THE RURAL’S FALL CAMPAIGN. 
Wheat 
The October returns, the Report 
says, indicate a yield of wheat larger in quan¬ 
tity and better in quality than last year, nearly. 
If not quite, equaling the -splendid crop of the 
census year which aggregated 887.745,625 bush. 
The New England States, (Rhode Island not 
growing enough to report,) have reached nearly 
a million of bushels, Maine increasing 53 per 
cent.: New Hampshire, ,'i per cent.; Vermont. 
5 per cent.; Massachusetts, 13 per cent.; Con¬ 
necticut equaling last year’s crop. In quality 
Massachusetts is fully equal to last year, and all 
the others above, the improvement in Maine 
being 13 per cent. 
Tim Middle States have increased their ag¬ 
gregate yield, the crop, con)pared with last 
year, ranging from 100 per cent. In Delaware to 
116 per cent. In New York. The average quality 
Is considerably better than last year. 
Of the South Atlantic Stales, Maryland falls 
1 percent, and Virginia 0 per cent, below last 
year, and both are somewhat inferior in quali¬ 
ty. Carolina Increases3 per cent, and Georgia 
21 per cent. The last three States also show 
improved quality. 
Of the Gulf States, the crops of Florida ami 
Louisiana are too Inconsiderable for notice. 
Alabama enlarges her yield 21 per cent, and 
Improves its quality 29 per cent, in Mississippi 
the crop is 2 per cent, larger, but 9 per cent, 
lower In quality. Texas is about 0 per cent, 
lower than last year In both quantity arid 
quality. 
Of the four inland Southern States, Arkansas 
raises her product 50 per (rent.; Tennessee, 29 
per cent.; West Virginia, 23 per emit.; Ken¬ 
tucky declines 5 per cent. Ail these Stales 
have improved their quality; Tennessee. 17 
per cent. Their aggregate yield will be about 
How to Save Postage Next Year 
The Rural New-Vokkeu recently entered 
upon the Fall Term of its Twenty-Fifth Year,— 
and, in order to close its first, quarter of a cen¬ 
tury properly and get a good send-off for Its 
next annual voyage, proposes to make it an 
object for at. least ton thousand persons to take 
a Trial Trip on board the stanch old craft. 
Please listen to our propositions: 
1. The T1»Irtecu Numbers or the KURAL’g 
closing Quarter Tor 1874 Oct. 1 to Dec. 31 will 
lie sent, on Trial, for Only Fifty Cents, to the 
address of any person In the Catted states 
whose remittance Is received before Nov. l. 
2. To ail whose subscriptions for 1875 (whether 
singly at $2.50 per copy, or In clubs at $ 3 ,) are 
remitted previous to Dee. 1, 1874, we will send 
tin; Run At, for the ensuing year free of p (stage, 
or prepay the postage under the new law. All 
subscribing after Dec. 1 will be charged 15 cents 
extra for postage so that those remitting early 
will save that amount. 
Agents, Subscribers and other friends of 
Moohk’s Rural are earnestly invited to make 
known the above offers, and to lend their influ¬ 
ence to render the Trial Trip a success. 
Farmington, Conn., at the age of 88 years, was 
Die wife or the late. Rev. Dr. Noah Porter of 
that place, and mother of President Porter of 
Yale College. The Vale Courant says of her: 
“ During the many years of her husband’s 
ministry tills venerated lady was a helpmeet in 
every Christian work, arid was greatly loved and 
honored by all who knew her. She retained to 
the close of life In large measure full possession 
of her Intellectual faculties, which were of a 
superior order." 
The New York anti-Tammany mass meeting 
nominated Oswald Ottendorfer for Mayor, 
Patrick II. Jones for Register, and benjamin F. 
Heckman, Robert Beatty, Thopias B. Wallace, 
and Joseph Blurocnthal for Aldermen at Large, 
The Grangers of Jefferson County are earnest 
ami active. They haveratified the nominations 
and approved the resolutions or the recent 
Farmers' Convention at Lowville. 
Salem II. Wales was last week nominated for 
Mayor of New York by the Republican County 
Convention, Patrick H. Jones for Register, S. B. 
ii. Vance, 0. P. C. Hillings, Frederick Kuhne, 
and George H. Foster for Aldermen at Large. 
