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HOME NEWS. 
Saturday. March 11, 1883. 
The Floods.— The Mississippi floods are 
still unabated, and to picture the sad results of 
the disaster is impossible. Houses swept 
away like brush wood, cattle dying by the 
thousands, men, womeu and children, cut off 
from every resource, almost dying w ith star 
vation or drowned by the rushing waters—all 
these are common occurrences in the valley 
of the Mississippi River, and, indeed, along 
many of its numerous tributaries. In Louisi¬ 
ana, a district that produces 10,000 hogsheads 
of sugar was covered by the waters. Gen. 
Mediae, of Arkansas, says that the overflow 
has set Arkansas back ten years No crops, 
save cotton, can be raised this year in these 
districts, and unless the waters soon subside 
cottou will be a failure. He says that the col¬ 
ored people are emigrating into other States 
in large numbers. Seci etary Lincoln says the 
losses caused by the flood in the Southwest, 
and consequent suffering, exceed any estimate 
yet made. There are urgent calls for greater 
measures of relief than can be afforded with¬ 
in the limits of the appropriations made, and 
these demands cannot be fully met without 
the consent of Cougiess. Senators and mem¬ 
bers of the House from the alllieted States are 
also in receipt of urgent telegrams calling 
for help. Help should be given. 
The Fourth National Bank of this city has 
had funds to the amount of $70,000 embezzled 
by R. H. Cornwall, a clerk. He is 65 years 
old, and should ba\ e known better. 
The bill providing that Chinese immigra¬ 
tion to the United States shall be prohibited 
for a term of 30 years, has passed the Senate 
by a vote of 39 to 15. It prescribes a penalty 
of imprisonment not exceeding one year and 
a fine of not more thau $500 against the mas¬ 
ter of any vessel who brings any Chinese la¬ 
borer to this country during that period. It 
further provides that the classes of Chinese 
excep.ed by the treaty from such prohibition 
—such as merchants, teachers, students, trav¬ 
elers, diplomatic agents and Chinese laborers 
who were in the United States on the 17th of 
November, 1880—shall be required, as a con¬ 
dition for their admission, to procure pass¬ 
ports from the Government of Cnina person¬ 
ally identifying them and showing that they 
individually belong to one of the excepted 
classes, which passports must have been in¬ 
dorsed by thediplomatic representative of the 
United States in China or by the United States 
Consul at the port of departure. 
In Ckicago, the fifty-first birthday of Gen. 
Sheridan was celebrated on the 6th, by a din¬ 
ner given by the Illinois Coimuandery, Loyal 
Legion of the United States. There were 
speeches by eminent citizens wno served with 
the general in his battles. 
The net earnings of the Union Pacific Rail¬ 
way the past year were $11,778,000, against 
$11,910,000 theprevious year. T e decrease is 
attributed to the fact that the company laid 
$591,000 worth ol rails in excess of the pre¬ 
vious year. 
The Woman's State Suffrage Convention 
has been in session at Utica, N. Y., the past 
week. Several prominent “ female suffrag¬ 
ists ” were presenl. 
The majority of the inhabitants of Castile, 
N. Y., were opposed to the sale of liquor; but 
because they put un their ballots " it or Excise 
Commissioners”instead of ‘ ‘ For Commission 
ers of Excise,” the minority, with closer at¬ 
tention to the requirements of the law, were 
declared successful, and for the coming year 
the Castilians can drink freely. 
At Marquette, Mich., the Lake Superior 
Powder Coiupauy ’» packing house blew' up 
Monday, killing Peter Hoyle, Charles Hatch, 
Herman Eckstrom and another, unknown. 
Nothing remains to show where the building 
stood. It contained a ton and a half of 
powder. Two pailfuls of the men’s remains 
have been gathered up. 
Five different patentees of cooling appara¬ 
tus are contending before the House Commit¬ 
tee on expenses attending President Gar¬ 
field’s illness for remuneration for the use of 
the device that kept down the temperature of 
the room in which be lay at the White House. 
Somewhat unusual w as the result of seven 
years of litigation over a dead man’s estate in 
Aurora, Ill, If the property had been sold 
when the suits began there would scarcely 
have been enough to pay the debts and the 
costs, but now the rise in the value of farm 
properties will give some $12,000 to the legal 
heirs after paying all the debts, with interest 
on the same, and all the costs of litigation for 
seven years. 
