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OBITUARY NOTES. 
The Hon. Herman Poster, one of the most 
prominent lawyers and politicians in New 
Hampshire,-died Feb. 17. 
The Right Rev. E iward J. Horan, Roman 
Catholic Bishop of Kingston, Canada, died Feb. 
15. He was consecrated May. 1, 1858, 
The Hon. Robert Christie died Feb. Hi, of 
pneumonia, at Ida late residence in Clifton, 
Staton Island. 
A Paris telegram announces the death of 
Benoit Fotild the banker. He was the son of a 
Jewish banker, and was born in Paris In 1 792. 
The Hon, Samuel Hooper, a member of Con¬ 
gress from the flth District of Massachusetts, 
died in Washington on Saturday week, after u 
short illness. lie was born at Marblehead, Ma:.*., 
on Feb. J, 1808. 
Lauriston Hall, for many years a promient 
and honored citizen of Rhode Island, and more 
recently well know in financial circles in this 
city, died suddenly at Callao, Peru, on Monday, 
the 11th ult. 
Gen. Chester Harding, a son <>r the artist of 
that name, died recently at St. Louis. He 
practiced law for more than a quarter of a 
century in St. Louis, and served under Gen 
Fremont in the civil war. 
Dr. Hltzigth© eminent Biblical and Semitic 
scholar, died recently at Heidelberg, where 
he had been Professor of 'rheology since 1851. 
lie was in his 08th year. 
The Paris Temps announces the death of 
Victor Piaco, who was French Consul in this 
city at the period of the Franco-German war. 
Darcy Boulton, Grand Master of the Ontario 
Orange Grand Lodge died al Toronto, Feb. 15. 
Henry 0. Freeman, the oldest member of the 
Philadelphia Bar, except Horace Blimey, died 
Feb. 14, in Phlla., at the age of 8(1. He was 
admitted to the bar in 1800. 
Rear Admiral Charles H. Bell, a veteran offi¬ 
cer of the American navy, died on the 19 inst. at 
New Brunswick, N. J„ at the age of 77. 
The It sv. Stephen D. Brown, D. D., a prom¬ 
inent Methodist divine, died at his residence 
in this city, Jan 19, aged 81 years. 
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HOME NEWS PARAGRAPHS. 
Wheeling is said to be the capital of West 
Virginia. 
Ex-Senator Thayer of Nebraska, has accepted 
the Governorship of Wyoming. 
Oakland, Cal., has a Presbyterian Sunday 
School with 14.8 Chinese pupils. 
The German universities had, iu 1874, 1,700 
professors mid teachers and 10,000 students. 
The first shipment of corn In sacks has just 
been made from New Orleans to Germany, by 
the steamer Koelu. 
It is stated that ex-Governor Moses of South 
Carolina is agai i lobe indicted for breach of 
trust with fraudulent latent. 
Corpus Clnisti. Texas, Gazette says:—“The 
largest annual branding of calves we ever 
heard of is that of Captain M. Kennedy, owner 
of the rancho de Jos Laureles. We are iuf ormed 
that the number will reach 16.000 head. 
Prof. D. C. Gilman of the University of 
California has accepted the Presidency of the 
Johns Hopkins University, for the establish¬ 
ment of which the late Johns Hopkins of 
Baltimore made a bequest of $3,500,000. 
The Rev. Dr. Thomas A. Jagger of Philadel¬ 
phia has accepted the Bishoperic of Northern 
Ohio. HU salary will be only one-half as large 
a* the one he has hitherto received. 
Mr. Flood of San Francisco, who i* supposed 
to he the richest man In the world, is one of the 
pi lines! in Ms attire. “ Hi* clothes," nays the 
writer, “ are not better than those worn by a 
sensible dry-goods clerk.” 
The thirtieth annual report, of the New Fork 
Life Insurance Company presents a statement 
of its condition which will be gratifying to all 
it* policy holders. Its cash assets are more 
than $37,000,000, Its undivided surplus is over 
$3,000,000, and the new business of the year 
shows 7.354 policies. 
