MOORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
FES.  5 
PUBLISHER’S  SFEOIAL  NOTICES. 
The  Jtiiral  la  averycood  preacnt  to  send  to  ft 
f  riend,  and  it  pleasantly  renilnds  the  reclplentof  the 
donor  flfty-two  times  a  year— this  year  flfth-tbreo 
time*.  Any  nubucrthtr  can  send  It  to  a  relative  or 
friend,  as  a  present,  at  our  lowest  club  rate— only 
f2.1S.  Includintr  pnstaffo. 
ilollilnv  l*re«ent*  will  be  plenty  this  year  amonR 
our  Aj^cnt-ierlends  and  others  who  form  clubs  for 
RirnAi,.  Our  list  comprises  many  art'cles  appropri¬ 
ate  for  presents.  Induce  a  few  of  your  friends  to 
take  the  Rcjial,  and  thus  secure  a  IVeiniuni. 
Ofllcera  ol  AKrionltiiral  Societies  and  Clubs, 
Granges,  Ac.,  can.  If  they  will,  inHlertully  aid  In 
augmenting  the  circulation  of  the  Hit  ha  l.  Scores 
of  siioh  are  Rlready  forming  Clubs:  how  many  others 
will  kindly  do  likewise? 
Renew  early  If  you  would  secure  the  uninter¬ 
rupted  continuance  of  the  ituiiAL  to  your  address: 
and  pray  don’t  forget  to  ask  friends  to  Join  you  in 
sending  for  the  Fifty-throe  Numbers  which  we  shnil 
publish  during  1876. 
flack  Nuiiibern  ol  this  Year  (from  Jan.  1) 
can  bo  furnished  to  all  new  8ub.scrlbors,  hut  we  shall 
not  send  them  hereafter  unless  specially  requested. 
Those  who  desire  can  begin  with  any  number,  how¬ 
ever. 
The  Best  I’apor,  and  the  Host  ITeinluros  to 
Agents,  Is  our  motto.  Wo  iguore  Chromes  and  all 
other  cheap  colored  pictures,  preferring  to  put  our 
money  ia  t/ie  paper,  and  In  Premiums  to  Agents. 
Melect  Your  I'retiiliiins.  -  All  persons  entitled 
to  rromlums  will  please  designate  what  they  prefer 
and  notify  us  how  and  whore  to  forward- whether 
by  Freight  or  Kapruss—if  articles  are  not  mailable. 
Act  na  Agent  I— Header,  If  there  is  no  agent  lor 
tbeHUKAi,  In  your  locality  please  become  one  by 
terming  a  club.  /( mill  fav. 
At  Our  Risk.— You  CAn  remit  by  Draft,  P.  O, 
Money  Order  or  Hoglstered  Letter  at  our  rUk. 
of  tlic  (icilffli. 
HOME  NEWS  PARAGKAPHS. 
Plans  for  the  enlargement  of  the  Albany,  N.  Y., 
penltentlar.v  hare  been  completed.  Tbe  uddllloii 
will  bo  lJ^I».t50,  running  westward.  It  tviii  contain 
lour  tiers  of  cells,  i«4  In  number.  The  cells  w’lli 
be  seven  feet  long,  four  wide  and  seven  high.  The 
w.alls  will  bo  two  feet  tlilelt,  and  tho  whole  striic- 
turo  of  the  strongest  character. 
The  lumber  receipts  at  Albany,  x.  Y.,  by  canal, 
for  tho  year  were  2C9,015,ihm)  feet  sawed  lumber. 
There  was  on  hand,  as  estimated,  at  the  coiri- 
raeneement  of  the  .season,  si,5T9,SOO  feet,  and  the 
estimated  (luantlty  now  on  hand  hjsjjao.oou  D'et, 
These  ngures  show  the  amount  nf  pales  forlho 
year  to  he  3Tl,524,CifKi  feet.  To  ibis  inksi  b«?  added 
tho  lumber  received  by  rail,  which  Is  supposed  to 
bo  from  25,000.000  to  .ao,ooo,ooo  feet. 
