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CURRENT TOPICS. 
What are Current Topics? 
That is the conundrum to be propounded. 
The printer says he wants some “ Current Top¬ 
ics oopy " for this number of the Rural, but 
we are just bothered to select, the topic. Shall 
wo talk of the political programmes of the 
dominant parties, with which the “organs” 
nrocrammed? No, that, is not in our line. Of 
the War of Races in the South? That is a 
“timely topic,” but accounts arc so varied and 
“mixed” that we can baldly tell “which is 
t’other "—whether the whites or blacks are 
ahead, and hence most blameworthy in raids, 
riots, rascality or rapine. The “situation” is 
not tin on viable one, to say the least, for there 
seems to be disturbance in many districts and 
States, albeit all may be “ quiet on the Poto¬ 
mac.” Of the Indian troubles—what? That is 
another conundrum, for the telegrams and re¬ 
ports from the West are so conflicting that we 
are puzzled whether our army or Poor Lo has 
the advantage. One day it sueins to be Ni p and 
the next Tunc, but who will be ahead when 
the Rural gets to press is a mystery beyond a 
prophet’s ken. 0 / foreign matters we might 
have something to say, but the telegram tells 
such conflicting stories about the groat nations 
and powers that it is not safe to state as fact 
to-day what may prove to tie false to-morrow. 
Of the condition of our own country, its pros¬ 
pects and slowly-returning prosperity, we are 
hopeful, yet think much must be done before 
the inauguration of our candidate for the Pres¬ 
idency—Oen . Prosperity. On the whole, 
therefore, we will for the present omit the dic- 
cussion of any oi the above ment ioned topics 
and await farther developments. Possibly in a 
week or’two something may turn up worthy 
of special note and comment. Until then, 
please “give us a rest.” 
The Cotton Crop, 
It appears that the cotton crop has been ma¬ 
terially affected by drouth. A telegram from 
Washington says the September returns of the 
Department of Agriculture show a very heavy 
decline in the prospects of the cotton crop in 
all the States except Virginia, where it about 
holds it 3 own. The crop of Virginia, however, 
is too small to exereiseany appreciable influence 
on the general result. The State averages are 
as follows: 
Virginia, 98; North Carolina, 87 (a decline of 
15 during August); South Carolina, 88 (a decline 
of 13): Georgia, 77, (a decline of 17); Florida, 77 
(a decline of 25); Alabama, 8 (a decline of 0 ); 
Mississippi, 75 (a decline of 34); Louisiana, 02 , 
(a decline of 21); Texas, 01 (a decline of 41); 
Arkansas, 47 (a decline of 40); Tennessee, 48 (a 
decline of 35). 
Tho leading cause of the decline Is found In 
the prevalence over large sections of tho cotton 
area or severe drouth, accompanied by intense 
heat, In many counties hot. winds have parched 
the crop, In one or two eases destroying It 
within half an hour. Several counties report 
no rain for four or five months, 1 n many cases 
t he top crops are entirely destroyed, the holla 
having all fallen. The middle crops were also 
badly injured, in a few localities genial rains 
have made fine crops, hut the number of these 
favored spots is very small. In the Atlantic 
cotton States, cool nights and heavy rains are 
alleged in some counties as the cause of the 
decline. Tbedrouth lias prevented the increase 
of insects depredating upon the cotton. They 
are reported In very few counties, and have 
been nowhere very injurious. 
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HOME NEWS PARAGRAPHS. 
An Omaha, Nebraska, dispatch saysThe 
commissioners appointed at a mass meeting 
held last week in behalf of the suffering ooniinu- 
nitios in the western counties, whose crops 
were destroyed by the grasshoppers, have per¬ 
fected arrangements for the reception of sub¬ 
scriptions and donations, which should be 
addressed to 11 . 1 $. Chandler. Tho suffering is 
reported to be very great already, and aid will 
have to be extended during the entire winter. 
