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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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HOME NEWS. 
Monday, May 23, 1881. 
Tills lias Deon an eventful week at Washington. 
Senator-! Oonkling’s ana Piatt'a resignations, noted 
here in lost issue, threw the political world into 
quite an uproar, as the action was entirely unex¬ 
pected. 'they wrote an extended letter to Gov, 
Cornell explaining the course they had taken 
and the reasons tor It. The State Legislature has 
not yet acted upon their communication. On the 
18th InstJ the long-pending nomination of Judge 
Robertson to the collectorshlp of this Port was 
conllrmcd, which was considered a victory for the 
Administration. Salutes were ilred in Now York, 
Albany, Hudson, Rochester, rtlcaand other cities 
over Robertson’s eon Urination, on the I9t.h, 
the President Bent in another batch of nominations 
including, with two exceptions, those recently 
withdrawn from the Senate. Mr. I.oilng of Massa¬ 
chusetts was nominated and conhrmed Commis¬ 
sioner of Agriculture, vice Le Due resigned. On 
the 20th Inst., the Seuate rejected the nomination 
of Win. E Chandler, as Sollcltor-Oencral bya vote 
of 24 to 14, and at 0 r. m. it adjourned strut ate, 
A small colony of Latter-Day Saints, on their 
way to Salt Lake City, landed at San Francisco on 
the 19th mat., from Australia tn the steamer City 
of Sydney. They proceeded to Utah by thenrst 
train. 
The contract lor postal cartl3, which has been 
awarded to a New York firm, will result In a sav¬ 
ing of fan,ouu to the government during the con¬ 
tract term of four years. The number of cardB re¬ 
quired la estimated at 2 , 000 , 000 , 000 . 
Both houses of the Michigan Legislature have 
passed the amendment tu the liquor tax Dill, 
whereby the tax on retail Boilers of malt liquors is 
raised lo $>oo, and on dlBtllled liquors to $300, 
Wholesalu malt, liquor dealers' lax is raised U) $200 ; 
distilled llquojs to $500, 
It la stated that the Interior Department will 
devote $ 80,000 to build a boarding school for In¬ 
dians, accommodating 300 pupils at tne agency or 
the Red Cloud Indians, in Nebraska. 
An enthusiastic meeting has been held In Den¬ 
ver, Col., In favor of a national raining and indus¬ 
trial exposition. A committee representing va¬ 
rious business interests, was appointed to arrange 
preliminaries. 
The following la a statement In detail of the not 
annual saving In the cost of star route anil steam¬ 
boat mall service under the administration of 
Postmaster General James —For the month of 
March, $215,490; for the month of April, $84,531 ; 
From May 1 to May 13, $ll2,tn3 ; total, $412,034- 
This saving has been ejected without in any way 
crippling the service or curtailing its efficiency, 
and nas been made on exact Information gathered 
by inspectors of the department who have care¬ 
fully examined the various routes. Much of the 
reduction la the result of the labors of the com¬ 
mission sent to Memphis to lnvesilgate the river 
service ramifying from that point. A very con¬ 
siderate additional reduction will be made on the 
30 th of June next, when useless service will be 
allowed lo lapse. 
Among the applicants tor admission totUe bar 
at Ithaca, N. Y , last week, was Frank Walworth, 
who was pardoned out of the State prison four 
years age, where he was serving a sentence for the 
muidor of his father, on the ground that his 
physical constitution had entirely broken down. 
Through oirong Influence, soon after hts Impris¬ 
onment, he was transferred to the insane asylum, 
on the ground of Insanity, but from this he was 
afterwards discharged, his sanity having been 
established. 
in the Pennsylvania .state Senate a resolution 
was unanimously agreed to and seat to tne House 
for discussion, looking to the transfer or tne re¬ 
mains of William Penn from Jordan Mooting-house 
graveyard, Buckinghamshire, England, to Phila¬ 
delphia. The resolution also provides that copies 
be sent to Peter Penn Gaskolt, Ireland, and Wil¬ 
liam Stewart, England, representatives at law of 
William Penn, asking their co-operation In the 
matter, and requests the co-operation of the Pres¬ 
ident or the United States. 
