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JUNE 47 
through this section is double that of last year. 
Prospect for wheat and oats never better. 
Spring has been cold and rainy but has not 
hurt the grain. Everything looks favorable 
for a big crop this Fall. F. e. n. 
Wentworth, Lake Co.—The acreage of 
wheat, oats and barley sown, as far as I can 
determine, is a little greater while corn is 50 
per cent. more, and potatoes are fully up to 
the average. No apples or pears here, as the 
country is new, but fruit trees are being 
planted considerably. Tame grasses for hay 
not sown to any extent, as the prairie grass 
makes excellent hay. The prospect for small 
grains, especi illy wheat and oats, is most flat¬ 
tering; corn also has a good prospect, and to 
take a general view of the crops as they now 
are I should say we have a better prospect 
for a crop than we have had since 1876. Flax 
will be sown extensively this year. H. e. e. 
Colorado. 
Byers, Arapahoe Co.^No grain of any kind 
raised here in Eastern Colorado; stock raising 
is the sole occupation. Sheep are in fine con 
dition. Prospects for stock rnen of Colorado 
are very encouraging for the coming year. 
No fruit raised here, but cherries and plums 
on dwarf stock, which promises fair crop. MB. 
Florence, Fremont Co.—The acreage for 
Spring wheat Is very small; prospect very 
good; no Winter wheat. The acreage of oats, 
Indian corn and potatoes is small; prospect 
good. The area under grasses for hay is large; 
prospect good. Fruit was hurt very much by 
frost; will bo about two-thirds of a crop. 
There is a great deal of gardening done here, 
but the Spring is so cold it is very backward. 
Plenty of grass on the range; stock of all 
kinds doing well. A. K. 
Littleton, Arapahoe Co. — Acreage of 
Spring wheat larger than ever before, and 
prospect never better at this season of the 
year. Not much rye. Oats and barley have 
about the usual area; not large. Blue Grass 
for hay will be more than an average from 
present outlook. Corn is abovo an average; 
but nights are so cold ft is not. doing much. 
No potatoes, apples or pears. Fruit trees do 
not do well here,but small fruits are good.M.D. 
Montana. 
Glendive, Dawson Co.—-Increase of »11 
crops 100 percent. Prospect exceedingly good, 
Spring wheat atooled out extraordinarily: oats 
sixteen inches high, corn four inches, potatoes 
three inches, wheat eight inches. n. s. n. 
lllnli. 
Salt Lake City, —The amount of wheat, 
oats and barly sown this season is greater than 
last. The prospect thus far is not as good as 
last year, as the Spring has been very cold and 
dry. Hay is good. Very little Indian corn 
grown. Large quantities of potatoes have 
been planted; result not yet manifest. The 
prospect for apples and pears is anything but 
flattering, owing to late frosts. T. mck. 
Canada. 
Brakmer. Ontario. — Fall wheat came 
through the Winter splendidly, but the cold 
April injured it very much. The acreage is 
not above the average, and the estimated av¬ 
erage yield is 18 bushels to the acre. This I 
judge is the minimum, for at time of writing 
Winter wheat looks good where not wintflr- 
killed. Spring wheat, but little sown, five 
successive failures having discouraged farm¬ 
ers; estimated yield 11 bushels per acre. 
Spring wheat is altogether out of reckoning 
owing to the limited area sown. The season 
is extremely wet and backward. Trees are 
not in full leaf, a thing unprecedented for this 
locality. Barley much above the average; 
yield 27 bushels per acre. Oats about as usual 
in area; yield 40 bushels per acre. Hay is esti¬ 
mated to yield half a ton per acre. Coni and 
potato acreage in excess of former years; 
but too soon to estimate yield. Apples esti¬ 
mated at 100 bushels per acre. Other fruits 
too limited to make it worth while to quote 
at this time. w. M. 
Cornwall, Ont.— Fall wheat here nearly 
all winter-killed. Spring wheat looks well 
and promises a good crop. Rye very little 
grown in this section. Oats and barley look¬ 
ing very well and both promising good crops. 
