Buckwheat bran.76 
Care-taking. 76 
Cheshire .788 
Chest era.699 
Cholera.57, 232, 272,602 
— eases cured..2m 
— com feeding cause.889 
— In the West. 59 
— remedy.305, 306, 345 
Diseases, contagious.178 
Drenching pigs,,....420 
Du roes.... ,.885 
Feeding...76 
Feed, shall we cook it ?.764 
Hog driving, recollections..886, 483 
— 'feeding at cheese factories. .499 
— house, profitable.... 40 
— manure, value. 40 
— peu. excellent.216 
Hogs, American, Germany’s con¬ 
templated war.870 
— care of... 886 
— fattening, change of food.. .834 
— — feeding.705 
Jefferson County Hogs.733 
Jersey Beds.285 
Lice.76, 201 
Milk Tever.667 
Oats for pigs.767 
Pig experience.607 
— notes at Klrhv Homest*>ad 
8. 76, 861, 488. 002 
— raising.114 
Pigs, corn for.. 3 
— eating oats . T«7 
— foi ''fairs".602 
— green tea for young.,.,.733 
— kindness handling. 178 
- raising, how. 58 
— white, blnclc spots on.483 
— young, best feed for.765 
— — care of.361 
— — feeding.469 
— — treatment..P4 
Pigs, udders to keep clean.483 
Poland-chlna... .17H, 669 
Pork on small farm........881 
Bod Berksldves. 4 
Sows, breeding,disease and rem- 
Ij .. 
— care of....602 
— eating her pigs. 178 
Victoria, originator of..452 
Wet bed.. . ..76 
Yorkshire.ITS 
— Small.201 
Grape, most popular.845 
— vines, care of..841 
— — cov' ring.,.ggfl 
— — hardiness.518 
— - pruning. 145 
Grapes at "It G."......750 
— cutting and packing.670 
— early. 056 
— for.Mabamn,..149 
— — Arkansas.149 
— — California.150 
— — Canada.147 
— — Connecticut.145 
— — Delaware.145 
— — Georgia.149 
— — lllnms.150 
— — Indiana. 147 
— — Iowa.. 150 
— — Kansas .149 
— — Kentucky.150 
— — Louisiana.119 
— — Maine.145 
— — Maryland.145 
— — Mass ,ehu8etts.115 
— — Michigan.146 
— — Minnesota. ..147 
— — Missouri.150 
— — Mississippi.150 
— — Nebraska.149, 158 
— — New Kngland.158 
— — — Hampshire.145 
— — — Jersey.146 
— — — York.146 
— — North Carolina.147 
— — Nova Scotia..,,..147 
— — Oregon...147 
— — Pennsylvania.140 
— — Rhode Island.115 
— - South Carolina.149 
— — Tennessee.150 
Toxae.U9 
— — Utah.150 
— Virginia .147 
— — Vermont.145 
— Washington Territory.147 
— Went Virginia.147 
— — Wisconsin.147 
— from Mr. Purr.819 
— In bags .640 
— — Canada :.433 
— — Virginia.198 
— new.780 
— — some of out. 186 
— putting In bags.437, 485 
— raisin from native vines... .251 
— sour. 351 
— under glass.....634 
— vs. bpes.. .250 
Grape-vines, fruitfulness or fer¬ 
tility.. 981 
Greln's Golden.716, 780 
Herbert.29,0, 534 
Highland.201, 672, 780, 795 
— at "R. G.”.720 
Iona. .88, 715,7 
Jefferson.780 
Lady.78i 1 
— nt'It.G.".024 
— Charlotte.261 
— Dunlap. .704 
— Washington.764, 7SJ 
— — In bags.672 
Dudley.".296, 764, 78h 
— Muddreslicld Court.60S 
M’Mnga, White .325 
Martha Burdette.780 
MiowasoU.780 
Miner's grapes.....189, 261 
Minnehaha . .... . 779 
Missouri Riesling.715, 7S0 
Montgomery. .7S0 
Moore’s Early...670, 702 
— — In the market.716, 717 
..286 
Newburgh Muscat.761 
Niagara.197. 353, 501, <119, 736, 795 
— mid Its critics.. ...nog 
— farm, Roger's.. ...779 
— prape premiums.672, 752, 767 
— hardiness .452 
— large bunches.786 
