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MOORE’S RURAL WEW-YORKER 
AUG. 44 
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THE GREAT STORMS-DAMAGE TO CROPS. 
The heavy rains at the West, of which we 
spoke a week ago, have continued, and the re¬ 
sultant damage to crops has been even greater 
than was then threatened. Happily It has not 
extended to any disastrous degree northward 
to the Wisconsin, Iovra and Minnesota wheat 
fields, and though some rains are reported there, 
they are not sufficient to Injure the good 
promise of the year. Tho tbreo states above 
named are reported to have a large surplus of 
spring grain, and if this has been saved in good 
order, as we have reason to hope, it will be 
cause of national congrat ulation. 
There can be no longer doubt that all t he sur¬ 
plus of sections having good crops of wheat, 
whether winter or spring, will be needed at 
prices higher than have prevailed for two or 
three years past. The floods in Europe tiave so 
largely injured the crops that there is sure to 
be it heavy foreign demand, while in a consider¬ 
able portiou of our own country similar dis¬ 
asters have materially reduced our surplus. 
But for the yet possible large corn crop and the 
substitution of corn meul and potatoes for 
flour we ahould buvo little If any surplus of 
wheat to spare. It may well bo that our corn 
crop will be more extensively used as food In 
Europe than ever before, as its people must be 
not only scarce of bread, but less able to buy 
dearer kinds of food by reason of the disasters 
through which they have passed. 
It is to he hoped that tho corn crop of the 
great Central States may prove not much in¬ 
jured. Along the river bottoms where tho 
water has overflown the banks it, is lair to as¬ 
sume that tbo damage is irreparable, but else¬ 
where the injury.to corn seems mostly to have 
been by breaking down the stalk and a fair crop 
may yet be gutbered. Before the floods the 
corn was almost everywhere of unusual excel¬ 
lence. Small grains, wheat., barley and oats, 
have of ootirse suffered much more, and much 
of tho oats especially will bo left for bogs to 
gather In the field, while wheat and barley if 
saved vrill be badly sprouted and grown. Tho 
Chicago Tribune estimates that tbo States de¬ 
vastated by the recent floods produced In 1870 
sixty-seven per cent, of the winter wheat crop 
of the country. How much this will be 
damaged is yet uncertain. Commercial jour¬ 
nals estimate the damage at two per cent.; but 
this is almost certainly under the mark. It 
must be remembered that this decrease comes 
to a crop which by the estimates of the Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture would at its best have 
given us very little for export. 
There have bsen floods of perhaps equal 
extent in the West heretofore, but never before 
In the middle of summer and at the beginning 
of a promising harvest. It seems like snatching 
prosperity after It had been hardly earned by 
months and years of labor. Happily for us, the 
devastating fl mds have affected lands which 
must work hither for supplies, and our farmers 
must make up in price what they lack in quan¬ 
tity. 
But for floods which now threaten to overflow 
the lower Mississippi the prospects of the 
people or the South were never better. There 
is nearly everywhere r.n excellent stand of cot¬ 
ton, and good judges estimate the crop at four 
million bales. Added to this, the South has this 
year grown more wheat, more corn and other 
grain than ever before. The present season 
will go far towards setting the Southern people 
on their feet again. The floods In the lower 
Mississippi cannot destroy crops except on 
portions of one or two States, and the remain¬ 
der of the South will not be affected. 
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HOME NEWS PARAGRAPHS. 
The Commercial Warehouse Co. of New York 
suspended on the 28th nit. Their liabilities are 
placed at $1,500,000. A receiver lias been ap¬ 
pointed who is authorized by an order of the 
Court to carry on the business of the Company 
in all respects ns the Company might have done, 
except advancing money on consignments. 
The story of an Iron mountain sixty miles 
north of Duluth, which rivals ths celebrated 
mountain of that tiamein Missouri, Is, it is said, 
confirmed by some explorers. The mountain 
is eight mile* long and one ard a haif miles 
wido, 1,200 feet above the La-»e Superior level. 
