weather 
continues dry; warm days and cool nights. At 
this hour—9 A. M.—the thermometer stands at 
02* in the sun; still, two or three mornings ago 
there was quite a little frost, in some situations 
In this vicinity; not enough, however, to do any 
material damage to vegetation. Springs and 
streams are unusually low, and a thorough rafn 
is very much needed. The showers and light 
rains of the past two months helped the grass 
and grain crops wonderfully, but the soil has 
not been thoroughly saturated since the snow 
melted away In the spring; and at the present 
time the soil is so dry six Inches below the sur¬ 
face that it Is Impossible for farmers to break 
up to advantage. The oat crop has been har¬ 
vested In excellent, condition ; com Is ripening 
rapidly these hot days, and the potato yield 
will be good—1 he quality scarcely ever better. 
Home apples in this section- smallfrult-s abund¬ 
ant. Quite a stir In the wool markets just now, 
40 cents Is the average price paid for coarse 
wools. Many of our best farmers and stock 
growers are buying quite liberally of Western 
corn about 74 cents is the price paid. The 
“ l’atrons" are quite numerous In N. K. Ver¬ 
mont; they buy by the car-load and put the 
retailers' profit In their own pockets.—I. w. s. 
Hoiiill Trenton, Oneida Co., ft'. Y.- Meteoro¬ 
logical for August, 1873. Thermometrleal aver¬ 
age &c.: Highest point attained on the 20th 82"; 
lowest on the 5th 46’; average temperature at. 
7 I*. M. 58° 10'; at it P. M. 74° »’; at 9 P. M- 59 c ' 
13'; mean temperature for the month 68° h’; 
number of days on which rain fell 12; amount 
of water fallen Inches; number of days of 
thunder,fl; number of days of lightning, 5. The 
spring and summer thus far has been a number 
of degrees colder than any spring and summer 
for a decade of years. The aurora borealis has 
been less brilliant than former Augusts. Not 
a solar or lunar halo this month. Very row 
meteors and shooting stars and paraselene. 
Springs of water are low; appearance of atmos¬ 
phere throughout the month clear, prevailing 
winds west.— Storks Barrows. 
Marcella*, ft. Y., Sept. 1.— No doubt some of 
the Rdral readers would like to hear from 
Marcellua and vicinity. It has been a good sea¬ 
son for most crops. CornnVAs much Injured In, 
the spring by worms, but is doing wqll now*| 
wheat Is plump and,well filled ; potatoes first- 
rate; showers and thunder, often hall, In some 
places. It has been a good season for honey 
but few bees to gather It. Of course Out little 
10 he had. Last spring the bees disease in this 
section carried off three-fourths of the bees; 
quite a number of farmers lost all; 1 saved 
sixteen hives out of fifty-five anil they are doing 
well now; but It was late before they got re¬ 
cruited In the spring: they have doubled In 
number and are in good condition. A, W. 
Jersey vllle, III., Sept. 2.—Last spring It was 
raining every day; we thought we had water 
enough to last us One year at least; our wheat 
crop was very light and poor quality and now 
we are having the driest time we ever had. My 
pasture will burn off complete ; stock is starv¬ 
ing for grass; water very scarce, wells are dry¬ 
ing up; our wheat ground Is perfectly dry; Im¬ 
possible to plow any ground now; corn Is 
drying up; I think It Is past help; corn will he 
very poor crop; farmers feel very blue; prices 
for wheat we have t u sc 11 very low now. Every¬ 
thing we have to buy very high; It is not very 
encouraging for farmers.— D. r. r. 
Flninwell, Allegan Go., Mich., Aug. 30. — 
We are just enjoying one of the most severe 
drouths of the season; no rain of any amount 
for over four we^sks, until Iasi, evening, when 
we were favored with a flue shower, before 
which pastures and meadows were so thorough¬ 
ly dried that tboy would readily burn over. 
What yielded from h to yj an average crop or 
from 8 to 12 bushels per acre; potatoes with few 
exceptions a total failure; corn as yet doubtful 
though hopes are still entertained of a fair 
crop.— F. B. 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
HIlRcolianeoiu Foreign New*. 