— "parenting” the.799 
— seedlings, prises.672,752,767 
— seeds of.569, 82(1 
Noah.,..,.780 
Onward..704 
Owosso .2'it 
Paper bags on grapes...338 437 , 482 
..185, 719 
Phylloxera at Newport. ....634 
PoekUngtou.186, 672 
Po'keeepsle Red. 764, 780 
Prentiss.186, 811,812, 831 
Pringle's Hybrids .261 
Pruning, grape-vine.Ill 
Purple Bloom.704 
Raisin-making In California ex¬ 
perience.'. 22 
— grapes.S3, 251,325 
Katsius from native grapes.251 
Rebecca.180 
Rlckett’s No. 97.779 
Rochester...296 
Rogers's grapes. . .296. 764 
Rose. .761 
— bugs destroying grapes.433 
Salem.780, 811, 812, 834 
Seedling, a promising young—715 
Thrlp and drouth.77o 
Triumph.008 
Ulster Prolific.704, 780 
Vergennes.7KU 
Vermont Grant.261 
Victoria.749 
Victory .261 
Vines dug op at R, G...799 
— hot-house, cleaning...55 
Vineyards Iltidsou River ..764, 779 
Vtls California!.750 
Vial ter. 780 
Wellington . 781 
White Delaware.780 
— grapes, new.781 
Worden.780 
Wilder. 373, 656, 670, 780 
Wyoming Red.689, 764 
Wheat, land, salt on.218 
— larvre of the fly in.851 
— miring.607 
— naming.. ... .671 
— prise*.708 
— ned Mediterranean.126 H2 
— Rural, plot... .519 
— Seven-headed..801 
— Surprise. 769 
— thrashing small plots.224 
— Wicks, Diehl and Golden 
Chaff..535 
— Winter and Spring, differ¬ 
ence. 79 
— Zimmer matin's.551,759 
Whitbetrce, pulling on.835 
Whitewash for onHnilldingB...m 
Willows,basket.....127, 655 
— — m salt water. 769 
— Golden.7S5 
— Osier, Importing..785 
Wind-break, trees for.....203 
— mill, common.79 
Wind gall, Incipient.883 
Wistaria from need.817 
Wool burry. 6 
-- different grades.254 
— Import* of, duties thereon. 
182, 751 
Woolen waste, a complete ferti¬ 
lizer. 687 
— — value of....687 
Worms in a pig.27 
— - horses ..503,687 
— kidney, in hogs. 785 
— or mai mastication. 455 
Wound in a horse's foot.162 
Yorkshire swine.769 
Quinces In Iowa.224 
Quince trees, treatment.869 
1 1 ■ uod. 
Radish worm, retn> dy.519 
R-dlroadK, steel rails for.43 
Rake, hagle...423 
— the most satisfactory. 313 
Raspberri s for family use.769 
— — farmers.423 
— propagating.C23 
— why toro yellow.....519 
- Winterklfled...423 
Raspberry, hardiest.883 
Raspberry, Ant werp Yellow, 
hardiness.218 
— caroitue.. .703 
— Cuthburt...703 
— Doolittle.719 
— Marlboro Seedling.79, V27 
— — wli-we to buy.: . .639 
— plautsfrom layering canes..671 
— — — seed. . 0 W 
— Rose.851 
— snaffers Colossal.95 
— Hmihcgan...710 
Reapers and mowers, manufac¬ 
ture of.519 
Kerl -'oj), seeding. 188 
Rheumatism in colt. 141 
— in tin minatory.439 
— lu turkeys.551 
Ringbone.751 
Hoad making.639 
, In N. J..., ... 68 
Roller mills.238 
Roller, plauk#hoW to make ....888 
Roof of boanIs....375 
Root crop* in Texas.162 
Rooting plants, sand for.188 
Roots for sheep.182 
Rose bugs. 619 
— — e.v terminate.238 
— lime for.327 
— raspberry.• .S51 
Roses, best perpetual. ill 
— lor Austin, Texas.373 
— how to propagate. 8 Ul; 487 
Roup in chicks.4t7, 835 
Rubber boots, mending. .217 
Rupture tO COlt,.671 
Rural premiums, basis or. .172 
— — queries.. 1 74 
— seeds. ..817 
— subscription rates.251 
Rye, Mammoth Or White Spring 27! 