General Sheridan writes to General Sherman 
from Chicago 5th : I hopo to hear very soon of 
good results and speedy- set tlement of Indian 
troubles In the south west, butBtlll we may not 
be able to gf t through before winter, 
William IT. Bumstead, formerly conspicuous 
in the political circles of Now Jersey, and who 
served a term of nine months in the peniten¬ 
tiary upon conviction of defrauding Jersey 
City while a member of the Hoard of Public 
Works, died last week at his homo in Jersey 
City. 
The Lincoln statue, soon to he dedicated at 
Springfield, 111., has just been completed at 
Chicopee, Mass., and it will bo shipped to its 
destination in a few days. 
James A. Coe, a Boston broker, convicted of 
forgery and raising the figure* on stock certifi¬ 
cates, has bean sentenced to eight years in the 
state prison. 
President Malian of Adrian College, Michigan, 
has received a ebook for $ 1,200 from a person 
who wrote that it was duo for the College, and 
his conscience compelled him to return it. 
Hardin, the Democratic nominee for Gov¬ 
ernor of Missouri, declared in a recent speech 
that if elected lie will exert all the authority of 
the executive office and require sheriffs to exert, 
ail their authority to arrest and banish bandits 
and lynchers. 
A great Temperance Camp-Meeting opened 
at Portland, Me., last. week. It was largely 
attended, and addresses were made by Gov. 
Dingley and other prominent temperance men. 
Tho New-Vork Liberal Republican State Con¬ 
vention met in Albany Sept. 9, and after a long 
debate decided to make no nominations. A 
platform arraigning the present Administration, 
opposing (be third term, and favoring specie 
payments was adopted. 
limportunt negotiations are. said to lie on 
foot, whereby the Western Union Telegranh 
Company are likely to become the owners of a 
majority of the stock of the Atlantic and 
Pacific, and the Franklin Telegraph Companies. 
This arrangement would practically give the 
Western Union the monopoly of tho telegraphs 
of the United States. 
A despatch from Fort Laramie says that Col. 
Palmer of the Second U. S. Cavalry, is to be 
tried by court martial for cutting timber on the 
Government reservations in large quantities, 
employing the labor of soldiers to whom, in 
consideration of such services, he granted 
passes and furloughs, and selling the timber to 
the Union Pacific Railroad for his personal 
profit. 
The Republican .state Convention of Minne¬ 
sota. at Minncapolts,nominated. 1 . R.MoMullen, 
the present incumbent, fur Chief-Justice, and 
F. I,. E. Cornell, the present Attorney-General, 
for Associate Justice. 
Colorado for the fl.st time in its history, went 
Democratic at the election last, week. Two 
years ago, Chaffee (Republican) was elected by 
1,500 majority. This year Pal terson (Democrat) 
is elected by from 1,500 to 2,000 majority. 
in reply to numerous communications asking 
permission to explore the Black Hills country. 
Acting Secretary of Interior Cowen announces 
that all such applications will be denied, and 
it will be useless to present them. 
While a Chicago family were absent on a 
summer tour, hurglars entered the house, sold 
out all the effects at auction, pocketed the cash, 
and finally sold the house itself. 
The Arkansas Democratic Convention nomi¬ 
nated the Hon. A. H. Garland for Governor, 
Gov. Baxter positively declining renomination. 
While a Western journalist was writing an 
account of a burglary, his own room was broken 
into and ransacked and robbed by thieves. 
The people of Mayfield, Ky„ have long kept, 
standing the platform from which a murderer 
was hanged, as proof that the law is respected 
aud enforced in that community. 
Most of the first class hotels at Long Branch 
closed for the season last week, and tlie place is 
almost deserted. 
Caleb Cushing, our Minister to Spain, writes 
from Madrid that the reports of his illness are 
quite erroneous. Tie has not been absent from 
Ids duties a day on account of sickness since 
hla arrival, and he has not, been in better health 
for twenty years. 
