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MOORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
PUBLISHEE’S  SPECIAL  HOTIOEa 
The  It  u  rill  is  a  very  Rood  present  to  send  to  a 
f-rlend,  and  it  plensantly  reminds  the  recipient  of  the 
donor  fifty-two  limes  n.  year— this  year  fifty-three 
times.  Any  suftscrlhcr  can  send  It  to  a  relative  or 
friend,  as  a  present,  at  onr  lowest  club  rate— only 
¥2.15,  Including  |>osta«e. 
IloUftay  frcMenia  will  he  plenty  this  year  among 
our  ARent-I‘'rlonds  and  others  who  form  clubs  for 
Htjbai..  Our  list  Comprises  many  articles  appropri¬ 
ate  for  presents.  Induce  a  few  of  your  friends  to 
take  the  Rubai.,  and  thus  secure  a  Premium. 
Ontccra  oi  Agricultural  Societies  and  Clubs, 
Granges,  Ac,,  can.  If  they  will,  miiterlnlly  aid  In 
augmenting  the  circulation  of  the  Rural.  Scores 
of  such  arc  already  forming  clubs;  how  many  others 
will  kindly  do  llkcwl.se? 
Ilrnew  early  If  you  would  secure  the  uninter¬ 
rupted  continuance  of  the  HuriAl.  to  your  aiTdress: 
and  pray  don't  forgot  to  ask  friends  to  Join  you  In 
sending  for  the  rifly-thmc  Numbers  which  we  rhall 
puhllslt  during  ISTfi. 
Buck  Niiinbern  ot  tills  Year  (from  Jan.  1) 
can  be  furnished  to  all  new  subscribers,  but  we  shall 
not  scud  them  hereafter  unless  specially  requested.  , 
Those  who  desire  ran  begin  with  any  number,  how¬ 
ever.  I 
The  Beal  Paper,  and  the  Boat  Premiums  to 
Agents. Is  our  motto.  We  Ignore  Chromos  and  all 
other  cheap  colored  pictures,  preferring  to  put  our 
rnone.?  In  tht  pai’rr,  and  In  Premiums  to  Agents. 
Helect  Your  Premliiina.— All  persona  entitled 
to  Premiums  will  plc.ase  designate  what  they  prefer 
«n1  notify  us  how  and  where  to  forward— whether 
by  Freight  or  Erpress— if  articlos  are  not  mailable. 
Act  na  .Agent  I— Reader,  If  there  is  no  agent  for 
the  Rural  Ib  your  locality  please  become  one  by 
forming  a  club,  ft  loid  png. 
At  Our  KIsU.— You  c.in  remit  by  Draft,  P.  O. 
Money  Order  or  Registered  Letler  at  our  risk. 
ilfiiis  of  tijf 
DFATH  OF  A.  T.  STEWART. 
•Ar.KXANOKii  T.  Stkwakt,  the  wealthy  merchant 
of  this  city,  (lied  ai  his  rcsldeni'c  on  Fifth  venue 
on  Monday,  .tprll  loth,  Mr.  SUswart  has  been  slcl^ 
several  weeks,  .and  his  dcatli  was  not  unexpected. 
He  was  one  of  the  three  or  four  enormously 
wealthy  men  in  the  counliy,  his  property  being 
variously  estimated  at  forty  to  eighty  millions  of 
dollars. 
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HOME  NEWS  PARAGRAPHS. 
Thk  bonded  debi  of  .Syracuse,  N,  Y.,  Is  11,316, W)0. 
The  principal  Items  are  as  follows Bonds  for  | 
Chenango  Valley  ralioad.  fsaO.OOO;  for  SjTacuse  | 
Northern  r.iilroad.  $500.aoo;  for  Syracuse  ufll- 
vcrslty,  $100.0  in.  The  lloatlng  debt  of  the  city  Is  I 
over  ?160.()(10. 
The  toUOwliig  are  the  directors  of  the  Elmira 
drhdiig  park,  cho.scn  at  n  recent  meeting  of  the 
as.soclatlon  ,  K.  II.  Atkinson,  S.  T.  Reynold,  J.  C. 
