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HOME NEWS. 
Monday, Oct, 24, 1881. 
Proceedings at Yorktown.— The York- 
town celebration was formally commenced on 
the 18th iust. and on the 19th a reception was 
held by President Arthur. After the opening 
of the exercises of the second day with prayer 
by Bishop Harris, Secretary Blaine intro¬ 
duced President Arthur who in a few well 
chosen words addressed the assembly. Max 
Outrey, on behalf of the French delegation 
made a brief address in which he dwelt large¬ 
ly on the friendly feeling existing between the 
two Republics. In closing he thanked the 
American people for the cordial welcome ex¬ 
tended to tlie French representatives. Mar¬ 
quis de Rochambeau followed Outrey, speak¬ 
ing in French, and lie was succeeded on the 
platform by Colonel Steuben, of the German 
delegation. Robt. C. Winthrop delivered the 
oration of the day, in which he paid a glowing 
tribute to the Frenchmen who took part in 
the campaign of 1781, dwelling especially on 
the record of Lafayette. He sketched the 
military career of Washington, the scene at 
the surrender and closed with a strong plea 
for the perpetuation of those institutions 
which our forefathers had caused to be estab¬ 
lished. On the 20th, a grand military review 
and naval drill were the features of the day. 
This virtually completed the ceremonies of the 
occasion. The monument will be erected as 
soon as it is finished. 
Floods in the West. —Heavy floods are 
again visiting the West. At Dubuque, Iowa, 
the railroads on the river front were under 
water; at Warsaw, Ill., much damage is re¬ 
ported to crops and stock. At New Canton 
and Rockport, 111., the flood came so suddenly 
as to take the people completely by surprise. 
A large area of Winter wheat is sown, which 
w ill be completely destroyed. From the loth 
to the 20th all trains on the C., M. & St. P. R. 
R. were abandoned at Moline, HI., and 3,00(1 
tons of hay were afloat at that place. The 
lower portion of Davenport, Imva, was over 
flowed. At Bt. Louis railroad travel was 
impeded, the K. & St. P. Railroad having 
abandoned all trains to Hannibal. Much dain- 
age has been done to property along the Mis¬ 
sissippi. 
Memorial services on the death of President 
Garfield were held in Boston on the 20th. Gen. 
N. P. Banks delivered the oration. Mayor 
Prince presided. 
The Delta Upsilon College fraternity held 
its annual convention with the Brown Univer- 
sity Chapter on the 20th inst. Hon. David A. 
Wells presided at the public services. Ex- 
Governor Blair, of Michigan, was chosen 
President for the ensuing year. 
There is another rumor of reviving the 
World’s Fair project in this city. It won’t do 
for Boston to get the start of New- York, you 
know l 
Mayor Carlton, of Port Huron, Mich., has 
issued a card to the public thanking them for 
their generous contributions to the Michigan 
sufferers and requesting that no further dona¬ 
tions in kiud be sent in, as they have adopted 
the plan of distributing money; £11,000 have 
already been disbursed. 
It is announced that Watson H. Gilder, who 
for the past 10 years was the late Dr. Holland’s 
assistant in editing Scribner’s Monthly, w'ill 
become editor of The Century. 
It. has been decided that the monument of 
General Burnside shall be an equestrian statue 
and that it shall be set up in Providence. Cit¬ 
izens of Bristol, R. I., offered to contribute 
from £5,000 to £10,000, providing the statue 
is erected there. 
The annual meeting of the Woman Suffrage 
Association will be held at Louisville October 
25 and 20. 
Cadet Whittaker now appears before the 
public in a new’ role. He is concert manager 
for colored vocalists. 
One of the present freshmen class at Yale 
is a man of middle age. He was exaxnined 
for entrance 20 years ago but went into busi¬ 
ness threafter. He now returns to take up 
his deferred course. Good for him 1 
The Grand Tnxnk railway is selling tickets 
at reduced rates from Chicago and Detroit to 
all points in Michigan by the Vanderbilt lines. 
The agent at Chicago refuses to furnish a 
schedule. This is the first direct cut to local 
points, excepting the Buffalo rates which 
were made some weeks ago by the same road. 