Major George B. Chamberlain, United States 
Marshal at Atlanta, Ga,, has accepted the posi¬ 
tion of chief of the Southern branch of the 
Secret Service Department. 
The Vermont State prison Is not only self- 
supporting but yielded a revenue last year 
of $«,000 to the State. Of the olghty-flve con¬ 
victs forty were born in Vermont. 
Oct. 22 the propeller Brooklyn exploded her 
boiler In the Detroit River and immediately 
sunk. Several lives were lost. The Brooklyn 
was bound from Ogdensburg to Chicago, and 
was racing with the propeller Cuba at the time 
of the accident. 
likes, less t han Iasi week, and quotations arc decid¬ 
edly lower than Uin outbid], of last Monday prom- 
tsed. 'trade it still dull, buyers not. wishing to Uike 
much ahead at the prices. Besides, tin- na»e with 
wtil> li oO.iMI iikgs. wore placed here after the market 
advanced give-* them a pretty good reason to bishe. 
lieve Miort-crop theories. The high prices of tile 
past month have seriously curtailed the trade in 
single pkgs. Tor fondly use. A good many choice 
little dairies Dial heretofore found ready sale far 
this purpose, bringing 2to8i}, V lb. above grocers’ 
lots, now have to he run in along with wholesale 
parcels. Some, retail grocers object to the practice 
of breaking off the lops of tine lines or withholding 
choice small dairies for the “ personal filends ' the 
commission dealer excuses himself with. Other- 
again any they are indirectly benefited by the cus¬ 
tom, as families become accustomed to use flutter 
without stint so long ns Kiev have a firkin to run to 
and a larger cull for butter is thereby occasioned as 
the season advances. Western butter has been n 
very drugging affair, after choice dairy packed uni 
ereitmctj lots comr under notion, it I* likely con¬ 
siderable disappointment will occur III reference to 
a line of quality that was worked In to bring at least 
•4K*32c., hut cannot But l.« placed above 2 tw 2He., and 
is not sought tor at that. The lines of hotter urn 
now more varied,and we revise quotations: 
Orange County pulls, prime. 1.3 ®45 
lllvor pulls, prime. 42 felt 
Common palls. 40 <*43 
State and ernamery palls. <$45 
State hull-tubs, prime. 42 < 3,43 
Stale half-tubs, under grade. 39 ®40 
StMtQ Ut kins, prime. 38 (,« 4 II 
State, common to lino . 30 <$437 
State Welsh tubs, prime.40 <* 4:5 
State Welsh mbs, other.. ;ig (, td 43 
State dairies, prime, entire. 37 ®39 
State.fair, . 35 ociH 
Western creamery, tin dee. :i$ 0 U 1 ) 
Western, creamery, fair to good. 35 ftjff 
Western lialf-iuV. fillC. 31 < 6134 
Western lmit-t.nlii, other. 24 ®28 
- Western dairy, p icked. 35 ( 3 S 5 
Western poor to lair. 22 (,#28 
Western firkins, prime. 30 <^32 
Western llrkins,common... 21 ®23 
Cheese.—There lias been but little done during 
the week Prices have ruled strong though the 
strength has been more attributable to the the llrm- 
ness oi holders than to any trade suggest .inns of ex¬ 
porters. This elnsH of buyer* have offered a shade 
below quotations for some lino late makes. but the 
high rules o! Utica and tlio t alls Ua> e shown that 
the stock could not, be replaced, and very little cheese 
lias been released. The export# ft r the week do not 
exceed lb,000 boxer, which is unusually light. The 
home demand Is fair: prices are against a liberal 
business. In the opinion ill the trade there i» 11 
good future for cheese. Interior stocks are report¬ 
ed light. The cabin quotes Liverpool 70to7is.; Lon¬ 
don. 12*. Hold closed or bat urduv at lid. We ciuotn: 
Butt#, factory, fancy...in ®ifiu 
state, factory, flue. 15JK<5>10 
suite, factory, good. 13)v". 11 44 
State, factory, fair lot*. 8 or 12 
State, factory, skimmed.... fa 
Slat'-, farm dairy, good to prime.... 11 ®I5 
State, farm dairy, fair to good.. 7 to 13 
Western factory, extra. HJ-jtold 
Western factory, line.... 14 % 
Western poor to fair. fi <g»ici 
Skim*. 5 (g, « 
Cider. The demand Is not brisk, and 8®10e. V gal¬ 
lon a.re full quotations. 