On the 10th inst. an immense waterspout de¬ 
scended on the track of theKansas PaciflcR.R. 
near Kit Carson, In Colorado, and washed away 
200 feet of road. 
The Missouri Constitutional Convention has 
adopted, without amendment or debate, a sec¬ 
tion establishing separate schools for the 
colored population. The Convention will he 
petitioned to recognize the Kindergartens in 
the organic school law of the State. 
An uneasiness seems to b»ve broken out 
among the Mt-Governors in Maine. Three of 
them, Stearns, Straw and Smith, together with 
Gov. Cheney, and their wives, have decided on 
a trip ucrosH the continent this Fall. They will 
occupya drawing-room car.wltha dining-room 
and kitchen attached. 
A foreign company, with a capital of $29,000,- 
000. has been organized for the purpose of in¬ 
vesting in Louisiana land and pursuing agri¬ 
culture as a science. 
The new iron bridge of the Erie Railway over 
tho Genesee Falls at Portage, N. Y., is com¬ 
pleted. and was recently put to a thorough test. 
It Is 800 feet, in length. The center of the main 
span is 235 feet above the river. 
The majority for a Constitutional Convention 
In Alabama will b« 15,000. 
The members of the theatrical profession in 
Rochester are to give an entertainment for the 
benefit of the orphans of Prof. Donaldson, who 
reside in that city. 
An attempt was made recently to throw the 
North Conway express train from the track, 
between Conway and North Conway, by means 
of a log placed across the rails. Tne train was 
moving quite rapidly, and though the front 
part of the engine was badly smashed the cars 
did not leave 1 he track. No oue was injured. 
A Chicago boy, a boot-black, has become heir 
to the title and estates of the Marquis do Bel- 
loy. 
The Sodus Point and Southern Railroad is to 
be sold at Palmyra on the 7th of September. 
A terrific whirlwind prevailed along the Mo- 
Minnville and Manchester Railroad on tnefitb 
Inst. Tho bridge over Collins River, 300 feet 
long, was blown completely away. 
The indications now are that McCreary’s 
majority for Governor of Kentucky is about 
45,000. It. is probable that the call for a Consti¬ 
tutional Convent.lnn is lost. 
There Is a deaf mute in the jail at Newport, 
R, I„ whose wife, four brothers, and four sons 
are all deaf and dumb. 
The banking house of tho East Albany Bank¬ 
ing Company, located In the village of Green- 
bush, was entered by burglars recently and 
nearly $8,000 in currency was taken from the 
vault. 
The Grand Opera House in New York was 
sold at auction under foreclosure on the «th 
inst., to Helen M. Pike, plaintiff in the fore¬ 
closure suit. It brought $75,000 over and above 
a mortgage of $30,000 thereon and interest. 
Superintendent Chapman of the Insurance 
Department, N. Y„ has Issued orders revoking 
(be authority by which tbc Kansas Insurance 
Company of Leavenworth has been doing busi¬ 
ness. 
The firm of Duncan, Sherman & Co. have 
closed their negotiations with the London 
banking-house uf J. S. Morgan & Co., by which 
the circular notes and letters of credit of t he 
suspended firm held by persons traveling 
abroad are to be protected. 
As late as the 2d just, there had been 72 cases 
of yellow fever at Fort Barrancas, Fla. and 25 
deaths. Orders have been sent by Gen. Sherman 
to take the troops to a place of safety. The 
Pensacola reservation has been perfectly 
healthy. 
On the 5th Inst., while Mr. Harlan of Maury 
Co., Tenn. and a number of bands were thresh¬ 
ing with a steam boiler, the boiler exploded, 
killing him and two others Instantly, and 
wounding seven. The thresher and a large 
crop of wheat were destroyed by lire. 
The disaster on the Michigan Central Rail¬ 
road on the 3rd inst. near Three Oaks, was a 
fearful wreck of engines and cars. The loss is 
estimated between $40,000 and $70,000. 
