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HOME NEWS PARAGRAPHS. 
Dn. James Russell Lowell’s resignation of 
his professorship of belief* let ires at Harvard, 
two years ago, has never boon accepted by the 
authorities of the college. Dr. Lowell will, 
therefore, resume his old post at. the beginning 
of the October term, I hough under somewhat 
altered conditions, which will relieve him from 
the strain of continuous class-teaching and 
leave him free for higher work. 
The University Boat Race at Saratoga, this 
past week, which begot so much interest and 
excitement, came off brilliantly Saturday, the 
18th, resulting as follows:—Columbia won the 
race; Wesleyan, 3d ; Harvard, 3d; Williams, 
4th; Cornell, 51 li ; Dartmouth, 6th; Princeton 
and Trinity, doubt ful; Yale, 9th. Yale, by a 
collision with Harvard, broke an oar and had 
her rudder ili aided. The above lathe official 
report, though most of the testimony shows 
that Dartmouth was 5th instead of 6th. The 
only unsatisfactory feature about the race is 
the feud engendered between Yale and Har¬ 
vard. 
Victor Platt, a son of ,1. .1. Platt, Congressional 
Librarian, was killed by the explosion of a bottle 
of powder at Cincinnati, a portion of the bottle 
being driven Into bis neck, killing him instant¬ 
ly. 
Mrs. Vundeveer, wife of the proprietor of the 
Neptune House at Coney Island, has, during the 
past week, saved tho lives of two persons who 
were drowning in the surf. 
The St. Paul Press publishes a statement 
showing that tho total damage done by the 
grasshoppers' raid is •■*uivalent simply to a loss 
of about the same ns if tho average yield 
throughout the State were diminished from 
auy source something over one and one-half 
bushels per acre below the general average. It 
extends over only about one-tenth the area of 
the State, and Involves about one-thirteenth of 
t he population. The crops outside the devas¬ 
tated region promises a most abundant yield. 
Jackson Harrison, of Ashland County, O., 
was robbed of £‘1,000 by highwaymen In East 
Cleveland Wednesday night. 
During the late hurricane the Canadian steam¬ 
er Osprey was sunk in tho St. Law rence River, 
having been driven on Ogden’s Island, twenty 
miles below Ogdenstmrg. The passengers and 
crew were saved. The schooner Eliza Fisher 
yvas dismasted off Cobourg. Lake Ontario. 
Prof. Swing of Chicago packed the hall In 
which he preached last Sunday with4,000 people 
and his friends are talking now of securing Ex¬ 
position Hall, which will accommodate 10,000. 
Rev. Professor Francis L. Patton, D. D., who 
was reported as being very seriously ill with 
hemorrhage of the lungs, Is said to bo no better. 
He is still confined to his home. 
J. A. Macgahan, the Herald’s correspondent 
to Khiva, has received from the Ku.itdan govern¬ 
ment the cross of the Russian military Orderof 
St. Stanislaus, with the swords crossed, and in¬ 
scribed with t lie words, “ For Bravery.” 
Gov. Dingley has accepted the renomination 
given him by the Republicans of Maine in a let¬ 
ter which consists simply of thanks for the ex¬ 
pression of confidence and of pledges of devo¬ 
tion t:> the interests of the State should he be 
reelected. 
Another terrible Ore has devastated Chicago. 
It broke out at 4 Vi P. M„ July 14, in the house 
of two Polish Jews, who are suspected of hav¬ 
ing set it on tire for the insurance. About, sixty 
acres of buildings were destroyed, the majority 
of them wooden structures occupied by fami¬ 
lies. Tho Post-Office, First Baptist Church, 
First Methodist Church, several residences of 
prominent citizens, three or four hotels—all 
Including about $5,000,000 of property—were 
consumed. The Chicago firemen received the 
aid of firemen from neighboring cities, else it 
Is doubted if the fire would not have proven as 
disastrous as that of 1871. As it is. It has charred 
out a large number of old tinder box buildings 
and lias done comparative little damage to the 
parts of the city rebuilt. 
There are now nearly 500 men at work on the 
new' Capitol at Albany. 
Advices from Northern Texas say that the 
crops are very fine In that section, and travel 
to that State Is very heavy. 
Some Grangers In low a have been arrested by 
an Internal Revenue Collector for selling to¬ 
bacco to brother Grangers without, taking t he 
precaution of securing dealers’ licenses. 
The Court Commissioners of Ramsey County, 
Minn., have appropriated $5,000 for the relief 
| of the sufferer* by tho grasshopper plague. 
Philadelphia has the venerable frigate Con¬ 
stitution in its navy-yard ,-ts the beginning of 
its floating capital for the Centennial. 
Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va., have organ¬ 
ized a Cotton Exchange. 
