THE BUBAL MIW-Y0RKEB. 
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HOME NEWS. 
Saturday, Sept. 2nd. 1882. 
By direction of the President the Military 
Department of West Foint is discontinued 
and the United States Military Academy 
will be henceforth under the supervision and 
charge of the General of the Army. Colonel 
Wesley Merritt, 5th Cavalry, has assumed the 
duties of Superintendent of the Military Acad¬ 
emy, relieving Brigadier-Gf-neral Crook of 
the command of the Department of the Platte. 
Two Dakota men are negotiating, with 
fair prospects of success, with Acting Secre¬ 
tary Joslyn, of the Interior Department, for 
the necessary grounds in Yellowstone Park 
upon which to construct roadways and erect 
hotels and other buildings for the accomoda¬ 
tion and convenience of visitors to the park. 
Six inches of rain fell all over North-west¬ 
ern Texas on the 20th ult. It is estimated 
that 25,000 sheep, besides cattle, horses, and 
mules, and 120 or!25 persons were swept away. 
About 50 houses were destroyed in Laredo, 
and the track of the Mexican National Rail¬ 
road was badly damaged on Sunday. 
The Republicans of Michigan have nomi¬ 
nated State oflicers as follows: Governor, 
David H. Jerome, Lieut. Gov M S. Crosby. 
Secretary of State, Harry A Con ant, State 
Treasurer, Edward A. Butler, of Detroit. 
Prof. R. B. Welch of Topeka, Kan, says 
that bis life is in danger from the liquor men 
there, because, as Assistant State’s Attorney, 
he has been prosecuting the violators of the 
State law. They have, within a day or two, 
cut his buggy to pieces, disfigured his house, 
and threatened his life. He had to call a 
meeting of citizens to prevent being mobbed. 
A heavy snow storm raged in Leadville 
Col. on the night of the 80th ult., and the fol¬ 
lowing morning. 
A man named Swackhammer who lived 
near Wilson, Niagara County, N. Y. lost six- 
cows from the Texas cattle disease and died 
himself from the same trouble. 
Guiteau’s skeleton is now at the National 
Army Medical Museum, Washington, D. C., 
but will not be exhibited to the public. The 
final disposition of the bones of the assassin 
has not yet been determined upon, and cannot 
be until Judge Hayner decides as to the va¬ 
lidity of Guiteau’s will, in which he bequeathed, 
his body to Dr. Hicks. The experts who were 
engaged in the microscopical examination of 
Guiteau’s brain have completed their work. 
It is understood that they already disagree in 
their conclusions respecting his sanity, and 
that there will probably be two reports ren¬ 
dered. 
For the first time in its history New York 
can show an assessed real estate valuation of 
over $1,000,000,000, and for the first time in 
13 years it has been an honest tax rate of 
$2 25 per $100. 
It is estimated that the decrease of the pub¬ 
lic debt for the month of August is about $10,- 
000,000. 
General Sherman will ask to be placed on 
the retired list in November, 1883. He would 
be retired under the compulsory act in Feb¬ 
ruary, 1884, and says that he desires to give 
his successor (Sheridan) an opportunity of 
expressing to the next Congress the views he 
may have looking to the best interest of the 
service. 
Professor W. H, Allen, LL.D., President of 
Girard College for thirty years, is dead. He 
was 75 years old. 
During the past month 28,181 immigrants 
were landed at Castle Garden, as against 
33,840 for the month of August, 1881. The 
decrease from last year for August causes 
considerable surprise among the Castle Gar¬ 
den officials, who seem unable to account for 
it. The falling off in immigration was large 
last year during the harvesting months, but 
was not so great as it has been this season. 
Early in the present year each month showed 
a large increase over the corresponding time 
last year. During the eight months of the 
present year which have passed 343,641 immi¬ 
grants passed through Castle Garden, and 
during the same time last year 310,477, show 
ing an increase of 33,104 for this year, not¬ 
withstanding the recent falling off. 
