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HE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
APRIL 28 
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HOME NEWS PARAGRAPHS. 
The strikes of the potters and silk weavers In 
New Jersey have ended. 
The 108 soldiers now In garrison In Alaska are 
to be withdrawn. 
New York city pays $ 200,000 weekly for amuse¬ 
ments. 
It Is expected that 180 , 000,000 postal cards will 
be required for the current yearT 
Five hundred Dutchess County sheep were last 
week shipped to England. 
The first caisson for the Poughkeepsie bridge 
has been lowered to Its placo. 
Snow still lingers in the Catskills. 
Ross Wlnans, a wealthy and well-known en¬ 
gineer of Baltimore, died a few days since, aged 
81 years. 
We are going to have a magnificent, supply of 
peaches this summer — at least the reports from 
Delaware say that “ the crop Is ruined,” and that 
Is a good sign. 
A Mobile Sunday paper of April 1 Invited Its 
readers to go to the railroad depot and see a mam¬ 
moth frog, said to weigh at least 200 pounds. 
Some went, and then they blasphemed that 
wicked newspaper. 
Sportsmen who go West to shoot, will be inter¬ 
ested in learning that live Illinois Legislature has 
passed a game law so stringent In its provisions 
that the Chicago Tribune says a human being Js 
the only kind or game left which It, wilt be safe to 
kill during certain, months. 
There Is serious talk ot draining Okechobee Lake 
in Florida, and reclaiming thousands of acres of 
land. 
At the Southern Ice factories beautiful wreaths 
of flowers are artistically frozen Into the center 
of blocks of leu of any desired size. 
A vessel Is loading at Port Royal for Holland. 
It will carry 450,000 feetof lumber, and will be the 
first shipment thence to that country. 
Gov. PUlsbury ot Minnesota, has designated a 
day of fust lug and prayer for relief from the 
grasshopper piague. 
The quantity of fresh beef shipped to Great Bri¬ 
tain from New York and Philadelphia, In March, 
amounted to 8,TOT,855 pounds, valued at $590,085, 
making a total In nlne monthsnf 29,908,810 pounds, 
valued at $2,6T7,3S3. 
“ Montpelier,” tne homestead of President Madl- 
son, near Lexington, Va„ has been sold to a land 
company, and Is to be occupied by Germans. 
Chattanooga is to have a supply of pure water 
from a cave In Lookout Mountain. 
Lansing, Mich., has mum socials. At one given 
the other evening, over $20 was realized, mostly 
from fines tor talking and whispering. A purse 
of $in was given to a lady, a “schoolroom,” who 
was silent tor an hour while the rest were talking 
around her and teasing her. 
The Faculty ot Dartmouth College have decided 
that hereafter no student shall have the benefit 
ot a scholarship who will not pledge hltnsell to 
spend no money for liquors, tobacco, billiards and 
dancing. 
A portion of the great meteor which passed 
over Northern Vermont a few weeks ago, is re¬ 
ported round near the tow n of Jay, embedded 
about four feet in the earth, rt is said to have the 
appearance of iron ore lava and soapstone, and to 
weigh about two tons. 
Newburyport has 1300 more women than men. 
It Is a small place, and a wedding there creates 
almost as much sadness as a funeral. 
Water obtained by artesian wells on the Colo¬ 
rado desert is round to be t oo salt tor domestic use. 
The Louisiana Commission, after having done 
all It could to solve the political trouble in the 
State, has returned, having achieved some suc¬ 
cess. The President has ordered the troops to be 
withdrawn without delay. 
Two Baltimore men bet $ 1,000 on the result of 
the Presidential electton, and being unable to 
amicably agree which had won, the case was 
taken Into court. Then the District Attorney, 
under a law prohibiting bettliig on elections, 
took possession of the stakes and turned the 
money over to the City Treasury. 
Australian houses are ordering consignments 01 
American hardware, on account of Its beauty and 
cheapness. 