— uses It Is put to. 271 
— Winter. 79 
Salt and hen manure .254 
— for corn.254 
Sanborn’s experiments. Prof., 
pamphlet on...671 
Sand ’molding' for garden.201 
Saw-dust, for budding... 290 
saw, Monarch lightning.703 
— riding, manufacturers. 27 
Saxon Importing Co. ... .126 
Scab In sheep.421 
Seale insects in apple orchards 719 
Scotch pine for v Ind-break ... .2 ’3 
Scours in a yearling calf.623 
Scrotal hernia.238 
— — in a colt. 59 
Sedge pasture killing sheep.623 
Seen drib, hand. 126 
— — Mathew’s or Planet.519 
— — one kernel. 224 
— — white. 127 
Seeddrills..X62 
— for grass, how much. ...'jji 
— — the South.. 142 
— queries, Rural.M 2 
Seeder broadcast. 2 8 
Seeding with Timothy.358 
— machine) White. 127 
Sheep, ailing. 12 a 
— ns 1 'ertill■ fng agents.223 
— coarse-wooled..271 
— tOPh-aud-eob meal for.751 
— costivenems In,.. 7^7 
— Dorset.. . .161 
— eating sedge.ojs 
— for mutton and wool.391 
— gestation, period. 455 
— gnawing bark on fruit trees, 
to prevent. 374 
— grub in the head: ..423 
— husbandry In the South.ifil 
— lice on.. 826 
— Lincoln. fijj 
— on shares.. 
— or cows, w h i • li best.422 
— Oxford Down.653 
— poisoned by excess or salt., .551 
— roots for... 1 S 2 
— salt for, why. ... 27 
— South Downs where to get ..535 
— ticks on.253 
— with erysipelas.358 
Shingles, machine for 6,ftwlng...2U3 
Slilp-oulliterfe' address. 43 
— yards. Br'lliti. 126 
Short hand, gornl work on.671 
— born*, best milking .29(1 
Shoddy.. .. 6 
SUk cocoons.423 
— worms, where to get.343 
SUk worms, eggn, etc. 86 # 
Silo, b tiding . 2^9 
— wood or stone.217 
SUos filled with marsh hny. 142 
Sirup, sorghum, from glucose 
sirup.551 
Skin diseases, dandruff.238 
SnupdragoD, killing.126 
Soil stlrrlug. why. 7 K 5 
Soiling, oats for.455 
— rye or wheat. Winter.551 
Sore on horse’s leg.162 
Sorrel to get rid of. 6 >5 
— tree.151 
Sorghum, halepense. 7 U 
— molasses, lime to remove, 
fodder taste. iN 7 
— nutans.75! 