The  I’nlled  States  'I’reasurer  eoinpUUn.s  that 
large  quantities  of  greenbacks  and  fractional  cur¬ 
thc  visitors.  The  Hon.  J.  C.  Park  of  Boston,  In 
behalf  of  the  ladles  of  Ma.s.s.aehu.setts,  presented 
to  tho  corps  a  costly  and  beautiful  banner,  cm- 
bhozoned  with  tho  arms  of  Massachusetts  and 
South  Carolina,  the  sUff  being  surmounted  with 
;  a  while  dove  bearing  an  olive  branch.  In  his  ad- 
i  dress  he  referred  to  the  Lexington  celebration  of 
April  hwu  when  he  met  <iov.  Chamberlain  and 
told  him  t  hat  lliough  he  had  lost  a  dear  son  on 
the  battle  Helds  of  Virginia,  lie  would  bury  forever 
upon  the  hallowed  ground  wlnjrc  they  stood  the 
bltlertnemortesof  the  past,  f.tpplausc.]  Sp(?oclies 
were  also  delivered  by  Col.  Hlmons,  Major  (Jll- 
clulsU  Capl.  Bartlett  of  Boston  and  others.  The 
Boslfinian.s  have  been  llic  recipients  of  constant 
attention  during  i.liclr  stay. 
The  Whiloliall,  N.  Y.,  Incendiaries  havos.Vstf.’m- 
Izod  their  bu.slneAH.  Tiiey  now  di-op  envelopes 
1  alxmt  the  sin’et  containing  letters  addres.sed  to 
the  business  men  of  t)ie  place,  thrcaU-nlng  Uiat 
unless  tlie  writers  are  provided  with  work  or 
bread  nnotlier  fire  may  Ijc  expected, 
j  There  arc  21,255  Baptist  churches  In  tho  United 
I  .states,  with  13,1  tT  mlnlsUjrs,  and  a  total  mernber- 
I  ship  or  i,sir>,ano. 
'i'lie  California  School  of  Mechanical  Arts  was 
Incorporated  Jan.  12,  according  to  the  provlslon.s 
In  James  Lick’s  deed. 
There  are  3,ow  whIUi  jtnm  In  Florida  who  have 
not  voted  since  the  downfall  of  tbe  Confederacy— 
!  enough  to  insure  a  Democratic  l,rlumtih  at  every 
election. 
Notwithstanding  the  mild  winter  a  WorcesUir, 
Mas.s.,  skate  m.aniifnctiircr  has  sold  W.ooo  pairs  of 
skates  tills  season  and  Is  now  busy  lllllng  an  En- 
ItSh  order. 
A  company  Is  about  starting  u  gr(>ut  farming  ' 
enterprtse  in  the  foothills  lietwecn  .Marysville  and  I 
.Smartsvllle,  I'nL,  whore  they  liave  In  a  body  l,*0(i  ^ 
acres  of  land.  Orchards  of  orange  t  rees,  Kngllsli  ' 
wulnnts,  almonds,  and  pecans  will  be  laid  out,  and  ! 
niucli  ground  devotod  co  clover,  alfalfa,  nnd  sheep  I 
raising. 
The  jiopulatlon  of  Mlclilgnn  la  sliown  by  the  * 
newi'ensus  D)  be  l,33l,o.'5l.  in  the  year  ISOO  l.lic  ! 
population  was  551.  The  male  population  Ls  more 
than  00.000  In  excess  of  the  female,  and  the  dispro¬ 
portion  Is  constantly  Increasing. 
The  teiiiiicrauce  rnovcineut  Is  making  great 
progress  in  New  England.  A  grand  demonslra- 
tlon  took  place  In  (Jloncesicr,  Muss.,  Jan.  27,  under 
the  auspices  of  the  Beformed  .Men's  Clubs.  All  ilic 
temperance  solclcUes  Joined  In  a  gerund  proijes- 
slon  and  public  services  were  held  at  the  City 
Hall.  About  l.CtW  men  were  In  line.  MunyslmJ. 
liir  demonstrations  by  the  Dunpei  a  ticc  organiza¬ 
tions  throughout  .New  England  have  already 
t  aken  place,  and  many  more  are  lo  follow.  A  t 
Marbleliead.  on  the  evening  of  Jan.  •/«,  over  20n 
signed  the  ti'mpi  rancc  pledge.  A  club  In  tf  louces-  I 
ter  which  had  but  10  member.^  on  Its  roll  on  the 
fith  of  December  now  lias  1,300. 
