Mows of i\)t Week. 
HOME NEWS. 
Saturday. April 22,1882. 
The Committee from the House selected to 
audit the expenses attendant on the late Presi 
dent Garfield's illness and death have made a 
majority and minority report. The majority 
recommend that Dr. Bliss be paid $25,000; Dr. 
Agnew, $15,000; Hr. Hamilton, $15,000; Drs. 
Reyborn, Boynton and Susan Edson, $10,000 
each, aud R. S. Jennings for cooling appar¬ 
atus, $1,000. The Committee also recommend 
the promotion of Drs. Barnes and Woodward, 
with increased pay, as army oflicers. The 
minority object to such promotion, and to the 
appropriation of sums of money for profes¬ 
sional services so far in excess of the value of 
such services. 
The entire business portion of the town of 
Brownsville, Mo. was demolished by a cyclone 
on the 18th inst, and seven persons were killed 
and 30 badly injured. It swept through the 
town, laying everything to waste in its path. 
Two story brick business houses were picked 
up like straws and whirled and twisted into 
shapeless ruins. Frame dwellings were carried 
some distance and dropped, smashing them 
into fine kindling wood. Heavy timbers were 
carried several hundred yards through the 
air, aud, falling end downward, stuck several 
feet in the ground. The storm lasted not over 
five minutes, but during that time 20 buildings 
were leveled to the ground. 
A terrible forest fire bas been raging on 
Long Island, in the vicinity of Babylon aud 
Patchogue. Besides much loss of timber, 
fences, etc., several buildings were destroyed. 
On the 18th inst, the President sent two 
messages to Congress, the one concerning a 
Peace Congress to be held in Washington on 
Nov. 22d. next, to which all the independent 
countries of North and South America are in¬ 
vited. The purpose is to consider and discuss 
“ the methods of preventing war between the 
nations of America.” The other message 
recommends to Congress that an appropriation 
of $2,020,000 instead of $) .010,000,as heretofore 
recommended by the Mississippi Commission, 
be made for restoring the Mississipi levees, 
and further says that it is of vital importance 
that a well matured and comprehensive plan 
for improvement of river navigation aud se¬ 
curity of the valley should be put into opera¬ 
tion with as little delay as possible. 
By a vote of 201 to 37 the House has passed 
the revised Anti-Chinese bill. This measure 
is drawn with a de 4gn to meet the President’s 
objections to the bill sent to him from Con¬ 
gress last month. The provisions concerning 
registration and penalties are stricken out, 
and the time during which immigration is to 
be suspended is fixed at ten years. 
The 17tb was a busy day for the Ford 
brothers who killed Jesse James recently. 
They were indicted, pleaded guilty, were sen¬ 
tenced to be hanged on May' 1‘Jtb, and par¬ 
doned by Gov. Crittenden, and again arrested 
on another charge of murder—all in one day. 
President Lincoln’s remains are reported to 
be completely petrified, the form and even 
the features being preserved. 
Scoville lectured on ‘ ‘ Guiteau ism ” at Jersey 
City one evening recently. There were 43 
persons in the audience, including two ushers 
and seven reporters. 
The President has nominated Alonzo Taft 
of Ohio, Minister to Austria aud John M. 
Francis of the Troy, (N. Y.) Times, charge 
d’affaires at Portugal. 
Congress has enacted a law that no biga¬ 
mous person shall be entitled to a seat in the 
House of Representatives as Delegate from 
any Territory. It has also provided by law 
for the reconstruction of the Government of 
the Territory of Utah by a Board of Com¬ 
missioners, in which reconstructed system 
no bigamous person shall enjoy the right of 
suffrage or he eligible to office. The House 
of Representatives, by a vote of 123 to 7‘J, has 
declared that .the sea heretofore held by the 
Delegate from Utah is vacant. Here are 
three Important and severe measures adopted 
for the extirpation of polygamy in Utah. 
Dispatches from the pen i usula of Michigan 
state that the heaviest snow storm of the sea¬ 
son prevailed in that region on the 20th. 
The national House and Senate have appro¬ 
priated $10,000 to build a monument over 
Thomas Jefferson’s grave at Monticello, and 
improve the small grave-yard where it lies, 
Jefferson owned 10,000 acres of land when he 
began public life, but only a little lot 100 feet 
square remains for his deeendants. The plain 
monument which be ordered placed above his 
grave hew; long since been ruined by relic-bunt¬ 
ing patriots, and Monticello, excepting the 
family burial place, was sold for $2,500. a year 
after his death. 
