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HOME NEWS PARAGRAPHS. 
One of tlie current charges against Gen. Dix 
1b that “when Miuister to Paris his visiting 
cards were a foot square, with all the titles 
upon them that ho had won.” 
The Nevada Independent State Convention, 
held at O.traon, Sept. 150, made nominations 
which include seven democrats, four republi¬ 
cans and three independents. 
While on the way to the wedding of Gen. 
Sherman’s daughter in Washington the horses 
of the President’s carriage took lright and run 
away. The carriage was demolished, but the 
inmates, Mr. and Mrs. Grant and Marshall 
Sharpe and wife, escaped Uninjured. 
The entry books of the Central New York 
Fair, to bo held in Utica this week, were closed 
Sept. 30, with (5,192 entries. 
Morton, Bliss & C^., and Winslow, Lanier & 
Co., offered to t ike $3,381,000 of New York city 
stocks at 10414, interest at 6 percent, in gold or 
7 per cent, currency. Tbo former bid was 
accepted. 
John F. Lacey and 8. B. Furgurson of Bridge¬ 
port, Conn., started in an open rowboat, fifteen 
feet long, Oct. t, at half-past eleven A. M., fora 
voymge up LoDg Island Sound drawn by a kite. 
The water was quite rough, but they ran before 
the wind with no apparent trouble till out of 
sight. Quite a largo number of peoplo watched 
their departure and followed them with glasses 
as long as they were visible. 
Rifle shootln 2 was lively at Creedmoro, Oct. 1, 
between the Irish and American “teams." A 
large number of minor prizes were completed 
for, including those of the regiments of the 
first division national guard, the first, by the 
eleven representatives of the twelfth regiment, 
who scored 140 at ZOO yards, and 143 at 500 yards. 
Twelve representatives from the seventh regi¬ 
ment, scored 151, and 92, and 12 representatives 
from the seventy-ninth regiment, 133 and 109, 
taking respectively the second and third prizes. 
The jmsitlon was standing, and the highest 
possible score for each man at each range, was 
twenty. Lieut. Fulton and Lieut. Gildersleeve 
of the American team In the International 
match, were among the representatives of the 
12th regiment, their scores beiug respectively 
13,13,13 and 18. 
The executive committee, State Grangers, 
received numerous applications for the posit on 
of State Agent for the sale of farm produce, the 
applicant, to give heavy bonds in New York 
City, last week. They also passed a resolution 
calling for ihe oesslou by the national govern¬ 
ment of the Wallabout. property adjoining 
the Brooklyn navy yard as a market, three- 
fourths to be occupied by farmers and dairy¬ 
men. They say they are not apolitical society. 
Thirty Icelandic families have already settled 
in Wisconsin. 
Thomas Jefferson's arm-chair is again for sale, 
this time In Detroit. 
Barnum’s receipts during the twelve days he 
was in Baltimore were $100,000. 
The Springfield Republican celebrated its 
fiftieth anniversary on Tuesday week. 
Upon recommendation of the Advising Board, 
Gov. Kellogg has removed two Supervisors 
charged with obstructing registration in New 
Orleans. 
The Attorney-General has issued a circular to 
United States Marshals in the South with 
reference to the appointment of deputies. 
The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher returned to 
Brooklyn last week and was enthusiastically 
welcomed by his Church. 
A great fire occurred In Greenpolnt, N. Y., on 
the 2d Inst.; $200,000 worth of property was 
destroyed and 45 families were made homeless. 
A report from Maine says the friends of 
Senator Hamlin and ex-Gov. Per bam propose a 
settlement of the U. S. Senatorial question by 
taking Gov. Dingley as a compromise candidate- 
Quail bunting is popular at Colusa, Cal., since 
a man found a gold nugget worth $99 while so 
engaged. 
Ex-President Woolsey has been lecturing to 
the Yale law students on the Virginius case; 
he thinks the brutal treatment of those on 
board sufficient ground for a claim of damages 
by the United States. 
Minnesota calls its chief magistrate “our 
grasshopper governor." because he has scared 
away Immigration t his year by his exaggeiatod 
reports of the grasshopper ravages. 
The State of Mississippi, which did not owe a 
dollar In 1867, Is now saddled with a debt of 
three millions and a half, and, what. Is worse, 
ha* nothing to show for it. 
Charles Sumuer’s estate has just been ap¬ 
praised, and is value 5 at $144,758.20. 
The suspension of mill work In New Harnp- 
nhlre to not general, the mills at Salmon Falls 
alone curtailing as yet. 
The Supremo Court for the District of Colum¬ 
bia has approved the judgment of the Court 
below, that Insanity Is nut a cause for divorce. 
