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DEC. 4 [ 
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HOME NEWS. 
Monday, Nov. 29, 1880. 
Governor James D. Williams, of Indiana, died at 
Indianapolis on Saturday, Nov. 20, aged nearly 73 
years. Gov. Williams was born In Pickaway 
County, OUlo, from which place his parents re¬ 
moved at an early date to Knox County, Indiana 
where Governor Williams has continued to reside 
and to be recognized with the beat, Interests ol the 
State since Its organization. Since 1841 Governor 
Williams has been in one way or another tn public 
positions, but always maintaining the same quiet 
demeanor and homely garb of homespun which 
has given hLmtho name of “ blue Jeans.’- Gov. Wil¬ 
liams. like President Llucoln, was tall and ungainly, 
being six reet tour Inches In hlgut. but oue ot 
those sturdy, honest yoemanry to which the early 
progress and prosperity and good society ot the 
new nation ot the West are.largely due-Isaac 
P. Gray, who, as Lieutenant Governor ot Indiana, 
succeeds Governor Williams, Is a native ot Chester 
County. Ills retlraey from the Presidency ot the 
Senate loaves that body a tie, and will make a 
probable dead lock In the organization ot the 
Legislature....—The statue of General Daniel 
Morgan, Ihe “ llero ot Oowpens,” has been com¬ 
pleted by J. (£. A. Ward, the sculptor, and lett on 
the 2ith In plaster for Philadelphia to be cast In 
bronze, it is eight reet and a halt In hlght, and 
will surmount a granite column ot ig leet at Spar- 
tausburg, S. C. The unveiling, which was to have 
taken place on January 18, 1S31, the centennial 
anniversary ot the battle, has been postponed to 
April lu. The statue will be ready in bronze on 
February 22.Professor James C. Watson, the 
distinguished astronomer or Wisconsin state Uni¬ 
versity, died on the 23d at Madison, Wis., aged 
nearly 43 years, lie was horn of American parents 
in Klgjn County, Ontario, January 88, i83s, spent 
his boyhood In Michigan, graduated at the Univer¬ 
sity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in lsst, became a 
teacher ot mathematics there and assistant at the 
observatory, was appointed Professor ot Astrono¬ 
my in 1369, ot physios and mathematics in lSOn 
and Director ot the Observatory In ISG3, discovered 
is asteroids, lor which he was awarded, in isto, 
the gold medal ot the French Academy ot Sciences; 
observed great eclipses of the sun at iiurllugton, 
Iowa, tn 1809, and In Sicily lu fsro, and was at the 
head Of the. very successful American expedition 
which went to Pekin, China, In 1874 to observe the 
transit of Venus, on which occasion he was ac¬ 
companied by his wife, lie discovered while at 
Pekin a new asteroid which he named after a Chi¬ 
nese goddess, Ne-Wha, celebrated as having once 
repaired the heavens when they had fallen Into 
ruin. In 1878 Professor Watson observed tbe great 
8o:.ar eclipse from a station In Wyoming aud was 
prominently connected with the discovery or an 
lutra-Mercurlal planet. A year or two ago be was 
made director or the splendid new observatory at 
Madison, Ills., endowed by private Liberality on 
condition of securing Ills services. Besides astro¬ 
nomical charts and numerous monographs, he was 
author ot “A Popular Treatise on Comets ” (1880) 
and “ Theoretical Astronomy " (tsos), which treat¬ 
ed ot the motions of the heavenly bodies revolving 
around the sun In connection with the law ot uni¬ 
versal gravitation, and Illustrated by numerical 
examples and auxiliary tables. 