— Rural Branching.162,223 
— — — cultivating.59 
— — — for fodder.326 
— to plant In hlllB or drills... .311 
Apple, permanent, grass for....273 
Patent, how to get.535 
Peach baskets, who makes.126 
— croplnN.J.375 
— fertilization. 126 
— lice on leaves of...399 
— seeds, bow to treat.1"2 
— tree borer.S5S 
— — mulch.218 
— trees, budding.719 
— — snowy 1 rleket on.222 
— to raise. Information.551 
Peaches grupe* and plums for 
Massachusetts.120 
— on plum stock. .238 
Pea, American Wonder.!6i 
— beau, Cal branching.358, 391,139 
— Telephone, when to buy.218 
Peas for pigs. 142 
— sowing. 142 
Pear, Kieffer n.vbl'id.202 
— trees, to make bear.503 
— — blight on... mu 
— Winter, best. 639 
Pecan tree..751 
Petroleum eruae, for out-bulld- 
iugs.535 
Phonography, treatise on.927 
Phosphaus manufacture.2l8 
Picoo eg, carnations etc.7"8 
Pigeon keeping. . .687 
Pigeons, periodical on.326 
Pig geneial purpose. 120 
— nut as horse IVed...833 
— swelling on shoulder.439 
Pigs, Essex, breeder.....769 
— feed for.... 291 
— — — fattening .142, 254 
- foundered with corn.735 
— Jersey Rod, where to buy...735 
— short-faced Lancashire.5'.9 
— with swollen under Jowls.. .162 
— — weak hind-quarters.735 
— Yorkshire.. .. 423,769 
Pink-eye. 503 
Pipe, wrought Iron.. 7 
Plantain extermination.703 
Plant exchanges.671 
Plants, aquaiic.... .719 
— rooting sand for.... ihk 
— wintered In the cellar.671 
Plasier for rye and clover.254 
— land.358 
Plum trees, black knot.. .ill 
— stock, peaches on__ _233 
— Weaver.519 
— sprouting from the roots_503 
Plum, hardiest. 883 
Pain elan a Oliiesit..735 
Polaud-C’lilna records.....751 
Polled cattle, dealers In.78 
Pomologleul Journal, where 
published.891 
Poplar, Lombardy.623 
Pork, pigmentary deposits la. .111 
Potash for tobacco.-208 
— how much in a bushel of 
ashes...671 
— muriate and sulphate..817 
— — price of. 6 
— sulphate of, for crops... . .850 
Potato, earliest.883 
Potato halls for seed.217 
— beetles Insect destroying...58s 
— blooms. 519 
— Burbank seedling, where to 
huv .251 
— cellar. 428 
— Clark’s No. 1.79, 126,218 
— digger.311,471 
— Early. 111,843 
— fertilizer, special.326 
— for th« S lUth. 801 
— Mammoth Pearl...218 
— Rocky Mountain.375 
— — — — where 10 buy.254 
— Rose, seed balls ol. .391 
— seed balls.639 
— — — of Rose.391 
— stalk weevil.785 
— sweet. Nansemond, red.274 
— seed. 801 
Potatoes, ashes for ,. :.47i 
— best way to plant.. ..817 
— Burbank’s, St. Patrick.27 
— cooked and raw for hogs..'.719 
— dividing eyes of seed.391 
— Earlv best varieties.79 
— fertilizer, best.817 
— flat culture.751 
— for early market. 79 
— — hogs. .,.......7i)3 
— — Ind.8M 
— good market.274 
- hills or drills.455 
— how to send.142 
Irish fertilizers for.8m 
— — for tie South.223 
— late for ttl .0 crops .Ill 
— Loudon purple how much..375 
— mixing. ..126,326 
— Rural’s big crops.817 
— sa t injur out) to.769 
— scabby, to avoid...251 
— sweet, planting.188 
— varieties from seed balls_391 
Poultry, cap'nlzDig, instru¬ 
ments, to buy.238 
— dealer in..,,. 95 
— foresee. 327 
— good book ou.423 
— incubators, plans of...827 
— paper.811 
— Silver Spangled Hamburg.. .455 
— family.,.751 
— Huddleston’s Favorite,.535 
— Manchester and Hovey... , 623 
— plants, grubs Injuring.471 
— seed.639 
— Wilder.. 719 
Straw, to rot..274 
— wheat and oat for fodder. 719 
Streams unwholesome, Ohio law 
about...42j 
Stumps suckering, to kill.623 
Subsoil, bringing to surface_785 
Sugar cane, Amber.95 
— best variety.288 
Sumach for tanning. .607 
— to gather and cure....,.576 
Superphosphate.551 
— for onions...375 