In Manchester, N. H., and vicinity the ground 
is frozen to a depth of five to eight feet- 
Hundreds of tenements and stores are without 
water, the City Water Works’ pipes being 
frozen solid in many places. The Fire Depart¬ 
ment Is constantly engaged in keeping hydrants 
open. Tbc suffering from the cold is intense. 
Kaiakaua was subjected to the interviewer 
the moment he reached San Francisco. "All 
your countrywomen," he said to the inquiring 
mind, “I think lovely and spirituelle, but J 
give my preference to those of Washington, 
Boston and St. Louis." 
The Duke rtf Edinburgh was recently robbed 
of a valuable dressing-case at a London railway 
station. Singularly enough he was on his way 
to visit the house of Lord and Lady Dudley, 
whose recent loss in the way of diamonds 
occurred under the same circumstances. 
A Ivan Clarke, the Cambridge telescope 
maker, is getting ready to manufacture an 
immense telescope for the American Govern- 
meni and is also negotiating with the trustees 
appointed by Mr. James Lick for the erection 
of an instrument in a California university. 
The centennial celebration of the Lexington 
fight on the 19 of April promises to be very 
successful. Besides the President of the 
United States and several of his Cabinet, Gov. 
Gaston of Massachusetts and suite are ox ectod 
to be present; all of the Governors of the 
original thirteen States, representatives «r the 
thirty towns participating in the opening 
scenes of (he Revolution, and the Presidents 
and Faculties of Harvard, Yale and Amherst 
Colleges. 
Senator Sprague has written to the Mayor 
of Cincinnati, in response to an Inquiry of the 
latter concerning the removal of the remains of 
the late Chief-Justice Chase to Spring Grove 
Cemetery, near Cincinnati, saying t hat his wife 
is now absent in Europe, but that, her desire is 
for her father's body to rest in the cemetery 
mentioned. “ Under what auspices tne re- | 
mains shall be transferred," the Senator adds 
“that of the City oT Cincinnati,or of the State 
of Ohio, or a union of hot h city and State, or in 
a private way, it is not in my power row to in- ] 
form you." 
Comptroller Green reports that the bonded 
debt of New York City is $115,187,980 ; that the 
unadjusted claims against the city amount to i 
$6,971,149.48 ; that the receipts in 1874 were $96,- 
985,545.78, and the expenditures $90,146,364.56; 
that, since his accession to the Comptrollerahip 
841 judgment have been obtained against the 
city, and that the amount of these judgments 
is $1.98,>.889.04. He add* that ho has saved to 
lie. city by litigations $3,456,033.38. 
Allen T. Caporton has been chosen United 
States Senator from West Virginia, 
The Connecticut Democratic Convention last 
week, chose the Hon. David A. Wells perma¬ 
nent Chairman, and renominated Gov. Inger- 
ijoll, and the other present State officers by 
acclamation. 
The House Committee on Foreign Affairs 
have been considering the quest,ion of depreda¬ 
tions on the Texas border, and will probably 
report a resolution at an early day, requesting ; 
the President to inform Mexico that such de¬ 
predations must be stopped in order to avert 
more serious stops. 
The National Grange adopted resolutions i 
favoring Government aid for Mie completion of 
the Texas Pacific Railroad, the Improvement of 
the mouth of the Mississippi, and the building 
o! a double track freight railway from New 
York to the .Missouri River. They oppose the 
tax on tobacco. 
The Minnesota Legislature are said to be 
demoralized on the question of United States 
Senator. Ramsey and Davis having withdrawn 
from the contest, the Republican vote on 
Saturday week was divided among 14 candi¬ 
dates. 
A Local Option bill has been introduced iu 
the New Jersey Assembly ; also a bill releasing 
the Midland Railroad Company from an 
Indebtedness to the Stale of $35,000 tor taxes. 
