(W3 of the Week. 
HOME NEWS. 
Saturday, June 24, 1882. 
Terrible Tornado in the West.— One of 
the most terrible tornadoes that have ever vis¬ 
ited the West occurred last week, Saturday 
night. The storm in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, 
and Illinois was very destructive, because its 
track ran through a thickly settled region. 
The news of the dead and dying reads like 
that of a battle; but no great battle destroys 
property like this. Railroad trains thrown 
from the track; churches, colleges and grain 
elevators swept away like ordinary barns 
aud farm houses; trees uprooted or snapped 
off; towns tumbling in ruins as if built of 
card board; the killed and wounded reckoned 
by hundreds and the loss of property by mil¬ 
lions—such are the facts of a day's wind and 
storm in the West. The tornado made a 
sweep through a thickly settled portion of 
Iowa, some one hundred and fifty miles in 
width, extending from points south of Ames, 
in the center of the State, and swept in the 
shape of a crescent to South English, in Keo¬ 
kuk County. From the southeastern part of 
the State 69 persons were reported killed 
and of the 500 wounded about half are griev¬ 
ously hurt, and probably a fifth of them 
fatally. The death list will reach nearly 100 
when all accounts are in. Over 800 families 
have had their homes totally destroyed, and 
there are now at least 1,500 persons homeless 
and in want. The loss in property will ex¬ 
ceed 82,000,000 and may reach $8,000,000, In 
the town of Grinnell alone over $400,000 in 
property was destroyed, on none of which 
was there a cent of insurance, as in the case 
of fires. It will take at least $300,000 to put 
the people there beyond need and distress. It 
will take $100 000 at onee to put the woundod 
people in condition to be cared for. It will 
take $1,000,000 at the lowest to keep the suf¬ 
ferers from want and to help them to put the 
humblest of roofs over their heads. Iowa 
College has had all its buildings destroyed, its 
400 students made homeless, and it has suffered 
a loss of $75,000 of uninsured property. The 
crops in the path of the tornado were totally 
destroyed; cattle were killed in large num¬ 
bers, and buildings were like straws before 
the wind. The following is the estimate of 
the damage done by the storm in Iowa. In 
Boone County, $20,000; Story County, $30,000; 
Jasper County, $50,000; Poweshiek County, 
$30,000; Keokuk County, $100,000; Henry 
County, $500,000; Mount Pleasant, H* nry 
County, $700,000; Grinnell, Poweshiek Coun¬ 
ty, $600,000; Malcolm, Poweshiek Couuty, 
$180,000; Fonda, Pocahontas County, $10,000; 
the Chi-ago and Rock Island Railway Com¬ 
pany (merchandise and property), $41,000; 
Iowa Central Railway Company, $10,000; 
scattering damage, $305,000. Total, $2,576,- 
000. Some estimate the loss at over $3,000,000. 
The President refuses to respite Guiteau. 
He will be hung next Friday. 
Gov. Sherman of Iowa, is reported to have 
seen the remains of the late President Garfield, 
and he says that the face has the appearance 
as when one is in a “weary.unrefreshiug sleep.” 
The features were, hut little altered. 
This has been Commeneeunnt week in most 
of our colleges and higher institutions of 
learning. Geo. Wm, Curtiss, of this city, 
delivered the annual address before the 
alumni of Brown University. The Rev. 
John Burt Wight, of Wayland, Mass., is the 
oldest living alumnus of that institution. He 
was born in 1790 and was graduated in 1808. 
On the 22i Columbia, S. C., was visited 
by a violent storm. The beautiful Con¬ 
federate monument on the State House 
grounds was struck by lightning, and the 
life-size white marble statue of the Confed¬ 
erate soldier surmounting it was thrown to the 
ground and badly shattered. The head of the 
soldier was cut off, thus wrecking what was 
one of the most elaborate pieces of monumen¬ 
tal sculpture in the country. 