The two large plates of glass exhibited in 
the Main Building at the Centennial Exhibi¬ 
tion in Philadelphia as the largest ever im¬ 
ported to this country, and since remaining 
there, were blown down in a recent storm and 
smashed into fragments. , 
Hazael, the winner of the six days’ walk in 
this city, received, from the gate money, 
$9,330, and, according to arrangement, the 
winner of the match was to have $9,000 of the 
“ stakes,” which would give him a total of 
$18,350. 
Hon. Roscoe Conkling has declined the hon¬ 
ors of the Supreme Bench; but as yet his let¬ 
ter to the President has not been made public. 
Guiteau has sketched the title page for a re¬ 
vision of his book, The Truth. “ Published 
and sold only by the author at Washington, 
D. C.,” is the way he puts it. 
Local electi >ns took place in this State on 
the 7th inst., with general results somewhat 
mixed. Oswego elects Clark Morrison (Dem.) 
Mayor, by a majority of 170; Rochester re¬ 
elects C. R. Parsons (Rep 1 by 1,200 majority; 
Newburg, Peter Ward (Dem ) Mayor, 925 ma¬ 
jority; Cohoes, Alfred Leroy (Rep.) Mayor; 
Elmira, David Hill (Dem.) Mayor, 350 major¬ 
ity; Utica, F. M. Burdick (Rep ) Muyor, 250 
majority. 
The Hudson River was open to tha passage 
of steamers on the 8th. The Albany and Troy 
night boats made their first trips from New 
York on that date. 
Since the resignation of Rev. Wm. H. Camp¬ 
bell, last Summer, Rutgers College, New 
Brunswick, N. J , has been without a Pres¬ 
ident; but on the 7th inst Prof. Merril 
E. Gates, of the Albany Academy, was ap¬ 
pointed to the position. 
A joint resolution has been introduced in the 
Senate proposing an amendment to the Con¬ 
stitution to enable the election to be made by 
the people ol Postmasters, United States Mar¬ 
shals, District Attorneys, Collectors of Inter¬ 
nal Revenue, and other officers whose duties 
are to Le performed within the limits of any 
State or part of a State, except Judges of Su¬ 
preme and inferior ccurts. 
In the New J ersey Senate a bill has been 
passed imposing a yearly tax of $1 on all 
dogs. Five times that amount would be none 
too much. 
If Mr. M. J. Costello’s bill becomes a law 
there will be no need for the issue of free 
passes to legislators in this State This meas¬ 
ure provides that after October 1 of this year 
every railroad company shall carry the Gov¬ 
ernor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of 
State, State Engineer, Attorney General, 
members of the Legislature and judges of 
courts of record in the State free of charge 
while traveling for the purpose of discharging 
the duties of their several offices. 
Miss Grace Lee Babb, of Maine, passed the 
best examination and stood first in a class of 
195 at the recent junior examination in the 
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. 
Considerable progress has been made by 
District Attorney Corkhill and Mr. Seoville 
in perfecting the bill of exceptions in the Gui- 
teau case. Mr. Seoville left Washington for 
Chicago on the 8th, and will return next 
Thursday. Judge Porter has telegraphed 
District Attorney Corkhill that he will reach 
Washington on Friday ti> consult with him in 
regard to the bill of exceptions. It is expect¬ 
ed that an agreement will be reached upon the 
bill soon after Mr. Scoviile’s return from Chi¬ 
cago. 
The House Committee on Territories has de¬ 
cided to report in favor of the admission of 
Washington Territory as a State, on the 
ground that the census v.f 1880 showed that it 
had a population of 75,000, equaled at the time 
of their admission by only three other States. 
The taxable property of the Territory is $25,- 
000,000. The Territory is free from debt, its 
agricultural, horticultural and mineral re¬ 
sources are unexcelled, and the taxes but 2}£ 
mills on the dollar. 
The most severe snow-storm of the season 
prevailed at Milwaukee, Wis., on the 9th, and 
caused great delay to trains all through the 
Northwest. The wind reached at times a ve¬ 
locity of 44 miles an hour. 
Again is the country reminded that Gen¬ 
eral Grant is a poor man. His conveyance to 
his wife of Long Branch property valued at 
$40,000 calls attention to the fact. 
It is estimated that the Mormons gain about 
2,000 a year by immigration. From 1840 to 
1S54, or in 15 years, 21,911 crossed the sea and 
the mountains. Bet ween 1810 and 1860, 28,740 
had entered the Land of Promise. Within 
the next decade some 25,000 more took ship 
from Europe to Salt Labe, and not far from 
the s :me number between 1870 and 1882, or, in 
all, from the first ship load, in 1810, say about 
85,000. 