Langdon.  C.  'A .  skinner,  Lorenzo  Howes,  E.  W. 
Howes,  M.  H,  Howes,  .M.  11.  Foster,  H.  11.  Purdy,  i 
Lrl  Barlholomf  iv,  F.  A.  Frasier.  Very  many  sub-  j 
stantlal  improvements  are  being  made  at  the  ! 
park.  I 
The  salaries  ot  the  Buffalo  cmploj'es  of  the  Erie 
Railway'  Conipany  nggreg.ife.  about  one  hundred 
thous  ind  dollars  a  month,  or  nearly  a  million  and  j 
a  quarter  doUnr*  per  year.  Nearly  one-t.hlrd  or  i 
!  The  Connecticut  election  resulted  in  th "  •'ss 
I  of  the  Democratic  candidates.  Gov,  Ingeiaoll  Is 
re-clcctcd  and  Iloo.  Jas.  B.  English  wlU  probably 
I  be  returned  to  the  Senate  for  the  t-orm  which  he 
'  Is  milng  by  appointment  since  the  death  of 
I  Senator  Ferrj'.  David  A  Wells,  a  well  known 
political  ecohotiilst  waa  defeafod  for  Cotignjs.s. 
Hon.  John  T.  Walt  being  clcctod  In  the  3rd  DIst, 
I  to  dll  the  vacancy  caused  by  the  death  of  Hon. 
I  H.  11.  Starkweather. 
:  The  wife  of  B.  F.  Butler  died  April  sth  from 
j  cancer  of  the  stomach. 
I  'J'ramps  attempted  to  rob  a  railway  train  on  the 
New  Jersey  Central  R,  R.  between  riilUlpsburg 
I  and  Hampton.  The  engineer  thought  there  was 
i  an  obstnictlon  and  stopped  the  train,  when  the 
tramps  tried  to  ixuird  it,  assailing  the  engineer 
with  stones.  A  melee  ensued  and  the  train  hands 
llnallydrove  the  tramps  away,  taking  nlneol  them 
I  prisoners. 
I  At  a  mcoiing  of  the  FJevated  Railroad  Cix,  April 
j  9th,  Mr.  Johnson  reported  that  he  had  secured 
th'-  signatures  of  men  who  own  more  than  |T,ooo,- 
I  0(10  worth  of  property  on  the  line,  all  Opposed  to 
I  the  building  of  the  road. 
An  umendinent  to  the  bill  regulating  the  adnils- 
'  Sion  ot  attorney's  to  practice,  which  would*  have 
[  allowed  women  to  become  opplhonla  for  cxaml- 
I  nation,  w.i.s  voIaxI  down  In  the  Maryland  House, 
I  A  Boston  preacher  said:— "If  any  society  will 
take  charge  oi  all  the  cases  or  poverty  brought,  on 
by  Intemperance,  tbls  church  will  take  upon  It-self 
to  relieve  all  tno  remaining  paupers  of  Boston.” 
j  The  Narragansett  Indians  at  Charlestown,  K.  I., 
I  have  just  elected  their  council.  At  an  election  a 
line  Is  drawn,  and  the  candidate  stands  on  either 
side.  The  one  that  gets  tlie  most  Indians  to 
stand  on  his  f<lde  1*  cleclod. 
The  working  hours  at  the  Erie  railway  shops  at 
Port  Jervis,  N.  Y.,  have  been  Increased  from  .35  to 
40  a  week. 
The  Ex-ofTlcers’  Association,  which  baa  Its  origin 
in  Troy  four  years  ago,  now  numbers  nearly  l,oon 
members. 
During  the  Lost  three  months  4S6  cases  were 
tried  In  the  police  court,  of  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  Of  these 
4T  were  sent,  to  higher  coiim. 
•The  Buffalo  Bar  AssfK'lutlon.  recently  organized, 
has  nfty-Ovp  members.  James  M.  Humphrey  ha.s 
been  elected  president. 