Edward S. Rand, Jr., a lawyer ot high standing 
In Boston, and one of the best-known authors or 
agricultural works in America, was lodged in jail 
at Dedham, Mass., by his bondsmen. The Boston 
Herald alleges that Rand’s financial t ransactions 
have been most criminal, and have been brought 
about by extravagant living, and expenditures 
for greenhouses, etc. He is also trustee ror sev¬ 
eral estates, some Of which may be heavily In¬ 
volved. 
The statistical corps 01 the Department of Agri¬ 
culture report upon t he condition of wheat hi S68 
oountles of the winter-wheat region. In 218 the 
returns are comparatively unfavorable, in 650 a 
condition varying from average to superior thrift 
Is Indicated. In the Atlantic states north or 
, North Carolina, and in those of tho Ohio valley, 
there has been far less injury from frost than 
usual. Of 320 counties In the Ohio basin, only 4.5 
report below average. Grasshosper ravages are 
reported In 22 counties of Eastern Kansas, from 
Nebraska to the Indian Territory, and as far West 
as Saline County. The wheat-growing district In 
Texas is also alive with grasshoppers, which 
threaten the destruction or the crop In several 
counties. More than 20 counties report, the hatch¬ 
ing of spring broods. There Is a n increase of the 
area ot wheat in Texas, and the prospects are 
favorable, with the exception of grasshopper rav¬ 
ages. In the other Cotton States, a dry autumn 
and variable winter have depressed the condition 
of wheat below average. 
Prominent European capitalists have been ne¬ 
gotiating for some time, and at last successfully, 
with the Land Commissioners of Florida for 
$3,000,001) worth of orange lands. They Intend to 
bring into the state 2,000 or 3,000 hardy farmers 
from England, Germany, France, and Italy. 
The rapid extension or the cultivation 01 pea¬ 
nuts Is due to the tisc now made of them for the 
oil they contain. Last season’s product, reached 
2 , 000,000 bushels, valued at $ 3 , 000 , 000 . The oil la 
In large demand as a substitute lor olive and 
almond oils, and keeps a much longer time with¬ 
out becoming rancid. 
The steamship Amerique has at last been re¬ 
moved from her perilous position and placed In 
the Erie Basin Long Dock. Her companion, the 
Rusland, Is a wreck. 
Extensive revenue frauds in the manufacture 
of tobacco have been discovered In North Caro¬ 
lina. 
trader a recent decision of the Court of Appeals, 
no licenses to sell intoxicating liquors can be 
granted to any persons, except inn, tavern, or 
hotel keepers. This decision makes void several 
thousand licenses Issued by the Board ot Excise 
in this city. * 
A great-granddaughter of George iv. of England 
Is a teacher in one of the Sabbath schools of Cin¬ 
cinnati. 
The Board of Engineers appointed to examine 
the foundation of the Washington Monument will 
condemn It as insufficient. 
James Morrison's wife eloped a year ago, and 
he went to live with her wealthy mother. This 
week the wife, with her child and paramour, re¬ 
turned to Cohoes destitute, and a polled to her 
mother for relief. The mother refused to have 
anything to do with her, unless she would return 
to her lawful husband. This she declined to do, 
and desired to have her husband ejected and her 
paramour Installed In Ills place. Her mother 
would not accede to her request, and herself, 
lover, and child are now destitute. 
A can of dynamite was found by Custom-house 
officers affixed In the center or a cask full or wine. 
What the object was Is not stated. 
The steamship Leo 01 tho Nassau line was 
burned off the Georgia coast on the morning or 
the 13th Inst,, and a number of persons were lost. 
Two life-boats which took off a part of the pas¬ 
sengers and crew have not been heard from. The 
captain and several ot the crew were rescued 
from a raft, after being seven hours afloat, by a 
Russian vessel, and sent to Savannah. 