The N. 1'. Commercial Bulletin advises the con¬ 
solidation ot three Northern New England States 
into one state, thus saving the expense ol' so 
many organizations Tills bids fair to start a dis¬ 
cussion or the whole question of state consolida¬ 
tion, the lesser with the larger or adjoining states, 
that natural boundaries rather than arbitrary 
divisions be considered. This would unite all 
New England into one, not very large state, and 
give New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland to the 
adjoining states.The vicinity of Kingston, 
Tenn., has just been the scene ot a moat sad 
occurrence, On the 17th was celebrated the mar¬ 
riage of Joel Uemoell, well known Lu that county, 
and Miss Dali, an accomplished daughter or 
Colonel Dali, at whose residence about forty 
ladles and gentlemen had assembled. Subse¬ 
quently a reception was tendered tne couple and 
extensive arrangements had been prepared tor 
tbelr entertainment. By some means In prepar¬ 
ing the least arsenic was used Instead ot soda. 
About forty persons Immediately after supper 
was served, exhibited symptons ot sickness, and 
five or me number mn-e since died. The father ot 
the bride, who was not expected to live, is re¬ 
ported better. About thirty other persons who 
were present are reported seriously 111, a number 
of whom will probably die from the effects of the 
poison. The poisoning Is thought to have been 
accidental. 
A terrible murder was committed at No. 87 
Lewis Street, N. Y., on tbe evening ot tbe loth. 
Andrew J. Gillen sought the hand of Mary seger- 
son in marriage, but the brothers opposed the 
malch. Gillen called on Miss Segersou, but she 
told him to leave the house. He asked tor a glass 
of water, and when the gin returned with it he 
caressed her and said, “ Mary, 1 love you.” At 
the same moment he drew a revolver and shot her 
through the head, killing her instantly. The 
murderer immediately disappeared, and it Is said 
threw himself Into the East Klver. 
M’lle. Bernhardt, a prominent Parisian actress, 
who has created considerable sensation In Paris 
and London during the paal six months, oom- 
m meed an engagement at Booth’s theater In this 
city last week, and received one ot the largest ova¬ 
tions ever accorded to an actress. She comes 
under an engagement with Mr. Abbey, theatrical 
manager, and It is said will make the tour of the 
United states during the early Winter. A con¬ 
siderable number ot her paintings and pieces or 
sculpture are on exhibition at the Union League 
Club aud their merits variously considered. The 
discussion ot her probable lutlaence upon society 
promises fa to be .the topic of Interest lor the 
Winter. 
Chicago is the only one of the five largest cities 
in the United States, the others being New York, 
Philadelphia. Brooklyn and Boston, In which the 
males are in excess of the females by the present 
census, m New York the excess or females has 
decreased since 1870, lu the other three cities it 
has increased, almost doubling In Boston, a cir¬ 
cumstance due doubtless to the annexation ot 
suburban districts. The total excess of females 
over males in t he four Eastern cities mentioned is 
100,942. Sau Francisco is probably the only large 
city In the country besides Chicago In which the 
males are in a majority, owing perhaps to the 
Chinese.Unprecedented cold weather has 
been experienced all over tbe country. The mer¬ 
cury stood 24= below zero at Hanover, N. 11, 
on the 22 , The Hudson river Is blocked with Ice 
and continually freezing at and above Coxsackte, 
N. Y. There was good skating at saugertles. The 
Erie canal continues rrozen at .Syracuse. The ice 
Is two Inches thick on the canal at Buffalo. Mon¬ 
day night was the coldest for years at Danville, 
Va„ the thermometer Tuesday morning standing 
17* above zero. Lake St. Clair has completely 
closed at Detroit, Mich. The sudden blockade has 
caught a large fleet ot loaded vessels on the chain 
or lakes, 74 bound from Buffalo to Chicago being 
frozen up at different points. The thermometer 
dropped to 2 .;* below zero at Winnipeg, Manitoba, 
Tuesday. 7n Vermont and New Hampshire snow, 
and some sleighing have been reported, in Mlch- 
gan and Wisconsin the snow is deep enough tor 
the lumberman to begin logging. 
The result ot the Mississippi uiver Improvement 
convention at New Orleans on the 10 th and 17th, 
has been to awaken a very important Industrial 
question all along the line or that river, it is 
claimed lrom New Orleans that the latitudinal 
movement ot commerce across the continent Is 
artltlolal and unueeessarlly expensive; and that 
in the nature of things the Grin must bear the call 
over the pull, and that eventually the business 
relations ot tbe United States must be reconstruct- 
• edon that basis... ....The contracts have been 
awarded lor tbe construction or tbe New Orleans 
Pacific Haliroad from Shreveport to the Mississippi 
River at Bayou Goula, and work has been com¬ 
menced. Four thousand tons ot rails have been 
purchased, to arrive at the mouth of the Missis¬ 
sippi before January 1st. 
