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Saturday, Doc. 17, 1881. 
Guiteau Trial. —Nothing out of the usual 
course of events has happened in the great 
trial or farce, we hardly know which to terra 
it, during the past week, except the indisposi¬ 
tion of two of the jurvmen. Owing to the 
overcrowding of the court room the health of 
all present is placed at risk. The room is 
but 50x70 feet in size, and into this the crowd 
presses, the spectators bringing their lunch 
with them and consuming the pure air w'hioh 
is barely sufficient to keep those who belong 
in the court room in good breathing material. 
Considering the fact that the protracted sick¬ 
ness or death of one of the jurors would neces¬ 
sitate a new' trial, or rather a repetition of a 
farce of which the w hole country has already 
had enough, proper precaution, even to the 
exclusion of the spectators, should be taken. 
For another W'eek Guiteau has been insult¬ 
ing the judge, jury, witnesses and nearly 
every one else who has anything to do with 
the case. His divorced wife testified that she 
had never observed indications of insanity in 
his conduct. Two experts deposed that care¬ 
ful examinat ons failed to reveal any mal¬ 
formation, and one of them. Dr. A. McLane 
Hamilton, declared he thought the prisoner 
while in court was playing a part. Mr. Sco- 
ville will attempt to break down the testimony 
of the witness who recently testified that he 
had heard Guiteau say that he would make 
himself notorious by killing some great man, 
as Booth did. After the court adjourned on 
Friday a mysterious box, which bad arrived 
by express for Guiteau, was opened and found 
to contain a hangman’s rope sent from Myers- 
ville, Pa. Mr. Scoville also received a postal 
card notifying him to watch the van on Dec. 
21, as men had been detailed to take Guiteau’s 
life. Mrs. Scoville is very uppreliensivo that 
her brother w ill bo assassinated. 
The special committee appointed by Con¬ 
gress to arrange memorial services in honor 
of the late President recommended that 
some eminent citizen urd orator w r ho has 
been on terms of intimacy with Gen. Garfield, 
be invited to deliver the principal eulogy, 
and Mr. Blaine has been siuce selected, 
with two members of each House to follow' 
with brief speeches, the services to be closed 
by prayer. It will be remembered that the 
memorial oration upon Mr. Lincoln w as de¬ 
livered by George Bancroft. 
The fund for the monument to Garfield at 
Cleveland may very likely reach $100,000 in 
time. It is now about $72,000, of w'hicb Ohio 
has given nearly $00,000 and the rest of the 
Union about $12,000; and of Ohio’s portion 
about $50,000 were contributed by Cleveland. 
Expectations are raised that the relics con¬ 
structed from the wood, cloth, and other 
material used around the catafalque will net 
a handsome sum for the building fund, to 
which the proceeds are to be devoted. These 
relics have lately appeared in several cities, 
including New York, and are advertised with 
the holiday goods, the authenticity of each 
memento being duly certified. 
Mr. Frelirigliuysen of New Jersey bus been 
nominated and confirmed to be Secretary 
of State rice Mr. Blaine resigned. He will 
assume the duties of office on Monday. 
Mr. Scovilie, Guiteau’s brotherin-law and 
counsel, lectu red in Washington on the case and 
complained of the general disposition to con¬ 
sign his client to the gallows regardless of the 
open question as to his sanity. He stated his 
belief that the prisoner will be assassinated 
before the end of the trial. 
In the House of Representatives on the 13th 
752 bills and joint resolutions were introduced 
by 113 members, the call resting with the 
State of Massachusetts. Had the call con¬ 
tinued until all the Representatives and 
Delegates had been afforded an opportunity 
to unload themselves, the titles of about 2,000 
bills and joint resolutions would have ap¬ 
peared upon the first calender of the ses¬ 
sion. The bills brought in relate to a 
vast variety of subjects, including internal 
revenue, the tariff, coinage and currency, 
Indian affairs, reapportiomnent, etc. 