Two unsuccessful attempts were made on 
the 4th inst. to wreck trains on tho Eastern 
Railroad, Mass. The Bangor express was pass¬ 
ing through Wonhurn, shortly before 0 o’clock, 
at full speed, and when about forty rods be¬ 
yond the passenger station the engine struck a 
pile of sleepers, throwing them high Into the 
air and shivering them into fragments, hut 
causing no damage to the train except smash¬ 
ing the head light of the locomotive. Directly 
following the express train came a freight train, 
which also met with an obstruction of sleepers 
on the track. The obstruction was discovered 
in time to prevent a collision. These attempts 
were credited to tramps. 
One morning recently, while a Berwick (Pa.) 
farmer was driving his horse across a field, the 
earth suddenly caved In under the animal’s 
hoofs without any warning. The farmer made 
every effort to save his horse, but before he 
could do anything it had sunk ten feet into the 
ground, where it was soon smothered. 
The Boston manufacturing company of Wal¬ 
tham, the oldest cotton mills in the United 
States, shut down from August 7 to September 
10, the first time during its history. 
Tramps in Maine are refusing $3 a day to assist 
in haying, and will not work at any price. In 
Yarmouth a uutnbcr of them nearly raised a 
riot by refusing crackers, cheese and fish th^t 
were offered them and demanding meat. 
FOREIGN NOTES. 
Or 9,000 teachers in the Irish national schools, 
6,100 arc reported to be totally untrained, while 
even the trained teachers have had on an aver¬ 
age only about five months’ training. 
On the night of June 22 a fire In Hong Kong 
destroyed much foreign property, including 
•the premises of Russell & Co. The loss is esti¬ 
mated at $850,000. 
The Department of the Interior buildings in 
Teddowere destroyed by fire on the 4th ult. A 
«reat number of ancient historical documents, 
of which no copies are In existence, were burn¬ 
ed, together with the entire collection of maps 
upon which the Surveying Bureau bad been en¬ 
gaged for the past, four years. 
An extensive fire broke out on the 29th ult. In 
tbo town of Briansk. Government of Oriel. Two- 
thirds of the place was destroyed. Briansk 
comprised a population of 13,000. 
A test was recently made of the buoyant pow¬ 
er of a leaf of the water lily known as the Vic¬ 
toria Regia, in the Botanic Garden at Ghent. 
Bricks were heaped over its entire area, and 
lie fore it was submerged in the water a weight 
•of 761 pounds was floated. 
The Prince of Wales will start for India on 
the 17th of October, and his visit will last six 
months. The expenditure to Insure the neeos- 
ssary pomp and dignity will be about $710,000. 
There has been a trial recently In Paris of 
“* Spirit Photographers,” who pretended to ph-- 
kograph the likenesses of deceased relatives 
.and friends. They were convicted of swindling. 
Among their patrons were wealthy and distin- 
orutshed persons, some of whom paid 4,000 francs 
if or a picture. 
The national revenue of France for the first 
six months of this year exceeds the estimate by 
45,000,000 franca (£1 .800.000). 
Full 45 per cent of the 13,591,580 lemons and 
60 per cent of the 15,341,760 oranges sent here 
from the Mcdlteronean ports during June were 
lost on the voyage, while 37 per cent of the 2,- 
*04,389 pine apples shipped from the West 
Indies perished in the same wav. 
TheAlfonalst troops continue to be success¬ 
ful in their operations against the Carllsts, who 
have sustained several severe repulses. 
The French Assembly has taken arecess until 
November 4. 
The Turks are said to be collecting in large 
force to crush the insurrection in Herzegovina 
with one blow, 
A statue of Lord Byron which was executed 
many years ago by Tborwaldseu and said to be 
a good llkenesss, is in the library of Trinity 
College, Cambridge. It was refused a place in 
Westminister by the Dean and Chapter of that 
day. 
A handsome Arabic Bible, bound In red velvet 
and gold, waft presented to the Sultan of Zan¬ 
zibar while in London by the Earl of Shaftes¬ 
bury, who besought him to circulate tbo 
Christian Scripture# throughout his dominions. 