The amount needed to complete the Brooklyn 
bridge is $1,250,000. The total amount ex¬ 
pended thus far has been $13,406,393.74, The 
chief engineer states that the bridge will be 
ready for use March 31, 1883. At a meeting 
of the trustees, recently, a plan for the transit 
of cars was adopted. They are to be drawn 
over by means of an endless wire rope kept in 
constant motion, and are to run on the circu¬ 
lating system—that is to say, they will lie 
drawn over on one track and back on the 
other, being switched by motors from track to 
track at the termini upon elevated platforms. 
The cars will be attached to the wire rope by 
a clamp, the sides of which are composed of 
revolving grooved wheels, brought into aetioH 
upon the rope or spread apart by the move¬ 
ment of a lever brake. 
Of the 441,064 immigrants landed in 1881 the 
North German Lloyd line, with 87 steamships, 
carried 71,709, and next came the Hamburg- 
American, with 77 steamships, 65,565. These 
lines carried much the largest number. The 
number of steamships required to carry these 
immigrants was 938. 
The reduction of the public debt for Febru¬ 
ary last, was $9,783,511, and for the eight 
months ending with February it was $98,869,- 
443. The receipts of customs, internal revenue 
and miscellanous for February exceed, in 
amount, those for the 6ame time in 1881, by 
over $3,000,000. 
The will of Charles Albert Read, lately de¬ 
ceased, of Newton, Mass., gives $50,000 to the 
Treasury of the United State to be applied to 
the reduction of the war debt. To the attend¬ 
ing physician of the testator $500 is given on 
condition “that my head is severed from my 
body, as I have great horror of being buried 
alive.” 
“ Working Wonder*.” 
A physician who is using Compound Oxy¬ 
gen in his practice, says: “ Your treatment 
is working wonders. I only wish that I had 
known its value before. I am receiving 
marked success in the following diseases: Ov¬ 
aritis, Pulmonary Phthisis, Angina Pectoris, 
also in abating the symptoms and pathologi¬ 
cal leisons arising during the Climacteric pe¬ 
riod.” Our Treatise on Compound Oxygen, 
containing large reports of case6 and full in¬ 
formation, sent free. Drs. Starkey & Pa- 
len, 1109 and 1111 Girard St., Philadelphia, 
Pa.— Adv. 
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AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
Saturday, March 11, 1882. 
The following items of agricultural interest 
are condensed from telegrams received here 
within the last 24 hours:—Boston, Mass.: 
There has been a steadily growing demand 
for w'ool under the influences of favorable 
advices from England. The unexpected 
activity and strength developed there at the 
sales of colonial wool (from Australasia and 
the Cape of Good Hope) impart a more con¬ 
fident feeling to holders of competing grades 
here, and remove all fear of importations 
prior to the exhaustion of the clip now in the 
market. Sales for the week 2,500,000 pounds. 
Philadelphia, Pa. Cotton }{c. higher as 
compared with last week and wool steady. 
Dairy' and farm products, as a rule, are weak¬ 
ening under increased supplies. Grains have 
been dull and unsettled w ith a general down¬ 
ward tendency early in the week, followed by 
a recovery and advance since Wednesday, 
based on speculative influences backed by cold 
weather in the Northwest, a decrease in the 
visible supplies of wheat and corn and the ro 
ports of the imminence of wur between Aus¬ 
tria aQd Russia and the generally threatening 
aspect of political affairs in Europe. 
Cincinnati. Ohio: Rainy weather has made 
country roads very bad for travel and traffic, 
thus curtailing sales of produce. Wheat ir¬ 
regular |and decliniug; but corn has advanc¬ 
ed, closing at 63*^c. Oats quiet and firm 
Rye has declined. Barley steady and in fair 
demand. Flour has fallen 25@50e. per barrel. 
Holders of provisions are unwilling to accept 
present prices. Hogs firm, having recovered 
a little in price.Indianapolis, Ind,: 
Butter and egg dealers have organized an Ex¬ 
change, which will hereafter fix the prices of 
these commodities—an advantage to the busi¬ 
ness, as there is quite a heavy trade in these 
goods at this point.Evansville, Ind.: 
Wheat prospects are considered very prom¬ 
ising . 