Some weeks ago a number of business men 
of Cincinnati, desiring to compliment Atlan¬ 
ta, and especially the Exposition in progress 
there, prepared a lloral ship called the “At¬ 
lanta," and, with a party of ladies and gen¬ 
tleman, bore it to Atlanta and made a formal 
presentation of it to the managers of the Ex¬ 
position. On the 15th inst. it was returned 
in charge of a party of ladies aud gentlemen 
of Atlanta, not as a floral ship, however, but 
freighted with Southern products. Its sheath¬ 
ing was of cotton, and it was profusely bur¬ 
dened with all manner of Southern products. 
It was a pleasant exchange of courtesies be¬ 
tween the two cities. 
It is stated on good authority that the fol¬ 
lowing remuneration is to be made to the phy¬ 
sicians and nurses of President Garfield:— 
Congress will be asked to retire Surgeon Gen¬ 
eral Barnes with the rank and pay of a major- 
general instead of a brigadier as he now is. 
Dr. Woodward, now holding the rank of 
major in the Medical Corps, is to be advanced 
by act of Congress to the special rank of 
colonel, to Ire created for him in recognition 
of his services to the wounded President. Un¬ 
der the act to pay all the expenses incident 
to aud incurred by President Garfield’s ill¬ 
ness and death, bills to the amount of $110,- 
000 or even $125,000 will come in. Of this ap¬ 
propriation Doctors Bliss, Agnew and Ham¬ 
ilton are to receive two-thirds, which would 
give to each about $24,000 or $27,000. The 
physicians say that under no circumstances 
will they r present bills either to Mis. Garfield 
or agaiusttbe estate of her deceased husband. 
The four nurses are to receive $2,500 each. 
Dr. Lamb, of the Surgeon General’s Office, is 
to receive $100 for the autopsy' which he made. 
Dr. Reybum, who was Dr. Bliss’ assistant, 
will also receive a reasonable sum for his 
constant attendance. 
Mr. B. II. Brewster of Philadelphia was 
nominated on Friday by President Arthur to 
be Attorney-General. He is an able man 
and a ready orator. 
A colony 5,000 strong, invading Indian Ter¬ 
ritory from the Texas border, has laid out a 
town site, Oklahoma City, and does not an¬ 
ticipate expulsion. 
“ Feel Like a New Person.” 
A patient, after giving Compound Oxy'gen 
a trial, writes : “ Headache all gone ; good 
appetite, and can sleep well at night without 
coughing, a thing 1 have not been able to do 
for a year. I feel like a new person. I can 
breathe now.” Treatise on Compound Oxy'¬ 
gen, sent free. Drs. Stahkey & Palen 1109 
and 1111 Girard Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
— Adv. 
AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
Saturday, Dec. 17, 1881. 
The following items of agricultural inter¬ 
est have been condensed from cablegrams re¬ 
ceived here between yesterday' noon and noon 
to-day :.... 
Portland Me : County produce continues to 
maintain good prices. Boston, Mass : Abet¬ 
ter feeling in wool, with an increased demand. 
Sales of the week 2,350,000 pounds of all kinds. 
Sales of Mich. Fleeces 405,000 pounds at 40@ 
43c, the latter for choice ; principally 41(g42c. 
for average lots. Ohio and Penu. fleeces 
bring 42(u;4;i >.j for X, and 43@44c. for XX 
and above. Combing and delaine fleeces 
quiet at 4010.50 for fine ; coarse dull at 30(442% ; 
unwashed combing 27%(4 34c.Utica, N. Y. 
Creamery butter 32c(tf,35c : dairy, 25(4 30o. 
Cheese 12@14c ; eggs, 28(4 20c ; limed 24c. j)er 
dozen. Loose buy, $13(415 ; baled, $16(417 ; oat 
straw, loose, $8(49 ; baled, $10(412.Phila¬ 
delphia, Pa. During the past few day's there 
have been a better feeling and a greater in¬ 
quiry for wool than for some time previous. 
Should this result in large sales, the market 
will be strengthened, but at this late season 
many holders are disposed to accept present 
prices rather than bold much into the new 
y'ear. .Buyers of cottou are well stocked—a 
decline of %e. from last week’s rates reported. 