It is not lmown whether the Vanderbilt lines 
will meet this cut or not. 
Twenty-four Mormon missioxiaries arrived 
here from Utah, on the 17th, on their way to 
Europe. The Mormon conference appointed 
a hundred missionaries, sixty of whom will 
go to Europe and the remainder work in the 
United States. Thirteen have started for the 
South. 
In Cleveland, workmen have tom down the 
Garfield pavilion and the arches in the park. 
The dias, upon which the body lay in State, 
will be preserved at the Western Reserve His¬ 
torical rooms. The relics will be preserved at 
the Capitol, at the Columbus City Hall and 
in the armories in Cleveland. Most of the 
floral emblems will be distributed as Mrs. 
Garfield dictates. 
Insomnia. 
One of the almost invariable results which 
follow the use of “ Compound Oxygen ” is to 
give the patient sound and refreshing sleep. 
A lady writes of her da lighter: “The. continued 
use of Compound Oxygen soon gave her healthy 
and refreshing sleep, and all anodynes are 
abandoned.” Says a. patient; *" Since using 
your remedy my sleep is nuturu] and good. 
My spirits are in a murk more healthy condi¬ 
tion. 1 have no need of anodynes. Another 
writes: “Before I commenced taking it (the 
Compound Oxygen) I did not sleep any at 
night, had no appetite, and my cough was so 
troublesome that 1 had no rest. Since I com¬ 
menced taking it I have slept well at night; 
my appetite has very much improved; I scarce¬ 
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every way.” Another says: “ I was perfectly 
sleepless, often three nights in succession, fol¬ 
lowed alternately by one night of horrible 
slumber, known ns nightmare. Now sleep is 
restored, mind clearer, step firmer, all healthy 
action greatly increased.” Another lady, re¬ 
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has improved in flesh, and looks well. She 
sleeps well at night—sleeps all night, a thing 
she was unaccustomed to do. Before taking 
the Oxygen, wakefulness was one of her 
troubles. I can see that she is much less nerv¬ 
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writing of his wife, says: “ I have followed 
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wife was tailing, and the result of our treat¬ 
ment so far has been more satisfactory than 
anything preceding it. She has been able 
to sleep good at night without the use of 
chloral, a tiling she could never do before.” 
Our Treatise on Compound Oxygen, con¬ 
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AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
Monday, Oct. 24, 1881. 
The following items of agricultural news 
are condensed from telegrams received here 
between noon on Friday Oct. 21 and noon to¬ 
day, Oct. 24: Portland, Me.—Weather fine; 
farmers and others paying debts freely.... 
.... Boston, Mass.—Flour and pork in good 
demand, but with a slight falling off from 
last w-eek’s prices. Wool trade heavier than 
in the corresponding week last year, andgener- 
ally in a healthy condition. Sales of all kinds 
2,050,000 pounds including 200,000 pounds of 
the best xx and above at 45c. Coarse carpet 
wools wanted at 15c®20c. Combing and 
delaine firm at 47e®50c. Pulled wools firm at 
33c@5Uc.., __ Philadelphia, Pa,—Receipts 
of produce falling off and prices again tend 
upwards. Wheat, com and oats unsettled in 
sympathy with fluctuations at the West.... 
... .Cincinnati, Ohio.—Grain market sympath¬ 
izes with Chicugo. Wheat le® 2c lower than 
at same time last week. Corn 4c®5c lower. 
Receipts of tobacco during the week show 
improvement iu quality; prices better. 
Cleveland, Ohio,—Grape season nearly over; 
yield rather less than usual; quality a trifle 
off, but pi-ices will make this an average with 
other years. From winter’s losses of vines, 
drought, and anxiety growei's’ enthusiasm is 
dampened, so fewer new vines than usual will 
be planted this Fall and next Spring. Potatoes 
scarce", £1@1.05 on track; £1.10(3,1.15 in ware¬ 
house per bushel. Fruit scarce, choice picked 
apples £3.5G®3.75 per barrel. Beans very 
scarce, though hand-picked marrow sell for 
£3,75®3.S5 per barx-el.Louisville, Ely.— 
Produce fii’ni and active; wheat £1.15; corn 
No. 2 white, 78c, do. mixed 71c. Oats No. 2 
wlnte, 48c, do. mixed 46c. rye No. 2, £1.18. 