Grass for hay never looked better in spite of 
the long, wet Spriug we are having. A con¬ 
siderable area of corn and potatoes planted, 
but as the late Spring is so unfavorable for 
corn, I cannot say much about it yet. There 
is a good prospect for fruit, as there have been 
no severe late frosts to hurt the buds. w. t. 
Niagara, Ontario.— A dry Spring; land in 
fine condition for seeding; heavy showers 
have insured a good growth. Pears badly 
blighted but blossomed well. Peaches and 
apples in general will be very large. Potatoes 
only grown for local use. Indian corn the 
same. R- N. B. 
Northfield Centre, Ont.—Acreage for 
Winter wheat, 40 per cent,; prospects 90—100 
eing the average. Spring wheat very scarce. 
Rye acreage 5; prospect, 56. Oat acreage, 15; 
prospect, 70. Barley acreage, 10; prospect, 00. 
Corn acreage, 5; prospect, bad. Potato acre¬ 
age, 2; prospect, fair. Grass acreage, 23; 
prospect, 70 Apple acreage, 23; prospect, 
fair. Pear acreage, 23; prospect, good. Win 
ter wheat and clover badly winter-killed on 
heavy land or very light sandy soil. D. S. 
Maitland, Out.—Spring wheat acreage 
large; prospect good. Fall wheat acreage 
large; badly winter-killed except on light 
lmd. Rye badly winter killed—not a great 
deal sown. Oat acreage large ; prospect 
good for a large crop. Barley acreage not 
large; prospect good. Clover badly winter¬ 
killed, Timothy, late alone good. Corn acre¬ 
age not large; prospect poor—too cold; not 
all planted. I’otato acreage large; prospect 
good, planting not all done. Apple acreage 
not large, but prospect splendid. e. k. 
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Communications Reckwed for the Week Endtno 
Saturday, .Tutu' 10, 1882. 
K. B.-W. V. )) C. W. R. T. T. L —J. P.—E VV. K. 
1*. VV. II.—M. N. M. D., accepted with thanks— M. E. 
Snnrord, thanks Tor a frank opinion—J. K. P.—1>. K, 
VV.-E. D. SI.—H. F. 1L-W. .T B.-J. C. A -C. E. P.- 
B. It H.-O. W. O., thanks In Iced —N. J. 8.— A, M. VV. 
-Mrs. J. B . thanks -J. H.-NV. V. K.-J. H.-N. J.S- 
Mrs.J. B .thanks-O. IT. A.-H. 8.-V. B. A.-E. D. JS. 
-M. K. \V H.T. U. F. K.-M. K. C.-W. I C.-T. T. 
L — J H.—O. II A., a finely preserved potato—E, II 
L -J. M.-D. A. B.-W. L. P..-S. K. H.-D. J. O.-D. E. 
D.—Mrs. B. C. D., thanks J. S. G-G. W. C.-X. &— 
J, D.-G. W.—Mrs. Jas. M. J. Sr.-It. W. F.-W. L.—It 
<}., thanks -C. G. A.—,T. H. C.-W. .1. S.—H. B. S.—D. 
M.C.—G. II. C., We arc always giad to get Items from 
the experience of our readers—J. P. 
fXffWS of fl)£ lUcdi. 
HOME NEWS. 
Saturday. June 10, 1882. 
Gujtkau’s counsel is fast exhausting the 
possibilities of any interference with the 
verdict of the jury and the sentence by the 
trial judge. The refusal of the Judges of the 
Supremo Court or the District of Columbia 
on Monday to re-open the case, for the reason 
that they had “ heard it patiently, fully and 
fairly, and that a rearguuierit would bring 
them to no other conclusion than that at 
which they have arrived,” was followed later 
by Judge Wylie’s denial of the motion for a 
revision of the record in the case. Tbih leaves 
Mr. Reed without any further remedy in the 
local courts of the District There seems now 
to lie no other chance except to apply to a 
Judge of the United States Supreme Court 
for a writ of halieas corpus to bring the 
question of jurisdiction before that tribunal. 
