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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
OCT.23 
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1876 thereby securing some of our Regular (If 
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try It three months will be likely to take the 
Rural next year. 
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These Extra Premiums are in addition to the 
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can bo furnished to all new subscribers, but we shall 
not send them hereafter unless specially requested. 
Those who desire can begin with any number, how¬ 
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forming a club. It will pay. 
No Chromos or cheap daubs are given by us, but 
flfty-two bright papers during the year. 
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Money Order or Registered Letter at. our risk. 
Ifyttta of the 'SSeck. 
HOME NEWS PARAGRAPHS. 
The largest organ in America, is In the Music 
Hall, Boston. It Is a choir of nearly 6,000 vocal 
throats. It’s largest windpipes are 82 feet in 
length. It’s finest tubes are too small for a 
baby's whistle. In power and compass It ranks 
among the three or four mightiest instruments 
ever built. 
The annual election of the board of directors 
of the Western Union telegraph company took 
place in New York on the 13th Inst. The 
annual report for the fiscal year endiug June 
30th shows a prosperous business. The net. 
receipts for the year are $3,229,129.83, being an 
Increase In net profit over last year, of $722,239.- 
69. 
At a recent meeting In New York of about 
seven hundred of the depositors of the sus¬ 
pended Third Avenue Savings Uank. A com¬ 
mittee was appointed to begin proceedings in 
their namo in the Supreme Court, to oust 
William S. Carman, their present receiver, 
and to have a new receiver appointed. 
In Chicago, during the past year, more than 
1800 houses have been built or begun, at an esti¬ 
mate cost of from $16,000,0001 o $18,000,000. 
The Inman Line steamer City of Berlin, from 
New York October 2, at 0 A. M. from the Bar, 
arrived at Queenstown at 5:19 A. M. on the 10th 
Instant, the acual time of her voyage being 
seven days, fifteen hours and forty-eight min. 
utes, the fastest time ever made from port to 
port. 
A new process of refrigeration, by the use of 
ammonia brought by great pressure to a low 
temperature, has been introduced into New 
Y'ork from Paris. It is applicable to cellars, 
packing-rooms, compartments in ships, &e., 
and is Intended to keep the air In the rooms 
pure, dry, and very cold, without the use of 
ice. 
During the past year the Association for Im¬ 
proving the Condition of the Poor of Brooklyn, 
expended over $26,000, and relieved over 24,000 
persons. 
The Alabama Constitutional Convention has 
disposed of the question of the races by decid¬ 
ing to provide separate schools for “children 
of citizens of African descent.” 
At the Aurora regatta on Cayuga Lake, N. Y. 
on the 13th Inst.. Courteny the champion, made 
the best time on record. He rowed against a 
double scull In a two mile turning race, making 
the course In the unequaled time of 13 minutes 
and 14 seconds, winning the race and prize. 
A section of one of the big trees of California, 
will bo exhibited at the Centennial Exhibition. 
It Is sixteen feet long, with a diameter of 
twenty feet. It was taken from a tree 273 feet 
high, with a diameter at the base of twenty-six 
feet, and, as indicated by the yearly rings, 2,120 
years old. 
The results In New Jersey, of the enforcement 
of the laws against vagrancy are a reduction of 
about 25 per cent in a number of applications 
for lodging, and the well-nigh complete dis¬ 
appearance of tramps and beggars from the 
streets. 
A terrific explosion took place lately at the 
Brldesburg, U. S. Arsenal, near Phladelphla, 2 
parsons were killed and several lujured. The 
building was blown to atoms. 
George Holt, a miner and prospector. In a 
communication to the Secretary of the Trea¬ 
sury, reports that be has discovered in Alaska 
gold In paying quantities, and calls the country 
a second California, 
Prof, ltalrd of Washington, has presented the 
Canadian Fisheries Department with 100,0(Xl 
eggs of the California salmon, from the State 
hatching house at Sacramento, 
One sheet of legal cap admitted to probate 
recently bequeathed $3,000,000 to Charles H. 
Cootolt, a vestryman In Trinity Church, sole 
heir and child of John H. Cootolt, the million¬ 
aire confectioner, who died at the age of 88 
years. 