Uoxana  .Mead  Drew,  wife  of  Daniel  Drew,  the 
millionaire,  diet!  Jan.  2T,  at  her  residence  in  N.  T.  •) 
City,  at,  the  age  of  77,  of  paralysis  of  the  heart! 
'I'he  di-ccasial  lady  was  born  in  Mouth  East,  Put¬ 
nam  Co.,  N.  Y.,  and  was  married  to  D.anlel  Drew 
In  1S20, 
Croat  thefts  fonn  a  marked  feature  of  the  mjws 
of  the  pu.st  week.  Now  England  contrlhuU-s  the 
roncy  aro  seht  to  his  ofllcc  for  exchange  which  |  Iieaviost,— tlie  Winslow  forgeries  and  tho  Norih- 
are  perfectly  tit  for  circulation,  and  that  others 
are  not  put  up  In  compliance  with  previously  pub¬ 
lished  regulations.  In  Buch  cases  he  Insists  on 
his  right  to  deduct  expenses  from  the  return  ro- 
mlttance. 
The  Delaware  and  HiuLson  Canal  Company  h.avc 
ordered  th;itall  their  locomotives  bo  kept  ready 
for  a  heavy  coal  tnido  alter  Pcb.  i.  New  locomo¬ 
tives  arc  being  constantly  put  on  the  road. 
Tho  Hudson  Klvcr  Hallroad  Comiiauy  l.s  draw¬ 
ing  sumo  for  the  foundation  of  Its  depot  at  Flsli- 
klll  Landlug.  It  Is  lo  be  built  of  brick  ami  located 
a  .short  distance  north  of  the  old  dejwt. 
Tho  annual  report  of  the  Mupcrlni  ending  Builder 
of  tho  Elmira  Eoforniutory  shows  that  the  total 
amount  e.'cpended  on  the  building  last  year  was 
$285,601.27.  There  tvill  be  due  wlieii  the  work  In 
progress  19  completed  $58,0,'>3.70.  Tlicre  will  bo 
required  to  complcto  the  building  of  the  north 
wing,  to  cqiUp  tho  workshops  in  boUi  wings,  for 
furulture,  etc.,  $300,000. 
There  la  a  man  In  the  Ontario  County  poor- 
houao  named  Ankless  Fletcher,  who  reached  the 
groat  ago  of  113  ye.ars  Oct.  12,  1870.  Ho  luis  hocn 
married  twice,  and  says  he  has  fathered  25  chll 
dren.  Preparations  are  making  to  take  him  lo 
the  Centennial. 
Air.  Defrce.st  has  assumed  the  management  of 
the  local  department  of  the  Troy  Times,  and  Mr. 
Slelcher  takes  the  place  of  Mr.  Johnson  in  tlio 
news  deportment. 
sitting  Bull,  tho  Sioux  Indian,  wholsnowonthe 
war  path,  Ls  not  the  Sitting  Bull  whom  the  Presl- 
dfint  some  time  ago  presented  with  a  rtflc,  but  l.s 
another  Indian  of  tho  sumo  nation  adhering  to  1 
that  nama.  | 
1C.  D.  Winslow  of  Boston,  Mass.,  has  run  awa.v  | 
after  committing  tovgerlcs  to  the  amount,  It  is  1 
belle vod,  of$«i00,000.  He  was  fcu-merly  a  clergy¬ 
man,  later  a  member  of  Uie  Massachusetts  Stfito 
Senate,  and  two  years  ago  purchased  a  control¬ 
ling  interest  in  the  Boston  Post,  and  Boston  Dally 
Nows.  Winslow  occupied  the  pulpit  and  preached 
an  elToctlvo  sermon  less  than  two  weeks  before 
Ills  night.  He  attempted  Hrst  to  sail  from  this 
city  to  Br.ull,  but  as  the  steamer  wjls  not  ready  to 
start  he  took  passage  for  Kotterdam.  Holland.  As 
this  country  ha-s  no  cytradltlon  treaty  with  IIol-  I 
lan.l  Winslow  J.s  safe  from  his  pursuers.  ' 
A  brilliant  reception  was  given  by  the  Washing-  I 
to.'i  Light  Infantry,  Charleston,  s,  o..  on  the  even-  ' 
of  Jftu.2fltn,  In  honor  of  the  Boston  visitors  who 
brought  souvenirs  of  the  partlelpatlon  of  that  ' 
corps  in  the  Bunker  Hill  Centoimial  last  June.  ! 