The reunion of olllcurs of the Union and 
Confederate Armies upon the battle field of 
Gettysburg, for the purpose of defining the 
nositiOLisof the various commands during the 
war commenced at Gettysbuig, Penn., thus 
week. Many veterans were present. 
The Oregon State vote on the 6th inst. was 
quite full. The entire Republican State ticket 
was elected by majorities which are sup¬ 
posed to range from l,U00to 4,500. George, 
the Republican candidate, is re-elected to Con 
gross by about 2000 majority. 
The proposition to remove whatever may 
still remain of the body of Thomas Jetl'erson 
from the old graveyard at Monticello, in Al¬ 
bemarle County, Virginia, and place it in a 
cemetery in Washington, meets with wide¬ 
spread indignation in Virginia. The remains 
of the great statesman are interred in the old 
burial ground at Monticello, and legal steps 
have already been taken to j revent the pro¬ 
posed removal. 
It appears by the Congressional proceedings 
of Tuesday that the Government paid $6,529 94 
for refreshments on the steamer between Wash¬ 
ington and Yorktown, for the entertainment 
of the French and Gorman guests at the cen¬ 
tennial. There were 130 cases of champagne, 
40 of claret, 68 gallons whiskey, 5 barrels bot¬ 
tled beer, 10,300 cigars, 5 gallons ruin, 5 gal¬ 
lons brandy, 4 gallons Scotch whisky, 18 
pounds tobacco, 2,000 cigarettes, and a good 
many other drinkables. Thebe, to treat twenty 
guests on that brief passage from Washington 
to Yorktown. The appropriation for the 
Yorktow n celebrution was $40,000. The de¬ 
ficiency is $32,328, 
The second company of Mormon immi¬ 
grants, numbering 400, reached Salt Lake, 
Utah, last week, and were immediately dis¬ 
patched by rail or teams to various parts of 
the Territory. The third company, consisting 
of several hundred persons, has started from 
Liverpool. The Mormons Heeru to be putting 
forth special effort* this season to gather con¬ 
verts from abroad. It is said this year’s im¬ 
migration will be over 3,000. 
A largo company of well-to do representa¬ 
tive negroes from Mississippi passed through 
Dallas, Texas, June 8, eu route to Chihuahuu, 
Mexico. They will prospect in mining and 
agricultural regions, and, if the country suits 
and they cun secure property cheap, and the 
Mexican Government is friendly toward 
them, they will settle there, and be followed 
in the Fall by 200 of the thriftiest colored 
families in Mississippi. The plan is to estab¬ 
lish a colony. 
The Government debt is shown to be in pro¬ 
cess of rapid extinguishment by the report of 
the Secretary of the Treasury in his monthly 
statu men f. published on the 1st of June. At 
that date the entire bonded debt of the country 
was $1,478,052,800, while the floating or debt 
without interest was f437,9ll,9<59. Deducting 
from the aggregate of the debt tiie cash in the 
Treasury, It leaves the total debt $1,701,- 
475,157. This shows a decrease of $10,375,441 
during the month of May and a decrease of 
$139,123,654 since June 30, 1881. If nothing is 
done to interfere with the revenues of the 
country and the drains on the Treasury are 
not carried too far by Congress, the national 
debt will in a few- years be a thing of the past. 
The President has appointed the following 
named gentlemen as Tariff Commissioners: 
William A. Wheeler, of New York, Chairman; 
John L. Hayes of Massachusetts, Henry W. 
Oliver, Jr., of Pennsylvania, Austin M Gar¬ 
land of Illinois, Jacob Ambler of Ohio, John 
S. Phelps of Missouri, Robert J\ Porter of the 
District of Columbia, John W. If. Underwood 
of Georgia and Duncan C. Kenner of Louis¬ 
iana. Mr. Phelps has tendered his resignation. 
Rev. Dr. Joseph Alden, for many years 
principal of the New York State Normal 
School at Albany lias resigned. He was 
formerly Professor in Williams College. 