Chicago, Ill.: Hogs are running lighter, but 
there is a steady demand and prices have 
risen five cents to-day (Friday). Demand for 
cattle largely exceeds supply and prices are 
very firm. Receipts of breadstuff's for the 
week have been 107,386 barrels flour; 73,978 
bushels wheat; 277,963 bushels corn; 307,635 
bushels oats and 132,592 bushels barley. Ship¬ 
ments have been 125,483 barrels flour; 47,065 
bushels wheat; 342,863 bushels corn; 192,045 
bushels oats and 77,170 bushels barley. The 
stock of w'heat and corn in farmers’ hands is 
thought to be much smaller now thau a year 
ago and the visible supply is less, as shown by 
the following table: 
Latest Preced'g Cor’sp'cl’g 
dates, week, week ’81, 
.. bush. bush. bush. 
Wheat. 16,118,519 17,0-15,992 24,856,235 
Corn. 14,200,219 15,656,829 15,662,758 
Oats. 2.283,241 2,412,225 3,408,454 
R.ve... 1,160,086 1,110, KIT 703,652 
Barley. 2,348,360 2,286,107 2,868,123 
No. 2 Chicago Spring wheat is $1.28j£ @ 
$1.29 against $1.26 @ $1.26)^ a week ago, and 
other grades have risen proportionately. 
Corn is active at 59 % against 58% @60c. same 
time last week. There is a report that 80,000 
barrels of potatoes have been ordered direct 
from Europe by dealers in this city. 
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Health, hope and happiness are restored by 
the use of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable 
Compound. Send to Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham, 
*33 Western Avenue, Lynn, Mass., for pam¬ 
phlets — Adv. 
-- 
The Boston Globe brings this item: Chas. 
8. Strickland, Esq., this city, was cured of 
rheumatism by St. Jacobs Oil.—Ado. 
“Rough on Rats.” Ask Druggists for it. 
Clears out rats, mice, roaches, bed-bugs, ver¬ 
min. 15c.—--ldo. 
Premature Loam of the Hair 
May be entirely prevented by the use of Bur¬ 
nett’s Cocoaine. 
Housekeepers should insist upon obtaining 
Burnett’s Flavoring Extracts, they are the 
best.— Adv. 
She iWaxluis. 
PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS. 
Nkw York, Saturday, March 11,1882. 
Beans and Peas.— A weak feeling prevails in do¬ 
mestic beans and prices are again shaded. Foreign 
are In good demand and take In most of iho eheaD 
home trade ued about all of the Western. Green 
peal quoted easy. Southern b. e. firm and scare 
Beans marrow, prime, *«.!»i*4; rulr to good #3 50 
(SAKS; medium, choice, *3.45<8»S.50; fair to good. S3 25® 
k 1 !. fW‘ I'hidce S3 Tuts.fair to good, #;>.25@3 35- 
white kidney, tihofqo. #1.(0; fair to good, #3.70®3 80 : 
red kidney , choice. |&*)®2.9d; rair CO good. #2.4062 75 
8®aiafa : ffi,Vso rmattbUgS ' Prb, ‘ u ’ * i85 ® 
Peas green, prime, #1.4 .(161.50; poor to good, SLOT 
<ai.25; Southern b. e.. per 2 -hu. bag, #4.utKa,4.15. 
Receipts for the week, 4,624 bushels. 
Exports do, 442 pkgs. 
HnKAtwruFFB AND Provisions— A stronger tone Dre- 
NAlIs for flour; exporters making more decided bids 
Wheat lias worked stronger through cold weether at 
the W mt ami the light deliveries or the moment 
U>rn and oats are doing better. The Russo German 
war speck has hud no positive influence on prices as a 
l-tni provisions have obtained some specula¬ 
tive brilliancy? and quotations are fairly strong 
Receipt* for tlie week. Beef. tibl*. rind i.m 1 lffi- 
U 412' bbl "' cnt n ’ r ' ft tA pkg*, 20,991; lard, pit g8 .’ 
Export* for the week Beef, bids, and tcs. 1,973; 
PJwiuO* 8 ’ U S: cutmcat8 > tts - 3.232,6)9; lard, Its! 