The  Hon.  c.  H.  Sirnonton  presided  and  welcomed  I 
amptoii  Bank  wibhery,  the  latter  nmv  being  esti¬ 
mated  at  $6711,000  worth  of  seeiirUles.  But  New 
I  .lorscy  comes  well  into  line  with  a  defalcation  of 
alioul  $110,000  at  New  Brunswick  ;  from  more  dis¬ 
tant  Stales  there  are  stories  of  nearly  successful 
j  attcnjpts  In  mhhlng  express  trains  of  very  laige 
amounts,  .and  a  long  serle.s  of  thefts  from  an  c.x- 
,  press  company  In  N.  Y.  city  is  just  revealed. 
The  Hon.  A.  H.  Sl,ej)hen,s  writes  to  a  Washing¬ 
ton  friend  that  be  has  abandoned  all  hope  of  being 
able  to  lake  his  seat  in  tlie  Hou.se  of  Uepreseuta- 
.  tives  during  1,he  wlnw-r,  and  that  he  has  no  InU-n- 
j  lion  of  reoigiiing. 
Tlie  President  has  appointed  the  following 
BOiird  of  Vlsltora  to  West  Point  for  1876;  Abner 
N.  Ogden  of  Alexandria,  La.;  Gen.  II,  p.  Ham¬ 
mond  or  c.a]trornl.a.  Gen.  (’harles  Devens  of  Wor¬ 
cester,  Mims.;  Matthew  H.  Buchiun  of  Vermont; 
I  Prof.  John  M.  sterling  of  Wksconslii  and  Prof.  H. 
C.  Cameron  of  Ncw.(cr.sey. 
I  By  the  Imrubig  of  Kalrbanks’  scale  shops  at  St. 
.Ioh8bm’.v,  Vt.,  on  tlic  night  of  the  22d  Inst,,  a  loss 
of  $10,0(10  was  caused;  fully  Insured.  The  Hr.? 
I  originated  from  the  throwing  of  a  lighted  match 
'Into  .a  pot  of  paint. 
Herr  llcUwng,  Chief  Euglnccrof  theSL  Gothivrd 
j  tunnel,  has  declib'd  1  hat  all  tin;  accos-sory  lines 
j  and  tunncLs  (of  nearly  foiu'  miles)  leading  up  to 
the  main  trunk  .‘ire  to  be  commenced  necct  sum- 
miT,  so  as  to  be  completed  by  isso. 
A  Ma?sachusell.s  Co-operative  enterprise  lias  for 
an  aim  l,ho  occupation  of  8part,anbnrg,  .S.  c.,  by 
Ihrifty  folk-s  from  the  overcrowed  manufacturing  ' 
towns  or  New  England.  The  plan  proi-ldes  for 
I  cotton  and  lumber  mills,  and  recruits  are  numer¬ 
ous. 
I  Mlnne.soUi  proposes  to  redeem  herself  from  the 
I  stigma  of  repudlutloii  by  taking  action  looking  to 
tho  payments  of  her  old  railroad  bond  Indebted- 
ne.HS.  I 
’The  Prudential  Committee  of  tho  village  dis¬ 
trict  of  Ludlow,  Vt,,  have  taken  from  tho  mills 
and  shops  rhlldron  of  school  ago  and  put  thorn  i 
Into  the  public  schools. 
Of  42, (MKi  passengers  c.'irrlcd  over  the  Mas-sachu- 
setts  railroads  last  year,  not  one  Wiis  killed  ex-  I 
cept  by  their  owm  carelessness,  and  only  six  were 
Injured. 
A  sjuielal  dispatch  to  the  Galveston  Nows  from 
Ban  Antonio,  Jan.  20,  lo-nlght  sajTs:— .Advices  re¬ 
ceived  at  dllterent  points  on  the  Bio  Grande, 
through  couriers  from  Saltillo,  state  that  a  revo-  1 
lutlon  has  been  starUid  In  the  northern  and  ocn- 
tral  portions  of  Mexico,  near  tlie  Rio  Grande. 
