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MAY 27 
flails of ll)c Week. 
HOME NEWS. 
Saturday. May 20. 1882. 
The President and two Professors of the 
State University at Minneapolis, Minn, were 
in court on the 17th inst, on criminal charge. 
The night before some of the students had 
been on a “lark" and one of them when 
caught was severely cudgeled by one Professor 
with a cane. The student after gaining his 
feet flourished a pistol above his head threat¬ 
ening to shoot. At that instant another Pro¬ 
fessor came up and, thinking his own life in 
danger, fired his revolver at the student, the 
ball taking effect in the fleshy part of the left 
thigh. The wound is not considered fatal, 
though it may result in permanent lameness. 
The three Professors were arrested, and will 
be tried on the 29th on charge of assault with 
deadly weapons. 
The funeral of the late Gov. Washburn, of 
Wisconsin, took place on Thursday afternoon 
at La Crosse. He was stricken with paralysis 
about a year ago, but revived sufficiently to 
take a trip to Europe. About three months 
since he went to Eureka Springs owing to the 
appearance of symptoms of Bright’s disease, 
where he died last week. 
James Vick the well known seedsman and 
horticulturist died at Rochester, N. Y., on 
the 17th inst. of pneumonia. 
The woman suffrage bill was defeated in the 
Assembly of this State on the 15th inst. by 
a vote of 59 to 54. 
A large fire at Danville, Quebec, on the 
15th, destroyed 40 or 50 bouses, and rendered 
nearly 200 people homeless. Total loss not far 
from $200,000. 
Chief Justice Waite, John A. Stewart, Gov. 
Colquitt of Georgia, ex-President R. B. Hayes 
of Ohio, Morris K Je-sup.the Rev. Dr. James 
P. Royce of Kentucky, S. C. Gilman of Bal¬ 
timore, and William A. Slater, comprising, 
with William E. Dodge and the Rev. Dr. 
Brooks, the trustees named by John F. Slater 
of Connecticut to have charge of his million- 
dollar fund for the education of the negroes 
of the South, met Thursday and temporarily 
organized. Ex-President R. B. Hayes pre¬ 
sided, and was appointed as th6 head of the 
committee on the policy to be pursued by the 
Board. 
Colonel ‘'Bob” Ingersoll will deliver the 
oration at the opening of the Mining Exhib- 
hibition in Denver on August 1. There will 
be small chance for him to elucidate his pet 
theory on that occasion. 
A cyclone recently passed over Sevier Co., 
Ark , in the extreme Southwestern corner of 
the State. The tornado came fi-om the west, 
proceeded in a northeasterly direction, and 
swept away everything in its path. All the 
buildings on several farms, together with 
fences and trees, were blown down. Three 
hundred acres of heavily timbered land were 
leveled. A wagon was blown into a tree top. 
Portions of houses were carri d away, and 
laud was literally covered with fallen timber. 
No lives were lost so far as ascertained, al¬ 
though the storm was evidently fiercer in 
Seyier County than anywhere else in the 
State. 
A pleasure-party boat capsized on Lake 
Calumet, Ill., and all on board, 12 persons in 
all, were drownedj They were from Pull¬ 
man, 111. 
Among the 5,000 immigrants from Europe 
who arrived on Saturday last at the port of 
New York were ten diamond-cutters and six¬ 
teen lace-weavers and their families, the 
former having come under an engagement 
for steady employment in Boston, and the 
latter having arranged to settle in New Jer¬ 
sey. There is room for such immigrants. 
President Arthur has been sued at Akron, 
Ohio, as one of the defendants in the suit of 
J. W. Lush & Co., against the Siemens-Ander¬ 
son Steel Company of Pittsburg. The plain¬ 
tiffs garnisheed the Akron firm for money 
claimed by President Arthur and his partners, 
Knevels & Ransom, of New York. 