A rock weighing two t ons fell I hrough a shaft 
In the Bergen tunnel, N. J., one thousand feet 
from the east, entrance, Oct. 2. A freight (lain 
lan against it and t he locomotive was thrown 
from the track. It was crushed to fragments 
and lav nn the track all the afternoon and 
evening, an obstruction to ull trains. The rock 
was broken and removed. No damage was 
done to the freight cars. 
September melted away $435,417 of the national 
debt. $10,000,000 5-20 bonds have been called in 
for redemption. 
The cattle disease is prevailing In Jer. ey City 
and Hoboken. 
The reporter sued by Bowen for libel, makes 
reply by reiterating the whole matter com¬ 
plained of. 
Carrlo Sharp, aged six years, was shot by her 
brother Frederick, aged thirteen years in Dover, 
N. .T., on Thursday week. The lad had been 
shooting, and forgot that the gun was loaded. 
The wound will probably prove fatal. 
Ex-Senator Ross of Kansas is now foreman on 
a Lawrence paper—a position he held eighteen 
years ago,before embarking In politics. 
A married girl of 13 years, seeking a divorce 
on the ground that she is too youug, is one of 
the latest social developments of Indianapolis. 
The State of Maine sold a large lot of Its tim¬ 
ber lands at auction the other day. About 
140,000 acres were disposed of at prices ranging 
from 35 cents to $1.30 per acre, and the right to 
cut timber and grass upon about 300,000 acres 
more was sold at from 27' i cents to $1.75 per 
acre. The total amount realized was about 
$150,000. 
Ex-Governor Morrill of Iowa has resigned the 
presidency of the Des Moines & Minnesota 
Railroad Company. 
George Fralick, supposed to be one of the 
robbers of the Wellsborough Bank, was arrested 
Thursday in Athens, Pa. 
A large band o( Osage Indians Is on the war 
path near Fort Sill. They killed and scalped 
five hunters in Clark County, Kas. 
William 11. H. Houston, a cotton broker of 
Charlotto, N. C., who was arrested In Montreal 
on a charge of forgery, has been extradited. 
At Selma, Ala., on Thursday week, the Com- 
missiouers' Court decided the $140,000 county 
bonds Issued to the New Orleans & Selma Rail¬ 
road illegal and void, and refused to levy a tax 
to pay tha interest. 
P. T. Barnum has offered $50,000 for the re¬ 
covery of Charley Ross, on condition that he be 
allowed to exhibit him if found. 
The pulpit occupied by Henry Ward Beecher 
during his ministry at Indianapolis is to be sold 
by auction. 
Our State exchanges generally complain of 
an increase of slcklesa consequent upon the 
sudden cold snap. 
Somebody who knows how it is says never burn 
burn kerosene with the lamp wick turned down 
for any length of time. It is very unhealthy, 
and will soil your walls, curtains, etc., with 
smoky smut. 
A suggestion comes from a Western teacher 
that a convention of teachers, 8tate and city 
superintendents of schools, Presidents of State 
universities, &o., meet at St. Louis or Cincin¬ 
nati July 4, 1875, to consider the question of 
devising a uniform system of instruction for 
our public schocds. 
There are 940 Young Men's Christian Associa¬ 
tions in this country, and forty-eight of them 
have buildings to the value of two million 
dollars. 
Vice-President Wilson is said to have a 
chronic habit of standing on the street corner 
while a newsboy hunt3 around for change in 
order to give him two cents. 
John Robinson, the circus man, is said to 
have picked up $1,000,000 In the saw-dust arena 
and to he the owner of eighty houses in Cin¬ 
cinnati. 
The Utica Herald says it is predicted that 
when the two additional tracks of the New 
York Centi.:’ Railroad are completed, passen- 
ger trains wil t>e run at the rate of a mile per 
minute over many portions of the road. 
The will 11 he late Bishop Whitebouse of 
Illinois has bee made pub-lc. His property 
consists of $10,000 in personal effects $10,000 in 
books and pictures, $8u,u00 xu rea estate in 
Cook Co„ Ill., and $350,0u0 in real estate iu 
W est Virginia. 
It is understood that Gen. Leggett, Commis¬ 
sioner of Patents, whose resignation takes ef¬ 
fect Nov. 1, will shortly thereafter establish 
himself as a patent lawyer in Cleveland, Ohio. 
He is a native of that State, and served with 
credit during the war. 
Durlngthe past week the marriage of Lieut. 
Thomas W. Flt-eh and the eldest daughter of 
the General of the Army was solemnized yes¬ 
terday in Catholic form, and with all the pomp 
and Impressiveness that could be given It by 
Church dignitaries and the presence of the 
most eminent men of the Republic. Arch¬ 
bishop Purcell of Cincinnati, performed the 
ceremony, and the presence of the President 
of the United States, members of the Cabinet, 
Judges, senators and other distinguished men 
gave to the event an importance in the social 
world such as few weddings in this country 
had commanded. The bride and groom attend¬ 
ed church last Sunday at St. Bridget's Roman 
Catholic Church In New York City. The church 
is capable of holding 5,000 persons, and was 
filled and could have been filled again with the 
throng. 
