MAY 20 
nos of t\)t Week. 
HOME NEWS. 
Saturday. May IS, 1882. 
The cracks in the stone cei ling of the new 
Assembly chamber of the Capitol at Albany, 
and the fractures in grauite slabs and arches 
in the corridors beneath, are receiving careful 
attention from the Ways and Means sub-com¬ 
mittee, who are inquiring into the construc¬ 
tion of the new Capitol. When the cracks 
-were discovered two years ago they were 
•attributed to the settling of the foundations of 
the building, and the architect said they 
would not increase. But iu spite of paint and 
putty the seams are wider now than ever, and 
give uumistakable evidence that the building 
is yet settling. The Assures in the Assembly 
ceiling are visible in part to the naked eye, 
but show more plainly through an opera glass. 
It is said that thirty tons of weight rest on 
the ceiling to keep the arches in place. 
A decision has been rendered by the 
Supreme Court of the United States, in the 
case of Sergeant John A. Mason’s application 
for a writ of habeas corpus. The opinion 
was prepared by the Chief Justice, who de¬ 
cides that the court martial had full jurisdic¬ 
tion to try Mason for the offence charged, that 
its proceedings were all within its proper 
jurisdiction, and that the sentence pronounced 
was not in excess of its power. The petition 
for a writ of habeas corpus is therefore de¬ 
nied, and the rule to show cause discharged. 
The President has signed the bill suspending 
the coming of Chinese laborers to this countrv 
for ten years, and it is now a law, and wi'l 
take effect in 90 days from the time it was 
signed. 
Secretary Chandler says he does not favor 
the proposed new Arctic expedition, as he 
thinks it would be better to await the result 
■of the English expedition which is now missing 
in the Northern seas, the expedition being 
fitted out by English authorities to go in 
search of that expedition, and the proposed 
German expedition. 
As Mr. Alexander IT, Stephens was ascend 
ing the steps leading to the House of Repre¬ 
sentatives one day last week, leaning on the 
arm of his body servaut, he slipped and fell to 
the ground. His ankle was painfully sprained, 
but he was not seriously injured. 
There is some talk of abandoning the United 
States navy yard at Brooklyn, though the 
original cost of the buildings and improve, 
ments was over $5,000,000. It is stated 
an appropriation of $500,000 for three 
years would be necessary to put the 
yard in order, repair the dry dock and build 
ings. Some prominent naval officers advo¬ 
cate the sale only of lands lying East of the 
marine barracks. 
Among other appropriations which the 
House Committee on Commerce will embody 
in the River and Harbor bill are the follow¬ 
ing: For Hell Gate, New York Harbor, $200, 
000. This sum is in addition to the $50,000 al • 
ready voted by the House. For Buttermilk 
Channel, New York Harbor, $60,000; Buffalo 
Harbor, $125,000; Rochester Harbor, $35,000; 
Oswego Harbor, $50,000; Great Sodus Bay 
and Little Sodus Bay, $20,000 each; Mamaro- 
neck Harbor, $15,000; Rondout Harbor, $2,- 
(000 and WilsoD Harbor, $10,000. 
The corner stone of the Fitch Institute in 
Buffalo was laid Wednesday afternoon, with 
simple ceremonies. It is another gift of Ben 
jamiu Fitch, of New York, to the charity or¬ 
ganization society of Buffalo. The building 
will be substantial, costing $120,000, and will 
contain a hall where free lectures on scientific 
and instructive subjects may be given from 
time to time; a free reading room; provident 
coffee and soup room; provident dispensary 
for supplying medicines and medical attend¬ 
ance ; a training school in domestic work for 
girls; a hospital for the temporary treatment 
of the injured, and place of deposit for small 
sums of money by working people, and a home 
for aged couples. 
At McAllister, Iudian Territory, seven peo¬ 
ple were recently killed by a hurricane, four 
fatally and eleven dangerously injured, and 
39 more or less hurt. Some 58 houses were de¬ 
molished and 80 others badly damaged. The 
cyclone cut through timber like a scythe 
through grass. The damage to the Osage Coal 
and Mining company is large. The population 
of the settlement, about 800, is suffering 
greatly. 