The work or naming and numbering the streets 
of San Antonio, Texas, was begun recently. Al¬ 
though the city is over 100 years old, but tew of 
the streets have been named, and none numbered. 
Utah la just now the chosen held for considera¬ 
ble Christian missionary work. There are forty- 
four Presbyterian missionaries in the Territory, 
maintained at an annual cost of $3ti,ooo, the Uon- 
gregatlonallats are spending $30,000 tn new Boliool 
bouses and churches, the Methodists have twenty 
missionaries on the ground, and other denomina¬ 
tions are represented. These tremendous on¬ 
slaughts have Incited the Mormons to renewed zeal. 
The revised New Testament was given to the 
public on the 20th lust. The advanced sale reached 
800,000 through the Now York and Philadelphia 
agents. The Book is issued in several styles of 
binding and Is sold at from 15 cents to $10 a copy. 
A tire involving a loss 01 $500,(too occurred In 
Nashville, Term, on the iTth. The Western 
Union Telegraph building was among the ilrst to 
succumb. 
The memorial monument of George B. Armstrong 
who organized the 1 1 altod States postal railroad 
service, was unveiled on CUe 19th Lust., at CUtcugo 
in the presence of 5,ooo people. An oration was 
delivered by Schuyler Colfax. 
Several hundred passengers arrived on one 
steamer at San Francisco, the other day, from the 
Australian colonics and Honolulu, neurly all of 
whom are traveling tnroagh America on their 
way to Europe tor a tour of pleasure. This hap¬ 
pens frequently, and these travelers spend money 
freely on the way. 
The, occasion of the decoration of confederate 
soldiers’ graves at M emphls , Term., was charac¬ 
terized by the presence of 0,000 persons gathered to 
scatter their floral offerings. Casey Young de¬ 
livered the oration and Miss Olivia Hall read a 
poem. 
“ VICTORY !” 
Under this caption, a gent leman In Iowa, who 
had procured the compound oxygen Treatment 
for hla wife, writes: " lam surprised at Jtadinrj 
her so 'lu nch unproved tn health. When she began 
using the Oxygen she could not sit up more than 
four Uoura at a time; could not walk a quarter of 
a mile. Improved from the first inhalation, and 
now, having used the treatment ror six weeks, 
docs considerable work around the house, and can 
walk 1 mo miles and not be tmti. Raises no more 
bloody matter. No cough, sleeps and eats well. 
All that 1 can aay la, ‘ Thank Gcd and l)rs Star¬ 
key k: Palen !' ” Our treatise on Compound Oxy 
gen, Its Nature, Action and Results, sent free. Drs. 
Ktaukky & 1 'ai.kn, 1109 and 11 il Girard Street, 
Philadelphia, Pa.—Ado. 
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AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
Thk W lscoiiHln Legislature has appropriated 
$l t ooo for experiments with Early Amber Sugar¬ 
cane.The next great Texas cattle drive Is 
estimated at 250,000 heart with a supplementary 
drove of 50,uoo from t.Ue NortnweBtem part of tho 
State.In tho Smithsonian grounds, Wash¬ 
ington, 50,000 bedded plants were set out last. year. 
.Potato bugs have appeared In such num¬ 
bers lu Bergen cottuty, N. J„ as to threaten the 
total destruction of tUe crop aa fast aa It appears. 
They arc to be round on the nighwaya ana fences 
in swarms. They have also put in a numerous 
appearance In I Hater, orange and Dutchess, Dela¬ 
ware, Sullivan uni Sohohaile Counties, N. Y._ 
A telegram from Oswego. N. Y., on the isth,, 
says:—'The Army worm uas made Its appearance 
In this section, destroying all kinds of vegetation. 
Several Holds of grain have been destroyed and 
hundreds or acres of pasture land have been strip¬ 
ped of every green thing. Reports from all parts 
of St. Lawrence county Indicate that the ravages 
or the worms extend over the whole of Northern 
Now York, werioua consequences are roared, and 
many of the rarmers arc greatly azRated. 