“ Kate Stoddard,” the alleged murderess of 
Charles Goodrich, Brooklyn, N. Y., has been 
adjudged insane and sent to the State Insane 
Asylum. 
The Rev. Dr. Tiffany of Washington has re¬ 
ceived a call to return to Ills former church in 
Chicago, hut the Presiding Elder is opposed to 
the change. In oase the Bishops decide to let 
him return, it is thought the Rev. Dr. C. II. 
Fowler of Chicago w ill go to Washington. 
Ex-Governor Warrnoth has left New-Orleans 
for this city, w here, it is announced, hointends 
to make his “temporary residence.” 
Mr. John A nderson offers to give $.50.(XK) to t he 
Pentkese School, In addition to what he has 
already given, if other persons will contribute 
$200,000 more. 
A mathematical professor, in a Sacramento 
high-school, calculates that if each mosquito 
and gnat in that city should in one night obtain 
one-tenth of a drop of human blood for supper 
every person In town would be dead in the 
morning. 
Seth Green, Deputy United States Fi-h Com¬ 
missioner, will spend the summer at the Govern¬ 
ment fish station on the McCloud River, Cali¬ 
fornia, at which point fish will be hatched and 
sent to stock Eastern rivers. 
Western Reserve College, noted as conserva¬ 
tive, has admitted threo young ladies to its 
freshman class. 
Hon. Horatio Seymour is to give a brief ad¬ 
dress at the annual meeting of the New York 
State Teachers’ Association, July 28. 
Ex-Gov. Marcus L. Ward la coming into prom¬ 
inence as the next Republican candidate for 
Governor of New Jersey. 
In Ottumwa, la., in the Anti-Monopoly Con¬ 
vention, E. N. Gates, of Jasper county, w T as 
nominated for Congress. 
Forty pounds of tallow* were lat ely t uken from 
one sheep In Grayson County, Texas, 
Paper flour barrels are now made in large 
numbers at Deoorah, Iowa. 
A trout weighing ll'.j pounds was hooked in 
Lake George the other day by a Mr. Buol, but 
it was found necessary to shoot him in |,behead 
before he couhl be landed. 
A Manchester, 111., farmer lost twenty fat 
hogs the other day, which died of the heat 
while confined to a pen without shelter. 
The Secretary of War has telegraphed the 
Governor of Minnesota that he has no money 
at his command with which to purchase sup¬ 
plies for tho sufforers from the grasshopper 
ravages. 
It is reported In Washington that Yice-Presi- 
dent Wilson is about to resign on account of 
bad health. 
A special despatch from Kalamozoo, Mich., 
says that the farmers of that region are harves¬ 
ting under the most flattering auspices, and 
adds that Michigan lias one of the finest crops 
of wheat this year ever known in its history. 
The Etnanuel Episcopal Church of Louisville, 
Ky., has severed its connection and joined the 
Reformed Episcopal Church under Bishop 
Cummins. 
Innumerable frogs have lately appeared at 
Lone Tree, Nebraska. Hundreds are crushed by 
wagons on the streets, and people cannot step 
without treading on them. 
Governor Davis, of Minnesota, has received a 
draft for $1,000 from Gerrlt Smith for the relief 
of the grasshopper sufferers, one-half to goto 
the relief of the Iow a sufferers. 
The second annual reunion of the Second 
Maine Veteran Cavalry Association will he held 
at Bucksport, Me., on Wednesday, August 19. 
Governor Dingley, Senator Hamlin and Con¬ 
gressman Halo arc expected to be present on 
the occasion, 
Henry O. Pratt has been renominated for 
Congress from the Fourth District of Iowa. 
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Thus far there are only 13 Democratic candi¬ 
dates for Governor of Tennessee, but there are 
many others whose modesty keeps them in the 
background. 
A report Is In circulation in Minnesota that 
Gen. C. C. Andrews, IT. S. Minister to Stock¬ 
holm, proposes to resign and return homo for 
the purpose of entering the field for the U. S. 
Senate, In opposition to Senator Ramsey. 
The Republicans of Michigan have decided to 
renominate Gov. Bagley at their Convention on 
August 26. 
Portland, Me., is t have new Fair Grounds 
and a Trotting Park, costing $25,000. 
Col. John Forsyth Is prominently mentioned 
as the Conservative candidate for Congress- 
man-at-Large from Alabama. 
The Hon. George H. I’endl«ton says he will 
not be a candidate for Congress. 
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FOREIGN NOTES. 
It is officially stated In France that citizens 
of the United States will be permitted to enter 
France from any direction without showing 
their passports, but they must be prepared to 
prove their nation Ill y when required. 
A special despatch reports that several revolts 
have broken out among the peasantry in north¬ 
ern Prussia on account of the now laws making 
changes in tho methods of local government. 
The troops had been called out, and in one con¬ 
flict with the people three persons were killed. 