PrlpeB of flour, meal And feed,—Flour, No 2 
* Wj 1 -State and Western, sup.-mne, #3 rtu 
6*4 25; city mills XX. 66.4lka7.90; Rprlne wheat extra 
rfx and XXX, #5.0067.00; parents 
$6.i-4&.0| Ohio round hoop, shipping, #4..'vfiffi4.90 do. 
trade brands, $:uXk«6 59; St. Louis extra, $4.8"'@5.25; 
do. double extra. #5.4066,25; do. family, liLUxaT 50- 
Minnesota Clear and Straights. S.I.WmT.L; Southern 
extra shipping. 85.2r«j<'> 74: XX and family, #h.00@7.75 
Rye flour m.perflue #4.2Tg ,;.r,;,. Corn meal. Brandy- 
v.vw&ir .. * s» 
t P” ’ v l*lnns.--Pork. Western mess, old, ? 
bill #Is,2?'.• do. new, #1.,?v prime mess #15.75 
&I6O.1 extra prime. #13.5116,13,75. Lurrt. steam 
JJ estern, V 4U9 h-B. #lf>.0V.dO.ft>: do. prime city, #)n 5u- 
Hams, smoked city, V n., lt£<aiae.! piekied 
ihiers, smoked city, 
ptckle(L9@994a. 
mess. t •» V «;TH«5lV4?ta§£ 
nu'itR, ^ too* hanifik lib!. 
.KjJHwpta for the vrook. whfiit, K7.&SD hnsii • corn 
211.590 do.; oats, 214,900 do.: rve, 4,050 do -' malt’ 
mind, USd b x rIt ' J '' 84,<tr ’ 0 <la: a ° uV ' m,a6u bUl8 -: eor ” 
Exports for the week flour, 55,900 bids.; corn meal 
2 650ilo ' w 5SI ’ I,U Bush.; corn, 149,950 do.; oats. 
Prices of grain. Wheat, No. 2 Spring, #i 2?®i 25. 
Spring, Jl.l.Vjel.ST; red Winter No. 2, 81 ,A,Val ai- red 
Wthtei" #1.1261,36; white Western null 
**<*5 2 ’ rifceio.; white Western, 72 ( 8780 7 new 
yellow. Southern, Xtnj72c.; white Southern, 30@S8c 
yellow Weau-rn. te@Sc. Barley, <:«uaZ *n,i 
t *°’ il.ll; State, I-rowed, # 1 . 1 X 0 *] ol- do' 2 
rowed. S«c Barley malt. State, 2 rowed, #l.(jo@l'.02 
do. 4-rowed, #L0,(j$1 12 ; do Canada, $l,l5(.jd.80. 
Btrrren.-Trade has already assumed n Spring-like 
Buy*™ purchase only for prompt re 
“ JiS thp ‘ , , ,lU0 <>f prices Is easing daily 
8 JM 6 stock Is nearly out of the race, especially in 
‘Kway of offered entire dairies. A few are owned 
and held by dealers who have a long call from SDe 
ikd customers. Western Block is selling readily ?e 
celptA are moilerfite and much of tlm make finds ar 
outlet neater Ihun New York Sclhrs, however 
part With supplies as soon as received, as the East 
< n 1 h 0 ", J A* lh * bu ‘k, and all dealers uiir 
;. ’A7 0l,i “ *u , T> u ! B of Spring goods, and I he market i« 
Ktel^mJ 11 y One hundred llrktns of Hoi 
J?. u * ter during the week Tlie quality 
"as fine, and made it quite evident why the dairv 
productor that locality has always held such a higfi 
place in foreign markets. It sold at 45 p . h 
Creamery. fancy. Bpe>elal brands, etc.. I3e.; choice 
4lC<»t20.: fair to good S 3 os 4 m.; ordinary, avadOe.; State 
halt flrklu tuba, fancy, fresh. OA.Mlt:.; choice, 38@39e 
Prime, 3U637C.; fair to good. aftSWJ©.; II rkins, choice 
Si^SlOe.; fair to good, SrV-,3^.:; ordinary,3Cv»Aicv; dnirlef 
Welsh tube. choloe.Situax'.., fair to good, Ii5.fii8e ; W im 
Ration creamery, 32iS38c,; dairy oh.ilco, good 
to prime, 2jSS2e-i ordinary to fair, 2Sut25c.; factory 
June, flliO, llioolflc.i general run do. 13®14C.; choice 
current make, 30;i."2e.; fair to good do. 25<a29c.; or 
dlnury, !4<<e2<k\; roll butter, line, 28629c.: ordinary 
25627 c.; Gonad Ian butter, last range, I8fe24c.; new 
Del. half tubs, 40®43c. in a small way. 
Receipt* for week, 12,712 pkgs. 
Export* do. 500 do. 
Cheese.—S upplies are dwindling down. There ii 