Henry Ward Beecher has been before the 
Grand Jury in session In Brooklyn, and Indict¬ 
ments have been found on his complaint, for 
libel against Theodore Tilton and Mr. Moulton. 
So the dirty scandal Is to be reopened In the 
courts at tlia Instance of Mr. Beecher. 
Brigham Young Is reported as gradually con¬ 
valescing. though ho is hardly considered out 
of danger. 
FOREIGN NOTES. 
The President of Mexico is pleased with the 
present condition of affairs In the Republic and 
very hopeful of the future of tho nation. In¬ 
dustry Is being encouraged, and, It is said, that 
cautious Gorman capitalists are disposed to 
speculate in the construction of an intor- 
oceanie railway. 
Advices from Turkestan report the natives on 
the Amu-Darla River were hurrying the har¬ 
vest. Mischief was brewing. Tne Tekenen 
tribes displayed hostility to the Russians. 
Col. J. W. Forney writes in a private letter 
from Europe “ that England Is about to take 
bold earnestly of ibe Centennial matter, and 
ilmt wo may expect shortly the news of vigor¬ 
ous and practical action." 
The French Assembly Members of the Party 
of the Right, are still opposed to MacMahon’s 
foreign policy, particularly the diplomacy 
which is observed toward Italy, Spain and the 
Papacy. All ticklish subjects. The Marshal 
President says nothing, but holds on. 
A London telegram of Oct. I, saysAdvices 
from the north of Spain say that there are 
signs of a breaking up of the Carllst Army. 
Several of the insurgent leaders have surreu- 
dered to the Republican troops, and It Is re¬ 
ported that some others were shot by order of 
Don Carlos for demanding the cessation of 
hostilities and restoration of peace. 
The unvatltng of the monument in honor of 
the volunteers who fell at Ridgeway, Ont., 
during the Fenian raid In 1866, took place 
last. week. A large number of officers con¬ 
nected with the militia force were present, and 
speeches were made. 
The Prince of Wales is evidently a bad boy—a 
spendthrift. The London Times of Oct. 1 says 
the Queen has nut paid his debts, as rumored, 
and adds that at the present time the debts of 
the Prince amount to a little more than one- 
third of hisannual income, and include scarcely 
any bills due longer than a year. The Prince's 
balances at his banker',, to-day will more than 
suffice to meet every claim. It ta true that the 
Prince is unable to live within his Income, but 
the excess is provided from a fund which is his 
private property. This fund, which accumu¬ 
lated during the Prince's minority from the 
revenues of the Duchy of Cornwall, is still 
sufficient to meet the yearly deficit in his ex¬ 
penses, though ihe time may come when this 
resource will be exhausted. 
The insurrection In the Argentine States con¬ 
tinues and is becoming formidable. The fleet 
has declared for Gen. Mitre, the leader of the 
movement. The insurgent forces have assem¬ 
bled at Chlvilcoy and San Martin, The Govern¬ 
ment at Buenos Ayres is taking vigorous meas¬ 
ures to meet the storm. The Chambers are in 
permanent session; the National Guard has 
been mobilized ; and a state of siege has been 
proclaimed in the provinces of Buenos Ayres, 
Santa Fe Entre Rios, Arrecitea and Corrientes. 
The newspapers at Buenos Ayres have sus¬ 
pended publication. 
The Newfoundland Legislature has been dis¬ 
solved. It is not a year since last election. 
The Swiss Federal Council has approved of 
the selection of Berne as the piace for an Inter¬ 
national Postal Office. 
At the Hanley Police Court, in London, the 
other day, a mllkseller was fined £10 for selling 
milk containing 27 per cent, of water. The 
analyst said that the impurity of the water was 
proved by the presence of animalcul®. 
It is stated from Copenhagen that tne Chinese 
Government has bought a Danish iron-clad, the 
Denmark, which was built in 1863 by Messrs. 
Thompson of Glasgow. The price paid is said 
to have been $200,000. 
The Presae announces that the construction 
of the outer girdle of forts for the defense of 
Paris will be commenced next November, and 
they will give employment to nearly 2,000 men. 
An English writer thanks the Atnerloan 
newspapers for telling the British people that 
the Prince of Wales owes £640,000. The intima¬ 
tion appears to have been quite unexpected on 
the other side. 
Doublemard, the sculptor, is engaged at Paris 
on a statue of Bolivar, the " Liberador,” which 
Is to cost $16,000. The model Is to be sent out 
to Guyaquil for the approval of the Ecuador 
Government. 
Paris correspondents of foreign papers have 
been requested by the French Government, 
through the ambassadors of their several coun¬ 
tries, to speak more politely of the French 
armj T . 
