the season, crops, prices, etc 
THE WHEAT CROP OF 1875. 
A block of Straits vine (u.; com - - 
tons will bo taken to the Philadelphia Centeu- 
Hon. Thomas Russel, United States Minister 
to Venezuela, has been successful In adjusting 
the claims of our Government against V onezuc- 
la, and some six millions of dollars aro to be 
paid at once. , . . 
The Post-Office Department have completed 
arrangements for mall service to Brazil and Klo 
Janeiro by the King line Of Steamers .rom 
Baltimore, for sea postages as compensation. 
The sea postages will only amount to f 10,IKK) 
a The steamer Algerian, of the Royal mail line, 
struck on a rock In the Cascade Bap Ids, St. 
Lawrence, on the the lltb Inst., and stuck fast. 
She bad some three hundred passengers aboard 
PUBLISHER’S SPECIAL NOTICES. 
The Chicago Inter-Ocean publishes reports of 
crops from more than 350 localities, including 
the chief grain-growing districts of the 55 estern 
and Northwestern States. A fair analysis of 
all these reports appears In the percentage of 
crops as shown In the following table : 
Percentage of an Average Crop. 
State*. Wheat. Oats. Corn. 
Towa* 18 ..y.v.v m 88 
Kna'7.7.7.7.7.. M g $ 
Michigan. 1$ X 85 
Missouri. ? 5 f b 
™ too 
Total average.. 79 
The Inter-Ocean comments on this subject 
as follows:-‘‘55’hat baa been the damage to 
the wheat crop by the storms of the last 
month ? How much shall we lia\ e, and of what 
quality, and how much surplus shall we have 
Tor export in the next t welve months t 1 bese 
aro questions of the utmost importance, not 
only to the farmers who nave wheat to sell, but 
_^ connected with the 
foreign trade and with the price of 
Back Numbers o» this Year Grom jm. ti 
can be furnished to all new subscribers, but we shall 
not send them hereafter unless specially r e<iuested. 
Those who desire can begin with any number, how- 
evex. __ 
The Best Paper, and the Best Premiums to 
Agents. Is our motto. We ignore Chromoa and all 
other Cheap colored pictures, preferring to put our 
money t» tfu. paper, and in Premiums to Agents. 
foreign notes, 
It is said that the government or rsert ia auu 
Greece have formed an alliance offensive and 
defensive against Turkey. 
The towns of Gluchov, Klziiar and Zariz n, 
Russia, have been nearly totally burned. Nu¬ 
merous other destructive fires are reported iD 
Lithuania and elsewhere iu Russia. 
the English Channel, the 
having on board her 
j her way to Scotland, 
don with the schooner 
l {—Header, if there is no agent lor 
our locality please become one by 
It will pay. 
or cheap daubs are given by us, but 
papers during the year. 
k.—You can remit by Draft, P. O. 
registered better at our risk. _ 
Evan 1). Vaughn, a well-known 
Rochester, N. Y., was thrown from 
on a picket-fence on Sunday, Aug. 
jured so severely that he died the 
day. , 
A child said to answer to the des 
Charley Ross bag been discovered a 
Falls, near Plattsburgh. He Is will 
family. , 
At Salina, Ohio, during the r 
weather, 5,000 barrels of salt have b< 
away. , 1 
The Arm of Ferdinand Hertz A Go 
produce and general merchandise 
Broad street, N. V., suspended on tl 
On the 18th Inst, in 
royal yacht Alberts, 
Majesty the Queen, c 
came In violent colli 
vacht Mistletoe. The 
stunt,ly sunk, and three persons on hoard or ner 
were drowned. , 
PrinceMilian or bervia recently addressed a 
note to the European powers who signed tho 
Treaty of Paris complaining that he had n 
been informed of their intentions regardi ng the 
Insurrection which Is extending into Servla, 
and which threatens to assume proportions 
which may render Its suppression impossible. 