Loti 011 , A decline on the week of He., the mar¬ 
ket u J*'e. down on Saturday, did not lead loan in¬ 
crease of spot business, and the nintket is dull at 
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Discount on 4 Insertions, in per ct.: 8 ins., 15 per cl.; 
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ZW No advertisement inserted for loss than $3. 
and ntrimwplierlc injuries have reduced the 
crop of Wisconsin 55 per cent, below last year, 
a loss which more than counterbalances the 
increase in the other States of this section 
Illinois equals last year’s yield; Indiana In¬ 
creases hers 9 per cent.; Ohio, lo per cent,; 
Michigan,22 per cent. All present 11 considera¬ 
bly improved quality except. Wisconsin. This 
section will produce about a million bushels 
less than last year. 
West of the Mississippi River, Minnesota de¬ 
creases her yield 10 per cent.; Iowa, 2 per cent,; 
Kansas, 5 per cent.; Missouri Increases 29 per 
cent, and Nebraska 1 per cent. The quality Is 
depreciated from 3 to 5 per cent. In ail except 
Missouri, which has improved 27 per cent. At¬ 
mospheric and insect injuries were hero more 
generally diffused. The aggregate yield of these 
States will be nearly 2,000,000 bushels less than 
last year. 
On the Pacific Coast, California Increase 4 her 
yield 10 per cent, and Oregon 21 per cent, Ore¬ 
gon equals last year In quality, and California 
improves a per cent. The increased yield of 
this section more than compensates for the de¬ 
cline of the northwest. 
There is a smaller amount, than last year of 
old wheat remaining on hand in all the States 
except Connecticut, Delaware, South Carolina, 
Alabama, Arkansas, and California. The great¬ 
est exhaustion of old stocks is found in Wis- 
FOREIGN NOTES, 
CURRENT TOPICS 
Twenty-three Republican Presidents of 
Councils-Gcmeral in France have been elected. 
The Mayor of Nice lias been dismissed for 
recommending Separatists for election. 
Gen. Rodn has succeeded Don Alfonso in the 
command of the central CarJist army. 
From Danish sources It is announced that the 
German reply In regard to expulsions from 
Schleswig is not conciliatory. 
The Turcomans are growing bolder in their 
attacks on the tribes of Central Aslu friendly to 
Russia. 
A party or Montenegrins was attacked by 
Turks in Albania and 17 of cl)bin killed. 
At Ingersoll, Oat., Oct, 20 , T. T). Miller's pork 
packing factory. In the outskirts or the town 
was totally destroyed by fire. A portion of the 
contents was saved, but about f >0 tons of meat 
were spoiled. The property is fully Insured. 
The Conservatives have a gain of six in the 
elections for Presidents of the French Couticils- 
General. 
Ex-President Thiers denies that he ever 
favored u policy oT hostility to Italy. 
The North German Gazette says that the Ger¬ 
man Govern ment lias no intention of occupying 
any part of the Navigation Islands. 
The Duke of Cambridge, Commander-in- 
t. liief of the British army, lias the gout and is 
going to resign. Cam. never had much capacit y 
as a soldier, but in his capacity as an absorbent 
of sherry wine, he was a complete success. 
Mi. Spurgeon, the famous London preacher, 
recently baptized his twin sons. One of them 
is in mercantile business, and the oilier is 
Studying to bo an artist. They are 18 years of 
The Crasshopper a Burthen. 
