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HOME NEWS. 
Monday, Jan. 31,1881. 
Public opinion Is loud and earnest all over 
the country against the consolidation ot the 
three ehler telegraph companies. Protests from 
Chambers of commerce. Cotton Exchanges and 
other commercial bodies strongly deprecate the 
resulting monopoly ; while the public at large Is 
well represented by the press of the country which, 
as a rule, Is earnestly opposed to the Imposi¬ 
tion. The consolidation is against the laws 
ot Pennsylvania, which. In giving Its franchise to 
the American Union Company a few years ago. 
stipulated that, it should not be amalgamated with 
other companies. It Is said the law officers will 
rigidly enrorce this provision ; but similar viola¬ 
tions of the law have been made by other com¬ 
panies—notably by the Pennsylvania Railroad- 
without legal Interference, and its hardly likely 
that the law officers will persistently oppose the 
present outrage unless public opinion forces them 
to do so. la this state Injunctions have hitherto 
prevented consolidation, but wltb vast capital and 
ivjlnefuse at their backs, Che companies are likely 
to win. Jay Gould Is said to be on the point of 
clearing *5 000,000 by the scheme; Vanderbilt will 
net nearly as much; other heavy capitalists will 
also feather their Dests deeply, and they are bound 
to stick to the measure unless the dominant voice 
of the People forbids it. Measures looking to Its pre¬ 
vention have been Introduced into the Legislature 
of thl3 and several other states, and a resolution 
has been brought berore Congress to Investigate 
the cost of the various telegraph lines under oath. 
It is proposed by the. companies to raise the present 
capital ot some fifty or sixty million dollars to 
eighty millions, the addition to be pure “ water,” on 
which, however, the public are to be forced to pay 
from five to ten per cent a year, as If It was a gen- 
untne investment. Much of the present capital 
also represents •• water;” ror It seems that all the 
lines which will represent $sn, 000,000 If the “ deal ” 
is made, could be built by the Government to-day 
for from fis.oyO.ooo to $ 2 U.ooo,ooo,. and public opin¬ 
ion Is growing strongly lp favor ot such a measure 
as a permanent protection ot the people against 
the unscrupulous greed of capitalists; for it Is be¬ 
coming clearer and clearer each day that unless 
where protected by the criminal taws, the public 
now have no rights which monopolists are bowul 
to respect. 
Tns following bills of general Interest were In¬ 
troduced Into Con grces during the week: To con¬ 
struct a bridge over Niagara River.... To print 
30,000 copies of the Ent’gical Report on the Cotton 
Worm,.,.To assign land to the Indians ‘in several¬ 
ly ”—that is to give each head of a family so many 
acres to bo his own, Instead of all having the land 
in common, as now. The present system is sup¬ 
posed to roster idleness and improvidence, as no 
One can feel that he Is working for himself and his 
owu family....To enable planters to furnish their 
laborers with tobacco without first obtaining a re¬ 
tail dealer's license-To construct, a double¬ 
track railway irom New York to Council Bluffs. 
This Is designed as a competitor against the pres¬ 
ent monopolies.... To appoint a commission to 
examine and report upon the adulteration of food. 
... Ot the 2'ith a bill reported In the Senate 
by Mr. Johnston, or Va., from the select com¬ 
mittee on the subject of pleuro pneumonia and 
other contagious diseases ot domestic animals, 
was ordered printed and recommitted to tUe com¬ 
mittee....The bill provides for the organization of 
a Bureau of Animal Industry in the Department 
of Agriculture. It authorizes the Commissioner ot 
Agriculture to appoint a ehler of this bureau, who 
Is to be a competent veterinary surgeon approved 
of by the National Board of Health, and whose 
duty It will be to investigate and report the value 
and condition or domestic animals and also the 
causes of contagious diseases among them, and to 
provide for the prevention and cure of the same. 
