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HOME NEWS. 
Saturday, June 17, 1882, 
An appalling calamity occurred at Indian¬ 
apolis, Ind., on the 14th by which eight lives 
are known to have been lost, and more are 
thought to have perished. A rainfall, that 
has never been before equalled in that part 
of the country, occurred during the preceding 
night, and swelled all the streams to over¬ 
flowing. A party of sixteen or more persons 
were standing on a platform over Pogue’s Run 
watching the boiling torrent, when the treach¬ 
erous structure gave way precipitating the 
entire party into the water. Eight were 
saved, but all the others were carried down 
the stream and under the Union Railroad 
Depot beneath which the stream passes, and 
drowned. 
The Pension Appropriation bill, which was 
reported to the House this week, appro; riates 
$100,000,000, distributed as follows: For Army 
pensions, $97,640,000; Navv pensions, $1,800,- 
000; surgeon fees, $275,000; allowances to 
Pension Agents. $275,000; contingent expen¬ 
ses of Pension Agents, $10,000, 
The re-election of Senator A nthony to the 
United State Senate for the fifth consecutive 
term by the Rhode Island Legislature was 
celebrated at Newport R. I. on the 13th by a 
banquet. He is by time of service the old¬ 
est member of the Senate. 
At the Hiram College exercises, on Thursday, 
Mr s James A. Garfield was elected a trus¬ 
tee, to fill the vacancy on the college 
Board created by the death of her husband. 
Gen. and Mrs. Garfield at one time taught 
classes side by side in this institute. 
Forest fires have been raging in Clark 
County, Wis., and in other portions of the 
State during the past week. Some of the 
best and largest forests are totally destroyed 
and fires are spreading with terrible rapidity. 
A large number of cattle have been destroy¬ 
ed, and it is reported that several persons 
also have lost their lives by the flames. Special 
reports from the regions of the forest fires, 
received on the 14th inst., state that at 
least 30,000,000 feet of standing pine have 
been destroyed in the Pike River pinery, and 
the fire was still raging in that region and 
the north-eastern portion of Wisconsin, Many 
million feet of pine have been destroyed, but 
even the approximate loss cannot be deter¬ 
mined. 
A joint resolution has been passed in Congress 
authorizing the Secretary of War to erect, at a 
cost of $10,000, a memorial colu mn at Washing- 
ton’s Headquarters, in the city of Newburgh, 
N. Y., appropriating $15,000 to aid in defray¬ 
ing the expenses of the celebration to be held 
in that city in 1883 on the centennial anniver¬ 
sary of the declaration of peace, and provid¬ 
ing for the appointment of a select committee 
of five Senators and eight Representatives to 
make arrangements for that celebration. 
A convention of colored journalists is to be 
held at Washington on June 27, 28 and 29. 
There are about 125 papers in the country 
edited by colored men, all of them weeklies save 
the Galveston Spectator, which claims to be a 
daily, but is said to be irregular in its appear¬ 
ance. Most of the papers are published in the 
South, and the editors are Government em¬ 
ployees. 
Ex-Governor William Dennison, known as 
the War Governor of Ohio, died on the 15th, 
at Columbus, Ohio, aged 67 years. He was Gov¬ 
ernor of the State from 1860 to 1862; Post¬ 
mater-General under Lincoln and Johnson; 
Commissioner of the District of Columbia un¬ 
der Grant, and prominent in other public po¬ 
sitions. He was President of the Convention 
which nominated Lincoln and Johnson, was 
the candidate for the nomination for Vice- 
President against Wilson in 1872, and for Sen¬ 
ator, when Garfield was chosen, in 1880. 
A new opponent to the Western Union is 
announced, called the Postal Telegraph Com¬ 
pany of New York, which starts with the 
special idea of transmitting ordinary business 
letters between the larger cities by wire at 
very low rates. The authorized capital is 
$21,000,000, and of this it is said that $700,000 
has already been subscribed. John B. Alley 
and Ex-Collector Beard of Boston, George D. 
Roberts and S. B. White of New. York and 
Gov. Foster of Ohio are among those named 
as largely concerned in the enterprise. The 
work will be done by the “ harmonic” system 
of telegraphy, which allows the transmission 
of several messages on one wire at the same 
time, and the plan is to reduce the cost still 
further by mailing the messages as drop let¬ 
ters at the receiving office and so using the 
letter-carrier system for delivery. A wire is 
now being put up from New York to Chicago, 
and it is promised that by the end of the year 
a considerable system will be in operation. 
Judge Lynch appears to be appealed to very 
actively at the West. The other day a mob 
hanged a boy of 17 in Minnesota, the second 
manifestation of popular feeling within a few 
weeks. Kansas City lately disposed of three 
murderers by festooning them over a railroad 
bridge, and the same sort of “ noose” comes 
from various points. But, strange to say, 
this rough and ready sort of justice does not 
seem to diminish crime. 