Serious trouble Is expected. 
A plot to take Prince Ulsmark’s life having 
been discovered, a number of police have been 
sent to Kissingen from Berlin to protect him. 
The governments of Aust ria and Russia have 
agreed to open negotiations with the Sublime 
Porte looking to the recognition of the Inde¬ 
pendence of Roumania by Turkey. 
Ex-King George of Hanover is lying danger¬ 
ously ill in Vienna. 
The wlfeofLord Clarendon issaldto be in 
such a critical condition as to cause the greatest 
anxiety to her family. 
Tho Emperors of Austria and Germany have 
arrived at Isold. 
Prince Bismarck, driving in Kissingen July 13, 
was fired upon by Edward Kullmau of Magde¬ 
burg, just as he was In the act of raising his hat 
to those who greeted him. The ball grazed and 
wounded the Prince's wrist. The would-be 
assassin iB a member of a Catholic Journeymen's 
Society of Magdeburg, and the act (b by many 
believed to have been instigated by Catholics. 
M. Mayno, the French Minister of Fiounce, 
has tendered his resignation in consequence of 
the defeat of hi* plans in I he Assembly. 
A dispatch from St. Petersburg denies that 
the young Grand Duke Nicholas, who stole.his 
mother’s dlomonds, has been sentenced to 
banishment, but says his case is still pending 
before Hie Emperor. 
The Emperor Alexander lias returned to St. 
Petersburg. 
Guatemala will contribute toward the cele¬ 
bration of the Centennial in the United States. 
In regard to the Canadian Reciprocity Treaty 
Tho London Standard saysTaken In con¬ 
nection with their policy in regard to the Pa¬ 
cific Railway, It Is hard to resist the conviction 
that, the present Canadian Ministry have con¬ 
ceived the idea of separat ing from the Empire 
and of attaching the Dominion to the United 
Stales. The money they have grudged to the 
construction of the Pacific Railway we find 
them willing to contribute toward the exten¬ 
sion of the canals intended for the convenience 
of the American trade. When it isan imperial 
scheme they arc called Upon to support we per¬ 
ceive them to be cold and niggardly. When it 
is a project for the Immediate aggrandizement 
of the provinces which support their policy, in¬ 
volving prospective benefits to the States, we 
discover them to be liberal to prodigality." 
Tho motion for entire liberty of religious 
worship has been signed by a largo number of 
members of the Chilian Congress. 
The banks and most of the principal com¬ 
mercial houses of Havana have signed a paper 
agreeing to receive Cuban Government bonds 
of the five million issue, decreed June 8, and to 
give them the same circulation as Spanish 
Bunk bills. 
A special despatk by cable from tile English 
Admiralty has been received in Panama an¬ 
nouncing that the vessels composing the Brit¬ 
ish naval fleet on the Pacific are ordered to 
rendezvous forthwith In Panama, for special 
reasons which have not as yet been made pub¬ 
lic. 
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THE SEASON, CROPS, PRICES, ETC. 
Westport, Conn., July 11 .—The weather hero 
for the last two or three months has been pretty 
favorable for the crops. Strawberries were 
somewhat short, partly from want of rain and 
partly from rust, which came on the plant 
when the fruit was about half grown. Cur¬ 
rants are looking pretty well, but the worms 
are making bad work with the bushes. Early 
potatoes in some places have sufferred a little 
from want of rain. Corn Is looking good, but 
is suckering more than I ever saw It before. 1 
counted some hills with 16 and 17 stalks, and 
plenty of them with 9 and 10, where four ker¬ 
nels were planted in a bill. Oats on dry ground 
will not be large, especially those that were 
sown late. Rye and wheat are looking pretty 
well, and are about ready to cut. The hay crop 
is not large, but better than last year. The 
weather has been good for haying up to withiu 
a day or two, and now it rains every' day. it 
does not seem as though thiugs need to have 
suffered, for we have had over 8 inches of rain 
since the 2oth of April up to yesterday, and It 
rained last night and to-day (and hailed a lit 
tie) 3)4 inches. Onions have been troubled to 
a great extent with lice, am] one grower told 
me a week or two since that he was afraid they 
would destroy fhetn, Which they came near 
doing two years ago. I suppose from what he 
said they are the same kind that attacked 
wheat and oalsafew years since. Cutworms 
have been very plenty and caused great dam¬ 
age to cabbage plants, and nearly every one is 
complaining about “club root ” on their young 
plants, Ono man told mo that he pulled 400, 
and 300 of them were club-rooted. I raised 
about 5,000, and discovered but two plants in 
that condition. Apples bid fair for a good 
crop. They are dropping badly, however, but 
there are plenty left, on the trees. The cherry 
crop was good. Eggs, 20c.; butter, 35c.; corn, 
old, 95c.—A. 8. N. 