The commissioner or Agriculture Is authorized by 
the bill to purchase and slaughter diseased ani¬ 
mats, provided the sum paid for them shall Dot 
exceed two-thlrda of the marker, value of healthy 
animals. Two hundred thousand dollars are ap¬ 
propriated to meet the expenses locurred in car¬ 
rying out t he provisions of the act Among other 
matters discussed either In the Senate or nouse 
has been the re appointment of Gen. Grant to the 
position of General of the armies, to be retired 
with full pay, in acknowledgment of his great 
services to the country; the President being au¬ 
thorized to call him to active duty should the 
country ever need his services. This was sup¬ 
ported vigorously by all the Republican Senators 
and opposed by all the Democrats except Lamar 
of Miss, and Judge Davis or ill, who were In favor 
or the measure ...The telegraph monopoly was 
dlscu-sed, showing It has many bitter enemies— 
but then the friends Qf such rich schemes that can 
afford to buy men, find it safer and equally profit¬ 
able lo ravor them by their votes without calling 
attention by making fuss about, the matter. 
The bill appropriating $500,000 for completing and 
compiling the Census returns was passed with 
lit tie discussion... The Commissioner of Pensions 
has written a letter to the chairman of the Senate 
committee on appropriations, in which he esti¬ 
mates that more than $509,000,000 will be required 
to pay all claims under the arrearages of pensions. 
— A special congressional committee has discov¬ 
ered that tons ot political matter were sent free 
through the post office at the last election, thus 
charging tho country with party expenses. Sev¬ 
eral boxes containing 80,000 documents still re¬ 
mained in the P, 0„ all of which were sent by 
Democratic Congressmen, Cox of N. Y., being 
credited with 62 ,ooo. The Dcmocrats.were caught 
this time; but the Republicans probably were just 
as sinful when they were in a majority_A com¬ 
mittee of five has been appointed to look after 
diseases among live stock.... Nebraska has elected 
to the U. s. Senate, C. H. Van Wyek. a farmer, 
aud, of course, an antl-rallroad man. Good for 
Nebraska! — On Thursday, the “Women Huffrag- 
Ists ”had “field day” before the Senate, when a 
motion was made to appoint a standing committee 
upon the rights ot women—pigeon-holed by refer¬ 
ence to the Committee on Rules by a vote ot 26 to 23 . 
The Refunding Bill, after haring been for weeks 
discussed in the House, has finally passed that 
body. It provides that to pay off the bonds bear¬ 
ing five and six per cent, interest, now amounting 
to $650,000,000, a batch of new bonds shall be issued 
bearlngonly three percent, interest, to the amount 
of $400,000, and also $300,000,000 worth of three per 
cent, certificates In denominations of $ 10 , $20 and 
$50. Various provisions are attached In order to 
put these bonds Into circulation; for It Is hardly 
believed that capitalists will Invest their money In 
bonds that pay only three per cent tnterest. The 
certificates, being for small sums. It Is thought 
will be taken by the people at large as safe invest¬ 
ments. 
In the Pennsylvania Legislature there has been 
a deadlock for a week or more over the election ot 
a l . S. Senator. The term of Wallace, ODe of the 
two present Senators and a Democrat, expires 
on March 4, and as the Legislature is Republican, 
a representative of that, party la expected to suo 
ceed him Mr Oliver, a large iron manufacturer 
of Pittsburg, was nominated by a caucus of the 
Republican members of the House and Senate, but 
a considerable number objected to him so strongly 
that they “ bolted ’’—refused to abide by the decis¬ 
ion of the caucus—aud without their votes the Re¬ 
publicans haven’t a majority, and so can’t elect, 
the ‘Tegular” nominee. There are 239 votes, 
making 119 necessary for a choice. Of these H. W. 
Oliver has 85 by last ballot. Galusha a. Grow, the 
*• bolters' ” candidate. 57, and Wallace 86 solid 
Democratic votes. The two Republican factions 
are obstinate; the “Ollvorltes,” because they are 
“ regular,” have the majority, are backed by Cam¬ 
eron and the “ machine,” and hope to win ulti¬ 
mately; the “Growers” because they are antl- 
machlnists, and theretore supposed to represent 
the steadfastness and all the other virtues ot the 
party.... Down In Tennessee there was also, for a 
week or so, a pretty obstinate deadlock over the 
election or a U. S. senator, dining which Maynard, 
the present Postmaster General, came within three 
votes of being elected; but finally Howell E. Jack- 
son. a State-Credit Democrat, w as elected, most of 
the Republicans joining with most, of the Demo¬ 
crats at the close. He is against repudiation of 
the State debt or any part of It....General W. J. 