William H. Vanderbilt intends to build on 
Staten Island a $200,000 family' mausoleum, 
70 feet high and covering an acre and a half 
of ground. The site is a large knoll just out¬ 
NEW-YORKER. 
april n 
side of the cemetery and fronting the Mora¬ 
vian church. The mausoleum, if built accord, 
iug to the designs, will be visible c n a clear 
day 20 miles at sea. 
The pension mania is still troubling Con¬ 
gress, and the Secretary of the Interior is 
called upon for all kinds of statistics, some of 
which are of a good deal of interest. Last 
week the Secretary in reply to Congress, gave 
the number of pensioners on the pension rolls 
as 269,851, who receive aunually $29,203,469 
from the treasury. 
Wednesday evening last a tornado swept up 
Chestnut Ridge Mountains, Westmoreland 
County, Pa., leveling acres of timber. At 
Mount Vernon the house of William Wir- 
grovar was razed to the ground, his wife 
killed and seven children injured, three fa¬ 
tally. Jerry' Stauffer’s child was fatally 
injured by r a falling building. Joseph Glass- 
burner’s house was blown down and his fam¬ 
ily of five injured. One child was killed. The 
roof of a house was carried two miles. Three 
persons in Jacob Miller s family were injured 
by the f illing house and one was killed. 
During the twenty four hours preceding lust 
Wednesday noon, eleven transatlantic steam¬ 
ships landed their steerage loads of human 
freight at Castle Garden, New York—in all 
over 8,000 souls. Mr. Jackson, the secretary 
of the board, believes the number of immi¬ 
grants this month will amount to 70,000, aud 
next month, when the climax is reached, to 
100,000. These figures have never been 
equaled in the past. The main body of the 
immigrants is made up of Germans, Scandi¬ 
navians and Hollanders. The Irish and Eng¬ 
lish still come in great numbers. Next come 
Swiss and Italians. The Irish are going to 
the western cities, the Scandinavians to the 
far northwest, the English to Texas and the 
southwest, the Swiss to the manufacturing 
towns, 
Up to January' of the present y'ear, and for 
twenty years preceding, without one solitary 
exception, a gain of a million dollars annually 
has been made by the house of A. T. Stewart 
& Co., who have lately' decided to close up 
their dry g ods business. So says the Finan¬ 
cial Bulletin. 
“ Am so much Better.” 
Extract from letter of a patient in Bidde 
ford, Me., dated November 1st, 1880: “It is 
with pleasure 1 tell you what your Compound 
Oxygen Treatment has done for me. Last 
April, when I commenced using it, I w as very 
low; suffered from a weak, tired feeling all 
the time. Had not been able to do any house 
work or sewing for four years, aud but very 
little for ten years past. Had not been free 
from a cough for fou' y'ears. Now 1 do most 
of my housew ork; all my family sewing; walk 
out every pleasant da ; think I could walk a 
mile and not be very tired; am so much hap¬ 
pier to fee) that 1 am some use iu the world. 
Treatise on “Compound Oxygen” sent free. 
Drs. Starkey & Palen, Philadelphia, Pa.— 
Adv. 
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AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
Saturday, April 22, 1882. 
The following items ol’ agricultural interest 
are briefly condensed from telegrams received 
here within the last 24 hours: 
Boston, Mass:—No notable change in the 
woolen market, but last w-eek’s prices are 
fully maintained, with a slight stiffening ten¬ 
dency. 
Philadblhiiia, Pa: -Provisions unusually 
active and prices of ail hog products have 
further advanced. Speculative activity in 
grain still very active : prices have fluctuated 
violently with gain, on the whole, in sellers 
favor. Supplies very small. Flour advanced 
25c. in syonpathy with rise in wheat. Cotton 
held with confidence. Wool unsettled but 
tbe week’s, business has been larger than last 
week’s and holders are firmer an account of 
small supply. Butter has declined 3c. to 5c. 
per pound again. Potatoes active; choice ut 
better prices. Recent arrivals of Southern 
farm products have been in better condition 
and prices therefore have been higher. 
Cincinnati, O.—Grain lias been very active 
at advanced prices, but fell l@2e. on Thurs¬ 
day on corn and w r heat. Still some uncer¬ 
tainty about extent of damage done by cold 
weather. Hog products high and held above 
shipping prices. 
