AUG. 6 
824 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
fUtos of t|t 
HOME NEWS. 
Monday, August 1st, 1881. 
The President’s condition and progress toward 
recovery are to-day very favorable. Public anx¬ 
iety baa almost entirely subsided. Tlie physi¬ 
cians say that he takes ample nourishment, rests 
naturally, the wound la acting satisfactorily, his 
general condition Is favorable, and there are no 
bad symptoms or Indications whatever. 
Tbe Government has Issued orders to the cus¬ 
toms authorities of New York State not to allow 
Canadian vessels to carry lumber to American 
ports In bond. Heretofore Canadian barges were 
able to load for New York and other American 
points by transhipping at Whitehall, but this new 
order practically shuts them out of the trade. 
Lumber carried in Canadian bottoms can now only 
be consigned to Whitehall, where there are no 
bonded warehouses. 
A dispatch from Ottawa, Canada, on July 29, 
says that the revenue of the Dominion tor the year 
ended June 30, exclusive of British Columbia, 
shows a surplus over the expenditure of $3,500,000. 
During the decade ending i88o, Nevada was the 
great sliver and gold producing state of the Union. 
Colorado now leads the van, and last year pro¬ 
duced gold and silver to the value of $28,000,000. 
California came next, with $19,000,000, then Neva¬ 
da, with $15,000,000. Next in order were Utah, 
Dakota, Arizona, Montana, Idaho, Oregon, and 
New Mexico. 
The progress of the world during the decade be¬ 
tween 1870 and 1 SS 0 , as computed by Michael G. 
Mulh&ll, an English statistician, was as follows: 
Percentage of Increase In population, 9.70; in agri¬ 
culture, S.58 ; manufactures, 18.00 ; commerce, 
38.20; mining, 47 06; carrying trade, 53.32; earn¬ 
ings of nations, 19 si; public wealth, 10 , 57 ; taxes, 
22.3i; public debt, 43.39. 
The magnitude Of the Bhlpplng trade of San 
Francisco may be estimated by the fact that 359 
vessels entered from foreign and eastern domestic 
porta during the half year ended June 30, 1881 , 
aggregating 408,235 tons; the departures were 
452,216 tons. The value of foreign exports was 
$22,044,649. The coastwise tonnage in the same 
time ranged from eo.ouo to 7o,0OO tons. 
Keene. Flood and Mackey are said to be prepar¬ 
ing to build a 11 postal’ - telegraph line as a rival to 
the Western Union, which is to connect a number 
of points within a year, and make a speciality of 
night messages, which are to be dropped in the 
local post-office instead of being delivered, an ar¬ 
rangement whlcn would save the cost of delivery 
by boy s—a source of expense as heavy as the trans¬ 
mission by wire, and Is already - In operation In the 
Rapid telegraph company. The capital of the new 
company Is to be $ 21 , 000 , 000 . 
Keene also heads a company just formed to con¬ 
trol freight tonnage on the Mississippi, Missouri 
and Ohio rivers. The company has 63 steamers 
and 120 barges, and claims to be able to ship grain 
and provisions to Europe at half the prices by rail 
from the West and steamer from Atlantic porta. 
The New York Legislature, before its adjourn¬ 
ment, passed the constitutional amendment for 
free canals which Is Intended to make the Erie 
canal as free a water-way as the Hudson river 
with thi9 difference that the state will keep the 
canal In order and the Federal river and harbor 
bill Is supposed to take care of the Hudson river. 
The passage of the constitutional amendment 
now will make Its consideration by a new Legis¬ 
lature next winter .possible and, If passed then, 
It will come bafore the people In the Fall of 1SB3. 
It takes 10 uo doctors and members of the medi¬ 
cal staff to Uetp the navy with 8000 men in good 
health, and 200 doctors to look after the army with 
25,000 men. In another government medical ser¬ 
vice, the marine hospitals, which cares for none 
but transient patients, aDd in most Instances for 
cases ot slight illness, 35 doctors manage to keep 
themselves busy on an average of less thansoo pa¬ 
tients a year. 
The New York hoop-skirt factories are busy 
again with orders from all parts of the country. 
The crinolines are coming, beyond a doubt. 