Mr. Hoar introduced in the Senate a bill, 
which was referred to the Judiciary Com¬ 
mittee, to provide for the performance of the 
duties of the office of President in case of the 
removal, resignation, inability or death both 
of the President and Vice President. It veals 
the succession to the Presidency in the members 
of the Cabinet in the order in which they were 
named in Washington’s Cabinet, beginning 
with the Secretary of State and concluding 
with the Secretary of the Interior, and ex¬ 
cludes Cabinet officers not previously con¬ 
firmed by the Senate. 
The pay of the Tariff Commissioners 
recently appointed by the President is to be 
$10. per day and expenses. Their route, as 
outlined in advance of confirmation, will be 
Long Branch, Coney Island, and Newport, 
spending the in nth of August at Saratoga; 
then a trip to the vineyards of California, and 
an Autumn visit to the sugar plantations of 
Louisiana. Who wouldn’t be a commissioner! 
The labor strikes continue with but little 
change. Some of the iron mills at Pittsburg, 
Pa , are in operation with non-union men, 
and it was said that a number of the strikers 
had offered to resume work at the old wages. 
At Cleveland, Ohio, a train conveying work¬ 
men was stoned, but no damage was done. 
One hundred and fifty women strikers at 
Cohoes, N. Y., have received notice to quit 
the home where they have been boarding. 
Would Have Been In the Grave. 
A lady in Tecumseb, Neb., writing to Drs. 
Starkey & Palen, says: ‘T wish to thank 
you for receiving so much benefit from your 
Compound Oxygen. Only for this 1 would 
be in the grave. I could not sleep; had no 
rest; ivas really bordering on insanity. 1 
was alarmed. Now I sit up until ten o’clock, 
and enjoy music and company. My daughter 
is recovering her voice. Will continue Oxygen. 
May Heaven’s choicest blessings rest upon 
you and jmurs.” Treaties on Compound 
Oxygen containing large reports of cases 
^nd full information, sent free. Address 
Drs. Starkey & Palen, 1109 and 1111 
Girard Street, Philadelphia, Pa.— Adv. 
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AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
Saturday June 17, 1882. 
The following items of agricultural interest 
are condensed from telegrams received here 
within the last 24 hours:— Boston, Mass.: In 
wool only a moderate business has been done 
in Eastern markets during the week. The 
knit goods tariff muddle has had its influence 
in checking the production of this class of 
goods, and manufacturers limit purchases of 
the raw staple to the supply of immediate 
wants. Prices are necessarily firm,as supplies 
cannot be laid down from any point in the in¬ 
terior to sell below current quotations, and in 
many cases the views of holders are above 
parity with the seaboard. Receipts increas¬ 
ing, but generally backward as compared 
with last year. Dealers had fixed on 35c. as a 
fair opening rate for average good wools, and 
it is likely that 38c. would have been paid 
somewhat reluctantly, but the latest advices 
from the interior show the farmers are 
generally holding firm at 40c., whicfi, with 
costs and commissions added could not now be 
realized in Eastern markets. A moderate 
business, however, is being done at this rate; 
but unless prices improve on the seaboard, the 
majority of inland operators will be inclined 
to hold off. 
Philadelphia —Some talk of stopping 
the making of some kinds of hosiery and knit 
goods, but none of the mills have yet shut 
down. Supplies of raw wool, however, 
are bought cautiously; yet cotton holds 
steady and wool is strong because of the rel¬ 
atively high cost in the interior. Farm 
products in good demand, with fairly liberal 
supplies, Eggs are lower. Butter l@2c. 
higher on speculative influence, but advance 
checks trade. Grains generally lower, on 
improving crop prospects. Exporters have 
been buying wheat more freely, mainly for 
August shipment, for which a number of 
cargoes have been sold at $1.21 per bushel, 
free on board...... 
Cincinnati, Ohio. Heavy rains in the fore 
part of the week. Tobacco, wheat, rye and 
potatoes look well. Corn not yet all planted 
(June 16.) Corn and provisions have taken 
an upward turn—the latter quite strong. 
Louisville, Ky.: Heavy rainfall through¬ 
out the week has delayed harvesting. Barley 
is injured probably 50 per cent, by being 
blown down and strained; wheat harvesting 
has just beguu hereabouts. Advices conflict¬ 
ing as to the yield. Corn is contending 
against rain and weeds for a stand. Exces¬ 
sive wet prevents plowing. Much has been 
replanted and the growth is not satisfactory. 
