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The GAeAt Trial Ended.—O n Wednesday 
night the long trial came to an end, and the 
public mind is relieved and satisfied Mr. 
Porter,counsel for the defence,began bis argu- 
inent on Monday and closed it about 8 P. M. 
Wednesday, and Judge Cox immediately gave 
his charge to the Jury. It was a clear, concise 
statement, and could be easily comprehended 
by the jurors and retained in memory. The 
jury then retired to their room, and, after an 
absence of about one-half hour, they rendered 
a verdict of “Guilty, as indicted.” The pris- 
diler was manifestly nervous while the jury 
Waft out; as he Would naturally be,.atid his 
ripinion was that the jury would disagree. 
After the verdict he was at once removed to 
the jail. His counsel will have four days to 
file exceptions. Mr. Scoville will move for a 
hew trial, but it will not, probably, rie 
granted. 
A very comprehensive verdict has been ren¬ 
dered by the coroner’s jury on the late acci¬ 
dent at Spnyten Duyvil, N. Y. The respon¬ 
sibility lies hard on no one’s shoulders as it is so 
greatly distributed. The first count is against 
George Meliusj the bMkeman; then a gain ft t 
Manfbrd, the cohduetor; then Stanford, Burr, 
and Buoharian, engineers, come in for their 
share of the blame; then Superintendent 
I’ducey gets a blow, and finally ail the office! s 
and managers of the road are responsible for 
this accident. If that isn’t a “sweeping” 
verdict then there never was one! All the 
above named persons will be held under bail 
to await t he action of the Grand Jury. 
The jiubHc High School at Hartford, Conn., 
was totally destroyed by fire on the 24th inslt. 
The fire originated from a defective flue or an 
overheated furnace. The walls of the build¬ 
ing remain standing. The loss will probably 
amount to about £120,000. 
There was no chance for doubt about the 
state of the weather last Monday and Tuesday. 
The mercury got down to 5 ° below zero here, 
but that was mild in comparison with inland 
towns. The following may be Of interest 
The mercury stood at Rochester 7 ° below 
zero ; Poughkeepsie 16° j Norwich, N. Y. 88° 
Saranafc Lake, N. Y. 40° ; Plattsburg, 25 ® : 
Keesvile 24 ° : Poi t Henry 22 ° ; Lake George, 
25 ° ; Saratoga 86 ° ; Boston, Mass, 87 ° ; 
Providence, R. I. 15° ; Portsmouth, N. H. 
24° ; Montreal and Quebec 26°. 
It is reported that the railroads have lost 
$25,000,000 by the recent freight and passen¬ 
ger war. * 
The Rev. Dr. Manning of the famous Old 
South Church of Boston, has touched a gener¬ 
ous chord in his congregation. They have 
voted to give him for the rest of his life an 
annual pension of $4,000, work or no work, 
A season of unusually high water is re¬ 
ported from many districts in the South. The 
Atchafalaya River has overflowed its banks, 
submerging the adjacent lowlands. The flood 
of waters from the Big Black River spread 
in every direction. About 30 miles of the 
Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad 
are imder water. Many culverts have been 
destroyed and much of the roadbed has 
been washed away. No trains at this writing 
are running between Canton and Grenada, a 
distance of 89 miles. A dispatch from Good¬ 
man, Miss., reports the lower part of 
that town inundated, the turnpike road des¬ 
troyed and the bridge over the Big Black 
River washed away. A Mobile, Ala., dis¬ 
patch says all the lower landing along tbe 
Tombigbee River was inundated; 56 feet of 
water were reportedat Tuscaloosa and the river 
is still rising. A telegram from Chattanooga, 
Tenn., reports the lower part of that city 
covered with water and the river rising 
rapidly from the effects of three days rain. 
The Boston Committee of Thirteen have 
recommended the postponement of the pro¬ 
posed World’s Fair of 1885. Evidently the 
project excites little interest anywhere. If it 
were dropped from mention for several years, 
and then perhaps revived as a mode of cele¬ 
brating the centenary of the adoption of the 
Constitution of the United States,it might then 
be welcomed. So an exchange suggests. 