Louisville, Ky.—Rumors vary widely as 
to amount of damage from recent cold snap. 
Except to small fruits and w heat (which is 
very forward) injury is believed to be light. 
Farming operations progressing satisfactorily; 
crop outlook now favorable. Leaf tobacco 
lively and strong; smooth colory hurleys have 
advanced lc. Prices of flour and bog products 
stiffening. Cotton firm.. 
Chicago, 111.—Although receipts of hogs are 
comparatively large for the season, yet prices 
are maintained. Cattle a trifle lower. Spec¬ 
ulative trade in grain bas been active, June 
and July deliveries strengthening up more 
than others. Reports showed grain in sight 
on the 15th inst. to be 24,000,000 bushel-, of 
which there were 3,675,000 bushels of wheat, j 
2,225,000 of corn, and 98,000 of oats. The total 
amount of grain in Chicago elevators was 
6,350,000 bushels, against 8,000,000 a week ago, 
and 12,710,000 for the same time last y'ear. The j 
depletion since the 15th amounts to about 500,- 
000 bushels, and at the present rate the eleva¬ 
tors will soon be entirely bare of grain, a thing 
never before known in this city. 
Detroit, Mich.—Country collections good, 
owing partly to movement of grain, which 
bad roads had hitherto kept in producers’ 
hands. The average daily receipts this month 
are 30 cars of w heat aud 25o£ corn, surpassing 
last year’s. Shipments good, keeping stock 
lo»'. Weather favorable to growing crops; 
an immense yield expected.... 
Milwaukee, Wis.; Country roads in 
wretched condition ow jug to very iuclement 
weather. Wheat market stronger, owing to 
unfavorable reports from other points. Flour 
has an upward tendency'. May wheat closed 
at $1 32%; June at $1 32%; July at $1 30%... 
ST. LOUIS, Mo.: Heavy Southern orders 
coming in for corn and live stock. Grain 
receipts small; stocks in elevator largely re¬ 
duced. No. 2, red wheat has advanced over 
11c. within the week. Hog products very 
firm: pork $19. Hogs in light supply and 
only of medium quality: prices have ranged 
from $6 80 to $7 25, Gottm steady. 
UNITED STATES DAIRY PRODUCTS AS RE¬ 
TURNED AT TIIK TENTH CENSUS. 
The following table of statistics is still sub 
jpet to slight revisions; but it is substantially 
correct as it now 
stands: 
Milk, 
Dutter, 
Cheese 
Gallons * 
Pounds + 
Pounds.+ 
Alabama. 
267,367 
7,997,719 
14,091 
Arizona. 
42,618 
61,817 
18,300 
Arkansas . 
816,838 
7 790,013 
26,301 
California. 
12,353 178 
14,084.405 
2,5ti6,K5S 
Colorado.. . 
50tJ,706 
860,8 9 
10,867 
Connecticut. 
12.889.81)3 
8,198,993 
816,195 
Dakota. 
115,119 
2,* 00,955 
39, !:>7 
Delaware. 
1,132,134 
1,876 27". 
1,712 
l)i«(. ol Columbia.. 
49H,78!I 
20.920 
Florida. 
11),987 
.'*>3,156 
2,40-5 
Georgia. 
3M,Hn 
7,424,485 
19,151 
Idaho.,.. 
I0.BV7 
310.614 
20.295 
Illinois. 
45,419,71!) 
53,657,913 
1.15,1-63 
Indiana... 
6.723.840 
37,877,797 
SOT.561 
Iowa. 
15,910,612 
55.481,953 
1,075,988 
Kansas. 
21.071.762 
4- 3,987 
Kentucky. 
2,513,209 
18,211,904 
98,468 
Louisiana. 
258 211 
916.039 
7,018 
Maine. 
3.720,(83 
14,103.966 
1,167,ISO 
Maryland. 
4,722,914 
7,485.871 
11,416 
Massachusetts . 
29,5 3,19 J 
8,6 9.321 
Sl?,0i8 
Michigan. 
7,898,273 
33,821,190 
440,510 
Minnesota. 
1,504.407 
19,161,335 
523,138 
Mississippi. 
12..492 
7,454 657 
4,239 
3,173,017 
28,572,121 
283 434 
Montana. . 
41, 1 65 
403,738 
55 570 
Nebraska. 
