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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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OUR FALL CAMPAIGN! 
The Old Rural’s New Trial Trip! 
A CHEAP EXCURSION ! 
All Aboard for a Three Months’ Cruise ! 
TAs already announced, we have concluded 
to send the Rural New-Yorker for the Thir¬ 
teen Weeks, (October to January) postage paid, 
to any address In the United States or Canada, 
for Only Fifty Cents ! tfhis Is simply a Trial 
Trip, or excursion, not made to raako money— 
for it will not pay us -but In order to Introduce 
the “Old Rural ” to the notice and support of 
the thousands of people all over the Continent 
who would be both pleased and profiled by itr 
erusal. Remember that we offer the Thirteen 
Numbers of the present Quarter—beginnlngOct. 
2—postage paid, for the aforesaid Fifty Ceuta, 
and don't forget to toll everybody about, the offer. 
Agents, aud others proposing to form Clubs for 
1870—thereby securing some of our Regular (if 
not also Extra) Premiums—will do well to se¬ 
cure subscribers for the Trial Trip, as all who 
try It three months will be likely to take the 
Rural next year, 
EXTRA PUEWIUiTIS ! 
Note, also, that in addition to our usual Lib¬ 
eral Premiums for Clubs, we offer Extra or 
Special Premiums for the largest lists for 1878. 
These Extra Premiums are in addition to the 
regular ones -giving those entitled to them two 
Premiums Instead of one—and range in value 
from $15 to $025! Lists of our Regular and 
Extra Premiums, Specimen Numbers, &o., sent 
free aud post-paid to all disposed to form clubs. 
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PUBLISHER'S SPECIAL NOTICES. 
Back Numbers ol this Year (from Jan, 2) 
run bo furnished to nil new subscribers, but we shall 
not send thorn hereafter unless specially requested. 
Those who desire can begin with any number, how¬ 
ever. 
The Best Pnper, and the Best Premiums to 
Agents,Is our motto. We Ignore ChrOmos aud all 
other-cheap colored pictures, preferring to put our 
money ttt the paper, and In Premiums to Agents. 
Mel ret Your Premiums.— All persons entitled 
to Premiums will ptnuso designate what they prefer 
and notify us how and where to forward—whether 
by Freight or Kxpross—if articles are notmnilable. 
Act as Agent !—Reader, If there is no agent tor 
the Rural iu your locality please become one by 
terming a club. It will pay. 
No Chromos or cheap daubs arc given by us, but 
fifty-two bright papers during the year. 
At Our Risk.—You can remit by Draft, P. O. 
Money Order or Registered Letter at our risk. 
Ilcitj!i of the $Ecet!. 
HOME NEWS PARAGRAPHS. 
The report of the Red Cloud Investigating 
Commission has been presented to the Presi¬ 
dent. It consists of 210 pages of manuscript, 
besides a large amount of testimony. It vin¬ 
dicates the Iuterior Department and the 
Indian Rnreau from all ohargos at fraud, but 
finds that there have been some fraud and 
negligence among subordinates, whose removal 
It recommends. If all Its recommendations 
should be adopted, the investigation will yield 
good results. 
At a meeting of the Cheap Transportation 
Association In New York, recently, the com¬ 
mittee on railway transportation reported on 
the necessity that, exists for a freight railway 
to the West,. This road, they thought, could 
be built at a cost of seventy millions of dollars, 
and that there should not be much difficulty in 
raising ttau capital to carry out such an enter¬ 
prise. 
The Monument Society ba3 begun t.r> collect 
subscriptions for completing the Washington 
monument and large sums have already been 
subscribed by many of the States and by many 
of the various societies and organisations there¬ 
in. The monument is 174 feet high and when 
completed will bo 435 feet, and will cost $500,000 
to finish. 
The Southern States embrace an area of 
nearly 1.000,000 miles, or more than 000,000,000 
acres, with a copulation of about 15,000,000. 
The annual cotton product approximates 4,400,- 
000 bales, and brings a revenue of nearly $330,- 
000,000. 