Breodstuffs not very active ; prices on several 
grades n trifle lower than a week ago. Rye 
and corn dull, demand nominal. Buckwheat 
meal slow at $4(u4.30. Dernund for apples 
less than supply—principally inferior sorts, 
not sought for. Butter and cheese, prices 
unchanged. Eggs, too, firm. Supply of po¬ 
tatoes good; best stock selling at former 
prices..... 
Cleveland, Ohio.—Mess pork, $17.50; weather 
cold and clear.Cincinnati, Ohio.— 
Tobacco in fair supply. Grain and flour 
light. Hogs coming in fairly.Toledo, 
Ohio.—On account of mild weather, heavy 
rains, and bad roads, not much country move¬ 
ment of late. Grain market weak with a 
downward tendency.Louisville, Ky.— 
Mild weather continues. Receipts and ship¬ 
ments of grain, good. An active demand for 
corn for distillers and feeders; No* 2 white, 
72c.; do. mixed, 08c. Wheat, $1,35, The 
wheat prospect in Kentucky is reported ex¬ 
cellent. A material increase of cotton re¬ 
ceipts bora over those last year. The cotton 
section tributary to this place has suffered 
severely from drought, and the yield is less, 
but local factors are covering much larger 
territory than heretofore. Country collec¬ 
tions good.Chicago, 111.—Only a moder 
ate business in grain. Receipts of bread stuffs 
for the week: 95,491 barrels flour; 218,408 
bushels of wheat; 000,405 bushels of corn, and 
345,700 bushels of oats. Shipments 85,040 bar¬ 
rels flour; 142,193 bushels wheat; 607,280 bush¬ 
els of corn and 230,963 bushels of oats, leaving 
on hand 3,800,000 bushels of wheat; 5,550,000 
bushels of corn; 554,000 bushels of oats; 303,* 
560 bushels of rye and 221,900 bushels of bar¬ 
ley. At same date last year there were iu 
store 6,412,929 bushels of wheat, 4,208,575 
bushels of corn; 1,378,853 bushels of oats; 297- 
219 bushels of rye and 230,603 bushels of bar¬ 
ley. Travelers just returned from Iowa and 
other points in the Northwest report that a 
large amount of wheat is still stacked, farm¬ 
ers holding it in expectation of better prices 
in Spring: prices are expected to reach the 
top in May.... 
Peoria, III.—Country roads getting in bet¬ 
ter condition, and country selling and buying 
are much brisker.Detroit, Mich.—Busi¬ 
ness here and in the interior of the State 
quiet, Lumber market growing stronger and 
stronger owing to the prospect of an open 
Winter checking logging operations. Pork 
packing very active, but the movement iu 
dressed hogs is light. Grain trade entirely 
speculative. Wheat unsettled. No, 1 white, 
$1.34 cash; $1,40}$ for April delivery. Corn 
steady; No. 2, 0G%c. Lake navigation just 
closing.Burlington, la.—Country roads 
bad; but collections fair.St. Louis, 
Mo.—Provisions weak and fluctuating. Leaf 
tobacco is dragging badly and the weuther is 
unfavorable for a new stock. For the week 
grain has been notably dull, but it is now 
strengthening. Deuiaud for cattle exceeds 
supply; but no advance in prices. Two cold 
days have caused an average advance of 10c. 
per 100 pounds in hogs;.Milwaukee, 
Wis,— Weather throughout the week stormy 
but variable, finally clearing off cold and 
bracing. A liberal out-put of currency has 
gone to the country, as the improved condi¬ 
tion of country roads has resulted in a liberal 
movement of produce and grain, the wheat 
receipts averaging nearly 5,000 bushels daily. 
Grain shipments small. Much of the wheat 
received is said to be damp and damaged. 
Flour still quiet. City mills run a few' hours 
daily for local consumption. Wheat No. 2, 
Milwaukee Soft, $1.28%, cash; $1.32, May. 
Provisions strong at an advance of 5c. on last 
week. Receipts largely in excess of those at 
this time last year.. 