An Ottawa, Canada, dispatch ofBept 10, says : 
Bush fire? are still raging in the neighborhood 
of Templeton. An immense amount of property 
has been destroyed for a distance of ten miles 
square. The country around is one blackened 
and charred mass. The city of Ottawa i* full 
of smoke from the fires, and ashes are falling 
t hickly on t he streets. 
The American association for the advance¬ 
ment. of science has requested Prof. Guyot of 
Princeton college to write a biography of Prof. 
Agassiz. 
Postmaster Jewell says that ho will stay in 
Washington and attend strictly to hisduties for 
the coming months that he may make an 
intelligent report In December. 
A complaint has been filed In the U. S. Dis¬ 
trict Court, New York, by Oswald Ottendorfor, 
A. It. Eoo and others, against John J. Daven¬ 
port, elder supervisor of elections, cbarglngbim 
with arbitrary, partisan and Improper conduct 
as a judicial officer, violations of duty tending 
to degrade the administration of justice, and 
general unfitness for the office. 
The Indianapolis papers recently started a 
report which has been going t he rounds of the 
newspapers, about General Bristow and Ids 
wife's fortune. A correspondent of I he Chica¬ 
go Times says that Instead of half a million 
being left hy will, $30,000 are the exact figures. 
Six ladles dared to go up in a balloon at, 
Philadelphia,Saturday, with Prof. Wise. When 
last, seen they were making rapidly in (he 
direction of Aria by way of Behring straits. 
Indlgnr.tion mootings against the late tragic 
outrages in Traus iale and Gibson Counties are 
being held in different Counties throughout 
Tennessee. 
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FOREIGN NOTES. 
There was an earthquake at Valparaiso on 
the morning of the 8 th of August. 
The State of Antloqula continues to export 
large sums of gold from its mines. The amount 
sent abroad and insured for in the month of 
June last w;;s about $ 200 , 000 . 
Alcesto Lanina, a distinguished priest at. 
Rome, has caused a great, com motion in Roman 
< itholic circles by acknowledging his conver¬ 
sion to Protestant ism. He isDoctor of Divinity 
and Professor of Mathematics of the Vatican 
Seminary. 
The Captain-General nr Cuba has commuted 
the death sentence of the rebel leaders Betan¬ 
court, Jiminex, and Rojas. 
The old Catholic Congress at Freiburg has 
formally closed Its sittings. An order will soon 
be issued expelling from Prussia all foreign 
priests, monks, and nuns. 
Advices from Brazil by mail, say:—A great 
inundation is announced from Barrelroa. A 
correspondent telegraphed : M’eare inundated 
and all communication with tho continent 
suspended. The rivers rise extraordinarily. 
Houses on the lower part of tho island are 
Inundated. The bridge to the main land is 
carried away. Work on the telegraph lino 
could not be continued. 
•Mi. Onimet, Premier of Quebec, has resigned. 
J he Ministers will remain in charge of (heir 
respective departments until a successor Is 
ft wo i n in. 
Trouble is anticipated between the blacks and 
whites of Jamaica. The former number 440,000 
and the latter 15,000. About ten years ago 
there was a rebellion on the island in which 
2,000 negroes perished. 
A severe shook of earthquake was felt at 
Yokohama Aug. 20, but no damage resulted 
therefrom. 
The Japan Gazette of Aug. 21, contains an 
account oi the murder of Mr. Ilabcr, the 
German Consul at Ilakodadi, by a native, who 
says he was actuated by a demon, 
A Quebec dispatch says:—The Hon. C. B. 
Dobaueherville has been culled on by Lieut- 
Oov. Caron to form a new Ministry. The fol¬ 
lowing gentlemen are mentioned as likely to be 
tendered office .--The Hon. Mr. Robertson, 
Treasury; Henry Stories, President of the 
Council; Mr. Gendron, Minister of Public 
\Y orks; Mr. Gorneu, Minister of Crown Lands ; 
Mr. Cross, Attorney-General; and Mr. Gerln 
Solicitor-General. 