A remnant of tne Modoc Indians, some 40 bucks 
and 30 squaws, nave been committing outrages 
near Alamo canon In the Sacramento mountains, 
two Americans at least being killed. A squad ot 
soldiers under Lieut Gullfoyle has killed one of 
the redskins and Is chasing the others. 
The main centennial building at Philadelphia is 
to be sold in August at public auction, and some 
of the newspapers are trying to have It remain for 
the 200th anniversary of the landing or William 
Penn, which comes In 1882. 
They hung a Judge In Colorado by vigilance com¬ 
mittee the other day because he had let off so 
many scoundrels. 
Gov. Crittenden of Missouri has Issued a pro¬ 
clamation offering $50,000 reward for the arrest of 
the Rock Island train robbers, $ 20 ,000. of this Bum 
to be given for the capture of the two .James boys, 
supposed to have been the leaders or the robbery, 
and $6,000 each for the other five men of the party 
Prompt Action in Acute Oaten 
In acute cases, Compound Oxygen has been 
found to act with great promptness. Says one of 
our correspondents: “ I was suffering from cold 
at the time 1 received your Treatment—with a 
pain in the head, sore throat, and violent cough 
—and kept yetting rapidly worse, till In a few 
days I was compelled to keep In my bed. In three 
days I was able to get up, and was entirely over it 
in less than ten days, which, considering that I 
am now an invalid at the best of times, la doing 
well; and I give the oxygen credit.” Our Trea¬ 
tise on Compound Oxygen, containing large report 
of cases, ; nd full lntormatlon, sent free. Dra. 
Starkey & Palkn, 1109 and mi Girard Street, 
Phiiadclpnia, Pa ,—J.av 
AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
The Census on the Cotton Crop.— The Superin¬ 
tendent of the Census shows that 14,432,008 acres 
of land were planted In cotton in 1S80, and that the 
crop of 1879-80 amounted to 5,732,969 bales The 
annexed table will show the cotton-producing 
States, together with the acreage and production 
of each for the year ending In 18 S 0 ;— 
Acreage 
Bales 
States. 
1880. 
Produced. 
Alabama. 
.... 2 329,577 
699 576 
Arkansas . 
... 1.041.019 
607,223 
Florida. 
.. . 245.695 
54.977 
Georgia. 
... 2,616.668 
813 965 
Indian Territory . 
35.0(H) 
17.000 
Kentucky. 
2 667 
1.367 
Louisiana... 
.. 8(4 490 
508,442 
Mississippi. 
. 2,093,330 
965.808 
Missouri. 
32711 
19,733 
North Carolina.... 
... 892,0S2 
389.516 
South Carolina..,. 
. .. 1 361.249 
522,548 
Tennessee. 
722,501 
380,624 
Texas. 
. , 2,168 319 
801,140 
Virginia.. 
24,000 
11,000 
Totals.. 
...14,432,008 
5,632,969 
It Is possible that the corrected census report 
will make some slight variation In the foregoing. 
as the returns for Arkansas, Texas nnd Virginia 
are only approximate. In the following table the 
products of 1880 are compared with those ot 1870, 
the figures being in each case those of 
the Census 
Office 
Bales, 
Bales, 
Increase 
State?. 
1880. 
1870. 
In bales. 
Alabama. 
699,576 
429 482 
270,004 
Arkansas. 
607.223 
247,968 
359,255 
Florida. 
54 977 
39.7S9 
15 18S 
Georgia.. 
813 695 
473,934 
339,761 
Indian Territory. 
17,000 
17,000 
Kentucky . 
1,367 
1,080 
2S7 
Louisiana. 
503.442 
350,832 
167 610 
Mississippi. 
955 808 
564 938 
390.870 
Missouri. 
19 733 
1.246 
IS 4S7 
North Carolina... 
489,616 
144,935 
244,581 
South Carolina... 
522,648 
234.500 
29S.048 
Tennessee. 
330.624 
181, S42 
14S.7S2 
Texas. 