The people of Georgia observed Thursday, 
Aug. 31, if they obeyed the proclamation of 
their Governor, as a day of thanksgiving and 
praise for the bountiful harvests and other 
blessings of Providence. 
-- 
“Gotonr Mouey’s Worth ” 
This is the opinion of a gentleman in Isles- 
borough, O., after a trial of Compound Oxy¬ 
gen in the case of bis wife: “ Her appe¬ 
tite is much better—can sleep much bet¬ 
ter—no rightful dreams such as she had 
before using the Oxygen—iB much stronger 
—does all her work in the house and consider¬ 
able outdoors—moves about the house as nim¬ 
ble as a girl of fifteen years. In short, she is 
better all over, and I think we have got our 
money’s worth. I shall always Bpeak in favor 
of the Oxygen to my neighbors. Accept our 
thanks for the good health my wife enjoys.” 
Our Treatise on Compound Oxygen, its na¬ 
ture, action and results, with reports of cases 
and full information, sent free. Drs. Starkey 
& Palen, 1109 Girard St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
— Adv. 
AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
In wheat there js a great increase in the 
movement from producers’ hands to market 
in the We4. In the week ending with August 
2S the aggregate receipts of wheat at Chicago, 
Milwaukee, Detroit, Toledo, Indianapolis and 
Peoria were 1,822,563 bnskels, against 1,1SS,- 
833 in the week to August 21, and 906,261 in 
the week to August 11. This looks as though 
the farmers had come to the conclusion to sell 
their wheat, freely at present prices, influenced 
to a great extent by the fact that the Spring 
wheat crop has been secured in good condi¬ 
tion, the yield per acre being acknowledged 
to be above the average of the past four or 
five years, and making it certain that this 
year’s crop of wheat is the largest ever grown 
in this country. The export movement is 
large enough to make a further decrease of 
stocks of wheat in store. In the week to 
August 26 there was an increase of 337,000 
bushels in Chicago, 47,000 bushels in Toledo, 
and in St. Louis a decrease of 60,000 bushels. 
These changes show that there has been a 
prompt movement of the increased receipts to 
the seaboard. At the five principal Atlantic 
seaboard cities the stock of wheat in store has 
increased a little, but the statement of the 
visible supply of wheat in the United States 
and Canada shows a decrease from last week 
of 844,594 bushels.... 
The present high prices of corn and the im¬ 
proved prospect for the growing crop appear 
to be drawing out all the corn that can be 
spared, and before any considerable amount 
of new corn, even from tne Southern States, 
can come into market, it seems likely there 
will come a time when the markets will 
be comparatively bare of corn. It is this 
view that has sustained prices, and yet oats 
and rye, and even wheat, are now being used 
to such an extent as substitutes for corn in 
feeding hogs and stock that the consumption 
of corn is being greatly diminished. The visi¬ 
ble supply' of corn in the United States and 
Canada had increased 520,133 bushels in the 
week to August 26. 
The receipts of oats at the principal Western 
points in the week ending August 28 were 
over six times as great as in the week ending 
August 5, the movement eastward having al¬ 
so increased to about four times the volume 
of three weeks previous. The August corner 
in oats in the New York market was the 
means of drawing a good many shipments 
from the West and from Baltimore to the New 
York market, and yet the receipts in New 
York were not nearly so large as was expected 
by the trade. Not withstanding the great in¬ 
crease of receipts, prices have declined less in 
all the markets than might have been expected 
in view of the large crop. The visible supply 
of oats increased 1,114,530 bushels in the week 
to August 26......... 
The recent report of the Auditor of the 
State of Illinois confirms the opinion of a 
general decrease in the number of hogs in all 
the Middle and Western States. The number 
reported in Illinois by the auditor is 2,634,703, 
against 2,872,674 last year, showing a decrease 
of 6% per cent. The hogs that come into the 
western markets now are of poorquality com¬ 
pared to previous years, and yet within ten 
days the highest prices for 15 years have been 
paid for hogs at Chicago. 
