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HOME NEWS. 
Monday, July 18, 1881. 
The President la now out or danger, aa la thought 
hy hla attendants, and hla full recovery 18 now hut 
a question of tune, aa far aa hla wound la con¬ 
cerned. 
On Saturday last Warner Miller was elected to 
succeed Platt In the United States Senate, receiv¬ 
ing T6 votes out of us cast. The convention then 
adjourned until to-day, when another attempt 
will he made to elect a Buocessor to Mr. Conkling. 
A terrible cyclone passed over the village of 
New Ulm, Minn., on theiflth lnst. Over a hundred 
buildings were destroyed and many persona killed 
or wounded. Hundreds have been left homeless. 
Grlscom, the Chicago faster, completed hla 45 
days without food on Tuesday last. He haa lost 
49 % pounds since beginning hla fast, bis weight at 
at the close being 14T%\ He drank during the time 
an average of about S2 ounces of water a day. 
A new war on passenger rates to the West has 
begun. Prom Boston to Chicago the cut rates 
are $10, and from this city to Chicago the fare 
Is $14. Thla open rivalry between different lines 
la said to have been started by the sate of tickets 
at reduced rates to the students of New England 
colleges whose homes are In the West. 
Gov. Cornell has vetoed the hill appropriating 
$500,000 for continuing the work on the Capitol at 
Albany. His objections are based on the grounds 
that the money is not needed for Immediate ex¬ 
penditure, and that the builders may wait until 
the previous appropriations are exhausted before 
asking for more. 
Extremely hot weather has prevailed during the 
past week, especially In the West. At Cincinnati 
the thermometer marked 103°, and over 1,100 
cases of sunstroke were reported: at Indianapolis 
the thermometer stood 101 o in the shade ; at 8t. 
Louis, 1040; at Bloomington, Ill., TOO® ; Alton, 111., 
100 o; Sullivan, Ill., 100 ®; Kankakee, 111., 100 ® ; 
Springfield, 111., mo®; Lincoln, 111., 104©; Charles¬ 
ton, 111.; 103©; Decatur, 111., 103®; Newark, O, nine 
sunstrokes, four fatal; Jacksonville, Ill., thermom- 
etor 108®. 
Heavy rain storms are also reported. At Du¬ 
buque, Iowa, streets were washed out, trees blown 
down and other damage done; at Winona, Minn., 
a damage of $3,ooo was done hy a hall storm; at Des 
Moines, Iowa, 60 families were made homeless; at 
O skaloosa, Iowa, heavy losses In stock, buildings 
and crop 3 were suffered and at Marengo the lowa 
River, by Its overflow, has caused a damage to the 
amount of $300,000, 
As a specimen of the extent to which “ gam¬ 
bling in life ” Is carried on by the mutual insur¬ 
ance concerns IB Northern Maryland and Southern 
Pennsylvania, to which reference wa9 edltortally 
madeBome weekB ago in the Rcral, a telegram on 
May 12th from Westminster, Md„ says that an old 
negro named Robert Bell died there on the night 
of the 10 th, on whose life Insurance policies had 
been taken out In various “ companies ” aggregat¬ 
ing over a million dollars. In sums of from $ 1,000 
to $12,000 by different parties who had no interest 
in the rheumatic fellow beyond the desire for hla 
speedy death. He supported himself by selling 
apples on the street. 
A rather notable student finished his course at 
the Yale Law Sohool, graduating third In his 
class. This was Peter Doyle, ex-Secretary of State 
of Wisconsin. Mr. Doyle is now 45 years old, 
and haa been a successful lawyer and politician in 
Wisconsin. Being conscious of Borne defects In 
his legal education he determined to remedy them 
at an aga when most men would not feel like 
*< going to school.” He worked hard while at the 
Law School and was popular with students and 
professors. 
Fourteen cars of a freight train on the Chicago, 
Bt. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad broke 
loose on Sunday and started backward down a 
steep grade toward North Hudson, Wls. At the 
depot they crashed Into another freight train, kill¬ 
ing Its engineer, George Tnder. The engine and 
several oars were badly damaged, the loss being 
estimated at $ 40 , 000 . 
Governor Foster has received telegrams from 
the Governors of Indiana, Massachusetts, Wiscon¬ 
sin, Tennessee, Arkansas, Illinois. Virginia, Ala¬ 
bama, Missouri, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, 
New York, Nebraska, Vermont, Florida, New 
Jersey, West Virginia and Wyoming Territory 
approving the suggestion In reference to fixings 
day to be observed as a day of prayer for the re¬ 
covery of President Garfield. 