Swei nv In a horse.751 
Sweet potatoes, planting. 188 
Swine, ‘black teeth" In.801 
— Cheshire.S51 
Switch, an artificial.671 
Tail-switching In a horse.217 
Tan bark.. 439 
Teat stopped In cows.826, 358 
Thistle. Canada, destroying..423, 
503 
Thoroughpln, treatment, of.67i 
Thread-worms In hurses.535 
Thumps In liorsea .217 
Ticks on sheep.253 
Tile-draining machine.238 
Tillage questions. 161 
Timber Culture Act.221, 785 
— for well curbs.290 
Timothy.233 
— seeding with.358 
— seed per acre.238 
Tobacco, chemical analysis.26 
— commission merchants who 
handle.551 
— fertilizers, commercial. 26 
— growers, license to sell......639 
— land for.202 
— law relating to selling.25S 
— potash ior. .202 
— preparing for grower’s use. .273 
— seed. 202 
— “white veins" In.26 
Tomatoes, etc., not setting fruit.417 
rotting.471 
Trep straightening . 218 
— for Dakota, Northern,,.. 162 
— near division lines.439 
— under timber culture acts...703 
Trittcum repen*.551 
Tuberose, hu Its, to treat,.391 
Tumor on horse’s shoulder.. .. 431 
Turkeys with, lice.535 
— - rheumiuiMin.551 
Tip-nip crop or England.126 
Udders, gargeted........610 
Uredo rubru'm. 439 
Uterus Inversion.126 
Vaginitis.238 
Veterinary Adviser, Lawes’s....238 
— surgeon, school to teaeb .. .551 
Vineyards, cultivation of.869 
Virginia and Maryland, infor¬ 
mation wanted.671 
Wagon jack.. .769 
Walnuts from cuttings.27 
— planting... .817 
Warts on legs of animal*.551 
Wash fur frame house.238 
Water-bug.7:45 
— freezing In pipes.327 
— lilacs In a small tank.374 
— — time to plant.487 
— — where to get.489 
Watermelon, best.221 
— to tell when ripe.423 
Water-plant fur carp pond.719 
— raising.. 223 
— util zing the motive power. .188 
Wax plan', treatment.751 
Weather Indications. 79 
Weevil, bean. 238,885 
Well curbs, timber for.290 
— dr ven a.142 
— — contestants.146 
West Point, entrance to.607 
Wheat and rye sown together. .719 
— Black-bearded Centennial.. .801 
— - — - .ns a Spring.655 
— Centenulal..628 
— Champion Amber.625 
— Champlain, to buy..ill 
— Chili Club.343 
— Dallas where to get.623 
— Egyptian. 801 
— fertilizer for, best..769 
— fly destroying.851 
— Fall, im st valuable.655 
— Fulteo-C’lawson and Shu¬ 
maker . 274 
— — — small seed.697 
— — — Winter.162 
— Golden Grain.801 
— — — price of.607 
— guano upon, In Spring.228 
RURAL ARCHITECTURE. 
Burn, hay. I 
Building concrete.1 
ClUmneys, Imperfect. 
Concrete building.i 
Cottage. East lake..: 
— five-room...• 
— gardener’s at Lambton Cas¬ 
tle .I 
Cottagers, convenient.I 
Ettstiiike cottage.! 
Farm-house, convenient and 
Cheap. :■ 
Farms, Prlnco Consort’s.I 
Hay barns.I 
VETERINARY. 
SCIENTIFIC. 
Abortion.... 140 
Animal plagues, how tocontrol.641 
Anthrax diseases, prevention.. .449 
— — — by Inoculation...545,549 
Castration of ponies.373 
cholera, hog. aoi 
Cow pox. 24 
Cow’- bag, caked, cure.7:43 
Cow's, tuberculosis, milk.798 
Foot of a horse...437 
Gadfly, enttlo. 743 
Garget, cure for.466 
Glanders.354 
Hog Cholera.201, 252, 002 
Horse’s foot.437 
— legs.798 
Horses, sweeny In.767 
Lameness in horses.513 
Leg* of horses.,..,.,.798 
Mammilla. 667 
Milk fever......067 
Pleuro pneumonia, stamp it out.220 
Quarantine stations for Import¬ 
ed cattle..624 
Snnlt.ury treatment of Animals.351 
Stifle ailment, remedy.633 
— infallible remedy.767 
Sweeny in horses. 767, 770 
Texas fever scare.608 
Tubercle parasite. .... 440 
Vaccine variola. 21 
Warts on cow’s teats.24 
Agricultural science, Society for 
promotion of.( 
Animal wastes.: 
Duke of Richmond and Gordon 
K. G.; 
Temperature of the body after 
eating. 