Thlrl v thousand persons were assembled u> 
the Grand Arena at Milan, on the recent occa¬ 
sion of an entertainment to raise funds to com¬ 
memorate the expulsion of the Austrians from 
r „ wtta ii'ilf-vearlv return of the number of oini- 
brush manufac- liici * > . iiiMt 14 osft f<*w©r 
r Slto SU—.i«~ «*>»» 
'“'“I remarkable rom,l». I.. ? 
,b. ».l by workmen u '^ S 
.-lug him down to Goldmlre Cliffs in England, rhey found Pa th 
ami for a time red freestone some masonary forming a hoROW 
/r him. The bur- nine foot in diameter and feet high, con 
r. Noe to the floor talnlng human and animal bones, 
d blows rendered soil and an elm :w feet high ooverod themaso. 
to the whole country as 
future of our 1-- 
gold during the next year. 
The census of 1870 sets down the total crop of 
wheat for that year at 887,730,006 bushels. T he 
.•mi. of 1871 was 280.722.0Jh bushels: of 1872, 249.- 
000,000 bushels; of 1878 . It was 281.TB.OOO buah- 
els • and or 1874, it was 385,000,000 bushels. The 
average of these is 206 , 760,128 bushels, which 
would represent the average crop of the past 
four years. But now in order that we may not 
b» deceived into any exaggerated estimates oi 
the damage to the crop of 1875, let us 
that, on the basis of the acreage planted, the 
total crop, with an average yield per acre, 
would haveboen 800,000,000 bushels. How much 
has It been damaged ? and what will be the 
actual yield '< The census of 1870 shows that of 
the 287,736,086 bushels of total crop for that 
year, 112,540,733 bushels were spring wheat, and 
175 195,893 bushels were winter wheat ; that is, 
that in 1870, 6J per cent, of the total crop was 
wiutor wheat. But it is also known from 
official statistics that the Increase of the wheat 
crop in 1874 over 1873 was almost entirely owing 
to the increase of winter wboat. It is, there¬ 
fore, not an unwarranted conclusion that ex¬ 
cept tor the damage to wheat generally, the 
total crop of 1875 would have been nearly 70 per 
cent, winter wheat; or, to cut the estimate 
down a little, lot us say that we should have 
had 200 , 000,000 bushels of winter wheat and 100,- 
1 000,000 baBbCle of spring wheat. But the July 
r official report of the condition of the crops, 
made by the Agricultural Bureau, showed that 
* tbe condition of the winter wheat was 26 per 
1 cent, below an average, and that. Including the 
- siding wheat, l he prospects of an average yield 
| were 18 per cent, below an average condition. 
i I Tbls report was made on the basis of observa- 
- tlons before the first of July, and we must, 
s therefore, calculate the damage made b/storms 
t in addition. The prospect Tor tbe wheat yield 
before the storms only warranted the expecta- 
i- tiuu of a total yield of 246,1)00,000 bushels of 
>f both kinds of wheat, of which 137,000,000 bushels 
1- would have been winter wheat and 109,000,00U 
bushels spring wheat. Of course, it is impos- 
il sihle to estimate correctly the damage dune to 
the winter wheat by the recent storms, but if 
it we put it at only 25 per cent, of the yield 
or expected before the storms, we find that we 
bs must reduce our expectation of winter wheat 
to 103 , 600,000 bushels. If we estimate that there 
has been no damage done to tbe spring wheat 
since the 1st of July, the total crop of both 
spring and inter wheat in 1875must be reduced 
to 212 , 000,000 bushels. 