Gen.  Herrera  has  pronounced  for  the  revolution  j 
n  andmirpi'LscdtheauthorltlesntPaiTa.s.  Therevo- 
d  lutlonlsts  assaulted  Tlasovcs,  which  ts  den  nd  -  l 
1-  j  by  Modno,  who  Is  prepared  to  defend  It  until  ro¬ 
ll  ejiforccments  c-an  airlvc.  The-  majority  of  the 
h  I  people  in  the  northern  districts  are  reported  to  be 
'  i  In  favor  of  suppressing  the  rebellion,  and  are  pre- 
f  paring  for  an  emergency.  Gen.  Porflrio  Diaz  Is  at 
1  ‘  Laredo, 
'•  The  robbeiy  of  $I(hi,(m»o  from  a  Chicago  casi- 
r  ward-bound  express  car  was  neatly  prevented 
i‘  near  Toledo  and  tbe  four  robbers  iirrcslod. 
s  Tbe  New  Jersey  Temperance  Alliance  held  an 
-  !  cnthushiatlc  meeting  last  week  and  raised  fl,(Mio 
;  '  for  a  .State  Agent. 
t  A  dlsch.arged  clerk  of  the  Adams  Exiiress  Com- 
I  pany,  having  in  some  way  securi’d  dujillcate  keys, 
-  ,  attempted  to  rob  their  oHlcc  In  thts  city,  but  wn.s 
»  detected  and  lied. 
>  I  U.  8,  Senator  We.st  of  I-outslana  Is  charged  w'lih 
1'  securing  his  election  by  spending  $26,000  in  bribes. 
Gen,  Washington tj  family  Bible  will  bo  cxlilbliod 
'  111  the  Book  Deparimeiitatthc  CRiitennlal  Exlilbl- 
I  tlon  by  Porirr  A:  Coates.  Phlladi  lphla.  Jt  Is  In 
three  quarto  volumes,  each  of  which  boars  Wash- 
!  Ingfon’R  autograph  on  the  lltle-juigc.  The  work 
i  was  presented  to  W,ash1ngU;n  by  the  editor  of  this 
i  wlltlon,  Blshni)  AVU.son,  author  of  “  .Sacra  Pri  vatn 
w'as  bequeathed  by  him  to  Lord  Fairfax,  and  was 
left  by  the  latter  lo  tin-  Herbert  family,  wIicticc  it 
came  to  tbe  jircscnt  owners. 
]  About  11:30  oVloc:k,  Jan.  22,  while  a  MarlotLa 
i  and  Cincinnati  freight  train  was  passing  over  the 
Iron  bridge  alSpilng  Grove  avenue.  In  Cincinnati, 
Ohio,  the  structure  giive  way  in  consequence,  It  Is 
j  SiUd,  Of  the  weight  of  live  cars  ovcrloadort  with 
j  shelled  corn.  The  falling  ears  c.arrled  the  engine 
I  down  with  them,  killing  the  engineer,  named 
I  <’011  try ;  thcHreman,  Frank  Lcmm.an,  and  a  brake-  j 
man.  Two  men  who  were  driving  on  the  avenue 
;  were  caught  in  the  wreck,  and  one  of  them  suffers 
j  from  a  broken  Jf'g  and  the  other  from  a  broken 
hboulder.  The  bridge  was  a  double  track  one.  It 
j  Is  a  total  wreck.  1 
I  The  I-eo  Alonumcnt  Association  of  Richmond, 
Va.,  has  received  $.139.69  toward  the  fund  forerecG 
tng  a  monument  to  the  late  fien.  Lee.  The  state 
Benato  of  Mtssls-slppl  eontrlhuted  $219.50  of  this 
amount,  and  the  public IfMdiools  of  Richmond  the 
sum  of  $158.99.  1 
The  annual  report  of  th(>  State  Treasurer  of 
Massachusetts  which  was  presented  to  tho  Legis¬ 
lature  last  wei'k,  shows  the  total  receipts  for  the 
.year  ls7,i  to  be  $18,454. 960.13,  and  the  total  pay- 
ments,  $]s,l4$,013.i‘2,  leaving  a  balance  on  hand 
Jan.  1,  1876,  at  $5.3ii6.9io.71. 