Four  men  g.agged  and  bound  the  watoliman  at 
the  Boston  A  Albany  fiulght  omoe,  at  East 
Albany,  on  the  night  or  April  ard  and  made  an  un- 
sucee.s.sni!  attempt  to  blow  open  the  safe.  They 
were  trlghlenixl  off  without,  obtaining  any  plun¬ 
der. 
There  are  «2,552  chnn  hes  In  the  fnited  Ktotos, 
with  sltrlngH  for  n,395,M2  people,  the  Methodists 
being  the  strongest  denomination.  The  total 
value  or  church  property  is  jilaced  at  |i3-i9,fil9,7S0, 
A  company  known  as  the  "Jennings  Estate 
Aswocliitlon "  was  incorporated  by  the  Virginia 
Senate  on  the  'Mb  ult.  The  object  Is  to  aecuro 
untold  riches  left  by  a  Mr.  Jennings  In  England  a  ' 
century  ago. 
In  Philadelphia  seven  schools  have  enroUed 
nearly  two  thousand  iwys  in  wicleties  for  the  pro¬ 
tection  ot  animals.  They  have  badges  and 
banners,  are  trained  lo  march  to  the  sound  ofi. 
mlUlary  music,  and  have  annual  meetings  at  the 
Music  Hall. 
In  compliance  with  ordei's  from  Washington, 
gns  has  been  cut  off  from  the.  i>ost-off1e.t*  and 
custom  house  in  Norfolk.  Malls  which  are  usually 
distributed  at  about  s  o’clock  P.  M..  are  delayed  In 
consequence  till  next  morning. 
The  United  Status  Senate  has  refused  to  con-' 
firm  the  nomination  or  Richard  H.  Dana  as  Min¬ 
ister  to  England. 
It  IS  reportch  that  the  political  campaign  is 
this  ainonrit  i.s  paid  out  Ui  the  attaches  of  the  '  (Hiout  opening  In  Louisiana  in  the  old  style. 
work  sliops.  t  wo  In  number.  | 
The  Vuo  dc  I'Bau  Hotel,  at  BewclUs  Point,  i 
Hampton  Roads,  Va.,  was  burned  last  week  and 
is  a  total  10S.S.  The  fire  was  the  work  of  an  in- 
cendtary.  The  liousc  orlgluiilly  cost  $38,000,  the 
furniture  $16, u'Mi.  The  insuraucc  Is  fKi.ooo. 
In  the  Now  Jersey  Legislature  an  amendment 
to  the  tax  bill  providing  that  church  property 
shall  not  be  exempt  was  dcicatcd,  .April  6th. 
Several  bids  hare  been  ma^c  to  sweep  out  the 
Ceutennlal  Fair  Buildings  for  itfty  thousand 
dollars.  Scaled  proposals  for  the  contract  were 
not  even  sollctcd  by  t  he  managers  of  the  Instltu-  j 
tlon. 
The  Philadelphia  Court  of  Common  Pleas  niles  | 
that  the  right  ot  telegraph  companies  to  run  ^ 
telegrapli  lines  .ind  use  other  telegraphic  appara-  | 
tus  through  the  streets  ot  that  city,  la  subject  to 
the  consent  Of  the  mayor  :ind  councils  of  the  i 
city.  The  court  held  poles  to  be  nuisances,  and  ' 
say  wires  should  be  laid  under  ground. 
An  expre.ss  iigent  ntinu’d  Dlm-anorp,  .at  Parsons. 
Ks.,  has  liGon  arrested  for  t.he  reccnl,  stealing  of  l 
sonic  torty  registered  p;ickage.8  from  the  mall.  Ho  | 
confesses  and  iiiakos  some  fsan  restitution. 
Florida  ha.s  a.niin  white  men  who  have  not  voted 
sluc"  the  downfall  ni  the  t'otircdrocy.  ; 
Only  40  out  of 'jno  of  the  Xootka  Sound  tribe  of  i 
Indians,  Hrltlsh  columbta,  have  survived  the  j 
visitation  of  small  pox,  ! 