Mr. John W. F. Hobbs of Northampton, 
Mass,, has given $10,000 for a school-house in 
that town. It is said of Mr. Hobbs that not a 
great many yours ago he borrowed money to 
start a line of omnibuses In Boston, driving one 
of them himself, and that now he ia worth a 
million dollars, 
Benjamin Franklin, as Postmaster-General, 
established a post-office at Falmouth, Me., on 
October 5, 1775, and the centennial of the act 
was Observed recently at Falmouth. The 
original commission, signed by Franklin, Is 
still In existence. * 
The new steamboat,, Steam Enterprise, con¬ 
structed by B. T. Babbitt of New York, made a 
satisfactory passage to New York recently, 
with about 200 tons of freight, beating the 
Baxter boat City of Newark 20 hours from 
Utica. The Steam Enterprise consumed only 
30Jst pounds of coal per mile on the passage to 
New York. 
General Sheridan's visit to the Pacific coast 
at this time was to examine Into threatened 
Indian troubles in Oregon. He reports In Han 
Francisco that affairs are not so bad as fie 
expected to find them. 
While some workmen were laboring In a 
meadow near Saugus, Mass., recently, they dis¬ 
covered a black snake about five feet long. A 
closer examination revealed the fact that the 
tail of another snake was protruding from Its 
mouth, and this was found to be a water adder, 
which measured nearly four feet. 
Daniel Webster’s estate at Marshfield has 
been reduced from its original dimensions of 
1,500 acres to about 400 acres. The house 
remains lu nearly the same condition as when 
he lived in it. 
At the county fair grounds, near Greenfield, 
Ohio, on the 14th Inst., the seats around the 
race trank fell, and fully one thousand persons 
fell with it. A large number of men, women 
and children w r ere severely injured. 
During the trial of Samuel J. Frost of Peters¬ 
ham for the murder of Frank Towne, his 
brother-in-law, which was begun In the Su¬ 
preme Court on the 32th lust., at Worcester, 
Mass., and while the prisoner was being 
examined in his own defense, he made a con¬ 
fession of guilt, but claimed that the deed was 
the result of momentary passion, and was not 
done with malice aforethought. 
The elections In Ohio, Nebraska and Iowa, 
took place on the 12th Inst. Rutherford B. 
Hayes, Republican Candidate for Governor of 
Ohio, was elected by a majority of 4,872. The 
Republican majority in Iowa is estimated at 
81,000. I u Nebraska, the Republican ticket was 
elected by a large majority. 
In Rochester, N. Y„ on the 14th !nst„ Lulu 
trotted three heats against time in 2:16*4* 2:14* 
and 2:16, which are claimed as the fastest three 
heats onreoord. LucilleGoiddustbeatThomas 
L. Young In a race for $1,500 In 2:21)4,2:21, and 
2:2114. 
A terrible tornado, aooompanied by heavy 
bursts of rain, passed over Milford, Pa., and Im¬ 
mediate vicinity on the 16th Inst. Trees were 
uprooted, fences blown down, outbuildings up¬ 
turned, and windows broken In. The storm 
lasted 80 minutes. 
The Los Angeles (Cal.) Herald says that at the 
present rate of increase It is estimated there 
will be in four years one million stands of bees 
in Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and San Bernar¬ 
dino couuties, which will produce annually one 
hundred million pounds of honey, worth $20,- 
000,000, which is more than the value of the 
sugar and molasses crop of Louisiana, Texas 
and Florida combined. 
The increase of attendance this year in the 
public schools of Virginia amounts to 16,000 
over last year. 
Chicago at the end of the year will have 10,- 
000 more houses than at the beginning. 
Copper mines said to be valuable have beeu 
discovered In R&ndnjph County, Alabama. 
Tbe Gnmd Jury of New York have indicted 
John Dolan for murdering Mr. Noe by inflicting 
the wounds which caused his death, and for 
robbing him in taking his watch and chain. 
11 is said that in each of the 46 tobbacco fac¬ 
tories of Richmond are organized bands of 
colored vocalists. 
Henry Clay’s family carriage will be exhib¬ 
ited at the Centennial. Jt is In the possession of 
a citizen of Lexington, Ky. 
A sharp shock of an earthquake was experi¬ 
enced at Han Francisco on the 14th Inst. The 
vibrations were from east to west. Advices 
from Santa Clare Valley, south of San Francis¬ 
co, mention the occurence of a similar shook 
there. No damage has been reported. 
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FOREIGN NOTES. 
Owing to the popular outcry, the English 
Admiralty have suspended t.bo circular of July 
31 ordering tbe surrender of fugitive slaves 
found on board British vessels. 
Arrangements have been made between tbe 
Governments of Turkey and Austria for con¬ 
necting the railway systems of the two coun¬ 
tries. 
Assurances from the Atlantic coast are that 
peace Is firmly established in Bolivia. The 
treaty with certain modifications has been 
accepted by the Government of Bolivia. The 
army of Bolivia has been reduced to a peace 
footing. 