801,ISO 
350.928 
460,612 
Vliglnla....; 
11,000 
183 
10,817 
Totals.6, 
,732,969 
3,011.876 
2,721,694 
A cablegram of July 27 says that a horse disease 
like that which appeared In this city In 1878 has 
lately appeared at Berlin and oauaed much Incon¬ 
venience to the running ot street cars and the em¬ 
ployment of horses generally.The Siberian 
plague among horses and humans is increasing at 
St. Petersburg, and has also broken out near War¬ 
saw, where It Is producing a panic.A special 
to toe Chicago Times from Watertown, Dakota, 
dated July 28, sayH “ The wheat harvest begins 
next Monday. The crop is the best ever grown 
here, and all the crops are excellent. Grasshop¬ 
pers are doing no iDjury lu this section of the 
country. The wheat harvest on the Jim River b as 
begun. The crops are No. 1 .”.A telegram 
from Red Bank, n. J,, on July 29, says :-•* Horses 
for the past week in this place, Long Branch, 
Ocean Grove and otUer plaees have suffered se¬ 
verely from a peculiar colic. Fourteen fatal cases 
have been reported. The animals In almost every 
case succumbed to the disease in about one hour. 
in a lew cases they dropped dead ou the road. . 
_Freight from the Pacific Coast to the East, in 
the half year ending June 30, was 101,040,U80 
pounds, nearly all of which, excepting 4,331,650 
pounds of tea and coffee combined, consisted of 
California and Oregon products Tue wool ship¬ 
ment East reached 5 , 042,950 pounds. 
The following table shows the number of home¬ 
steads entered in the different States and Terri¬ 
tories up to the end of the last fiscal year, July 30. 
suites and Ter's. Acres 
Alaoama. 381,425 
Arkansas. 975,844 
Arizona__ 4.448 
California. S8I,802 
Colorado. 297,736 
Dakota. 796,417 
Florida. 192,703 
Indiana. 1,272 
Illinois_ . 4 793 
lowa. 831,969 
Idaho. 66 434 
Kansas. 3,684.187 
Louisiana. 217,624 
Missouri. 976,050 
Michigan. 1,186,372 
States and Ter’s, Acres. 
Minnesota ... 3 , 224,203 
MISSISSIPPI.... 162,080 
Montana. 88,547 
Nevada........ 21,394 
New Mexico... 13,083 
Nebraska. 3,105,841 
Ohio. 7,313 
Oregon. 437 32 s 
Utah. 173,496 
Washington.. 340,517 
Wisconsin ... i,iso,S25 
Wyoming. 6,630 
Total.19,265,837 
A telegram from St. Paul, Minn., on July 29 , 
says that an exhaustive review of the crop situa¬ 
tion In Minnesota, Central Dakota and portions of 
Iowa and Wisconsin, based on careful personal 
Inspection, shows about the following promise for 
the harvest now at hand : That the average yield 
of wheat per acre for the State of Minnesota ana 
for the Red River Valley and along the Northern 
Pacific Railroad. In Dakota, Is not quite equal to 
the average yield in 1.879, the cause of the falling 
off being damage by high water on the low land 
and the backward Spring; that the total yield of 
the State and of the section or Dakota specified 
will equal that of 1879, the damage from the causes 
named being compensated tor by Increased acre¬ 
age. Probably ifesu should be substituted above 
lor 1879. A telegram from Chicago of the same date 
says: Crop reporta received here from 70 of the 
99 counties in lo wa Indicate that the wheat and 
corn will not average more than two-thirds of a 
crop as compared with laBt year, the wheat es¬ 
pecially being very poor. Early frosts would cause 
great damage to the corn. Tne chinch bugs are 
reported numerous In ten or a dozen counties, and 
they are at work In more than hair 01 the State. 
The Army-worms appeared In about 20 counties, 
but they came coo late to do much harm to the 
small grain. Rye is generally good, and flax-seed 
la very good with a largely Increased acreage. 
Hay is good, except In low lands, where the crops 
of all kinds have suffered greatly. The oat crop 
Is fully as good as last year. Many fields of potar 
toes are rotting. The harvesting is about half 
done. The late season, wet weather, worms and 
bugs have Injured the crops as a whole at least 25 
to 3u per cent. 