A dispatch from RhlnebcOk, N. Y., on the 20 th 
says:-The Army-worm has made Its appearance 
in southern Dutcncss county, ltls reported that 
It la doing great damage to vegetation, especially 
to tomato aud oucumber plants ana tne various 
early vines. Another dispatch of same date, 
from Orange, Sussex Co., N. J., says 'The Army- 
worm la causing consternation among the market- 
gardeners of New Jersey, who grow early produce 
for tho New York market. Already Iho worms 
arc disastrously active, despite the cool weather, 
and thousands of early plants are destroyed every 
night, causing heavy losses. The tomato plan’s 
are attacked principally.A tele¬ 
gram from St. Louts on May 19 says:—Reports 
aro received from various counties In the South¬ 
western part of Missouri to tho effeot that the fly 
has already ruined thousands 01 acres of wheat, 
and fears are entertained that the crops In that 
section or the .state will be more thau halt de¬ 
stroyed... . 
It has been decided by the English Courts, that to 
carry deck loads or live-stock la Illegal, and that 
If the animals are washed or thrown overboard no 
damages can be obtained for their loss from the 
ownors of the vessel, and If they are Jettisoned ror 
the safety of the other cargo nothing can here- 
covered In the way of a general average . 
From sixty-eight to seventy-two per cent, of the 
total wheat yield of tho country Is Winter wheat.. 
... .The Hereford breeders propose to hold a con¬ 
vention at the Grand Pacific Hotel, Chicago, on 
•Tune 22 .The Delaware Beet Sugar Company 
has leased 300 acres In ravorable locations in Dela¬ 
ware for the purpose of raising Its own beets, as 
farmers seem to take little Interest lu raising a 
supply........ To April 20 , the entries in the Jer¬ 
sey Cattle club Register for the current year were: 
bulls, 1,030 ; cows, 2 , 202 . The total numbered reg¬ 
istered to that date was IT,603. TUe new 
officers of tho Jersey cattle Club are: John D. 
Wing, New York, President; Geo. E. waring, Jr., 
Rhode Island, Seoreturv ; H. M. Howe, Rhode 
Island, Treasurer; Kdw. Burnett, Mass.; Edw. 
E. Barney, Ohio, were elected directors to 
serve two years, along with John 1. Holly and 
W. 8. Taylor, formerly chosen..... 
.. At a 11 auction sale of a herd of 
Shorl-horuBon May 18, at Port. Huron, Michigan, 
on the farm or Avery, Murphy &, stebblns, about 
two hundred cattle breeders were present from 
Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, 
Missouri and Kentucky. Among Lite highest 
prices were.; $7,525 for Airdrie Duchess the tenth, 
calved In ikho hy t he twent y-third Duke of Airdrie; 
$ 3,0110 ror Airdrie Duchess the tilth, calved In 18T4 ; 
IT.tioo for Airdrie Duchess tho Becond, calved in 
LsTt, and$5,955 for Airdrie Duchess the eleventh, 
calved in lsst.According to the schedule of 
the Illinois Central Railroad tomatoes are vege¬ 
tables—not fruits, and therefore pay 25 per cent, 
less freight charges than they otherwise would... 
.. . Indiana has 103,000 acres or flax, yielding 1,185,- 
000 bushels of seed—or about six husUels per acre 
—and isti.ooo tonB of liber. .. Chas. A. Davis, a 
graduate of the Mich. Agr. College has been chos¬ 
en for tho uhalr of chemistry and Math melius la 
the Colorado Agr. College . Louisiana Is 
threateued with a disastrous flood from the turbid 
Mississippi.Hlnceisu the grain crops of 
the United States have been valued at the enor¬ 
mous sum of $ 10 , 000 ,ooo, 000 , or an average of $1,- 
000 , 000,000 per annum, of this total about one- 
half. or $6, 000 , 000 ,ooo has been the value of the 
corn crop, while the wheat crop during tho same 
period has aggregated a value or $n, 500 , 000 , 000 . in 
the year iksu the United States exported 144,493,007 
bushels of wheat, valued at $171,420,195, and 7,128,- 
164 barrels of flour, Invoiced at $39,613,847. 