A shocking murder took place at Redeye 
near Fergus Falls, Minn., recently. A boy 
murderer named Tribbets killed two men, 
one with a shot guu, the other with ail uxe, in 
the timber near Redeye, Minn. Tibbets fled 
but was captured, put in jail, and on the 9tb. 
inst., was bung by a mob to a telegraph pole. 
The murder was inspired by the “ blood and 
thunder” stories of yellow covered literature. 
The graduating class at West Point num¬ 
bers thirty seven, the smallest since 1864. 
Four of the members are New England mem 
Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont and Connec¬ 
ticut have each a repreecntive, whose rank, 
respectively, is 26, 16, 11 and 17, The first 
man in the class is from Missouri, the second 
from Iowa, the third from Mississipi, and the 
fourth from Missouri. Of the original mem¬ 
bers only twenty-six remain. The ages range 
from twenty one to twenty-four. There are 
one hundred and lift.y-seven candidates for 
admission to the new class. 
There has been little change in the situation 
of the labor strikes, both employers and work¬ 
men, for the most part, still maintaining res¬ 
olute attitudes. A conference between Iron 
manufacturers and strikers was held at Mil 
wuukte, Wis , which, it is believed, will end 
in mutual concessions being made. At Cin¬ 
cinnati the President of the Amulgumuted 
Association advised strikers there that their 
demands were unjust. At nearly all the other 
Western cities where strikes are in progress, 
the situation remains essentially the same, as 
reported last week, neither side wishing to 
“give in.” 
A new departure in the treatment of chronic 
diseases has been made. Send to Dus. Star- 
key & Palen, 1109 an 1 1111 Girard Street, 
for their 'Treatise on Compound Oxygen, and 
learn all about it. Mailed free. — Adv. 
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AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
The following items of sgiicullura 1 nterest 
are condensed from telegrams received here 
within the last 24 hours:— Boston, Mass.: No 
radical changes in wool market; demand fair; 
buyers and sellers not far apurt. Texas und 
California wools accumulating here and in 
New York, and arrivals of Virginia and Mis¬ 
souri wools are more liberal in all markets. 
Where negotiations for unwashed clips are in 
progress, a good deal of wool is being bought 
by Eastern operators at full prices, and the 
h'gh figures in the interior check any conces¬ 
sions on the seaboard. Manufacturers buying 
cautiously until the future of the woolen goods 
market is better known. No new unwashed 
wools have arrived, but shearing is active in 
the Northern, Middle and Western States, and 
buyers are prospecting everywhere. Present 
indications point to 40 cents ns the opening 
rate for desirable lots of Ohio and Pennsylva¬ 
nia fleeces. Foreign markets firm for good 
Australian, but 3-£d. lower for inferior cross¬ 
bred and very dull for domestic wools. 
Philadelphia, Pa.: Textile mills work¬ 
ing slowly on everything but bigh-gra 'e 
goods. Cotton very quiet but linn. Wool 
bought sparingly, I ut holders are firm in 
their views. Farm products in good demand. 
Potatoes have sold as high as $0@$1O per bar¬ 
rel, but cost has checked demand and market 
closes dull with a downward tendency. 
[Should think so, indeed! Ej> 8.] Butter 1c 
per pound higher on speculative buying here 
and in the interior, but consumers fight the 
advance. Graiu dull with wheat and oats 
higher through speculation; corn rather lower 
on better crop outlook... 
Chicago, Ill.: Something liko a panic on 
Corn Exchange yesterday (Friday) und ir the 
belief that there is a good deal of corn back 
in first hands and that never before was so 
large tin area planted to corn and that it never 
looked better. The “bears” hammered the 
market down two cents assisted by unusually 
large receipts. Farmers are said to be hurry¬ 
ing forward their stored corn to get present 
high prices. Weather fine and crop reports 
favorable, which tended to weaken prices. 
On Tuesday a party sold 15,000 bushels of 
corn on track in Kansas, at 80 cents, and 
bought Julv corn here at 71 cents, making nine 
cents a bushel an.l saving freight. A Council 
Blu ffs telegram says corn fields have i mproved 
100 per cent. This helped to weaken the 
market.. 