The wife or a manufacturer In Elgin, ill., near¬ 
ing that her carriage home, which was being 
used in a team, had been overloaded and beaten 
with a board by the driver, called the teamster in¬ 
to her husband’s office and soundly horsewhipped 
him till he begged for mercy.A dispatch 
from Long Branch N. J., on July 29th says: “ The 
long-continued dt ought Is burning up the corn 
and other gram in the southern portion ot the 
country, and the dry rot and bugs are making 
havoc with the potato crop. The handsome lawns 
of Hollywood Park, comprising 50 or more acres, 
are burned bare. The Australasian wheat 
yield for 1680-si shows an average yield per aore 
of 9 81 bushels against IS .29 last year.The 
Orkney Islands appear to be a good egg-producing 
district, as from trustworthy staUstlcrlt has been 
ascertained that during the last, twelve months 
more than 11 , 000,000 have been exported by steam¬ 
ers and sailing vessels.The Rev. W. W. 
Colley, recently a missionary in Africa has dis¬ 
tinguished himself at Norwich, Conn . by declar¬ 
ing In a lecture that there was no barren Sahara, 
and that the whole country known on the maps 
as sterile and uninhabitable was fertile and 
densely populated. The wily Arabs started the 
lie, he explained, In order to keep out competition 
lu the ivory traffic. Is the Great Sahara like the 
Great American Des* rt 7.Many - of the clergy 
of the disestablished Church of Ireland are In 
great distress, inasmuch as those landowners who 
have hitherto supported them cannot now sup¬ 
port themselves— ..Reports from over loo 
counties In western Missouri, Kansas, southwest¬ 
ern Iowa and Nebraska show a very largely in¬ 
creased acreage in corn, only six counties report¬ 
ing a less acreage than last year. The yield will 
also be largely increased if the weather continues 
favorable. Reports from the same counties Indi¬ 
cate that the supply of hogs to be marketed before 
the close of the Bummer packing season will be 
materially less than last season.Ihe wheat 
crop to Minnesota, reported In a dismal condition, 
It Is said by merchants who have many salesman 
traveling through the State, and whose duty It Is 
to observe the crops carefully, to be very good, 
especially in the north, which is the great wheat 
region. The Immense amount of buying done in 
New York by Minnesota merchants shows their 
faith in the crop.Tobacco-growers down 
In Connecticut complain now the cut worms 
have disappeared that they have to contend with 
the green worm, which destroys the leaves and* 
makes the prospect of the crop rather discourag¬ 
ing.It Is reported that Boston will try the 
ensilage system and furnish milk for several city 
institutions.The Department ot Agricul¬ 
ture says there has been an increase or two per 
cent In area In potatoes throughout the whole 
country since 1880. The Increase Is general in all 
sections. The states of New York aDd Michigan 
report an increase of five per cent each ; Missouri 
an Increase of six per cent, aDd Ohio a decrease 
of two per cent. The condition or the crop Is re¬ 
ported very high. Insect lojurlea are reported In 
many localities, but the damage will be slight. 
The acreage of tobacco is largely In excess of last 
year, partlculaily in Maryland, Virginia and 
Kentucky. But In view of the large decrease in 
1880 in these States, owing to the scarcity or plants, 
the area will not be greater this year than It was 
In 1879, tbe year In which the area was given for 
the census of lsso. The condition or the crop is 
reported higher than last year at the same time. 
.A telegram from Cincinnati on the 29th 
says: Tbe leaf tobacco market has been unusually 
excited this week. Sales have been made of 2,132 
hogshead at an average 01 $ 11.55 per loo pounds. 
One hogsheads of extra quality was sold at $65 per 
100 pouuds. A number of premiums for the best 
three hogsheads sold during the month were 
awarded to-day, the first to B. K. Davis, ol Owen 
County, Ky., the second to Larkin Ferguson, of 
Owen County, Ky., and the third to Capt. McCor¬ 
mick, ot Brown County. Ohio . 
Inquiries as to the prosperity of negro farmers 
In Louisiana were sent to all parts of the State by 
the New Orleans Picayune, and the replies show 
clearly that " it la within the reasonable ambition 
of any healthy colored man now to own land, 
and to establish himself lu an Independency”,,. 
A vengeful Illinois farmer has commenced 
9,060 salts against a railroad company for falling 
to keep axes and saws, as ordered by law In that 
number of cars. The aggregate penalty would be 
$ 1 , 800,000 tt the prosecution proved successful, 
and the complainant would receive half. 