The Western North Carolina Land Company 
has shipped to Philadelphia, for the Centennial 
Exhibition, more than fltty varieties of lumber, 
nine boxes of minerals, over one hundred 
varieties of herbs and roots, together with the 
cereais, all the products of Western North 
Carolina. 
President Orton of the Western Union Tele¬ 
graph, says that for all telegraphic purposes 
the English language Is from 25 to 33 per cent. 
cheaper than the French, German, or any other 
language, and that the economy of its use has 
been thoroughly established. 
A shameful piece of vandalism was perpe¬ 
trated In the national Capitol lately, some 
miscreant badly mutilating Theodore Kauf¬ 
man’s painting of “Abraham Lincoln’s First 
Earnings," on exhibition there, by cutting a 
section out of It. 
Tbo Board of Charities of Utica, N. Y., is 
attempting the solution of the tramp question, 
by requiring all able-bodied stragglers applying 
for relief to break stones In the public streets. 
The announcement of this plan has already 
caused a perceptible diminution of the number 
of applicants. 
Two freight trains on the Baltimore and Ohio 
Railroad cattle in collision near Mnrtinsburg, 
Md., on the 20th Inst., badly wrecking both 
engines and a number of cars. lire from the 
engines was communicated to the wreck, and 
five cars, with their contents, were destroyed. 
At a citizens' meeting held at the Town Hall 
at Rochester, N. H., lately by the Rochester 
Legal Reform Club, a fuDd of $00,000 was sub¬ 
scribed to be taxed annually two per cent, for 
five years, if needed, to defray expensja Incurred 
In the execution of the liquor law'. 
Wrecker* have discovered the hull of a 
schooner laden with whisky, which sunk 23 
years ago In Lake Erie, and expect to recover 
the cargo, which Is estimated to be worth 
$150,000. 
The work at ITcIl Gate will require an expen¬ 
diture of $450,000 next year. 
Gen. Newton expects to blow up Hallett’s 
Point at Hell Gate next summer. The excava¬ 
tions have gone ao far that what remains to be 
done is little more than reducing the size of 
the columns which support tbo roof. 
Prof.Jenney, chief of the geologist expedition 
of the Black Hills, aud his assistants have 
returned, having spent five months in the hills. 
He made a thorough examination of the whole 
country, and mapped it from Bellefourche to 
the south fork of the Cheyenne river. He re¬ 
ports gold fields extending forty miles north 
from Harvey’s Peak, and twenty miles wide, 
that contain gold In quantities that will pay 
from $3 to $5 per day to the man, and that there 
are bars on numbers of streams that will pay 
much more than that. Prof. Jeuuey corrobo¬ 
rates Gen. Custar’s report of tbe hills, and says 
that they will support thousands of miners 
when the Government opens them to settle¬ 
ment. 
Work at the Wheeler and Wilson sewing 
machine factory, at Bridgeport, Conn., con¬ 
tinues to be driving. The amount of pay roll 
for the last month will amount to $90,000. 
In the mountains near Snake Run, Idaho, an 
Immense ledge of mica has beea discovered. 
It is thirty feet wide, and extends for a great 
distance. 
The census of Charleston Co., S. C., just com¬ 
pleted, shows lliat the population has increased 
from 90,343 in 1R70 to 123.489 In 1875, the whites 
having increased 5,730 and the blacks 27,303. 
Tbe whites have 24,184 acres Under cultivation 
and the blacks 34,092; the white voters number 
7,398 and the black ones 17,637. 
Prof. Llntner has purchased for the State 
Museum at Albany, N. Y., the bodies of the 
giraffe and rhinoceros which belonged formerly 
to Furepaugh’s menagerie. The skins will be 
mounted and the skeletons prepared for the 
zoological collection. 
Attorney-General Plerrepont has received a 
letter from Governor Arnes of Mississippi, in 
which he thanks Judge Plerrepont for sending 
Into the State a special agent, by whose exer¬ 
tions and good judgement nil the (roubles 
heretofore threatened arising out of the politi¬ 
cal campaign have subsided. 
In the suit against James Watson’s estate the 
referee awarded the People $048,491 51. This is 
t he flr.it restoration to the city of money stolen 
during the rule of Tweed and his confederates. 