Further changes in the English Cabinet 
are contemplated.10,000 Republican troops 
have arrived at V'ittoria.The Car lists under 
Suballs have been defeated All males be¬ 
tween the ages of 20 and 35 arc to be called into ‘ 
the Spanish army... The Lisbon and Brazil 
cable has broken There has been great d<- 
struetion of property in' .'ape Breton am; l’rin<-e 
Edward Island; many American vessels havo 
been wrecked; out ox 300 fishing vessels, only 
20 remain. ..Don Carlos has promised to restore 
the Inquisition in Spain- A large number of 
Indians have left Mexico for Kansas The 
British Ministry will propose the abolition of 
the Income tax ... Canada refuses to release the 
Fort Garry prisoners on bail.Cuban officer.-, 
have been called borne, and a Republican meet¬ 
ing In Havana has been broken ui> . The llrii- 
ish Admiral has taken the Spanish Irort-clads 
to Gibraltar .Socialistic troubles have broken 
out In Andalusia: many farm houseshave been 
burned.6,000Carll»ta arc marching toward 
Tesnel.There have been rumors of a Com¬ 
munist. outbreak in Madrid,...M. Thior-. is to 
have a grand banquet at Nancy from Republi¬ 
cans. ft Is proposed to rebuild the Tullerles. 
Cholera has appeared at Havre.Berlin has 
celebrated the anniversary of the victory of 
Sedan. . HIM)pilgrim* have left London for Pu- 
ray-le-Moniol, in France —There has been a 
railway accident In Luxembourg, with s killed 
and 15 wounded.... A ferry boat, while crossing 
the Indus, was capsized, with 90 live- lost •50 
bodies of American fishermen have been wash¬ 
ed ashore on Prince Edward Island T he Car- 
lists have stolen a number of women from ' era 
to make uniforms. A few special prizes are 
to be given at Vienna_The names of German 
generals are to be nivon to the forts in Ntras-- 
burg and Metz.The United States’ Govern¬ 
ment has sent relief to the seamen disabled by 
the recent storm in Nova Scotia.. The revolu¬ 
tionists in Guatemala have been defeated ... 
The Capiain-Ganontl of Madrid ban resigned. • 
The great English Yacht Regatta has recently 
taken place at Cowes. .. It is proposed to ordei 
military executions in Spain wit hout the ap¬ 
proval of tile Cortes. Radicals are being put to 
death. The Republican siege Of Cartagena is 
weakening. There are now 10,000 Carll.-ts unaei 
arms in Spain ,,. M • Thiers will devote his hn’ 
to Republicanism in France. The last oi tne 
war debt has been (raid by France to Germany^ 
The Royal Commission is examining the Cana¬ 
dian Railway scandal. .. The Spanish Ministry 
resigned on the 5tJi. Senor Casielar 
absolute power to deal with rebel- . \ alencia 
is in a state of siege ...Americans were not ai- 
Miss anna Dickenson rode to the top of 
Pike’s Peak. No one ever made the ascent on 
horseback before. 
Bai.timoreans have improved on the poor 
children’s excursions, and make them for chil¬ 
dren and women. 
Nicolkt. Quebec, has a hog ninety-eight years 
old. He is an Iroquois Indian, and his name is 
Jean Cochon. 
Lawrence, Kansas, is building what is to be 
“the finest swimming bath west of the Missis¬ 
sippi River.” 
Walt Whitman is recovering from his para¬ 
lytic stroke, and expects soon to be entirely 
well again. 
During the past three months the French 
railroads have sold 360,000 tickets to religious 
pilgrims. 
A report is current in France that Metz will 
DOMESTIC NEWS. 
New York City and Vicinity. 
The return from the watering places has 
commenced.The American Institute Fair 
opened on the 10th ; it is tolerably good....The 
fall openings of millinery and dry goods have 
t aken place ..The new Episcopal Cathedral will 
cost $2,000,000 $40JXXi worth of diamonds were 
seized by the Custom House on the fid.Mr. 
Rodman is still in Jail, as no bail is forthcom¬ 
ing; he recently broke down anrl wept!.On 
the 30th ult., forgeries of N. Y. Central stock to 
the amount, as supposed, of $1,000,000, were dis¬ 
covered on Wui4 street; a large amount was 
seized.. The mangled remains of Charles H. 
Kelsey, murdered by a mob in Huntington, L, 
I„ were discovered in Oyster Bay on the 30th 
ult.Jones’ Wood is to be cut up Into build¬ 
ing lots . Forged bonds on a large number of 
railways have been discovered lu Wall street, 
and a man Darned James M. Johnston has been 
arrested as a forger, and one Leonard W . Brown 
has been sent to the tombs as a tool. .The Nor¬ 
VIENNA PREMIUMS AGAIN, AND - 
AMERICAN SEWING MACHINES, 
By reference to the u General Regulations oi 
the Vienna Universal Exhibition,” published 
by Archduke Regnier, President of the Impe¬ 
rial Commission, we find medals were to be 
awarded, in the Mechanical Department, in 