Virginia farmers in tne neighborhood of battle¬ 
fields are still able to gather up enough old gun 
barrels to supply their blacksmiths with horse¬ 
shoe Iron. Gen. John Pope has ordered 
Lieut. Shoemaker and a company of men to report 
to United States Agent Tufts, at Fort sill, for duty 
In the Choctaw Nation. The troops will be used 
to expel white Intruders. There is great excite¬ 
ment, and those who were ordered to leave have 
already sent an attorney to Secretary Kirkwood 
to plead their case. 
The New York Plow Co, 55 Beekman Street, 
N. Y., desire the address of parties who have, or 
who propose to build Silos. 
Goods of a Prominent Firm Coun¬ 
terfeited i 
The Evening Star or Washington, D. C., in issue 
of June 25th, states that— 
“ Joseph L. Daniels and William S. Sammons 
were charged la the Police Court to-day with un¬ 
lawfully counterfeiting and using certain copy¬ 
righted labels or tne hum ford Yeast Powder Com¬ 
pany." 
The Company above-named la Identically the 
Rumford Chemical Works of Providence, R. I., a 
house whose productions have a world-wide repu¬ 
tation ror their superior merit. Their prepara¬ 
tions consist of Horsefoid's Baklug Powder, Acid 
Phosphate, etc., and are the Inventions of Pro¬ 
fessor Horseford of Cambridge, Mass., which fact 
In Itself la a guaranty of their excellence. 
The Rumrord Chemical works nave had quite a 
number of cases similar to that alluded to; their 
labels and packages having been so closely copied 
that the casual obstrver was readily deceived. 
They are determined lo proceed against Infring¬ 
ers of their rights to the fullest extent of the law, 
and this course la due to the public as well as to 
the proprietors. 
A* a Cnre for Piles 
Kidney-Wort acts first by overcoming in the 
mildest manner all tendency to constipation: 
then, by Its great tonic and Invigorating proper¬ 
ties, It restores to health the debilitated and 
weakened parts. Try it.—item. 
■ " -»4 » 
Tlie Horsford Almanac A Cook Book 
sent free on application to Rumford Chemical 
Works, Providence, R. I. 
— 
Tropic-Fruit Laxative Is the best and most 
agreeable preparation In the world for constipa¬ 
tion, biliousness, etc. One-halt to one lozenge Is 
the dose. Price S5 and 60 cents per box. 
— -- 
Thousands of women have been entirely cured 
of the most stubborn cases of female weakness by 
the use of Lydia E. Pffikham's Vegetable Com¬ 
pound. Send to Mrs. Lydia E. Plnkham, 233 
Western Avenue, Lynn. Mass., for pamphlets. 
All your own fault If you remain sick when you 
can get Hop Bitters that never fall. 
BURNETT’S COCOAINB. 
Promotes a Vigorous a nd He,allhg Growth of the 
Hair. 
It has been used In thousands of cases where 
the hair was coming out, and has never failed 
to arrest its decay. 
Use Burnett’s Flavoring; Extracts— 
the beat. 
CROPS AND MARKETS. 
There la nothing new of special Importance to 
mention with regard to wheat and corn. Owing 
to the large supply, the break in values at the 
West, and speculative mat fevering, wheat here, 
especially winter wheat was depressed during the 
early part of the week. This was particularly the 
ease with graded and ungraded red, the rail on 
Tuesday amounting to SioGe. per bushel. Owing 
to this shrinkage export operations assumed large 
proportions both on chat day and the next, and on 
Thursday evening prices rose to wlihln i<o,i>;c, 
per bushel of the Anal quotations last week, and 
since prices have been stiffening. Corn suffered 
slightly early In the week from the *• bearish” ten¬ 
dency, but. soon strengthened as we predicted, 
leaving off from \c to le higher than week before. 
By the way. In speaking of the average domestic 
consumption of corn here last week, a sup oc¬ 
curred In putting It at llo.ouo.oou bushels per 
month In Summer and double that quantity In 
Winter. It should have been an average of 115 ,- 
006 , 1)06 bushels per month, about twice more being 
used in Winter than In Summer. The 265, 000,000 
bushels estimated to be on hand on May 1st, 
would then last about four monthB in Summer or 
two in Winter. This was a mere slip In writing 
hastily, but did not at all affect the truth of the 
conclusion reached—that corn must be high-priced 
until the growing crop comes to market. 