Sewell has been elected U. S. Senator fromN. J., 
to succeed Randolph, the present Democratic Sen¬ 
ator. The new man la a Republican, and Is said 
to have been elected through railroad Influence, as 
lie has always sided with railroads against all op- 
ponents.. Wisconsin sends Philetus Sawyer to 
the r. s. senate. He haa yet to make a name 
known away from home.... A. U. Maxey tins been 
re-elected U. 8 Senator from Texas on the first 
ballot, by 73 votes, against 42 for Throckmorton, 1 
tor Reagan, all three Democrats, and 6 ter Davis, 
Republican. 
Father Purcell, brother ot the Roman Catholic 
Archbishop of Cincinnati, died last Thursday, aged 
73. It was he wno mismanaged the Bishop’s sav¬ 
ings bank, which failed for upwards of $8,000,000 
about three years ago. Folks are out. of their 
money yet .Severe storms visited various 
parts of the country on Friday, Jau. 21st. New 
England and the Middle States were covered with 
a thick coating of Ice, caused by the freezing or 
rulu as it toll Hundreds or miles of telegrapn 
wires were broken down and many poles fell under 
their heavy burdens. Telegraphic communication 
was suspend!d between a number of cities. Five 
Inches or snow fell in Mobile on Sunday night. The 
snow in New Orleans continued to fall during Sun¬ 
day night and .Monday morning, until It lay two or 
three inches deep on the house tops In the city and 
three to four inches deep on the ground in the 
suburbs. It was the heaviest snow-fall In New 
Orleans since 1S52. snow fell at Augusta, Georgia, 
on Monday, for eight hours—a thing unprecedent¬ 
ed there—but it melted ua fast as it fell. The heav¬ 
iest snow-fall in fifty years Is reported in South 
Caroltna, and heavy snow is also reported In North 
Carolina.President Hayes has nominated 
Edward O. Billings, of Louisiana, to be United 
States Judge tor the Fifth Circuit, to succeed 
Judge Woods, promoted. 
The World’s Fair Commission are busy “ laying 
pipes " to commence operations. Already nearly 
$ 1 .- 100.000 have been subscribed positively, and 
about twice as much condfilonally on a certain 
minimum sum being raised. A lease of the In¬ 
wood site of the Fair has been signed, and every¬ 
thing looks as bright as can be expected In such 
gloomy weather. This fair is to be a national af¬ 
fair, so tfiat the whole country should at once Join 
In making it a national success. After all, that 
little Philadelphia concern of ’70 was really useful 
—It gave some hints for the Great American Exhi¬ 
bition of ’83..._A cerilflcate of the death of 
Mrs. sally Hunter, aged 115 years, was received at 
the Health Office at Washington the other day. 
Mrs, Hunter was born in Westmoreland County, 
Va,, in 1706, and belonged to the Washington es¬ 
tate, being one of the servants manumitted by the 
General’S will. She lived In that county until the 
war, when she and her children went to Washing¬ 
ton, where she has slnoe resided. This la supposed 
at Washington to be the last, ot the servants of 
George Washington, but we aU know that G. W.’s 
servants are bound to turn up alive here and there 
for at least the next 60 years. 
The Permanent Exhibition at Philadelphia—the 
souvenir of the Big Show of four years ago—la 
about to be sold and so the concern comes to an 
end. To keep up a thing of that sort was too 
much to expect from a provincial town like Phila¬ 
delphia, especially when our Big show herb Is 
about to dwarf Into insignificance the affair of 
which the collapsed exhibition was a memorial... 
... .A bill has been introduced into the Legislature 
or this State establishing the whipping post for 
wife beaters. Air. Bcrgh, of the Society against 
cruelty to AnlmaiB la its author, mtherto, all his 
efforts have been In favor of brutes; shouldn't he, 
therefore, in the present case, be on the side of 
the wlfe-beaters. Ben. Franklin's original pa- 
pers—or eorue of them—are for sale, and Secretary 
Evarts advises the government to pay $ 20,000 for 
them.Congress proposes to spend $ 3 , 000,000 
for a Congressional library building. If the casket 
shall be so costly, what must be the price of the 
Inclosed treasures?.Judge Swayne has re¬ 
signed his position as Associate Justice of the 
United states Supreme court, on account or old 
age, and Stanley Mathews, of Ohio, haa been 
nominated by President Hayes, In hts place. 