025,788 
9,725,193 
230,819 
Nevada. 
149,889 
335,183 
17,420 
Now Hampshire. 
5,739,128 
7,247 272 
807,076 
New Jersey.. 
15,472,783 
9 51.3 335 
60,51.3 
New Mexico. 
10,113 • 
44,827 
K),sm 
New York.. . 
231,965,533 
111,922.123 
8,362,590 
North Carolina. 
416,798 
7,212.507 
57,380 
Ohio. 
46,801.537 
67,631263 
2,170,215 
Oregon. ..— 
227,540 
2,443,725 
158,198 
Pennsylvania ...... 
130,540,510 
79,336,012 
1,008,636 
Rhode island. 
3,831,706 
1,007,103 
67.171 
South Carolina. 
257,180 
3,196,851 
16,018 
Tennessee. 
Texas. 
1,006.795 
17,886,369 
98,740 
1,296, sin; 
13,910,390 
JW.486 
Utah. 
155,263 
1.052.903 
120*727 
Vermont. 
<1,526,550 
25,240,820 
1,515.789 
Virginia. . 
Washington... 
1,224,409 
11,470,923 
85,535 
226,703 
1,350,103 
109,2 d 
West Virginia. 
750,279 
9,309,517 
100,300 
Wisconsin. 
25,156.977 
33,352,045 
2,281,40.4 
Wyoming. 
75,843 
105,643 
2,9150 
Total U. S. 
529,979.992 
777.215,597 
27,259.981! 
♦Soil, or sent, to butter and cheese factories in 1879. 
4-Made on farms in 1879. 
A synopsis of the April report of the De¬ 
partment of Agriculture upon the area and 
condition of Winter grain -how's an increase 
of nearly 500,000 acres, or 2 per cent. The 
estimated area of the ] re\ .ous crop was 24,- 
346,000 acres. The Stale -showing an increase 
are: Michigan, 3 per cent; Indiana, 4: Ohio, 1; 
Kentucky, 15; West Virginia, 2; Virgina, 3; 
North Carolina, 18; South Carolina, 10; 
Georgia, 12; Flori la 2; Alabama, 33; Missis¬ 
sippi, 54; Louisiana, 75; Texas, 72; Arkansas, 
70; Tennes.-ee, 17. The average increase in 
the cotton States of 26 per cent, amounts to 
ai ut 800,000 acres. In the northern Atlan¬ 
tic States, from Connecticut to Virginia, the 
area is 4,053,000 acres, about 5,000 acres less 
thnn in 1881. In the Western States, from 
West Virginia to Kansas, there is an average 
decrease of 2 per cent., the decrease in Illinois 
being 10 per cent., in Missouri 2 and in Kansas 
11. The estimated acreage in the 8 Winter- 
wheat States is 16,926,000. In California par¬ 
tial returns point to an increase of 10 percent. 
The Pacific coast is not included in the list of 
strictly Winter-wheat States. The condition 
of Winter wheat is high throughout the West 
(Ohio alone reporting belcw 100), in the cot¬ 
ton States and in Delaware, Maryland aud 
Virginia. Those below the average are: Con¬ 
necticut, 90 ; New York, 87; New Jersey, 95 ; 
Pennsylvania, 96: Ohio, 97. Delaware aver¬ 
ages 10 points above 100, Maryland 9, Virginia 
4, North Carolina 13, South Carolina 7, Geor 
gia 10, Alabama 12, Mississippi 14, Louisiana 
15, Texas 9, Arkansas 12, Tennessee 8, West 
Virginia 0, Kentucky 12, Michigan 8, Indiana 
5, Illinois 1, Missouri 10 and Kansas 10. Win¬ 
ter rye shows an increase of area except in 
Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware, West 
Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana and Mis¬ 
souri. The increase is relatively largest in 
the South. The full report, as printed, will 
show the time of sowing, proportion drilled 
and sown broadcast, the details of in¬ 
jury by the Hessian fly (which is com¬ 
paratively slight), and other informa¬ 
tion illustrating the condition of the crop. 
[Philadelphia Correspondence.] 
A Well-Known Philadelphia Horse- 
men’ft Sentiments. 