A Kentucky farmer, named James R. Wil- 
mot, on Jan. 17, butchered his mother, wife 
an 1 two daughters with an axe and then hung 
himself. Again, in the town of AusterlLtz, 
N.Y., a man named Beckwith killed another 
named Vandercook, and cut his body into 
small pieces, and was cremating them in his 
stove when he was discovered. 
The financial condition of Harvard College 
proper gives much concern to the corporation. 
The deficit for 18S0-’81, amounting to $34,469.- 
19, is the largest which the college ever in¬ 
curred. 
It required 1,0C0 cars to carry exhibits to 
the Atlanta Exposition, but 200 were sufficient 
to take away those which remained unsold. 
Nearly everything except the heavy ma¬ 
chinery found a purchaser. Rather to the 
surprise of the managers, the negroes did not 
visit the exposition in large numbers, and 
“ Freed men’s Day” was almost a complete 
failure. 
A diftpatbh from Dallas, Texas, Says that 
the largest single sale of cotton fcveh made 
in the United States was made there lately 
by Mr. M. D. Cleveland. It consisted of 
5,725 bales. The consideration, in round fig¬ 
ures, was $890,000. Major A. Rutt Kay pur¬ 
chased it for cash. 
Miss Nellie Arthur, daughter of the presi¬ 
dent, gave a dinner party at the White House 
recently to a number of her young friends. 
About 450,000 school children had been 
vaccinated in Illinois by Jauuary 25, the 
period fixed by the State Board for the ex¬ 
clusion of all unvaccinated children. 
The statistics Of immigration, strangely 
enough, show that the popular notion that 
the great masses of immigrants arriving in 
this country go West, is fallacious. During 
the year ending June 30, 1881. 885,047 immi¬ 
grants landed at New York. Of this number 
New England attracted 20,506; New York got 
148,133, Pennsylvania, 36,475, and New Jersey 
11,587. The South took 7,033. This makes a 
total of 318,733 for the East and South, as 
against 166.315 for the West. The Western 
States which received the largest number are 
Illinois; which got 43:149, Iowa 12,520, Michi¬ 
gan 17,088, Minnesota Missouri 7,226, 
Kansas 8,881, Indiana 5,824, Ohio 19,107, Ne¬ 
braska 4,124, and Wisconsin 15,701. The 
figures for New York are really startling in 
their suggestivencss. 
Brooklyn N. Y., has nearly 300 churches, a 
church-seating capacity of about 100,000, and 
an actual church attendance of about 50,000. 
Such is the statement of Rev. Mr. Pentecost. 
The Oxford tap"; or mortar-board, is now 
worn at Princetoil, Williams, Amherst, 
Trinity, University of the City of New York 
and Brown University. 
— « »♦- 
Catarrh. 
“ I think," writes a patient who had used a 
two months’ Oxygeu Treatment, “that my 
Catarrh is about well, and has been for some 
weeks.” Treatise on “Compound Oxygen” 
sent free. Drs. Starkey & Palen, 1109 and 
1111 Girard Street Philadelphia, Pa.— Adv. 
AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
Saturday. January 28, 1882. 
The following few items of agricultural in¬ 
terest are condensed from telegrams received 
here from noon yesterday to noon to-day: 
Boston, Mass.—Wool market quiet with sales 
of 1,051,000 pouuds—no noteworthy change in 
prices or prospects.Philadelphia, Pa. 
—Prices of Hour and grain, particularly for 
future delivery, ure stronger, with a fair de¬ 
mand both present and future. Supply of 
potatoes light; good demand at good prices. 
Apples firm. No change in cotton prices dur¬ 
ing the week; very little doing. A fair de¬ 
mand for wool of late at Hill prices. 
Cincinnati, Ohio.—The recent advance in 
wheat has caused an aetivt demand for grain. 
Tbe number of hogs killed this week was the 
largest in the season. Wheat, No. 2 Red Win¬ 
ter, $1.41. Corn quiet; No. 2 mixed, 65%c. 