On May mh tho towboat Ouklund left at, Louis 
for New Orleans with a tow comprising 150,000 
bushels of wheat; 200,000 bushels of corn ; 5,000 
barrels of flour and 500 tons of miscellaneous 
freight, making lo all about 11,000 tons.on 
the next, day two other tows followed with about 
250,000 bushels of grain each.A telegram 
from New Orleans announces the safe arrival of tho 
uaklaud and hertow last Saturday.The Mark 
Lane Express (Eng.)of last Monday says: “ Dry 
harsh winds during the week have materially re¬ 
duced crop prospects. A change, unless It comes 
shortly, will be too late to save Spring wheat, 
which begins to look yellow.” Altogether the sea¬ 
son Is among the latest on record.The bill pro¬ 
viding for the adoption of trade marks for dairy 
products In tills State has passed both Houses and 
was signed by the Governor last Thursday. 
A project for building a grand Horticultural Hall 
la under way in this city. It Is said $55,000 have 
been already subscribed and $10,0#) more prom¬ 
ised. It Is thought that enough to begin opera¬ 
tions will be collected by the middle of July. 
The remarkable growth of tho beet sugar crop 
In Europe is made the subject or an Interesting 
article In a late number of the London Grocer. 
The following exhibits tho number of tons of beet 
sugar produced In former years 
1879-80. 1878.79. 1877-78. 1876-77. 
Germany,.... 411 .COO 126,7(8) 383,800 291,200 
Franco. 277,9UU 432.660 * 96.100 243,300 
Austria and lIUDBurj'. 400,400 406.900 330,800 247.200 
Uim laand Poland ... 226.000 215.000 2200 0 26*>.uoo 
Belgium, Holland, etc 83.000 99,900 88 , 116 ) 09,500 
Total number tone,.1,403,900 1,574,160 1.430,80) 1 , 101,200 
In the annual report of tire Minneapolis Board 
of Trade for 1880, attention Is called tothelact 
that actual sales of spot wheat, at that city are 
great er than at eit her Uhlcago or Milwaukee. 
... The National Cotton Exchange of America will 
hold a convention at at. Louts on Wednesday, July 
20 . Various matters of Importance to tho trade 
and planting Interests wlU be considered, among 
which will be the special reports from exchanges 
on the subject of selling cotton by net weight,.... 
— Rail mights on grain irom Chicago and Mil¬ 
waukee to New York are $6 per ton of 2,000 potrads, 
or 18 cents per bushel of ou pounds. Lake freights 
from Chicago and Milwaukee to Buffalo are 6'j 
cents for wheat of 60 pounds, and 6 cents for corn 
of 06 pounds per bushel...The Western Divis¬ 
ion of the Erie Canal was opened at Buffalo on the 
18th Inst. Canal freights from thence to New York 
are, wheat J cents and corn e.v cents for 60 and 
66 pounds respectively. The water rate Is I2jtf 
cents on wheat, against is cents by rail.Ocean 
freights, with Increasing receipts at New York, 
improved, and closed at 3 pence tor grain from 
N, Y. to Liverpool, Saturday... At latest postal ad¬ 
vices navigation had been reopened at moat of the 
Baltic pons_ in Germany, per Hamburg ad¬ 
vices, under date of April so, the weather was still 
cold, with night frosts. The autumn-sown crops 
were all backward. Many fields had been dam¬ 
aged by the severe winter, but complaints were 
not serious. .The visible supply of grain, 
comprising the stocks in granary at the Drlnclpal 
points of accumulation at lake and seaboard porta, 
and on rail Irom Western lake and river ports and 
frozen in on New York canals, la:— 
1881. I860. 
May 14. May 15. 
bush. bush. 
Wheat.16,277.622 20.357.948 
Cora. 11.047,188 12,092,167 
Oats. 3,164,761 2,024,787 
Bn-ley. 830,326 636.787 
ltye. 222,909 480,693 
Total......31.058,806 85,592,382 
A cablegram from London announces that tho 
Privy Council has ordered that all cattle from 
Spain and Portugal shall henceforth be slaughter¬ 
ed at the port of debarkation. Hitherto cattle 
from these countries were allowed to be sold to 
farmers and graziers to be fattened after landing, 
as no cont aglous disease was known to exist among 
the herds at home. Now they are pul on the same 
footing as cattle t om this country on account of 
the discovery of toot-and-mouth disease among 
some of tno herds in the Peninsula.....The 
largest orchard aud vineyard tn Western Texas Is 
that of D. G. Babin, lie has 9,uuo vines, o.uoo of 
widen are In bearing. He has also 3,000 bearing 
peach and plum trees.A trial box of Florida 
oranges from Jacksonville arrived In London in 
excellent condition after a journey of three weeks. 