An encounter took place near the Fifth 
Avenue Hotel, N. Y.. on the 23d Inst., between 
Thos. 11. Ferris and Eiward Hagerty, two well- 
known local politicians, growing out of un 
angry discussion about Morrissey and Fox, 
opposing candidates for the State Senate, 
Haggerty shot Ferris, uud he Is thougnt to be 
fatally Injured. 
Arthur S. Johnson, the oldest citizen in 
Ithaca, died on the 22d inst., aged eighty-three 
years, He was for a long series of years Judge 
of the district, and was one of the highest 
officers in the Masonic order of the State. 
A scout who has recent ly arrived at Bismarck. 
Dakota, from the Berth eld Agency reports that 
2,000 hostile Indians are encamped In the vicin¬ 
ity and threaten to burn tbe agency. 
Tbe Inhabitants of New Orleans contributed 
nearly $8,000 to the relief of the sufferers from 
the floods iu Texas. 
The town of Vermillion, near Sandusky, Ohio, 
was almost wholly destroyed by fire on the 23nd 
inst. Eleven business blocks in the heart of the 
town are In ashes. 
Robert Dale Owen Is now well enough to re¬ 
sume his literary labors. He lectured a few 
days ago at tbe law school In Bloomington, 
Ind. 
Ur! Carruth of Vineland N. J., who was shot 
by Landis, March 10th last, died on the 24th 
last. Tbe bondsmen of Landis have delivered 
him to the authorities and he has been rear- 
rested. 
During the first fourteen days of the present 
month postage stamps, stamped envelops, and 
postal cards have been sold by the Post Office 
Department amounting in value to $2,005,000 
the largest sale ever made by the department 
within the time mentioned. 
The debt of New York and Brooklyn over¬ 
runs two hundred million dollars. Their popu¬ 
lation is 1,733.120. This is about one hundred 
and fifteen dollars for every inhabitant. 
The yield of precious metals la the United 
States, which has Tor some time fluctuated 
from $60,000,000 to $70 000,000 per year, will in 
1875 aggregate very nearly $100,000,000. 
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FOREIGN NOTES. 
The Societe de’AcclaTnatation of France has 
awarded gold ar d silver medals to the Ameri¬ 
can naturalists, Messrs. Green and Jerome, and 
a bronze one to Mr. Stone, Secretary of tbe 
American Fish Culturlsta’ Association, In re¬ 
cognition of their labors to Transport transat¬ 
lantic salmon eggs to France. 
Two hundred dwellings, synagogues, and five 
school* In the town of Widey, Russian Poland, 
have been burned. Some persons perished and 
3,000 are homeless. 
A pastoral letter, from Bishop Bourget, was 
read recently in all the Catholic churches, In 
Montreal, again warning The people not to in¬ 
terfere with the burial of Guibord’s remains 
and advising them to keep aloof from the cere¬ 
mony. The letter states that the ground will 
bo curbed from the moment Gulbord’s remains 
are deposited there. The decree of the Privy 
Council is acquiesced in and Is to be obeyed. 
The evacuation of the Central Department, 
Including the city of Puerto Principe Is under 
consideration at the Spanish Council of Gener¬ 
als In Havana, presided over by Valmstscda/ a 
majority exists for said measure, and the re- 
concentration of all the available forces In and 
around Colon, the promised “Waterloo” of 
the Cuban war for independence. 
Twenty thousand people have been rendered 
homeless by floods In the neighborhood of 
Ahmedabad, in the province of Ouzerat, India. 
From last, advices we learn that political 
mutters In Panama are tranquil and have been 
unchanged since the installation of the new 
President on the 1st inst. 
The most ancient manufactories are said to 
be the glass works of Venice and Murano, 
which have had an uninterrupted existence of 
twelve centuries. 
The British t roopship Serapis, with the Prince 
of Wales and suite on board, arrived at Port 
Said on her way to India, on the 23d inst. 
Mr. Wade, the Brit ish Minister, has informed 
the foreign Legations that while negotiating at 
Pekin he Insisted upon.a better observance of 
treaties by the Chinese, especially with regard 
To taxation of trade. China promised to insti¬ 
tute an Inquiry and prepare a report as a basis 
for further negotiations. 