With regard to the growing crop reports 
are ever so conflicting. The Cincinnati Price 
Current, of August 31, an excellent paper and 
usually quite conservative in its estimates, 
summing up the reports sent to it from 375 
places in nearly as many different counties in 
the twelve largest corn-growing States, says 
the outlook is that the crop will be 50 per cent, 
larger than in 1881 and 5 percent, larger than 
the unexampled crop of 1880. The prospect 
now it thinks fair for an aggregate yield of 
1,800,000,000 bushels, provided, of course, Sep¬ 
tember frosts shall not ruiu the outlook. Brad- 
street of Sept. 2, a journal which we have 
always found exceptionally trustworthy, 
judging by complete returns of the condition 
of the crop on August 15, and by later tele¬ 
grams says the present condition indicates 
nearly, if not quite, an average crop; while a 
late season may bring the yield above an 
average. Our own views are already in pos. 
session of our readers and we really see no 
reason to alter them yet. The following tele¬ 
grams were sent to Bradstreet yesterday, and 
as corn is now almost the only crop about 
which anxiety Is felt, and as they agree closely 
with our own summary from the conden¬ 
sation of other telegrams, we give them here: 
From the Little Miami Valley, Ohio: Corn 
three weeks late, and 10 per cent, below the 
average. 
From Chicago, Ill.: The Chicago reports 
upon the condition of corn are conflicting. 
Nearly an average yield is expected, but the 
corn is at present in its critical state, growing 
rapidly, and an early frost would change the 1 
prospects. 
From Louisville, Ky.: Corn crop in Ken¬ 
tucky will be three per cent, above an aver¬ 
age, and is considered in a safe condition. 
From Indianapolis, Ind.: The condition of 
corn considerably improved in past thirty 
days, and it is now thought the yield will be 
85 to 90 per cent, of an average crop. Should 
present favorable weather continue, better ' 
than that may be realized. 
From Detroit, Mich.: Prospects favorable 
for good average corn crop; only fears are 
of early frost. 
From Grand Rapids, Mich: With two 
weeks favorable weather corn crop will be a 
good one; is looking very well now. 
From Kansas City, Mo.: Advices as to 
corn highly favorable; crop now beyond 
danger from drought; condition excellent; 
yield may be largest since 1875. 
From St. Joseph, Mo.: For a radius of 100 
miles beyond St. Joseph the corn crop is more 
than average. Northwestern Kansas has fine 
crops. Local rains are needed, but on the 
whole the crop will be a fine one. Business 
circles already feel buoyant at the prospects. 
From Minneapolis, Minn.: Corn crop in 
good condition; a little late; largely increased 
acreage; average yield if frost does not come 
for two weeks. 
From Omaha. Neb,; Reports from all 
parts of Nebraska are very encouraging. 
Corn is doing well, aud a very heavy yield is 
almost assured. 
It is thought that by the middle of Septem¬ 
ber the returns will be so well defined that a 
reasonably accurate estimate will he possible. 
A cold wave over the Northwest in the fore 
part of the week. Had another two weeks 
earlier in 1880.Two hundred Baltimore 
butchers hold an “ indignation pow-wow” to 
protest against Chicago-killed meat as ruin¬ 
ing their trade—200 dressed beeves received 
there weekly selling at rate of 16 cents per 
pound for “porter-house” steak, against 25 
to 30 cents for same cut of homo-killed beef* 
.Western railroads stop furnishing men 
for loading freight at Chicago stock-yards, 
and leading packers, etc., will hereafter 
charge buyers $1.50 per car for loading. 