A  woman  and  her  daughter,  the  latter  only 
tweli-e  .veal's  old,  both  reeling  with  Intoxication 
were  seen  In  the  streei,a  of  Virginia  Olty  a  few 
days  ago.  j 
'I'hat  plowm.afle  on  the  Daniel  Webster  farm  at 
Frunklln,  N.  H.,  under  Daniel’s  supervision  and 
partly  by  Daniel  himself,  is  to  be  sent  to  the 
Centennial. 
Durtiig  the  past  live  years  the  Rurcivii  of  Educa¬ 
tion  of  Virginia  has  received  from  state  Uixutlon 
$2,163,997.!t:t ;  nom  local  taxation,  $l,982.7s».()2 ; 
and  from  the  Peabody  fund  and  private  donations 
$410,820.37,  making  a  total  of  four  and  a  half 
million, s. 
Citizens  are  dragged  away  from  their  homes  on 
IvU-Klux  charges,  ami  tlie  writs  of  the  1  nited 
States  courts  are  employed  to  produce  terror  In 
i-oiintry  parishes. 
qarthage,  N,  Y.,  ha.s  abandoned  the  idea  ot 
celebrating  the  Cenntonnial  Fourth  because  the 
villlage  has  voted  down  5 ho  proposition  to  raise 
$500  by  tax  for  the  purpose. 
The  peculiar  appearanee  or  the  trKis  In  the  lino 
of  the  Wort’est(.*r  flood,  which  were  struck  by  t  he 
wators  but  KOI  uprooUid,  has  attracted  miieli 
attention.  The  hark  of  trunks,  limbs  and  twigs 
has  been  stripped  off  cleanly  and  t  he  wood  boars 
the  appearance  of  having  been  siind-papered. 
The  Cougregallon.'il  convention  April  6th,  re¬ 
fers  the  question  of  examining  Into  the  guilt  or 
Innocence  ot  Beecher  to  a  conimltt^se  of  five,  who 
shall  call  together  all  persons  who  are  supposed 
to  have  any  evidence  bearing  dlrnetl.y  on  the  stib- 
JecL 
The  New  York  East  Conference  of  the  Methodist 
Church  has  been  session  at  the  Hanson  Place 
Methoddl.sl  Church,  BiYjcklyn. 
Dolan  has  addressed  a  llmil  appeal  lo  Goveyior 
Tllden  for  »'Xceutlve  clemency,  again  protesting 
his  Innocence  or  the  crime  ot  which  he  is  convict¬ 
ed. 
The  Ainerlcnn  Express  Company  talksof  arming 
all  Us  employes  with  pistols,  which  thej' w  ill  wear 
In  plain  sight.,  because  the  law  forbids  the  enn-y- 
Ing  of  couceuled  weapons. 
H.  C.  Ktrk  of  .Sacramento,  has  bottled  up  in  alco¬ 
hol  jin  Infant  sea-serpent,  which  was  taken  In  a 
net  by  some  fishermen  down  the  coast  recently, 
and  forwarded  to  him.  it  Is  about  a  foot  long, 
but  the  body  at,  lUs  largest  part  is  not  half  an 
inch  in  dluincU-r.  it  Is  of  a  grayish  color  j  has  a 
dorsal  fin ;  the  head  Is  over  an  Inch  long,  of  a  bony 
substance,  with  a  bill  something  Uke  tjiat  of  a 
bill-fish ;  eye.s  vciy  huge  and  protruding ;  body 
tapenng  until  halt  an  inch  from  the  extremity  It 
Is  scarcely  as  big  around  as  a  knitting  needle ; 
but  at  that  jiolnt  It  suddenly  breaks  Into  a  queer 
lit  tle  tall  of  the  ilapj.'ick-t  urncr  order. 
Mrs.  Lydia  Graham,  of  Port  Byron,  N.  Y.,  cele¬ 
brated  her  100th  birthday  In  that  village  recently. 