Congress meets Dec. 6th, the first Monday ot the 
month.President Hayes will sail tor Europe 
next May, according to the Chicago Inter-ocean, 
.... The land-league organizations forming In 
New England are alarming the Canadians, who 
scent another Invasion, The (Quebec authorities 
are evidently preparing tor the worst, as they have 
recently received lo.ooo stand of arms and have 
2 , 000,000 rounds or rifie ammunition in theolty 
magazine.Edwin Booth has telegraphed a 
protest against ihe presentation or tne Passion 
Play at the theatre which bears his name, but over 
which he long since ceased to exercise control. 
The play Is not to be produced. 
The statue or Alexander Hamilton, a girt or 
John C. HamHton, Uls son, was unveiled tn Central 
I’arlc, N. Y., on the 22d, before many spectators, 
including the society of the Cincinnati, the St. 
Andrew society, the Society of Engineers, the St, 
Nicholas Society, the Hamilton Literary Society, 
and other organizations. John c. Hamilton made 
the presentation address, and Mayor Cooper ac¬ 
cepted the statue ou behalf of the city. Secretary 
Evarts was expected to deliver an oration on the 
lii'e and public services ot Hamilton, but had to 
return to Washington before the ceremonies. 
The remains or six unidentified victims of the 
St. Peter, MLun., asylum fire wore burled on the 
l&th. No more missing patients have reported, 
and it is feared that all reported missing are dead. 
Tno list of dead now numbers 32_ .. “One of the 
most remarkable traits of this peculiar people in 
Alaska Is their aversion to salt, which they will 
not eat in any form, l have seen them, when of¬ 
fered a choice piece of corned-beef on the vessel, I 
taste it, and, on finding that It had been salted, ' 
spit out the mouthful with a wry face aud throw 
the remainder on the deck In disgust. No matter 
how putrid a whale or seal may be, they eat it, 
raw and unseasoned, with evident relish’'. 
Detroit Is forming a company tn build the Fon¬ 
taine locomotive, whlcli some railroad men think 
will revolutionize the eonstructlon of locomotives, 
The Fontaine unglue differs from the standard en¬ 
gine In having tne power applied by a single rod 
on each side running from the cylinder to a large 
drive wheel immediately above the iront driver on 
the ordinary locomotive. The upper drive wheel 
Is of the same diameter as the lower, but It bears 
upon a flange several inches smaller than the 
lower driver, and thus brings Into play the prin¬ 
ciple of large and small pulleys In the driving of 
ordinary machinery. The Foniaffie locomotive 
also has no dead centers, for the lower driver acts 
as a huge balance-wheel, currying the upper 
wheel past the point where power is lost. 
Reports made to tbe Health commissioners of 
Chicago show that diphtheria la spreading in that 
city very rapidly, and It is stated that the disease 
Is mqre violent than usual, whole families In some 
cases being taken sick. The presence of the dis¬ 
ease, In many Instances, Is charged to defective 
sewerage, and landlords are being compelled to put 
their houses in good, sanitary condition In this in¬ 
spect. . Four months ago abandof outlaws 
kept tue citizens of Fort pierre, Dakota, a town on 
the east bank or the Missouri Klver, In terror till 
the respectable portion of the community organlz 
ed a vigilance committee, with the determination 
of ridding the place of the roughs. Last week the 
two opposing forces came together, both strong ly 
armed, A fight ensued, resulting In the killing of 
Arkansas Joe, the leader of the gang, and the 
wounding of four others. The vigilante escaped 
unhurt..,,....Edward Dangan’e two daughters, 
four and seven years old, died Sunday at Kanka¬ 
kee, ILL, from poisoning, and two other children 
arc In a critical condition. Dangan arrived two 
weeks ago bound for Canada, aud has been living 
In the utmost poverty. He says the children’s 
mother died several weeks ago. A bottle of bella¬ 
donna was found In the house and Dangan will he 
arrested, pending the coroner’s Investigation. 