Texas fever reported near Wilson, Niagara 
Co., N. Y,, and also in the immediate neigh¬ 
borhood of Auburn.Magnificent hav 
crop in Western New York; but miserable 
apple crop. Splendid wheat crop.The 
Canadian Privy Couucil has declared Par¬ 
tridge Island, near St. John, N. B., a cattle 
quarantine station, where cattle from the 
United States for ‘breeding purposes” will 
be received between April 30 and Sept. 30 
each year.The N. Y Farmers’Alliance 
met at Utica on August 30. As the work of 
the Alliance has been largely taken up by 
other organizations, the nine delegates present 
discussed the wisdom of disbanding, but 
finally resolved to meet again on the second 
Wednesday in February, 1883, at Rochester. 
Old officers elected, except that H. J. Glass, 
of Rochester, succeeds Gen. A. S. Diven, of 
Elmira, as President. 
Reports of English crops generally better than 
“fair” . . . Disastrous drought in New 
England; corn not one-half a crop; potatoes, 
ditto; apples not more than usual in “off’i 
years; barley a fair crop; buckwheat under 
an average—so says the Homesteed from 100 
reports. Our own reports, though not very 
bright, are considerably less gloomy. . . . 
Wheat is being shipped from Kansas City, 
Mo., direct to St. Paul, Minn., for milling 
purposes. Over 1,000,000 bushels bad already 
gone on August 31, and 25,000 bushels more 
wrre contracted for. Grain men surprised 
but jubilant. . . A scamp called B, D, Ply is 
swindling Western farmers by selling a won¬ 
derful new wheat that will yield fully one- 
third more than other kinds—no pay if it does 
not; but $1 cash is wanted to prepay express 
charges. All who pay the $1 lose it, of course. 
♦Many a sickly woman whose sad experi¬ 
ence had demonstrated alike the failure of 
conceited doctors and poisonous drugs, has 
obtained a new lease of life for a few dollars 
worth of the Vegetable Compound and has 
gone on her way rejoicing and praising Mrs. 
Lydia E. Pinkham, of Lynn, Mass.—AcZo, 
-♦ ■*-■* - 
Tropic-Fruit Laxative meets the popular 
want for a mild, agreeable and effective 
cathartic medicine. Sold by druggists every¬ 
where at 25 cts. por box. — Adv. 
-- 
Millions of packages of the Diamond 
Dyes have been sold without a single com 
plaint. Everywhere they are the favorite 
Dyes.— Adv. 
-*-«- >- 
Not a particle of quinine nor any mineral 
substance is contained in Ayer’s Ague Cure— 
but it does the business. Warranted.— Adv. 
For Fever and Ague, and all miasmatic dis¬ 
eases, Ayer’s Ague Cure is a positive remedy. 
Warranted.— Adv. 
Flies, roaches, ants, bed-bugs, rats, mice, 
crows, chipmunks, cleared out by “Rough on 
Rats.” 15c. per box. — Adv. 
Makes the skin soft, white and smooth. 
Benson’s Skin Cure. Elegantly put up.— Adv. 
-- 
Burnett’** CocoRlnc, 
The Rest and Cheapest Hair Dressing. 
It kills dandruff, allays irritation, and pro¬ 
motes a vigorous growth of the Hair. 
Burnett’s Flavoring Extracts are inva¬ 
riably acknowledged the purest and best.— 
Adv. 
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH. 
Up to Saturday, Sept. 2. 