The marine disasters during July, by fire 
shipwreck, collision, or other casualty, happen- 
ing to vessels belonging to or bound to or from 
American port#, numbered eighteen. Two 
steamships have been lost, the Abbotsford, of 
Liverpool, wrecked whilst on a voyage from 
Philadelphia to that port, and the East port, of 
San Francisco, wrecked in the Pacific Ocean. 
Five barks, one brig and ten schooners have ri¬ 
se been lost, among thorn the schooner Knight, 
abandoned at sea while on a voyago from Phil¬ 
adelphia to Bangor. 
An Immense meeting in favor of amnesty for 
the Fenian convicts was held In Hyde Park on 
the 1st inst. It was estimat ed that 100,000 pt r- 
sons were gathered around the various speak¬ 
ers’ stat’d#. 
The Broadwood weaving factory in Belfast 
was destroyed by fire on the 31st ult. The 
damage is estimated at $750,000. Seven hundred 
persons are thrown out of employment by t he 
fire. 
Divers at work on the wreck of the steamer 
Schiller have recovered $100,000 of her treasure. 
The annual banquet given by the Lord Mayor 
of London to Her Majesty’s Ministers took 
place on the 1st lust, at the Mansion House, 
and was attended by the usual large and dis¬ 
tinguished company. 
The Ministry of Victoria, Melbourne, has re¬ 
signed in consequence of the opposition of 
Parliament to the budget. 
The grand parade in celebration of the oue 
hundredth anniversary of the birthday of 
Daniel O’Connell took place In Dublin on tbo 
6th inst. Ninety thousand men marched In the 
column of procession. Thousands of people 
from the neighboring cities and from Eugland 
and Scotland were present. The anniversary 
was celebrated in almost every part of the 
world. 
Eighteen additional cotton mills Involved In 
the Oldham strike have closed their doors and 
tbe number of operatives idle is increased to 
20 , 000 . 
Capt. Paul Boytou has offered his services in 
aid of the inundation sufferers by proposing to 
Mine. MaoMabon to give at Paris on the 16th 
Inst, a series of experiments with his life-saving 
dress. Hi# offer has been accepted. 
The Rev. Dr. Tholuck of the University of 
Halle is in failing health. 
The crew of the ship Sunbeam, which sailed 
from Plymouth Aug, 2 for the United States, 
discovered that she was unseaworthy, and re¬ 
fused to proceed. An examination of the ves¬ 
sel has justified their refusal. 
There are renewed Indications that China is 
about to begin war upon Kashgar in conse¬ 
quence of an alleged discovery that the ruler# 
of that tributary are preparing to revolt against 
Chinese authority. 
A waterspout burst over the town of Kira, in 
Rhenish Prussia, on the 5th inst., Inundating 
tbe place, and doing great damage. A bridge 
and many houses were swept away, and thirteen 
persons were drowned. 
THE SEASON, CROPS, PRICES, ETC. 
Manchester, Iowa, July 31.—EDITOR RU¬ 
RAL Thinking your readers would like to 
bear some news from tbe West, I venture to 
send a report carefully gathered from reliable 
sources. Delaware Co. Is situated one county 
west of the Mississippi. F.fti mile# westdirect 
from Dubuque is the thriving little town of 
Manchester, the loveliest and best-located of 
any in tbe county, being on the Illinois Central 
Railroad and on the banks of tbeMaqwata, a 
flue stream, affording good water-power for 
flour and saw mills, also marble; of tbo former 
they are numerous In the county, and bu* one 
of the latter; the fxrmiog lands surrounding 
are as fine as can be found anywhere. Eastern 
people are surprised on seeing the largo fields 
of grain. One hundred and fifty acres In wheat, 
oats or corn is a small field to us. Farmers are 
feeling quite encouraged and full of ho e at 
the ripening crops, and better prices are coming 
oti. Tho wheat bas in some places, aod more 
especially the bald-headed, been blighted; 
sonic farmers call it the “scab." Some fields 
look a dark-brown in tbe shade. The scab is 
a black spot appearing on tho bead of the 
wheai and penetrating into the kernel, leaving 
a little black spot on it. Wo do not know how 
to account for It, unless It was caused by tbe 
damp weather during the early part of July. 