Joseph W. Coburn, who laid the corner¬ 
stone of Bunker Hill Monument and built the 
first railroad in this country, (the wooden one 
from a granite quarry in Quincy, Mass., to 
tide-water,) is still living in Boston. 
The United States Fi3h Commission began 
Thursday and will soon finish the shipment of 
more than 4,000,000 yoimg shad and herring 
to Virginia, South Carolina and Texas, where 
they will be used in stocking the rivers of 
those States. Up to the present time about 
6,000,000 artificially hatched Bhad have been 
distributed by the Commission and placed in 
various rivers throughout the country. 
A new disease is prevailng in Thyrman, 
Warren county, N. Y., and is proving very 
contagious. The s 3 r mptoms are great debil¬ 
ity, severe and constant aching pains in the 
eyes, head, back and limbs, sore throat with 
very bitter taste in the mouth. It runs its 
course in ten to twenty-four days. The doctors 
call it some kind of a distemper, but fail to de¬ 
fine the disease. 
Twelve thousand Holland farmers with con¬ 
siderable capital are preparing to come to 
Charles Mix County, Dakota. The movement 
originated in the reports sent back to Holland 
by a wealthy Dutch farmer who settled in 
Charles Mix County two years ago. He sent 
back the flattering reports of the country, 
and the emigration fever has grown to large 
proportions. The present movements have re¬ 
ceived an impetus also from the present bad 
condition of the agricultural interests in Hol¬ 
land. Another party of SOU are also en route. 
A Congressional Committee have under con¬ 
siderate n the bill for the Garfield funeral 
expenses, but the items are not yet published 
and may not be. It is said on good authority 
that the committee have expressed their indig¬ 
nation at such charges both as to their amount 
and nature. It appears that many of the 
Congressmen w T ho attended the funeral had 
a "big time” at the Government’s expense. 
Gen. McDowell telegraphs that the Indians 
killed five men, ran off with sixty-five mules 
near Morenci latel} 1 , and raiding parties 
are still in that vicinity. Accounts are con¬ 
stantly coming in of the killing of people 
along the upper Gila. 
Seven leading dry goods houses in Buffalo, 
Rochester, Providence, Cleveland, Hartford, 
Springfield and Worcester, Mass., are nego¬ 
tiating for the stock of A. T. Stewart & Co., 
at New York, with favorable prospects, and 
if the purchase is concluded the stock will be 
divided and sold in the respective cities. 
The sum of $8.67, which remained of the 
fund used in celebrating iu Portsmouth, N. 
H., on the 22d of February, 1S32, the centen¬ 
ary of Washington’s birth, were deposited in 
the local savings bank against the bi centen¬ 
nial celebration, and now at the expiration of 
half the time, amounts to $143.58. 
A Sufferer for Thirty Year*. 
A grateful patient writes: 1 * T had not taken 
the Oxygen three weeks when I found a great 
change. I could scarcely believe that I could 
be relieved so soon. Relief is all I expected, for 
I had been a great sufferer for thirty years.” 
Treatise on "Compound Oxygen” sent free. 
Drs. Starkey & Palen, 1109 and 1111 Girard 
Street, Philadelphia, Pa.— Adv. 
AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
Saturday, May 13,1882. 
Census Bulletin No. 279 gives interesting 
statistics concerning the farms of thirty-one 
States and Territories, showing the increase 
in their number at the end of each ten years 
after 1850. The increase from 1870 to 1880 is 
exhibited by the following statistics: 
California... 
Connecticut. 
Dakota . 
Illinois_’ .. . ..... 
Indiana. 
Iowa. 
Kansas... 
Kentucky. 
Louisiana. 
Maine. 
Maryland. 
Mleliigau. 
Minnesota. 
Mississippi-.. 
Missouri. 