A writer in Scribner has an article on the sub¬ 
ject, "Howto keep boys on the tarm.” ne evi¬ 
dently means well, says the Danbury News, but 
he doesn’t touch the point. To keep (be boys on 
the farm, the farm should be well paved and 
lighted with gas, and have a band stand and bil¬ 
liard tables, and bis own bar and race-course. 
We hope our farmers are just as anxious as they 
appear to keep their boys on the farm, but they 
don’t Beem to take any definite action. 
The hostile Indians ha ve pretty generally sur¬ 
rendered and returned to the agencies. 
Alexander XL Stephens asked Dick Thompson 
If he remembered the present of a gold-headed 
black-walnut, cane which he made Mr. Stephens 
somo thirty odd years ago. Mr. Thompson said 
he had not forgotten It, adding, " Both or us have 
changed a good deal since then, and I suppose 
Aleck, as he Is now, could sit down In the shadow 
of that cane and keep cool the hottest day in 
summer.” 
At the Old South Ball, recently given In Bos¬ 
ton, a descendant of John Hancock, wore a suit 
that Hancock hlmsell had once worn, it was a 
coat ot crimson velvet, with tight sleeves, and a 
waistcoat of white satin, finely embroidered. 
The ruffled shirt-front was adorned by a big 
brooch, which was a painting on Ivory of Han¬ 
cock himself, done by Copley. 
The memorial windows with which the Hon. 
Robert C. Wlnthrop has brightened the body of 
Trinity Church, Boston, are rich In color and 
elaborate in design. Each window measures six 
feet by tour, and contains two designs executed 
in stained glass. One represents tho Good Sa¬ 
maritan and Dorcas; the other, Abraham prepar¬ 
ing to sacrifice Isaac, and in the second division, 
Eunice. 
A British M. P., recently traveling In this 
country and examining by the way the public 
schools, regretfully remarked that In no case did 
he meet with a pupil who expected to follow the 
occupation of his father, it the latter was em¬ 
ployed in a mechanical pursuit. 
The people of Pori la ml, Mo., have decided lite¬ 
rary tastes. They have stolen 2,000 volumes 
rrom the their public library. 
For walking on tho grass and smoking In the 
parks of Philadelphia they charge $s. This tariff 
Is affixed to the trees. 
A farmer, passing a bad piece of road, upset Ids 
load of potatoes. Angrily he declared lie would 
make the Road Comn,jss|qnfirs pay roundly for the ! 
Virginia liquor dealers have raised a fund to 
resist the Introduction of the gong punches pro- 
vlded for under the new whisky law enacted in 
that. State. 
damage. Referring to the list, he discovered 1 hat 
lie was the Commissioner for that district, and 
he concluded to overlook this neglect of the 
roads. 
A small boy died in Bennington, vt., from 
swallowing a screw, which, becoming lodged in 
his throat, caused his daatli by suffocation. The 
same boy, a week before his death, swallowed a 
two-cent piece, and theday precedlngwas caught 
In the act of endeavoring to get a nail down his 
throat. 
Gold Hill, Nevada, Is sinking, the ground un¬ 
derneath having been mined too much. The gas- 
pipes on Main street, have severed their connec¬ 
tion, and other Inconveniences have followed the 
depression. 
The lowly beet now ranks In commercial Im¬ 
portance above the patrician sugar-cane. More 
beet-sugar than cane-sugar Is now made by the 
world every year. 
The New York Legislature has enacted that, 
contracts and obligations hereafter made or en¬ 
tered Into by a married woman, except between 
herself and her husband, and except, also con- | 
tracts of suretyship lor her husband in writing, 
shall be as valid for all purposes os if she were 
unmarried, and may be enforced as ff she were 
single. 
Mrs. Hayes opposed the use of wine at the din¬ 
ner given by the President to the Russian Grand 
Dukes, and has decided t hat hereafter wine shall 
be excluded from the White House table. This Is | 
a radical departure from the practice heretofore. 
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FOREIGN NOTES. 
Mr. Gladstone says that he doubts whether his 
literary labors In forty years have yielded £ 10 , 000 . 