Members  of  her  family,  down  to  the  fourth  gener¬ 
ation.  were  present  to  take  part  In  the  featlviues. 
Mrs.  tiraham,  who  w^  tyirn  in  New  Jersey  in  1 T76, 
came  to  Cayuga  county  when  thirty-eight  years 
old,  whp.re  she  has  realdiid  8lxty-two  years. 
One  day  recently  Sheriff  Wiseman  of  Mitchell 
county,  N.  c.,  attempted  to  arrest  an  llllct  dlstlll- 
er,  named  Barncf,  who  was  with  a  parti'  of 
frlendR.  Earner  sliot  Wisernun  through  the 
shoulder,  a  nd  the  Sheriff  In  return  shot  him  dead 
and  wounded  five  ot  hlscompaniona.  and  then,  his 
ammunition  giving  out.  retirfKl  In  good  order. 
In  177.3  a  farmer  In  Cape  Elizabeth,  Maine,  made 
a  will,  Kcaleil  It  Iti  an  envelope,  wrote  on  it  the 
direction  that  It  should  not  be  opened  within  one 
huudi'cd  yeui-s.  delivered  If  to  the  selectmen  for 
s.afe  keeping,  and  then  dlod.  His  heirs-aUlaw 
took  jxisscsloD  ot  Ills  property,  noizoily  objecting, 
and  after  many  years  the  town  papers  were  lost. 
The  sealed  will  recently  came  to  light,  and  wan 
found  to  devise  the  testAtor's  property^  to  the 
town,  to  be  Used  lusa  charitable  Institution  tor 
vagrants;  hut  It  has  changed  hands  many  times, 
and  to  take  it  now  from  the  present  holders 
would  be  a  great  hardship.  Probably  the  town 
will  not  press  Its  claim. 
The  model  of  the  stAtue  of  American  Girl  is  now 
completed,  and  l»  pronounced  by  those  who  are 
competent  to  Judge,  and  who  hare  been  permitted 
to  sec  It,  really  a  vpiT  fine  work  of  art.  Doty, 
the  driver  of  the  lamented  Girl,  hai.  carefully 
criticlaed  U  and  allows  It  to  be  a  most  faithful 
llkcnes.8,  and  the  model  Of  a  horse.  The  cast  it¬ 
self  will  probably  be  completod  by  the  first  of 
May.  ready  to  be  set  up  and  unveiled  at  the 
Elmira  Driving  Park  at  the  first  molding  of  Lho 
Association,  early  In  June. 
The  town  poor  of  Carmel,  Putnam  County,  N. 
Y.,Jiave  broken  9,933  bushels  of  stone  at  a  toLal 
cost  or  $4.51 .6.5,  which  has  been  paid  by  orders  on 
the  overseer  of  tlie  poor. 
In  St.  Louis,  April  5,  an  injunction,  restraining 
the  police  from  Interfering  with  the  Missouri 
State  lottery,  was  refused. 
FOREIGN  NOTES. 
Thk  united  capital  ol  the  companies  that  supply 
london  with  wator,  amounts  to  $64,808,670.  In 
Do<-embor,  1875.  they  supplied  a  population  of 
.1.726,893,  living  in  5'2l,52l  homes.  5vith  111,421,397 
gallons  per  day. 
It  appears  that  Capt.  Webb’s  swim  across  the 
English  channel  will  turn  out  to  he  a  very  proflfc- 
alilp  Job.  The  testimonial  being  raised  for  him 
has  already  reached  $20,000. 
When  H  French  army  officer  Is  c^onvlcted  ol  a 
felony  his  epiiiilei*  are  torn  off,  his  sword  te 
broken,  .and  .1  pHvate  steps  from  the  ranks  and 
kicks  him.  Aftor  that  the  civil  authorllle*  take 
care  of  him. 
The  Camden  Society  ot  London  has  accepted 
the  offer  of  Dr.  Jessopp  to  edit  "  The  Economy  of 
the  Fleet,”  from  the  MS.  in  possession  of  the 
Puke  of  Westminster.  It  contains  a  curious 
[  account  of  the  condition  of  the  Fleet  Prison  In 
•  reign  of  James  I. 