A strike of thirteen thousand cotton opera¬ 
tives at Bolton, England, is inevitable. 
The ship Euxine, while on a voyage from 
shields for Aden, took fire, and was destroyed. 
Twenty-one members of the crew who escaped 
In two boats, arrived at St. Helena alter a l 
perilous voyage of over 1,100 miles, during 
which neither boat saw the other. A third 
boat containing the remainder of the crew has 
not yet bten heard from. 
A dispatch to The London Times says the 
Ameer of Kashgar has defeated the principal 
body of iroops which was menacing his fron¬ 
tier, in Central Asia. 
It is said that Prince Leopold, the youngest 
sun of Queen Victoria, delivered a speech in 
English, French and Italian, on the occasion of 
his admission to the Masonic fraternity. 
The Marquis of Ilipon, who recently resigned 
the Grand Mastership of the Free Masons in 
England, lias embraced Catholicism. The 
Prince of Wales acts temporarily in the position 
made vacant by the resignation of Ripon. 
The English railways are having a bad season. 
The usual dividends of the four leading roads 
have been cut down two or three million 
dollars. 
The Paris American Register was sold Au¬ 
gust 20. It was bought by Dr. Evans, the dentist, 
for $34,240. The Register was not a very credit¬ 
able representative of American journalism, 
and wo hope Dr. Evans will reform and improve 
the editorial management of his new purchase. 
The triple eruption of Mount Etna, which 
was so lively, last week, is over already, and tho 
lava has ceased flowing. 
Tne Pope has appointed Father Duhalmee of 
St. Eugene bishop of Ottawa, and Father Racine 
of Quebec bishop of Sherbrooke. 
A terrible collision Occurred on the Great 
Eastern Railway, near Norwich, England, Sept. 
11. Twenty persons wore killed outright, and 
fifty wounded, some of whom were very badly 
hurt, and additional deaths were expected 
every hour. The railway line was completely 
blocked by the debris of the wrecked train. 
The scene at the place of the collision is des¬ 
cribed as terrible, and the cries of the wounded 
were heartrending. 
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THE SEASON. CROPS, PRICES, ETC. 
Athens, Calhoun Co., Mich., Sept. 5.— The 
spring being very late tho whole amount of 
fodder was exhausted, and corn fed largely to 
got through, thereby using up the last year's 
corn crop very close. A large amount of clover 
forage out; mo&t of lust, spring’s seeding Is 
lost. There was but little hay cut, probably 
not more than a third of a crop. It has been 
very dry here. Wheat Is an excellent crop and 
of fine quality; it is claimed to average about 
20 bushels per acre. Oats almost a failure ; corn 
only about naif a crop. The straw has been 
woil stacked, and most of the corn will be cut 
up. There has been quite a breadth of millet 
and corn fodder sown, so I think we will have 
fodder sufficient. Wheat has been from $1 to 
$1.15 per bush.; hogs from four to five cents per 
pound ; but ter, 20 cents per pound fresh at the 
door.— John McLean. 
Hi. Charles, lione Co., III., Sept. 7. — Our 
summer has been very hot and dry. Hay crop 
good; wheat, poor; corn not more than half 
crop, rather poor ut that; oats below half crop; 
barley not over one-third of a crop, and will 
only grade Chicago No. 3—not as much sown as 
usual. There is some timothy seed, but not 
much clover. Fruit—apples not worth men¬ 
tioning; currants and grapes fine. Weather 
too hot and dry for vegetables. Potatoes, poor. 
TIFs I mean a 3 a report for the north part of 
Illinois in general; some spots are more fa¬ 
vored. The chinch bugs have been very bad 
generally,— h. h. 