There are, in the city of Philadelphia, quite 
a number of very large stabling establish¬ 
ments, where horses are not only kept for 
ordinary hire, but where blooded fast trotters 
aud ruuners, owned by private gentlemen, 
are boarded, and where they receive medical 
j treatment when necessary. The writer hap¬ 
pened to be “ down-town” recently, and looked 
in at two or three of these stables, and tbe 
fir t one visited was the large establishment 
of William S. Campbell & Son, Nos. 023, 625, 
627 aud 629 Wharton Street. On entering 
the well-appointed office, I was met by Mr. 
Campbell’s son, who really runs the stable, 
his father having partially retired from ac¬ 
tive work, aud, being seated, wo had a pleas¬ 
ant 1 * horse talk.” 
The conversation soon turned on the care 
and treatment of horses, and remembering 
that 1 hud heard Mr. Aaron Rockafellow, the 
superintendent of the extensive stables of the 
Union Passenger Railway Company, speak in 
glowing terms of the efficacy of St. Jacob’s 
Oil as an excellent horse liniment, I asked 
Mr. Campbell if he hail ever used that remedy 
for any of the horses under his charge when 
they required rubbing. 
Mr. Campbell replied: “Yes; we have 
used St. Jacobs Oil, but not to any great ex¬ 
tent as yet, but, as far as I have tried it, I 
think it is a capital thing for horses, and I in¬ 
tend to keep on using it on ever}' horse that 
requires a liniment.” 
i said: “Tell me on what horses you have 
used St. Jacobs Oil, and how the remedy 
operated.” 
Mr. Campbell then said : “My father owns 
a bay colt named Billy, a very fine animal 
that we think a great deal of. We value Billy 
at $1,000, and are very careful of him. He is 
about five years old, and is well known in 
these parts. A short time since, I noticed 
something was the matter with Billy, the 
muscles of one of his legs appeared to be con¬ 
tracted, and he was somewhat strained by 
fast traveling. I happened to haves >me St. 
Jacobs Oil on hand, that the family had been 
using for rheumatism, and I rubbed Billy 
well with it several times, and he recovered en¬ 
tirely in a very short time. I am satisfied St. 
Jacobs Oil cured hiw*quicker than any other 
remedy would have done. We also own a fine 
gray horae named Hopeful, who had what we 
called sweeney, or a drying up of the shoul¬ 
der. We tried St. Jacobs Oil iu his case, and 
it was really remarkable how soon the lini¬ 
ment cured his complaint. To show you that 
the Oil did its work well, my father sold 
Hopeful recently for a good price, and be¬ 
fore he w'ae sold he underwent a careful ex¬ 
amination, and it was found he w'as perfectly 
sound. If St. Jacobs Oil had not bean used 
for his shoulder, I don’t believe we could have 
sold the horse so easily, or for such a good 
price.”—N. Y. Spirit of Times.— Adv. 
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For the last kew weeks, as is usual in 
the Spring the w'ays liave been bad. Its no 
use swearing at the mud. But a good weigh 
cau always be assured by addressing Jones 
of Biughamton, Binghamton, IS. Y., who will 
put you in a way of having your own weigh 
by the use of a J ones five t >n double beam 
$00. wagon scale at which price Jones pays 
the freight—all the way to your R. R. Station. 
Send for free book.— Adv. 
-- 
flag* Make your old things look like new by 
using the Diamond Dyes, and you will be 
happy. Any of the fashionable col >rs for 10 
cents,— Adv. 
-- 
“ Rough on Rats.” Ask druggists for it. 
Clears out rats, mice, roaches, bed-bugs, 
skunks. 15c.— Adv. 
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Hair and Scalp diseases thoroughly cured 
by Dr. Benson’s Skin Cure. None like it.— 
Adv. 
-- 
Burnett’s Oocoaine 
Will Save the Hair 
And keep it in a strong and healthy condition, 
because it will stimulate the roots of the hair, 
and restore the natural action upon w'hich its 
growth depends. 
Burnett's Flavoring Extracts are absolutely 
pure.— Adv. 
SPECIALS FROM THE CHIEF CENTERS. 
Up to Saturday April 22. 
Chicago.—Wheat strong, but unsettled at 
$1.8701.86, cash; $1.38, April; $1.31%@1.8l%, 
May;$1 33, June; $1.30%, July; $1 18%, Au¬ 
gust; $1 07, all the year: No. 3, Chicago Spring, 
$1.18@1 20; Rejected, 85c@90c. Corn moder¬ 
ately active but unsettled at ?6%c.($76%c., 
cash and April; 76%@77c., May; 75c@75%c. 