’Fhe  Italian  Morhuevto  announces  that  the 
Workingmen's  .Association  of  Oenoti,  who  applied 
to  Spam,  through  the  foreign  Mlnlstor,  for  permls- 
Sion  to  remove  the  remains  Of  Columbus,  now 
Interred  In  Havana,  to  Italy ,  have  received  a 
favorable  reply  as  far  as  Spain  ts  concerned,  but 
Havana  nilerly  repudiates  the  Idea. 
The  Birmingham  Post,  England,  announces  that 
William  Dudley,  a  deceased  goldsmith,  lias  left 
halt  a  million  dollars 1.  To  assist  young  trades¬ 
men  with  goiid  chanulers;  2.  To  roltere  necessi¬ 
tous  aged  lrade.smen  who  have  never  been  a 
burden  to  t  he  parl.sh  ;  and  3,  To  extend  the  use¬ 
fulness  nr  local  medical  charities. 
At.  a  rei’ent  meeting  01  the  London  School  Board 
a  highly  InfiuentlaJ  deputation  or  noblemen  and 
mercbiinla  presenU'd  a  memorial  urging  the 
advisability  of  eslabllsblng  penny  savings  banks 
In  connection  with  every  public  school. 
The  custom  of  drinking  wine  inslcad  of  liquor 
Is  a  great  economic  benefit  to  France.  The  har¬ 
vest  of  I8T4  produced  i.3i»6,(«m),ooo  gallons  or  win*., 
of  which  four-fifths  were  consumed  tn  the  country. 
This  enormous  yield  was  valued  at  $650,000,000,  or 
more  tha  n  the  united  wheat  and  cxitton  crops  of 
the  United  StAtes. 
Parisian  ladles  who  do  their  own  needlework 
have  adopted  thimbles  with  a  pebble  Inserted  as  a 
top.  The  agatt.*,  cairngorm,  onyx,  and  crystAl  are 
the  most  popular,  as  they  look  very  pretty  in  t.hel  r 
setting  ot  silver. 
The  Academy  or  Medicine  and  Surgery,  at.  I 
Petorsbnig,  is  attended  by  lil  women  and  girls, 
102  of  whom  are  ot  titled  blrtli.  They  mix  hanno- 
nlously  wlt.li  t  he  other  sex  In  t.he  dissecting  rooms. 
Of  the  33  generals  and  66  lieutenant-generals  in 
the  Pnisslan  array,  all  are  of  noble  birth.  There  i 
are  only  18  plebeians  among  the  liT  major-gene-  j 
ralB,  only  27  among  the  iRi  Infaiitry  colonels,  and 
only  6  among  the  6(t  cav.alry  colonels. 
Prof.  Dove,  the  meteorologist  of  Berlin,  Prussia, 
celebrated  the  completion  of  his  50th  year  as  a  | 
doctor  of  philosophy  recently.  He  received  the 
congratulations  of  the  Empress  and  a  visit  from 
the  Crown  Pilnoe,  and  the  Kmi>eror  conferred 
upon  him  Iho  star  of  the  Red  Eagle  Order. 
The  Wheeler  exploring  party  recently  found  a 
ruined  town  In  New  Mexico,  which  the  Indians 
say  was  built  In  the  reign  ol  Montezuma.  A  skele¬ 
ton  w.as  found  near  the  walls,  and  the  natives 
warucil  Hie  party  Hial  violent  deatli  or  Ill-fortune 
would  result  from  dtst.urblhg  lU  'j’he  topographer 
of  the  party  removed  the  skeleton,  and  thi'ee  daj's 
aaer  was  shot  and  died. 