Our total exports of wheat and wheat dour in 
the year ending Dec. 31, 1874, were equal to 85,- 
078,740 bushels of wheat, showing that it re¬ 
quires at least 200,000,000 bushels for home con¬ 
sumption and for seed. It appears, therefore 
that notwithstanding the favorable conditio: 
of the crops in the Northwestern States, tin 
surplus of wheat available for export cannot hi 
over about 10,000,000 bushels, even if the weatbe 
should be now favorable and continue so m 
thereat of tbe fall. But It must be remembers 
that all of tbe above calculations have bee 
made In tbe most favorable light, and that tb 
chances are that instead or exporting 80,000,0C 
An AAA nATI t 
They have already completed their subs 
plates of Hogarth’s works, which will b 
In parts. They now have in hand < 
magnificent creations, having a good si 
gravinga to copy from. .... 
A Middletown (Del.) man is buildlm 
mouse refrigerator in which ho is going 
away 200,000 baskets of peaches, expe 
keep them fresh till next winter. 
A physician In Shrewsbury, Mass., rei 
death by lightning of a man In an oi 
without rocks or trees near him. 
The New York and Eric Railway tr 
to the city every day 3,850 cans <>1 milk 
cans of cream; the Harlem River 
2,700 cans of milk; the New Haven a 
ford, 1,300; the Hudson River, 1,000; 
Jersey Midland. 1,000; the Morris an 
300, and the New Jersey Central, -u( 
m Ik. 
The solo survivors of the Mountain 
massacre, according to the Salt Lake 
are two young men named John Gi 
Myron Tackett, who are now suppo 
living in Arkansas, the former bom 
murdered parents. They were ah 
years old at the time the massacre or 
ltev. Thomas K. Beecher’s now ohur 
jug, theatre and lecture-room in one, 
N. Y r ., which is to cost $135,000, will b 
by the 1st of October. ( 
It is a curious fact that Boston s 
iron and steel are greater than tbos 
delpbia. Boston having exported 
worth of Iron and $22,298 worth of »t< 
to Philadelphia’s $905,755 In iron ai 
steel. .. 
About 800,000 gallons, or over $1.1XK 
of ice-cream are manufactured i 
every year, and the average oonsuini 
leading hotels and saloons is 42 galk 
:1m wash his bands and take a drink of water al¬ 
um! the lancet and then leave through the Vi 
.cuttle, saying as he left that he would coma lei 
sack and kill him U he made any noise. Mr. ov 
Noe succeeded iu removing the gag, and hi. 
•alls for assistance were heard by a woman, co 
who came to his aid. lie was removed to Re- co 
n 0 f Hospital, where he lies in a very oi ltiol te 
sl ate There are slight, hopes of his recovery. 
The criminal escaped. 
President Grant, Gens. Sherman andSherldan In 
and Secretary Belknap are exr eeted to be pros- a 
eat at tbe reunion of the Army of the Cumber- c < 
laud at Utica next September. 
The population of Monroe Go., N. Y., is s 
135,336, against 117.888 in 1870. The increase in 
the towns is about 3,500. but this is transformed g 
Into an apparent decrease by the addition of 
about 4.500 population of ‘TtherttwbiXi 
Of Rochester. Tbe towns east of the river have 
24.118, those west 29,138, and the city K.,000. 
Dr William Rosa of Watertown, N. V., ha t 
off ered to pay the salary attached to the posi- i 
Hon of Assistant Professor of Astronomy in 
Hamilton College, which has just been accepter h 
bv Dr. G. C. Porter of Watertown. 
The barn of Duncan McKenzie, about four 
miles south of Caledonia village, N. Y., was 
struck by lightning and burned on the lath 
inst Loss $5,000, mostly in grain aud produce 
A spau of horses, an imported bull, and a new 
4>arrlaffO AVCre 84Vfld» 
Prof. Ellas Loomis of Yale College is Pj*e- 
paring a geneology of the Loomis family in this 
country who. according to his investigations 
•ire all descendants of one man who came to 
America irom England about 300 Voaraago. 