This In reply to a charge of Ashbury, the yachts¬ 
man, that, he wrote tor money, and iiad netted 
that amount by Ills pamphlets on the Eastern 
question. 
Upwards ot 60,000 persons took part In a demon¬ 
stration In London to Induce Parliament to order 
the release of Arthur Orton, the Tlchborne claim¬ 
ant. 
The directors or the London General Omnibus 
Company offer a prize of x 1,000 for a n Invention 
or a scheme for effectually recording or checking 
the receipts ot passengers’ fares. 
The British Government Is steadily reducing 
Ike Bui tan of Zanzibar, who visited London two 
years ago, to tho position of a merely tributary 
Prince. From the oust, the north, the west, arid 
tho south, England Is closing in on the continent 
of Arrifift. Egypt Is mortgaged to British capi¬ 
talists and ruled by British agents; Zanzibar, on 
the southeast coast, Is tn a simitar condition; the 
Hutch republics of southern Africa have been 
told tn plain language that, they must yield up 
their Independence, and Dahomey and Aslianlee 
have been made to learn that, when England 
orders, African Princes must obey. 
rue Khedive of Egypt la about, to visit France, 
ne will leave Cairo on the I5r,h of May and, after 
a short, stay in Constantinople, will proceed to [ 
Vichy—for the benefit, of his health. If is said. 
When the Emperor of Germany appeared at t he 
recent great ball In Berlin, it was remarked that 
ho hud an almost youthful freshness of complex¬ 
ion, and also that bis countenance was mild and 
beaming. The Empress was with him, attired in 
a simple robe ot wlilr,e; a splendid diadem of dia¬ 
monds sparkled l n her dark hair, whence depended 
a largo white ostrich feather. By her side was 
tho Crown Princess, in a light lilac dress of satin 
damask, trimmed With lace. She wore a small 
tiara of diamonds, and round her neck a string ot 
large while pearls, with earrings to match. This 
precious set ot pearls, unique of its kind, was pre¬ 
sented to the Princess by the city of Londou. she 
likewise bad tn her hair a feather of the same 
delicate hue as her dress. 
war at last seems to be inevitable between Rus¬ 
sia and Turkey. The latter has rejected the pro¬ 
posals of the Powers, In a note couched in very 
strong language. She absolutely denies tliaL they 
have any right, to Interfere in her affairs, in En¬ 
gland all bopes of peace are abandoned, and 
breadstuff*, and provisions, m view of t he situa- I 
tlon, are rasing rapidly In all the principal mar- I 
kefs of the world. 
Officers in the army of Saxony are not allowed 1 
to marry until they are assured of au Income or 
about $250 per annum, and although they are ex¬ 
pected to live In good style and to dress in such a . 
manuer as to be at any time presentable at court, i 
this Is thought, to be enough for their comfortable ; 
support. 
Mr. Jas. Gordon Bennett has purchased a large 1 
residence in Paris, and will remain abroad ror 
several years. 
A remarkable cure of hydrophobia Is recorded : 
In Munster. Westphalia. Alter trying morphine : : 
and chloroform in vain, in attempting to alleviate 
the spasms, recourse was had to the Indian arrow 
poison as a last resort. Wit hin rour hours two 
decigrammes of the poison, divided into seven 
portions, were injected under the skin, causing 
entire relief from convulsions within nine hours, 1 
and finally effecting a complete cure. 
American race-horses taken to England are 
meeting with success, two ruces having recently 
been won by them. 
The rebels In Japan have been defeated, and 
the Insurrection is regarded as nearly ended. 
The quantity 0 ! wine produced In France In 
1876 was only about half that produced the pre¬ 
vious year, which was ss,032,000 hectoliters, 
the largest on record. In 1830 H was only 15.2S2,- 
ooo; in ift.-’j, 1 5,176,000. The average yield from 1 ■ 
1867 to 1R76 bns been 53,589,000. rheetder harvest 
In ls76 was 7,036.000 hectoliters; In 1375,is,$67,000. 