That British reformer who was In favor of 
cremation and opposed to buying any new 
burying ground in his town, has been mobbed 
by 2,000 women, who proposed r.o “ burn him." 
Comte de .Tarnac, the new French Ambassa¬ 
dor to the Court of St. Janies, Is the owner of a 
fine estate in Ireland called Thomaetown, situ¬ 
ated in the County of Tipperary, between the 
town of the same name and Cashel. 
Tn France the sale of a journal has been pro¬ 
hibited for a comparison between the adminis¬ 
trations of Thiers and MacMahon. 
Four tons of gnnpowder exploded on a barge 
on Regent’s Canal, England. At least five lives 
were lost. 
Tho Mexican Commission to observe the 
transit of Venus has arrived at Havana en route 
to New York. 
There has been a conspiracy to overthrow the 
reigning dynasty of Servia. 
Tiie steamer F.iradav, which was engaged in 
laying the new Atlantic cable, has arrived at 
Queenstown. 
Ireland enjoys the distinction of furnishing 
tho British Parliament with the tallest, short¬ 
est and stoutest members. 
Young Napoleon is a master of the “manly 
art.” He thrashed a German lad the other day, 
and then remarked that he might go and toil 
Bismarck about it as soo’u as he pleased. 
Russia and England are advocating the return 
of Scblweslg to Denmark, provided forts Aisen 
and Duppol are demolished and Denmark 
declared neutral territory. 
The first live specimens of the Russian fish, 
the sterlet, have just, been brought to England 
from St. Petersburg. Twelve of them were 
placed in a largo deal tank In St. Petersburg, 
and only three died in the nine day’s journey 
to London. These fish are v ery handsome and 
graceful In their movements, and are esteemed 
a great delicacy in Russia. They have been 
placed in the Brighton aquarium. 
In tho neighborhood of Ripoll in Spain, a few 
days ago, the Cart tote. shot, a young married 
woman In cold blood by‘order of (heir General, 
Baballs. She was the wife of a Libera), and the 
motherof three children. 
M. Guizot’s "History of France" will be 
completed. The fourth volume, finishing the 
reign of Louis XIV. is In type, and t ie author 
has left the necessary matorlal for the fifth and 
last volume in the hands of Messrs. Hachotto 
& Co, 
Owners of plantations in the Ciuco Villas 
district of Cuba have each been fined $1,000 iu 
gold for neglecting to give notice of the appear¬ 
ance of Insurgents. 
An insurrection has broken out at Buenos 
Ayres in consequence of the alleged fraudulent 
conduct of tho late presidential election. 
The anniversary of Mexican Independence 
was celebrated in the city of Mexico, Sept. 16, 
with appropriate ceremonies. 
The British Museu m library has twelve miles 
of book-shelving. 
A British association for the advancement of 
art Is now proposed. 
A telegram from Montreal says that the 
Evangelical Alliance met at8 o’clock P. Mi, Oct. 
1, in the American Presbyterian Church, 
Principal Dawson of McGill College, Chairman. 
An address of welcome was delivered by the 
Rev. Dr. Jenkins, and replies were made by the 
Earl of Cavan, the Itav. Donald Frazer, and 
others. 
Kossuth says he is not going hack to Hungary. 
The work on religion by the late John Stuart 
Mill is positively announced for October. 
Japanese youths are to be sent to Germany to 
learn how to brew beer. - 
Compulsory rules for sailing tracks across the 
Atlantic are held to be impracticable In En¬ 
gland. 
Scotland is fast becoming a commercial, 
mining and manufacturing, rather than an 
agricultural countrv. 
It is said a German company will apply to 
the Mexican Congress for a concession to build 
an inter-oceanic railway. 
The highest inhabited spot iu the world is 
said to be the Buddhist cloister, at narle, in 
Thibet, where twenty-one priests live, at an 
altitude of 16,000 feet above the sea. 
Pere Hyaointhe has grown tired of double 
blessedness and talks of going Into a monastery. 
Senorlta Soleda Juarez, daughter of the late 
Mexican President, has become a school marm. 
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THE SEASON, CROPS, PRICES, ETC. 
Clyde, Sandc«ky Co., O., Sept. 28.—The 
weather here has been hot and dry for the last 
three weeks. We had a fine rain on the fifth of 
this month, but the heat soon made it dry and 
dusty again,—and so it oontlnued dry, hot and 
dusty until yesterday afternoon, when we had 
a nice shower. Last night it rained most of the 
night, and the ground Is now thoroughly soak¬ 
ed. Wheat is in good shape and most of it up; 
the balance will be up soon. While large sec¬ 
tions of the country are suffering from drouth, 
locusts and hateful grasshoppers are filling tho 
air. Yet this country’ was never more prosper¬ 
ous. The peach crop here has been enormous, 
and has so far brought fair prices. Apples axe 