Late advices from F.ngland state that recent 
rains have swollen the rivers and streams and 
caused disastrous Inundations In Leicestershire 
and Warwickshire. The destruction of prop¬ 
erty is very heavy, and some lives are reported 
lost. The railroads are badly damaged, and 
traffic is generally suspended. 
Tbe Old Catholic movement, which began 
under I)r. Docllinger and others, in 1871, con¬ 
tinues to advance on the continent of Europe, 
about 50.000 Germans have avowed themselves 
Old Catholics. 
Gladstone has assured his family that ho will 
never resume the liberal leadership. 
It is stated that the foreign trade of Great 
Britain and Ireland has jumped from $63.06 per 
capita In I860 to $99.84 per capita in 1874, and 
that In the same period the increase of wages 
of British operatives has increased an average 
of about 80 percent., while tbe cost of living 
has not been augmented In any way by direct 
or ind ireot taxation. 
The Katserliof (hotel) in Berlin was entirely 
burned, recently. It was the finest structure 
of the kind in Germany. The loss is estimated 
at a million dollars. 
Italy will appoint a committee of Italians, 
resident in America, to act at the Centennial 
Exhibition at Philadelphia. 
One-third of the vessels of the Italian navy 
are offered for sale at auction. Their origina 1 
cost was $10,000,000; the price now’ asked for 
the whole lot Is only one million. 
The Italian Minister of Firianoe has officially 
announced to M. Venturi, Syndlo of the Capitol 
in Rome, that the Government will do nothing 
towards the improvement of the Tiber until 
the Government receipts equal the expenses. 
There were heavy gales around the coasts of 
Great Britain on the 14th Inst. The telegraph 
has already announced the wreck of several 
coasters and the loss of a number of lives. 
Information has been received at the State 
Department, Washington, that Russia has de¬ 
cided to bo represented at the Centennial Ex¬ 
hibition. 
Advices from London state that the British 
nego iatlons with Chtnaare making favorable 
progress, that Ministsr Wade has obtained 
from the Chinese Government the guarantees 
which he considered necessary. 
It is reported that diplomatic relations be¬ 
tween Holland and Venezuela have been broken 
off beoause Holland refused to Indemnify 
Venezuela for alleged Intervention by Dutch 
subjects at Curaooa, In Venezuelan Internal 
Bffalrs, and that tbe Venezuelan Minister Pleni¬ 
potentiary had left for Brussels. 
Uuder the pressure of the great powers, 
Turkey is diminishing her troops on the Servian 
frontier, and Servla Is demobilizing her forces. 
Turkey has some financial, as well as political 
troubles on hand. She has borrowed money lu 
Europe, has wasted most of it and can't pay 
her bonds. Some of her loans were guaranteed 
by France and England. She proposes to com¬ 
promise by their payment half In cash and half 
in new bonds. The European Powers have not 
yet declared their decision In the matter. 
Latest advices grate that a force of two thou¬ 
sand Insurgents has been defeated by the 
Turks. One hundred and sixty were killed. 
The rest took refuge in Montenegro. Seven¬ 
teen villages, hitherto strongly Insurgent, have 
submitted to the Turkish authority. 
A severe shook of earthquake, traveling from 
east-northeast to west-northwest, was felt in 
Calcutta on the morning of the 3d of September. 
It was also felt in Syihet and in parts of East¬ 
ern Bengal. No damage was done in Calcutta, 
and nothing of the kind has been as yet reported 
from the districts. 
The consul of Liberia has given to the London 
Press a report of the progress of the w r ar of the 
Liberians with the barbarous tribes. It states 
that five engagements have been fought 
recently. In all of which the Liberian army has 
been victorious. 
In accordance with certain articles in the 
Treaty of Washington signed May 8th, 1871, it is 
stipulated that Great Britain having claimed 
that the fishery rights accorded by her are of 
greater value than those conceded by the Uni¬ 
ted States, the difference if any, is to be deter¬ 
mined by three Commissioners, one of whom is 
to be appointed by Queen Victoria, another by 
President Grant, and a third by tbe President 
and Her Britannic Majesty conjointly. Sir 
Alexander Galt has recently been appointed 
as the British Commissioner and Joseph Doutre, 
Q. C„ together with three other legal gentle¬ 
men from Novia Scotia aDd New Brunswick 
are engaged to represent the Government as 
counsel. This subject has not as yet, received 
much attention. 
Within a decade Russia has made an immense 
advance In manufacturing. In 1866 there were 
in the country 100 foundries and machine 
shops, only 52 of which were provided with 
stearn. There are now 352, and 79 are devoted 
to Ilia production of agricultural implements. 