Nebraska. 
New Hampshire 
New Jersey. 
New Mexico. 
New York. 
North Carollua. 
Ohio. 
Oregon. 
Pennsylvania. 
Rhode Island. 
Utah,... 
Vermont. 
Virginia. 
Washington. 
West Virginia. 
Wisconsin.. .... 
1890. 
35,934 
30.598 
17,435 
255 741 
194,018 
13.5,851 
138,561 
166.45$ 
48,292 
64 309 
40,517 
154,008 
92,886 
1(11,772 
215,575 
63.397 
32 181 
31,307 
,il, : 
211,068 
157.609 
247,189 
16,217 
213,542 
6,216 
9,452 
35,522 
118,517 
6,529 
62,674 
134,322 
23.7S 
25,51 
1.75 
202,8f 
161.23- 
116,21 
38,2t 
118,45 
28,41 
59,8( 
27,C* 
98,Ti 
46,5< 
68,05 
118,85 
12 , 3 ( 
29,64 
30,6i 
4.4! 
216,2.* 
93,5< 
195,9! 
7,5! 
174,0; 
5,3( 
4.91 
33.85 
73,8. 
8 . 1 : 
89 7 
102.91 
Total...8,121,720 2,193,117 
That is, the increase in the twenty-eight 
States and the three Territories during the 
decade was 931,603 farms, the iucrease of 
popula ion of the whole United States during 
the same time being 11,594,183. The number 
of farms occupied by their owners, the nurn- 
uer rented for a fixed money rent, and the 
number rented for shares of produce are 
given as follows: 
Occupied by owners . 4,441,271 
Rented for money. 210 8*12 
Rented for shares. 273 «07 
It is significant that the farms rented for 
shares of produce are much more numerous 
than those rented for a fixed money rent, as 
farms rented for shares are largely in the 
hands of youug men who lack capital but are 
ambitious to become land owners. The num¬ 
ber of farms exceeding 100 acres each in the 
thirty-one States and Territories are classified 
ub follows: 
10(1 to 5oO acres. 1.878,222 
500 to 1,000 acres. 47,749 
More than 1,000 acres. 15,369 
California has long been cursed with a land j 
ring, and it has 2,530 farms exceeding 1,000 
acres each. Mississippi has 1,832 North Caro- 
lina has 1,721, Virginia has 1,562, Louisiana 
has 1,319, and Kentucky has 1,112. No other 
State has 1,000 such farms... 
There were 11,551,M0 hogs packed in Western 
cities during the 12 months ending March 
31, against 12,243.354 in the year preceding. 
A short corn crop caused the falling off, and 
the scarcity of grain will, it is thought, pre¬ 
vent any increase in the hog crop this year. 
Western packi ng was fairly begun in the 
Winter of 1842-3, when 675,000 hogs were 
barreled. The average number of hogs 
killed each year thereafter was, for the first 10 
years, 1,185,000; for the next2,325,000; for the 
next, 3,047,000. and for the last, 8,641,000 .... 
The following items of agricultural news 
are condensed from telegrams received here 
within the last 24 hours: Boston, Mass: Ten¬ 
dency of wool market upward despite " bear” 
talk of dealers in order to get the best in deal 
ings for new clip. Few arrivals of this yet. as 
continued cold weather has retarded shearing. 