Chicago. — Wheat active, regular, $1 01%; 
Augu-t; 98Jf((39s*}£o., September; 97 %, Octo¬ 
ber; 9S%<&98 %c., JSovembei; 97%c., all the 
year; No, 3 Red Winter, $1.00%, cash; $1.02, 
August; $1.00%, September; No. 2 Chicago 
Spring, 99c, cash; $1,01%, August; No. 3 
Chicago Spring, 90c. Corn active at 74%c , 
cash, 75c., August; 74%c., September; 78%c., 
October; 6S%c., November; 64%n„ all the 
year; 60%, May: rejected, TO%c. Oats active, 
at 88c., cash, 82jlg@8S%c., August; 36%c., 
September; 35%o., October; 35%C-, Novem¬ 
ber; 34 %c., all the year;37%(\, May, rejected, 
34c. Barley strong at 90c. Flax-seed 
$1.27®l 28. Butter active and firm, fair to 
best, croamurv, 29@S3c., good to choice dairy, 
19@24c. Pork steady with a fair demand at 
$21.80(4)21 85, CHsh; $2I,S3%@28.85, Septem¬ 
ber: $31.97%, October; $2l.47%@21.50, No¬ 
vember; $20.15(3 20.17%. Jnuuory; f 3d.07%@ 
20.10.. all the year. Lard active aud firm at 
$12.27%@12.30, cash and September; $I2,40@ 
12.42%, October; $12 45, November; $12.12% 
@13,2?,%, January and all the year. Bulk- 
meats steady and unchanged. HOGS— Market 
fair! v active but not quotnbly stronger; mixed, 
$7,80(4.3 05; heavy, *K.70@9.30; light, $7.75@ 
8 70; skips. #5@7.50; market closed weak. 
Cattle— Market flow but steady, exports, 
$7.20@7 60; good to choice shipping, $6 40@ 
6.85: common to fair, $4,20@,V?0; butchers 
$2 50@4 50; Stockers and feeders, $2.95@4.30; 
range cattle weait; through grass Texans, 
$3 95@4 60, half breeds and American 10c. 
lower at $4 15@5 60; market closed weak; 
some left. Sheep —common to medium, dull, 
weak; and lower at $2.75@3.2h; medium to 
good, $3.40@4; choice $4.20(^4.40, shipping 
demand weak. 
St. Louis—Wheat in fair demand; No. 2 
Red Fall. 08%c, (u ..98%o, cash: 97c. September ; 
98%e.<'?,98%c. November; 99%c., December ; 
97c. nil the year; No. 8 Red Full, 91 %c (4.93c; 
No 4, do., 86'. bid. Corn active; 69%@70c. 
cash; <19 }. .jo.September; 66%'* October; 66%c. 
October 62%i*. November; 57%c all the year; 
55%c. May. Oats active; 33%@84e. cash ; 
33%c, September ; 34%o. October ; 33%o. all 
the year. Rye lower at 63%c. fork quiet, 
but steady ; $23 22% bid. cash ; $32.19% bid 
January; jobbing, $22 40 bid, cash. Bulk- 
meats quiet; shoulders, $10; short rib, $13.90; 
short clear, $14 40. Bacon steady and firm; 
shoulders, ill ; short rib. $14.87%@I5 ; short 
clear, $ 15 37% Lard dulland nominal,$12.25. 
Cattle— supply liberal, and largely of half¬ 
fat natives ; prices weak, common to fair 
grass Texans, $3@4; good to choice, $1.25@ 
4 50; mixed native butcher stuff, 4; 
good butcher steers, $4@4.50 ; light shipping 
steers, $4 35@5 ; heavy, do., $5 5<>(?(0,25 ; ex¬ 
porters, $6.50®7. Sheep market slow and 
heavy; fair to fancy muttons, $3@4 50. Hogs 
steady, with a good demand ; top grades 
higher Pigs and light Yorkers, $?.00((£8 10; 
good Yorkers, $8 20@8 40; butchers. $s.60@ 
8,90; extra heavy would bring $9.20; culls, 
$0.50@7.50. 
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PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS. 
New York. Saturday, Sept. 2 1882. 
Brans and Pkas,—T he demand for white beaus of 
domestic, growth continues moderate aud values gain 
no Btrengi It. 
Deans, marrow, 1881 prime. $3.10; do. fair to 
good, *8 00&3 III, do. medium 1881, choice, $2.00®2.G5: 
do. fair to good, $2 .T«u-’ fn: do pen, 1381, choice, $8 50 
3.55, do. fair to good. $3 25(88 IF, do. white kidney. 