Tho  Hon.  Henry  H  Mlarkweiithor,  M.  c.,  from 
Conn.,  died  on  tho  2-th  uU  In  W.ashlngton.  Ho 
was  oonseious  lo  the  hist,  and  conversed  with  his 
I  wife,  who  arrived  two  hours  before  lits  death. 
I  A  hill  will  be  Introduced  to  Congress  to  repay 
t  he  $60,000,000  cotton  tax  to  the  Boiith. 
A  heavy  snow  storm  and  Inu-nsc  cold  prevailed 
J  west  of  the  .Mississippi  last  week. 
^  Xelegriun.s  10  our  Ministers  abroad  from  Hc-crcs- 
tary  risb  liidlcuto  possible  e-ompllcatlons  yet  con- 
ecrnlng  Cuba. 
Tbe  fetnalc  shoe  operatives  Ih  Lynn,  Ma.ss., 
luivc  organized  a  protective  association  called 
"  Tho  Daughlors  of  Ht.  Crispin." 
The  Chicago  Tribune  announces  that  Ell  Per¬ 
kins,  the  celebrated  American  humorist.  Is  alxiui 
appear  on  the  stage  In  an  original  play. 
There  has  been  no  .snow  yet  at  Duluth  since  tho 
winter  set  in, 
A  pansy  bloomed  in  the  yard  of  the  Crawford 
House  at  White  .MoiinUiln  Notch  last,  month. 
The  Maine  editors  nnd  publishers  in  their  Con- 
veiiilon  selected  Philadelphia  as  the  objective 
point  of  their  summer  excursion. 
—  « « »  — 
FOREIGN  NOTES. 
Tite  London  Times,  in  its  flnnnclnl  aillclc,  Jan. 
26th,  sa.VBlliatlnvestnuTiitslocks  renialu  very  llrm, 
paitlcularly  Lnltod  states  bojids,  wlui’h  are  being 
bought  heavily  for  export  llilther.  The  186Ts  me 
•steadily  absorbed  lor  Netv  York,  nnd  rlie  funded 
loan  Is  steadily  taken  for  investiiienl  in  London.  I 
Hfcitlng  rluku  appear  to  be  all  tbe  rage  in  Engi  | 
land,  where  there  are.srvoral  well  patron!/, ed.  An-  I 
other  Is  soon  to  be  erecU’d  In  London  at  a  cost  of  ! 
i:io0,ooo.  The  owner  of  a  rink  at  Brighton  has  I 
refused  jC80,(W0  for  It.  I 
By  The  laU'sfcensiis  Ireland  has  5.112,397  Inhab-  '  . 
ILilits,  dll  tded,  us  to  religion,  as  folloii’s:  Kraimn  j 
Catholics,  4,160,867 ;  fTotostants,  l,’261..5io.  (if  the  i 
ProUistants  667.998  are  reported  .as  EpLsi^opallatis 
and  497,649  a.9  l’re.sbyicrlaus.  I 
The  German  governmeut  Is  preparing  documents  , 
acknowledging  the  magnauJiuliy  of  England  In  , 
the  manner  of  conducting  the  inqiury  into  the  1 
Deutschland  disaster. 
Austrian  waters  at  the  time  their  action  caused 
1  coaslderable  surprise.  The  result  of  the  attack 
-  on  the  camp  Ls  not  known. 
’  M  ar  Is  Imminent  between  Guatemala  and  Sal- 
?  vudor.  Both  eountrlca  are  anuing. 
In  the  Ontailo  l-egtslauirc,  Jan.  27,  the  bill  glv- 
t.  Ing  women  the  right  to  vote  at  municipal  elections 
and  on  money  by-Laws  was  defeated  by  a  small 
.  majority. 
1  Four  onieers  of  the  French  army  have  been 
cashiered  for  alteudlng  a  funeral  service  on  the 
I  '  minlversar.v  of  thcdcatii  of  Nniiolexin  III. 
I  A  Hjieclal  dispatch  from  vianna  to  the  London 
standard,  .fan.  'is,  reports  that  eoramiitces  have 
.  I  been  fonnerl  in  aoveu  Servian  towns.  Including 
I  Belgrade,  whlcli  openl.y  agitate  for  the  dethrone- 
;  mentor  Prince  .MlLan. 
The  municipality  of  .Moscow  recentl.v  resolved 
to  send  a  second  contilbnilon  of  $l6,ooo  in  aid  of 
the  sufferers  from  tho  Herzegovlulan  insurrection. 