Tobacco plants are nearly all set out—acreage 
about the same as usual. Iu the White Burley 
section new planters have started and the 
acreage is consequently increased—tobacco a 
good stand. Hogs scarce throughout the 
State. Sheep-men report more lambs raised 
than usual. Meadows in good condition ex¬ 
cept in small places ravaged by the army- 
worm. Prices of grain dull but steady. 
Peoria, Ill.; Present warm weather favor¬ 
able for corn which in some localities is looking 
fine. Detroit, Mich.: Crop reports 
continue encouraging, making the feeling 
“bearish” here on the new crop of wheat. 
Wool is being marketed at some points, but is 
uot fully under way. Evansville, 
Ind,: Harvesting has commenced in earnest 
and gives promise of abundant yield. The 
storm of Wednesday night prostrated a good 
deal of standing wheat, but it is sufficiently 
matured to insure it against loss. In¬ 
dianapolis, Ind : Warm weather with heavy 
rains. Much damage by recent flood. 
Chicago, Ill.—Little or no change in prices 
of grain. Owing to the magnificent wheat 
prospect farmers are marketing a good deal of 
old wheat, for which they could have got 
much better prices months ago. Corn prospect 
uot at all flattering. On lowland seed is rot¬ 
ted, and on high lands the plants are behind 
in growth. Warm but stormy weather 
through the West, with hail-storms in many 
places... 
St.L ouis, Mo.: Wheat crop turning out well; 
oats and rye, ditto. Rains have spoilt the 
hay crop in many localities while curing. 
Growing corn has promised well since the hot 
weather began. 8ome replanting in North Mis¬ 
souri. Grain values declining in view of fine 
harvest prospects. Tobacco very dull; cotton 
the same. Medium to good cattle scarce; 
prices have advanced for the week 50c. @ 60c. 
per cwt. There is a large supply of grass 
Texans....... 
Minneapolis, Minn : Weather throughout 
Northwest excellent for ^rowing crops of all 
kinds—clear, and warm, with occasional 
showers. Wheat in spendid condition. Other 
grains doing well. Corn has come foward 
rapidly and is doing well. Old wheat is being 
largely sold by farmers. Receipts here during 
the week 230,000 bushels. No diminution in 
number of immigrants to the Northwest. 
Exaggerated reports of grasshoppers in North¬ 
ern Dakota; but telegrams on Thursday say 
no great damage has been done. 
Late reports as to the acreage and condi¬ 
tion of leading grain crops by various State 
agricultural bureaus generally mark an im¬ 
provement during the past month. Accord¬ 
ing to the report of the Secretary of the Illi¬ 
nois Agricultural Bureau, winter wheat prom¬ 
ises more than an average yield per acre in 
the northern division of the State. At the 
corresponding date in 1881 there was a pros¬ 
pect for only 63 per cent, of an average yield. 
In the central division of Illinois there are 
also prospects of more than an average yield, 
the condition on Jnne 1 being for a crop 59 
percent, better than on June 1, 1881. Seme 
of the largest wheat couuties in the State are 
in this division. In Southern Illinois an un¬ 
usually large average yield per acre is said to 
be assured.From the report of the 
Ohio State Board of Agriculture the condi¬ 
tion of wheat in Ohio June 1, was 90, as com¬ 
pared with an average, the probable yield be¬ 
ing given at 37,320,000 bu-hels against 37,- 
580,000 bushels last year. The oat crop is 
said to promise three per cent, greater returns 
than last year; barley two per cent, less, and 
rye six per cent. more. The acreage of pota¬ 
toes on Juue 1, shows an increase of two per 
cent, over last year. The condition of pastur¬ 
age is not up to that of the corresponding 
time last year.According to the returns 
received by the Kansas State Board of Ag¬ 
riculture, the wheat crop is now believed to 
be safe from serious injury. Not less than 
18 bushels to the acre is looked for, giving, 
with the increased acreage, 25,009,000 bush¬ 
els as the probable yield. The rye acreage is 
reported to have increased 300 per cent, this 
year, and the crop is very promising. Farm 
animals are reported iu find condition, and 
to have increased largely in number. The 
number of sheep is reported to be 2,000,000 
in 1882, against 800,000 in 1881. 
European crop reports received by cable J une 
13, indicate that in France, Holland and Ger¬ 
many the condition is highly favorable. Good 
progress is said to have been made in south, 
ern Russia, due to timely rains. The weather 
in England during a few days preceding the 
date given is said to have been “ extraordina¬ 
rily cold, checking vegetation.”. 
The New Orleans Times-Democrat says that 
the orange crop in Florida will be very light 
this season, but accounts for it only in part. 
It says that there is an insect in many groves 
which has caused much damage. This insect 
many years ago caused great trouble in the 
orange groves, and it was thought at one time 
that orange culture would have to be aban¬ 
doned in the State. Of late years the trees 
have not been greatly troubled in this way.... 