Lyndonvllle, Vt., Sept, 7.—After an unusual¬ 
ly wet season, which has given us barns full of 
hay and a heavy growth of vegetation generally, 
the weather Is excellent for harvesting, which 
is being well Improved. It has rained scarcely 
any for two weeks past, and tne wheat and oat 
crops have been secured in fine condition. 
Wheat is heavy this season ; other grains medi¬ 
um. Corn, heavy growth and very well eared, 
hut. a week or ten days late. One or two recent 
frosts have made their mark upon Its leaves in 
some localities. Nights, cold ; days,sunny and 
warm. Small fruits abundant; very few apples, 
and thoso not of the best quality.*- i. w. s. 
Kiel, Mnnitnaooc Co., Wis., Sept. 5. —Crops 
are all harvested here and are about an average. 
Wheat is 80c.; oats. 00 c.; hay, $8 per ton; new 
potatoes, $1.25 per liusn. Times are bard and 
money scarce.— Geo. R. Whitney. 
THE MARKETS. 
PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS. 
It ye. hush. ... 
Mull, bush..,.,.... 
Cum meal, fibls.... 
Corn meal. bags... 
Beane, bhls. 
Cotton, bales__ 
New Yolk, Monday, Sept. 11, 1874. 
Receipts.—The leceipt* of the principal kinds of 
produce lor tu a pust week are as follows : 
jBour, bhls. 78,100 Dried Fruits, pkgs . 5Co 
Wheat, bush. 800,100, Kggs, hbfs,. 7,200 
torn. bush... . ... 240,300 Hops, bales. 152 
Oats. bush,......... 121',100 Peanuts, bags. 235 
Grass Seed, bush.. 3,222 Pork, bbis. 
I0,lUU Beef, pkgs... 383 
7.801 Cut meals, pkgs... 1,552 
935 1 Lard, tes. 20291 
158. Butler, pkgs. 23,100 
flu:Cheese, pkgs. 60,4110 
5.4721 Wool, bales. I,8l0 
u* Sl l , ‘' Export of beans past week, 
18 .i bids.; of peas. ],0a0 bush. The trude is very 
moderate, for local use or shlruneul, but prices do 
not shrink us seriously usl might be expected, wiih 
dull trade and new crop upon ua. Small sample lots 
of new mediums and marrows have arrived, selling 
a shade above quotations toroid. New rod kidney 
are soiling at a range of ?4@1,5U. There, has been a 
huge acreage given to tbis class of beaus, arid the 
experience of the past, two years shows there is 
wantol a linger crop. Canadian peon are quiet and 
unchanged. Green peas r»re coming quite freely and 
prices are weaker. 
The quotations are .-Mediums, «.83@l.no for prime. 
tl o5j3il.Ti® for oth^r crudes: pririie iparrowlats. 
f; 22®-,*!^ other grades. *2.0002.16: an me i>ea beans. 
0Z.2Wa3.8O: do. r.air lots down lo il,90<32.1(1; kidnev. 
rea. *4.50@i5; kidney white. *2.00*235. Peas, new 
Lana Qian, in bbis.. free. *1.30® 1.35; do., in bulk, 
and bond, Jl.lWAI.t5; Green. Dew, J2.0CXi2.10; split 
peas, in bond, *5.75. 
Beeswitx—Is steadily held, with a moderate ex¬ 
port demand. Sales are making at 3lKto32>fe. for 
Western, and 32ti33o.for Southern. 
Broom Corn.—Pilme lots are scarce aDd bring 
full unchanged prices, with manufacturers purchas¬ 
ing moderately. We quote; 
Brush, short green, choice, # n>. 10 @11 
Hurl, green..... pj @u 
Green, medium... 9 @10 
Red und fed tipped. 5 @7 
Butter.— The butter market is stronger. Thechief 
buoyant bearings ure the high prices that have be¬ 
come current in the country for lines for future use. 
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