The Postmaster General directs that after 
July 1, all letters on which full postage has 
been prepaid, instead of being forwarded to 
the Dead Letter office, shall be held by the 
postmaster in all letter-carrier or free-deliv- 
ery offices, and the addressed person informed 
by postal card that it is only necessary to 
remit the postage due to receive the letter. 
This order makes 111 post-office centers of 
distribution for matter now received at one 
center. 
The sale of seats for the May musical festival 
in Chicago has thus far realized nearly $15.tKX). 
All the soloists for the Cincinnati festival, 
including Miss Cary, have arrived in that 
city. Miss Cary has written to a friend that 
her last public appearance will be made June 
17, with the possible exception of three charity 
concerts in Maine. 
The music festival held at Cincinnati during 
the past week was a success. The directors 
have decided to hold a similar festival again 
in lss-1. 
The people of the burnt district of Michi¬ 
gan have not been idle since the fires. Thou¬ 
sands of neat, comfortable houses are being 
built, and hundreds of acres which were cov¬ 
ered with thick underbrush before the fire are 
now green with wheat and other crops. 
The case of Guiteau was before the court 
in banc and the argument closed last week. 
The court will prepare an opinion which will 
not be ready for publication before next 
week. Until it is published It cannot be posi¬ 
tively stated what will be the result, but 
enough is known to induce the belief that the 
decision and sentence of the lower court will 
be sustained. As the case may be taken to the 
U. S, Supreme Court, it is understood that the 
judges of both courts will be consulted so that 
the finding of the court in banc will be sus¬ 
tained should an appeal be taken. Guiteau is 
despondent, 
A State convention of women interested in 
the cause of female suffrage met at Indian¬ 
apolis, Ind., on the 19tb inst About 350 dele¬ 
gates were present. Mrs. May Wright Sewall 
was elected President, An address of wel¬ 
come was delivered by Mrs. Z. G. Wallace, of 
that city. Several addresses were delivered 
during the session, showing the progress of 
universal suffrage. 
There is great ill-feeling among the em¬ 
ployes of A. T. Stewart & Co.’s house in Chi¬ 
cago over the summary manner in which they 
were dismissed last Friday, when they were 
notified by the New York house that their 
services would not be needed any longer, and 
and that their salaries would be paid to June 
1 . This throws the men out of employment 
at the hight of the dull season. The Chicago 
house has thus come to an end. 
In view of the damage inflicted upon man¬ 
ufacturing and industrial interests at Cincin¬ 
nati through the organizations of strikes by 
the labor unions the employers of that city 
are seriously considering the inauguration of 
a movement looking to an aggressive warfare 
against the unions. Steps are being taken 
toward the formation among the employers in 
all branches of work of a league whose mem¬ 
bers shall be pledged to employ nun-uniou 
workmen, expecting thereby to break down 
the unions and protect the manufacturing 
interests of the city against future strikes. 
In a dense pine forest, ten miles north-east of 
Sparta, Wis., wild pigeons have established a 
roost half a mile wide and ten miles long, 
every tree containing twenty or more nests. 
A three-quarter length portrait, in oil, of 
ex-Secretary Blaine, ordered by the Venezue¬ 
lan government, is on exhibition at Washing¬ 
ton. It is the work of Henry Uike, and 
represents the statesman standing, holding 
in his right hand a roll of manuscript, his left 
hand resting easily on a pedestal, upon which 
stands a bust of President Garfield. The 
American Bag bangs in graceful folds about 
the bust and pedestal. 
There are in Minnesota 3,952 persons receiv¬ 
ing pensions from the government with an 
annual payment amounting to $802,979. 
The farmers of the West owe a debt of 
gratitude to Congressman Burrows of Michi¬ 
gan for his efforts in securing the passage of 
the bill for their protection against the patent 
sharks. 
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A Galu of Twenty Pounds In a month. 