The  f.'zar  has  refused  to  jicrmlt  the  money  to  be 
sent,  although  he  sanctioned  tho  Hrst  contilbu- 
tlon. 
It  Is  said  that  agents  of  the  Ru.s,slan  Ambassa¬ 
dor  are  urging  tbe  Bosnians  to  Join  the  Insurrec- 
!  tlon. 
A  Bonapart  lst  Assoelailon.  styled  the  Conserva¬ 
tive  National  Commltl-e,  has  ls.sucd  a  manifesto 
announcing  that  they  will  support.  President 
MaeMahon  until  tho  expiration  of  his  term  In 
iHso.  They  w  111  t  hen  demand  that  an  appeal  to 
the  people  he  made  for  determining  the  future 
form  of  government  for  Fr.i  ticc. 
I  OnmbettA  and  other  Hepubilean.s,  fipprehen.slvo 
I  of  a  bad  cITi’ct  In  tho  proiinees  If  the  Radicals 
Should  succeed  In  electing  all  the  Senators  for 
Parts,  aro  strenuously  working  to  bring  about  a 
I  coitipromlse  botwccii  the  various  Republican  fae-- 
tlons. 
The  palace  o.xjiendlture  of  the  Snlan  of  Turkey 
lias  been  $2,(hki,ooo  a  year  over  since  his  succe.s- 
slon, 
I  An  iron  st-eamer  of  small  dimensions  Is  to  bo 
bum.  at  Dubuque  for  the  King  of  .^lam,  and 
shipped  In  secUons. 
A  Berlin  dispatch  to  the  I-ondon  Post  says  that 
it  Is  cxpecbal  (hoi  (^ucen  Victoria  will  visit  the 
Imperial  Court  while  she  Is  In  Germany. 
!  Llouu-Gen.  Henry  M'llllam  -Sllsted,  B.,  Ls 
dead.  He  wfis  the  Hrst  Lleut^'nant-Oovcrnor  of 
DiUario  under  the  Dominion. 
Wrtlfi  were  son-od  on  Minister  -Sclicnck  and 
Others  connected  with  the  Emma  Mining  Company 
In  London,  last  week. 
f.lcnfucgos  Is  said  to  have  been  pillaged  by 
Cuban  insurgents. 
At  Garataracndl  Jan.  26,  the  RoyalLsts  captured 
sixty  Carllsts,  one  cannon  and  one  mortar.  Gen. 
I/ima  continues  his  advance  Into  tho  Interior  of 
Biscay.  A  battle  Ls  imminent  In  the  Erola  Valle.T. 
(.'roquet  Ik  rapidly  giving  way  to  roller  skating 
In  London,  and  the  ladles’  newspapers  aro  pub¬ 
lishing  concise  rules  to  promote  gracefulness  of 
movomout  and  pi-oHcleiicy  in  the  sport. 
- ■  — » - 
THE  SEASON,  CROPS,  PRICES,  ETC. 
Ilnrlem  .MprliiRs,  Cnrroll  Co.,  Ohio,  .Inn.  20. 
—Weather  warm  and  wet.  No  snow,  and  but  few 
cold  days  this  winter.  Corn  was  a  good  crop  as 
regards  quantity,  but  the  quality  Ls  poor  on  ac¬ 
count  of  ihc  early  frosts,  a  great  deal  spoiling  in 
the  cribs.  Winter  wheat  looks  well,  srook  of  all 
kinds  doing  average  well.  Sheep  are  worth  from 
$l  to  ,1  ^  licad.  Cattle  from  Sj.;  to  ic.  m.,  and 
scarce  at  I  hat.  lloi’ses  bring  from  $76  to  $150  ^ 
head,  and  dull  sales  :it  that.  Tbe  apple  crop  was 
a  total  failure.  Peaches  ditto.  Potatoes  and  oth¬ 
er  vegetables  good.  Times  dull,  iis  a  matter  of 
course,  but,  as  our  county  Is  strtclly  devoted  to 
agriculture,  we  experience  110  serious  Inconven¬ 
ience  trom  the  d(i)re.sse(i  .state  of  it’a(Ie.  T|io  Ohio 
and  'J'oledo Narrow  Gauge  R.  it.  p.a.sscs  through 
our  (-'ouuly.  The  N.  G.  Is  a  decided  success.  J. 