Gen. James Longstreet has abandoned Louisi¬ 
ana and the fortunes of the Kellogg party, and 
has bought a farm in White County, Georgia, 
where he proposes to engage largely in sheep 
raising. 
Mr. Charles Lamnau, who has been identified 
with the Japanese since they opened diplomatic 
relations with this country, has just been reap¬ 
pointed American Secretary to the Japanese 
Legation. 
Mr. Thomas Carlyle lias declined the offer of 
the Grand Cross of the Bath made to him on 
the recommendation of Mr. Disraeli. It is 
stated that Mr. Alfred Tennyson has also 
declined the offer of a baronetcy. 
Madame Christine Nilsson has been engaged 
for $1,006 a night to give 13 operatic concerto iu 
France during March next. These will be 
divided between the cities of Lyons, Marseilles, 
Lille, Nantes, Bordeaux, Rouen, Nice and 
Toulouse. 
Stephen A. Douglas’s memory may yet be 
honored with a suitable monument. The 
Illinois Senate has passed a bill appropriating 
$50,000 for the completion of the memorial 
already begun, and it i:< believed that the House 
will readily concur. 
The Secretary of the Clamber of Life Insur¬ 
ance reports that the amount paid by 38 com¬ 
panies during January, 1875. upon policy claims 
was ; Losses by death, $1,533,374. 16; matured 
endowments, $157,337.87? total, $1,689,713.01. 
Dr. James Wood, and Dr. Clarke, who were 
appointed a Commission to report on William 
M. Tweed's condition and treatment on Black¬ 
well’s Island, have advised t hat he l>e permitted 
to remain on duty a* orderly in the hospital, 
and be treated as such. 
The Central Pacific Railroad Company has 
made an offer to compromise its indebtuess to 
the Government. 
Southern Democratic Congressmen have 
issued an address to the people of the South. 
The Massachusetts Sportsmen’s Association 
was organized at Worcester, last week. 
The purchase by Col. McClure of The Phil¬ 
adelphia Age has been consummated. 
Tbc Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has estab- 
tabjished a steamship line from New York to 
Baltimore. 
The Rev. J. Smith Dodge of Stamford, Conn., 
is the latest candidate for the Presidency of 
Tufts College. 
, Judge Oils P. Lord of the Superior Court of 
Massachusetts is confined to his bed by a very 
severe attack of inflammatory rheumatism. 
Congressman Buffi nton of Massachusetts has 
been granted an indefinite leave of absence 
from Washington on account of ill health. 
Mr. Thomas B. Aldrich will start in March on 
a European trip, remaining abroad till Fall. 
Gen. Burnside will soon change his place of 
residence from Providence, R. J., to Bristol, in 
the same State. 
The gifts of the late Senator Buckingham of 
Connecticut to the Yale Divinity School 
amounted to $84,000. 
Hon. A. S, Paddock, Senator-elect from 
Nebraska, is io Washington for the purpose of 
studying the situation previous to taking his 
seat. 
A n ex press train on the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati 
and St. Louis Railroad was thrown from the 
track by a broken rail. The cars and baggage 
were burned, and seven persons were injured. 
A bill, reported In the Massachusetts Legis¬ 
lature, provides for the completion and control 
of the lloosac Tunnel. 
The long contest; for the seat of Mr. Ramsey 
of Minnesota in tho United States Senate was 
ended on the lMth inst, by tho election of Chief- 
Jus tleo S. J. R. McMillan, a Republican of 
excellent repute. 
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FOREIGN NOTES. 
Ecclesiastical laws, and excommunicates mem¬ 
bers of the clergy who accept benefices from 
the State. 
George Finlay, the Euglish historian of mod¬ 
ern Greece, died on Jan. 26. 
Feb. 15, was fixed as the date for the final 
departure of the English troops from Yokoha¬ 
ma, Japan. The French troops were to leave 
the following day. 