The Interesting features in oats has been a 
marked rise of 4^5c. per bushel in No. 2 white and 
No. 2 for July delivery, mainly because some 
large operators were “ short ” of those grades and 
had to pay steeply to All their contracts. Special 
telegraphic advices from Virginia, Tennessee and 
North Carolina Indicate that the peanut crop will 
be very short. Virginia, which raises the larger 
portion of the peanut crop, will, it Is estimated, 
produce this season from soo.ooo to 1 , 000,000 bush¬ 
els. against 1,760,000 bushels last year. The crop 
in Tennessee last season was 730 ,000 bushels; this 
season a yield of isu.uoi) bushels is looked for. In 
North Carolina It Is estimated that the crop Is 
about one-fourth as to acreage. Similar reports 
were widely circulated a month or six weeks ago, 
but they were largely accredited to a •• syndicate » 
who, It was alleged, had accumulated a vast quan¬ 
tity of Tennessee peanutB at Cincinnati and were 
trylDg to raise the price by prophecies of a failure 
of the present crop. There Is no doubt now, how¬ 
ever, that the crop will be unusually small. 
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SPECIAL FROM THE CHIEF CENTERS. 
Until Saturday, July 30. 
Chicago.— Wheat fairly active No. 2 Red Win¬ 
ter, $1.14(3)1.18 ; No 2 Chicago spring. $1.19V» @1.I9J'»' 
cash; $1.19.July: $1.19?*, August ; $ 115 ?*'; 
September; $1.15‘,, October ; No 8 do. $1 03<$l 06 ; 
Ri jccted. 77c. corn unsettled 49c. cash: 48 %c.@ 
49c. August; 48t*c., September; 49c. October; Re¬ 
jected, 44kc. oats fairly active and a shade 
nlgher at 45c . cash; 3o#c., August; 29<«’ vw^JJac. 
September, October; Rejected, 2lc. Rye 
Hicady at 82o. Barley easy at, 923 $ 0 . Fork easy 
at $18. cash, July, August, September, and Octo¬ 
ber. Lard easier and in regular at. $ 11 .65® 11 . 70 , 
cath; $11.65, August $U.6S®11 67.!$, September, 
$ 1 1,556311.87}$, October. Bulk meats irregular 
and higher. Shoulders $6 66; Short Rib. $9.30: 
Short Clear. $9.35. Flux $1.17}$ cash; $1.16, Au¬ 
gust; $1 12<<$1.14. October. Butter — Fair to 
choice creamery 16 ( 42 .3c. per lb ; good to choice 
fresh made dairy lflQUllc; medium to fair do 12 @ 
140; choice to tine Ladle packed 16@17c; common 
to good packing stock ll@13c; grease butter S@9c. 
Cbbeke.—P rime to choice tull-creams Cheddars at 
9 }$'®l 0 c per lb. fair to gooo do. 8}$®9c; prime 
part skimmed do at 7<«$T>$e; fair to fiat shapes at 
5j$(a,7js,c. and hard skimmed sour and poor goods 
nominal at Boos.—Business was dull, 
and the bulk 01 the stock offered was In poor con¬ 
dition. Tne demand was limited at I1@)9c per 
doz for good to the best counts. Uoub.-M arket 
weak; mixed packed, $0 uaG,«<i ; light, $0.40(§6.80; 
choice heavy, $6 70Q7.U5. Cattle market dull; 
shipping grades nominal; common to eliolce na¬ 
tive*!, (4 35(&6. ui. Hheep market very dull. 
fei. Loul*.—W heat strong; No. 2 Red Fall $1lu@ 
1 . 193 $, cash; $1.19(a)t.30, August ; Sep¬ 
tember; $ 1 .22®J 2 S*». October; $1 iiHA.iad 25J$, 
November; $ 1.1034 (4U lVR. all the year; No. 3 do.. 
$1.1(I@1.1H V ; NO, 4 do., $1,063*® 1.07, COHN 49(3) 
49340 ., cash ; 49)$<$49X0., August ; 49*0., Septem- 