B.  Lek. 
Poiiu  c»r  Timber,  Contra  fontn  Co.,  C’nI., 
.lull.  17.— It  Is  raining  hard  now— tho  best  rain 
In  four  years,  or,  in  other  words,  the  heaviest  rain 
wo  have  had  In  that  lime.  The  ground  Is  pjo  wet 
lo  ploiv  and  will  bo  lor  some  days  to  come.  The 
wheal  crop  nevej-  looked  belter  than  It  does  at 
thl.s  lime,  and  the  Iarinei-»  aro  mostly  done  seed¬ 
ing.  Some  have  ix-eri  plow  Ing  for  summer  fallow. 
Some  wlie<il  is  now  four  to  live  (nchea  high,  and 
some  Is  not  yet  up.  The  wriu-r  has  no  acres  yet 
lo  sow,  ;ind  half  of  the  ground  Is  yet  to  be  plowed. 
NVe  have  had  the  epizootic  among  our  horses  here 
this  winter.  T  mention  this  for  fear  you  will 
grumble  because  1  am  so  far  behind  with  my 
work.— .John  it,  Byek. 
in  the  Reichstag  at  Berlin,  Jan.  27,  the  amend-  I0D0-MAGNE8IAN  SPRINGS. 
ments  to  tho  Penal  t.'ode  were  conslilered.  The  |  - 
clause  imposing  penalties  on  membei’s  of  secret  j  Mn.  Editor:— Eor  tho  sake  of  humanity  I  feel 
societies  and  the  cLiitse  directed  against  acus  In-  1  called  upon  to  tell  your  readers  w1iat  I  know  about 
citing  bosHllty  between  dlffci'ent  chissos  and  at-  I  the  curative  power  of  the  Todo-Magneslan  Springs 
tacking  national  instltutons  were  rejected.  Count  j  of  Beloit.,  AVIs.  For  ten  years  previous  to  last 
YOU  Eulcnburg,  Minister  of  the  Interior,  declared 
that  the  aim  of  the  Social  DemocraLs  was  to  c!>- 
tabllsh  the  ‘'Red  KepnbRc,"  with  communism  and 
atheism.  The  new  penal  provisions  were  required 
to  obilate  tho  necessity  of  tome  day  dnnvlng  the 
sword. 
Cardinal  Simeon),  the  -Nuudo  at  Madrid,  has 
made  a  report  on  tho  Spanish  elocUoas,  In  which 
ho  says  the  Government  of  King  Alfonso  has  been 
compelled  lo  accept  the  alliance  of  the  defenders 
or  the  so-called  rellgloas  liberty.  In  order  to  secim* 
political  victory. 
The  A’lcuna  U'«nirr  /’rtwiwr  rojKirts  Unit  during  an 
Insurgent  uttivek  Oil  a  Turkish  camp  near  Neum, 
Jan.  26,  three  Turkish  men-of-Av.Hr,  anchored  oir 
Klek,  unexpectedly  opened  a  Moleut  cannonade 
on  the  Herzegovinians.  As  tho  ves.sels  wei  e  In 
I  spring  I  have  been  troubled  with  what  physicians 
term  “  the  prostate.”  causing  great  Irritation  and 
severe  pain,  with  burning  sensation.  For  months 
,  at  a  t  ime  1  have  been  disturbed  In  my  sleep  from 
I  seven  to  fifteen  times  each  night.  The  1st  of 
I  March  last  1  commenced  using  two  gl.asscs  daUy 
or  the  lodo-Magncslun  Spring  water.  It  alTorded 
[  me  luuucdlate  relief,  and  tor  two  mouths  past  I 
I  have  been  comparailvelj'  free  from  jialu,  and  have 
I  slept  from  seven  lo  elghthoiirs  oach  night  without 
'  lUsUirb-ancc.  I  have  recently  visited  these  Springs 
I  and  found  there  a  large  numher  of  jiersons  who 
'  ha<I  been  cured  of  various  diseases  by  these  waters, 
j  Persons  desiring  further  Information  can  ad- 
j  dress  me,  pei'sonully  or  by  letter,  at  56  and  68 
Park  place,  New'  York.  Yours  truly, 
B.  E.  Hale. 