Two hundred thousand dollars have been 
appropriated by the Japanese Government for 
expenditure in connection with the Philadel¬ 
phia Centennial. For tho expenses of the Com¬ 
missioners to examine Industries and report 
$100,000; for the exhibition of Japanese articles 
$80,000: for transport ation, $20,000. 
The New Brunswick Legislature met Feb. 18, 
The Lieutenant-Governor delivered the cus¬ 
tomary speech from the throne. 
Three iron-clad war vessels and 2,500 troops 
are to be sent from Spain to Cuba at an early 
day. 
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THE SEASON, CROPS, PRICES, ETC. 
Champaign, III., Feb. 18. — The weather 
during the winter has been very severe, during 
,ie last, forty-six days the temperature averag- 
ng six degrees below zero, and never having 
been above thirty-five degrees but once during 
that time. The wheat crop has not been in¬ 
jured to any great extent as yet. The various 
fruits are still unin jured by the. frost, especial¬ 
ly theapple, cherry and grape, which are mostly 
grown here. Peaches are killed, but few or¬ 
chards remain in this locality, therefore no 
great loss will he experienced. Last year's corn 
crop mostly remain* In the cribs, farmer* await¬ 
ing higher prices—the crop being a light one 
they wish to realize all that, is possible from 
what they have. Agkioulturtst. 
Willininaburg, Wayne Co,, Ind., Feb. IO.— 
Wheat looks badly In this section. Dry weather 
last fall, and for a month past very hard weath¬ 
er. A great amount of ice frozen down solid on 
the ground, which 1 think will kill all wheaton 
low, flat lands. There was not as much wheat 
sown here last fall as usual by fully one-third. 
Peaches and cherries will be a failure here. 
There may lie a few of the most hardy varieties 
of the latter, but the former are all killed, and 
the peach t rees look to be very much damaged 
by'the cold weather. The severe weather for a 
month past has been very prolific In the way of 
bad colds and lung diseases.—w. M. u, 
Richfield, Ohio, Fell. 13. My mercury ther¬ 
mometer, graded to 80° below zero, marked 
Feb. 9,18 s below 0; Feb. 10, 12" below; Feb. 11 
10° below; Feb. 13, 8° below.—p. m. 
The Brit ish House of Commons has declared 
Mr. John Mitehel (w ho was elected a member 
from Tippeary, Ireland) to be ineligible to a 
seat in the House. A new election in Tipperary 
has been ordered. 
Five German war vessels have been ordered 
for immediate service, probably in Spanish 
waters. 
Prince Gortschakoff lias addressed a moderate 
note to England in regard to the International 
Code Congress. 
The possibility of Prince Bismarck’s retire¬ 
ment is still discussed in Berlin. 
The loss by fire at Port-au-Prince Is estimated 
at $2,000,000. 
Count Valmaseda has embarked from Santan¬ 
der for Havana. 
The Duke of Saxony w r as lately married to 
Louise, daughter of King Leopold of Belgium 
The following appointments of Spanish 
Ministers abroad are announced : Senor 
Ranees i.o England, Senor Bedmur to Russia, 
Senor Merry to Germany, Senor Coello to Italy, 
and Senor Tetutan to Austria. 
The MiuUrbuger Zcitunu says that Prince 
Bismarck has consented to remain in ofiice 
at the personal appeal of the Emperor. 
The British steamer George Batters, from 
Porth Cawl, Wales, lor Gibraltar, is supposed 
to have been lost with 21 persons. 
The Government of Pent is again in trouble 
with the Chttn-h. The Bishop of Cuzco has 
carried into effect a Papal Brief without the 
consent of the Government as the law demands. 
The bishop is to be subjected to trial. 
Louis Napoleon, son of the late ex-Einperor 
of France, is classed seventh on the list of 
cadets receiving commissions in the Royal 
Military Academy at Woolwich, and is placed 
at the bead of his class in fencing and riding 
A Paris paper, in an article on the graduation 
of the Prince Imperial at Woolwich, bays: 
"From to-day the Prince will wholly devote 
himself to the direction oi the Imperialist 
policy." 