The Johnston Harvester Works, of Brock- 
port, N. Y,, burned down on the 20th. The 
loss is estimated at about $500,000; insured 
for $200,000, in 35 companies. Four hundred 
aDd fifty men are thrown out of employ¬ 
ment. About 740,000 feet of hard-wood 
lumber wei-e burned. Two lives lost. The 
burning is supposed to have been the work of 
an incendiary. 
The annual encampment of the Grand Army 
of the Republic is being held at Baltimore, Md., 
where, at Camp Argus, in theSchutzen Park, 
overlooking the Patapsco and the harbor out 
to Chesapeake Bay, tents have been pitched 
for 5,000 men. There have been changes be¬ 
tween April 10, 1861, and June 19,1882. 
It was thought last week that the Commis¬ 
sioners of Emigration at Castle Garden would 
be obliged to close doors against the steamship 
companies, as they refused to pay the tax of 
50 cents levied on each immigrant landed, and 
as the State refused to make appropriation to 
defray the expenses of caring for the immi 
grants. The steamship companies, seeing that 
the Commissioners were in earnest, finally 
acceded to the demand of fifty cents per head, 
so the trouble is over for the present. 
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“Union Square, New York, Oct. 25, 1881. 
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AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
.From an examination of the livestock 
supply, compiled by the Census Bureau, it 
appears that there were in the United States, 
in 1880, 36,093,854 working oxen, milch cows 
and other cattle. Of this number 1,010,402 
constituted the working oxen reported by the 
Census Bureau, and 12,5S0,007 the milch cows, 
leaving 22,501,545 other cattle. Of working 
oxen there are reported to be 90,603 in Texas, 
75,534 in Alabama, 61,705 in Mississippi, 54,- 
709 in Virginia, 50,188 in North Carolina, 50,- 
141 in Florida, 43,049 in Maine, and 41,729 in 
Louisiana. The smallest number reported 
from any State was from Nevada,765. N. York 
possessed the largest number of milch cows, 
the number reported being 1,437,855. The next 
largest number in auy one State is in Illinois, 
865,913. There are reported 854,187 in Iowa, 
854,156 in Pennsylvania, 801,882 in Kentucky, 
767,043 in Ohio, 661,405 in Missouri, 600,717 in 
Texas, 494,944 in Iudiana, 478,374 in Wisconsin, 
418,333 in Kansas, and 384,578 in Michigan. 
Nevada again contains the smallest number, 
as may be supposed, 13,319. Of other cattle, 
Texas naturally comes to the front, with 
3,387,906; Iowa ranks second, with 1,755,343. 
There are reported ia Illinois 1,515,063, in 
Missouri 1,410,507, in Ohio 1,0S4,917, in Kansas 
1,015,935, in Indiana 804,840, in New York 
862,233, in Pennsylvania 801,019, in Wisconsin 
022,005, in Nebraska 590,129, in Georgia 544,- 
812, in Tennes-.ee 452,462, in California 451,- 
941, in Arkansas 433,392, in Florida 409,065, ia 
Alabama 404,213, in Michigan 406,060, and the 
smallest number iu any State is in Rhode 
Island, 10,601. The total number of sheep in 
the United States reported by the Census 
Bureau is given at 42,381,389. Of this num¬ 
ber 35,191,656 are on farms and 7,189,733 on 
ranches. California leads U3 in farm sheep, 
with 4,152,349. There are reported in Ohio 
3,902.486, in Texas 2,411,887, in Michigan 
2,189,389, in New Mexico 2,088,831, in Penn¬ 
sylvania 1,776,59s, in New York 1,715,180, in 
Missouri 1,411,298, in Wisconsin 1,33(5,807, in 
Indiana 1,100,511, in Oregon 1,083,162, in Illin¬ 
ois 1,037,073. in Kentucky 1,000,000, in Color¬ 
ado 746,443, and iu Tennessee 672,117. Dela¬ 
ware contains the smallest number, 21,967. 