A  new  comer  at  the  cltj'  prison  In  Berne, 
.Sw  lly.erland,  having  told  his  mates  that  a  prisoner 
had  escaped  from  the  Zurich  Jail  by  cutting  out 
wooden  keys,  a  number  of  them  set  to  work  and 
actually  succeeded  In  getting  out  in  the  same 
way,  a  few  only  being  recaptured, 
Mr.  George  Carter  Sleuu  an  Englishman  living 
In  Shanghai,  has  Just  published  a  collection  of 
Chinese  ballads.  One  of  them  bears  the  name  of 
“Chang  Liang's  Flute.,’'  and  according  to  tradi¬ 
tion  ito  melancholy  tones  induced  8.000  soldiers  to 
desert  their  camp  for  their  homes  In  a  single 
night. 
They  have  on  the  Nord  Railway  in  France  a 
new  system  of  danger  warning,  consisting  of  sixty 
signal  stations  along  the  line,  to  Indicate  danger 
when  there  Is  any.  In  connection  with  which 
thirty-eight  locomotives  have  been  supplied  with 
the  electric  automatic  whistle.  This  Is  so  nr- 
rangid  that  when,  Hi  day  or  night,  the  locomo¬ 
tive  readies  a  signal  which  shows  “da Mger,"  that 
moment  the  whistle  on  the  eiigHic  .sounds. 
There  is  enough  lumber  lying  at  the  Avharves  of 
Ht.  Johns,  N.  B.,  to  load  forty  LOOO-tou  vessels. 
In  the  Italian  army  there  now  are  183  generals, 
1,229  stAff  ofiicers,  and  9.927  captains  and  lieu¬ 
tenants. 
The  Hrlttsh  naval  estimates  for  the  ensuing  year 
amount  to  Tl  1 ,288,872.  a  considerable  increa.se  o%'er 
t.boseor  last  jear. 
The  Archbishop  of  Parts  says  that  the  exclusion 
ot  religion  from  the  public  schools  wouK  be 
equivalent  to  the  dcsi  nictlon  of  France. 
•In  Paris  in  1875,  there  were  born  29,211  boys  and 
26,618  girls  ;  43,980  persons  died  ;  surplus  of  births. 
9,874  ;  19,127 marriages  were  eonlr«<'ted. 
The  Cologne  Gazette  has  published  a  series  of 
artlclesln  favor  ol  Introducing  the  Latin  instead 
ot  the  German  characters  in  the  German  news¬ 
papers. 
Dion  BmiekAult  will,  in  May,  lecture  In  the  large 
cities  ot  Great  Britain  on  “The  prejudices  existing 
in  England  respecting  Irishmen.”  Soon  afterward 
he  will  return  to  ihLs  country. 
Laborers  engaged  on  the  new  rallro.id  from 
Alexandria  to  Aboiiklr  have  unearthed  some  in- 
teresUng  anllquca,  among  them  the  head  of  a  stat¬ 
ue  of  a  lato  Roman  emperor,  and  large  numbers 
of  teiTa  cotta  lamps  of  the  Roman  and  C'lirlsttan 
periods. 
The  Rus-slans  have  another  naval  novelty.  It  is 
a  steamship  for  const,  defence,  without  guns  but 
rx>vered  with  very  thick  Iron,  and  armed  with  a 
spar.  She  ha8;m  arrangerueiil  for  using  torpedoes 
offeruslvelj',  and  can  steam  fifteen  miles  an  hour. 
In  (treat  Britain  In  i874-’7r>  the  fines  for  drunken¬ 
ness  imposed  upon  Mldlero  ainounlcd  to  the  stun 
of  £17,989  irorn  the  army  «nd  £696frotu  the  mllltl.i. 
An  llIUbtraHonorthe  value  of  timber  on  waste 
lands  Is  affoi-dcd  by  a  sale  of  wood  which  look 
place  on  the  estAte  of  the  Earl  of  Caw  or  In  Nairn¬ 
shire  the  other  day.  Tn  1820,  two  hills,  about  300 
acres  in  exlenl,  were  planted  with  fir  and  other 
trees,  and  after  siicceasive  thinning:;,  tho  sale  of 
which  realized  large  sums,  the  remainder  of  the 
wood  has  just  been  sold  off  for  the  sum  of  £i6,ooo. 