The Hon. Phlneas W. Hitchcock, ex-United 
States Senator from Nebraska, died In Omaha on 
the 12 th, of general debility, augmented by expos¬ 
ure In the recent extreme heat. He was 50 years 
old and a classmate of General Garfield. 
Six lines of railroad now enter Denver, and three 
more are soon to he added. 
A statement prepared In the contract office of 
the Post Office Department shows that the Star 
Route service has been cut down $ 1 , 200,000 up to 
date. The Second Assistant Postmaster General 
says that the reductions In the Star ^toute service 
cause little complaint, and will be remedied where 
the complaint Is just. Ten per cent, will have to 
he restored. 
The Women's Silk Culture Association of Phila¬ 
delphia is planning for an exhibition of the silk 
productions of the United States during the com¬ 
ing Autumn. The art schools will be invited to 
send exhibits of painting and embroidery on Amer¬ 
ican silk, and manufacturers everywhere of Amer- 
lean silk are assured that an opportunity will be 
given to them to display exhibits under the most 
advantageous circumstances. It is expected that 
the fair will he held In the latter part of October, 
and continue two weeks. 
A little boy in West Virginia sent bis pet fox to 
Baltimore to be sold for the benefit of the Garfield 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
JULY 23 
fund. He wrote: “ Be careful that he don’t gnaw 
his way out of the box. Sell him for Mrs. Garfield 
Tell her I sent It, and that I hope she will like my 
idea. Tell her I hope Mr. Garfield will get welL 
N. B.—I paid $1 for the chain and box. Please send 
me one-firth of what It sells for, as 1 want to buy 
a pig.” 
Gen. John C. Pemberton, who commanded the 
rebel forces at VIckBhurg during the memorable 
siege which ended in the surrender to Gen Grant 
July 4,1863, died at Penllyn, Pa, on the llth lnst,, 
at the age of 64 years. Gen. Pemberton was a 
native of Pennsylvania, having been born In Phil¬ 
adelphia In 1817. He was appointed a cadet in the 
West Point Military Academy in 1833, and was 
graduated in 1837, ranking 27 In his class. 
A Dakota ranchman became convinced that life 
was not worth living, but desired to hear all that 
could be said on the other side before committing 
suicide. His only companion at the ranch was a 
hoy, whom ho gave one hour In which to dissuade 
him from hla purpose. The youth used all the 
Influence ho could think of, and read some appro¬ 
priate passages of scripture, hut failed to change 
the man's mind. At the end of the hour the mis¬ 
anthrope shot himself. 
The Michigan State Supreme Court-, Tuesday, 
rendered a decision In a grain gambling case. A 
party having lent another money with an agree¬ 
ment to Bhare the profits In an attempt to “ cor¬ 
ner" wheat, the lender sued to recover the money. 
The Court held that a combination to artificially 
affect the price of any necessity of life was illegal, 
and that the money advanced to purchase such 
contract cannot be recovered. 
The Troy Times says a game of base ball was 
played at La Salle, 111., on Sunday last, at which 
the Rev. Moses Gunn, of that city, opened the ex¬ 
ercises with prayer, and delivered an exhortation 
to the contesting nines. At the conclusion of the 
game the reverend gentleman Indulged In another 
refrain, tendering hla services as chaplain and 
umpire en the following Sunday, which were ac¬ 
cepted. 
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AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
The exports of live stock from Ireland to Great 
Britain were unusually largo lu J une, amounting 
to about 100,000 head, mostly horned cattle, with 
a considerable number of sheep, Bwlne and horses. 
The cattle were “ stores” and fat beasts In about 
equal proportion. The an imals were shipped from 
is ports, but mostly from Dublin, Belfast, Cork, 
Waterford and Derry.The British Dairy 
Farmers' Association will hold Its yearly fair at 
London sept, 16—20. Liberal prizes will be of¬ 
fered for butler and cheese and American dairy¬ 
men are invited to exhibit their products. 