A CniCAGO dispatch to the New York papers 
says: “Death fioin starvation for the actual 
want of food is a calamity that stares in the 
face 7,(KM) men, women and children, within 18 
hours travel of Chicago, and In the heart of the 
grain-growing region of the country. Gen. Old, 
commanding the Department of the Platte, 
and who is personally cognizant of the facts, 
addressed the Board of Trade to-day, tolling In 
plain, direct terms the sad story of the destitu¬ 
tion in Western Nebraska, caused by the rav¬ 
ages of the grasshoppers. From the report of 
his officers on the ground and among these 
people, lie has trustworthy information as to 
the actual condition of affairs, lie states that 
several cases of actual death have already taken 
place. Fathers have been compelled to abandon 
their families and seek work and food. In one 
house the corpse of a child was found that had 
perished for want of food and near it the moth¬ 
er, prostrate and dying from the same cause, 
lie stales that in Boone, Greeley, Sherman, 
Howard, Buffalo, and nil the other counties 50 
miles west of the Missouri River, two-thirds of 
the people are destitute of all the necessaries 
of life. They have neither clothing nor shoes, 
ami food is impossible to get. A Dakota letter 
says: “If the grasshoppers scourge us another 
year, Dakota will become desolate, and be re¬ 
manded to her ancient solitude. This is the 
fourth year of bad crops, and almost every 
farmer has a mortgage on his goods and chat¬ 
tels, to tide them over the past. Many have 
left, not to return, and others are to come back 
in the spring. At the best, the outlook is blue 
with despair. 
Obituary Notes. 
Inman. -Commodore Wm. Inman of the U. 
S. Navy died I 11 Philadelphia on the 23d inst. Ho 
was born in this State, entered the navy in 1812, 
and received liis commission as lieutenant in 
1818 . He served several years with the PaciBc 
and East Indian Squadrons, and commanded 
1 he vessels cruising off the Coast of Africa in 
1SG0. He was commissioned Commodore in 
July 1862, and was at the time of his death the 
senior officer of his rank on the retired list. 
Flanigan.—Ex-Gov. Harris Flanigan of Ar¬ 
kansas died at his late residence in Arkadelphia, 
Oct. 23. He was Governor of the State during 
the civil war, aod was one of the leading mem¬ 
bers of Hie last Constitutional Convention. 
a eui nfo, iuu, ijieui Kiti, ubw uru ij ./.i t>> io 
(lo. N. C. 27 to30 
Unpeelcd, halves. ; to 7 J 4 
du. quarters. ..... 0 to 6 H 
Plums. Ifl to 18 
Raspberries, new..... 31 g«32 
Eggs.—Receipts are moderate and there is a better 
feeline : the market closes with 25Xe. readily obtain¬ 
ed for prime Western, and with the scarcity of oilier 
sorts of choice fresh 20 c. might be obtained for extra 
murks ot Western or Cunadian. Limed eggs quoted 
at 20 o., hut not wanted. 
Long Island and New Jersey, ft bbl., are quoted at 
20®28o.; State aod Pennsylvania. 25 ", 200 .; extra 
brands. Western, 25>4C.; ordinary do., 2>'%24c.; Cana¬ 
dian, 24 ,^to2ac. 
Kent hers.— The demand is light. Some prime 
stock is seeking a market under the nominal onota¬ 
tions. 
Live geese, new. strictly choice . 58®60 
do. prime.53®S6 
do. mixed. 30@40 
Flour.--The market has ruled lower and unsettled 
for the past three days. Buyers of nearly all grades 
have obtained concessions wlieu they would negoti- 
ate; hut the export or trade demand show no activity 
a nd present reduced prices may be subject to sudden 
recovery upon the revival of business. Rye flour 
dull. Buckwheat flour active. Corn meal steady. 
State and Western, superfine.«t 50® 4 05 
Extra...4 80® 5 20 
Fancy extra. 5 40® 5 90 
Minnesota extra.. 5 25®10 00 
Western, double extra... 8 Oil® 7 00 
Ohio, shipping... 4 85<i 5 15 
Trade brands..5 3Ato 5 70 
St. Louis, extra. 5 90@ 0 35 
Fancy.. 0 30@ 8 30 
Southern, extra... 0 00® 8 25 
Double extra.a 00iv 5 95 
Rye Hour. . 1 30to 5 40 
Corn meal, Jersey. 4 30@ 4 <5 
Brandywine. 5 40® 5 tO 
Western, yellow. 4 50® 5 00 
do. white. 4 25® I 75 
Buckwheat flour. Pa., ft 100 Bis. 3 75to 4 10 
do State. 3 25® 3 75 
Fresh Fruits.—Poor grades of apples are dull 
and flue keeping sorts in double beads are waiting 
fora market. We mean by that that holders will not 
PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS, 
THE SEASON, CROPS, PRICES, ETC 
New Yobk, Monday, Oct. 26, 1874. 