Growers very independent and indications 
strong for higher opening prices for new clip 
than anticipated earlier in season—whether 
Eastern buyers will pay these remains to be 
seen. Philadelphia. Pa.: Strong feel¬ 
ing among holders of wool owing to prospects 
of late shearing season, and temporary scarcity 
in Eastern markets. Grain scarce but very 
dull as shippers have no orders at current 
rates. Dairy products lower. Eggs very 
scarce and wanted owing to high prices of 
fresh meat. Cincinnati, Ohio: Grain 
was lively on Thurday with all offerings taken 
at J@l>£c. advance; but wheat has declined 
6c. this week and now rates at $1.12 Wheat 
combination broke, hence the drop. Weather 
windy and rainy on Wednesday, Thursday and 
Friday throughout the Ohio Valley, storm ex¬ 
tending from the Mississippi River to the At¬ 
lantic and from the lakes as far South as the 
latitude of Savannah, Ga. Louisville, 
Ky.: Hides and wool quiet and easy. Cotton 
in good demand at extreme rates. De¬ 
troit, Mich.: Prices of dairy products have a 
downward tendency. No 1 white wheat 
wanted by millers and shippers. Weather 
rainy, forcing growth of grain, vegetables and 
fruit. Crop prospects throughout theState flat¬ 
tering, causing a .disposition to sell " futures” 
1 ow........Chicaoo, Ill.: An unsettled feel¬ 
ing in grain markets. Rye, corn and wheat 
shipments are, in the main, by lake at rates 2c. 
for corn and 2.*>a cts. for wheat to Buffalo.... 
Milwaukee, Wis.—Season backward and 
inclement. Wheat market advanced ){ c. on 
Friday. Exporters of wheat and flour holding 
off. Corn in light supply and higher.. 
St. Louis, Mo.—G rain advancing all round, 
but transactions light. At last supply of 
horses and mules greater than demand, and 
prices drooping. Cattle a trifle lower, but hog 
market strong and active. All reports from 
Arkansas indicate that the wheat yield per 
acre will be the largest in ten years, and the 
aggregate crop the heaviest ever harvested. 
Most of it harvested now in fine condition. 
Minneapolis, Minn: Wheat seeding about 
completed in Minnesota aud Dakota. Wheat 
is up and doing well two weeks in advance of 
last year. Acreage in this State about the 
same as last year. Stock raising has largely 
increased. Wheat moving freely, 279,000 
bushels received here last week. Rains for 
several days have made roads bad, otherwise 
deliveries would have been heavier. No let-up 
on arrival of emigrants for this city and the 
Northwest. Water now off Manitoba railroads, 
and travel resumed, though the tracks are 
still very soft .Omaha, Neb: Weather 
cool. Some fears about seed now three weeks 
under ground, though a few warm days 
would help matters greatly. 
San Francisco, Cal.—A hot wind has 
slightly damaged the grain crop of the State. 
Wheat strong. An immense yield of fruit is 
assured. Three ships have loaded with wheat 
far Australia; one other is notv loading. 
There have been heavy flour shipments to 
China. Baltimore, Md.—Weather still 
unsettled. Little doing in com market: prices 
steady. Oats firmer. Cattle market very ac¬ 
tive; general complaint of high prices from 
retail buyers. Norfolk, Va.—Truck 
farmers unusually active; large shipments be¬ 
ing made daily. Abundant crops of fruits 
and vegetables promised. Memphis, 
Tenn.—Farmers still busy planting. Meats 
have advanced in price, while flour and wheat 
have a downward tendency. Millers unable 
to supply demand for corn-meal, owing to 
several mills having been flooded during the 
very heavy rains of the past two or three 
days. Nashville, Tenn.—Wool steady 
at advanced quotations. Cattle receipts 
heavier than last week; prices firm on all but 
lower grades. 
Missouri has a law which seems to meet the 
c 83 of the sharpers who get farmers to sign 
innocen'-looking contracts and receipts which 
turn up in the hands of confederates os regu¬ 
lar promissory notes. Under it a court has 
just held that the holder is bound to prove, 
affirmatively, that he bought the paper in good 
faith, and that really brings all cases of the 
kind to the ground.A dispatch of April 
25 announced that wheat-sowing had begun in 
many Iowa counties, and another of tbe same 
date told of the exhibiting in Cincinnati of 
new wheat raised in Georg a. It was sown 
November 26 and harvested April 7. Wheat 
harvesting will be in progress somewhere in 
the country from this time on until October, 
« ben the last will be cut in Dakota. 