Minneapolis, Minn.: Weather still fair and 
mild throughout the North west wilh a free 
movement of produce. Wheat is disappoint¬ 
ing, as a large percentage of the crop has been 
badly injured by continuous rains during 
September and October. This has demoral¬ 
ized the market and checked deliveries, as 
millers and dealers have no faith In the keep¬ 
ing qualities of the grain. The country can¬ 
not rely on any large amount of milling 
wheat from the Northwest—millers here can¬ 
not procure a full supply. Lumber market 
will be quiet until after New Year’s. 
Ornuha, Neb.: Country roads now in good 
condition. Poultry scarce and high-priced. 
Grain and produce have advanced slightly.... 
.... San Francisco, Cal.; Copious rains are 
now falling throughout the State. Pork 
products lower. Rice going up. Heavy ex¬ 
ports of wheat at dull, declining rates. Sales 
of shipping wheat 7% per cental below last 
week’s quotations.Baltimore, Md.— 
Corn and wheat too high for exportation. 
Market for spot cotton dull and weak. Wheat 
inactive and prices lower. Southern corn in 
active demand at steady prices; Western dull 
and lower. Fruit market very active on ac¬ 
count of approaching holidays.Wil¬ 
mington, N. C.—Weather cold and rainy. 
Cotton firm. Spirits of turpentine and resin 
advancing. Provisions steady.Char¬ 
leston, S. C.—Cotton receipts good. Weather 
now quite cool.,. ,,..Savannah, Ga,— Cot 
ton for the week has been quiet, but a number 
of brokers have been forced to sell, owing to 
stringency in the money market. A fair de¬ 
mand for better grades; lower neglected and 
accumulating. Rice supply limited; prices 
keep up still. .Augusta, Ga.—All cotton 
factories running on fuil time with orders 
ahead. All of the $1,000,000 capital of the 
King Cotton Manufactory has been sub¬ 
scribed. Cotton continues to come in rapidly; 
receipts since September 1, 118,330 bales 
against 141,080 bales at the same (late last 
years. Money still tight in town and country 
places..Memphis, Term.—Produce and 
provision markets w r ell supplied; indications 
of a decliue iu prioes.Nashville, Term. — 
Receipts of cattle very light, with scarcity of 
good grades, nog market considerably de¬ 
pressed; weather too warm for packing. 
Feathers have advanced to 48c. Eggs 28c. 
from first hands. Limited demand for wheat 
at steady figures. Collections fair. 
Au association of St. Louis mil lei's has pur¬ 
chased a large wheat farm in Dakota, und 
propose to raise their own wheat, instead of 
buying from middlemen. The project seems 
feasible. The Chicago Inter-Ocean commends 
the project, and hopes that millers in other 
localities will adopt it. The danger is pointed 
out that the farm business of a great associa¬ 
tion will not bo managed as well as it would 
be by a single farmer.Florida oranges 
will soon be plentiful. The crop this year is 
stated to be larger than ever, and the quality 
superior. None have been injured by frost. 
The Palatlca Journal of a late date, shows 
that 8,288,000 are produced in its district 
alone, and says : “ This is clearly the bearing 
year for this section. The yellow ponuncs of 
Florida may substitute iu some degree the 
usual supply of apples at tbe North.. 
Before the civil war the exports of pecan nuts 
from Indianola, Tex., were reported at $100,- 
000; now it is estimated that the amout annu¬ 
ally gathered exceeds $2,IKK),000 in value. But 
little care, however, has been taken of the 
trees; in fact, in many localities, trees 50 to 
100 years old have been cut down to secure the 
nuts. With proper care of the treee and 
systematic gathering of the crop, it is be¬ 
lieved that $10,000,000 could be annually 
realized.Holland is shipping kraut to 
the United States by the ton; 2,000 bari’els 
reached this country last month. The occa¬ 
sion is this year’s short cabbage crop. Cars 
that last year were unloaded here with 4,000 
head of cabbage now hold 12,000, so much 
smaller is the growth. The quality of cab¬ 
bage whic h is this year sought after at 25 and 
30 cents a head was a drug in the market in the 
Fall of 1880. 