Tho list of names of the Loomis family, 
i eluding side branches, now numbers about 
i 9,000, and there are more to come, probably | 
many among Rural readers. 
t Mrs. Lincoln is reported to show no tendency 
b to any mania and to be well enough to leave 
g '"’rim Anmrtcan Rifle Team were received with 
great enthusiasm on tlre.r arrival m New York 
d on tbe 21st inst. The members all speak in 
y high terms of the hospitality and courtesies 
,r extended to them while abroad. A grand ban¬ 
quet Is in preparation for them. 
it c.The races at Utica were ended on the Hat 
n inst. About 15,000 persons were present. The 
111 free-for-all race was won by Goldsmith Maid. 
Time-First beat, 2.183a; second, 2.1,3*. third 
>w ST Lulu was distanced in third heat. Gov- 
on ernor Sprague,” the four-year-ola, trotted i 
,e_ mile p ^ Htloal party ca iled the N&tiooa 
at Union, has been formed in Boston to euppor 
ipt Gen. Banks for President and L. Q. C. Lamar 
ror Vice-President; 30.000 Banks aud Lamar 
ro- Clubs have been formed in the country, 
the A state carriage valued at $3,000, four horses 
16 at $25,000 and harness at $1,500, are to be sent 
ext from San Frouctsco to the Mikado of Japan. 
Much excitement tvas caused recently in 
''The Uni ted States Minister at Stockholm 1 t 
tates that 30,000 pupiU study horticulture, or g 
orcst culture, In the common schools of * 
' Thfattempt of Mr. Webb to swim from 
England to France was a failure. i 
A memorial In marble of Sir John Irankllt, , 
graced with Hues by tbe Poet Laureate, was un¬ 
covered In 5 Vestmlnster Abbey, recently. 
Over eighty thousand visitors, principally 
Bonapartists, celebrated the fete of Napoleon!, 
by attending high mass in his memory at St. 
Augustin church on the 15th inst. 
One of the largest dioceses ln the world 
of Brisbane, in 5Vestern Australia. It covers 
o 7 K ooo 6auare miles of ereit. 
The celebrated Convent of the Capuoins, on 
Borberlnf «. Home, ha, been cooto- 
.... t ed by the Government and the moiKs, 
I turned out of doors with small pensions to live | 
° Turkey is reported to have accepted the me¬ 
diation of friendly powers with reference to the 
revolt in Bosnia, and Server Pacha has been 
appointed Bpeoial Commissioner to consider 
t he grievances of tbe Insurgents. 
There are reports from Madrid that Don Cer- 
JZ iwULm several oi hi, chief, at 
tel la, on account of complicity against him. 
Reports from London state that all signs j 
panic In consequence of tbe Eastern troubles 
havl disappeared, and that tbe stock market 
has completely recovered from its depression. 
The Fan.fulla of Rome says the late Empero 
1 Ferdinand of Austria bequeathed $0,060,000 
' lh 4 r eNational Council of the Swiss Govern 
meut has passed resolutions forthe suppression 
of convents and Sisters of Chanty. 
Advices from Sy ria report that the cholera is 
ab Three hundred houses were burned at Ryeff, 
Russia, on the 19th inst. 
Wood Co., Ohio.—55 r e have had a wet sum¬ 
mer Corn has been greatly damaged by the 
wet’weather. In many fields the ground was 
kept so soft by continued rains that the corn 
could not be worked, consequently corngroun 
is very weedy. C'oru will be about % of a crop. 
Wheat is yielding very well; will be an average 
oroD. In some localities it was Injured by the 
wet weather after- being shocked. Oats were 
well filled but having fallen down badly a 
I great amount was wasted in harvesting. e 
many fields the Army worm took tbe mostoi 
““crop. Oats w.l, probably be * • crop. 
Grass was good, the best crop for years, but wa* 
considerably damaged by rains 1D . ^ fo w 
There is but little fruit in Wood County, a fe 
orchards are tolerably well loaded. »t°cK o 
all kinds look well, tho pasturage Is good.. Mor 
butter has been made this summer^than any 
1 summer for years. Wheat is worth $1.20(2.1.40, 