Attention has been called to the significance of 
the commercial phenomenon observed in the 
shipping of corn from Cincinnati and else¬ 
where to Kansas, Southern Illinois, and to 
other Western localities. These shipments, it 
is pointed out, have been mostly for seed, and 
the large quantities called for indicate exten¬ 
sive planting. The necessity for calling on 
the stored grain at the centers of distribution 
to bo used as seed is strong evidence that the 
supply in farmers’ hands is practically ex¬ 
hausted. The several instances of importing 
food products to the United States of late, in 
•connection with the reversal of the flow of 
foodstuffs and grain from the cities to the 
country, are most striking in that they show 
how near we are to the bottomsof the bins at 
all times. And this after but one “ short sea¬ 
son.". California crop prospects con¬ 
tinue to improve day by day. The light rains 
of May 23d. coupled with the heavy fogs 
and cool nights succeeding, were of advan¬ 
tage to to the growing crops and gave a more 
cbearful aspect to the producing interests of 
the State. The prices paid for barley are sur¬ 
prisingly high considering the brilliant crop 
prospects of the State, particularly as the 
harvesting of the same has already com¬ 
menced. Prices bid for wheat seem to be 
less exorbitant iu view of the decline in grain 
freights. 
Returns to the Secretary of State of Michi¬ 
gan from 979 correspondents, representing 
714 townships, show that wheat during May 
not only maintained its condition, but in the 
latter part of the month had greatly in¬ 
creased in vitality. Its condition on Juno 1 
in the Southern frontier counties, which are 
the most fully reported, was 41 per cent, bet¬ 
ter, and in the entire State 33 per cent, better 
than on June 1, 1881. Seven per cent, of the 
wheat and corn crops and six per cent, of the 
weatcrop are still in the farmers’ hands. Corn 
planting has been unusually delayed by wet 
weather, many fields being unplanted on 
J une 1. The acreage of corn aud oats will 
somewhat exceed that of last year. The 
condition of oats is 93 per cent., barley 94, 
clover 79, and timothy 80 per cent. Less than 
one fifth of the annual average of clover will 
be cut in Michigan this season, owing to win¬ 
ter-killing and to drought. 
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Great Demand for Beatty’s Organs.— 
Beatty’s Beethoven Organ is meeting with 
wonderful sale. Nearly two thousand were 
manufactured and shipped during the month 
of May from his factory at Washington, N. J. 
A special ten-day offer is made to the readers 
of the Rural New-Yorker in another col¬ 
umn.— Adv. 
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*The term hydra may be used to repre¬ 
sent any manifold evil. If you would battle 
successfully with this many-headed monster 
of disease you will find it expedient to keep 
Mrs. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound always 
at hand.— Dr, Banning. — Adv. 
JSITTn the Diamond Dyes more coloring is 
given for 10 cents than in any 15 or 25-cent 
dyes, and they give faster and more brilliant 
colors.—Ada. 
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“ Rough on Rats.” Ask druggists for it. 
Clears out rats, mice, roaches, bed-bugs, ver¬ 
min. 15c.— Adv 
A Pore and Effective Hair Dresiing. 
Cocoaiue, a compound of Cocoanut Oil, 
beautifies the hair and is sure to allay all itch¬ 
ing and irritation of the scalp. 
The superiority of Burnett’s Flavoring Ex¬ 
tracts consists in their perfect purity and 
strength. — Adv.. 
SPECIALS FROM THE CHrEF CENTERS. 
Up to Saturday, June 17. 
Chicago, June 15.—Wheat dull. No. 2 
Chicago Spring, $1.31 cash ; $1.3'0 1.32 June; 
$1.32(« 1.34 July: $1 11 bj August; No. 3 Chica¬ 
go Spring, $1.06@1 11; Regular or No. 2 
wheat, $1.15 July; Rejected, 75@ 78c.; $1.06- 
>£@1.06%, August; $l.01V« 1.01 all the 
year. Corn unsettled at 69%c. cash June; 
Wji@80%c. July; 70>£c. August; 70>£c. Sep¬ 
tember; 69*£ o. October; Rejected, 08! Jc. 
Oats fairly active at 50%c. cash; 49%'c. June; 
44%c. July; 85%c. August; 84%c. September; 
34‘ic. October; 83%. all the year. Rye firm 
at 69c. Flaxseed weak; Merchantable to 
to Choice, #1.25—1.30. Pork demand active; 
irregular at $20.70@20.75 cash and Juue; $20.- 
70@20.72% July; #20 85@20.87J.; August; $21 
bid September ; $21.10@21.15 October: $18.45- 
@18.50 all the year. Lard demand ac¬ 
tive but lower at $11.42%"® 11.45c, cash and 