Leaf tobacco market still strengthening, offer¬ 
ings still very light; consignors waiting for 
better prices.Detroit, Mich.—Lumber 
exceedingly active; prices firm with up- 
ward tendency. Pine lands booming, thous¬ 
ands of acres changing owners, Lake freights 
dull; rates half of last year’s. Wabash road 
about to build at once a million bushel eleva¬ 
tor: existing storage capacity 1,300,000 bush¬ 
els. Wheat No. 1 white, $ 1.37>g, cash; No. 2 
red, £1.40#; No. 2 white, £1.84#. Corn high 
mixed 67c. Oats No. 1 white, 48c. Clover 
seed—prime, £5.35.Evansville, Ind.— 
Tobacco season about closed; yield estimated 
at about half the usual crop. Late rains, 
causing rapid growth, make the grade coarse 
and inferior.Chicago, Ill.—grain re¬ 
ceipts not so heavy owing to bad country 
l-oads throughout the Northwest from late 
heavy rains and present floods. Less specula¬ 
tive activity; pi-ospeet good for quiet market 
for some time. Tendency in cereals generally 
a little upward; but hogs and cattle are selling 
at lower prices and the outlook just now is 
dow-nward. Receipts of bi-endstuffs for the 
week 116,138 barrels of flour; 274,102 bushels 
wheat; 1,596,510 bushels corn; 486.897 bushels 
oats. Shipments, 97,019 barrels flour; 170,S94 
bushels wheat;2,097,284 bushels corn, and 272,- 
744 bushels oats, so that stock of all cereals, 
except corn, is increasing.Peoria, HI. 
—Weather clear and cold. The Illinois State 
Agricultural Society closed here on Thursday, 
having been largely attended from all parts 
of the State. Much freight blockade. 
Milwaukee, Wis.—The unsettled condition of 
the grain trade is having a depressing effect 
on general business. In some pai-ts of the 
State unharvested crops have been injured by 
continued rain. All cereals aro either dull or 
lower. Provisions and hogs aro dull. 
Minneapolis, Minn.—Rained four days this 
week. In spite of bad weather and worse 
roads farmers are delivering grain freely. The 
Millers’ Association bought. 600,000 bushels dur¬ 
ing week, Market has declined 3c. Flour 
quiet; 96,500 barrels shipped in last six days. 
Farmers badly behind with work all over the 
State. Rivers and streams higher than ever 
known at this season. Lumber active; a large 
amount of logs will be carried over the win¬ 
ter. Trade checked by bad roads, debts being 
well paid os px-oduce moves....St. Louis, 
Mo.—Freight blockade still tighter. Switch 
yards covered with loaded cars owing to 
faulty local transportation. Grain has tum¬ 
bled all round, in spite of bad reports of 
Fall wheat planting and damage to coin by 
rain. Causes of decline are: Over-crowded 
elevators, therefore no room for storage, and 
fears of extx-a chai-ges; prices too high for 
profitable export and prospect of speedy close 
of navigation. Tobacco boom has “ busted.” 
Provisions exceedingly dull. Cattle receipts 
small; quality poor; prices lower. Horse and 
mule niax-ket at a stand-still owing to “ Pink¬ 
eye.” Good game coming iu rapidly. River 
high and rising, levees iu danger. Except as 
to crops situation as bad as last Spx-iug. 
Kansas City, Mo.—Weather very wet. Coun- 
try merchants are paying promptly and 
have lots of cash, showing that farmers are 
doing well. Much inconvenience from freight 
blockade.Omaha. Nub.—Pleasant Au¬ 
tumn weather now. Prices of produce steady 
for the week. Bad condition of country roads 
hinders business of all sorts. Last, week’s 
rains stopped thrashing. Wheat w-as damaged 
in stack; loss not great. Most counties report 
a larger corn crop than was expected. 