A severe plague that lately broke out In Siberia, 
has traveled westward as tar as St. Petersburgh, 
Russia, where It Is very destructive to horses and 
fatal also to human beings. It Is spread chiefly by 
the sale of the hides of diseased animals by the Ig¬ 
norantly reckless peasantry .The appoint¬ 
ment of Hon. L. S. s. West as British Minister at 
Washington to succeed Sir Edward Thornton 
is gazetted at London.Allred H. Moore of 
Philadelphia owns $ 75,000 worth of dogs.Ne¬ 
gotiations were closed at Peoria, III., Wednesday 
last for the purchase of co.ooo acres of land on the 
line of the Little Rock and Fort Smith railway by 
the CathoUo colonization society.The army 
worm Invaded LongBranon Wednesday, millions 
coming from the north. Hollywood, Mr. floey’s 
place, Is devastated. .Prof. C, V. Riley Is ap¬ 
pointed entomologist of the Department of Agri¬ 
cultural, vice j. H. Comstock, resigned, to take 
office Augusta.Reports of the ootton orop 
from. Georgia, Florida and Virginia are to the ef¬ 
fect that it is later than last year and In average 
condition. In Louisiana, South Carolina. Missis¬ 
sippi and Arkansas the crop is from 10 days to two 
weeks late, considerable drought is reported— 
The first hale of cotton of the season of issi, 
raised by Mrs. H. Hauaman of Dewitt, county, 
Tex., was received at Galveston Saturday the 
9 th and sold at the exchange lor $425.Since 
1871 tne Virginia peanut orop has grown from 
226,000 bushels to 1 , 600.000 bushels.A gran¬ 
ger war against the barbed wire manufacturers 1 b 
threatened In Iowa. The farmers of the State 
some months ago held a convention, presided 
over by the governor, to protest against what 
they called the “ barbed wire monopoly.” A com¬ 
mittee was appointed to wait upon the owner of 
the patent and see if some compromise could not 
be made. This has tailed, however, and a com¬ 
pany, called the farmers’ antlbarb-wlre-fenoe 
association, has been formed with a capital of 
$ 100,000 to light the question in and out of court. 
Over 290.000 persons In the state are said to be 
Interested In the movement. 
There are now 200 pereons connected with the 
Land League imprisoned in Ireland under the Co- 
erclon Act, Including one member of Parliament, 
one priest, one magistrate, several town council¬ 
ors and many poor-law guardians.The Bale 
of Queen Victoria’s yearlings has of late years 
generally brought forward a very Inferior lot of 
animals. This year, however, the contrary was 
the case; the yearlings, although the majority of 
them were small, realized an average of nearly 
$1,000 apiece.There ts reason to believe that 
In a few years carp will he aoundant in this coun¬ 
try. The fish that were put In ponds In Morris 
County, New Jersey, last December, all lived 
through the Winter and are thriving finely. They 
have Increased from two Inches In length to six 
Inches. They find their own food and bid fair 10 
multiply rapidly.Australia Buffers from both 
animal and vegetable plagues. It has groaned 
under a rabbit pest and a kind of watercress, 
which somebody thought would he “such a good 
thing,” but which has Berved admirably to choke 
upstreams; and now It is lu mortal dread of the 
lantana, a shrub resembling a gigantic raspberry 
bush, which was Imported as a garden ornament 
from France. Birds like the seed, and soatter it 
In all directions, and the shrub threatens to grow 
densely and become an insufferable nuls&nce. 
According to the best Information, there are about 
4,600,000 sheep in Texas, This will probably be 
increased 20 per cent, during the coming lambing 
Beason, brmglng the number up to 5,500,000. Valu¬ 
ing them at $2.60 each would make the total valu¬ 
ation of sheep In Texas $13,800,000.At a late 
meeting of the California State Vltloultural Com¬ 
mission It was determined to issue treatises on the 
various vine peats, remedies, translations on vine 
culture, etc., to be prepared under the direction of 
the chief executive officer and the committees on 
phylloxera, vine pests and diseases of the vine, 
these to be published from time to time in paraph- 
let form, and finally Incorporated in a bound re¬ 
port at. the end of the year. These pamphlets will 
be circulated free to those of the publlo dealring 
them.The Monthly Bulletin of the Ameri¬ 
can Jersey Cattle Club has been discontinued with 
the June Issue. Mr. Geo. E. Waring, Jr. Secretary 
or the Club and Kdltor-ln-Chief of the Bulletin, 
says Its publication absorbed too much of the 
funds of the Club.With regard to the Cana¬ 
dian crop prospects, the Toronto Globe published, 
on July is, crop reports from all parts of the Do¬ 
minion, which It summed upas follows“The 
general result obtained from the reports Is that 
the harvest, as a whole, will he by no means equal 
to the splendid harvests of 1877, 18 TS, 1879 and 1380, 
hut will he superior to that of 1S76. Wheat Is the 
only cereal in which a deficiency In the crop Is 
threatened. Fall wheat is 12 per cent, below the 
average orop; Spring wheat is In a much better 
condition tnan Fall wheat, but 9 per cent, leas 
than an average crop. Rye la an unimportant orop, 
except In certain localities. Barley, oats and peas 
all promise a bountiful yield, and the acreage, as 
well as the quality. Is far above the average. The 
good promise in these crops will go far toward 
attuning for the anticipated shortage In wheat. The 
hay crop Is somewhat below the average, hut not 
greatly so. The figures relating to the corn crop 
show the effects of the unseasonably cold weather 
which marked the month of June; not more than 
$4 per cent of an average crop la expected. The 
reports concerning potatoes and roots show a very 
favorable condition of these crops. The apple 
crop is a long way below the average. The mari¬ 
time Provinces appear to have good promise for 
their staple crops—hay, oats and potatoes.”. 