Thomas Hastings, Cassius Nephew, John Rtpon, 
H. Tibbetts, and a boy named Schoemaker were 
seriously burned by an explosion of powder, at 
Palmer’s Sons’ fire works factory, at Rochester, 
N. Y., the powder being fired by a hot coal on the 
bottom of a boy’s shoe. The boy broke the rules 
or the establishment by going wltbln the guard¬ 
rail above the stove, opening the stove and putting 
his feet beneath the grate to warm them.n. 
S. Maxim, a New York engineer, has Invented an 
electric light and formed a company, which agrees 
to light the city' post-office for $ 10,000 a year less 
than has been spent ror gas. This light Is said to 
neither flicker nor dazzle, and Is very much like 
Edison's to appearance—a glass bulb, about the 
size of an egg, enclosing a bit of carbon, which 
attains a white heat In an atmosphere of gasoline 
vapor when the electric current passes.The 
Department of State at Washington declines at 
present to furnish any particulars concerning the 
newly-concludod treaty on the subject of Immi¬ 
gration between the United Slates commissioners 
and China. It Is understood, however, that Sec¬ 
retary Evarts regards the provisions of the treaty 
as highly satisfactory, and coveting the whole sub¬ 
ject or Chinese Immigration luto this country. 
White Eagle and a delegation of Poncas are short¬ 
ly to visit Washington to make arrangements for 
the removal of the tribe to the Indian Territory. 
LSt. Louis Evening Chronicle ] 
People iu Glasn Houses, etc. 
While It may be proper that those " living In 
glass houses should never throw stones," we think 
It Is eminently proper that those working in glass 
houses should say a “ good word” for anything of 
benefit to themselves, in this connection, Mr. 
Isaac Corny, Manager Salem, N. J. Glass W’orks, 
remarks: 1 am pleased to say that I have used 
the Great Remedy, st. Jacob3 Oll.for Rheumatism, 
with excellent results ; other members of my ram- 
lly have also been greatly benefited by Its use. 
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FOREIGN, 
In I reland the agrarian agitation la still kept up 
at red heat. Things seem to be drifting to a crisis 
fromwhlch the only outcome will be a Fenian rising. 
The attention of Europe la now directed to the con¬ 
dition of things In that unhappy Island, and doubt¬ 
less other nations are chuckling at the sight of a 
trltlsh Venetla, or Bulgaria, or Poland, where op¬ 
pression and discontent are as rife as In those for¬ 
eign dependencies whose sad fate England Is ac¬ 
customed to bemoan. Were It not Tor the strong 
military force now In the West of Ireland anarchy 
would be everywhere prevailing lu that section. 
This morning's cablegram says that the first bat¬ 
talion of the Guards are about to start for Ireland. 
These number sou, with lew or no Irishmen among 
them. The face Is that in a struggle with the na¬ 
tives, England could hardly rely on t he loyalty of 
the bulk of the Irish soldiers in her army. It Is 
well known ihat the Fenians have been tampering 
with the “rank and file,”and Incase of revolt 
there will pro aably be a good deal or desertion. 
John Brtgntand his colleague, Mr. Chamberlain, 
the radical members ot the Cabtnet rrom Birming¬ 
ham, insist that no coercive measures shall be em¬ 
ployed against the malcontents, until the effects 
of reforms of the present land laws shall have been 
tested. Many say, however, that even It the ex¬ 
treme demands of the Land League were conceded, 
ihe agitation would still continue, as wnat the 
malcontents really want is a repeal of the Union 
with England, aud that will never be yielded, In¬ 
asmuch as it would weaken the Empire. 
IGrand Rapids Times.] 
A Uullder’ii Testimony. 
Chaa. B. Strickland, Esq., or 9 Boylston Place, 
Boston, Mass,, after relating his surprising re¬ 
covery from rheumatism by St. Jacob’s Oil, Bays: 
I cannot find words to convey my praise and grati¬ 
tude to the discoverer of this liniment. 