About three million fans were shipped from 
Japan tn 1675, almost all of which came to ting 
country. 
Maggie Woods, a child ot four and a half years 
recently arrived safely in Stockport, England, 
having made, the Journey from Chicago, without 
any care but that of the railroad and steamboat 
employes. 
A Swedish officer who has arrived at Suez 
states that the Abyssinian army numbers 50,000 
men, divided Into three bodies, armed with good 
rifles, but badly drilled. Col. Mitchell, of the 
Egyptian staff, is at Adowa, chained to a native 
soldier, and suffetng severely. 
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EVERYWHERE. 
Humboldt, Tenn., April 14.— We have had 
abundant rain for the past month ; retarded farm 
operations, planting, etc. spring has now opened 
In good earnest. Apple, pear and cherry blooms; 
also, dogwood and red bud blooms, and our woods 
green. Pastures now good grazing. Corn and 
cotton planting will generally be done in the next 
I ten days. Wheat looks well. Upon the whole, 
our season Is more backward than usual. Straw¬ 
berry crop Is promising; commencing to use rhu¬ 
barb and asparagus; setting cabbage plants, to¬ 
mato and sweet potato slips, etc. Expect no more 
frost.— B. F. T. 
.Million- of bottles of Burkett’s Cocoaine have 
been sold during the last twenty years, In every 
civilized country, and the public have rendered 
the verdict that It is the cheapest and best Hair 
Dressing In the world.— Ex. 
All nervous, exhausting, and painful diseases 
speedily yield to the curat ive influences of Pul- 
vermaclier's Electric Belts and Bands. They are 
safe, simple, and effective, and can be easily ap¬ 
plied by the patient himself. Book, with full 
particulars, mailed free. Address Pelvekmacher 
Galvanic Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. 
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SEMI-BUSINESS PARAGRAPHS, 
Tin* new remedy lor dyspepsia, “Gestlano,” 
Is effecting some very remarkable cures In Lyons, 
N. Y. Physicians recommend " Gestla.no ” to their 
patients, and it Is gaining a wonderful reputation 
as a specific In cases ot dyspepsia and indigestion 
—for which disorders only it Is recommended.— 
Lyons RenuOllcan. 
THE MARKETS. 
PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS. 
New York, Saturday, April 21,1177. 
Receipts.— The receipts of Produce for the week 
were as follows: 
Flour, bbls. 
Whisky. 
Corn tneal. bbls_ 
Corn meal, bat;*... 
Wheal, bush. 
Corn, bush. 
(hits, bush.. 
Kye.bush. . 
Mall, bush. 
Harley, bust). 
Keans, bush. 
(.rii** »eed, bush.. 
Reef, pkgs. 
Wool, bales......... 
Hops, bales. 
Pork, Mils. 
Tallow. 
56.871 Molasses.. 
2,989 Klee, bhl*. 
Out meats. pkgs.... 
722 l aro. pkgs. 
fO.tOO Tobacco, lihds. 
365.(150 do. pkgs. 
7(6J16 Hatter, i Kirs. 
32,0m Cheese, bxs. 
16,iHdCotton, bales.. 
l,5wJ ftosfn,. 
5,(61'Seta, turn., bbls.... 
C 2,926 I (rind Fruits, pkgs.. 
1,3(6 Buys, bbls. 
534 Peanuts, bags. 
885 Leather, sides. 
\,TM Sugar. hhds. 
2,396 OH cake.. 