Only three oranges were damaged. The experi¬ 
ment Is to bo repeated.A cotton closely re¬ 
sembling wool nas been grown by Burnett Salmon 
of Oglethorpe. Ua. The seeds were picked up on a 
vessel from Zanzibar in port at Charleston, and 
planted out of curiosity.A Charlottsvllle, 
Va., company has Just sold to a firm of this city 
10.000 gallons of Virginia claret. The Piedmont 
section and tho Eastern slopes of the Blue Ridge 
promise to take rank among grape producing dis¬ 
tricts.TUe Farmers’ Home Journal of liar- 
din county, Ky., says gloomily ; *• stock of all 
kinds arc Udn, hogs dying with the cholera, dis¬ 
temper prevailing among horses, peaches nearly 
aP killed, and wheat crop not promising.". 
A Georgia paper says o! the devotion of that Slate 
to cotton planting: "Simply because all of us are 
struggling lo swell the crop to the largest possible 
dimensions, under tho silly ldua that wo can make 
more money out oNt, we rulu ourselves, and toll 
trom year’s end to year’s end without accumula¬ 
ting a cent of profit.”-Judge Travers of ihe 
lowa Supreme Court decides that railroad compa¬ 
nies are liable for Injuries to animals run over on 
Sunday, no matter how carefully tho trains are 
operated, because the running of trains at all on 
Sunday Is unlawful . .Lightning singled out a 
$5,000 stallion to kUl at Bloomington, III, leaving 
eleven comparatively valueless horses uninjured. 
The owner, who had been an earnest Christian, 
resigned hts church membership, and resumed a 
long-neglected habit of profanity, declaring that 
Providence was against him anyhow.The 
Canadian Pacific Railroad Hydlcate advertises Its 
lands at $2 50 per acre, with a rebate of $l.Gi) on all 
Improved wlthlil three years. The government 
wlU also reduce (tie price of pre-emption lands In 
that section from $5 to $2 so..Michigan bee* 
keepers report a loss of 65 per cent, of the store 
stock during the past Winter. 
Mr. Charles D. Hunter, of the long prominent 
New York butter Arm of Messrs, nunter, Walton 
& Co., died this week. Mr. Hunter was well known 
In this State and for many' years personally attend¬ 
ed to the country interests of his house. 
A meeting of firms Interested in the cider trade 
was held in this city on May 14, at which It was 
decided to hold a cider and older-vinegar makers’ 
convention at Syracuse, on June 7 and 8. To this 
meeting all interested in this Industry ore heartily 
Invited. The Michigan Horticultural soctety 
wilt hold Its Summer meeting at Benton Harbor 
on June 7. s and 9. Railroads will carry visitors at 
reduced rates, and Ihc citizens of the town will ac¬ 
commodate all. The convention will open in An- 
tladale’s hall at 1% o'clock on the evening or Juno 
i, arid all delegates are requested on their arrival 
to repair to the hall and register, when the recep¬ 
tion committee will care for them. It is desirable 
that, there be an exhibit of such fruits as may be 
in season, especially of new and promising varie¬ 
ties. T. L. Lyon is President, and Charles W. Gar¬ 
field Seoretary ot the Society. 
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A Hcllalrl© Iteruedy. 
Kidney-Wort, not orrly cures bad cases ot piles 
and all disorders of t he kidneys and liver, but Is a 
reliable remedy for a debilitated constitution. It 
acts on the bowels tvs a ml Id cathartic, carrying off 
the obstructing elements which oauso sickness.— 
ITalndealer. 
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Thousands of ladles to day cherish grateful re¬ 
membrances ot the help derived from the use of 
Lydia E. Ptnkham s Vegetable Compound, it pos¬ 
itively cures all fornale complaints Send to Mrs. 
Ljdla E. l'lnkham 233 Western Avenue, Lynn, 
Mass., for pamphlets. 
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Tropic-Fruit Laxative Is the beat and most 
agreeable preparation In the world tor constipa¬ 
tion, biliousness, etc. one-halt to one lozenge Is 
the dose. Price 25 and 60 cents per box. 