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AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
The assessment this season shows 964,695 sheep 
in Illinois, an Increase of 117,595 over last year. 
This is the largest number in any year since ’74..., 
_For the year ended June 30, ’79, we Imported 
89,000,000 pounds of wool. In 'so we imported to 
the same date as much as 128,131 ,ooo pounds, 
wortn $28,700,000. Although the number of sheep 
In the country Is Increasing, the amount of our 
manufactures is Increasing much more rapidly.... 
_A couple of French military officers are now 
traveling through the West, having been commis¬ 
sioned by their government to Investigate the 
horse supply of tills country, with a view to ascer¬ 
tain whether lu case ot necessity the growing de¬ 
mand for horses in Europe could be supplied from 
America.Winter rates on storage of grain 
In Chicago went Into effect on November 16. ’The 
rates are 1# cent per bushel lor the flrst lOdayB 
or part thereof, and one-half cent per oushelfor 
each subsequent 10 days, until four cents per 
busnel has accumulated, when the grain is carried 
free until April 16, ’31.The next annual 
meeting of the Kentucky State Horticultural So¬ 
ciety will be held at Bowling Green, on Wednes¬ 
day, Die 12th of January next. 
Maine hay Is very popular In Boston, her citizens 
purchasing l.ooo tons ot it weekly, bhlppers of 
live stock to Europe prefer it to any other hay. 
The crop this year la larger and of more than 
average quality.Formerly California wheat 
sold tn the English markets at a higher figure 
than wheat from any other part of America; but 
now It sells tor less than any other American 
wheat, because the grain is no longer brigfit and 
dean owing to slovenly farming—there has been 
a loss, from tbla cause only, of 17# cents per too 
pounds or cental. 
1 n British India the weather has been favorable 
for the wheat crop, a good yield of which Is looked 
for.At Cronstadt in the Baltic, 40 steamers 
were frozen in during the first week In November, 
and exports of oats and other grain have ceased 
for the year.The Indian corn crop along the 
Danube is reported to be good and England ex¬ 
pects considerable shipments In Spring.Al¬ 
though the wheat crop of .Switzerland 13 reported 
to be good, prices of wheat there are very high. 
.By the the last estimate France will need 
about 45,000,000 bushels of foreign wheat this year. 
About half her requirement last year. Dur¬ 
ing the week ending Oct. 31, the stock of wheat 
at Odessa and the other Russian Black Sea porta 
was very small, and the arrivals from the Interior 
trilling and in poor condition. The Taganrog and 
the other ports In the Sea of Azov report ditto, 
ditto. Navigation In the latter porta is closed for 
the season.The New York canals were 
closed by loe on the 24th instant, The amount of 
grain frozen In on the canals and lit dson Klver is 
about 1,662.000 bushels Wheat. 4,7*>7.ooo bushels 
Corn, 216,000 bushels Barley, and 16 000 bushels 
of Peas. There Is no present prospect that tue 
canals will be reopened before Spring. 
The visible supply of grain, comprising the 
stocks In granary at the principal points of ac¬ 
cumulation at lake and seaboard ports, and the 
rail shipments from Western lake and river ports 
and afloat on New York canals: 
1880. 
Nov. 2u. 
bush. 
1879. 
Nov. 22. 
bush. 
Wheat. 
Corn. 
.24,190,673 
.17,935, Kir, 
29,772,798 
Oats. 
.. .. 4 ,’296,074 
3,179,^84 
Barley. 
.u'eai 098 
Rye.... 
i , 247)443 
Total. 
50,728,904 
A feature or the trade In Cincinnati is canvassed 
sugar-cured geese. This Is a novel article ot com¬ 
merce, but Is said to have a considerable sale. Sup¬ 
plies of geese are obtained chiefly Horn Canada. 
.Some great land swindles by Western for¬ 
gers have Just came to light In Cincinnati. 