The Census Bureau has issued a bulletin 
showing that the live stock of the United 
States on farms on June 1, 1880, was as fol¬ 
lows: Horses, 10,1357,981; mules and asses, 
1,812,932; working oxen, 993,970: milch cows, 
12,443,593; other cattle, 22,488,500; sheep, 35,- 
191,650 ; swine, 47,683,951. The rate of in¬ 
crease from 1870 to 1880 was, in horses, 45 per 
cent; mules and asses, 61 per cent; working 
oxen, a decrease of 25 per cent; milch cows, 
increase of 39 per cent; other cattle, 06 por 
cent.; sheep, 2-1 por cent,; and swine, 90 per 
cent.An Italian bus invented a process 
for solidifying wine. A small quantity of the 
substance, stirred in water, reproduces the 
article in its original state. A French chemist 
has, according to the London Medical News, 
found a means of crystalizing brandy, which 
resembles alum in appearance, and redissolves 
readily. The object of both processes is to 
facilitate transportation.A patent has 
been issued from the Land olliee of the Inte¬ 
rior Department in favor of the heirs of ex- 
Presidenb Harrison for 160 acres of land in 
Southern Ohio, which General Harrison pur¬ 
chased in 1805 under the old credit system. 
The interest on the investment already 
amounts to more than the principal sum in¬ 
volved ..... 
It is only within ten years that the Austral¬ 
ian kea (uight parrot) has become carnivorous 
ami now the whole race seems to have abjured 
vegetables for mutton. On a single sheep 
station 200 fine wethers out of a flock of 300 
have been so injured that all died, and on 
another run nineteen out of twenty valuable 
rams were killed. Four per cent, is the gen¬ 
eral average of loss.. 
Virginia is another State in which wine 
growing has become a promising industry. 
The industry was commenced in 1800 by two 
Germans on fuvorably located hillsides of the 
Blue Ridge range, and the crops wore disposed 
of in New York. By 1877 these pioneers were 
producing nearly 3,000 gallons of wine an¬ 
nually. Last year they had thirty-seven acres 
under cultivation, and turned out 3,500 gal¬ 
lons. This year they expect to make out of 
their own grape crop, combined with those of 
neighboring viueyardists who have had the 
good sense to imitate their example from 
8,000 to 10,OIK) gallons. At first they sold 
their wine through agents, but now they have 
determined to be their own middlemen, and are 
doing well at ib The two counties of Nelson 
and Albemarle at prosent produce together 
from 50,000 to 60,000 annually.. 
A curious experiment, according to the 
Tarisnewspapers, has recently been made with 
wine in that city. A current of electricity 
was passed through a small cask of sour wine, 
and at the end of a few days the wine was 
found to be greatly improved in quality, and 
to have acquired that flavor which has hitherto 
been supposed to come of age. It is said that 
the discovery of this new maturing process is 
owing to the accident of a thunderstorm 
having greatly improved a cask of bad wine 
in the cellars of a vintner at Carcassonne. 
The statements made by Mr. J. W. Le 
Barnes in relation to the bestowal upon land 
grant railroads of more land than they were 
entitled to, which have been published in the 
Rural New-Yohkkr, have at last attracted 
attention in the House, where the Public Lands 
Committee has reported a resolution calling 
upon the Secretary of the Interior for the 
facts. The resolution was adopted.The 
Glucose and Grape Sugar Association has de¬ 
cided, in consequence of the probable suspen¬ 
sion of a large number of manufactories 
throughout the country, owing to the high 
price of corn, to consolidate all the factories 
and a committee is working on a plan. This 
will create a glucose monopoly. 
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Bloating headaches, nervous prostration 
and spinal weakness cured by Lydia E. Piuk- 
hams’s Vegetable Compound.— Adv. 
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(gT’Explicit directions for every use are 
given with the Diamond Dyes. For dyeing 
Mosses, Grasses, Eggs, Ivory, Hair, See.—Adv. 