This was a loregone conclusion-some are wicked 
enough to call it a bargain. Mathews was born in 
Cincinnati in 1824, and Is an excellent lawyer, on 
the resignation of Sherman as Senator for Ohio to 
become Secretary of the Treasury In '77, Mathews 
was elected to succeed hlru as the stoutest of 
Hayes Republicans. Two years afterwards the 
Democrats carried the state and Pendleton was 
sent to sit In Mathews's chair in the Senate, Big 
hopes were entertained of him as a Senator by his 
friends and others—the others, at least, were dis¬ 
appointed. 
Three ships with fifteen hundred Chinamen for 
railway work, wiu arrive at Victoria, in April, and 
an equal number In June.At Cincinnati, the 
Expressmen’s Mutual Benefit association adjourn¬ 
ed, 'Thursday. S. M. Shoemaker, of Baltimore, 
was re-elected President. The executive commit¬ 
tee Includes T, T. Wallace, of Elmira, N. Y. Suth¬ 
erland Dewitt, or Elmira, was re-elected Grand 
Secretary and Treasurer. The next biennial meet- 
lng will be In Baltimore. . At the requestor 
Thomas Hughes, Bishop Qulntard, of Tennessee 
will make the new Rugby settlement his official 
and private home, and will build a residence in 
the Spring. 
ffndtanapoils Dally sentinel J 
No More Gossip, 
If we are correctly Informed, St. Jacobs Oil is 
now the usual tea-party topic In place of the 
former staple-free gossip. How wise and how 
much more beneficial! 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
In Ireland tbe Jury that sat at the trial of Par¬ 
nell and the other leaders or the Land League have 
disagreed, and all the Island, barring parts of 
Orange Ulster, has been ablaze with bonfires 
and red-hot enthusiasm. It is hardly likely that 
the Government will try again to secure a convic¬ 
tion. Indeed, it Is not unlikely it is glad to get 
out of the difficulty In this way. Meanwhile, the 
principles of t he Land League have become more 
widely known through the trlaJ, and Its power 
been more firmly consolidate!, in England the 
Government has Introduced into the House of 
Commons a bill to coerce Hibernian discontent_ 
or rather the violent expressions or It. It provides 
for the arrest of all parties In the disturbed dis¬ 
tricts. against whom there Is a reasonable suspi¬ 
cion that they are engaged In measures opposed to 
public tranquility, and their Imprisonment with¬ 
out appeal to habeas corpus, as well as their trial 
by Judges Instead of Jurlea-ln certain cases. Par¬ 
nell and (he other Home Rule Members of Parlia¬ 
ment have hitherto prevented action on the bill 
by their “ obstructive tactics,” and say they are 
pretty confident of being able to prevent Its be¬ 
coming a law, unless some unprecedented means 
are taken to alienee their opposition. The “Irish 
National Directory,” a Fenian organization, caused 
placards to be posted on the doors of chappla, 
churches, police barracks, etc., throughout the 
whole of 1 relaud, last Saturday night, counseling 
patience, vigilance, ana readiness on the people, 
It Is feared that an armed outbreak may occur 
which would be promptly suppressed. All me 
armories, dock-yards and other government mili¬ 
tary and naval repositories, not only In Ireland, 
but also In Great Britalu are guarded nightly lest 
Fenian conspirators should blow thorn up or burn 
them down. 
in South Africa Gen. sir George Colley with up¬ 
wards of 1,000 men, attacked the Boers In the 
Drakenberg Pass in the Transvaal, and was com¬ 
pletely routed, losing several valuable officers aud 
aoouc 200 men killed beside a large number 
woundea. The victors are said-by the vanquished 
ot course-to have lost 500. The British garrisons 
In the Transvaal are In a critical position and will 
probably be captured. The English Government 
Is hurrying forward reinforcements.Greece 
has so ,000 or more troops under arms and threatens 
immediate war on Turkey. The latter, to placate 
the great Powers.sUll seeks their interference; but 
says sternly that, should Greece begin the war, 
the Turkish fleet will exercise alt the rights war 
confers, bombard and ravage the Grecian weapons 
and extended coast, and do a world of mischief. 