The plot to place ex-Queen Isabella on the 
Spanish throne, giving her the kingdom and 
four of the northern provinces, has failed, Don 
Carlos refusing to agree to those conditions. 
A banquet was given recently in honor of 
cx-PreMdent Thiers at Arcadian, in the Gi¬ 
ronde. M. Thiers delivered an address in which 
he said that the Republic must he maintained. 
The Bombay Times recently reported a se- 
vexe outbreak of cholera In the Province of My¬ 
sore. 
Bands of rebels still roam about the Cineo 
Villas, destroying the estates and doing 
other damage throughout, that district. The 
Spanish troops had skirmishes with rebels 
under Maximo Gomez and other leaders in Rio 
Grande, Cacurrata?, and Cbambas. The rebel 
loss is reported at 21 killed ; the Spanish at 
two killed and several wounded. 
The Russian Government, has commanded 
the Po»lsli proprietors in the provinces of Wil- 
nu, Grodno, Koona, Miusk and Vltepsk to sell 
their farms to Russian tenants—the Govern¬ 
ment fixing the price. This completes the im- 
poverlsl. merit or the Polish nobility. 
The w ork of sinking a shaft to the depth of 
100 metres has been begun on the French coast 
near Calais. This is tbe preliminary operation 
upon tbe Channel tunnel. 
Miguel Cordova, a Spaniard in San Francisco, 
Iras a thousand finger rings from all quarters of 
t he globe, representing every nation and age ; 
the most valuable collection in the United 
States, If not in the world, 
A terrible fire bas taken place at Iquique, a 
small sea port town of Sout h Peru. Three quar¬ 
ters of the town are said to have been de¬ 
stroyed. 
The Shakespearo Memorial Association of 
England recently held a meeting at Stratford- 
on-Avon, at which It was stated that about 
$16,000 had been subscribed for building the 
proposed theater and library. The preliminary 
work will probably be done during the Winter, 
and the corner-stone be laid on the 23d of next 
April. 
Each of the two stones in which the coffin of 
Gulbord Is to be placed at its burial will be 
seven feet long, tour feet wide, and about two 
feet thick, aud together they will weigh nearly 
nine tons. The whole surface of the sarcopha¬ 
gus w’ll be covered with a layer of Portland 
cement, mixed with scrap iron, of a thickness 
sufficient to resist the meat powerful drills. 
a high latitude. Those on board the Pandora 
discovered the graves of three of Sir John 
Franklin's men on Beachey Island. 
The English Foreign Office has received a 
telegram frorn Minister Wade, dated Shanghai, 
the 18th Inst., In which it is said that the 
guarantees obtained from the Chinese by the 
British In the receut negotiations, include the 
dispatch of a mission to England, bearing an 
apology for the Yunnan outrage, and a safe 
conduct to Burmah for the Commissioners of 
Inquiry. 
In consequence of tbe proclamation of Server 
Pacha Inviting refugees to return home from 
Bosnia, hundreds are arriving and placing them¬ 
selves under Turkish protection. 
A battle has taken place recently bstween the 
Turks and the Servian frontier militia, In which 
many tro ps on both sides were wounded. It 
is said that the Turkish Government have de¬ 
clared their willingness to give the great Pow¬ 
ers any gunrantees compatible with the nation’s 
dignity for the fulfillment of her financial pro¬ 
gramme. 
Additional damage by the floods In England 
is reported. At Sheffield the valley of tbe River 
Don encloses a lake half a mile wide and fully 
fifteen miles long. Many collieries and iron 
work* have been flooded. 
The floods were particularly disastrous at 
Darilngton, in Durham, where the gas works 
were flooded and the town consequently left 
in total darkness. At Rotherham. In York¬ 
shire, 2,000 people arc thrown out of employ¬ 
ment because of the flooding of the factories. 
Information of disasters, involving a loss of 
upward of twenty lives, has already been re¬ 
ceived. 