A correspondent at London writes as fol¬ 
lows, under date of June 2: The very mild 
Winter has been followed by splendid Spring 
weather. On light as well as on heavy soils 
the crops are abundant and strong. Well- 
advanced crops cannot be ruined by a drip¬ 
ping June, and the damage done by a bois¬ 
terous July can be partial only. For several 
years the land has not been so free from 
weeds. It is said that the root crops will be 
below the average, but no valid reason is given 
for the prediction. New potatoes are exception¬ 
ally sound. An inspection of meadow lands in 
the home counties does not support the theory 
that when there is much graiu there is little 
grass. After an abundant harvest the British 
farmer is always prosperous. A leading . 
London wine merchant, who has a very Iarg e 
country trade, showed me some statistics he 
had compiled. The increases and decreases 
in the quantities and the qualities of the wines 
sold to agricultural customers coincide very 
exactly with the harvest returns. The habits 
of the British farmer are by no means primi¬ 
tive, and after an abundant harvest he is a 
buyer of champagne, crusted port and high- 
class clarets..... 
The Knoxville Chronicle estimates the w-heat 
crop of Tennessee at about an average one— 
or fully 12,000,000 bushels—nearly 8 bushels 
to each man, woman and child in the State. 
The hay crop is larger than usual, and is val¬ 
ued at several millions of dollars. A large 
crop of potatoes iu Tennessee is regarded as 
a certainty. The fruit crop is also said to be 
large. On the whole, in spite of the inability 
to speak intelligently of the outcome of the 
corn crop at present, the prospect is regarded 
as a bright one for the farmers of Tennessee. 
... .Over sixty corn canneries in the State of 
Maine annually put up nearly 12,000,000 cans. 
An exchange has made an estimate of the 
cost at which coni is so prepared for the mar¬ 
ket. The farmer is said to receive So. for the 
corn contained in the can; the tin and solder 
cost 8c., and the remaining 4c. or 5c. go to 
the manufacturer for putting up and market¬ 
ing. The cans contain 26 ounces of corn, bo 
that farmers raise from 1,000 to 3,000 cans per 
acre, the average being about 1,500, giving it 
a cash value of $45. There are several fac¬ 
tories in Massachusetts, but Maine is said to 
put up one-third of the corn canned in the 
country..... 
The Inverness Courier of June 8 reports good 
prospects of an abundant harvest in Scot¬ 
land. The live stock markets also, viewed 
from the farmers’ standpoint, looked bet¬ 
ter than they had done for several years. 
For this activity in the 1 ive stock markets va¬ 
rious causes are assigned. Among them were 
the apparent lull in the foreign export trade, 
the abundance of keep of every kind, espe¬ 
cially of grass, and an especially good de¬ 
mand from the midland counties of England, 
where stocks have been for Borne time past 
abnormally low. The exceptional!}' high prices 
for live stock, it was hoped, would more than 
compensate them for losses by grain. The 
consumer would have to look to the foreigner 
for cheap food. While foreign supplies of 
grain were very large, the supplies of beef 
and mutton were not heavy. Thus it would 
appear that the decrease in the live stock in 
England has given a temporary stimulus to 
the markets in Scotland, and thus affords 
compensation for the losses that must occur 
from foreign competition iu grain, no matter 
how abundant the home harvest may prove. 
The Daily Commercial Bulletin makes a 
somewhat elaborate report respecting the pea¬ 
nut crops of the country during late years 
The advices of that journal are that that crop 
is annually increasing in favor, and that the 
consumption keeps well up with the increased 
cultivation. The following figures are given, 
showing the number of bushels raised each 
year since 1873-74: 
Tennessee. 
187S-~4. 175 0 0 
1374-75. 200,000 
1875-76. 285.450 
1376-77 . 500,000 
1877- 78 . 15.000 
1878- 79 . 410,000 
1879- 80. .... 700,000 
Totals.. 