The Greeks are showing much more manhood 
than It. was supposed ages 01 oppression had left in 
them. Should the war break out, no modern 
prophet can foretell where it will end England 
being hampered by the Irish troubles, Russia may 
again “pitch In,” In which case it may become a 
general European scrimmage. 
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AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
During tho four wceka ended November 27th, ah 
outbreaks of pleuro-pneumonta were reported In 
Great Britain, and 16r> cattle were attacked. In 
the corresponding period of last year there were 
104 outbreaks reported, and 303 cattle attacked.... 
. .. In Denmark pleuro pneumonia has broken out 
among the cattle at llolback lu Zealand, ot 47 
head of cattle that were killed, live were found to 
have been suffering from this disease.In 
the four weeks ended November 27th, 88 outbreaks 
or swine fever were reported In Great Britain, and 
368 animals attacked. In the corresponding period 
of last year 190 outbreaks were reported, and 968 
animals attacked.French farmers are ex¬ 
tremely sallsh”d with the present condition of the 
young wbea.. owing to the mildness of the 
weather during December. It has acquired suffi¬ 
cient strength to lie able to withstand the frosts 
which have set In with the new year. Field 
work is also forward, and there la no cause of 
complaint, except slight Inundations In some dis¬ 
tricts.From Banda Oriental the accounts 
about the wool clip and prospects or the wheat 
crop coUd not be better. The wool trade bad only 
begun—out of 250,Out) bales, estimated as last year s 
clip, only about 35,000 bales had been shipped. 
Prices for wool were higher than In any previous 
year.In Queensland, Australia, according 
lo advices of November SO, rains had fallen and 
the colony was looking well, generally. Shearing 
was nearly completed, most of the clip being shorn 
In the grease, and ou the whole was considered to 
be a heavy and a good one. Accounla of the wheat 
crops were mostly favorable.A farmera Co¬ 
operative Society, for shipping wheat on growers’ 
account to European markets, Is projected at Mel¬ 
bourne with a capital of jsHOOjiiH). The promoters 
Include Beveral members of Parliament 
Very disastrous ' lock news comes from the West- 
ern plains The snow Is extraordinarily deep, the 
cold unusually severe, and vast numbers of cattle 
are reported to have either starved or been frozen 
to death.Those Imported Jerseys that are 
affected with foot-and-mouth disease are strictly 
eontlued In this city, and will be kept quarantined 
until all danger from contagion Is over. The mal¬ 
ady yields slowly to treatment, so that the animals 
wiu not be a dead loss—unless they “ eat their 
heads off ” before they can be cured.An Im¬ 
portation ot three Clydesdale horses belonging to 
Keealdo Bro.s, arrived at this port a. few days ago. 
Last week a batch or Jerseys arrived In 
Halifax, Nova Scotia, on their way to the Sand¬ 
wich Islands—Jerseys will soon be dispersed as 
widely as Short-horns.... — Heavy rains are tele¬ 
graphed from the Venlto Abajo district in Chiba. 
The tobacco crop, It la said, will be heavy, but 
mostly of a light description suitable for the Euro¬ 
pean market.A new manufactory for mak¬ 
ing sugar from beets commenced work near Wil¬ 
mington, Delaware, abou t New Year s, The beets 
thus far received produce from 8 to 14 per 
cent, of sacch arlne matter, and cost the company 
from $3 60 to $t per ton. Fifty tons per d iy are 
worked up. ’The company propose to work by a 
new and Improved process,” and expect to pro¬ 
duce 275 tons ot raw suirar, 100 tons or molasses 
and 1,700 tons or pulp, the latter worth $! per ton 
for cattle food, In 1881. 
The following Is the statement of the corn crop 
for this year as compared with last year’s, made 
by col. C. Worthington, Statistician to the Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture. It has only just reached us. 
I 860 . 
,, . Bushels. 
Maine.. . Lsou.iiuu 
New Hampshire. - 
Vermont . 