After using Compound Oxygen for a 
month, a patient at Jewett, Texas, writes: 
“ I began taking your Compound Oxygen on 
the 10th of September, and have kept it up 
since that time. I have not been sick since.; 
had been sick for six months —was confined 
to bed three months, taking medicine almost, 
every hour of day and night. Have not taken 
a drop of medicine since. Have a good appe¬ 
tite ; can eat almost anything, and it agrees 
with me. I consider myself nearly well. * * * 
Have gained twenty pounds since using the 
Oxygen Treatment.” Treatise on “Com¬ 
pound Oxygen” sent free. Drs. Starkey & 
Palen, 1109 and 1111 Girard Street, Phila¬ 
delphia, Pa.— Adv. 
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AGRICULTURAL. NEWS. 
The following items of agricultural interest 
are briefly condensed from telegrams received 
here within the last 24 hours Portland, 
Me.: Prices of produce tending down. 
Boston, Mass.: Wool markets at home and 
abroad steady. At the East India auction 
sales at Liverpool prices were well sustained, 
and at the colonial sales, which began at 
London last Tuesday, spirited bidding from a 
large attendance supported prices of sales in 
March. Here tendency in sellers’ favor. 
Shearing has been delayed and arrivals are 
light. The clip is likely to be two or three 
weeks backward in earlv districts. In the 
South and Southwest where buyers are out, 
prices are stubbornly supported above a parity 
at the seaboard, and in many cases these high 
prices have been paid in the belief that East¬ 
ern markets will gradually harden. In Ohio, 
Pennsylvania and other fine-wool States 
shearing has not yet commenced, but all indi-, 
cations point to prices fully as high as last 
year's, if not higher... 
Philadelphia,, Pa: Prices lower for dairy 
produce and most farm products uuder in¬ 
creasing supplies, but firm for eggs and fresh 
and cured meats. Very little demand for 
cotton but prices for “ spot” are unchanged. 
Wool in fair demand and very firm on light 
stocks. Old clip getting scarce, and new 
coming forward s'owly, owing to delay in 
shearing. Cincinnati, Ohio: Corn prices 
firm: wheat in full supply at prices So. lower 
than last week. Weather fine. Louis¬ 
ville, Ky: Weather harsh; but crop reports 
throughout the State are encouraging. Hemp 
and oats growing finely. Corn coming up 
well; seeding generally finished before late 
rains. Tobacco planting in progress, acreage 
about the same as last year. Reports of Army- 
worm in Southern part of the State. Tobacco 
and grain steady. Detroit, Micb: 
Weather bright at last—good growing weath¬ 
er. Crop reports continue favorable. Wheat 
on clay soils has suffered, but not over 10 per 
cent For the State wheat shows 33 per cent, 
better than last year. During April Mich., 
farmers marketed 97,000 bushels. 
....CHICAGO, 111.: Wheat prices tendiug op- 
ward under favorable advices from Liverpool 
and New York. Demand wholly speculative. 
Corn made an advance for the day of 
Reported shipments of wheat and corn to 
Peoria and Milwaukee. Pork active at prices 
15@20c. higher owing to foreign advices. All 
provisions went up with pork. To-day’s 
prices for “provisions" were the highest for a 
longtime, and the highest for years except 
when “cornered ” Cattle receipts light, with 
prices kept down by advices from the South¬ 
west of heavy movements of Texas cattle.... 
Milwaukee, Wis.: Uncertainty with regard 
to crop outlook has a bad effect on general 
business. Good weather now, however, buoys 
up hope as regards crops. Wheat market 
lower. Corn steady. Oats dull. “Provisions” 
irregular and higher. St. Louis. Mo.: 
lightest trade in wheat for a long time dnring 
the week. Market very dull, and lower. Corn 
stiffer with 77%c. offered. Pork firm. Cot¬ 
ton falling: dull. Few beef cattle offered. 
On Thursday prime grass Texan oxen, aver¬ 
aging 1,280 pounds, brought $6 per hun¬ 
dred, Hogs thought too high ; buyers 
holding off. Prospects for wheat crop good. 