2,535,450 
Virginia, 
225,000 
350,000 
450,000 
780,000 
405,009 
875,000 
130,000 
8,215,000 
North 
Carolina. 
60,006 
120 000 
100,000 
125,000 
85,000 
85,000 
120,000 
This furnishes a total crop during the seven 
years mentioned of 6,435,450 bushels, The 
total consumption in the United States during 
the calendar years 1878, 1879 and 1880 is given 
respectively as follows: 1,060,000 bushels, 
1,380,000 and 1,927,000 bushels—iu all, 4,373,- 
000 bushels. The production during the years 
1876-7, 1877-78, 1878-79 and 1879-80 respec¬ 
tively amounted to 4,520,000 bushels. This 
gave a surplus of 197,000 bushels of peanuts 
grown during the years in which the product 
had to meet the demand of the calendar years 
named. The average price of the peanuts 
consumed during the calendar years 1878-80 
is stated to have been 50. per pound. Tliis 
rate upon 4,373,000 bushels of peanuts gives a 
total of $218,650 worth of peanutsonan aver¬ 
age of $72,883 each year, or $6,074 each 
month, or about $202 per day for peanuts 
throughout the United States. This price, of 
course, is at the wholesale rate. Something 
like five times the sum would more nearly 
represent the amount paid by consumers, or 
about $1,000 per day. The Spanish peanut, a 
very fine variety, has been cultivated with 
success in Virginia. The Uuited States ex¬ 
port peanuts to Canada, to Bermuda and to 
the West Indies. The crop for the season end¬ 
ing September 30,1881, is estimated by heavy 
dealers in New York City, as follows: Tennes¬ 
see. 550,000 bushels; Virginia, 1,500,000 bush¬ 
els, and North Carolina, 120,000 bushels. Iu 
1880, owing to the plentiful supply of peanuts, 
the price fell off from 3c. to 5c, per pound. 
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weasels. 15c.— Adv. 
^Thousands of ladies cherish grateful re¬ 
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of Lydia E. Piakham’s Vegetable Compound. 
— Adv. 
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Bend name and address to Cragin & Co., 
Philadelphia, Pa , for cook book free.— Adv. 
The People’s World-wl<le Verdict. 
Burnett’s Cocoaine has been sold in every 
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She 
SPECIALS FROM THE CHIEF CENTERS . 
Up to Saturday, June 24. 
Boston. — Corn —No. 2 and high mixed at 
S7(«jS8c.; steamer mixed and yellow at 86@ 
87c.; no grade at 85@8f$c. ;and to arrive from 
Chicago prices are nominally 85@S0s. per 
bushel. Oats —No. 1 and extra white at 66@ 
68c.; No. 2 white at 65@65%c.; No. 3 white at 
62%@63%c.! No. 2 mixed at 01@G2(?. t and 
Canada at 59@62%c, per bushel. Rye at 9Sc 
©?1; Barley at $1@125. Shorts have 
been dull at $20©21 per ton; fine feed at $22 
(§23; middlings $34@29; and cotton seed meal 
at $32. Butipr— Northern creamery, choice, 
at 28@27c.; do. fair to good at 25c.; dairy, 
Franklin Co., Vt., fine, at 26@27c.; do. N. Y. 
and Vt., choice, at 25@26c.; do. do. fair to 
good, at 92<v/ 2to.; do. do. common, at 20@21c; 
Western, choice, creamery, at 26@27c. ; do. 