A cablegram on the 13th announces that “ the 
Italian senate has passed a bill to prevent the 
spread of phylloxera a bull against the comet! 
—“ and to attempt the acclimatization of the 
American vine.”.The French Vegetarian 
Society agitators Bay that vegetarians are never 
hungry or thirsty. Yes, that's the newest kind 
of “News.” Agricultural? Why, yes, of course, 
vegetarian—vegetables—don’t you see”. 
Large quantities of coarse Spanish wine, after 
being handled at Bordeaux, are sent to England 
for good French wine..Some of the New 
Jersey farmers will appeal to the Legislature for 
protection against English sparrows. They think 
that a bounty ought to be offered for every dead 
sparrow. .Enormous damage and loss were 
Inflicted on crops and stock by severe storms In 
many parts of Minnesota and lowa, last Monday, 
the llth.Early in the month the Army- 
worm was destroying Alfalfa fields In Chico, Cal, 
.Los Angeles County, Cal., has shipped 
282,186 pounds of honey, against about 1 , 250,000 
from San Diego County.. _Mushrooms are ex¬ 
tensively cultivated in the Mammoth Cave, Ky... 
.After a discussion on the value of the Uni¬ 
versity of California to the farmer and viticultu¬ 
rist, the following resolution was adopted: 
Resolved, That It 1 b the sense of this Board that, 
the Agricultural Department of the Btate Univer¬ 
sity has been ably conducted, and has already 
been of incalculable benefit to the farmers of the 
Pacific Coast, and Indirectly to all Its industries, 
that its weakness Ues only in want of adequate 
appropriations of money to maintain and conduct 
lte work, and that the agriculturists of the State 
be urged to accord to the University a cordial and 
zealous friendship and support. 
The Secretary was instructed to transmit a copy 
of this resolution to the Board of Regents. 
Country papers In Pennsylvania are asserting that 
whortleberries, in many places In that State, are 
Infested with poisonous bugs.The well 
known trotting mare, American Girl, was badly 
gored hy a bull on Tuesday, the iatn lnst, at 
Ottawa, Canada,..._The trotter, Maud S., beat 
the best time by a quarter of a second at Pitts¬ 
burg. on Wednesday last, making the mile In 
2 : 10 %.Bush fires are doing an Immense 
amount of damage In all directions about 
Quebec. Canada, according to a telegram of the 
14th.volunteer Junior, a valuable horse, 
and one of the moat promising stock getters In 
Ontario, died in Welland, Canada, on Wednesday, 
from lockjaw, which resulted from a kick. 
Scarcely an average yield of crops la expected In 
Germany, according to the latest official estimate. 
... .Thirteen hundred sheep, with their shep¬ 
herds, were recently overwhelmed by an ava¬ 
lanche near Brlgel, In the Grlsons, Switzerland... 
........ The Agricultural Gazette (Eng.) of June 37 , 
summarizing Its orop reports from various parts 
of the Kingdom, says that aa to the wheat crop 
opinions are very various. Upon the whole It 
thinks the Impression made by these reports Is 
favorable. The crop Is late and In Borne places It 
la thin, but generally there Is a prospect of a fair 
average yield. Of Spring grain the barley Is gen¬ 
erally looking better than the oats, which have 
suffered from the wire-worm, and are in many 
places patchy.It Is estimated that there are 
upwards of 600 commercial florists establishments 
within a radius of ten miles from City HalL New 
York, and that probably $ 10 , 000,000 are Invested In 
their lands, structures and stock.The stu¬ 
dents at the Iowa College Farm. last year, made 
all the sugar they used from Orange Cane. 