Gen. Wolseley of England is to be sent to the 
colony of Natal to reorganize the defensive 
system and regulate affaii’s with life natives. 
Dispatches from Berlin report that the Em¬ 
peror William is indisposed. It is denied that 
Gen. Von Moltke’s illness is serious. 
The Captain and 13 members of the crew of 
the abandoned ship Sydney Dacres, from San 
Francisco, who were missing, have arrived at 
Valentis. 
An Encyclical from the Pope to the Prussian 
Bishops Is published. It denounces the Falk 
WHAT SOCIETIES ARE DOING. 
Cortland Go., N. Y., Ag. Soc. -The following 
are the officers elect for 1875: Pres.— James M. 
Smith, Cortland, Vice-Pres.— Walter Jones, 
Homer. Treaa—Calvin P. Wolrad, Cortland. 
Sec.—T. Mason Lorlng, Cortland. Ex. Com.— 
Henry Mc-Kevitt, Truxton: George Miller, (2d,) 
Truxton: A. M. Hoag, Homer; John Beott, 
■ (Miner; David If. Hanuutn, Horner; Albert 
Van Hoesen, Preble; J. Carmichael, Cort¬ 
land; H. L. Warren, Cortland; Chas. 0.Taylor, 
Cortland; A. I). Menham, Drydcn. Horse Fair, 
.1 une 9-11); Cattle Show, Sept. 15-16. 
The Society for the Promotion (if Srlcnllflc 
Industry if its title represents Its purpose 
ought to be sustained. Rs headquarters arc in 
Manchester, Eng., and it offers gold, silver and 
bronze medals for excellence and novelty in ap¬ 
pliances for economizing labor, (t would not 
be a bad idea to organize a similar society here ; 
but it w’ill probably be claimed that we have 
them. So far ns results go, they are not percep¬ 
tible to this (editorial) naked eye. 
New Jersey, we leant from our friend P. T. 
Quinn, Is about organizing a State Horticultu¬ 
ral Society. This seems to us a wise movement 
and it Is astonishing, considering the number 
of eminent horticulturists in that State, and 
the vast fruit interests embraced in it, that such 
a movement has not been inaugurated before. 
The Conn. Valley Ag, Institute, comprising 
farmers of the States of Massachusetts, Con¬ 
necticut, New Hampshire aud Vermont., was 
organized at East Hampton, last week, with E. 
H. Hyde of Stafford, Conn., as Pres’t and L. F. 
Milieu of West Springfield, See. 
Wisconsin State Hort. Sue.—The following 
are the officers elect for 1875: Pres.—A. G. Tut¬ 
tle, Baraboo. Vice-Pres.—J. M. Smith, Green 
Bay. Rec. See.—F. W, Case, Madison. Cor. Sec. 
—E. II. Benton, Leroy. Treas.—G. A. Mason, 
Madison. 
The Western \. Y. llort. feoc. is to hold a 
Rose Show at Rochester, June 17, 1875. The 
schedule of prizes, rules, &e., is published. 
TH2 1V2AB.HBT8. 
PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS. 
New Yoke, Saturday, Feb. 20, 1875. 
Beans ano.Peas.— Medium beaus are firm and 
acllve for local anti Eastern use, streui-ihened by 
tlio tn 11 a II supplies arriving :in<l tne rumor of »t< eit 
going West troth the producing sections ol this 
Suite. Marrows are dull aim weak .*2.25 buy* the 
best murks. Pea beans Imre been about coked up, 
80 far as prim© even murks ure concerned. A few 
red kidneys are selling: white ones dull. Canadian 
pens ure quiet. Southern black-eye peas Arm. Limit 
beans lower for Slate; CoJiturnia are quoted at $5® 
5.50 us extreme. 
We quote Beans, new medium, prime, $$1.80® —; 