M. Edouard Laboulaye, President of the 
Franco-American Union, requests the press to 
notify that he will receive subscriptions fora 
statue in bronze repousse, about 65 feet high, 
which shall represent “Liberty enlightening 
the World." This statue Is to be placed upon 
an island In the harbor of New York, “ design¬ 
ing Itself upon space, framed on tbe horizon by 
the great. American cities of New York, Jersey 
and Brooklyn.” 
A powerful association of burglars, mostly 
Italians, has been formed at Lyons, France, and 
are go numerous and audacious as to defy the 
police. 
There is now building for the celebrated 
Krupp steel works at. Essen, in Prussia, un im¬ 
mense steam hammer capable of beutlng up a 
mas* of steel weighing 100 tons. It la to cost 
$1,000,000, and will bo tbe largest In the world. 
Cardinal Manning baa conceived the plan of 
“ a splendid cathedral,” to he erected In London 
near Westminster Abbey, of such magnificent 
proportions that It may take a hundred years 
for its completion. 
Sixteen hundred and ten soldiers embarked 
at Santander, Spain, on the 17th Inst., for Cuba. 
The home Government seems determined to 
hasten the forwarding of the promised rein¬ 
forcements for the coming winter campaign, 
and It avails itself largely of the services of the 
Carllst prisoners. The authorities in Cuba are 
actively engaged throughout the villas in put¬ 
ting all positions in a condition of defense. 
Orders have been given for the erection of 
earthworks and breastworks on every estate. 
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THE SEASON, CROPS, PRICES, ETC. 
Kenton, Harding Co., Ohio, Oel. 4 7.— The 
hard rains of June, July and August, did muoh 
damage to crops, but, notwithstanding, the 
wheat crop was large In qaiitlty and of fair 
quality. Corn is a big crop, but the frost came 
about two weeks too soon, Oal? were badly 
i lodged. Potatoes area large yield. Tne cold 
snap in April destroyed apples, peaches, etc., 
and consequently they are scarce nod high. 
New wheat is worth $1 10; new corn. 65c.; oats, 
55c.; rye, 75c.; butter, 12 to 14c.; eggs, We. The 
weather has been cool lately, with some rain, 
and on the morning of tbe 16th a llttlo snow 
waB to be seen on the roofs of houses and 
boardpllea. Farmers are done seeding.— e. a. s. 
LyiuJonvIlle, Caledonia Co., Yt., Oct. 1G.— 
Weather for the past four weeks extremely 
cold and wet. Scarcely a day's sunshine pet- 
week on the average. Unfavorable season to 
harvest corn. Fodder more or less damaged. 
Very good yield of corn. Vegetable rrowtb 
unusually heavy in this section. Large burden 
of aftermath., much of which was gathered in 
good condition before the late rains. Potato 
yield rather light. Crops as a whole full an 
average. Apples plentltul In some sections. 
Quite a demand for store cattle which Is being 
to a considerable extent supplied by importa¬ 
tions from the border counties of Canada. 
Stock In this section is looking well.—i. w. s. 
Pughtown, Chester 4:o., I*u., Oct. 18.-Oot. 
13th and 14th, we had heavy iro6t and a little 
ice. Corn Is all cut and a large crop. Wheat 
and rye not so large crops, but of good quality. 
We have some potatoes where the Colorado 
beetles were kept off. and where they were not 
destroyed, they made a clean sweep of tbe tops, 
so there were but a few small potatoes for a 
crop. The peach crop was good. Apples, 
pears, plums and quinces aj-e poor crops. The 
first hay crop was light, but tbe fulluers of the 
The steamei Pandora, lilted out by Lady second crop made up for the shortness of the 
Franklin, has returned toSpithead. She brings first.—ix. u. 
a letter w hloh Captain Nares deposited at Carey 
Islands. The Alert and the Discovory arrived 
thereon the 27th of July, und left again for 
Smith's Sound. The season was a very open 
one, and there was every prospect of attaining 
Albion, Dune Co., tVIs., Oct. 17.—Wheat is 
not more than oae-fourth of a crop in this 
town and vicinity, If you will send me a few 
specimen copies aud posters, I will try for a 
club.— H. H. 
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