Pasteur ami his discoveries. 
Well tube, trouble.. 
SHEEP HUSBANDRY, 
Angora goat...500 
Black lambs in whfte flocks.484 
Cheviot.... 75 
Cots wo Ids,. 75,181 
— Merino... 60 
Flock, grading up.286 
Gont, Angora ..500 
— ranch, Texas. 086 
Lambs, care and rearing.286 
Leicester sheep. 3 
Lincoln sheep.„.653 
Mutton from New Zealand for 
England.466 
— high prices lu Engtaud.4:4-1 
— sheep.748 
— in England. 75 
— vs. wool in England. 8 
Oxford-Down sheep. .663 
Patna sheep.621 
Rams, supplying. Mass. So.2UI 
Romney Marsh...75 
Scab, dipping for.205 
— sheep. ,,..515 
Sheep aud wool...98 
black lu white flocks.-184 
— experience. .280 
— fat..,.'..441 
— husbandry.....417 
Sheep lu England, fat.497 
— on tin* western plains and 
farms... .770 
— — wheat... .654 
— rearing In Kansas,successful 816 
— scub...513 
— dipping for.205 
— scarcity or In England.431 
— the best. .386 
— with bare faces and legs.60 
Shetland. 75 
Shropshire...386 
South-Dow 11 Merino__ 60 
South-Downs. .380 
— l'or mutton.76 
Wool and sheep. .93 
— no change in the tariff.112 
— quantity we Import.533 
— trait.672 
— unwashed.373 
THE VINEYARD 
Advance.. 
Agawam.... 
Allen's Hybrid_ 
Amber. 
— Queen. 
Ann Arbor, white, 
Autuchon. 
Ragging. 
— antiquity of... 
— antiquity of. 
— at "K. G.”. 
— benefits. 
Bellnua . 
Black Hamburgh. 
— Hawk... 
Brighton. 
Burnet. 
Catawba. 
Oeniennlal. 
Champion. 
Concord. 
Cottage. 
Croton. 
Cuttings, planting. 
Delawares . 
Downing.,, 
Duchess. 
r , Vuguat.. 
Early Dawn. 
— Victor..187, 
K1 Dorado. 
Elvira . 
Empire Slate. 
Faith. 
Florence at R. G. 
Frauds H, Hayes. 
Gaertuer.. 
Gazelle . 
Grafting. 
— above ground. 
— at "R G.” . 
— what per cent grow 
Grape, a little more.... 
— correction. 
SWINE HERD, 
Artificial nurse...6:47 
Berkshire sow.178 
— Queen of Saratoga.285 
— swine... 124,699 
Berksblres, are they the only 
good ?.201 
— for meat,...,,... 201 
— red... 345 
— vs Cheshli'e8...285, :4S6 
Breeding .76 
— treatment....114 
Breeds and crosses.699 
mixed more or less.483 
— out crosses. 4S3 
NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
Saturday, Dec. 23. 1882. 
The Chippewa Indians are to have a 1,000,- 
000 acres of reservation in Rolette Co., Dak., 
instead of tneir former reservation of 10 , 000 - 
000 acres now open to public settlement. 
A destructive 03 clone in Northern Colorado. 
........ In the case of Gen. Curtis, the U. S. 
Supreme Court has decided that it is illegal 
for a Government employ'd to collect political 
assessments.M. de Lessepa promises 
that the Panama Canal shall be open in 1888. 
.A Georgia undertaker has sent to the 
Senate a bill of $3,100 for burying Senator 
Ben Hill—$800 for a casketl.Disastrous 
rains in Oregon aud Washington Territory. 
.Of “ whiskey” there are 90,000,000 
gallons in bond, the tax on which is 
$81,000,000. The collection of this should 
begin in January; but Congress proposes to 
extend the term for bonding two years. 