Oats steady; No. 2 mixed. 48c. Rye irregu- 
at $1,003^(6:1.07, Barley, $ I 03. Hogs firm at 
$5.25(«6.80 for common and light; $6.65@7.30 
for packing and butchers’. 
Chicago, Ill.—Wheat has beeu unsettled dur¬ 
ing the week, the price fluctuating greatly. 
No. 2 Chicago Spring is $1 34% against 
$ 1. 80% last week; and $1.36 for March delivery 
against $1.31% at the same time last week. 
The rise in the other grades is smaller, amount¬ 
ing only to half a cent in No. 8 and one cent 
ir> “rejected.” Some insist that the manipula¬ 
tors of the wheat “corner” spoken of here 
last week are working quietly but steadily; 
others say the transactions of the week do not 
indicate the existence of a “comer.”. 
Detroit, Mich.—Rainy weather and bad roads 
have interfered grievously with country 
travel and traffic. Movement of wheat light 
and in this market unusually speculative. 
Sales of future wheat during the week have 
Leen 23,050 bushels against 70,000 bushels 
spot.St. Louis, Mo.—Provisions strong 
and advancing a little. Hogs going up. Cot¬ 
ton market glutted and weaker.Mil¬ 
waukee, Wis.—Weather has been c :4d and 
seasonable terminating with showers. Re¬ 
ceipts of wheat have materially increased ow¬ 
ing to high prices; while shipments have been 
moderate owing to scarcity of lower grades 
which are in demand. The increased price of 
wheat has rendered the filling of orders for 
flour impracticable with little prospect of 
further movement until the manipulations in 
wheat are ended. 
San Francisco, Cal,: Wheat is lower owing 
to the copious rains that have fallen within 
the week and which insure a good crop in most 
sections of this State.Baltimore, Md.: 
Some inquiries for cotton, but no material 
change in j rices has occurred; sales still on a 
basis of ll%c. for Middling.Wilming¬ 
ton, N, C.: Weather pleasant after having 
Iwen changeable. Increased receipts of cot¬ 
ton over last year; (lemahd good. Provisions 
and grain higher...Savannah, Ga. 1 
Feeling Jn cotton market better with a good 
demand arid prjees several poi fits higher.... 
New Orleans, La.: Cotton receipts are drop¬ 
ping off. Factors are beginning to arrange 
for next season’s crop. Weather still warm 
with abundance of rain. Future prospects 
auspicious. Little movement in grain owing 
to the out tariff ailiqhg the Eastern rouds.... 
At the recent annual meeting of the Indiana 
Swine Breeders' Association the following 
officers were elected for the ensuing year: 
President, Dick Jones, of Columbus; Vice- 
President, Jesse Y. Demaree, of Franklin; 
Secretary, W. A Macey, of Lewisville; Treas¬ 
urer, D. L. Thomas, of Rushville. 
Nearly 70,000 tons of harried fence-wire have 
been manufactured in the United States dur¬ 
ing the past year.. Texas took the special 
premiums at the Atlanta Exposition on wheat 
and corn. The grand premium of $500 for 
the best general collection of cereals was di¬ 
vided equally between Texas gnd Kansas ... 
....The Texas Stockmen’s Convention will 
be held at Austin, February 14... 
The Wisconsin Sheep Breeders’ Association 
which has lately Been in session rtt White- 
water, Wis., has arranged for a great shear¬ 
ing festival, id be held at Whitewater, Wis., 
May 2. The officers elect arfe ; President, Sey¬ 
mour Crooks ; Vice-President, Hr. Parker ; 
Secretary, H. J. Wilkinson; Corresponding 
Secretary, C. R. Gibbs, the last two of White- 
water, and the Treasurer, Mr. Crawford. 
The Registry Committee was selected as fol¬ 
lows : J. H. Paul, of Genesee: A. Cook and 
F. M. Clarke, of Whitewater.The 
prevalence of pleuro pneumonia among cows 
on the north side of Queens County, T <ong Is¬ 
land, N. Y., has caused considerable alarm 
among the farmers and stock-raisers 6f Long 
Island. In the vicinity of Westbury, Glen- 
head, Mineoia, and Glencove a number 
of valuable milch-cows have died of the 
disease. New cases are reported daily, and a 
number of the largest stables have been quar¬ 
antined. Cows found to be suffering from 
the disease are immediately killed. 