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The Pittsburg Sunday Leader quotes :—Mr. 
Martin Karg, Silver Creek, Minn., cured a 
badly wounded horse with St. Jacobs Oil.— 
Com. 
Shan’t I Take a Blue Pill ? 
No, don’t take it and run the risk of mer¬ 
curial poisons, but when bilious and consti¬ 
pated get a box of the celebrated Kidney- 
Wort and it will speedily cure you. It is na¬ 
tures great remedy feu* constipation, and for 
all kidney and liver diseases.— Adv. 
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Tbe ladies who sometime since were unable 
to go out, having taken Lydia E. Piukkaru’s 
Vegetable Compound, are quite recovered, 
and have gone on their w^iy rejoicing.— Adv. 
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The superiority of Burnett’s Flavoring 
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strength.— Adv. 
£i;c filarkcts. 
SPECIALS FROM THE CHIEF CENTERS. 
Until Saturday, December 17. 
Chicago—Wheat unsettled; No2Chicago 
Spring, $1.20% (41.27 cash; $1.20%, December; 
$1.2%, January; $1.28%(41.‘28%, February; 
No. 3 do. $1.12%; rejected, 80(480c. Corn 
fairly active at 60%@01c. cash; «0%e. De¬ 
cember; 6l@01%c,, January; 01%(401%c., 
February; 07%«/06%c., May; rejected, 59c. 
Oats fairly active and a shade higher at 
4G%c., cash and December; 44%c., January; 
4*4%., February; 40%(«:46%c., May. Flax- 
seed $1.34(4 135. Pork unsettled. Old, $10.- 
50: New. $16,87%, cash aud December; 
$10.80(416.83, January; $17.02%, February; 
$17-25, March. Lard active but a shade lower 
at 10.90(410.95c., cash; 1L07%@11.10c,, Jan¬ 
uary; 11.82%o., February; 11.37%(411.40t\ 
March. Bulkmeats easier; Shoulders; $0.25; 
Short Rib, $8.85; Short Clear, $9.11. Hog 
market generally weaker, except for choice; 
light bacon sold at $5.90(46.05; common to 
good mixed weak aud prices 5(4 10c. lower at 
$5.70(46.20; heavy packing and shipping, 
$0.25(40.65, including Philadelphia* and lard 
hogs; skips and culls, $4(45.25. Cattle 
market dull, weak and 10c. lower than yeeter- 
dny, few Christmas cattle offered; quotations 
nominal nt $7(4)7,60; exports, $0(46.65; good 
to ehuicb shipping, $5.15(45,00; common to 
fair, $4(<£5; Mixed butchers’ sleudy; poor to 
good cows, $2.35@$4; bulls I2.50&4; oxen, 
$3.50(44.50; Texans nominally $3(44.35. Sheep 
market steady generally firm; common to 
medium, $2.75(43.50; good to choice, $4@5. 
Extra, $0. 
Cincinnati.—Wheat dull; No. 2 Red Win¬ 
ter. $1.36(41,37. Corn firm; No. 2 Mixed, 
04%<&65c. Oats firm; No. 2 Mixed, 49c. Rye 
dull at $1.05%. Barley dull at $1.05. 1’ork 
dull at $17(a 17.25, Lard dull at 10.90c. Bulk- 
meats heavy; Shoulders, 6%c.; Clear Rib, 
8 %c. Bacon dull and unchanged. Hogs.— 
Common and Light, $5(46,10; Packing and 
Batchers’, $0(40.50. Butter— Funcy cream¬ 
ery sells at 40(4die.; good to prime do., 33(4 
88 c.; fancy dairy, 28(430e.; prime to choice 
Western Reserve, 25(428c,; medium do., 20(4 
23c.; prime to choice Central Ohio, 20@23c.; 
common, 15<.i 1.V * inferior 13(.i ISc. per pound. 
Chkkkh has been in light demand all the 
week, but prices are firm for prime to choice 
factory at 11%(412%c. per pound. Eggs.— 