Caledonia, Livingston Co,, IS'. Y., July I 3 __ 
Iti« ten days ending July 3 were as fine for 
making and securing hay as we ever saw-dry, 
hot weather, with little or no dew. One-third, 
probably a half, of the hay in this and adjoin- 
ingtowns was secured in this time; some with 
large crops secured the whole. But the Inst 
six days, ending with t he above date, have boon 
very unfavorable, and much of tho hay cut in 
this time will be greatly damaged. Tho growth 
of tho crop was very good. There have been 
some attempts at harvest on tho early soils of 
this and some adjoining Towns, buttho weather 
has been such as to prevent more than the at¬ 
tempt. With suitable weather there will ho 
considerable wheat cut this week. The recent 
rains, with a lower temperature, have chocked 
the previous rapid ripening of the wheat. The 
crop mainly looks well. But such varieties as 
the Soules and Deihl on some of the later soils 
lin.re been damaged by the midge. The bearded 
wheats, from my own observation ami what I 
learn from others, have escaped with less dam¬ 
age. The Post, a bearded variety, lately intro¬ 
duced, Is favorably spoken of; It yielded well 
last year, and appearances indicate that it will 
this. The head is more compact than any 
bearded wheat that I remember to have seen. 
The berry is rounder and whiter than the 
Treadwell or Mediterranean. I see many fine 
fields of barley, ami think the crop will he 
good. Corn looks well. Beans are largely 
planted, and so far are generally up lo expecta¬ 
tion. Potatoes have made a lino growth thus 
far, and tho late rains are favorable to a l(wgc 
sett. I’he Colorado beet leu are reported numer¬ 
ous in some pieces, but, judging by what I 
see, they will Injurethe present crop as a whole 
but little. There is but little doing in thegrain 
market. Some wool has changed hands at 40 
cents.— d. r„ 
Lyndonvlllc, Vt. f July l.I.-The presenl is a 
fine growing time. Vegetation is looking well, 
although a little backward. Farmers have done 
very little at haying yet, as grass is growing 
and hardly fit to cut. The hay crop will he 
about an average; grass winter-killed consid¬ 
erably in some sections I he past winter. Tho 
wet, season thus far has been favorable for Its 
restoration and growth. For a fwwdays past 
the weather has been exceedingly line excel¬ 
lent liay weather. To-day it ruins. Corn and 
other grains are looking finely. Corn in our 
field Is two feet high and tassel lug. Excellent 
weather for pasturage. Stock thriving. De¬ 
mand for beef and mutton. Early lambs are 
selling at. $4 anil $5 per head. Wool, washed, 
43c.; unwashed, 35c., with ready sales.-x. w. s. 
Germantown, V V., July 1 3. -Strawberries 
have been u good crop; about 2,500 bushels 
were shipped from here. Raspberries first- 
rate—just In prime. Cherries rotted badly. 
Rye mostly standing and very heavy. Oats, 
corn and grass are No. 1; but very little done 
in haying or harvesting, on account of rainy 
weather. illiout a change in the weather 
soon, ryo and hay will be in bad order. Apples 
promise a fair crop; peal's and plum* about 
one-half. KubSckibi.il 
< olimii.iu. Mi.,, July 12.—We have here an 
extraordinary drouth; it set in very early, 10th 
to 15th of May, and still continues. Wheat 
only is good, and that is very good, both In 
quality and quantity. Oats, half crop; hay, 
two-thirds, and corn, though poor, may yet be 
relieved if it rains soon. Gardens are literally 
ruined. Early Rose potatoes will not exceed 
one-fourth of the usual crop.—jp. T. it. 
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WHAT SOCIETIES ARE DOING. 
Mich. Mato Ag. See.—In acknowledgment 
of the indebtedness of Agriculture, Horticul¬ 
ture and Pomology to scholarly investigation 
of those subjects, and to sift the numerous 
authorities to the end that really the best 
works upon the various subjects may bo placed 
h> the hands of the people of the State, the 
Executive Committeo of the State Agricultural 
Society has appointed a committee of exami¬ 
nation consisting of Hon. H. G. Wells or Kala¬ 
mazoo, Prof. Briggs, State Superintendent of 
Public Instruction and Prof. flneford of Oli¬ 
vet, and offer the following premiums:— lit.-t 
text book ou Agriculture, medal and $50; best 
text book on fruit, culture, also embracing the 
culture of ornamental and fruit trees, medal 
and $50; best text book on culture of flowers 
in house and garden. $50; best text buok on 
drawing and architecture, having in view heat¬ 
ing ana ventilation in connection with health, 
medal and $50. Entries made with the Secre¬ 
tary, to September 14,1871. 
C. F. Kimball, Secretary. 
Pontiac, Mleh., July 13.1774. 