fair to good at 22@35c.; ladle packed, choice, 
at 20@2lo.; do. fair to good, at 18@I9c. New 
Cheese —Choice, full cream 11c.; fair to good 
at 9@10o,; common skims at 5@8a. Eggs— 
Eastern at l8%@19e, per doz.; Northern at 
18J£@l9e.; Western 18c. Beans— Northern 
hand-picked pea at $3.85@3.90 per bush.; do 
N. Y. at $3.75@3.85; do. common $2.90@3.60; 
medium choice $3.60(5:3.65; common to good 
$2 S0@3 85 ; Yellow Eyes $3 25@3.50 ; Red 
Kidneys at $2.75@8.85; Canada peas 00c. @ 
$1.15 per bush, for common to choice. Green 
peas at $1,20@1.65. Potatoes— Aroostook 
Rose $t.30@l,40; Maine Central Rose $L.30@ 
1.35; Northern Rose at $1.25@1,30; Jacksons 
at $1.10@1 20; Proliflcs at *1.30@1.40, and 
Peerless at $1.10@1.25 per bush. Apples at 
$3(3)5, 
Chicago. — Wheat —Demand fair. No. 2 
Chicago Spring, $1.31% cash; $1.32 June; 
$1.33%© 1.33 July; $1.11 %@1.U% August; No. 
3. do $1.05@1 OS; regular, $L15@U5%, July- 
81. 0754© 1.07%, August. Corn in good de¬ 
af 70%o. cash; 7l%@71%c. July; 72%c. 
August.; 73c, September; Rejected, 69c. Oats 
strong at 52%@52%c., cash and June; 46%c. 
July; 36%c. August; 35%c. September; But¬ 
ter steady, with fair demand; creamery, 30@ 
24o.; fair to choice dairies, 14©20c. Pork un¬ 
settled, but generally lower at $20.75@2fl.80, 
cash; $20.75@80.77%, July; $21) 90@20.92X, 
August; $21.07%, September. Hogs— market 
weak but generally steady; all sold; mixed, 
$7.35(57.95; heavy, $8.00@8.50; light bacon 
grades in good demand at $7,30@8.00; the 
bulk of good light at $7.90@8.00; skips, $5,00 
@7.00. Cattle market strong aud more 
active at firmer rates; exports, $7.75@8.25; 
good to choice, $7.00@7.00; common to fair, 
$5.60@6.70; mixed butchers,’ $2.50@3.50; com¬ 
mon to fair, $3 ?5@5.25; good to choice 
Stockers and feeders, $2.75@5.I0; of Texans 
the bulk are 10@15c. higher than yesterday, 
closing weaker; canners’ $3.76@4.75; shipping 
Texans, $4.85@5.80. Sheep— market fairly 
active with a steady demand, but prices 
weak; common to fair, $3.00@3.75; medium 
to good, $t,00@4.50; choice, $4.40@4.75; Tex¬ 
ans, $3.00@3.75. 
St. Louis. —Wheat—options higher and 
cash lower than yesterday; No. 2 Red Fall, 
$1.27>o'@1.27%, cash; $1.25%, June; $1.08%, 
July; 1.02%, August; $1.01%, September; 
$1.01%, all the year; No. 3 Red Fall, $1,20; No. 
4. do., $1.05bid. Corn 72%@73%c., cash, 72 %c, 
June;91%c, 73%c. July and August; 7l%c., 
September: 68%e., October; 57%c., all the 
year. Oats, 49@50o, cash; 43%c., July 
34%c., August; 33%o., all the year. Cat¬ 
tle—Receipts, 1.400 head; shipments, 1,500 
head ; grass Texans steady, but grass 
natives dull and decidedly lower to sell; 
common to fair Texans, $3@4; choice to 
best, $4,25@5.50; no good native steers here; 
light shippers range at $fi,25@7; heavy, $7.25@ 
8; exporters, $8@8,25; native butcher stuff, 
$3@4.50. Sheep—Reteipts, 3,800 head; ship¬ 
ments, 500 head; market slow and lower; na¬ 
tives, $3(44 50; Texans, $3@4. Hogs -teady; 
pigs, 0.60@7.10; light Yorkers, $7.15@7,50; 
packing $7.60(47.80; butchers' to fancy, 
$8.10@8.40; skips, $5@6.40; receipts, 1,600 
head; shipments 300 head. 