MiitmuehuseltB. 
Rhode Island. 
Connecticut. 
New York..- 
New Jersey 
Delaware . 
Mary laud. 
Virginia... 
North Carolina. 
Houtb • Carolina. 
Georgia. 
,309,800 
1,847,700 
1.472,200 
277.200 
2.218.600 
24,602.600 
11 458,600 
' ' 7 “ . .••••••• 
I J emiHylvaula. 66.880.000 
0 , 760,000 
16,607,100 
25,027,800 
27,71:; ooo 
11,669,1)00 
\ erida. 2,237,900 
21,102,000 
22,74,7,600 
16.907,900 
7O.9Jl.100 
Alabama. 
Mississippi. 
Louisiana . 
1 exns.... .v.c.ji, iuu 
ArliansftB. 20.24,100 
leum-Hsee.... JK.uaonuo 
\\est\mmua. 11,899.300 
Kentucky. oi ,871,(too 
Dhm . 123.784,500 
Michigan .. 33.1 6,000 
Indiana. 7 . Ill,028,000 
Illinois . 262.2 7,,240 
Misoonwin. ., 4o.31o.lixf 
Minnesota. 46,094.900 
Iowa....,. • 07.202,600 
Missouri..... lil,U 6 , 0 uo 
Kansas . 72.4J0.lKHl 
Nebraska. 61.341.5IHJ 
Cautornia. 3 . 537.600 
Oregon .. 8J.6W) 
Nevada. Colorado, and the 
Territories. 3,107.8’0 
„ 1879. 
Bushels. 
1,685,950 
1,857,895 
2,087.960 
1,886,000 
268 800 
3,218,. o9 
22,706,650 
8,970 560 
44.605.600 
4.800.000 
13,720,428 
19.957.600 
S >,677.900 
9,702.2tiO 
20,637,400 
1.945,820 
25,4M.660 
24.9J6.73U 
42.592.60U 
•29,194,000 
22,431,840 
50,898,760 
ll.JU3.3WJ 
64,736,000 
lod 056,360 
30,913,500 
134,922,1541 
300,220.050 
719,311,040 
15,715,000 
13),191,720 
141.937.920 
89,119,740 
62 458,680 
2,814 000 
442,400 
2,750,100 
Total.1,637,635,940 1.644,899,293 
The production ot wool In California In isso was 
46,074,154 pounds, against 46.903.360 pounds In lfiio. 
The stock on hand in San Freoclsco December ai, 
isso, was about 2 , 000,000 pounds. The California 
Spring clip was a good average, while the Fall 
wools are very poor. The quantity or fine wool 
seems to Increase annually. The Mark Lane 
Express of January *24 says:—'Tue young crops, 
protected by snow, are doing well. The threshing 
results show that the crop of 1830 has been greatly 
overesilmated. while the unfortunate harvest 
weather haa evidently ruined the condition or the 
greater portion. It might bt3 found cheaper, there¬ 
fore, to malt for cattle the more damaged speci¬ 
mens, Instead ot marketing It In competition with 
rorelgn. Foreign wheat was extremely dull, and 
sometimes stagnant. The reticence of American 
exporters la a matter of Indifference to British 
consumers, as higher rates are unwarranted ror 
the future. It appears they have missed their 
cuanees. India contributed one-third or i tie week's 
shipments, which wore so small, on account of the 
frost, while Austria, Chill and ltusbla are ex¬ 
porting. 
The peach-buds on the Peninsula have just gone 
through their annual experience of being killed— 
If the growers’ reports are to be accepted.It 
la now consldere-d certalu, according to a cable¬ 
gram of January 20 that the Egyptian notion 
crop will exceed the first estimates by about 30 
per cent. 
Bad reports of the Winter wheat come Irom Iowa 
and from Southern Indiana and Illinois, where the 
land 13 said to be “ a mass of Ice,” The early ad¬ 
vent of cold, however, prevented much injury to 
the crop from Insects everywhere, besides lessen¬ 
ing the egg deposits of the posts, while the severity 
ol the Wluter has been ratal to many of them, so 
that, on the whole, although It is about time we 
should have a break In t he run or fine crops, there 
la as yet no great fear that it will occur this r. 