Denver, Col.—Flour and feed quiet; produce 
active. Supply of hay large; fall in price of 
home growth. Vegetables firm. Hides and 
tallow active. Country buyers in crowds to 
buy winter stock. Large purchases of wool 
by Eastern buyers. Of cattle 100 car-loads 
were shipped from Trinidad during the w-eek. 
Splendid weather.San Francisco. — 
Wheat touched £1.77# per cental, but 
dropped one cent. Wool stagnant. 
Baltimore, Md.—Orders for canned goods far 
ahead; shipments behindhand. Canned toma¬ 
toes, £1.30, an advance of 25c per dozen. 
Green com 10c. per dozen higher. Canned 
peaches £2.B0(g£3 per dozen compared with 
£1.B5@£1.75 last year. No prospect of a de¬ 
cline in these prices. Small fruits all sold 
out. Prime grades of Southern wheat in de- 
mujul; low grades dull. Western wheat lower. 
£1.45#{g:£l.46 cosh to £1.56# for Jan. Coi n 
steady, prices firm. Southern white, 74c for 
new; 77c for old.The steamer Leipsig 
from Bremen, Germany, has just bought 8,000 
cabbages from Oldenburg—the first European 
importation of vegetables ever brought here. 
.Norfolk, Va.—Cotton coming in very 
freely from the far South and West. 
Richmond, Va.—Prices of all vegetables and 
breadstuffs are high; but it is thought to be 
due to the fair, and w-hen it closes a decline is 
expected.Charleston, S. C.—A cool 
spell the last two days—turpentine up to 50c. 
.......Savannah, Ga.—Cotton market opened 
firm on Wednesday afternoon with u strong 
demand on Thursday with prices hardening 
........Augusta, Ga.—Fanners have had a 
good season for planting crops. Most of the 
cotton gathered is of good quality. Over 
£600,000 in the King Cotton Manufacturing 
Company have been subscribed. AU the mills 
running full time with orders for ahead. 
..New Orleaus, La.—Cotton strong, fully up 
to former rates. The first of this season’s 
sugar arrived last Monday—12 days later than 
first arrival last year.Memphis, Tenn. 
—Light frosts have fallen. Prices of pro vis 
ions and produce lower than for some time 
past. Cotton receipts falling off owing to 
extra efforts of planters to pick the crop be¬ 
fore ivet weather sets in.Nashville, 
Tenn.—Wool market dull with light receipts. 
Corn, oats and hay quiet; prices unchanged. 
The Austrian consuls in Servia report the 
harvest this year extremely unfavorable. Not 
more than half us much as the crops of last 
year have been gathered in this year’s harvest. 
This serious failure is attributed partly to de¬ 
structive frosts, and partly to the wide preva¬ 
lence of blight. From Roumania the reports 
are very much to the same effect as those re¬ 
ferring to Servia. In most parts of Moldavia 
and Wullachiu the yield is uot, half the aver¬ 
age.A correspondent, of the Amador, 
Cal. Dispatch says that there are from 60,000 
to 80,000 acres of fine grape land in that 
county which need but.enterprise and indus¬ 
try to yield an annual income of £2,000,000. 
And yet men living on some of this very laud 
are barely making a living because they have 
not the energy to develop its resources. 
The United Kingdom in 1880 consumed 8,650,- 
000 gallons of French w-ines, agaiust 5,620,000. 
in 1876. The rate of consumption continues 
during the current year.. 
An Indianapolis exchange mentions that St. 
Jacobs Oil cured Mr. J. H. Mattern, a letter- 
carrier of that city, of a severe sprain, con¬ 
tracted in the war.—Detroit (Mich.) Western 
Homo Journal. 
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Cause and Effect 
Disease never comes to us without a cause. 
Ask any good physician the reason and ho 
will tell you something interferes with the 
working of the great organs. Kidney-Wort 
enables them to overcome all obstructions 
and preserves perfect health. Try a box or 
bottle at once.—Mirror and Parmer. 
Mrs. Lydia E. Piukhaiu, 233 Western Ave¬ 
nue, Lynn, Mass., is rapidly acquiring an en¬ 
viable reputation for the surprising cures 
which daily result from the use of her Vegeta¬ 
ble Compound in all female diseases. Send to 
her for pa mphlets. 