A. J. Tullls, a lawyer, and.Jacob Nina, who were 
Indicted by ihe Grand Jury for forgery were ar¬ 
rested there ou Nov. 23, and Cornelius Wegeldrick, 
an associate, was also arrested next day. The for¬ 
geries with which they are charged are of a start¬ 
ling character, Involving deeds to large quantities 
of land owned by the eccentric millionaire, Jere¬ 
miah Tullls, who died two years ago. It la said 
that some ten thousand acres of land near Fort 
Dodge. In Iowa, have thus been fraudulently con¬ 
veyed, and lnnoeent parties are now occupying 
the property. Other lands In Illinois, Missouri and 
Tennessee have been likewise disposed of. The 
method was to make a deed from Tunis to McGold- 
riclc, dated a year or two before Tunis's death. 
Then McGoldrlek would deed the land to another 
of the party, by whom It would be sold lo the in¬ 
nocent victim.considerable devastation has 
been wrought, during the last three years, in sev¬ 
eral agricultural districts of central Germany, by 
the hamster, or marmot. In the district of Ascher 
Blebon, two years ago, nearly sc,non marmots were 
caught and killed on the municipal estate alone, 
comprising some 80,000 morgen of land under cul¬ 
tivation. Last AutumD the trappers succeed ed in 
capturing 83,009 odd, but the nuisance has re ap¬ 
peared In greater force than ever thlB Autumn, 
and It. Is feared that nothing short of cremation, 
inflicted upon the surface of the municipal do¬ 
mains, will rid them of the pest. 
The newly organized Farmers' Alliance is re¬ 
ported to be spreading pretty rapidly.The 
Department of Agriculture’.! report of the corn, 
tobacco and potato crop Is as follows 
Corn.— The crop of corn shows no Increase over 
that of last year, but rather a slight decline for 
the whole country. The Atlant ic States all show 
an increase, particularly the States of New 
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia. 
The Gulf States suffered from drought in the 
Spring and too much rain during the Summer, 
except the State of Texas, which almost doubles 
her product. In the States north ot the Ohio 
River, Ohio and Michigan increased their yield, 
while Indiana and Illinois decreased. West of 
the Mississippi River Iowa alone increased her 
yield. On the Pacific slope California shows an 
Increase. 
Tobacco.— There was less land planted In to-’ 
bacco this year than last.. The decrease was 
principally In the scutes of Maryland and Vir¬ 
ginia. In Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin 
there was a decided Increase. Early in the sea¬ 
son the weather was not propitious, but In Au¬ 
gust and September It was very favorable. Tbe 
average yield per acre, as reported Nov. l, Is 740 
pounds, against 796 last year, 
Potatoes —The area planted In potatoes was 
this year about eqaal to that planted In 1879, but 
In the total crop there Is quite a decline. The 
yield per acre Is reported this year at an average 
of 91 bushels, against 98 In 1879 and 69 In 1878. 
Only three States—Texas. Arkansas aud Califor¬ 
nia— report an Increase In the yield. AH others 
report a decline more or less. Insect injuries are 
not of general complaint, but drought. Is almost 
universally mentioned. 
While there was a faffing-off to the value of the 
breadstuffs exported from this country during the 
month ot October ot this year as compared with 
the corresponding month of iast year,—being only 
$25,711,468 in the former month, as against $33,048- 
607 for the latter month,—the value of the ex¬ 
ports for the ten months ending October 30, l&so, 
exceed the value of the exports for the corres¬ 
ponding period of the previous year by $23,332,- 
686. Pleuro-pneumonla has again broken out 
among the cattle in Virginia, Immediately across 
the Potomac, from Washington. Members of the 
National Grange tn session at the latter place said 
that, from the investigations they had made, 
they were confident that if the disease ever 
crossed the Allegheny Mountains it would result 
In the loss or millions or dollars’ worth of prop¬ 
erty. The danger was Just as Imminent at the 
beginning of this Congress, when pleuro-pneu¬ 
monla appeared near Alexandria. But Congress 
only referred the subject to the Committee on 
Agriculture. That Commltteee Is organized In 
the strictest State rights’ interest, and has de- 