The House Pension Committee wants to sad¬ 
dle the country with another pension bill 
amounting to $100,000,000. A pension of 
$8 a month is sought for the survivors of the 
Mexican, Creek, Seminole and Black Hawk 
wars, and for soldiers’ widows who have not 
remarried. Only 60 days’ service in the 
Mexican war, and 30 days’ service in the In¬ 
dian wars is required to make a “veteran.” 
.C. E. Upton, treasurer of the Western 
N. Y, Episcopal Diocese, has swindled the 
City Bank of Rochester out of $350,000, lost 
principally by “gambling in oil.” Reported 
to have made important transfers of prop¬ 
erty to his wife lately.The Sco- 
villeB are re-united at Chicago, Ill. 
About 249 matrimonial and natal associations 
are placed on the black list of the Post Office 
Dep’t. All are in the South except one in 
Michigan. Money sent to any will be re¬ 
turned to the sender.Congress has de. 
cided not to build that $3,000,000 library for 
itself just yet.The American Agrieul' 
tural Association appears to have had a “good 
time” at their late session in Chicago. 
The Wisconsin State Grange wants a modifi¬ 
cation of the patent lawB so as to protect 
innocent users of patented articles.A 
European syndicate has bought 100,000 acres 
of cotton lands in Arkansas and Chicot Coun¬ 
ties, Ark.Small pox raging terribly 
among Cherokees in Indian Territory. 
Mueh talk of Civil Service Reform by Repub¬ 
licans and Democrats in Congress. Seems as 
if the friends of reform would kill all chances 
of it by the introduction of a multitude of 
bills. Every “ reformer” seems to prefer his 
own to all others....Vanderbilt is reported by 
“ an intimate friend” to have cleared $ 20 , 000 ,- 
000 during the past year.The House 
wanted nine days’ holiday for Congress ; the 
Senate thought there was too much work on 
hand. Both will stick to their business, 
therefore; but the House is mighty liberal in 
“ excusing” the ubsence of members before¬ 
hand.This morning’s cablegram informs 
us that arrangements for the creation of a 
Minister of Agriculture iu Great Britain are 
almost complete. Our wide-awake Republic 
is likely to learn another lesson from that 
somnolent old Monarchy.The Toronto 
Board of Trade, memoralizes the Dominion 
Government in favor of free canals. 
Explosions of boilers unusually numerous all 
over the country.With Winter fires 
Winter conflagrations are counted by the 
hundred every week.A bill was intro¬ 
duced into both Houses of Congress which 
compels one telegraph and cable company to 
transmit messages for another company with¬ 
out let, hindrance or favor....._Tne man¬ 
ufacturers aud dealers in proprietary articles, 
at a meeting held in Rochester Wednesday, 
appropriated $25,000 to employ counsel and 
prosecute all imitators or dealers in substitute 
goods.Citizens of Buffalo are indignant 
because their Common Council hasgivenaway 
to a railroad company land of great value on 
the lake side of Buffalo River. 
Heirs of the Black more estate claim the 
ground on which stand the United States 
Capitol building, the White House, Treasury, 
Naval and other Government buildings and 
hundreds of fine dwellings and business bouses 
in Washington, as weil as hundreds of acre 
in Georgetown, Maryland, and Washington 
Co., Pa, The location and extent of the prop 
erty claimed are us follows: In the District of 
Columbia ore 481 acres, 100 acres near Bia- 
densburg, Md., 500 acres in Washington Co., 
Pa., taking in the Boyer property, and a vast 
treasure in the Bank of England. The amount 
involved can hardly be estimated, but It cer¬ 
tainly reaches hundreds of millions of dollars 
.The heirs of Jacob Baker claim 12 
acres in the heart of Philadelphia and lots of 
other property, aggregating about $300,000,- 
000.It is reported that the Sultan of 
Turkey iB insane and will soon bo deposed.... 
....Changes in the British Cabinet:—Lord 
Derby, as Secretary of State for the colonies; 
Lord Kimberley, as Secretary of State for 
India; Lord Hartington, as Secretary of State 
for War; Mr. Hugh C. Childers, as Chancelor 
of the Exchequer. 