Cm- correspondent at Sussex Court House, 
Sussex dounty, Va., says: “ Planters have 
been very unfortunate, especially the peanut 
growers, as that crop was almost a total fail¬ 
ure. As a rule, collections have been well 
made and planters generally have closed their 
accounts, but have no money left and must 
economize during the coming year. The pea¬ 
nut crop never failed before in this locality. 
About half the crop made must be kept for 
planting next season. There is, therefore, 
little left for sale.”.The Census Bu¬ 
reau Florida orange statistics give the value 
of the present orange crop at about $1,000,000, 
against $672,176 for the crop of 1880, an in¬ 
crease of nearly 40 per cent. The Jacksonville 
Union has no doubt the present crop will be 
worth considerably more than a million dol¬ 
lars. Putnam County leads the list with a pro¬ 
duction of over seven million oranges, worth 
$108,000. This industry is yet in its infancy, 
but with a yearly increase of 40 per cent., it 
must soon assume immense proportions...... 
The Wisconsin State Grange has lately 
been in session at Milwaukee. The reports of 
tbe Secretary and Treasurer showed that there 
were at present 121 subordinate granges m 
the State, having a member-hip of 3,960; 727 
new members were added during the year, 
and 800 lost by death and other causes. There 
had been expended during the year $4,00*2.87, 
leaving a balance in the treasury of $430.06. 
S. C. Carr, of Rock County, was elected Wor¬ 
thy Master; R. D. Frost, Overseer; H. C. 
Sherman, Fond du Lac, Lecturer, and R. Wil¬ 
liams, of Vernon, Steward.The Ne¬ 
braska State Agricultural Society closed its 
annual convention at Lincoln on Jan. 18. 
The attendance was large, nearly every coun¬ 
ty in the State being represented. The result 
of the election of officers for tbe ensuing year 
was as follows: President, J. H. McEntire; 
Vice-President, J. B. Dinsome: Secretary, D. 
II. Wheeler. The latter is a. salaried position, 
and was therefore hotly contested... 
There is in London an association for promot¬ 
ing emigration of women to Canada, and an 
other has been recently established at Ott iwa, 
Canada, whose object it is to purchase in the 
Northwest 2,000,000 acres to be resold to settlers 
at cheap rates with a strict temperance pro¬ 
viso .The annual meeting of the Texas 
Wool Growers’ Association adjourned Jan. 
12th, after two days’ session at San Antonio. 
A resolution was unanimously adopted asking 
the Governor to call the attention of the legis¬ 
lature to the necessity for legislation with re¬ 
gard to scab and other matters of interest to 
the sheep-owners of Texas. The wool buyers 
were requested to return the sacks of the 
growers at the expense of the latter.. 
A dispatch from Montreal, Canada, says: 
Tile shipments of stock in 1881 were 42,000 
head of cattle arid 61,600 sheep, of a total 
value of $6,000,000. The export of horses 
brought to the United States was, in 188(7 
here, 8,267, costing $670,000, and in 1881, 
7,093, costing $683,000. Although the number 
in 1881 was 174 less than in 1880, the large 
increase Ill price more than made up for the 
deficiency in numbers.. Congressman 
Washburn of Minnesota introduced a bill in- 
! to Corigfes* on January 9, to repeal the Pre¬ 
emption Act, on trie gftrtnld that the Hotag- 
stead Act serves every purpose Of hottest 
settlement upon the public land. lie fays' 
that nine-tenths of the land taken up under 
tbe Preemption laws are fraudulently pre¬ 
empted ; that persons who have no intention 
of settlitig oh tbe lands preempt claims and 
then deed them to speculators, etc.,..... 
The Cauada Pacific Railroad Co'm'pany ts 
sending sections of prairie, 16 feet sqiVafh; 
taken up here and there along the line, 
bodily to England as specimens of the 
soil. Glass jars filled with loam are also sent. 