Harvest in Central Missouri will begin by the 
middle of June. Cool weather killing Chinch- 
bugs—helping wheat, but hurtingcorn. Horse 
and mule market improving. 
....Minneapolis, Minn. : The weather 
through the Northwest has been favorable 
for growingcrops duringthe week. Early and 
copious rains during the first five days were 
warm and forced most of the wheat up. It 
looks well. A largely increased acreage is 
being put under other grains. “ Breaking” 
wild prairie will be on a larger scale than 
ever before in Northern Minnesota and Da¬ 
kota. Wet weather has greatly delayed corn 
planting. About Lemars and Sioux City, the 
heart of the corn country, where the crop is 
usually in by the last of April or May 5, not 
half a crop was in by May 19, and throughout 
Minn, nearly the same is tho case; and what 
was put in early is apt to rot. Receipts of 
wheat here for the week were 230,000 bushels. 
Market weak and lower. Shipments of flour 
46,000 barrels. Immigrants still arriving from 
Europe and all sections of the United States 
by thousands. All railroad trains ruuniug on 
time since the floods subsided. 
San Francisco, Cal.: Wheat firmer at higher 
rates. Crop prospects slightlj' improved with 
cooler weather. Grape-vines have been in¬ 
jured by frosts in several counties, especially 
in the valley land. Partial rains only will 
render the Australian wheat crop short. 
Hawaiian advices favorable. Balti¬ 
more, Md.: There has been a decline both in 
“ spot ” and “ future ” cotton. Southern wheat 
in fair demand, and prices firm; Western dull. 
Supply of butter in excess of demand; prices 
lower for all grades. Norfolk, Va.; 
Weather still cold. “Spot” and “ future” cot¬ 
ton has declined slightly; but an advance is 
confidently expected. From 25,000 to 30,000 
boxes and barrels of truck have been shipped 
during the past week Shipments will con¬ 
tinue to increase as the season advances. 
Wilmington, N. U: Weather has been cold, 
causing injury to crops, but is now pleasant. 
Provisions and grain firm. 
Savannah, Ga.: Cotton quiet but steady. 
Growing cotton is drooping from effects of 
cold weather during past week. Most fruits 
are too well advanced to be hurt; but peaches 
are scarce, the wind having stripped most 
of the young fruit. Augusta, Ga. s A 
week of unusually cold weather has much re¬ 
tarded cotton and corn, Wheat and oats are 
now being harvested; oat crop hereabouts the 
most abundant ever known. Trade very dull 
business likely to revive when farmers begin 
to market their grain. New Orleans, 
La.: The world’s risible supply of cotton on 
Friday, May 12, was 2,700,095 bales, against 
2,921,712 on same date last year. Cotton: 
middling, J2o.; low middling, ll%c. ;good 
ordinary, U)£e. Corn in sacks 92@94c. 
for white mixed; corn in bulk; 85c. for 
No, 2 mixed: 88c. for white. The Texas Pa¬ 
cific has contracted for 700 car loads of Cali¬ 
fornia wheat, via New Orleans to Europe, 
during May...... 
Memphis, Tenn: Meats still advancing, 
while flour and corn-meal rule quiet and easy, 
Liberal allowances are being made by city, 
merchants to planters. Cotton steady. 
Nasiivill'., Tenn: Cotton market steady. 
Country produce steady and in good demand. 
Cattle receipts good; pricesuuchauged. Horse 
and mule market very dull.. 
department op agriculture’s report for 
MAY ON WHEAT AND COTTON. 