Under President Chadbourne’s manage¬ 
ment the agricultural college at Amherst, 
Mass , seems to be on the gain. Needed im¬ 
provements have been made and the grounds 
never looked better than at present. The 
nursery and plant-house are more than ever 
besieged with orders so that nearly every 
train carries away trees, shrubs and young 
vegetables for transplanting. 
The exports of wheat from British India 
daring five years ending March 31, 1881, were 
as follows: 1876-7, 5.583,336 bushels; 1877-8, 
6,840,150 bushels; 1878 0, 1,044,709 bushels; 
1879-80 , 2,195,550 bushels; 1880-81, 7,444,375 
bushels. For nine months ending December 
31, 1881, the export reached 15,500,950 bush¬ 
els. of which the United Kingdom received 
7,318,830, Belgium 2,168.869, Fi once 4,078,695, 
Holland 668,820, Italy 301,381, Egypt 503,773, 
aud other countries 461,082 bushels.. 
(Brooklyn (N. Y.) Times ] 
A WILLING CONFESSION. 
Result of a Reporter’s Interview with 
an Employee of tbe City Works 
Department. 
Mr. Edward Bross, of 326 Leonard street, 
is in tbe employ of the City Works Depart¬ 
ment, and is very well know n in the Eastern 
District. A Times reporter called upon the 
gentleman last evening because, to tell the 
simple truth, he heard he had been cured of 
a violent attack of rheumatism by St. Jacobs 
Oil. Mr. Bross was rather surprised to see a 
Times reporter, and rather startled when he 
learned the nature of his errand; but Mr. 
Bross is an obliging man, and he immediately 
said, "Well, if it’s going to benefit anybody 
to give information about my cure, I’m ready. 
It’s plain an 1 matter of fact all the way 
through. I have been subject for many years 
to violent attacks of inflammatory rheuma¬ 
tism. Whenever an attack came on, 1 made 
up my mind to he laid up for two, three and 
even six months. A week ago last Monday 
one of my old attacks came at me more 
savagely than any I remember for years. I 
temporarily resigned my position, since I was 
compelled to believe that I was going to have 
a dose that would last a month at least. I 
had used every kind of medicine before, and 
had been under the care of some of the best 
doctors in the Eastern District, but I never 
escaped with an attack of less than a month’s 
duration. But this time I made up my mind 
to violate one of my principles and try a 
patent medicine, and that patent medicine 
was St. Jacobs Oil. We are apt to look on a 
thing in a humorous light when it has been as 
extensively and persistently advertised as 
that has been, but this was a solemn reality 
to me, and let me tell you that on the Satur¬ 
day following the Monday when I was laid 
©n my back, I was a strong, well man. I 
couldn’t,understand it; it seemed miraculous. 
I feel now that I am doing nothing more 
than justice when I advocate this medicine. 
I am willing to tell anybody that wants to 
know all about it, and not consider it any 
trouble. You behold a mighty grateful 
man.”— Adv. 
Users of apparatus for the cold deep set¬ 
ting of milk have become tolerably well 
aware that various manufacturers have been 
struggling for control of a patent which, 
covers the fixing of cans for this purpose in a 
stand or cabinet so that the milk and after¬ 
wards the cream can be drawn off from 
below. 
Such apparatus is known iu the mai ket as 
the " Cabinet Creamery.'' 1 
Various litigations have been in progress 
for some years on this point. 
On the 23d of April last the Patent offloe 
made a decision awarding priority in this 
matter to Hill & Prentice, whose rights are 
owned by the Vermont Farm Machine Com¬ 
pany of Bellows Falls, Vermont, manufac¬ 
turers of the celebrated Cooley Creamers.— 
Adv . 
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Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound 
will at all times, and under all circumstances, 
act in harmony with the laws that govern the 
system. Address Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham, 
233 Western Avenue, Lynn, Mass., for cir¬ 
cular.— Adv. 
Flies, roaches, ants, bed-bugs, rats, mice, 
cleared out by “ Rough on Rats.” 15c. per 
box.— Adv. 
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