IiC.ANs ami Pea 8.—Beans are llrm and again 
higher, all guides more or less in sympaiby with 
mediums ami marrows. A moderate potato crop 
has proven very lavoruhle to local trade in medi¬ 
ums. ,MiirrOw* have a steady support from export¬ 
ers. Pea henns do not and have rod run up to the 
required quality standard. Iri kidneysthere Is ioote 
life, though sales of red ar»» not la.ge. Canadian 
peas are llrm, but quiet, tlreen peas held with more 
assurance. Southern It. E. peas mmucc. Garden 
pea* arc not active ; Hie planting-time is backward, 
and t he experience of lust season does not encum- 
nge amateur farmers. We quote 
deans, medium, prime. 82.4<kiV2,KI,- others. $2.20® 
2.35; Western, prime, f2.’-’0@2.35-. others. *l.75®2.2&; 
marrow, prime, tree to vessel. $2-85®—; talr 
to good, si.Wxas.To ; pea, choice. $2.00: fair to good. 
$2,1342.25; white kidney, prime, $2.&5@2.65: rail’ to 
good, 82. I'M2.25: red kidney, prime. $'2_2fi@2,40 ; fair 
to good. $2.2W2.40; Mack, or turtle soup beans. $3. 
Canadian peas, in bulk ami bond, 91@9Sc.; creep peas, 
fl.30«,1.3&; Southern B. E. peas. 4* 2-hushel bug, $2.63 
@2,90. 
BROOM CORN.—Prime stock is wanted, but other 
grades plenty and dull; quoted at 7 fit Sc. for brush, 
short green, 6@7o. for hurl green, 5®2ic. tor medium 
green, and 3.(4@4 >jc. for red and red-tipped. 
Bl'TTkit.-Old stock seems to be depleted of all 
prime quality, and if any of It is left. Ills in bad com¬ 
pany, and Is alow at the current qirritations. The 
range for useful is I2@17e., and plenty to be had at 
tea, 10c. Now butter arrives fast enough to cheapen 
daily. The backward spring show£uacereased make 
compared with Inst spring: but Tor ail present, de¬ 
mand supplies are ample. New Western is in mar¬ 
ket, and compares favorably with State in quality 
and prices. 
Now Hut ter—SI a le lial f-tubs. select in voices. 204220.; 
good to prime. In,(t20c.; fair to good, lSSvlSo.: uoo>- to 
fair, 12@15c.; Slate pall*, select invoices. 2i,u22c., 
good to prime, I9i520c,; dreamsrv, select invoices 
2l@25c.; good to jirirue, 20.3,24c.; Western creamery, 
select invoices. 'HtilSe.; good to prime, 21(3330.: fair 
good, I9@3I0.: Welsh tubs, select invoices, ’4k$21c.; 
law it, prime. HfrllTc.; factory mbs, select invoices, 
17i5l8e-: fair tu prime, If®tTct |)o,>r. 42 @lSo. 
Old Butler—State dairies, with tubs, choice, 165,l&’c.; 
good to prime. I'UvISo:; fair to good, lUilSc., poor to 
lair, ip , tfe r : tlrkins. choice, 16@17c.; good to prime, 
13@14c.: fair to good, Uvioi.'ic poor to fair, i0@llo.; 
half-til kin mbs, choice fall, ; good to prime, 
15@170.: lair I" good. 12@15e.; pour to Mir, lfi@ 12c,; 
Welsh tubs, nulries, litolSc.; good to prime, 14® 16c.: 
fair to good, 12(5He.: pour to fair. lOiilfc.-, Suite, vary 
poor, 9 .(AlOc..Western tlrkiiis, good to prime, 10®lie ; 
fair to good. Bf4@tflJ4c.; dairy tubs, good to prime.12® 
He,: poor t« good, lutriSc.: grease butler, 9c. 
Cotton -lias been variable and excited on the tem¬ 
per of I he advices from tho other Him. The latest 
prices urn: 
April. 11..-w@ll.39e , May, It 40".: June, 11.*0@ll 51c.; 
July, II 'T@ir.ll2o.: August, II 7I@11.I2.September. 
11.Cifrtll.B3c.: October, 11.511«11.62c,; Novemner. 11.37 
@1139c.: December, 11,88* ll.fUc.; January, 1J 52® 
11.54c.: February, tLtBAJl.th. 