The number of workmen employed is about 
100,000. 
The sum awarded by English courts for per¬ 
sonal Injuries on railroads during t he past year 
ending June last amounted to $1,600,000, and 
for loss and damage to goods in transit $1,310,- 
000, a total of more than two and a half mil¬ 
lions of dollars. 
The silk crop of Europe last year was, in 
round numbers 9,060,000 pounds of raw silk, 
while there was exported from Asia 11,500,000 
pounds, making upwards of twenty and a half 
million pounds of raw silk availabe for Europe¬ 
an consumption. 
Dr. Engel, director of the Prussian Statistical 
Bureau, estimates that there are In the world 
at least 150,000 stationary engines with from 
three to throe and a half millions of horse 
power. 50.000 locomotives with nn aggregate of 
ten millions liorse power, and 5,255 ocean steam¬ 
ers. The United States leads the world in the 
number of stationary and locomotive engines, 
but Great Britain Is credited with having 
more steam vessels and more tonnage than all 
the rest of the world. 
The French Ultramontanes are endeavoring 
t.o make up a capital of 30.000,OOOf. by tbe issue 
of shares for the construction of a railway from 
Jaffa to Jerusalem. 
THE SEASON, CROPS, PRICES, ETC. 
Little Falls, Herkimer Co., IV. Y., Oct. 14._ 
We arc having cold, damp weather hero and 
the sun don't shine any more. The afterfeed 
and pastures arc not much Injured by frosts, 
but tbe cool, damp weather keeps the yield of 
milk down below an average. We have a grand 
crop of potatoes all through the county, and 
they arc of excellent quality. The apple crop 
Is light, very light, except along the valley of 
the West Canada Creek, and even there It is be¬ 
low an average of other years. There has been 
a fab- yield of small grains, though we do not 
grow enough to meet the consumptive demand 
of the county. The crop of cheese now back is 
of splendid quality—never better—and It ought 
to bring more money than current rates. Pork 
Is now selling at about $10 per 100 lbs., which 
our dairymen consider a good round price. 
Good, fleshy cattle are also above the average 
rates; all of which helps to make up for the 
low price of cheese.—x. A. w. 
Avon, Livingston Co., N. Y., Oct. 16_Th 
wheat crop this year has been very poor, the 
lightest ever known In this vicinity. Spring 
grains are good. Barley, 85c.@$l per bushel; 
oats, 85<£j38c.; potatoes, 20®30c. per hushel. The 
“ epizooty''prevails among horses so as to In¬ 
terfere with marketing potatoes; but farmers 
are digging and putting In pits til) a better time 
comes for selling. The wet weather this fall 
and during late summer has made pastures good. 
Feed was never more abundant, and cattle in 
this section are already well fattened. Not 
much pork is grown here, but the price Is very 
high—$llKg>10.50 per ewt. Store hogs are also 
scarce and dear. Fruit Is a light crop.—w. 
Pittrford, Monroe Co., N. Oct. 16.— The 
weather is line, after some that was cold, 
stormy and disagreeable. Young wheat gen¬ 
erally looks small and spindling, but the root Is 
growing and getting a firm hold of tbe ground. 
Farmers are very busy harvesting potatoes, but 
the price is low’—35 cts. for Peerless and Late 
Rose, and 30c for Early Rose. Peachblows are 
not in market yet. Apples, a light crop, $3® 
3.25 per bushel. Harley. 90c.®$1.10 for two and 
six rowed. Oats, 35@40o, per bushel. Rye, 80@ 
S2e. Farm help is very plenty and not so dear 
as last year or year before. Farmers cannot 
afTord to pay high prloes at present rates for 
wheat and potatoes. Wheat is now selling at 
$1.20®1.45 per bushel. Clawson wheat sold last 
month for $1.65@1.75 per bushel for seed. Most 
of the wheat sown In Western New York this 
year is Clawson. It stande the winter better 
than any other, and la a white wheat of best 
quality.— r. h. f. 
Fort Collins, Colorado, Oct. 11.—We have a 
fine crop In our valley this year. Wheat Is 
turning out extra; corn and barley are fair; 
oats good and grass uncommon. Much hay 
out and being cut. Judge Howe, near here, ex¬ 
pects to get up iu stack 500 or, perhaps, 600 tons 
of hay. Much damage was done by the hop¬ 
pers early in the season, but re-planting and 
seedlng produced a good crop in most instances. 
Our wheat is superior iu quality and quantity, 
and hay heavy.—J. 8. 