..A meeting of the Am. Agr. As¬ 
sociation was held in this city on Wednesday 
week. A resolution was pass til favoring 
the project of a National Agricultural Ex¬ 
hibition...,.The seventh annual meeting 
of the American Dairymen’s Association took 
place at (Syracuse, N. Y., beginning January 
19.. The legality of selling skimmed 
milk in this city Is to be tested radically. At 
present any one selling it is liable to fine or 
imprisonment or both. The Board of Health 
declares it unwholesome. A dealer has volun¬ 
tarily accused himself of selling it, at three’ 
cents a quart, for the purpose of appealing 
to ihe> Court of Appeals of the State from 
the verdict against him in tbe lower court. A 
case has been made up and the matter will 
ere long be decided. The dealer is backed rip' 
by common sense and number of farmers and 
cattle owners who supply this city with milk, 
and who will here find a profitable market for 
mrich of the skimmed milk now wasted, if 
the present case is declared unconstitutional, 
as it is urged tha t it is.. 
The Treasury Commission appointed to in¬ 
vestigate the prevalence of the cattie plague 
are about ready to make their report to Secre¬ 
tary Folger. The commission consists of Pro¬ 
fessor Law, of Cornel) University, chairman, 
Dr. Thayer, of- Massachusetts, and J. H. 
Saunders, editor of the Breeders’ Gazette. 
The report will state that occasionally' cases 
of tubeiculoris, or pulmonary consumption, 
were encountered, and oiie case of pneumonia 
was found in a stable in Detroit. A number 
of cases of bronchitis and lung affections, due 
to parasites, were found in various parts of 
the West, but no cases where the complaint 
■was contagious or communicable. The present 
area of the disease extends from Putnam 
County, New York, to a point little fcoritb of 
the District of the District of Columbia. 
Flax is cultivated in California as a field crop. 
Last season 10,952 acres, producing 10,167,645 
pounds, were grown in California. The fiber 
is not utilized. Three hundred and forty-five 
thousand and one hundred pounds of peanuts 
were raised on 68 acres, and 2,189 acres of 
sugar beet yielded 84,026 tons. This crop is 
bought by tbe sugar refinery at Sail Francis¬ 
co, which is run profitably, owing to the high 
price of cane sugar.A table in the Bul¬ 
letin de Statisque of the French Ministry of 
Finance exhibits the value of a tobacco mo¬ 
nopoly. ’ It is exercised by the French Gov¬ 
ernment, and yielded in 1815 a net profit of 
$6,400,000. The revealue increased yearly, and 
in 1845 had risen to $16,400,000; but this gain 
had only been obtained in 30 years; the net 
increase of $10,000,000 was realized in I860, ox' 
in 15 years; in 1867 a further gaiu of $10,000,- 
000 was obtained. The Franco-German war' 
checked the progression after this; but in seven 
years a fourth gaiu of $10,000,000 was an¬ 
nounced, and by the close of 1880 the rate 
of increase had been maintained so tlmr, the* 
total profit on the sale of tobacco stood at 
$56,800,000. 
Wheat rings are not peculiar to the United 
States. The Echo Agricole states that a pow¬ 
erful syndicate has been formed in Odessa to 
control tbe wheat trade of Southern Russia. 
Some mei-chants have already securad the 
greater part of the grain arriving from the 
interior during the month.Tbe compe¬ 
tition of American flour is severely felt, by the 
32,000 mills of Austria and the 25,000 mills of 
Hiuigary, which are threateued*with ruin. 
The Austx-o Hungarian government used to 
derive an annual income of $10,000,000 from 
this source. The English and Brazilian trades 
were the most important, but now American 
flout- has taken the place of the Hungarian 
flour. The duty- imposed by Germany on for¬ 
eign flour bus also been a severe blow to the 
industry. The high price of American wheat 
in Zurich leaves no margin for profit, but 
larger shipments from America are expected. 
In the meantime, Russian wheat, which is 
pouring in greater quantities than ever into 