Receipts.— The receipts of the principal kinds of 
produce for the past week are as follows : 
Flour, bbls. 
Wheat, bush.. 
Corn, bush.. 
Oats, bush. 
Grass Seed, bush. 
Rye, bush...-,,..] __.. 
Malt, bush.... 20,350 Cut meats, pkgs... 4540 
Corn tnea), bbls.... 000 l.ard. tcs... 4 775 
Corn men I, bags... iMfl Butter, pkgs.... 24 82ft 
Beans.bbls.., . 2,145Cheese, pkgs,,.,. .. 55,700 
Cotton, bales. 35.400 Wool, bales. 896 
•Ljrtus.wnd Peas.-Exports of beans, past week, 
a.o bblf. We are now quite cleared of old crop beaus 
and the market for new U active, with the sliphtlv 
auYftnctici prices ruling firm for wholesale parcels of 
medium or marrows. Very fancy lots will, in a small 
way, exceed our quotations. There has been a very 
liberal trade in marrows for export. OJd beans aro 
no longer commercially quotable. There is a good 
Eastern demand for pea beans, and white kid no vs 
are iu good request ami Arm. With the prospect of 
larger supplies of Canadian peas ttlero is no great 
demand, and prices huvo ft lower tendency. Green 
peas seem scarceund seBarfi are for tho time ontuin- 
ing higher prices, tr is likely the crop Is abort. this 
season. Southern B. K. pea# arc (inlet; the.y are now 
about ft off from their opening quotations, 
Medium beans, choice. *2®SUVi; fair to good. *| Ma 
l.ba; marrow beans, choice, *2.6IM/4I2.<J5? do other 
$2.2oca(2.33; pea, $2.15®*2,25; red kidnev, prime. $ 3 ® 
3.12; Canadian peas, in bulk and bond, 41.10tol.15' 
do. free, in tibls., $L.2$@1.30; green peas, neiv, ?1.9(5 
®2 ; white kidney, choice, *2.40to2.50: do, fib- to good 
62®2.2o; Black Eye peaB, 63@8.2o. ' ‘ 6 0 *' 
Crop Returns by Dcp't of Agriculture for 
Oct.—The Report says the October returns show 
a slight improvement in the condition of 
the cotton crop during September, but a 
marked decline since Atig. 1 . The averages for 
the whole country for the past three months 
are: August, 92; September, 70@*72; October, 
72. These reports date from the first of each 
month. Tho Report says;— l *The Department 
has not yet hazarded a conjecture in regard to 
the ultimate yield of the crop of 1874. It differs 
in several important ch ar act eristics from pre¬ 
ceding crops to an extent which suggests extra 
caution in theorizing. The annual crisis came 
earlier than usual, giving to injurious influences 
wider scope of operation, while the recupera¬ 
tion of September was scarcely perceptible. 
V et the months of October and November may 
develop important modifications in the final 
figures. An unfavorable closing season would 
reduce the aggregate yield to 3 , 000,000 bales or 
lower; the season must be remarkably favora¬ 
ble to raise the aggregate yield above 3,500,000 
86,400 Dried Fruits, pkgs. 
616,450 Eggs, bills.... 
805.300 H-.ps, bales. 
29.\30n Pcnnuts. bags. 
1,630 Fork, bbls. 
HOME NEWS PARAGRAPHS, 
Pendleton and Butler is the ticket which 
The Cincinnati Commercial proposes for the 
rag inouey nomination in the next Presidential 
cam paign. 
Lieut.-Col. Frederick Dent Grant and Miss 
Honore of Chicago were married in that city on 
the 20 th inst. The President and family, Vice- 
President Wilson, Gens. Sherman and Sheridan 
and many other distinguished persons, were 
present. 
The Society of the Army of the James cele¬ 
brated its Third Triennial Reunion on the 
evening of the 21 st inst., at the Union League 
Theater, New York City. Gen. B. F. Butler 