Washington, July 15.—The returns to the De¬ 
partment of Agriculture on July 1 show au In¬ 
crease In the oondtuon of cotton since the reports 
of June. The average condition la 95, against 
100 at the same time last year. The following are 
the reports hy States: Thirty-tour counties In 
North Carolina average 94; 19 oounttes In South 
Carolina average 93; 57 counties In Georgia aver¬ 
age 98 ; 13 counties In Florida average 90; 32 coun¬ 
ties In Alabama average 102 ; 89 counties In Missis¬ 
sippi average 94; is counties In Louisiana average 
96 ;iu counties In Texas average 8932 counties 
In Arkansas average 92; is counties In Tennessee 
average 105. The plant ts generally reported 
small and 10 days late. Hot and too dry weather 
Is almost universally noted, but, except In South¬ 
ern and Western Texas, little Injury was reported 
from that cause at the date of the returns. Ala¬ 
bama and Georgia each report a better condition 
than last year, while Texas and Arkansas are 
lower. Insect Injuries are seldom mentioned. 
The condition of the wheat crop, as reported July 
1, Is much better than It was on June, 1, and 
averages 83 for the whole country. The Atlan- 
tlo States felt off Bllghtly as compared with 
the returns for the same time last year, but the 
large wheat region north of the Ohio River and 
west of the Mississippi returns a low condition 
compared with 1830. Michigan reports only 64 
per cent, and Illinois 60. Ohio and Indiana are 
below last year, but report a fair prospect Mis¬ 
souri and Kansas make great complaint of dam¬ 
age from Insects. In the Spring wheat States 
lowa alone returns a condition much lower than 
last year, namely 72. The Increase of area planted 
in com 1b nearly 2 per cent over that planted In 
1850. The average condition of the crop 1s not so 
high aa the last two years, and la 90. against 10 a 
last year, in all ths North Atlantic States the 
crop ib backward owing to the cold, wet spring, 
but In the States south of the Delaware River and 
on the Gulf of Mexico It 1b reported as fair. Texas, 
however, reports serious Injury from drought. 
In the great corn-producing region bordering on 
the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers the average Is 
below last year’s, particularly In.the State of lowa, 
which only reports a condition of 77, caused hy 
the cold SprlDg and too much rain, in Illinois 
and MUsourl the condition is reported “ very fa¬ 
vorable." 
San Francisco, July 15—A dispatch from Port¬ 
land says that the crops throughout the valley 
and In Southern Oregon are greatly In need of 
sunshine, and that, the bright weather which now 
Beems to be promised is welcome. The whole 
crop east of the Cascade Mountains will be nearly 
100,000 tons, of which about 75.000 tons will be ex¬ 
ported. The supplies thla year will exceed those 
of last year from 30 to 40 per cent. 
A telegram from San Francisco this morning 
Bays the Produce Exchange or that city reports 
there still remains m the State, of the crop of ’SO : 
12,248,273 centals of wheat and 134,592 barrels of 
flour. (A cental Is 100 pounds) This is considered 
a low estimate; but It Is the largest surplus of 
wheat ever carried over. 
Special Despatch from Detroit. 
The demand of the people for an easier method 
of preparing Kidney-Wort has induced the propri¬ 
etors, the well known wholesale Druggists, Wells,. 
Richardson St Co , of Burlington, Vt., to prepare It 
tor sale In liquid form as well as In dry form,— 
Inter-Ocean . 
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remarkable remedy for all those painful com¬ 
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_-- 
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agreeable preparation In the world for constipa¬ 
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the dose. Price 85 and 60 cents per box. 
Feeble Ladles, aged persons, weakly children, 
persons of sedentary habits, all need Hop Bitters 
dally. 
Premature Lon of the Hair 
May be entirely prevented by the use of Burnett's 
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The superiority of Burnett’s Flavoring 
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strength. 
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CROP8 AND MARKETS. 
Monday, July 18 , 1881 . 
Thbrb Is a great deal of dlfferenoe In the vari¬ 
ous crop rcportB throughout this country, even 
from the same sections, and the same may be said, 
to a leas extent, of European advices both hy mall 
anti cable. Our Agricultural News Department 
furnishes all the official crop reports of this coun¬ 
try, Issued during the week just over. From those 
of the Agricultural Department, which alone take 
in the entire country, It will be seen that the out¬ 
look for all the principal crops has considerably 