Tho wheat is not injured, however, so as not to 
be (it for cutting. Corn is looking quite good, 
but is not a# tall as it ha* been previous sea¬ 
sons. Data, barley and rye look well. I close 
by giving a list of prices now offered in our 
market for the following - named grains: 
Wheat No. 1, 05 cj®$ 1 ; No. 2. 75c.; No. 3, 50c. 
Coro, shelled, 50c,; ear, 50c. Oats, 33 lbs., 45® 
47c. Barley, 60®90c. Bean#, $1.40®2. Potatoes, 
40&50c. Prairie hay, per too, $4®5; Timothy 
do., $0(5 7.— e. 
Williamsburg, Wayne Co., Ind., July 29.— 
For the last four or five weeks we have had 
rainy weuther. Tbe wheat is rotting in the 
shock; it is so badl/spoiled that hog# will not 
eat It. 1 do not think this township will save 
fifty bushels of good wheat, this season. Corn 
ift just beginning to tassel, but It is not making 
much show for silks. Oats are all down and are 
beginning to mold and rat on the ground. 
Meadows were scarce in this section and hay Is 
much Injured by the wet wor.ther. Potatoes 
are rotting in the ground. This sounds like bad 
times, but nevertheless it is a fair and truthful 
Statement of facts in this section. There will 
be no fruit of any kind except where there are 
grape vines, on which there will be about an 
average crop, if the wet weather doc i not de¬ 
stroy them. Wheat 1# selling for $1.20 per bush.; 
Corn, 65c.; oats, 55c. Hands are getting from 
$18 to $20 per month and other things are In 
about the same proportion. Feed will he scarce 
this winter for horses and cattle, corn fodder 
betng about all there is now to fall back on.— 
w. M. It. 
Indiana jmlis, Ind., July 30.— Special tele¬ 
grams to the Journal from 80 out of 92 counties 
in Indiana, and 25 of the Eastern counties of 
Illinois, furnish a discouraging account of the 
condition of crops. Tbe details of dam.-ge are 
remarkably uniform, the best show for wheat 
being in tbo extreme Northern Her of Indiana 
counties. Elsewhere, but a small portion can 
be saved, it having sprouted in tho shock, and 
at least two-thirds is already ruined. Corn is 
in fair condition, except In tbo low lands, 
which are under water. Oats ami hay In some 
sections are rotting on tho ground, and fair 
weather lor two weeks would uot enable the 
farmers tu savo more than one-half the crop 
The flax crop is almost ruiued. 
Perry svlllr, Allegheny Co., Pa., Aug. 4.— 
Weather exiremely wet. Never saw such a 
time for rain. For tbe last three weeks we 
have had but six hay days. Wheat in the shock 
growing and rotting—nearly useless. Farmers 
who had their wheat frozen out are about as 
well off as those Who were not so unfortunate. 
Plenty of timothy to cut yet, and It is dead 
ripe, with no weather to save It. The crop Is 
very light, and perhaps not more than half of 
It made. Hay is the staple of this seotion. 
Oats are a heavy crop, generally lying down 
flat. Corn and potatoes very promising. No 
apples. Labor, $1 and $1.50 per day for harvest 
hands.—J. R. s. 
Newcastle, N. H., July 26.—Prospects herein 
this northern section of New Brunswick are 
very favorable for large crops. Hay is a better 
crop than for some years past, and roots prom¬ 
ise well, although the spring was late. Haying 
commenced lost week with hot weather, but 
this A. M. looks like settled weather. Our sal¬ 
mon fishing this season has uot been so pro¬ 
ductive as the two preceding years, but the fish¬ 
ermen are looking for a lete run that will make 
an average catch. Pries on tbe Miramichi is 
9c. per lb. and on the Bes.lgonche from 3c. to 
5c.—w. G. A. 
Waxahaehle, Ellis Co., Texas, July 21. —We 
have had no rain since June l9t. Corn and 
cotton will be cut exceedingly short by the 
drouth. Wheat was a larger yield than for 