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A11 the prize lots of butter, eighty-three in 
number, of the recent London Dairy Show 
were salted with Higgin’s Eureka Salt. The 
Higgin process has revolutionized the dairy 
salt business of Great Britain.—American 
Dairyman. 
Tropic-Fruit Laxative is the best and 
most agreeable preparation in the world for 
constipation, biliousness, etc. One-half to ouo 
lozenge is enough. Price 25 and 60 cents per 
box. 
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Garfield and Family—elegant engraving 19 
by 24—sent for 24c. (stamps). Sheeny & Co., 
33 Barclay St., N. Y. 
Burnett’* Cocoatne 
Softens the hair when harsh and dry. 
Soothes the irritated scalp. 
Affords the richest lustre. 
Pi-events the hair from falling off. 
Prom otes its healthy, vigorous growth. 
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SPECIALS FROM THE CHIEF CENTERS 
Until Saturday, October 22. 
Chicago.—Wheat moderately active and 
higher; No. 2 Chicago Spring, £1.34#®1.34% 
cash; £1.35 October; £1.35#@1.3G, November; 
£1.37# December; No. 3 do., £1.20. Corn 
fairly active and a shade higher at 61®GI#c., 
cash; 01#®61%c., October; Ul%'®61# No¬ 
vember; G3#@G3#e, December. Oats mod¬ 
erately active anil higher at 44c., cash; 44#c., 
November; 44%c., December; 43c., May. Rye 
easier at £1,02#. Barley firm at £1.05#® 
1.06. Pork steady with a fair demand at 
£16.85@17, cash; £10.80 November; £16.90® 
16.95, December; £17.95®17.97# January. 
Lard fair, active, and a shade higher at 
£11.62#® 11.05 cash and November; £11.75® 
£11 77}#, December; $11.92#® 11.95, January. 
Bulkmeats stronger; shoulders, £7.50; short 
rib, £9; short clear £9.40. Hogs —demand 
good and prices firmer, but not higher; mixed 
packing, £5.70@0,35; choice heavy, £0.30® 
(5.90; light. £5.90®6; culls and grassers, £3,75® 
5.50. Cattle —market weak and dull; exports 
£0.40@7; good to choice shipping, £5.40®5.90; 
common to fair £4@5; butchers’ cows, £2® 
4.50; bulls, £2®3.30; oxen, 3,50® 4; steers, 
£3.50®4.50; Stockers and feeders, £3®4, 
St. Louis.—Wheat moderately active, and 
higher; No. 2 red Fall, £1.44%,cash; £1.40#, 
November; £1.49#, December; £1.55#, Jan¬ 
uary, No. 2 do., £1.39; No. 3 do., £1,28#. Corn 
higher at 02%c., cash; 63#c., November; 
06%., December; 07#c., January; 72% e., 
May. Oats higher at 43#'c., cash; 4l#e., 
Novemcer 47#c., December; 4S 1 7c., January; 
51%c., May. Rye better at £1.05 bid. Bar¬ 
ley steudy; choice to fancy £1®£1.15. Pork 
quiet; jobbing, £18, Bulk-meats quiet : cat- 
loads Shoulders, £7.00; Clear Rib, £.45; Clear 
Sides £9.80. Bacon slow; Shoulders, 8#e.; 
Clear Rib, I0#o.; Clear Sides, 11c. Lard 
nominally. 11) .c. Butter and Engs nominally 
unchanged. Hook lower; Yorkers, £5.80® 
£5.90; common to good packing, £5.50®£0.40: 
butchers’ to fancy, £6.50® £6.60. 
Cincinnati,. — Wheat strong; No. 2 Red 
Winter, £1.45. Corn steudy; No. 2 Mixed, 
69c. Oats easier; No. 2 Mixed, 46#e.®47e. 
Rye quiet at £1.14. Pork quiet at £10,50". 
Lard in light demand, but holders film, 
at 1 l%e. Bulk-meats in fair demand; Should- 
ei-s, 8c. ; Clear Rib, 9#c. Bacon quiet and 
unchanged. 