Tho  sums  realized  for  tho  wood  on  this  waste 
land  during  the  fifty  years  Is  stotod  to  be  equal 
per  acre  to  the  return  for  the  best  arable  land  In 
the  count  O'. 
An  old  manuscript  has  boon  fished  up  in  the 
archives  of  Pisa,  giving  a  precise  and  detailed 
description  of  an  Immense  trea.suro  sUleged  to  be 
buried  near  a  hospital  in  the  city  of  Cagllare, 
Island  ot  Sardinia.  The  treasure  la  minutely 
described  as  ronalRtlng  of  millions  of  money  and 
of  phenomenally  sized  diamonds,  and  Is  promised 
to  the  finder.  Amatours  have  been  zealously 
digging  away  for  It,  but  so  far  In  the  dark. 
The  ravages  ot  yellow  fever  at  Klo  Janeiro  are 
Increasing. 
It  is  reported  that  ( larllst  depots  of  arms  still 
exist  In  Biscay. 
The  Fr(?ncb  C  liamhcr  of  Deputies  has  annulled 
the  election  of  Peynisse,  Bonapartlst. 
Sir  Henry  Halford  has  formally  resigned  the 
captaincy  of  tho  British  national  rifle  team. 
The  Spanish  commission  on  the  constitution 
proposes  to  increase  the  number  of  senators  to  son. 
The  strtkci  or  the  dock  laborers  at  Liverpool  ha.s 
ended,  the  men  resuming  work  on  the  old  terms. 
Russia  Intends  to  re-open  negotiations  In  regard 
to  the  codification  of  imernatloual  rights  In  time 
Of  war,  and  boijes  England  will  adhere  to  the 
amended  proposals  of  the  Brussels  conference. 
'  ■  ♦  ♦  »  - - 
THE  SEASON,  CROPS,  PRICES,  ETC. 
Eyndonvllle,  Col.  Co.,  Vt.,  April  3.— A  foot 
Of  snow,  more  or  less,  has  fallen  during  the  past 
two  weeks,  and  t  he  weather  continues  cold  and 
wlnter-lIke.  Tlie  hoary  -  headed  old  gentleman 
seems  fondly  to  linger  in  the  lap  of  spring,  and 
the  fair  maiden  coolly  smiles  and  consenus.  \'ery 
lltUe  maple,  sugar  has  been  made  in  this  section 
yet,  although  some  was  made  two  or  three  weeks 
ago.  The  demand  Huts  tar  has  exceeded  the  sup¬ 
ply.  The  weather  at  present  Is  fair  and  plea.sant, 
and  with  due  moderation  It  may  afford  business 
for  sugar  makers.  The  .voting  miks  already  have 
their  “ appolntmenis, ”  and  "sugar  party”  the 
present  month  Is  their  special  InsHlutlon.— i.  w.s. 
1Villi<ln.,  I. yon  Co.,  lovvn,  .Vlurcli  29.— AVe 
have  hod  a  very  mild  winter.  No  snow  until 
March!,  and  very  mtlc  since  then.  March  was 
the  coldest  month  01  the  four.  Robins  and  other 
spring  birds  hero  .since  the  middle  of  February. 
Crops  of  all  kinds  good.  -  No  gras-shoppers  to  do 
any  damage.  Wheat,  No.  2,  ssc.;  oai«,  80c.;  corn, 
25c.;  ai  surfeit  of  iiolatoca  and  uU  kinds  of  vogeta- 
blcs;  pork,  8.!J1‘2c.;  fat  cattle,  3(»,ric.  gross;  mllcli 
cows,  $301^35;  work  oxen.  $100@I25  yoke;  hoi-ses, 
$100(4112  apiece.  Wild  jiralrle,  $5967  acre.  No 
homestead  laud  left,  but  railroad  and  speculators’ 
land  for  sale  on  long  time  at  very  low  figures.  A 
smooth  prairie  country  of  great  fertility  and  room 
for  thoasands.— .4.  k.  11. 