18SI, choice, {M.kJjtJi i;t; do. do. fair to good, $3.20 
do. red kidney, 1881, choice, $2 85; do. 
do., fair to good. $2yU®2 W; do. turtle soup, $2.40® 
2 ir>; do. foreign pea hi ana, $3 00<.t3 25; do, do , medi¬ 
ums, $i,".Viil.!H), do do , ordinary, gl.dOiial.OQ; do., 
California lima, 8‘.U3{ Peas, green, I88l, prime. $1.45 
Ol.fiil do. do, poor to good.$1 25(3)1.35: do, Southern, 
b. e. 18 two-bush, bag, g4.W). 
hiikaosti i and Provisions.— There Is nothing par¬ 
ticularly new In the whem nmrgi t. In corn the p ice 
advanced on Thursday to $100 but oats have fallen 
off lomewhai. There bus been u weak feeling in 
Hour oil the week. Low grades of Winter wheat 
Hour source and wanted. The provision market for 
bacon, cut in cate and dress nl hogs appears Strong on 
account of light supply. 
Prices tor Hour. n,..u aud feed Klour, No.2,$80tva8.90, 
latter extreme superline, $57W<Sl.S i latter extreme; 
comm m to fair extra State, $4 4> ) <t l 15; good to fancy 
do,. §4.8)<3o,rei; Common to good extra Western, 
§1Dk&5 20; good to choice, $5 25 «8 50; common to good 
extra round hoop i >lu e si ftiwid.rii; g mil i choice do., 
$:5 25®7.ridi common extra Minnesota. $4.00 *8.50; clear, 
i8.2Va-7.25; rye mixture, $r>.5Ut«li23; talkers' extra, 
$0'<>i7 !*); straight, $ ( >,T5r<*775; parent. $it T.VgtHS); St, 
Louis common to lair extra, good to very 
choice family $5.3(10.8. patent. Winter wheat extru, 
$ti I&d&f.T. city told extra for West. Indies, $5,653)5.75; 
South America, $ i SdSJli.OO; patent, $7.2fi'«8. Southern 
flour dull, us' hanged - common to good extra $4.90@ 
5.70; good to choice do.. $5.15347.50. Rye Hour super- 
line, * v, w.i m. lie.ii lots fancy reported,$4 30. Corn 
mool on let, steady Brandywine, *4 00 quoted $I.6D@ 
4.70. Yellow Western, $t,ra0cI 50, Feed Stiurns. $30.- 
O'fiyS .UD; No. 1 middling-*, $M<n2i; No. 2 middlings, 
$25.00; No, I feed, $.OIOiJ.*2l >0; medium feed, $18.1X1 
(a,l» 80; No. 2 feed, $18.W<4l9.5’J, an t rye feed, $'27.UO@ 
28.00 per ton. 
Prices for gram.—W heat. ungraded Winter rod, 
95c.(j<iil 12: steamer No. 3 red, $1.0391 No. 3 red, $1.09 
Old 0'JWcei't,IHc»tes $1.11 delivered .learner No. 2red, 
$1 tOigil 10' 4 ; No 2 rod Si 10(3)1 1054; No 2 red $1.10«@ 
1 iRq for c-ridicules. Si 11 ‘-.ml ukj delivered mixed 
Winter, .$1.0913)109^; ungraded while, $1 14; No. 2 
white and stoatliei No. I white, $1 li No. 1 white 
il.ltfRrtid 1? for certificates No a r«,i August, l.iojf 
( 8 >!.I 18 8 in settlement#, do. September $1 liW4(aii.l2 do. 
( etolter, do. Novtmioer, $1 l-t.'-^igil.U^I; 
do. Decern be , $1 1 ri.i«ii.10% ; do seller me year, 
$i.lo^iad.UW, No 2 red January, $l.i7ki'&l I75g. Rye 
scarce and steadily held. 75<»8(k:: for ear-lots and 
bo&f-luuds, Canada and State; 7V>tc. bid for State to 