Sour stomach, sick headache and dizziness, Hop 
Bitters cures with a few doses. 
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Cabinet Organ*. 
There are numerous Arms throughout, this 
count) y who advertise Cabinet or Parlor organs, 
claiming superiority from facilities of manufac¬ 
ture, when In reality they never wore manufac¬ 
turers of any portion of an organ, and are simply 
agents and middlemen tor tl rrns who dare not, 
owing to the Interior quality of their lustnunents, 
advertise them over their own names. It Is a 
well known fact that the United States leads the 
world In tho manufacture of Organs In quality of 
tone, excellence ot mechanism and beauty of de¬ 
sign, and no manufacturer stands higher In every 
respect than the lion. Daniel F. Beatty, of Wash¬ 
ington, New Jersey, whoso manufactory Is now 
the largest in the world that sblpB direct. This 
enterprising gentleman was the first to offer the 
music-loving populace an opportunity to pur¬ 
chase direct of the manufacturer, thereby saving 
the public the enormous profits ot agents and 
middlemen. He has made many liberal offers and 
has never failed to keep every promise aud more, 
we have yet to receive the first complaint from 
any of our readers who have dealt with him. His 
last and grandest offer outstrips all others and Is 
an evidence of hla unparalleled success The 
Beethoven Organ is the most, brilliant and power¬ 
ful musical combination ever perfected, and Its 
superiority over all other organs la attained by 
tho valuable Parent Stop Action held only by Mr. 
Beatty. The reader should bear in mind that the 
"Beethoven,” which Is shipped on one month’s 
trial, has 27 etop3 ,10 full sets ot Golden Tongue 
Reeds, and la In every respect and detail the finest 
Instrument In tne world. The price at wlrtoh the 
Beethoven la offered, $ 60 , which Includes stool, 
book and music, must bring It within tho reach of 
every one. It Is important mat any one desiring 
one of the Matchless organs should order and re¬ 
mit at once by a Post Office Money order. Bank 
Draft, Registered Letter or Express prepaid. 
Nothing Is saved by correspondence, as the orders 
for this particular style are corning in so rapidly 
that the capacity or the Beatty Manufactory is 
being tested to its utmost, and cash orders very 
naturally take preference on order book. Tho 
feature of this great offer, viz, to refuud money 
sent and pay all freight charges if tne lustrumen- 
1 b not us represented, la not thlB sufficient guar¬ 
anty of the fair dealing ot Mayor Beatty ?— Adv. 
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Premature JLo** of tho Hair 
May he easily prevented by the use of Burnett’s 
Cocoainb. 
Housekkkpkuh should Insist upon obtaining 
Burnett’s Flavoring; JExtract*, they are 
the best. 
SPECIAL FROM THE CHIEF CENTERS. 
Until Saturday, May 21. 
Cincinnati.—W heat strong; No 2 red Winter 
$1.1K41. 12 . Cohn strong; No. 2 mixed 4Ho. Oats 
strong; No. 2 mixed 4o,'..e Rets In fair demand; 
No. 2 at $ 26. Barley dull; No. 3 Spring 02(^930. 
Poke firm at $16.50@1(>7,V Laid strong and higher 
at $10 60. Bulk-meats stronger; shoulders $5 62>y; 
clear tlh$-8.35. Bacon In fair demand and Him; 
shoulders $0 62 w; clear rib $9 25; clear tides $9 62k;. 
Butter easier, but not quotabiy lower, sugar 
Arm; hards lO’oCdlfl^O.; New Orleans 7.!.;@8',c. 
Butter - Fancy creamery tells at 2lt425o; prime 
do at 22(4230; choice daily at 19«<20c; choice v\ (st¬ 
ern Reserve at 16 ( 4180 : prime to choice ceniral 
Ohio I2^<gil6c; medium ioi.(* 12 C; and inferior 6(4So. 
per ii * i links*-There Is a better'supply Of pome 
new Ohio factory und the market run h earl> r at 
I0@10.jtf0. and good do Is selling at 9(£9>tfC per ll>., 
but .interior bus to be worled off at wbuttver it 
will bring. Seed—T be demand Is vi ry light. 
PlaXseed is steady at $1.10^1.12,K per bushel. Ger¬ 
man millet scllB at $2,26; can men millet at $1,69 