The May report of the condition of the 
Winter wheat by the statistician of the De¬ 
partment of Agriculture makes the average 
for the entire breadth 100. The standard of 
undiminished vitality and medium growth 
and average condition for April, 102—higher 
than reported for many years. In April of 
last year it was 81. Only the States of the 
North Atlantic Coast, and those at the head 
of the Ohio Valley, Texas, and those of the 
Pacific Coast fail to reach 100, while the ex¬ 
traordinary vigor of the crops in the other 
sections fully compensate for these local de¬ 
ficiencies, which amount to 7 per cent, in Con¬ 
necticut, 19 in New York, 6 in Pennsylvania, 
24 In Texas, 5 in West Virginia, 2 in Ken¬ 
tucky, 9 in Ohio, 5 in California, and 12 in 
Oregon. The Bureau of Agriculture in Illi¬ 
nois telegraphs to this Department that the 
condition of Winter wheat is 5 per cent, above 
the average in the northern district, 3 above 
in the central, and 3 in the southern. 
This department makes the average by 
counties 104; corrected average 100. 
Iu the eastern belt, represented largely by 
New York and Pennsylvania, the weather 
has been too cold and too wet, causing an un¬ 
even growth and yellow color. 
In West Virginia and Ohio ihe frost on the 
10th and 11th of April cut down the most ad¬ 
vanced growth, and the low temperature and 
storms chilled and discolored the plant in 
heavy soils and lowlands. 
The Chinch-bug is out in force in a large 
portion of Kansas, Missouri, aud Illinois, and 
had appeared in some parts of Virginia, but 
has done no material injury yet and it is 
hoped the cold storms may destroy the pest. 
Chinch bugs and Army-worms are doing 
much injury in Texas, There is frequent 
reference to brown rust on the 1 aves in sev¬ 
eral States South, but the stem is not gener¬ 
ally attacked and the injury is nominal It is 
now too late for much loss from this cause. 
The cotton returns represent 81 per cent f. 
the proposed area planted the 1st of May, 
against 85 per cent, in average years. The 
planting is more advanced than usual from 
Virgiuia to Florida, and more backward in all 
other States, especially in Mississippi, Louisi¬ 
ana, Arkansas and Tennessee, in consequence 
of the overflow. The proportion planted in 
Mi«sLsippi is 75 per cent., instead of 85 in 
average years; 71 in Louisiana, instead of 89- 
76 iu Arkansas, instead of 83, and 77 in Ten 
nessee, instead of 80 per cent. The deficiency 
on the 1st ®f May approximated half a mil 
lion acres, with plantingstill in progress. The 
proportion of Spring plowing done up to May 
1 in comparison with average years is greater 
the preseut season upon the Atlantic Coast 
soutli of New England, in the Ohio Valley 
and in the Missouri Valley. It is less than 
usual in the Eastern States, in the North¬ 
western States, iu the Lower Mississippi Val¬ 
ley, and on the Pacific Coast The condition 
of the mowing fields is represented by 92, 
slight deficiencies being reported in the Ohi 
Valley and the North Atlantic States. 
The drive of cattle from Texas this year, 
according to latest information, promises to 
exceed last year’s by about 50,000 head. The 
drive proper will be principally one and two- 
year-olds, and of these about one-half have 
been already contracted for, and and two- 
fifths of the remai nder go to Northern ranches, 
leaving about 85,000 to 100,000 for sale. Tak¬ 
ing the youug cattle for sale at 90,000 head, 
then the whole drive w ill amount to 300,000. 
In addition to this drive of stock cattle, there 
will be from 75,000 to 100,000 beeves driven 
from Northern Texas, the Panhandle, South¬ 
ern Kansas and the Indian Territory, to 
Caldwell, llunnewell, and Dodge City, 
Kansas, for a market...... 
-Just at the present time, and not to go be¬ 
yond the present year, the Loudon Times 
thinks that the British farmer’s prospects are 
very fair. The country, it is added, is look¬ 
ing better for the mild Winter. The meadows 
are green, and the crops have been well 
planted. Wheat is very forward. It is con¬ 
cluded that, “ if all goes on well,” the season’s 
harvest will result in “a breathing spell” for 
